Dear Parents and Carers, It has been a busy and very scientific week at SJB as we celebrated Science Week across the school. We began with a special assembly on Monday where children were introduced to this year's theme 'Curiosity - what's...
Dear Parents and Carers,
It has been a busy and very scientific week at SJB as we celebrated Science Week across the school. We began with a special assembly on Monday where children were introduced to this year’s theme ‘Curiosity – what’s your question?’ and reminded about the “Answer Six Questions for Science Week” challenge shared in last week’s newsletter.
Each day, a Science Question of the Day was shared with classes through videos filmed by our fantastic Digital Leaders, sparking lots of discussion and curiosity. Around the playground, children also explored science questions linked to our equipment, such as “How does a football get faster?” and “Why is sand different when it’s wet?”
Teachers also shared fun experiments in class assemblies, some classes joined online workshops, and children enjoyed exploring our very first Curiosity Lab on the roof.
It has been wonderful to see so much curiosity across the school. In assembly, a few of our most inquisitive pupils were awarded our first ever Scientists of Science Week awards. See photos below and enjoy our ‘In the News’ posts this week which celebrates Science in all year groups.
Have a lovely weekend.
Kind regards, Ms Toni Mason
Early next week you will receive an email with a link to sign up for a Parents’ Evening appointment. Appointments will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, so please keep an eye out for the email to secure your preferred time slot.
Last week, our Year 6 pupils visited PGL in Liddington for their residential trip. During the week, they took part in a number of exciting new activities, faced their fears, and challenged themselves in ways they had never experienced before.
The behaviour and teamwork shown by the children was absolutely impeccable throughout the trip. All staff commented on what a pleasure the week was and how proud they were of the pupils’ positive attitudes, resilience and support for one another.
At SJB, we are very lucky to have a skilled Artist in Residence who teaches specialised art lessons across the school. Below are some examples of the fantastic artwork created by our Year 1 and Year 3 pupils. Please enjoy!
Please see flyer for support with positive eating. Next workshops are in June.
Badu Multisports Camps for Easter Break. Scan the QR Code to find out more.
Maple enjoyed looking at different science experiments this week. They look at mixing milk with food colouring and soap to see different reactions. They explored the Science investigation tables. They also looked at elasticity with a balloon!...
It was a task where students had to find, research, conduct and present a science experiment for GB Science week....
In Y5 Spanish, we were refreshing our learning on parts of the body and saying ‘how I am feeling’. Doctor Jezrie was helping us with that....
This week we started our new topic, spring. Our focus story was bog baby which got us thinking about woodlands and ponds, we created observational drawings of spring flowers and painted ponds in the style f Claude Monet. We loved using clay to make our own bog......
Reception loved learning about the fruits in Spanish, we sang El Baile de la Fruta!...
In this lesson, Cherry Class were learning about animal life cycles. Together, they used the sentence stems “I see… I notice..” to discuss what they saw happening at each stage. In pairs, children reflected that most animals, especially insects, looked different in size and shape......
For Science Week, Rowan Class took part in a range of fun and engaging science experiments. The children showed great curiosity, asking thoughtful questions and making predictions about what might happen. They then had the opportunity to test their ideas and explore whether their predictions......
British science week in Silver Birch. Curiosity question – Why did the pepper move? Silver Birch found out that the surface tension breaks when the soap comes into contact with the pepper, causing the pepper to move away....
Here, Elm were on a live lesson with NowPressPlay, doing the “Reducing our Carbon footprint” experience. They then had a live meeting with an engineer from National grid where they could ask questions and gain more information....
Here we investigating if different materials were conductors or insulators of electricity....
Year 5 have been getting ready for their next geography unit which looks at the rainforest and South America by going to the cinema and watching Paddington in Peru. A very educational morning....
Literacy – We have been using the illustration retell familiar stories. Maths – We are using subitising and matching amounts with dominions....
This week, Year 6 students have been fully engaged in activities for GB Science Week. Each day, they conducted a variety of scientific investigations using different equipment and tools. One investigation focused on sound, where students explored how vibrations produce sound and how the size......