Year 7(: The Bongos: Blog items
The Week Ahead - Tuesday 2nd May, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st May 2017 @ 9:28pm
I hope you have all had a fantastic Bank Holiday weekend.
We have a busy week in school, preparing for our assembly on Thursday morning. The children will be busy finishing off writing their own material to present and preparing some props. I'm sure you will be as proud of them as I am. They have been keen to go off and research their parts for the assembly and put together a passage to read or perform or to make a prop.
Our spelling activities this week will continue to focus on suffixes. Adding less / ness / ful / ed / in / es / s to root words. We will be continuing to practice words from the Year 3 and 4 statutory word list. Please practice these at home. Several children received their Golden Bike certificates in assembly on Friday. Well done. Don't forget to practice using Spellodrome.
English - To complete our unit on Play scripts we will be writing a play script to go with a silent film clip we have been watching called Dum Spiro. Starting with the dialogue and then adding in the stage directions before the children will have the opportunity to write their own mini play script - a story of their own, or a scene from a story they know well.
Maths - we will continue to develop our understanding of subtraction word problems and methods before moving on to multiplication and division word problems.
Art - we will begin to design our own mosaics and think about different methods we could use to create them.
R.E. - Sikhism. We will be learning about Guru Nanak.
Play scripts , by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st May 2017 @ 9:10pm
We have been continuing to develop our characterisation through drama in preparation for our writing next week.
DEWA Roman Experience, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 1st May 2017 @ 9:05pm
We had a great day on Monday in Chester. The weather stayed fine for the afternoon as we walked to the Ampitheatre and tried out our battle techniques.
We learnt lots of facts about the Romans. We don't want to give too much away, you can find out all about it during our assembly.
English - Play scripts., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 23rd Apr 2017 @ 2:15pm
This half term we are learning about Playscripts in English.
This week we have been annotating scripts to identify their features and also highlighting the script for our own part.
We have practised our lines and have explored a drama technique 'sculpt and the sculpted'. The group had to sculpt one of their actors into a position and give direction as to their facial expressions for one of the scenes in their play. They worked fantastically well in their teams. Here a few of the photos we captured. I'm sure they will make you smile?
Tomorrows Trip, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 23rd Apr 2017 @ 2:09pm
I hope you are all enjoying the sunny weather this weekend. 
Just a few reminders for tomorrow.
Having looked at the weather forecast, it looks like the weather is going to turn and be quite cold and possibly windy.
As we will be spending the afternoon walking around Chester with our Legionary guide please ensure the children come to school wearing a warm coat. I have told the children that they may wear trainers if they want to as we will be walking around, however all other normal school uniform rules apply.
Lunches have been ordered from the kitchen for those who requested one. If you are bringing your own packed lunch please no fizzy drinks, chocolate or sweets.
The children may wish to bring an additional bottle of water if they are thirsty walking around in the afternoon. This can be put in their pocket or a small rucksack with their lunch. I can put some in my bag but I won't fit 30!
We will be leaving Chester at approximately 2:15 and aim to be back at school for 3:45.
I'm sure it will be a great day. We will tell you all about it in our forthcoming class assembly.
Mrs Catterall
What an action packed day! , by Mrs Catterall
Date: 20th Apr 2017 @ 9:45pm
Today has been an exciting day in lots of ways.
We spent the first half an hour this morning sat in our newly extended room, taking in our new surroundings, being excited by the space and the freshly painted walls. Then the move started. The children were extremely sensible carrying the tables and moving all our belongings into our room. We are still in the process of putting everything back in its place so photos will follow next week.
After play we had a special assembly as we welcomed Isaac into school. Isaac Towers is 18 years old and a paralympian athlete who competed in Rio last year. He explained his bike to us and we got to see his medals, they were quite heavy!
This afternoon we completed our move for 15 mins. There were some very red faces at the end, I don't think they realised that running for 15 mins without stopping was going to be so tough. Everyone got into the spirit and we had some skipping and hopping as well. We finished off with our delicious smoothies.
As well as Art and History it has certainly been a fantastic action packed day.
Monday's times table practise., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 20th Apr 2017 @ 9:25pm
On Monday we had great fun making a quick game to help us practise our 4x and 8x tables. We wrote the calculation on one side of a piece of card and the answer on the other. We showed our partner the calculation and they recalled the answer to win the card. The second time around the person was shown the answer and they had to recall the calculation. There was hardly a sound in class as they all concentrated hard to win the cards. Many of the children chose to take their game home to continue practising.
The Week Ahead - Tuesday 18th April 2017, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Apr 2017 @ 9:36pm
I hope you have all enjoyed a relaxing Easter break and are looking forward to the Summer Term. Hopefully the weather will become warmer.
Each week I will be posting an overview of the sorts of things we will be learning about over the week.
Maths We will be developing our understanding and speed in recalling times table and related division facts.
2x 3x 4x 5x 8x 10x. We will look at multiplying larger numbers by 50 or 100. This will include using the grid method and solving problems using data from tables and graphs.
English Our unit for the next few weeks will be 'Play scripts'. There will be lots of opportunities to work in a group to read and perform some scenes as well as looking at the layout and features of a playscript text.
GPS This week our focus is on spelling words with the suffix ed, ing, s, es, identifying adverbs in sentences and continuing to look for examples of main and subordinate clauses.
