Author: Kate Gregory
Beam Drop In Sessions
BEAM have increased their opening times for their drop in sessions for emotional wellbeing and support. There are no waiting lists and no referral is needed
Platinum Jubilee Picnic
On Friday 27th May we joined with a whole school Jubilee picnic to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne. Ro and Claire provided us with a packed lunch and some delicious red, white and blue cakes! We all had a really lovely day and are looking forward to continuing all our learning about Queen Elizabeth’s reign next half term.
Making our Jubilee Coleslaw
On Friday we used our designs to make our coleslaws ready for our Jubilee picnic. We had thought carefully about our design brief and had designed coleslaws that we felt were fit for a Queen, ‘Royal colours’ and crunchy.
Coleslaw Homework
We have had great fun today making our Jubilee coleslaws (pictures will be on our Haughmond News page). Most of us have managed to save some to bring home for our families to taste too!
For homework, I would like you to taste test your coleslaw with your family. I would like you to find out and record what other people thought about the appearance, texture, taste and smell of your coleslaw. Record what they said and bring it to school after half term so you can use their comments in your evaluation.
Also, please take a photo of yourself (and others) eating your coleslaw and e-mail it to the school office or Mrs Gregory so that they can be added to your DT books.
Jubilee Videos
In Haughmond this week we have been learning the National Anthem with Makaton signs. The children have said they would like to be able to keep practising and share this, and the decades dance we have joined in with, with you at home. The links for both videos are below.
Jubilee DT Coleslaw Project
Today we started our Jubilee DT project to create a coleslaw fit for a Queen and that we can share with others at our Jubilee Picnic at the end of the week.
We began our topic by exploring existing products and evaluating them in terms of smell, appearance, texture and taste. We all really enjoyed the tasting activity, but our responses to the flavours were mixed!
Times Tables and Number Bonds
For the next couple of weeks I would like you work really hard at learning your 2, 5 and 10 times tables and the division facts that go with them.
Here are some websites that you can use to help your practising.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-the-2-times-table-with-bridget-the-lioness/zrrx92p
There are also lots of apps that can help you remember the facts.
Also, I would like you to keep practising your addition and subtraction facts. You could use the 1 Minute Maths App from White Rose to help you with this. It is free to download.
I would like you to try and spend some time practising each day in order to really secure your knowledge of these facts.
Shropshire Star Cash for Schools Winners!
Last week we were delighted to hear that we had won the second prize in the Shropshire star Cash for Schools competition. The sponsors, Enterpise-Flex-E-Rent, and representatives from the newspaper came to school to present a cheque for £3,000 towards our wonderful new wooden play equipment. This was installed during the Easter holiday and children have been able to use it straight away, on a class rota basis. We have been fundraising for a long time and will continue to fundraise for this project. Please follow the link to see the report and our photo in the Shropshire Star! Shropshire Star Cash for Schools
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who collected tokens on our behalf, and a special thank you to all our supporters in the local community and beyond who collected on our behalf, including staff at the Co-op who were extremely helpful, and our tireless team of Friends of Bomere Heath School. If you know any friends, relatives, neighbours who supported us in this PLEASE would you pass on thanks from the school and tell them the good news of our cash prize – we couldn’t have done it without all their help sending in the tokens to school, and are very grateful.
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