Bursting with pride!

Wow! I’m bursting with pride. The children were simply incredible during our class exhibition giving you the chance to see all we’ve been learning through some of the hands-on experiences they have had this term. They were all polite, enthusiastic, knowledgeable and passionate. There are not enough superlatives to describe how fantastic the afternoon went and I’d like to personally thank you all for coming and allowing the children time to explain and show everything they have learnt. Your time is precious and so it means a lot that you helped us celebrate. Go team Gwithian class! The pictures are already on our class webpage so please take a look. A huge thank you to Mrs Randall and Miss Rowe who both worked their socks off leading up to and during the event. Mrs Randall hasn’t been very well this week but she soldiered on and I can’t thank her enough!

Due to assessments, exhibition prep, parent meetings and everything else going on, we’ve had a little less time for hearing children read so many apologies for the lack of this recently.

In Maths, the children have been learning about time. This is always a tricky concept as some children already know it where as some have no prior experience apart from knowing when snack time is! They have been reading analogue clocks, writing digital times, using clocks to help tell the time and explaining their reasoning to gain a further understanding. Next week we will move on to the 12 and 24 hour conversions.

In English the children have identified the structural features of an estate agents advert including bullet points that help to separate information. They then had to write all the aspects of a roman villa that make it sound desirable. They also learnt about rhetorical questions where the reader doesn’t have to answer the question but are used to be a persuasive device. I’m sorry if they start saying things like ‘Don’t you want me to learn about…’, or ‘Do you want me to suffer in silence if I’m not allowed to watch the TV?’ Next week, the children will plan and write their persuasive adverts.

P.E saw the penultimate swimming session for some of the children who are said to be making lots of progress. The others played bench ball due to the horrendous weather. It was a great afternoon as when the children weren’t playing, they were marking down when certain players had caught/thrown the ball so it made them think about tactics and to ensure they all passed the ball throughout all team members. Our star players were Harry who was simply fantastic in making sure the ball was intercepted, Lewis who was his team’s go to when the ball needed circulating and Alex for great defending skills. Well done guys!

The children have continued to learn about electricity with Mr Davy this week and they have also created cards for certain family members – I hope that all mums have a truly special mother’s day!

Our star pupil this week has to be Logan as he has tried exceptionally hard in all aspects of school life – I’m very proud of him!

A short blog for you all this week as I’m shattered,

Enjoy the weekend,

Mr Larter