We have arrived and settled in! Despite the wet weather, the children thrown themselves, whole-heartedly, into every activity! Today, they’ve enjoyed team games including football and basketball and later tucked into a hearty meal with Chicken Katsu Curry or Vegetable Lasagne on the menu tonight!
This week in Nursery, we have been learning about Mother’s Day and have learnt a song to share with you.
Wishing all the mums a very Happy Mother’s Day!
In Maths, we are learning about fractions. Children have been finding halves, quarters and thirds of shapes and amounts. We wonder if your child can explain the difference in the fractions to you?
We have been thinking about what will happen to seeds if we plant them upside down. So that we can see the seeds germinate, we have put them in plastic wallets on the windows.
There is a special surprise to come home today which the children have been working hard on in writing. We have been using subordinate conjunctions in our writing.
Have a fantastic weekend from the Year 2 Team.
One of the stories we enjoyed this week was called ‘Monkey Puzzle’ by Julia Donaldson. The story is about a butterfly who tries to help a little monkey find his mum. There is a lot of trial and error as the butterfly misunderstands monkey’s descriptions and leads him to all sorts of unsuitable animals.
A request:
We are collecting recycled materials for our junk modelling station. Ideally, we would like small boxes, washed yoghurt pots, kitchen rolls (no toilet rolls please) and small containers. Please can we ask that any recycled material that previously had nut products inside do not come in due to allergies that we have in school. Please could the items be brought in a bag. Thank you
Have a great weekend – The Foundation Stage Team
Our RE learning this half term is focused around the enquiry question, ‘Why is the Torah so special to the Jewish community?’ To add some real-life experience to our learning, we visited Exeter Synagogue this week. We came away with countless facts about Judaism, the history of the Synagogue and the beliefs and traditions of Jews in Exeter and around the world. We’re sure the children had lots to share at home! Take a look at the pictures below:
English
In English, we have been writing biographies this week about inspirational women using our class text: ‘HERstory’ which looks at famous woman in History.
Children have chosen to research and write about Emma Watson, Lucy Bronze, Marie Curie, Rosa Parks and many, many more!
Here are some examples:
Best wishes,
Miss Baxter, Miss Stone and Miss Clarke
World Book Day
To celebrate World Book Day, our children arrived dressed to impress and enjoyed sharing their favourite books and characters.
They kept teachers on their toes by making us guess the character they had chosen and completed some fun book related activities such as a quiz, guess the author, wordsearches and book reviews. Some classes also enjoyed travelling across to Reception and Year 1 to share their book preferences and read to them. The younger children were mesmerised by the older children reading to them with expression. Enjoy a few photographs ……..
This week’s home learning has been phenomenal in Year 5. As part of National Careers Week, all children were given a unique task that would help them reach their individual career goal in the future. We had a raft of excellent videos, presentations, displays, stories, fact-files, teaching episodes, stop-motion animations, sporting demonstrations and even more wonderful creations. The teachers have been extremely impressed with the effort and time that has been given to create these pieces of home learning – there is no doubt that this determination will see our children reach their dreams! We look forward to receiving even more terrific home learning (focused on Neurodiversity Celebration Week) next Thursday.
Next week, we have our trip to the synagogue, as part of our Judaism topic. On Tuesday, 5GT and half of 5MW will visit; on Wednesday, 5LS and the other half of 5MW will have their turn. Please check the MCAS app for further information and filling out permission forms. If you have any questions, please email the school office or the Y5 home learning email.
World book day pictures as promised!
In Science, we have been looking closely at fruit containing seeds and the children made some super labelled drawings.
We hope you enjoy a relaxing weekend from the Year 2 Team.
This week the children have visited the Mosque as part of their work on the Muslim faith in RE. The children were fantastic on the coach and listened well in the Prayer Hall. They learned about how many Muslims attend Friday prayer in the Mosque in Exeter, how Muslims wash before prayer and saw the Mihrab which shows the direction of Mecca. We also saw the dome and found out that before technology, that the dome helped the sound carry inside the Mosque. Many Mosques like Exeter, still have domes as they are traditional. The children also got the opportunity to sketch patterns and objects inside the Prayer Hall.
We have loved the excitement today of World Book Day. The outfits have been amazing and we will post pictures of this next week. We started the day with a parade of all the outfits in Year 2. The children have also done a selection of book activities. Your child will bring home a World Book Day voucher today which can be used to get a ‘free’ book (see https://www.worldbookday.com/books) or can be used to get a £1 off a full price book. Enjoy spending them!
Have a super weekend from the Year 2 Team.
Headteacher: Mrs G Wills
Deputy Headteacher: Mrs P Hackworthy
Exwick Heights Primary School
Exwick Lane
Exeter
Devon
EX4 2FB
Tel: 01392 209030
Exwick Heights Primary School is part of the
Ted Wragg Trust
Cranbrook Education Campus
Tillhouse Road
Cranbrook
EX5 7EE
Telephone: 01404 823293
Email: info@tedwraggtrust.co.uk