Author: Melanie Wright

Melanie Wright
3 years, 101 days ago
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Our week in Caradoc

We have had another fantastic week in Caradoc. The children have been busy creating some ‘graffiti’ art which I know they have been keen to share with you. Our English work has been focused on diary writing, the children have written a diary entry based on our ‘Greek day’. We have been looking at different ways of representing fractions in Maths.We have been very lucky this week to be able to take part in love author roadshows as part of the Literary Pop up Festival. The event with Julia Donaldson  and illustrator Axel Scheffler we’re particular favourites.

I would like to say congratulations to Harrison, our well deserved Star of the week. Here are just a few photographs from the week:

Lovely reaction from his friends when Star of the Week was announced.

Julia Donalson

Melanie Wright
3 years, 106 days ago
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Transition picnic

Thank you to all the parents, carers  and children who joined us today for our transition picnic today. It was so lovely to see everyone getting to know each other and enjoying the lovely weather. There will be another opportunity to visit school and find out more about the September start and ask any questions you may have. This next meeting will be held in the 24th June. Thank you all again!

Melanie Wright
3 years, 109 days ago
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Our week in Caradoc

We have had a very busy and productive week. Our Greek day seems like a long time ago now! We have just begun our new Maths unit where we will be learning about fractions. In English the children have started reading our class text ‘Welcome to Silver Street Farm’ which they are really enjoying. We are focusing on diaries in our writing.

I would like to say congratulations to Josh Evans our star of the week, very well deserved.

Here are just a few photographs:

Thank you all again for all of your support. Enjoy the sunshine this weekend.

Melanie Wright
3 years, 113 days ago
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Greek day in Caradoc

We have had the most amazing day today in Caradoc. The children all looked fantastic, I would like to thank all the parents and carers for all of your support in helping to make this day such success.

We tasted some traditional Greek foods including olives, flatbread and feta. The children made a tasty Greek salad to take home. The children also prepared a traditional Greek casserole using courgettes, aubergine and fresh herbs, it smelled fantastic. I can’t wait to hear what parents and carers thought of the sample we sent home. To drink we crushed grapes to make grape juice (not with our feet!).

Finally the children tool part in a Greek dancing activity and printed designs for a Greek style vase. Here are just a few photographs from our day. We would love it if you could tell us what you thought of the food the children brought home!

Preparing the salad

Food tasting

Ready to take home

Our Minotaur head

Preparing the grape juice

A busy day on Mount Olympus

Aubergine and courgette…yum

Melanie Wright
3 years, 120 days ago
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Our new topic- Urban Pioneers

Our next topic after half term is called ‘Urban Pioneers’. As geographers we will be exploring our local town and finding out about other towns and cities in the United Kingdom. We will be finding out about ‘Urban Art’ and creating our own ‘Urban’ style art. Our class text is called ‘Welcome to Silver Street farm’ by Nicola Davies. You can watch a short video of Nicola talking about her books  below:

 

Helping your child prepare for the topic

Take a trip into Oswestry town, make sketches or take photographs of interesting places and buildings to create a scrapbook. You could begin to research urban artists and add any images to your scrap book.

Our curriculum overview is below:

urban pioneers overview

urban pioneers overview

Melanie Wright
3 years, 120 days ago
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Our week in Caradoc

We have enjoyed a wonderful half term in Caradoc. During the final two weeks the children have been busy completing assessments in Maths and English, I am very proud of the progress they have made.

We have also been enjoying building Minotaur heads using papier mache in preparation for our Greek celebration day on the first day back after half term (more about that later).

In science the children have been investigating which materials are attracted to magnets.

Here are a few photographs from our final week:

I would like to say congratulations to Tyler for achieving Star of the Week this week, very much deserved and to Kam for earning our Values Champion pin this half term:

Finally, don’t forget that on Monday 7th June (the first day back) we will be holding our ‘Greek’ day. We are all going to dress up as an ancient Greek god or goddess or mythical beast. Please don’t feel you need to buy and special clothing for this, you could make a robe from a bed sheet, make a crown or mask or adapt an animal onesie to become a mythical beast. We will be preparing food and taking part in lots of different activities and of course showcasing our completed Minotaur heads!

I would encourage you to read with your child over the half term break and talk about the stories and books together. Enjoy the half term holiday, stay safe and thank you all again for your continued support.

Melanie Wright
3 years, 136 days ago
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Our week in Caradoc

We have enjoyed another fun filled week in Caradoc! The children enjoyed learning about the myth of Icarus and Daedalus, they made puppets and acted out the myth together. In writing we have been focusing on editing and improving our non- chronological reports. I can see a real improvement in the children’s writing. In Maths we have been dividing 2 digit numbers by 1 digit numbers. I would like to say a huge congratulations to AJ and to Matilda for being awarded Star of the Week. Here are just a few photographs from our week: