The EYFS children (Sergi, Ona, Luke, Kai, Nico,
Katie, Cloe, Ivet, Carla and Julien) have also been working really hard to
prepare for the presentation. As part of their performance practise, the
children consolidated their understanding of the different things which plants
need to grow. Nico had a fantastic knowledge of what a plant needs to grow as
he confidently selected the correct pictures and explained each of the things a
plant needs, during our presentation practise.
In maths, the children have been focusing on the
concept of doubles, using their fingers to show they understand the concept.
Gabrielle was really happy with how well Kai participated in the maths
activities. Although he initially found the concept of doubles difficult, he
was keen to count up and show the correct number with his fingers. When given a
number from 0-5, Kai was able to hold up the correct number of fingers, by
counting up on his fingers, one by one.
As part of our plant topic, the children have been
learning about the importance of air for plants. They have been creating
different things, which help them to understand the power of air and more
specifically wind. Julien responded really well to creating his blowing
machine. He loves learning through practical methods and it was great to see
how motivated he was when experimenting with wind power. He loved watching as
the wind blew the tissue paper on the little machine he had made. Within the
topic, the children have also made little bees, out of egg cartons. They have
been learning about the important job of the bee, in pollinating flowers. When
buzzing their little bees around the farm, Sergi was able to very confidently
identify the different flowers in the farm. He was independently buzzing his
bee over to the flowers and then landing on the flower, as he pretended to
pollinate the plant. As this is the final week of our plant topic, the children
have been doing lots of work on consolidating the vocabulary they have learnt.
Gabrielle has been really impressed with how well Ona is able to speak in
English, using the vocabulary she has learnt. She is now using fully and
correctly structured sentences when explaining her ideas and opinions. Well
done Ona, keep it up!
When practising our summer holiday song, I was
really proud of how well Ivet and Cloe were able to move to the song. It was
great to see how happy and smiley they were. They clearly know this song well
now and love to dance along. They have both also worked really hard to sing
along to the words and when singing it without the music, both of the girls are
able to contribute to singing the song.
Unfortunately, Katie and Carla have not been well
this week so they haven’t been able to join us in the class. We hope they feel
better and are well enough to join us next week. Luke has still yet to return
to the class, as he is still visiting his family in Lithuania. It looks like he
is having a lovely time with his family.
The KS1 children (Marcel, Joana, Thais, Jordi,
Arlet, Carla and Noa) have been working on doubles in maths. They started the
week by doubling to 5, using their fingers so that they were able to grasp the
concept of doubles. All of the children were able to show the doubles to 5 with
ease, using this method. The children then moved on to doubles, up to 10, using
ladybird spots. The children quickly understood that they need to count the ladybird’s
spots to work out the double of each number and they were all able to quickly
find the ‘doubles’ answers. The children then had the challenge of writing
their own doubles’ sums, by matching the ladybird spots and then thinking about
which double they had created, e.g. double 3=6. Arlet understood this concept
well and was able to independently write the doubles’ sums. Marcel, Jordi,
Thais and Noa needed a little bit more help, but after Jo had explained the
concept, they began to recognise the pattern of doubles and were also able to
then write the doubles’ sums independently. They worked really hard and were
very perseverant to understand this concept. Carla and Joana were able to
quickly understand the concept of doubles, but they found it difficult to
correctly identify the number they needed for their answer. However, with the
help of a number line, they were able to count along and correctly identify the
number they needed and write their doubles’ sums.
The children have also been preparing for our end
of year plant presentation. They have all worked extremely hard to learn their
lines and it has given them the opportunity to consolidate their understanding
of what plants need to grow, the parts of the plant and the jobs each part of
the plant has. They all did a fantastic job of remembering what they needed to
say! They spoke really confidently and were able to correctly use the relevant
plant vocabulary. They were all very excited to show their parents everything
they have learnt about plants!
The KS2 children (Judit, Blanca, Sara. B, Sofia,
Arnau, Tatiana, Nil, Pau and Sara) have been working on column addition in
maths this week. Sara B has really impressed me with how confidently she was
able to add three digits, four digits and decimal numbers, using the column
addition method. She fully understood how to use this method and was able to
carry numbers across the thousand, hundred, tens and units’ columns with ease.
Sofia has also really impressed me this week as she has been very focused and
determined to get on to her maths challenge tasks each day. She didn’t
initially find column addition very easy but after an initial explanation she
was keen to work independently. She was able to confidently add two and three
digit numbers, using the column method, but she found addition of decimal
points more difficult. I was really proud of how perseverant she was to
complete her work and how carefully she listened to my advice, when making her
corrections. Nil also did a fantastic job of adding, using the column method.
He worked extremely independently and with great determination. I am so
impressed with how focused Nil was when completing his work and how determined
he was to also complete his challenge jobs. He did an excellent job: working
very independently and with real accuracy. Sara was also super determined when
completing her addition sums, using the column method. The previous week, she
realised that she understood the method and it was wonderful to see her feeling
so confident to approach the questions this week. She worked with such
determination and didn’t give up until she’d finished every question. I am
really proud of you, Sara. What a fantastic attitude!
When practising for the presentation, I was really
proud of how hard Arnau worked to practise reading his information about the
daffodil. We practised reading the information out in front of the camera to
help with his confidence, when speaking in front of other people. I think it
really helped him as he was reading the information out much more confidently during
our practises. I am really proud of how mature he has become during our
presentations. He did a fantastic job of researching, writing down and then
reading out his information! I am also very proud of how much confidence Pau
has gained when reading aloud, during our presentation practises. He is reading
with more fluency and confidence and it’s is great to see how involved he now
is when preparing the presentations. Tatiana, as always, was very motivated by
our presentation. She was super keen to prepare the prizes for the question
section and it was great to see how confidently she was able to identify our
focus plants, when searching both inside and outside of the school, looking for
the plants so that we could create the prizes. Well done Tatiana, you have been
very engaged and learnt a lot in this presentation project.
Judit
and Blanca have spent the week working extremely hard to complete the last of
their SAT’s exams. They have both approached the tests with real maturity and
have been really determined to do well. Although they were both nervous, they
did their best and I am really proud of them both!
On the final Friday of the school year, the
children presented the final, end of year, presentation to the parents. The children
worked extremely hard on the presentation and we did lots of class practises so
that the children felt confident and proud of what they presented to their
families. I hope everyone enjoyed it and could see just how much the children
have learnt within our topic, in music, French and Catalan lessons this term.
Thank you all for coming to watch our
presentation. I look forward to seeing everyone for our last three days next
week.
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