Year 3 poetry performances

English

This week year 3 have been practicing and performing their poems for a panel of judges at the Windhill21 Poetry Slam. 

Riley Class performed The owl and the pussy cat by Edward Lear. The judges were blown away with their confident voices, amazing actions and stunning props; also mentioning that it was clear to see that the children had put a lot of time and effort into remembering their parts. Great work Riley Class!

Matisse Class performed Firework Night by Enid Blyton. The judges were impressed with how the children set the tone of the poem and showed the contrast between the scary fireworks and the terrified dogs. Matisse Class placed second at the Poetry Slam, well done everyone!

Matisse class received silver medals for their poetry performance

Year 1 Newsletter

Year 1 have had a super busy two weeks! We have been practising our poem for the Poetry Slam, learning about 3d shapes in Maths and have spent our PE lessons preparing for Sports' Day. We have been practising skills like javelin throwing, jumping over hurdles, bean bag throwing and dribbling a ball with a tennis bat. We've had lots of fun learning some new skills!      

In Maths, the children have really enjoyed learning the properties of the 3d shapes as well. We have been exploring what the shapes feel like and have experimented with sorting and building with the shapes.

As well as all this, the children have wowed all the Year 1 team with their amazing artistic work. We have been looking at colour mixing and the children completed their very own colour wheel, where we discussed primary and secondary colours. We then looked at the artist Rachael Bennett and saw how her painting imitates the seascape. We tried to mix paints to make a sea effect using tints and shades and became artists ourselves!

 

Year 2 poetry slam performances

Last week, all of the classes in KS1 participated in a poetry slam. Each class did such an amazing job at learning and performing their poem. In particular, Miss Kilby, Mrs Price and Mrs Higo were super proud of the year 2 classes as they did such a great job. They performed with confidence, clarity and enthusiasm.

Watch the performances below by scanning the QR code with the camera of  your phone or tablet.

Kusama's performance

Warhol's performance

Whilst all the classes performed so well, there could only be one winner....

Congratulations to Warhol Class! You were fabulous so wear your medals with pride!