The '12 Games of Christmas Game' is now available for all pupils to play through SWGfL Merlin. This features 12 educational games and activities for children in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. The games have a value of £29.99 and we hope that you will enjoy playing them free through SWGfL Merlin. P.S - If you have forgotten your login details, please see Mrs. Dukes in the Library or Mr. Spracklen who will happily get you a fresh copy.
Wednesday 30 November 2011
OLYMPIC TORCH HAND OVER
Monday 28 November 2011
Olympic Fun
Well done to the children in Year 3 who made a great effort to learn some of those Olympic Facts last week.
We had an enjoyable week working on the Olympic theme. Gold medals for the whole class!
We had an enjoyable week working on the Olympic theme. Gold medals for the whole class!
Wednesday 23 November 2011
Wonderful Maths Homework.
Thank you Tom Stevens and Thomas Hoskins for some wonderful measuring homework. Tom has weighed various items around his house and taken digital photographs of the measurements he found and the objects he weighed. He even found that a tiny lego figure weighed just 4g. Thomas has been using his measuring skills around the farm and provided me with the recipe for preparing feed for the cattle! Wow, Thomas, don't they eat a lot!
DASP Olympic Torch Arrives
Today (23/11/11) we received the DASP Olympic torch which is making its way around all the schools in the Dorchester Area Schools Partnership. Today children from St Mary’s Dorchester shared with us some of their learning about the Olympics. On Monday (28/11/11) November some of our children will be making their way across town to Manor Park. We shall be working with some of their classes and passing on the work we have done in making our banners. All of this will be filmed by students from Thomas Hardye School. For more information on the torch relay visit the dedicated page on the DASP website: http://www.dasp.org.uk/daspolympictorch.htm. Mr. Spracklen
MARK NEWTON - PARALYMPIC MEDALIST VISITS
Today Mark Newton, former pupil of Maiden Castle School visited us. Mark competed at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, winning a bronze medal in the 4 X 100m relay. Mark, who has cerebral palsy, led an assembly with Mr. Spracklen and unveiled a special piece of art work that the pupils in Year 2 have created. The work includes a picture of mark made of all the images of pupils in Year 2 using a mosaic effect. Mark inspired us to think about what we could become if we are determined enough. Following the assembly, Mark worked with unit roll and other pupils on a special PE session led by Mrs. Hibberd. Mark also visited each class and had a picture taken. We now all very inspired! Mr. Spracklen
Monday 21 November 2011
Olympic Facts - Home Learning
I have given the children a piece of writing about the Olympic Games. For their home learning this week I have asked them to try to learn some facts that are mentioned on the sheet so that they can take part in an "Olympic Quiz" on Friday afternoon. (They should not learn the countries where previous Games have taken place; apart from the first one- Athens 1896 and -also London 1948)
They will also be given some time in school to read the text with their "Reading Groups".
Here is a copy of the text:
Modern Olympic Games – Some interesting facts
The best amateur athletes in the world match skill and endurance in a series of contests called the Olympic Games. Almost every nation sends teams of selected athletes to take part.
The purposes of the Olympic Games are to foster the ideal of a "sound mind in a sound body" and to promote friendship among nations.
The modern Olympic Games are called the “Olympic Games” because of athletic contests held in ancient Greece.
They were banned in AD 394 but were revived and made international in 1896.
They take place every four years.
The Winter Games were added in 1924.
World War I forced cancellation of the Olympics in 1916.
World War 2 forced cancellation in 1940, and 1944.
After 1992, the “Winter” and “Summer” Games were no longer held within the same calendar year.
Winter Games were scheduled for 1994, after only a two-year interval, and every four years thereafter.
The Summer Games were scheduled for 1996, and every four years thereafter.
In most events men and women do not compete together against each other.
Summer and Winter Sports - more facts for you
Summer sports include archery, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian events (horseback riding), fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, handball, judo, rowing, shooting, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, weight lifting, wrestling, and yachting.
