This week in Art club, we looked at how to take a truely fantastic landscape photograph. We considered things like contrasting colours, not placing our subject in the centre of the picture (the rule of thirds), framing and the angle of the camera.
The results were phenominal, and will be the basis for the rest of out work. Some of the pictures show the playground as you’ve never seen it before!
Can you recognise them all?
Playground Photography on PhotoPeach
As part of out work on Buddhism, Class 12 experienced what it is like to meditate. They sat perfectly still outside, trying to empty their minds of all thoughts. The children enjoyed the experience, finding it challenging but rewarding, and all managed at least 10 minutes, with some lasting an amazing 20 minutes before we had to come back in.
Some children have suggested that meditation now take place daily. Mr Hodgson is overjoyed with their enthusiasm, but suspicious of their motives.
Can you spot the one boy who nodded off during the meditating?
Meditation on PhotoPeach
Saad used the number square to find his answers. He worked independently and quickly. Fantastic!
Amy created a good description and sketch for this wanted poster. Great details and a realistic drawing.
Harry tried his best to remember the sounds he has learned in Read Write Inc and has also been working independently.
Alastair has been learning about the Spanish Armada and the reasons why this historical event took place. Alistair has studied famous paintings and has painted his own version. He thought carefully about his colour mixing to produce the storm scene.
Jacob has been reading Trip Advisor reviews about Bolton Abbey. He has discussed E-safety matters, how reviews can be biased, he thought about how articles on the internet could be written by people pretending to be someone else. He also noticed that the date that things are written are important.
Hrishi has used his times tables facts to solve word problems. A great skill to have mastered.
Sherkeur worked extremely hard to quickly and carefully write these two Haikus.
Mia created a super observational drawing of Bolton Abbey.
Kacie has done some fantastic work in Literacy and her teacher is really proud of her. well done.
Amie, Lucy, Kyra Thomas and Mariyah worked hard as a group to create a story board for Theseus and the Minataur
Ebony created a detailed reclining Buddha. She is becoming a fantastic artist and should be proud of herself.
Georgie has been using feedback and support from staff really well to improve her confidence in Literacy. As a result she has improved her score by one whole level in her last assessment. Well done!
Hassan was chosen from his Reception class because he can now confidently count to 10. Ayla was chosen for her gymnastic skills and she brought a badge to show how well she is doing.
Nessfield's Year 6 Tag Rubgy Team 2013
I would just like to say a HUGE congratulations to our Year 6 Tag Rugby team. After competing in 2 previous events run by the Keighley Cougars, the team won the chance to play in the Bradford Schools Tag Rugby Final at Odsal Stadium (home of the Bradford Bulls!) The team played extremely well and finished in joint 7th place out of the best 19 teams in Bradford! The team had a fantastic day. They met some Bradford Bulls players and even got their trainers and PE t-shirts signed!
Year 5 – something for you to aim for next year!
Can you name any of the Bradford Bulls players in this photograph?
Kieran has worked hard and been exceptionally well behaved and sensible all week especially on the class trip. He completed a traffic survey at Bolton Abbey and in Keighley and compared the results.
Rebecca is working hard to use describing words in her writing. She has written a detailed description of the setting for her story.
Jake has written a beautiful, scary poem about the ghost train with sensational similies. He worked independently and it was the best poem in his class.
Lewis mixed a range of powder paints to create this camoflage image for “Army Week”. He was also able to hold his paint brush effectively.
Adele has been busy writing and creating a wonderful picture.
Ethan wrote an exciting story with some excellent word choices.
Aniqa’s brilliant account of her class visit to Bolton Abbey.
Bailey worked very hard on his own to retell the story of Theseus and the Minotaur. He has tried hard to use neat hand writing and interesting words.
George has developed confidence when participating in lessons. He has also made a sensible prediction about what might happen in the story “Bored Claude”
In today’s school newsletter, Mr. Smith announced he is going to try to read a book a day during the half term holiday. He will start tomorrow, Saturday May 25th and finish on Sunday June 2nd. To meet the challenge he will have to read 9 books. Keep visiting this post to see how he is getting on. You can leave comments on his progress and if you too have read the same books you can tell the blog readers what you thought of them.
What will he start with………….?
Day 1 Book 1: Diary of a Wimpy Kid – The Last Straw
This is the third book in the series and it’s been a while since Mr. Smith read the first two. Greg is up to his usual tricks of trying to do as little as possible, such a lazy boy!. The best features of these books are the way that the author (Jeff Kinney) brings all the themes in the story back together at the end for a big finish.
