Well done to all the childen and staff who were nominated and got awards at the recent DSAT Awards evening.  We have celebrated at school today with a special tea party.  Well done to the very successful gym team who were nominated for team of the year and Lola for sports personality of the year.  We are so proud of all our Robins for their consistent effort at school – unfortunately we couldn’t give you all an award.

 

We are really enjoying our football sessions with Chloe Brown from the Leicestershire and Rutland Football Association.

She has been teaching us how to use our bodies to stop our opponents from getting the ball and how to trick them into thinking we are going in the opposite direction.

“This is not actually a trick but a useful skill to have. ” Dylan.

“We played a game called Mario which was so much fun.” Charlie.

We have all really improved our football skills and had so much fun.

Thanks Chloe.

Robins.

Well we took ourselves to the Dough Disco this morning and had lots of fun, fun, fun!! Don’t forget to check us out on youtube – Dough Disco Day 2017

 

Today we started our new topic, thinking about ‘Where in the world does our food come from and how is it made?’

We researched where our favourite foods came from and made flags to mark the countries on our class map. Then we looked at some of these foods in detail and talked about famous artists that have painted fruit and vegetables in the past. Our favourite was ‘Still Life’ by Willem Kalf. We then compared the painting with a more modern painting of fruit and vegetables called ‘Still life the table’ by Georges Braque. Which one do you prefer and why? 

We wanted to get better at drawing using charcoal so we cut some tomatoes in half and had a go at observing them closely and drawing trying to show lots of detail and light and shadow. Here is us in the process.  We had to keep looking at the tomatoes again and again so that we drew what we saw not from our imaginations. We love art!!!!

Don’t forget to come and look at the finished products up on the fruity display board in our classroom during Open Evening, they’re awesome!!

In science we have been looking at light.  Over the last couple of days we have been looking specifically at the benefits and dangers of the sun.

Benefits.

“The sun is a natural light source and it provides vital warmth.” Kristia and Evie.

“We discovered that it helps us create vitamin D which helps us to stay healthy.” Dylan.

“The sun helps plants to make their own food by the process of photosynthesis.” With out plants we would go hungry.” Ava.

“Most importantly we found out that the sun makes people feel happier.  This has been scientifically proven.” Charlie.

Dangers.

“The dangerous rays of sunlight is called UV light.” Dylan.

“UV light can cause sunburn or damage to your eyes.” Joseph.

“It can also cause skin cancer.” Mea.

We have set up an investigation to see the effects of UV light.  We have stuck opaque shapes on green card and have left them next to a window.  We have predicted what we think will happen.  Check out our blog next week and we will post some photos to show the results.

We feel strongly about sun safety now we know much more about the dangers of UV light.   So we decided to design glasses, hats or outfits to reduce the chance of people getting sunburn, damaging their eyes or even getting skin cancer.

 

“Our bodies also have a natural defense.  We looked at our eyes – when we are in the dark our pupils are bigger and in bright light they are much smaller to reduce the amount of light that can enter the eye through it.  This helps to protect the eye from harmful rays.”  Olivia.

We are looking at doing more light investigations over the half term.

What an amazing day we had yesterday in our amazing school!! It was ‘eggcellent’.

Year 1 made some wonderful Easter bonnets and paraded them in our special Easter assembly for the whole school to see. Aren’t they ‘eggstra-special’?

The school was alive with the sound of busy artists and designers in the afternoon as we had invited parents in for our Easter craft session. Children made Easter eggs with their parents linked to the theme of their particular class; there were some ‘eggciting’ entries and lots of fun was had by all!

Year 3 led the Easter assembly with powerpoints all about Easter that they had made in RE/ICT sessions this half term. They even included hyperlinks to our favourite Easter songs that we have been singing in our assemblies. I think this one is our favourite though. It is called 1,2,3 Jesus is Alive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIf9jv4pVTM

Year 3 also performed their ‘SpaceJam’ dance that was choreographed for the dance off competition, featuring them dressed up as the first monkeys in space.

Reverend Peter ended our assembly by saying a prayer and asking us to reflect on the meaning of Easter when we slowly unwrap and take the first nibble of our chocolate eggs on Easter Sunday morning. I wonder how many you will get? Do you know why the egg is a popular symbol at Easter time?

 A big thank you to Reverend Peter for coming in to join us on our Easter day and a big thank you to all the parents and helpers that spent the morning or afternoon in with us as well. It was an Easter ‘eggstravaganza’ not to be forgotten!!!

Today, we defeated the Robotrons and prevented a disastrous invasion, saving our school and local community!

Robotrons are destructive aliens who want to take over the world.

We had an awesome time working collaboratively to solve the secret codes to work out the password using our fantastic maths skills.  We used our knowledge of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, shape, coordinates and measures to help solve problems.  We had so much fun working out the different codes and were delighted that we managed to destroy them.

We also learned how to count to 10 in Robotron.  This wasn’t easy as we had to solve the codes to find the name of each number:

1 = Lorem

2 = Ipsum

3 = Dolor

4 = Sit

5 = Amet

6 = Elit

7 = Sed

8 = Do

9 = Temore

10 = Aliqua

We loved our maths adventure!

We’ve had a very enjoyable afternoon at Kibworth Primary School performing our ‘Space Jam’ bonanza!! We met lots of other children and learnt two new dances. It was amazing.

Don’t forget to come in to school next Tuesday for our Easter craft afternoon and to watch our Space Jam dance in the Easter assembly at the end of the day!

Georgie, Ruby, Lola, Charlie and Mea all went to Long Field Academy to compete in the Melton and Belvoir Gymnastics Championships.

They all performed with passion, determination, team work and courage.  Initially nerves were high but these soon settled when the competition started.  Routines were performed with confidence and enthusiasm.  The judges clearly liked what they saw as Captains Close came in 1st Place and was awarded the spirit of the games trophy.

“I’m so glad I did it because we came first and I was able to show everyone my routines.” Lola.

“I was nervous at the start but when I started to compete, it made me feel happy.” Ruby.

“My nerves for the competition were high but I persevered and when the competition finished I was surprised and joyful that we had won!” Georgie.

“Yeah! I did it.  I was really happy and was pleased that we all worked together as a team to win the competition.”  Mea.

“As soon as silver was announced we were all very excited as we knew we had won GOLD! I loved doing the competition.  My routines were good but I’m hoping to improve them ready for the competition next year.”  Charlie.

Unfortunately, Scarlett was ill for the competition and sadly had to miss out.  Keep up the hard work Scarlett and let’s hope you make the team next year!

Well Done Gymnasts – we are all proud of you.

 

 

Well done to all the children who have really tried hard to log on to Mathletics and have a go at the set tasks. Remember each time you complete a task you gain more points and get closer to getting a new certificate.  Some children are now working towards their silver certificate!

“Mathletics is really good because it is fun and educational at the same time.” Dylan.

“Mathletics is great because if you want a challenge or just want to practice your maths skills you can in a fun way.” Charlie.

“Mathletics is a fun way to learn at school and at home.” Joseph.

“It is exciting and helps you to practice your maths skills.” Kristia,

Who is going to be the first person to get a silver award?