P.E. Our unit for this half term is Games, we will be developing skills in sending a receiving a ball and moving into a space to recieve a pass.
History This half term we are learning about The Romans. We will begin by learning about how the Romans came to Britain and about the story of Boudicca's rebellion against the Romans.
Art We will be looking at examples of Roman Mosaics.
R.E. This week we will be exploring 'leaders'. Who are leaders in our local community, the country, the world? What/Who do they lead? How do they lead?
I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow and finding out about your Easter adventures.
Mrs Catterall
Science - Forces, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 22nd Mar 2017 @ 10:06pm
We have been really enjoying our Science topic on forces so far. We have been exploring how a car travels on different surfaces and developing our skills in recording data in a table. We gathered all the data together in a spreadsheet and looked for any results we thought might not be accurate and discussed why thismight be. The children showed a really good understanding of how we could make the test as fair as possible. Great work Giraffes.
We will be developing our force knowledge and exploring magnets later this week so keep a look out for our findings.
Iron Man - DT, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 16th Mar 2017 @ 6:33pm
Many of our Iron Men have been completed. The children have worked extremely hard to design and create these with very little input from myself. They have had to try things out, overcome difficulties through problem solving and there has been lots of collaborative working through supporting each other. They have developed a variety of skills through this unit of work. I am very proud of their final moving models as I'm sure you will be.
Swimming - Water Safety, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 16th Mar 2017 @ 6:28pm
Over the past few weeks we have been learning a variety of life saving skills during our swimming lessons. We have swum several lengths of the pool wearing our shorts and T. shirts, practised a reaching rescue and learnt the help position. The Sharks had their assessment today and the fishes will have theirs next week. All children will still require their clothes next week please.
Scooter Safety, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 11th Mar 2017 @ 7:01pm
On Friday we enjoyed a morning of scooter safety. The children learnt about the different parts of their scooter to check as well as how to stay safe while riding their scooter out and about. The children have brought home their booklets to share with you.
Spring Term Projects, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 11th Mar 2017 @ 6:55pm
WOW, what a talented bunch of giraffes you are. Yet again I am blown away by your projects. Lots of variety, creativity and time has gone into them. Well done.
DT - Linkages and Levers, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 11th Mar 2017 @ 6:50pm
The children have been working extremely hard this half term following a series of instructions to create 4 different moving mechanisms. Each mechanism uses levers and linkages in different formations to create a particular output. We have displayed these on a design board. The children are now using this knowledge to design and create a moving Iron Man. Work is in progress and we hope to have some completed moving iron men to show you next week.
ART - Printing, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 11th Mar 2017 @ 6:44pm
Fossil Printing.
As part of our unit on rocks and fossils we developed our drawing and observation skills within art. The children then explored using safeptrint and card and string to create 2 different printing effects.
Skill Development , by Mrs Catterall
Date: 28th Feb 2017 @ 9:12am
Over the last few weeks we have been working with Dylan on developing our skills. A B C - Agility, Balance and Coordination. We have played lots of games to develop and practice these skills. Here are a few photos from the past few weeks.
Science - Rocks, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 4th Feb 2017 @ 12:22pm
This week we have been developing our observation, sorting and classifying skills. We explored a variety of rocks and tried to decide on whether they were igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary. We tested them for hardness and permeability.
Highways England visit, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 4th Feb 2017 @ 12:17pm
On Tuesday we were lucky enough to have a sneaky peek at one of the vehicles used by a traffic officer. Greg came to speak to children in Year 5 and 6 and before he left he gave us a tour of his vehicle. He explained the equipment he has and all about the different lights on the vehicle.
Sport Skill Development, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 4th Feb 2017 @ 12:11pm
On Tuesday this week we had our first skill session with one of the coaches who come into school. The children showed great teamwork turning over cones, balancing balls and flipping bean bags. They had a great time and can't wait till next week.
Parents Safer Internet, by Mr Pearson
Date: 24th Jan 2017 @ 8:52pm
Click here for the PowerPoint for the Parents Safer Intenet
Stone Age Cave Painting, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 13th Jan 2017 @ 10:59pm
This afternoon we wrapped up warm and braved the cold to create a cave painting. The children searched for twigs and other natural materials to make their own paintbrushes before collecting mud and making their paint.
They then had a go at drawing an animal with the mud. We had great fun.
Stone Age Drama, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 12th Jan 2017 @ 12:01pm
A busy week so far. Today the children having been working in groups to put together a drama sketch of the characters from our book entering a Stone Age cave.
Shape poems, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 12th Dec 2016 @ 9:12pm
Today we have been very creative. We spent the morning creating shape poems and then this afternoon inventing, designing and creating our animal skeletons for a 'new Nintendo game called skeletolympics' . The children will be presenting their ideas to the 'fictious' design board from Nintendo later this week.
Keep a look out for photos and explanations of their designs appearing over the week.
Well done, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 8th Dec 2016 @ 7:55pm
Wow what a show!
Giraffes and Bongos I am so proud of you all. You have worked hard and put on a truly amazing Christmas show.
Have a good sleep and we will see you all in the morning
Christmas Songs, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 20th Nov 2016 @ 6:58pm
Music to sing a long to.
Have a go at learning our Christmas show songs at home