Week 12: Goodbye Barnack!

Final week of term and a final goodbye to Barnack school!
Let's make this a special week, full of good memories...
Please remember your PE kits and also your instruments if you would like to play for us in the end of term assembly.

Week 11: Orang-utan for sale!

In 'Kensuke's Kingdom' the hunters came to kill the gibbons and steal the babies. How does this make you feel?
This week we need to start to prepare for our Leavers' Service in Church. There is an extra cricket coaching session on Tuesday afternoon so you will all need your PE kits. The last swimming session is on Friday.

Week 10: Protect our wildlife!

What animals do you know that are in danger of becoming extinct? What is the problem? What is being done to tackle the problem?

This week many of you will be visiting your new school- how exciting!
Please remember we are going to the Safety Challenge on Monday morning so you need to be in school ready for a prompt start.

Week 9: What sort of person is Kensuke?

What have you learnt about Kensuke so far? Is he a good or bad person?
4 weeks to go until the end of term...
On Monday the photographer from the Evening Telegraph would like to take a photo for the paper.
Soke Sports' is on Tuesday morning and the netball team are playing a game in Peterborough on Wednesday, leaving school at about 3pm.
On Thursday we have a Magistrates in the Community visitor in school and don't forget the swimming session on Friday morning.

Week 8: How can we protect our planet?

This week you will need your PE kit on Monday afternoon for the run through for Soke Sports. On Tuesday afternoon, some parents have kindly offered to help us sort out our gardening bed. If anyone has any plants to spare, can you please bring them into school for Tuesday?
We have a special visitor in school on Thursday morning who is coming to talk to us about Buddhism. There will be no swimming on Friday morning because we are walking down to Church for a Patronal Service- please remember to bring a coat in case it rains!

Week 7: My Money Week

What do we need money for?
This is one of the many questions we will be discussing this week.
SRE sessions will also continue this week and on Monday, we are expecting visitors from AMVC to talk about transition.
On Tuesday afternoon you need to look smart because we will have Class and Team photos, and on Wednesday afternoon, the Kwik Cricket team are playing in the tournament at Peterborough.
On Thursday there will be a Gold Book Assembly and a School Council Meeting, and we round off the week with swimming on Friday.
Just a few photos from last week...

Week 6: Man Overboard!

Welcome back for your final half term at Barnack School!
Thank you for all your half term haiku- there are just one or two missing?
This week is a very sporting week with Cricket Coaching on Monday and Tuesday afternoons and then the build up to Sports' Day on Thursday (weather permitting!)
Hopefully Deeping Pool is now 'sorted' so we will finish the week with swimming on Friday morning.

Half Term Haiku Homework

Add your haiku poems to our Blog. Can we work out what the poems are about? Do they follow the correct syllabic pattern?

Week 5: Walk to School Week

It is the final week before half term and we will be considering the advantages of walking to school. What do you think are the advantages of walking to school?
Please remember your PE kit each day so we can take every opportunity to go outside (weather permitting) and practise for Sports' Day.
This week I will also need a group of children to help with the teacher interviews on Thursday.

May Day Photos

Week 3: Extreme weather conditions

The May Day assembly went really well on Friday and it was so nice to see Leoni and her family back for a visit. I will upload some photos when I get back to school. I hope you have all enjoyed the sunshine this weekend for the May Day Bank Holiday.
It's back to school tomorrow with only 4 days left until the SATs next week so there will be lots of revision this week!
There will be a Gold Child assembly on Thursday and swimming sessions start on Friday.

Week 2: Where in the world would you like to travel?

If you could go anywhere, where in the world would you like to travel? Why? What would you take with you?

Please remember to have your PE kit and trainers in school every day so that we can prepare for the May Day assembly on Friday (weather permitting).
Thank you to those children who researched information on the patron saint of Scotland and added comments to the Blog. Don't forget to come and collect your Reward Point from me.

Summer Term 2014: Here, there and everywhere...

Welcome back everyone!
I hope you have all had a great Easter break and are ready for your final term at Barnack School.
This term's topic has a Geography focus and we will be learning about places in Great Britain, in Europe and around the world.
Have you visited an interesting place during your holiday? Can you locate it on a map and explain where it is?

What a brilliant afternoon!

Once upon a time some children visited Walcot Estate. Their very own game keeper, Jack, showed them around and some kind ladies helped with the transport. The afternoon ended with an expedition

 into the unknown....the unforgettable swamp....
A huge thank you to everyone who helped us have such an exciting afternoon!

Week 12: Our visit to Walcot Estate

Only one week left now until the Easter break!
We need to prepare for the Palm Service in school on Friday morning and get ready for our Walcot visit on Wednesday afternoon.
What customs and traditions do you know, in England and abroad, that are linked to Easter time?

Week 11: Bikeability

Please remember to get your bike ready for cycle training this week and don't forget your safety helmet!

A sneak preview of your interviews...

