On Thursday we watched ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ with Mr Bennett, which linked brilliantly with our study of the Vikings this half term. We have also had fun this week in maths learning how to use a protractor to measure and draw angles. 5LC have now finished reading our Reading Skills book ‘Oranges in No Man’s Land’. It has been really interesting reading it.
This week Y5 were not able to stay in our classes for the first part of the morning due to SATs going on, we let small groups of Y6 pupils use our classrooms. All of Y5 had to go into the sports hall for extra PE with Mr Bennett. On Monday and Wednesday we had to change into our PE kits and got into our houses and wore our house coloured bibs to play end ball. On Tuesday we went swimming in our usual groups. There are 3 groups, one in the teaching pool, one in the big pool but in the shallow end and one in the big pool but in the deep end. Science on Tuesday was extremely fun as we tested our parachutes by attaching eggs to them and testing them to see if any were good enough to stop the eggs from breaking.
On Thursday we watched ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ with Mr Bennett, which linked brilliantly with our study of the Vikings this half term. We have also had fun this week in maths learning how to use a protractor to measure and draw angles. 5LC have now finished reading our Reading Skills book ‘Oranges in No Man’s Land’. It has been really interesting reading it.
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Half Term 4 was very exciting and busy for us, besides the ongoing preparation for the Year 4 & 5 Spring Production of ‘Treasure Island’, we attended the ‘Online Safety Roadshow’ at the Civic Hall in Blackshots, celebrated Commonwealth Day & Holi (Festival of colours). In Mathematics we learned about fractions and how to apply our knowledge to solve worded problems. During our English lessons we explored the features of play scripts and how to write clear precise instructions in order to create a paper aeroplane, which was the focus of Science Week. Finally, on the 27th & 28th March we performed ‘Treasure Island’ to our parents; the dedication and commitment over the last term resulted in successful (according to the fabulous comments of parents) performances.
Here are some quotes to illustrate the pupils' perspective: Bethany, Actor 'All the actors went through a stage of being nervous and scared; remembering your lines, speaking with a loud and clear voice whilst performing the right action at the appropriate time. I was proud of myself as I am not usually someone who speaks in front of lots of people.' Eva, Dancer 'All the dancers had been practising their dances and making sure they were perfect on the day. I felt really nervous about it because I did not want to get it wrong.' Aiden, Choir 'We had lots of rehearsals to practise all the lyrics, which was sometimes boring, but it was worth it. We enjoyed performing it to the rest of the school and especially to our parents. It was fun and most people enjoyed wearing the costumes.' Children in Year 4 and 5 will be performing in their Spring Production on Wednesday 27th and Thurday 28th March. There will be a 9.30am and 1.45pm performance on both days. The performance times to which you are invited are: Wednesday: 9:30am 1:45pm Thursday: 9:30am 1:45pm We estimate that the performances will last for up to 60 minutes. Parents/carers who have watched the afternoon performance and will be collecting their children should exit the hall and wait on the playground outside their children’s classes for them to be released from classrooms at the end of the day.
Click "Book now" below to book a seat on the KS2 Spring Production. Please read and follow the instructions carefully to ensure you book for the correct event. Each family may have two seats for each of their child’s performances, when you register you will receive a confirmation email. If you register for more than two seats or the names of the persons registered are not known to us as parents/carers, the booking will be removed. If there are special circumstances that require more than two seats i.e. parents have new partners, please email office.etp@osborne.coop and a member of the office team will contact you to discuss your requirements. You must bring either a print out of the email you receive or show the email on your phone when you attend for the performance. There is a maximum number of one hundred and forty seats per performance, please only book a maximum of two tickets per child in one of the four performances. Recently, Year 5 had the opportunity of becoming curators, as part of a workshop run by the Bata Heritage Centre, during which pupils restored artefacts that were damaged during the devastating fire of the local library (January 2017). We also had to catalogue each item: writing a short description; recording the catalogue number; using ICT skills to take photographs before and after the cleaning process. As part of the workshop 5NM - the lucky ones - were filmed; the footage will be streamed later in the year. Fortunately, the library is being rebuilt and we are hoping to visit it in the summer term.
Children in Year 4 and Year 5 will be performing in their Spring Production on Thursday 22nd, Friday 23rd and Monday 26th March. Check below to see the performance times. The performance times are: Thursday 22nd: 9.30am and 1.45pm Friday 23rd: 9.30am and 1.45pm Monday 26th: 9.30am Complete the form below to book a seat on the production. Please read and follow the instructions carefully to ensure you book for the correct event. Each family may have two seats for each of their child’s performance. When you register you will receive a confirmation email. If you register for more than two seats or the names of the persons registered are not known to us as parents/carers, the booking will be removed. If there are special circumstances that require more than two seats i.e. parents have new partners, please email office.etp@stcleres.coop and a member of the office team will contact you to discuss your requirements. You must bring either a print out of the email you receive or show the email on your phone when you attend for the performance. There is a maximum number of one hundred and sixty seats per performance, once we reach this capacity it will not be possible for you to register for the performance.
On Friday 22nd May, the last day of the half term, the entire community of East Tilbury Primary School & Nursery celebrated an Alice in Wonderland Equity Action in the glorious sunshine! Children had been enquiring into a number of ideas, using Lewis Carroll's famous story as a vehicle, as well as looking into local heritage through the Bata estates. Friday's event was a Hatter's Tea Party, with performances from children across the school, party food, games and work from the half term on display for parents, carers and other visitors to enjoy. Guests at the event included the Mayor Cllr Liddiard and his Deputy Mayor, MP Stephen Metcalfe, some of our Governors past and present, and representatives from local community groups. Children raised hundreds of pounds through this event to support the work of the Bata Reminiscence Resource Centre, making another positive contribution to the local community as active young citizens. Staff rallied round as usual to support the event and make all of our visitors feel welcome. Well done everybody!
Some people are calling for there to be a prize for the best displays on the day, so watch this space, if they can get us some more evidence, there might just be another prize giving coming up… As part of their Unit of Enquiry looking at how people work together to achieve a common purpose in a workplace, Year 5 have written some information posters, following their visit to the Bata Reminiscence Resource Centre Open Day. The actual Bata factories are just across the road from our school and it has been great for the children to focus again on local history, with so many sources of evidence readily available to us.
We are really grateful to the BRRC for their support during this unit of work, they have provided us with so much information and so many interesting artefacts. This week, Miss Clark did a presentation for Year 5, providing information about her visit to China in the Easter holidays. The focus of the visit was to learn about Chinese culture and education.
Kacey Baker from 5DC commented, “I thought Miss Clark’s presentation was amazing. I learned that China is very different to England in many different ways. For example, the traffic system and the marketplaces that sell fresh fruit and vegetables. Education is different in China. There are more children in the classes and they learn in a different way. I found the presentation informative. At first, I did not know a lot about China, but now I have learned new facts about the country.” |
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