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Author: Branwood School (Branwood School)
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Mr Men
Another productive week has passed very quickly. Form 2 have been busy, enjoying the start of our English unit of work about the author Roger Hargreaves. We learnt that he is one of world’s most successful children’s authors and that his son Adam is continuing to write the Mr Men stories today. We have retold...
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Lighting Things Up!
Form 4 have been lighting things up in Science this week! We have been exploring how to create and draw circuits with different components, as well as accurately predicting whether circuits will work or not based on diagrams. You would be ‘shocked’ at how much they’ve learnt already! ...
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Stepping into Sport
KG1 have had a super first full week in class this week. The children have enjoyed their first Phonic sessions and have been on listening walks outside and inside school. They heard some very interesting sounds and tried very hard to record their findings on their Phonic worksheet. The children were very excited to take...
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Weighing into Science
Form 5 have been exploring forces as part of their science studies. We talked about gravity and how it works with our mass to generate our weight. The children used Newton meters to measure the forces required to lift different objects from the Earth’s surface. We also discussed how our weight would work out as...
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Extreme Reading Challenge
Our extreme reading challenge is under way, and you have until Friday 27th September to get your entries in. Here are Mrs Hadcock, reading whilst on a trip to the Lake District and Harrison turning the world upside down as he enjoys a good book.
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Artists at Work
Form 1 continue to amaze me with their excellent attitude to learning, kindness and outstanding manners. I’ve received many compliments from staff about their manners and behaviour! As artists, they studied primary colours and experimented with colour mixing. In geography, they visited China and familiarised themselves with Chinese culture. Pupils enjoyed trying to write in Chinese and everybody aced...
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Hard Workers
This week Form 3 have continued to show me how hard working they are, they have demonstrated a keen interest in lessons working independently and together. We have continued to learn about unusual sports and the children have enjoyed working together to continue their research, making notes and then using conjunctions to extend their sentences....
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Exploring numbers
This week the children have really enjoyed their literacy and maths lessons. In literacy they have been learning about the Seasons, reading the book ‘Leaf Man’ and going on an Autumn Walk around the grounds. At the beginning of the week during maths lessons, the children demonstrated excellent scissor control whilst independently ordering numbers from...