Week 10: 999 visit and Sport Relief fundraising

Well done to all the teams, cross country, netball and football, for your super efforts last week.
On Monday we will be visiting Peterborough City Hospital to learn about what happens in the A&E Department in an emergency so please arrive at school promptly.
We are having the 'special' Year 6 group photo taken on Tuesday so please bring along anything that you would like to be holding that would reflect your interests and hobbies, eg musical instrument or sports equipment.
The netball team have a game against Peterborough School on Wednesday afternoon and on Friday the School Council have organised a fundraising day for Sport Relief.
Add some Sporty word problems to the Blog for your friends to answer...

I need 7004 red  footballs and 639 blue footballs?

 They come in packs of 10. How many packs do I

need to buy?

 

 

 

 

 

Week 9: Pheasant Phenomena

This week you will be continuing to be news reporters to update your readers with the strange happenings at the Filling Station.
We have another busy week ahead with some children doing Cross Country at Copthill on Monday afternoon. Tuesday is Science Day- packed with fun experiments and activities. After school on Wednesday there will be football and netball games against Castor (at Barnack). Soke Football and Netball games are at AMVC on Thursday afternoon so a real sporting week!
Imagine you are the news reporter interviewing one of the onlookers at the filling station. What would you write in your report? Would you use direct or reported speech?

Mr Victor Hazell was horrified at the sight. "But they are my pheasants," he shouted, "and they have ruined  my beautiful Rolls Royce!"
Or....
Mr Victor Hazell was horrified at the sight. He said that they were his pheasants and that they had  ruined his beautiful Rolls Royce.
Enjoy some photos from last week...

Week 8: Rockabye Baby

Well, we are nearly at the end of the book and it just gets more and more exciting... I agree with Isobel, I don't want it to end!
A huge thank you to Mrs Humphreys for displaying your beautiful collage work- it looks amazing. Now the fun starts with the DT project.
We have a busy week ahead with Pancake races on Tuesday morning and walking to Church on Wednesday for the Ash Wednesday Service at 9.30am. It is World Book day on Thursday and you are invited to come to school dressed as a favourite character from a book.
Thank you for all your character descriptions last week; you really are becoming 'Wonderful Writers'.

Week 7: Will the 'Sleeping Beauty' plan work?

Welcome back everyone!
I hope you've all had a great half term break and I look forward to catching-up with all your news.
Back to school means remembering everything that you need each day - it would be useful to have your PE kit in school all week ready for any extra practices because I know that Soke football and netball are coming up very soon.

Can you write an interesting character description? Remember to include description, action and dialogue.
Use this as your starting line...

The tall figure stood in the doorway. 

Week 6: E-Safety Week

Please remind your parents about the E Safety workshop tomorrow, Monday 10th February, at 6.30pm- they are all very welcome.
When you are online, always remember the SMART code!

Week 5: Why are Roald Dahl's characters so interesting?

Who is your favourite character from a Roald Dahl story? Why? How are they described?
This week we will learn more about Doc Spencer...

The weeks get busier and busier but we are going to try to fit a Reward Time (bench ball session) in on Tuesday afternoon.

Try this Maths Challenge; can you work out the number?
 

This number is a multiple of 11 and 7. The product of its digits is 6.

 

Any correct answers handed to me will get a reward point.

Week 4: What are your views on poaching?

Through reading our class text, we learn that Danny's dad is a poacher. What do you think about this? Does this make him a bad person? Share your views on the Blog.
Following a very rainy weekend, I think we may be in for some colder weather this week. Please remember your coats for playtimes, and of course your wellies  if you would like to play on the field.

Roald Dahl Day

Week 3: Danny the Champion of the World

I hope you all enjoyed our special visitor Anthony Pedley, who 'kicked off' our Once Upon A Time topic last week. I am really excited about reading and studying 'Danny' in great depth. What questions would you like to ask Danny about living in a caravan?
Please remember your full PE kits for the Rugby session on Monday afternoon with our visitor from AMVC. Maths Booster sessions will be on Tuesday this week instead of Wednesday.
Thank you for your comments on the Blog last week with your ideas about how the story should continue. With our 'Punctuation' focus this term, you need to check that your comments are punctuated carefully; I hope I don't have to remove any comments for 'sloppy' recording. Come on, you can do it!

Week 2: Once upon a time...

This week we will be having a special visitor to introduce this term's topic...
Using this traditional story starter we are going to try to start a class story by adding only one (accurately punctuated) sentence each.
Once upon a time, in a deep, dark forest, there stood a tiny cottage.

Spring term 2014: Week 1- Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!
At the start of the New Year we celebrate the Epiphany? Why? How?
People sometimes make New Year Resolutions... have you made any? I hope you all had an amazing Christmas holiday with your families and friends. It will soon be time to get ready to go back to school on Tuesday. Please remember to pack your full PE kit including a sweatshirt and joggers as the weather is getting colder.