Bumblebees have had great fun learning all about Chinese New Year . The children have enjoyed collaging Chinese Lanterns, watching a Dragon Dance and then painting their own Chinese Dragons. Here are some of the children’s amazing Dragon paintings.
School News
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!
“Let’s all creep through crocodile creek”…
We have been learning the story “Let’s all creep through crocodile creek” since coming back to school in January. Today, we learnt how to make a story map by creating a whole class shared one. After that, the children took it in turns to retell the whole story using their map to help them. We all think they did a super job of their first story maps and can’t wait to see them having a go at making their own later in the week!
Young Voices 2024
On Wednesday, some of KS2 attended the Young Voices Concert at Resorts World in Birmingham.
This concert is the largest children’s choir in the world, presenting a fantastic opportunity to sing songs and explore music from different cultures and genres. The children have been practicing very hard for months and performed amazingly on the night.
We were also lucky enough to see guest performances from Street Dance Crew Urban Strides, MC Grammar and 13-year-old Drummer and Musician, Nandi Bushell (who wowed us all!)
We all had a wonderful time and the children sang and danced their hearts out!
All children were extremely sensible and polite, and did St John’s proud (even receiving praise from an adult from another school.)
We can’t wait for Young Voices 2025 !
Weekly Celebrations – 26th January
Here are this week’s awards…
Weekly Celebrations
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’ – 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