Today in Haughmond we learnt about the symbolism of the poppy in remembrance. We watched the video attached below, joined the national 2 minute silence and found out about Walter Tull’s significance in WW1. Then, this afternoon we decorated poppy biscuits.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/poppies
This week, Haughmond were visited by Hannah from Shrewsbury Museums and took part in a workshop to enrich our learning about Charles Darwin and why he is a significant person in history. We explored timelines using a range of artefacts, learnt about his life and work and made observations in his style using quill and ink! We really enjoyed our morning and learnt a lot of facts!
Today in Haughmond we had a visit from Lisa who runs Shropshire Falconry at Battlefield. She brought 5 different owls with her to launch our English topic, based on the book The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark. We learnt lots of facts about owls and were lucky enough to hold either Chris or Sid the owls. Biscuit, the long eared owl, flew over our heads to show how quietly owls are able to fly. One of the owls, Severus, was a black barn owl, which we found especially interesting, but our class favourite was Solo, the great horned owl who could wave hello and goodbye!
This week for your homework I have sent home with you number formation sheets and a times tables mosaic. There are 90 questions on the mosaic so you don’t have to do it all at once!
Over half term, please keep up with your reading and Times Tables Rockstars if you use it. Also, here is the link to the punctuation superheroes game we looked at in English today. https://www.bbc.co.uk/games/embed/small-town-superheroes?exitGameUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fbbc.co.uk%2Fbitesize%2Farticles%2Fzncgvk7
On Friday, Haughmond went for a visit to the Ironworks in Oswestry to learn all about different sculpture as part of our art topic. We found the extinction trail particularly interesting and enjoyed learning facts about all the animals. We discovered that lots of the sculptures had been made from scrap materials, and tried to identify all the parts we could see. We really liked the enormous gorilla made from car parts and were especially impressed by Hulk and the Transformer sculptures. We are going to use our learning to support and inspire our art work back in school.
Today, the school council members from Healthy Helpers carried out a Health and Safety audit of the school.
They walked around the entire school with the caretaker Mr Jones and Chair of governors Keith Lister. They made sure the school was safe and identified any issues that may need addressing. The children were very thorough and carried out their roles fantastically.
There are two homework tasks for you to complete this week.
Homework is due in next Friday morning.
Today we visited Mission Church in Bomere Heath as part of our R.E. learning about why some places are sacred to believers. We looked at features of the church and Rev. Hannah taught us about them, and about how the colours in the church change according to the church calendar. We also found out about the different uses for the church building as well as being for Worship and found out about some of the ways that Christians worship in services.
What a busy start to the school year!
In Haughmond we’ve got straight into the swing of our learning, launching our topic with a Heroes theme day. We have begun looking at the seasons and weather in Science, carrying out a colour survey of the outside area and making windsocks to learn about wind direction. In English we have begun the book troll swap and worked collaboratively to explore and make predictions about the characters and in R.E. we’ve begun looking at places of Worship and what makes them special. We’ve even met some baby pigeons that Mrs Whittaker rescued and Mrs Gregory is now hand-raising, meaning that we can see how they grow up.
Here are some photos of some of what we have been up to so far!
Today we have spent time in class talking about and reflecting on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and being thankful for her life. We have talked about her life of service making her a hero for us. Here are some of our thoughts.
Bomere Heath CE Primary School
The Crescent,
Bomere Heath,
Shrewsbury,
SY4 3PQ
Tel: 01939 290359
Executive Headteacher: Mrs Julie Ball
Office Manager: Maria Whittaker
