Key Stage 2

The school council would like to announce the winners of our Autumn Wreath Competiton.

Thank you for embracing our idea and helping us raise money for our school playground. Looking through all the entries was great fun. We were overwhelmed by the effort placed and creativity of the wreaths and found the decision for 1st, 2^nd and 3^rd place very difficult. 

However, we are very pleased to announce 1^st place goes to Parla from 4B (for her beautiful owl design), 2^nd place goes to Savannah from 3G (with a fantastic witch design) and 3^rd place goes to Mason RP (with a very cute pumpkin design). All three wreaths are on show outside Mrs Ryders Office so go ahead and take a look. 

The prizes were awarded in our celebration assemblies today.

Watch this space for our next competition.

Year 5 were lucky enough to be visited by a teacher from 'The Past Presents' and participate in a Saxon and Vikign workshop!

The children got to:

• Re-enact a battle between the Romans, Celts, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
• Discover the different items that went into a warrior's burial
• Wear traditional Anglo-Saxon clothing
• Raided a monastery, taking with them valuable items
• Practice writing with a quill and ink
• Learn about the day-to-day life of an Anglo-Saxon: drying herbs, exploring artefacts and the types of weapons used
• Prepare a Viking longship for a voyage across the sea

In September, 48 Year 5 children were lucky enough to participate in the Bikeability Level 2 programme.

In this course, the children learnt to: 

• Cycle safely and responsibly
• Identify and respond to hazards
• Start and stop on-road journeys
• Maintain suitable riding positions
• Share the road with others and communicate with other road users
• Comply with signals, signs and road markings
• Manage risk when cycling
• Negotiate junctions (pass side roads, turn at T junctions, and crossroads and roundabouts if present).

Its been a few weeks of exciting Geography field trips for most of our year groups. 

Y2 Geography Field Trip

Last week, Year 2 went out on a Geography Fieldwork trip to Morden town centre. In their Geography lessons, they have been learning about life in Kenya and comparing it to live in the UK. One of the focus areas was learning about urban environments. Using various mapping apps, the children learnt about life in Mombasa, an urban city in Kenya. The children then went out and collected lots of first hand information and data about our local urban environment. On the trip, the children visited the underground station, the Civic Centre building, the high street and a residential road. The children were excellent at drawing comparisons between the two locations and understanding why Morden is a bustling town in our local area. They were all excellent geographers and could even make suggestions about to improve the local environment.

Y4 Geography Field Trip

Year 4 made the trip to Morden Hall Park. Linking to their Geography work on the Amazon River, they looked at the River Wandle, sketching it out and following its route on the map. They also participated in some orienteering games and map work.

Y5 Geography Field Trip

Year 5 took to Morden Park. They had to ‘geog’ their memory and remember back to their route travelled to swimming. They first drew a map from memory. On Google Maps, they then looked at road maps, street views, and terrain maps to see how similar they were to the ones they had made. They then set off and drew more accurate maps as they walked. Finally, they looked at the terrain of the park, and made larger scale maps using multiple pieces of paper.

Y6 Geography Field Trip

Last week (of course before singing happy birthday to Mrs Allan), Year 6 headed out to survey the local area (Joseph Hood Memorial Park) and decide its suitability for a case study. The children used the iPads to rate the area’s cleanliness, safety and appropriateness. They also practised their map reading skills to navigate their way to and from the park.

Healthy Me Week 2023 returns with a bang!

‘Inclusion’ is this year’s focus of one of our most favourite weeks of the school year. We kicked off the week with a whole school assembly on the field whereby members of staff completed an obstacle race but with one of their senses removed to show what it’s like to compete with a physical impairment. Children watched and cheered on their teachers and then were able to have a go at some inclusive activities themselves including seated volleyball, goal ball and boccia.

During Healthy Me Week all of the children across the school took park in ‘Art in Action’ topic work. This varied from making foil people in action, drawing people in action using a variety of styles and also taking photos of people in action.
Below is a picture of a collaborative piece of art work created by a single piece of foil for each person (some exceptions for the accessories) where the children learnt the art of folding, twisting and cutting to make a person in action. Using just their hands and foil!

Last half term in Year 4, the children had lots of fun learning about the intriguing history of the Maya civilisation and were able to put their acting skills to great use! Did you know the Maya introduced the world to a number of new foods? Probably the most interesting was chocolate from the cacao tree. The Maya considered chocolate to be a gift from the gods and used cacao seeds as money.