Puberty Talk with Rachel - That awkward time of year has come round again and  with  the help from Rachel a puberty in young people specialist this children were given all the information they needed to understand the changed that may or may not already be happening to their bodies already. The children were given an informative booklet and shown some video's detailing changes and how they can effect each person individually. As i'm sure you can imagine there were giggles, red faces and lots of questions.

Maths - We finished off our topic of decimals and completed some SATs practice papers, the children worked really hard and did well. We will continue to practice to ensure they are confident for the real thing.

Tchoukball Competition - Some of our year 5 and 6  children participated in tchoukball at Holbeach Hub. The teams each played 4 matched showing increased skill and team playing. The year 6 team came 2nd losing by only 1 point and the year 5s came 4th overall.

All of the children represented Weston hills beautifully. 

English - We have been debating whether King John I was a good or a bad king. We looked at primary sources to secure our understanding, and explained why they made John a strong or weak ruler.

Week Commencing 10/02/25

Science - We have been looking at blood vessels and the different cells in our blood have red  blood cells (delivery man) white blood cells (Policeman), platelets (builder), and plasma (chef). We performed the various 'jobs' to secure our knowledge.

Topic - This week we looked at the cultures in Lincoln and Baghdad. Miss Woolf and Mrs Twelves provided lots of local produce for everyone to bravely try, this included: Stuffed chine; haslet; kale; pipers crisps and even a venison burger.

We then made posters comparing the culture of both cities including food, celebrations and clothing.

Shield Making - After our tour, we went to the learning center to make our very own shields. We were told the history of each shield and were given a card detailing the history and were then asked to create our very own version.

Bus trip - The bus trip home was eventful to say the least, this children passed their time by waving at passing traffic, singing songs and then creating what can only be described as some questionable hair styles. However, this did lead us into an interesting challenge for our Tuesday's non-uniform day, Crazy hair competition. Well done to the winners, Dexter and Iris who won their teams some well deserved team points. 

While walking through Lincoln we saw a Roman mosaic, climbed steep hill and went to see Newport arch, the arch is a 3rd-century Roman gate in the Newport district of the city of Lincoln in Lincolnshire, England. It is a Scheduled Monument  and Grade I listed building and is reputedly the oldest arch in the United Kingdom still used by traffic.

Lincoln Castle trip - On Monday we had an adventure to Lincoln Castle. We started our journey by walking along the castle walls and having a tour led by Rachel and Hex, they told us about the history of the castle and its importance during the battle at Lincoln. We went into the vault to look at the Magna Carta and told about its importance and how some rules  are still enforced today. We watched  two video's detailing the creation of the Magna Carta and saw many other historical artifacts. 

Week commencing 3/02/25

Art - We introduced a new artist called 'Luba Lukova' 

As an artist and designer, Luba Lukova creates images that she hopes will catalyze action and change the world.  Her thought-provoking posters address essential themes of humanity and injustice worldwide, helping viewers develop an empathetic understanding of social and cultural issues through indelible metaphors and an economy of line, color, and text.

PE - We have continued to explore the art of Dance in PE this week Some are natural dancers others not so much, however all of them have been putting in a great deal of effort.

French - Another topic has come to an end 'La Maison Tudors' We have applied our previously learnt knowledge on Tudors and added adjectives to describe King Henry VIII and his 6 wives.

Maths - We are coming to the end of our unit on algebra. Elm class have worked amazingly so well done to all of you. Now we begin our Decimal journey.

Science - We have been looking at the circulatory system, especially the heart and how it pumps blood around the body. We conducted an experiment looking at how exercise can effect our heart rate, and again after running 5 laps of the playground. Not surprisingly, our heart rates increased, as more oxygen is needed to power our working muscles.

Week Commencing 27/01/25 

On Tuesday we had Mini First Aid training.  They learnt and practiced the recovery position, CPR and what to do if someone was chocking. All that took part did a super job, and learnt some life saving skills. The class instructor told Mrs Nicholls that she has never had a class that engaged so well and with such enthusiasm, so we are very proud of you.

PE - We have been taught a new game in PE 'Tchoukball'. It took a bit of time to fully understand the rules, but we soon got the hang of it and had a lot of fun. Some took it extremely seriously check out Williams Face in the pictures below.

Maths - We have started to learn about algebra (this makes our brains hurt). The children have worked amazingly on what can be seen as secondary school Maths, so well done Elm Class.

English - We have moved onto writing a recount of the signing of the Manga Carta. It goes without saying, we obviously had to preform a re-enactment of the signing (Crowns and all), we then tried to emerse ourselves in the signing's setting without the use of time travel mush to the class' disappointment, we imagined the school field as Runnymede. This helped us with our setting descriptions.

Week Commencing 19/01/25

Art - Miss Parker was back in class this week and has continued ink printing with Elm class.

Ink Print making is an indirect method of mark making. The ink is applied to an asetate using a roller, the ink can be used to transfer text, images, or designs onto surfaces like paper, cardboard, fabric, or packaging materials.  

Maths - We continued to explore ratio and proportion, and the class have been doing and amazing job! Well done Elm class. 

Good news next week... Algebra!! 

Geography - We have been investigating the Human and Physical geography of Lincoln and Baghdad. They have a few similarities (e.g rivers, universities and public transport). However, their difference climates impact their trading and agriculture.

English - We have been learning the the well known legend of the Lincoln imp. If you are not familiar with this tale then please read on.

One day, according to a very old legend, the Devil sent his imps out to play, and the wind blew two of them all the way to Lincoln. At first they were so awestruck by the splendour of the Cathedral that they were afraid to enter. But soon, one imp plucked up courage, flew into the Cathedral where he tried to trip up the Lord Bishop, and to knock down the Dean, and teased the Vergers and Choir. When he started to break windows the Angels told him to stop his wicked doings; he cheekily replied "Stop me if you can!" Whereupon he was at once turned into stone, and made to sit for evermore in a cleft in the Angel Choir.

We then began creating our own version of the tale, we spent time planning the vocabulary we wished to use, looked at how we could include similes and metaphors  to add depth to our writing. Mrs Twelves tea stained some paper so that our final written piece of work could look as though it had been written decades ago. 

Week commencing 12/1/25

Maths - We have been looking at ratios, and using manipulatives to represent our work. After some teacher input the children worked independently to add ratio and fractions. (much to their delight)

French - We are starting our topic on 'la maison Tudor'. We were finding out the links between French and English words. We used these links to match key words with images about the Tudors

First day back - Getting to know Mss Woolf

As a way of getting to know Miss Woolf, we had a treasure hunt. We had to find objects linked to things about her.

She has on older sister; a cat; a dog; she likes to travel; she is a Gemini; likes formula 1 and speedway. We found out lots about Miss Woolf and there surly will be much more we will learn over the year.

We welcome you all back and hope you had a wonderful Christmas break.

This term, we will be looking at the Circulatory System in Science, and Baghdad and Lincoln in our topic work.

PE days will continue on Wednesdays (gymnastics) and Fridays (dance).

In PSHE, we will be looking at the changes children will experience as they approach and experience puberty- if you have any questions, please do ask.

Welcome Back Elm Class - 06/01/25