Monthly Archives: April 2012

Letters from Parkland Primary

Pupils in 6JC were reading some letters sent to us by Year 6 at Parkland primary this morning. Pupils there were very interested in our olympic torch and wanted to know if we would be visiting their school and sent … Continue reading

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The Highwayman Of Today!

5WS had to describe the Highwayman. But in modern day time! Here are some sentences we would like to share with you: Alisha B -Everyday he’d rev his motor, which was a white Audi R8, blaring bassline beats out of … Continue reading

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Spectacular 3D Shapes!

In Year 5, we have been learning about 3D shapes and their properties, such as faces, vertices and edges. One of the shapes we looked at was a tetrahedron. Tetrahedron -  Faces=4    Vertices=4     Edges=6           Hexagonal Prism - Faces=8    Vertices= 12    Edges=18 Can you work out how many faces a … Continue reading

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Can you write some nonsense?

This isn’t something a teacher would normally say, but today it’s different. You will need your home reading book to do this challenge.   1. Take your new, colour-banded reading book. 2. Choose any sentence from the book. For example: … Continue reading

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Marvellous Metaphors Floating In 5WS…

5WS have been focusing on metaphors as we are studying poetry. A metaphor is a word or a phrase to describe something as something else. Our W.A.G.O.L.L is The Highwayman (narrative poem). Here are some of our metaphors : Shazan – … Continue reading

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Miriam Lord – Time To Be Proud!

Sarah from 5WS has had her 100WC chosen for the Showcase and it is a moment to be proud of. Her work was chosen out of 350 entries for Week 26. It was Miriam Lord’s second moment to be proud. Her work was chosen … Continue reading

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Fairtrade Video Competition

Some of our Year 5 children worked extremely hard last term to produce a video about “The Journey of the Fairtrade Cocoa Bean”. It was entered into a competition run by Fairtrade Yorkshire and we have been selected as one … Continue reading

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The summer term is nearly here…

Well, the holidays are nearly over and the summer term is upon us. We already have much to celebrate this year, but we have so much still to do. We will be building our new continuous provision space, continuing work … Continue reading

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The Torch hits the Whitehouse

Today, the Miriam Lord Olympic Torch stopped at a very special destination. Here we are outside the White House, the home of President Obama. We have met lots of people who have asked about the torch journey, and even though … Continue reading

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The Miriam Lord Torch hits the US of A…

Greetings to everyone at Miriam Lord from New York. How great is it to share our Olympic Torch journey with another country. I’m hoping the photo has worked. Here I am on an incredibly windy Ellis Island ferry, in front … Continue reading

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