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Important Dates for Diary

Monday 20th March - Year 6 - Trip to RAF Duxford

Monday 20th March - Year 4 Strings Concert

Friday 24th March - INSET Day

Friday 24th March - Parent's Consultation Day

Monday 27th March - YR6 SATs Meeting at 6pm

Friday 31st March - Last Day of Term

Year 1 - George Spicer Sings Concert:

All concerts will be from 2:30pm-3pm

Monday 20th March - Ash Class

Tuesday 21st March - Elm Class

Wednesday 22nd March - Willow Class

Thursday 23rd March - Oak Class

Rainbow Class

In Rainbow Class this week during our writing activity we’ve been looking at what we know about Nurses. The questions we had about their job, the equipment they use, the qualities that Nurses might have and the uniform they wear. We have also been looking at the life of Florence Nightingale who was the founder of Modern Nursing. To help us understand the role Nurses play in our community, we turned Rainbow Class into a doctor’s surgery and role-played scenarios with some of us being patients, receptionist, doctors and nurses. This activity was enjoyed by all and much was learned. The children have already requested, that they would like to do this activity again. This learning experience also gave the children the opportunity to show kindness, compassion and what it is to care for others. 

Reception Class

As the weather this week has been a little squally and wet, Reception took advantage of a break between showers to experiment with colour mixing using powder paint in the puddles. The children chose different colours to mix. J said, 'I mixed yellow and blue, it made green, can you see it? I am going to mix all the colours to see what I get!' The children spent extended amounts of time engaged in this self-directed activity.

Year 1

This week in Maths, Year 1 have been learning how to do repeated addition, such as 2+2+2+2 = 

We discussed the different approaches we could take to find the answers. Ariana said, "I could use Numicon to represent the answer!". Leo said, "I can count in 2's!". Jakob said, "I can draw dots underneath then count how many I have altogether".  Next week, we will be using our knowledge on repeated addition to learn about multiplication. 

Year 2

This week Year 2 have continued their Science sessions to see how their broad beans have grown.  They were shocked to see they would germinate in the water without any soil!  We also had the chance to plant some cress seeds which we then wrote a set of instructions for. 

Year 3 

This week Y3 were treated to an Anglo-Saxon Workshop. A historian gave the children detailed information of life in Anglo Saxon times and the battles that took place. The children were then allowed to observe and handle equipment used by the Anglo-Saxons such as clothing, weapons, equipment and utensils. A few lucky members of each class were also randomly selected to come up and see first-hand how challenging it was to be an Anglo-Saxon being weighed down by all the armour and weapons. 

The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and the experience! 

Year 5 

In RE this week, we have been looking at a popular Passover song called Dayenu (translates to ‘It would have been enough’). We looked at the lyrics and found all the things that Jews thank God for in this song.  Then, we made a list of all the things that we were thankful for in our lives and made our own personal Dayenu verse.

This week in PSHE, we explored how the media, social media and celebrity culture often promotes certain body types. We showed the children some photoshopped images of celebrities, in order for them to understand that what we see in the media is often not the reality! We thought about how these altered images might make people feel and discussed whether these images should be shown on social media. We then reflected on our own body image and know how important it is that this is positive.  We discussed how we should accept and respect ourselves for who we are.  We ended by sharing the ‘This girl can’ video by Sport England and discussed the positive message it has. As alsway, the children’s maturity during our discussions made these lessons impactful and a pleasure to teach.

Last Friday, Year 5 went unplugged. Throughout the day, we discussed the negative impacts too much screen time can have on our physical and mental health. Many of the children were particularly surprised to find out the effect too much screen time can have on our sleep. We looked closely at the reason for this. To end, we shared with the children some ‘Top Tips’ for recognising when they have had too much screen time and for balancing screen time. They children produced some fantastic art work to reflect their learning. Well done Year 5!

During our art session this week, the children created their first sketch of Henry VIII.  The practised sketches each facial feature first before added them to the portrait. They also used mapping and measuring to ensure the proportions of each figure was accurate. They were completely immersed in this session and produced some fantastic first sketches.

Year 6 

Battle of the Atlantic

As part of our World War II topic, John Conyard, who specialises in delivering educational historical workshops, came in to give the pupils an introduction to the Battle of The Atlantic. Through his hands-on approach the pupils were able to engage with some of the artefacts and discuss similarities and differences between them.

After a quick overview of the timeline of World War II, the Year 6 pupils looked at convoys, destroyers and submarines. They discussed the importance of sending coded messages and looked at a machine that could crack the code. They all had a go at cracking a code and worked really well at deciphering the messages. They then looked at the different uniforms worn by the different countries that fought in the war. They had a great time comparing and contrasting the uniforms and they even had a go at trying them on. The Year 6 were on top form with their level of questioning and their desire to learn more and enrich their knowledge and understanding of their current topic.

Have a look at the pictures below showing their experiences and the artefacts that were on offer to look at.

Football News

A huge congratulations to the boys' football team who finished off the season in style with a 6-0 win over St Michael's and a 4-0 win over St John's. Very well deserved, excellent performances from the whole team! 

HAF Holiday Camp

Learning Hive are working on behalf of Enfield Council to deliver the Holiday Activities food programme (HAF) within the Borough.

This will take place from Monday 3^rd April – Thursday 6^th April 2023.

Please click this link to find out more and to register. HAF Easter Camp

Summer Term Music Lessons

If you would like your child to begin to learn an instrument, the deadline to book lessons for the Summer term is this Sunday the 19^th March. EMS are not able to accept bookings after this date. 

Please visit https://traded.enfield.gov.uk/musicstore to book.

If you have any issues or queries, contact Enfieldmusicservice@enfield.gov.uk or call 020 8807 8881.