This week has been full of fun, creativity and water! We have been off timetable, exploring different ways to stay cool. The children researched how to stay safe in hot weather and put their ideas into practice. In Geography, we used the concept of ‘If the World Were a Village’ to compare how the world has changed over the past decade and to make predictions about what may happen over the next ten years. Unfortunately, many of our trips were cancelled, but we hope to rearrange Somerville for another day. Children who were in school on Thursday experienced the Harry Potter SPELL day at the Life and Mind Sciences building in town, complete with robes, wands and excellent air conditioning! We finished our days with water battles to cool off before going home.

Next week

Wednesday 1^st July – Spires and Cheney transition day

Thursday 2^nd July – Carnival of Sports

Friday 3^rd July – Pandemic workshop in the morning with a pandemic researcher

Reminders

Please remind your child to wear or bring sun cream, a hat and their water bottle. Hoodies can continue to remain at home.

Thank you to everyone who has paid for Paultons Park. If you have not yet paid, please do so on MCAS or send in £38 with the permission slip.

Have a lovely weekend,

Menna and Caitlin

In music, we are exploring graphic scores, learning that musical notation can take on unique shapes and sizes. This visual approach is preparing the children to compose their own original pieces over the next fortnight.

The Fire Service visited on Thursday to teach us about home, water, and road safety. This was excellent preparation for our trip to Junior Citizens next Wednesday. Ask your child to show you how to test your smoke alarms tonight!

To reward everyone's incredible hard work during SATs and writing moderations, we took a surprise celebration trip to Florence Park. We are immensely proud of every single student! WELL DONE!

Next week:

Tuesday - Somerville visit, all children 9-2 , lunch is provided

Wednesday - Junior Citizens at Rewley Road. Picnic at Christ Church. Please provide a packed lunch. Leaving at 8:10 - return at 2. Spires transition day.

Thursday  - Harry Potter at Life and Mind sciences AND Sherlock Holmes at the Playhouse. Leaving at 8:15, return 4:30pm. Please let us know if you would like to collect your child from the Playhouse at 3:30. Greyfriars transition day. 

For all the trips, we will be walking to and from town. Please make sure your child is wearing their lightweight uniform for the trips, have a water bottle, sun hat and wear sun cream. Please let us know if you would like to join us on the trip. 

We kindly ask that children do not bring in any squishies or fidgets that are not on their SEND plan. This will have been agreed in advance with yourself and your child - we have had a huge influx of squishies in the classrooms, they are disruptive to the learning and have been popping in the heat. 

We hope you have a well deserved weekend,

Caitlin and Menna