We had a fantastic World Book Day yesterday! We created our own story spoons based on characters from our favourite stories, then we shared our stories with each other. Some of us were even brave enough to share our stories with the whole class!
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Art – Sculptures
In our art lessons we have been learning about sculpture. Today we looked at the sculptor Henry Moore. Henry Moore made sculptures of humans and human-like figures formed of simple shapes. We used pipe cleaners to make a mannequin, then we posed for each other and moved our mannequins to match the pose. We then sketched our mannequins in our art books, thinking carefully about the shape.
Making our mannequins:
Our finished mannequins:
Posing for our partners:
Sketching our mannequins:
Celebration Assembly 22nd February
It’s been an active week at Ruyton this week! Bikeability, Cross Country AND a Dodgeball Championship!
Firstly, a huge well done to our Year 6s who underwent Bikeability Training from Shropshire Council. This entailed two days of working with instructors to prove their ability to ride their bikes on the road safely including independent decision making around traffic in the village. We are proud that everyone who took part completed their Level 2 Bikeability!
Well done Year 6 🌟
Our KS2 Dodgeball Team then attended the Thomas Adams School in Wem for the North Shropshire Finals of the competition (following their success in Autumn Term).
Incredibly, our team – consisting of Year 4,5 and 6 players – got through to the semi-finals before narrowly losing out!
A massive well done to all the players involved – it is a super achievement for our small school and you represented us fantastically well.
Cross Country @ Corbet
All children in KS2 (Year 3, 4,5, 6) participated in a cross-country event at the Corbet School on Wednesday. Everyone completed the course – many for the first time- and showed super determination to achieve their best. Well done Team Ruyton!
Weekly CelebrationsÂ
School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):
Year 6 – Harry for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’ – For making a great effort in class and sharing ideas.
Year 5 Charlie for ‘Friendship’ and ‘Respect’: For always showing friendship and respect to others.Â
Year 4 Sam for ‘Perseverance and Friendship’ : During Cross-country Sam showed great support to all his peers.
Year 3 Ruby for ‘Perseverance’: Ruby has shown super perseverance in her writing this week
Year 2 Harry for Perseverance and Wisdom!: Harryhas been working really hard on his writing this week.
Year 1 Imogen for Perseverance and Wisdom : Imogen has been working really hard on her writing this week – she has been producing lots of neat work!
Bumblebees Nancy for ‘tolerance’ of the younger children in her group. Well done Nancy!
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
In other news…
Mrs Beddoes modelled these new hi-viz coats which have been kindly donated by Stop n Go. The jackets will be worn by our Bumblebees children so they are more visible to everyone at playtimes. We think they look great!
RE – The Story of Palm Sunday
In RE this half term we are thinking about ‘Why is Easter important to Christians?’. This week we have been learning about the story of Palm Sunday and what the word Salvation means. We acted out the story in groups and thought about how it links to salvation.
Artwork inspired by ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’
During Children’s Mental Health Week 2024 we explored what mental wellbeing means and reflected on the way the characters in the book look after their own wellbeing. We thought about what makes us and our peers special, and how this can promote our positive wellbeing. We created our own sketches inspired by Charlie’s beautiful illustrations.
A day at ‘The British Ironworks Centre’
Rabbit and Hedgehog Class had a fantastic day at ‘The British Ironworks Centre’. We explored the variety of trails there are and enjoyed looking at the sculptures and thinking about how they were made and what they were made from. We were all very interested in the ‘Extinction Trail’ and learning about how and why animals become extinct. The children were fantastic representatives for the school and impressed the adults on the trip with their knowledge of animal diets and locating where the animals lived!
Science – Materials
In Science we are learning about materials. Year Ones have been naming materials and describing some of their properties. Year Twos have been looking at materials and their uses, they thought about how the materials properties link to their uses. There were lots of brilliant scientific conversations going on – great work Rabbits!
Weekly Celebrations – 26th January
Here are this week’s awards…
Weekly CelebrationsÂ
School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):
Year 6 – Brooke for ‘Perseverance’Â – For making a great effort towards improving writing!
Year 5 Sophia for ‘Perseverance’: Sophia has been working really hard on her writing and has transformed her work lately. Well done Sophia!
Year 4 Emilia for ‘Perseverance and Friendship’ : Emilia shows perseverance in all her work and has been a great team player!
Year 3 Emilia for ‘Friendship and Love’: For being a fantastic and caring friend on our Young Voices trip. She had an amazing time singing and dancing!
Year 2 Aoife for Perseverance and Wisdom!: Aoife is a STAR! She always tries her best, she wants to do her very best and takes pride in everything she does. you’re amazing Aoife!
Year 1 Freddie for Perseverance and Wisdom : Freddie is becoming a fantastic writer! He has brilliant ideas and is taking pride in his work – well done for your hard work in handwriting too!
Reception Harrison for ‘perseverance’ and ‘wisdom’ : Harrison has worked really hard to complete his homework and spellings. He has a super attitude to learning, well done Harrison!
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
Out of school awards…
Laurie has achieved his Level 2 Learn to Swim! We’re really proud of you Laurie and can’t wait to see you in action for summer swimming lessons!
Layla brought in her sash from Brownies for us all to see – very inspiring Layla, thank you.
Millie showed us her playscript for a play she is taking part in with her theatre group, Stage Coach. Good luck Millie!
Congratulations to all our winners this week!
History – Explorers
In our history lesson this week we have been learning about different explorers throughout history. We worked together to put them onto a timeline based on when they went exploring. We also learned the 7 different continents and tried to put out explorers on a world map to show which continent they explored.
If you would like to listen to the continents song, follow this link (it is very catchy!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzqdDdxr9VI
Celebrations of the week – 19th January
Here are this week’s awards…
Weekly CelebrationsÂ
School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):
Year 6 – Freddie for ‘Love’, ‘Hope’Â – For showing great courage over recent days and being so positive and hard working in some challenging times.
Year 5 Tilly for ‘Respect’ and ‘Perseverance’: Tilly has been working really hard in all her lessons and showing her best!
Year 4 Otto for ‘Respect’ : For trying his best consistently.
Year 3 Oscar for ‘Respect’: For always following class rules.
Year 2 Harry for Perseverance and Wisdom!: Harry has been working really hard on his writing – re-reading and editing his work.
Year 1 Hallie for ‘Love’ and ‘Friendship’:Â Hallie is a great friend to everyone and shows the values by the bucketful everyday!
Reception Jasmine for ‘perseverance’ : Jasmine is working really hard on her handwriting – super effort!
Bumblebees Ruairi for settling so well this week!
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
Congratulations to all our winners this week!
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