Tuesday 21 July 2020

Year 4 Book recommendations

Over the past few weeks, Year 4 have been writing reviews of their favourite books to share with each other. Below, are images of Rousseau's favourite books and our reasons behind our choices!















Monday 13 July 2020

Making posters in Year 2

Year 2 had fun looking at non-fiction texts and then created their own posters about a topic of their choice. The children came up with a wide variety of topics, from global warming to football!

We loved learning about each child's area of expertise.





Klimt artwork in Year 2

Taking inspiration from Gustav Klimt's painting, 'The Kiss', Year 2 have been collaging and painting to create their own interpretation of the masterpiece.



We used soft pastels to create bright, colourful circles.












We twisted and stuck string onto gold card to create swirling spirals. 
We painted 'kissing' portraits of our own. 



Gustav Klimt, The Kiss.

Friday 10 July 2020

Virtual Sports Day Results



Virtual Sports Day 2020
 



Wow! What a few weeks it has been, 71.7% of the school community submitted results for the Virtual Sports Day! This is an exceptional turn out!

This final week of the Windhill21 Virtual Sports Day and it has been an exciting one. The scores have been very close with many changes in positions from last week and throughout the week.  There was an obvious surge in entries from a few houses and this has definitely made for a very competitive few days!

Thank you to all the parents who have sent me photos and videos over the past few weeks, it has been fabulous to have an insight into your virtual sports days. Sorry if I haven't used your videos/pictures I have been overwhelmed with media!

To the children, you have been amazing! Your teachers have told me how much you have enjoyed the past few weeks and have shown such passion, commitment and determination to improve your scores for the good of your houses.

The greatest thanks must go to Mr Bennett who has given up considerable time to enable this whole event to occur. He has been the driving force behind the scoring system and without him it wouldn’t have been half the event it has become.

Final Results


After a nervous wait I am very proud to announce this years winners, click on the link below to watch some of this years participants and find out who has been crowned the overall winner!





Final Message

Congratulations to all the children who have participated in the event. Please enjoy your final week before the summer holidays. I hope you all have a restful summer and I look forward to seeing you all in September. 

Miss Freeman

Zoe











Thursday 9 July 2020

Back in nursery!

We have been having so much fun back in nursery these last few weeks.

Our tadpoles have even started to turn into tiny baby frogs it has been so exciting!



Can you see the baby frog!!! 



Wednesday 8 July 2020

Reception: Meeting our new teachers!

The children in Reception are becoming so grown up; so much so, that Miss Lawrence and Mrs Watson-Clarke think they might be ready for Year 1!

We have been getting to know our new teachers online and in person over the last couple of weeks. 

We have enjoyed picnics and stories...


... playing on the big playground with Mrs Cantel and learning the new rules...


... and we have been sharing stories on the YouTube channel and meeting up over Zoom!


The children have also written letters and have had lots of really thoughtful questions for their new teachers, such as:

Do we need our listening ears?
What do we learn about in year 1?
and
Do we have carpet spaces?

They have even had some questions that have got Mrs Smith and Mrs Witney scratching their heads, like:

Where do rainbows end?
and
Why are oranges so juicy?

With questions like these, it looks like this group of Special Agents are ready for their next big adventure into Year 1!


Tuesday 7 July 2020

Week 2 Virtual Sports Day







Virtual Sports Day 2020






This week has been another great week with lots more children taking part in this inaugural event, nearly half of the school community have submitted results! Well done to all of you who have taken part, your efforts have been well received by your teammates! If you still want to take part there are still five more days to enter if you have not done so already.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING RESULTS
Friday 10th July at 12:00pm.
Entries after this time will not be counted!

Scores
Below are the current standings after week 2 of the competition. So far submissions have come in from over half of the children in the school community. There is still plenty of time for these scores to change over the next five days so if you have not yet had a go and submitted results online you still have until Friday 10th July at 12:00pm.
Well done to Mexico who are still leading. Who will be our overall winners this Friday?





Final Message
The overall winners will be announced on the evening of Friday 10th July, please keep checking the blog and website for the results.


HaloFam