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2 years ago
Posted on 09th Mar 2023 by

Blue Snow Day homelearning

Home learning has been added to Classroom Secrets Kids.

Maths – There are some short arithmetic papers so that you can practise and support your fuency. You will need to do the calcuations on paper and then add the answers in the box – don’t try to do them all in your head!

English – Comprehension

Year 5 and 6 have two comprehension activities allocated on ClassRoom Secrets Kids: a video which has questions embedded and a separate Comprehension.

Stay safe in the snow.

Mrs Bernasconi

2 years ago
Posted on 13th Feb 2023 by

Year 6 Maths Booster

Just a quick reminder that the Monday group has been moved to Tuesday this week.

This is just for this week so that those children could go to the PTA Movie Night without missing out on their Maths…

2 years ago
Posted on 03rd Feb 2023 by

Year 6 Maths Booster – Monday group

As most of the Monday group have said they would like to attend the PTA Movie Night on Monday 13th February, I have decided to move the session to Tuesday 14th February after school just for that week.

I hope that doesn’t cause too many difficulties.

Mrs Bernasconi

2 years ago
Posted on 02nd Feb 2023 by

Children’s Mental Health Week

Children’s Mental Health Week starts on Monday 6th February.

The theme for this year is ‘Let’s Connect’.

Let’s Connect is about making meaningful connections. People thrive in communities, and this connection is vital for our wellbeing. When we have healthy connections – to family, friends and others – this can support our mental health and our sense of wellbeing.

The Official Video

https://youtu.be/wb8SDnS-M_M

Tips for Parents and Carers

cmhw2023_parents-carerstips

An activity for 4-7 year olds to try at home

https://www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk/families/puzzle-pieces-activity-for-4-7-year-olds/

An activity for 7-11 year olds to try at home

https://youtu.be/JxUggXov6Nk

A well-being book list

Wellbeing_book_list

 

2 years ago
Posted on 24th Jan 2023 by

Science

Blue class have been finding out about irreversible changes.

They investigated a chemical reaction and thought about when this might happen at home.

2 years ago
Posted on 06th Jan 2023 by

Update and reading

Dear Parents,

Happy New Year! We hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas and would like to thank you for our generous gift vouchers which are much appreciated.

The  children have come back to school happy and  enthusiastic to learn. It looks like we have put most of the sickness of last term behind us. Our topics this half term are Our Local Area of Ironbridge in history; Bridges in DT; What it is like to be a Muslim in Britain in RE ; and Materials in science. Maths booster classes are starting next week for our year six children.

There is no homework this week as the children only came back on Wednesday. However, we would like to remind you that reading for approximately 20 minutes per evening is a daily homework task for year 5/6. We really value reading at Claverley: the children enjoy being read to in class each day and we like recommending books to each other. Although children do have opportunities to read  to themselves in Blue class, our focus tends to be on comprehension and analysing texts in guided reading . Whilst some of our children in Blue are avid readers, other children are not reading regularly. We have decided to re-introduce the reading diary which should be signed off by parents weekly. We know our more confident readers enjoy reading to themselves but please ask them about the book they are reading or ask them to read aloud to you sometimes. Children who are struggling to read at home may enjoy sharing a book – reading a page / chapter each.

Thank you for your support.

Jill Benson  Rachael Bernasconi and Lynn Wade

2 years ago
Posted on 09th Dec 2022 by

Biomes in a box

The children in Blue Class have had lots of fun creating their biomes in a box  – being very creative and resourceful. We hope you like the finished products.

2 years ago
Posted on 08th Dec 2022 by

Online Safety -Useful Links for Parents

We receive regular updates from E-safety advisers. As parents and teachers, we all know the pressures, problems and dangers our children face online. It is a feature of life now and it can be hard to know how to support our children.

Here are some extracts from the latest newsletter which I hope will help.

Useful Links for Parents

Advice by age:Younger children need different advice and guidance than older children. Older children need different advice and guidance than teens. It can be really difficult keeping up with everything that is online and what risks and issues may affect children of different ages, so on these pages there is some age-related advice and guidance for parents and carers:Pre-school – https://www.internetmatters.org/advice/0-5/6 – 10 year olds – https://www.internetmatters.org/advice/6-10/11 – 13 year olds – https://www.internetmatters.org/advice/11-13/14 plus – https://www.internetmatters.org/advice/14plus/Setting up devices:It can be difficult knowing all the different settings that are available on different devices to help protect children, this includes allowing or disallowing chat, friends, spending money, content filters and much more. On these pages you will find the details, as well as non-technical instructions, which will help you understand what is available to you and how to set up your child’s devices.Gaming consoles and devices – https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/gaming-consoles/Smartphones – https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/smartphones-and-other-devices/Broadband and mobile networks – https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/broadband-mobile/Entertainment and search engines – https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/entertainment-search-engines/Safety/privacy settings on social media:Whilst the mainstream social media apps require those signing up to be 13+ and we recommend that children under 13 do not use mainstream social media, many children and young people are using social media. It is therefore important to understand what features are available to you to help protect your children. This is also important because for the most part, all privacy settings are default off when a new account is created, but also because some social media providers change their features quite frequently, e.g. TikTok.Take a look at this link to see what is available to you and how to set up your child’s social media. We would also advise doing this with your child so that you can discuss the features together.https://www.internetmatters.org/parental-controls/social-media/There are a few apps out there for those younger children. However the challenge is that, given children primarily use social to message their friends, if their friends aren’t on the app then the children won’t use it. It’s a real dilemma but it is worth letting parents know that there are alternatives out there, which you can find HERE.
Useful new features on YouTube and YouTube KidsYouTube is hugely popular with all age groups but historically parents haven’t had a lot of control over what their children can/cannot watch. But things have changed and YouTube now gives parents a greater degree of control. It isn’t perfect but it is a step in the right direction. Take a look at the page below where you will see a few short videos of newer features that can help you on YouTube and YouTube Kids.https://www.esafety-adviser.com/youtube-parental-restrictions/

Gaming

Finding good games, as well as knowing what is appropriate for the age of the child isn’t easy, particularly when there can be lots of peer pressure to play the more popular games which are not always appropriate. Taming Gaming is a great resource for parents to find new games for children as well as lots of advice about content, suitability etc.https://www.taminggaming.com/

2 years ago
Posted on 06th Dec 2022 by

Blue Science

Today the Blue class have enjoyed finding out about dissolving.

We started with some questions.

What happens if something dissolves?

Which materials dissolve?

Can we separate a solid from the liquid once it has dissolved?

What is the difference between dissolving and melting?

They created saturated solutions of salt and sugar. Alfie made great connections to mixing fertiliser!
Finally, they set up and investigation to see if they can separate the salt and sugar from the solutions using evaporation. They are hoping that they will “grow” some crystals.

2 years ago
Posted on 04th Dec 2022 by

Science – request for large glass jars

We will be using evaporation to separate salt from water this week. Please could the children bring a large jam jar / pickle jar on Tuesday? Lids are not needed.

If any one has any unused food-colouring lurking in the back of their cupboards that would be gratefully received too…it doesn’t need to be fresh or even in date as the children will NOT be eating it! It seems such a waste to buy lots of new ones as each group will only need a few drops but a range of colours makes the results of this investigation more interesting.