Week 12: Preparations for Easter

In this our final week of term there will be an Easter service in Church on Tuesday morning. It is another busy sporting week with football and netball games and a cricket coaching session for the girls. The week ends with a Topic Celebration assembly on Friday morning.

'Travel a Mile for Sport Relief' update-

...and they're ready for off!
...interesting ways of travelling?

...practising ball skills...
...and last over the line!

I wonder how much we raised for Sport Relief?

Week 11: Sport Relief 2012

Well done to our footballers and netballers last week!
This week we will be holding our Moon Buggy race on Wednesday afternoon so can you meet the deadline? Will your moon buggy be ready?
Have some Maths fun and try out this interactive game. Try it again and try to beat your score.

Week 10: Moon Buggy Week

Do you think your moon buggies will look like this one in the picture when they are finished?
This week you will be continuing to build your models ready for the Moon Buggy challenge.
There is a football game against Helpston on Tuesday and Soke football and netball games on Thursday afternoon.
Don't forget to try to add a comment on our shared Blog with Ravensthorpe school. Tell them what our school is like and ask them any questions about their school.

Should we look for life in space? What do you think? What do you know about different forms of space travel?

Week 9: World Maths Day

This week we will be celebrating World Maths Day on Wednesday.

Try out this Maths puzzle and add any possible solutions with an explanation of your strategies to our Blog.

How many solutions can you find to this number puzzle? Each of the different letters stands for a different number.

		T	W	O
+		T	W	O
--	--	--	--	--
	F	O	U	R

Another busy week ahead!

On Monday afternoon there is the Safety Challenge where you will learn all about water, rail and road safety as well as safety in the home. On Thursday a visitor from the Wood Green Centre will be taking our assembly and there is a football match against Glinton after school on Wednesday. If anyone is able to help with transport, please let Mr Wainwright know as soon as possible.

Don’t forget to try to add a comment to our shared Blog with Ravensthorpe School.

Week 8: Is there life on Mars?

What do you think? Add your ideas to our Blog.

A few reminders for the coming week-

Parents’ Evenings on Monday and Tuesday

World Book Day on Thursday- bring in a favourite picture book to share with the younger children and receive your World Book Day Book Token

Friday- National Sing Up Day

Don’t forget to work on your design for the Jubilee Celebrations programme cover- Mr Wainwright has extended the deadline so that you can all have a go!

Week 7: Pancake Races and the beginning of Lent

I hope you have all had a great half term break!

This week we will be holding our annual Pancake Races on Tuesday so don’t forget your frying pans. The Ash Wednesday service at Church starts at 9.30am and at the end of the day, the Marie Curie Pots of Care daffodils will be on sale outside the classroom.

Parents’ Evenings will be held next week so please remember to bring in your reply slip as soon as possible.

Let’s start this half-term with a Maths Puzzle- you will need to check that you know your square numbers before you start.

Mrs Green pinned numbers onto the backs of three children: Matthew, Ben and Joshua.

Now", she said, "Those three numbers add to a special kind of number. What is it?"

Madeleine put her hand up.

"It's a square number", she answered.

"Correct", smiled Mrs Green.

"Oh!" exclaimed Matthew, "The two numbers I can see also add to a square!"

"And me!" called out Ben, "The two numbers I can see add to a square too!"

"Oh dear", said Joshua disappointedly, "the two numbers I can see don't add to a square! It's either 5 too little or 6 too big!"

What numbers did the three children have on their backs?

Can you solve the puzzle? Any correct answers handed to me (with an explanation of your method) will earn a reward point.

Week 6: Astrotours Planet Promotions

This week you will be continuing your research on the different planets to help you put together your planet presentations. What does your planet look like? How will you recreate it using collage techniques?

On Thursday we are welcoming some special visitors to celebrate the school’s 60^th Birthday. The year 6 children will be showing our guests around the school and the Year 5 children will be helping Mrs Humphreys make cakes and biscuits for the celebration.

What questions would you like to ask our visitors? How has Barnack school changed over the last 60 years?