Winter events include skating, skiing, bobsledding, luge, tobogganing, ice hockey, and the biathlon (skiing-shooting).
The Decathlon (from the Greek words deka, meaning "ten," and athlon, "contest"). Contestants compete in ten different running, jumping, and throwing events. The athlete scoring the greatest total number of points is the winner. The Pentathlon, consisting of five such events- based upon five military skills--fencing, riding, running, shooting, and swimming. The Marathon race, covering 26 miles 385 yards, honors the ancient Greek runner Pheidippides, who ran from Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory against the Persians.
DM
They will also be given some time in school to read the text with their "Reading Groups".
Here is a copy of the text:
Modern Olympic Games – Some interesting facts
The best amateur athletes in the world match skill and endurance in a series of contests called the Olympic Games. Almost every nation sends teams of selected athletes to take part.
The purposes of the Olympic Games are to foster the ideal of a "sound mind in a sound body" and to promote friendship among nations.
The modern Olympic Games are called the “Olympic Games” because of athletic contests held in ancient Greece.
They were banned in AD 394 but were revived and made international in 1896.
They take place every four years.
The Winter Games were added in 1924.
World War I forced cancellation of the Olympics in 1916.
World War 2 forced cancellation in 1940, and 1944.
After 1992, the “Winter” and “Summer” Games were no longer held within the same calendar year.
Winter Games were scheduled for 1994, after only a two-year interval, and every four years thereafter.
The Summer Games were scheduled for 1996, and every four years thereafter.
In most events men and women do not compete together against each other.
Summer and Winter Sports - more facts for you
Summer sports include archery, basketball, boxing, canoeing, cycling, equestrian events (horseback riding), fencing, field hockey, gymnastics, handball, judo, rowing, shooting, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, weight lifting, wrestling, and yachting.
Winter events include skating, skiing, bobsledding, luge, tobogganing, ice hockey, and the biathlon (skiing-shooting).
The Decathlon (from the Greek words deka, meaning "ten," and athlon, "contest"). Contestants compete in ten different running, jumping, and throwing events. The athlete scoring the greatest total number of points is the winner. The Pentathlon, consisting of five such events- based upon five military skills--fencing, riding, running, shooting, and swimming. The Marathon race, covering 26 miles 385 yards, honors the ancient Greek runner Pheidippides, who ran from Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory against the Persians.
DM
Well done Year 3 Great Assembly
Well done to all the children in Year 3 for their excellent contributions to our "Adventures of Jack Spice" Assembly.
Friday 18 November 2011
Year 3 Maths Home Learning
Home learning – Year 3 – 18th November 2011
I would like you to start learning your 3 and 6 times tables this week. Use what ever method you like, from chanting to times table toons on Mathletics. I will be checking your tables and issuing certificates for all of the effort you have put in.
Speaking of Mathletics...
Year 2 have been regularly achieving 15 certificates as a class. I think we need to compete. Can year 3 beat them next week?
We have started looking at measuring weight this week. The children have looked at kg and g and begun to estimate and compare weights of objects. At home I would like the children to find out the weight of different objects around the house and write them down; they should include units g or kg.
You could do this with cooking ingredients, small objects, large objects or even people if you are feeling brave!
I look forward to seeing their work.
I would like you to start learning your 3 and 6 times tables this week. Use what ever method you like, from chanting to times table toons on Mathletics. I will be checking your tables and issuing certificates for all of the effort you have put in.
Speaking of Mathletics...
Year 2 have been regularly achieving 15 certificates as a class. I think we need to compete. Can year 3 beat them next week?
We have started looking at measuring weight this week. The children have looked at kg and g and begun to estimate and compare weights of objects. At home I would like the children to find out the weight of different objects around the house and write them down; they should include units g or kg.
You could do this with cooking ingredients, small objects, large objects or even people if you are feeling brave!
I look forward to seeing their work.
Tuesday 15 November 2011
Assembly on Friday
We do hope that you can come along to our "Adventures of Jack Spice" Assembly on Friday 18th November (9.20 am).