Day 2 book 2 – Billy the Kid
If you like football you will love this, but even if you don’t like football this story will have you reaching for the tissues. A great tale of love and loss and of family values. Michael Morpurgo does it again!
Day 3 Book 3 – The Indian in the Cupboard
The title of this book is not the most inspiring but it is the 10th best selling children’s book of all time so I thought I would find out why. Lynne Reid Banks wrote the story and she must have been the inspiration for Toy Story, Small Soldiers and Night at the Museum. It is great! Full of cliff hangers and children getting into trouble but just managing to keep their secret. A good story to be read out loud.
Day 4 Book 4 – The Boy In The Dress.
The Britain’s Got Talent judge, David Walliams, has created a story that is funny, touching and has a lovely little twist at the end. The message is very clear – people, especially friends and family are very important parts of our lives despite what they sometimes say and do!
Book 5 Day 5 Danny Champion of the World
A classic from the master story teller Roald Dahl. A tale about a boy whose dad has a secret and a fantastic plot to become champion of the world. The secondary characters are also great fun.
Do you fancy trying a different sport? Want to learn a new skill? Why not head down to the Festival of Sport. Its free and sounds like a great way to spend your Sunday afternoon! If you go post a message to tell us what it was like.
We recently had a golf day in school where Years 3, 4 and 5 took part in golf workshops. They tried hard to develop and improve their putting and chipping skills. They had fun chipping the ball onto a target to score points for their class. Mr. Smith announced the winners in Friday’s Good Work Assembly.
Quick Question:
Can you name any famous golfers? Which country do they represent?
Harry, Nathan, Chloe and Neve told everyone about their SATs experience and explained that it was easier than they had expected and that they actually quite enjoyed it.
Euan was praised for his attitude and resilience in what had been a difficult week and that he had worked really hard. One word summed him up – BRILLIANT!
Lucy’s stunning painting of her mum.
Ayla’s super independent setence work.
Jessica is making super progress in Read Write Inc with both her reading and her writing.
Abigail has learnt lots of action words, working hard both in school and at home.
Mia brought a fantastic character description of the infamous Miss Trunchbull.
Toby is trying really hard to use his sounds to help him write his ideas.
Owen had created two great pieces of writing. An argument about Shark Fin Soup and a diary entry for a passenger on The Titanic.
Bevan has thrown himself into his rivers and oceans topic. He has begun a good persuasive argument against the eating of Shark Fin Soup and included technical vocabulary.
This week both our Year 4 and Year 6 boys rugby tag teams won competitions.
Very well done boys.
Not to be outdone the Mixed Year 5/6 cricket team won the Oakbank Quick Cricket festival. Great work children.
Ebony brought 3 pieces of work based on her weather work. A windmill,
a pastel tornado picture,
and a chalk storm picture.
This tornado picture was created by Oliver and Ethan with a little adult help as today was our annual Men to School Day.
Can you spot the sheep and cow that have been dragged into the vortex?
Cameron and Alastair have spent the day creating house frames and covering them to produce these models of Tudor Houses.
Ellis, Sky and Zoe solved Monday’s assembly puzzle of joining three rows of three dots together with four straight lines and not removing the pen or pencil from the paper. They showed they were “thinking outside the box”.
Harry showed his scientific skills, he has a good attitude to his work and he presents it very well.
Aleesha’s work on “Wind in the Willows” amazed us not only with its neatness but also with the range of vocabulary and historical detail.
Yasmin is working extemely hard to use describing words and to write her ideas clearly.
Keeron was representing his class because of the hard work and perseverence he had shown in this character description of Miss Trunchbull.
Alex was runner up in a Young Writer Competition and he captured the attention of the whole school by singing his reworked version of “Walking in a Winter Wonderland”.
Bronwyn has written a lovely postcard based on the book “Meerkat Mail”. Her class had been thinking about extreme climates and had been focussing on deserts.
The Tongo Lizard is back! Neve’s version uses fantastic vocabulary and eye catching sub-headings to create a convincing and entertaining non chronological report on this (fictional) creature.
Hannah has written aFantastic Night Time report. She has organised her writing with headings and used some fantastic vocabulary. Her teacher was so pleased with the effort she has put in and with how much her writing has improved.
Bobby, James, Harvey and Chris have carefully constructed a Tudor Village. They have shown attention to detail on the smaller buildings. As a group they worked well together.
Lewis has made massive improvements with his reading. He is reading much more regularly, taking more quizzes and passing the majority of them. Keep it up Lewis and you’ll soon be top of the leader board.