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Class 4 worked super hard today on their Big Maths tests. Remember that there are some available in the Google Classroom if you ever want to have a go at home. 

https://www.st-marys-colton.staffs.sch.uk/news/2020-09-07-our-monday-acts-of-worship

Today Mrs Parkes' Year 5 class at Richard Crosse taught us about respect through the story of the lion and the mosquito. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBX3xqNC8Zk

We have had such a great week in Class 3. We have enjoyed our science lessons on light and our English unit based on the Egyptian Cinderella. 

We have had a fantastic week in Class 4! We have been using the Poplet app on the iPads to take photos in our conservation area and add our own descriptions, using what we have been learning in class. Mrs Bennett 

This week we have also learnt more about friendship. We learnt more words for friend such as; chum, pal, mate, companion and buddy! We created a friendship potion using the ingredients; helpfulness, kindness, funny and caring. We are using our potion to help remind us of what an amazing friend we…

This week Year 1 have been recapping the graphemes they learnt in Reception. We have looked at:

nk (think, bank)

ll (pull, full)

ff (stiff, fluff)

zz (buzz, jazz)

ck (chick, trick)

Year 2 have been learning new graphemes. They are: 

dge (sledge, bridge, fridge)

g…

We have read the book All Are Welcome this week. We have talked about similarities and differences, and how it doesn't matter about these things because we all belong. Ask us about it when we get home and we will tell you all about it! 

In English we have been learning about the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Today we walked through the woods thinking about adjectives to describe what we could hear, see, smell, taste and feel.

This terms value is Respect. Our worship team deliver d a wonderful Worship this week about respect. They recapped on our school Bible story The Good Samaritan and were very brave delivering to the whole academy via Google Meet. 

This week we have been learning about shapes. We learnt the names of shapes and sorted them according to their properties.