The children have been asked to come to school dressed as "sailors from the olden days". If you are happy for them to, then they can come to school dressed like that, and remain dressed like that for the rest of the day.
See you Friday.
Duncan Macbean
PS - another joke for you:
Why do pirates survive on desert islands?
Because of all the sand which is there.
The children have been asked to come to school dressed as "sailors from the olden days". If you are happy for them to, then they can come to school dressed like that, and remain dressed like that for the rest of the day.
See you Friday.
Duncan Macbean
PS - another joke for you:
Why do pirates survive on desert islands?
Because of all the sand which is there.
Monday 14 November 2011
Ofsted Parent View
As you know at the Prince of Wales First School we are always looking for feedback and encourage you to provide this in a variety of ways. Whether this is through face-to-face conversation, comments on our class blogs or through our annual parents questionnaire, we always welcome your feedback. Building on this, we would now encourage you to go online and express your views using the new ‘Parent View’ website from Ofsted. This 12-question survey will help other parents as they make important choices about their child’s education and provide Ofsted with information about our school that will help them inform their priorities for inspection. The questionnaire does not allow free text comments but invites responses to a series of closed questions. To express your view, please visit our school website now and click on the parent tab and look for the link to the Parent View website. Alternatively, visit: http://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/.
Thursday 3 November 2011
Class Assembly
Dear Parents,
We are doing an assembly with a “ships and seafarers” theme, entitled “Jack Spice”. Because the children are going to be miming and clambering about in the role of 16th century sailors it will be more effective if they can learn their “lines” rather than read them. Can you please encourage your child to practise what they have to say and help them with the reading where necessary? They are bringing home a copy of their script.
The children will need to dress up as 16th/17th
Century sailors (but not pirates,.. though fake-moustaches, scars and tatoos are fine!!)
We are doing an assembly with a “ships and seafarers” theme, entitled “Jack Spice”. Because the children are going to be miming and clambering about in the role of 16th century sailors it will be more effective if they can learn their “lines” rather than read them. Can you please encourage your child to practise what they have to say and help them with the reading where necessary? They are bringing home a copy of their script.
The children will need to dress up as 16th/17th
Century sailors (but not pirates,.. though fake-moustaches, scars and tatoos are fine!!)
I hope you can come along to the assembly.
It’s on Friday 18th November at 9.20 am.
The Adventures of Jack Spice
Writing an adventure story (historical context)
This is an on-going project over 5 sessions.
It is supported by a series of drama activities to develop ideas and concepts for the story. One chapter will be done as a "Home Learning" project.
Scene changes unfold as follows:
Jack is tricked on board.
Jack learns to become a sailor.
Jack’s ship is attacked by pirates.
There is a mutiny.
They sight land at last. What do they discover?
Learning objectives –
To write a longer story, maintaining the narrative in an appropriate chronological order.
Success criteria –
I have written the extended adventure story of “Jack Spice”.
I have written in sentences marked by capital letters and full stops.
I have used speech marks.
I have thought carefully about my choices of words and I have used “powerful vocabulary”.
This is an on-going project over 5 sessions.
It is supported by a series of drama activities to develop ideas and concepts for the story. One chapter will be done as a "Home Learning" project.
Scene changes unfold as follows:
Jack is tricked on board.
Jack learns to become a sailor.
Jack’s ship is attacked by pirates.
There is a mutiny.
They sight land at last. What do they discover?
Learning objectives –
To write a longer story, maintaining the narrative in an appropriate chronological order.
Success criteria –
I have written the extended adventure story of “Jack Spice”.
I have written in sentences marked by capital letters and full stops.
I have used speech marks.
I have thought carefully about my choices of words and I have used “powerful vocabulary”.
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Can you help? (Cheese Boxes - Year 2)
Can you help? Miss. Mertens in Year 2 is on the hunt for circular cheese boxes like the one pictured above. If you have any of these boxes we would be very grateful to receive them.
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