Falconer's Hill Academy OUR CHILDREN, THEIR FUTURE, OUR RESPONSIBILITY

Learning Round-up

Maple: It has been another busy week in Maple class this week! The children have been working hard with the new routines. This week we have been busy comparing stories to our model text “The squeaky story” in writing, in geography we have been learning about London and the London underground, in PE we practised our chest passing and in art we have been learning about Barbara Hepworth. Well done maple class Keep up the hard work.

Silver Birch:Another brilliant week everybody. We have worked hard in all our lessons and have been making brilliant progress. We have all been working hard with our addition and subtraction unit we started this week, looking at number bonds to 100. We have also continued to look at our model text this week in preparation for writing our own version next week.

Elder: We have had another brilliant week in Elder class. In Science we have been learning about how our muscles move, RE we have been learning about the relationship Jews have with God and writing some suspenseful paragraphs in Talk for Writing. Well done Elder.

Pine: Another fantastic week in Pine class. We have been using our knowledge of place value to help us solve maths problems, including problems involving currency. We have also been practising our reading fluency with our model text in Talk for Writing, improving our character voice and expression. In history we were learning all about Roman Emperors and considered whether we would prefer to have Emperor Augustus or Emperor Nero in charge of our school. What a great week Pine!

Willow: Another great week Willow. They have enjoyed writing their descriptive toolkits and boxing up their amber writes ready for next week. Willow have been analysing sources in history, looking at the Mayan Classic Period and discussing how it was the height of their civilisation.

Sequoia: We’ve had another amazing week in Sequoia! We have looked at the composition of blood in Science, looked at some of the sacrifices Sikh people make for their religion in RE and started our new addition and subtraction topic in Maths. We had a great time completing some field work at the Country Park where we made some sketches of the area and used our senses to explore the world around us. Keep it up Sequoia!

Acer: We have had another jam-packed week in Acer! In maths, we had great fun trying to reach target numbers using strategic thinking and our knowledge of place value. We also explored a new super-efficient method to add numbers in a sequence. In writing, we have collectively boxed up our information text, The Mountain Troll, and are eager to start planning our own texts next week! In the afternoons, we have delved into understanding how Egypt built such a great civilisation and enjoyed researching key features of the Amazon. Keep working hard, Acer and striving to be the best that you can be!

Oak: This week Oak class has been focusing on core addition and subtraction facts and strategies. They have been looking at the structure of our model text and creating an informative toolkit. The children have been debating what does it mean to be a loyal friend and how main characters in Mortal Engines showed devotion to each other. In the afternoons, children gained an understanding of how Egypt built a great civilization, how to plan a fair test and carry out a successful investigation to check whether solids were soluble or insoluble and researched key features of the Amazon, discovering that over half of existing animal and plant species live in rainforests. Well done, Oak!

Attendance

Overall Attendance: 94.8%

Maple: 94.6%

Silver Birch: 98.0%

Elder: 98.2%

Pine: 94.2%

Sequoia: 91.0%

Willow: 91.7%

Acer: 91.0%

Oak: 99.3%

Healthy Eating Award

We are working towards out Healthy Schools Award. Please take a look at our draft Healthy Food and Physical Activity policies. Please remember to send your child in with water in their water bottle and a healthy packed lunch. Don't forget to consider the fresh cooked balanced meals from Caterlink.

Reminder - snacks at playtime must be healthy e.g. fruit, low sugar/salt bars. This should not be crisps. Water bottles need to contain water and not squash OR fizzy drinks.

Allergy awareness - we are a nut-free school. Please ensure Nutella sandwiches and Celebrations and other sweets containing nuts are not brought into school.