5th Day Week 1

8.50 - 9.00 reading and registration
9.00 - 10.00 - I.T lesson
10.00 - 11.15 Mathematics lesson
11.15 - 11.30 break
11.30 - 12.40 literacy
12.40 - 13.30 lunch
13.30 - 13.45 Reading
13.45 - Art lesson
14.40 - 15.00 Assembly

W.O.W:
As part of the walk on wednesdays initiative, children who walk to school were given badges to congratulate them on taking part.

Learning Journals:
a record of each pupils best work throughout the year, it aims to show their progression in the curriculum.

House points:
Each pupil is a member of a house team, these are named after famous people:
King,
Ghandi,
Mandela,
Seacole.

Each house has a colour and these are warn as badges on their schooluniform.

Mathematics:
Finding the radius and diameter of a circle ( see examples)
Drawing flowers using a circle and a compass ( see examples)

Art:
S took the lesson and explained to the class she wanted them to find photos from magazines showing figures moving or in action. There were various examples e.g footballers, dancers etc. they were asked to cut around each figure and make an A4 collage.

Due to bad behaviour and neglect of instructions the class was terminated and the children who had not completed the task properly were asked to throw away their work. They were then asked to get on with other work in silence.

Assembly:
2 past pupils came in to talk to year 6 about their highschool experiences. Mrs M welcomed them and talked about how they had been nominated for this years oscars ( a prize giving service in the evening in a couple of weeks). Other nominations were given out to current pupils for various achievements:
good work and presentation,
continuous improvement in work,
improvement in attitude and behaviour,

The oscars are an annual event where nominees are asked to attend in smart dress with parents/ guardians to celebrate their success. Pupils are nominated for awards by their teachers and winners will be selected by governers having looked at the information put forward about them.

Behaviour:
Child J sent himself home when abusing the warning system. The warnfoling strategy states that if a pupil has been given 4 warnings they need to make a phonecall home to exlain what they have done wrong. J however told office staff he had been asked to call home when in fact he was fed up of being at school. When his mother answered he annonced he was unhappy withe the way he was being diciplined. She promptly arrived to pick him up and did not support teaching staff following the incident.