TAMAR 26 FEBRUARY 2021

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This week in Tamar we have been celebrating Purim and getting stuck into our new topic ‘Beyond London.’ On Tuesday, we had a special Purim enrichment day, where we participated in a ‘Whodunit’ debate, arguing who the greatest Jewish leader in the Purim story was. We also made hamantaschen and mischloach manot for our peers and completed an escape room style activity, where we had to crack the passcodes by answering questions about the megillah. Tamar class loved it and showcased all their amazing knowledge.

Alongside this we have been continuing to work on measurement and fractions in Math and introduced our ‘Forces’ topic in Science, complete with an experiment on gravity.

In Literacy, we have begun following the Adventures of Abe and Alba, two tiny people who love stories and have escaped from the book. To get them back, we must write them their very own adventure story. Watch this space! We really enjoyed our Purim celebrations.

Chag Sameach!

12 FEBRUARY

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We can’t believe its February already, and we are heading into the half-term. We have had a busy term back, with the children going on many adventures through their learning with some of the themes including Ancient Egypt, London through the ages and in the garden!
We have two upcoming fancy events next term and thought the half-term would be an excellent opportunity to get these organised! On Friday 26th February children can come to school in fancy dress for the day as we celebrate Purim together. On the 4th March children will have the opportunity dress as favourite book character /author for World Book Day.
Wishing everyone a healthy and peaceful half term, and we look forward to welcoming the children back on Monday 22nd February.

TAMAR 12 February 2021

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Tamar have been busy busy this week! We have learning all about the Great Fire of London, in line with our London and Beyond topic. We have been sequencing the key events and reading archived newspapers on the event. Next we identified the key features of a news report and discussed their purpose. This prepared us to write and plan our own newspaper reports! Fantastic work.
In Math, we have completed our statistics module and have begun fractions and equivalent measurements, including converting ‘m’ into ‘cm’.
In Topic, we made Spitfires out of wooden kits and learnt and made our own biomes in Geography. Science saw us make our own circuits using fruit and vegetables!
Tamar class have worked their socks off to end the half term – great job all!

CHITAH 12 FEBRUARY 2021

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Chitah class have continued with our London theme over the past two weeks. In Literacy, we learned how to write acrostic poems all about London, and it’s landmarks and architecture.
In Math we have learnt how to multiply and divide as well as starting to explore tally graphs.
This week ended with us completing our electrical circuit which finally enabled the light bulb to shine bright! The children have worked on ‘sharing’ this week and leading by example following the weeks’ Middah!
Shabbat Shalom and happy holidays!!

RIMON 12 FEBRUARY 2021

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These last two weeks in Rimon we have been busy bees. In Literacy, we completed shape poems based on Ancient Egypt, wrote postcards from the River Nile and sorted nouns based on Egypt into people, place and things.
In Math we have completed our multiplication and division topic and have begun looking at 3D shapes and capacity. We baked a beautiful challah tree for Shabbat UK. In Topic, we have looked at the history of Ancient Egypt and compared it to our modern life and in Geography we have learnt lots about capital cities in Egypt.
We have had such a fab term and are Ancient Egyptian pros, all ready for our Pesach learning in Spring 2.
Have a lovely half term!

GEFEN 12 FEBRUARY 2021

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These past two weeks have been fantastic fun in Gefen class. We made delicious Challah as a class which was designed to represent a tree for Tu B’Shevat.
In Literacy we have been focusing on the book ‘Superworm’ and different insect songs to perfect our rhyming knowledge before creating our own poems.
In Math we looked at statistics and bar charts as well as improving our addition skills. The children seemed thrilled to spend time out in the snow this week!
Have a happy holiday, and we look forward to seeing the children next term.

D’VASH 12 FEBRUARY 2021

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D’vash class have had an amazing Spring Term 1  and made fantastic progress in their friendships and learning so far this year. It’s gone so fast and we have all had such a fun time!
In Math we have been working on addition and subtraction, and this week we moved on to thinking about sequencing and telling the time.
In Literacy we learnt about worms, and we have been taking care of our worms in class. Everyone enjoyed exploring the playground and forest in the snow, we talked together about clothes we have to wear in the cold and how to stay safe when it’s snowy.
Have a brilliant holiday D’vash class!

TAMAR 29 JANUARY 2021

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It’s been a busy two weeks in Tamar class. We have been learning all about bar charts and line graphs in Math, the Blitz and World War Two in History and we’ve even built our own circuits in Science.
We loved coming to school on Monday morning and seeing all the snow – it was so exciting! Some of us had a chance to help Mr. Baron with our Work Experience as caretakers and we saw what hard work it is to look after the school, as he got us to shovel some snow and clear the playground and forest, but we loved it!
We have been focusing on building positive relationships with our friends during these tricky times and what we can do when things are tough, and we are all feeling a little anxious and overwhelmed.

CHITAH 29 JANUARY 2021

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This week in Chitah class we have had a broad range of lessons. In Math we have stated learning about division and sharing and in English we continued writing our creative stories about London. The London theme has been explored in topic by researching and modelling London landmarks.
In Science we learnt about electricity and conductive and electric circuit.
Lots of great learning, Well Done everyone!

GEFEN 29 JANUARY 2021

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The past few weeks Gefen class have been exploring their topic of ‘Insects’! We have had fun dressing up as our favourite little critters and have been spending time with our best pal ‘Zippy’ the class snail!
In Math we have been exploring statistics and addition and subtraction. We have made our own tally charts, been looking at pictograms and have been adding using our tens frames.
Most importantly, we have been learning about seeds and trees as we start celebrating for Tu Bishvat! We have planted our own seeds and we are able to order how to do this. Amazing work team!