It was great to welcome back the Animal Man to Knighton. We enjoyed looking at a range of animals and learning more about Charles Darwin.
Science day
All children in year 5 and 6 engaged in science and technology activities. They made bath bombs following a BBC Good Food recipe. They planned and made packaging, thinking about what they should include on the packaging like attractive colours, designs and an ingredients list. Lucy said she enjoyed making her own products. Molly P said she liked working with other people. Freddie B said he liked measuring out and mixing to make the bath bombs. The children also looked at how different types of salt reacted in paint.
It was a very busy and productive day. We hope the children enjoyed using their products at home!
Well-being Day
What a lovely day we all had yesterday! We started the day by talking about our emotions and how these made us feel. We visualised these and gave them colours and shapes and thought about where we feel them in our bodies.
We then tried out different ways to deal with and calm ourselves down when we feel like we are losing control. The strategies we tried were: mindful colouring, listening to calming music, brain distracting games, different yoga styles and then thought about how playing a musical instrument can help us. We had a fantastic session with Jim, who taught us all about different guitars. We managed to play ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’ and ‘Crazy Shark’ using Boomwhack instruments which was a lot of fun! Have a look at the photos of our day.
Online Safety
Today, we had a visit from PC Viv. She taught us lots about how to keep safe online and about age limits for apps and games. We had a very informative and useful discussion. Well done to all the children for getting involved and sharing their knowledge on this topic!
Literacy Enrichment in Y5/Y6
We enjoyed our literacy enrichment morning on Wednesday! We were looking at spelling strategies and handwriting!
When the root of the word ends in d, de, s or se then we use ‘sion’
Extend- extension
Repulse- repulsion
Also when the root is ‘vert’ or ‘mit’
Divert- diversion
Submit- submission
W Y6
We discovered that we use ‘cian’ when it’s related to a job, like magician, musician, electrician and physician!
S Y6
When the root of a word ends in t or te then we use tion!
Action
Creation
Education
Nation
Deforestation
I Y5
Spike and Wellington
Our school ducks, Spike and Wellington, are enjoying their holidays- swimming in the river and plenty of food!
Y6 Leavers' service 2021
The children received their bibles and enjoyed a lovely farewell service, given by Rev. Petra and John Meredith, not forgetting ‘Bob’ the snail!
Oakerwood photos 2021
Oakerwood 2021
Oaker Wood
What a fantastic time we all had! We were so proud of all the children, they behaved impeccably and many of them pushed their boundaries.
I wonder if you can spot who is on the monkey climb?
