Performance Poetry

Children in Years 3 and 4 are working on their performance poetry.  Working in groups, they have presented their poems to an audience.

Corey, Kaia and Bradley have created a fantastic performance of their poem; excellent expression and great team work - take a look.

Marvellous Maths!

This morning, children in Reception were adding multiples of 10.  They created some very challenging sums such as 70 + 20, 50 + 40, 30 + 40.

Extremely impressive work from some of our youngest children. 

Dear Mr Walliams ...

This is the year of WRITING at Great Gaddesden and we are continuing to see tremendous quality writing across the school.

Last week, Years 3 & 4 were concentrating on writing persuasive letters to David Walliams.  (Their goal is to get him to name a character after them!)  There are some really terrific examples of great quality writing.  Hattie is one such example:

Great Gaddesden Church of England School

Church Meadow

Great Gaddesden

Hemel Hempstead

Hertfordshire

Thursday 8th May

Dear Mr Walliams,

I hope this is not a waste of your time but I have had a character idea named after me.

Everyone agrees you're the most talented author we know (hence why we are researching you for English!)

My name is Hattie (I can also be called Harriet).  There are many personality traits in the name Hattie - cheeky, adventurous, fiesty, wild and so on.  In addition, Hattie can be spelt in many different ways:  Hatie, Hatty, Hatti, Haty, Harriet - the list is endless!

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,

Hattie

Well done for the terrific choice of phrasing and vocabulary!

License to write ....

Yesterday, Grace became the latest recipient of a pen licence.  These are gifted to children who consistently demonstrate a neat cursive style to their handwriting.  Grace has worked really hard on her presentation and we are delighted with the results - excellent work Grace!

 

 

Summer Term Clubs

This week marked the start of our Summer Term Clubs.  We have a great range of clubs running this term - Tennis, Rounders, Multi-skills, Science, Art, 'Messy' Club, Karate, Street Dance, Knitting and Cooking!  Each of our sports clubs are either fully or part-funded by the School's Sports Premium, providing every child with the opportunity to try something new or different, or enhance their skills even further.

Amanda's Amazing Talent!

This morning Amanda has shared with me an incredible talent that I had no idea about!  Amanda is a natural photographer.  She received a new camera at Christmas and has since been busy taking incredibly artistic pictures!  Most recently, Amanda has visited Whipsnade Zoo as well as another wildlife sanctuary with fantastic results.  She has chosen her favourite pictures below:

Amanda, we can't wait to see more of your work!

The NEW Curriculum!

We are having an exciting INSET day today talking about the wonderful opportunities that are coming up - both over the course of this term and beyond for learning across the curriculum.  There is much to look forward to!

This morning, Miss Ayres delivered some fantastic training following a course she had been on regarding the new Geography curriculum. 

Fieldwork is at the forefront as well as map work and a healthy balance between 'Core Geographical Knowledge' (facts, locations, names, key vocabulary, etc) and a 'Sense of Place' (senses, emotions, values, opinions, etc.) 

We are all very excited about what the new curriculum has to offer!  Watch this space for further updates from staff leading various aspects of the school's development.