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The Multiplication Tables Check is fast approaching. In the first few weeks of Term 6 we will be undertaking the times table check.
Team Cialis have been practising hard in class with 20 Personal Best scores on Friday! Well done! We need to keep up the practice.
Therefore, Team Cialis are currently in a Times Table Rockstar battle with Team O.
Keep up your practice and I look forward to seeing how many personal bests we have next week!
Children in Team Cialis who receive 10 Superstar Learner cards are allowed to choose a reward time treat. So far this year, 4 children have received 10 superstar learner cards. They have chosen to have Ipad time or to meet the new rabbits.
Lots of children are so close! So what will you choose?
On Tuesday, we will be taking part in the Viking Games.
We will be travelling to Upton Junior to take part in the Viking Games. Please can all children arrive as normal for 8:30am on the day of the competition. We will be leaving promptly to walk to the station to catch the train.
Children should come to school wearing their PE kits, ideally with a t-shirt of their house colour if possible, and wearing sports trainers.
If the weather is hot, please can children bring a hat, wear sun cream and have a water bottle with them. If it turns out to be a chilly day, jogging bottoms and a jumper will be needed.
They will also need a packed lunch as we are going to eat lunch at Upton. If your child is eligible for Free School Meals, they will receive a school packed lunch.
If you think your child would benefit from reading the social story, it is attached below.
This week, Year 4 visited the beach and Crab Museum in Margate. We had a great time exploring the shoreline for evidence of vertebrates and invertebrates. We also managed to consolidate our learning about food chains by finding a plant or animal and thinking about whether it is predator or prey.
In the Crab Museum, we used microscopes to see the tiny creatures that live in sand and amongst the seaweed. We also learnt more about invertebrates by exploring the information in the museum.
After a long walk, we had an amazing time at Discovery Planet. The children learnt how to use pulleys to build a dice rolling machine. aswell as pulleys, they also had marbles, toy cars, and tubes to create a machine that uses the domino effect.
Every group made a working machine, and they all looked amazing!
The RAPS talent show is back! It will be held on the last day of term (Fri 26th May) during school time. If children want to take part, they will need to audition at lunchtime on Thurs 18th May 12pm. They can perform any talent they wish, in a group or on their own, and can use backing music if they want to. A message will be sent home if they are successful in getting through to the final. Good luck and I can't wait to see all your amazing and unique talents!
Miss Dannell
Maeve, from Team Cialis, has had a piece of artwork accepted in to the Turner Contemporary's latest exhibition. Maeve's piece of ceramic depicts a mermaid surrounded by rubbish.
Maeve describes the artwork in this way:
I have made a mermaid out of clay and she is lying on the rocks, tired after collecting two bin bags full of rubbish. I wanted to create something that appealed to children as most will know the story of the little mermaid but then I also wanted to deliver a strong message: that just because we don't live in the sea ourselves we have a responsibility to keep it clean for everyone.
If you would like to see Maeve's artwork in the gallery, the exhibition will be running from 27th May until 10th September.
I'm sure we'd all like congratulate Maeve on this amazing success!
We look forward to seeing parents on Friday (5th May) at 14:45 for our Multiplication Tables Check meeting. This is an opportunity to give you all the information about the MTC that yr 4s will be taking in June.
After the meeting, you will be able to take your child straight home.
See you on Friday.