Congratulations to our Golden Book winners

N SQUIRRELS - Aaayah-Noor & Angelina who are developing a lovely friendship. They play cooperatively together, confidently taking turns with shared resources and engaging in meaningful conversations. It has been wonderful to observe their growing confidence and positive social interactions.

R BEECH - Charlotte who brought in some things to help us learn about Lunar New Year. Charlotte showed us the items and was very proud to share with all the children.

R HAZEL - Jack Congratulations to Jack who has been working incredibly hard on his phonics at school and at home and has made wonderful progress. Well done Jack! Keep up the hard work. We are very proud of him!

1 OAK - Alex for the fantastic egg box dragon she planned, designed and created in our new DT unit this half term. She worked really hard to explore different ways of joining parts together, including using flanges for the legs and tabs for the tail. Alex independently made a wonderful dragon that looks just like the one she planned. Miss Daly is so proud of her and absolutely loves her creativity. Well done Alex!

1 PINE - Freddie R As part of their DT unit, Year 1 made their own egg box dragons. Freddie did a great job bringing all his learning together, using joining techniques like flanges and tabs to plan and create his own dragon. Miss Dennis was so impressed with his patience and problem-solving skills. Well done Freddie!

2 CEDAR -  Olivia We have been learning about famous nurses from the past; Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and Edith Cavell. We discussed how Edith Cavell was a controversial figure and we decided our own opinions about her. Olivia shared hers, demonstrating her deep thinking and understanding about both sides of the argument.

2 HAWTHORN - James for his beautiful artwork. We have been looking at the artist, Georgia O’Keefe, and her paintings of flowers. James used the techniques from our Art lessons to paint in a similar style. Mrs Porter really liked how he experimented with shades and tints, also managing to make it his own. Well done James!

3 ELM - Aidan Last week we learnt about the work of artist Keith Haring and the way in which he portrays human figures. Inspired by his work, Aidan used pastels to create these groovy pictures full of movement and style. Great work Aidan!

3 MAPLE - Zoe In Art last week, Zoe used oil pastels to draw figures in the style of the artist Keith Haring. Zoe is a talented artist and has done a fantastic job to capture the style of Keith Haring - well done!

4 ALDER - Anabia In Computing we have been programming Scratch to code a quiz. Anabia showed excellent computing skills and was very helpful to other children when they found it tricky. Well done Anabia!

4 LARCH  -  Holly In Year 4 we have been writing persuasive letters. Holly used all the features of our writer’s toolkit to make her writing effective. She particularly impressed us with her use of expanded noun phrases to describe and persuade. “I urge you to let me go home to my exotic, tranquil, peaceful island.’ ’I long to see the calm leaves swaying from side to side and the wind whispering for me to come back.’ ’...the lapping, gentle waves of the ocean and the birds chirping and singing the song summer’s nearly here.’

5 ROWAN - Juliette who has been working incredibly hard in Maths and has really impressed Miss Wilson with her problem-solving skills. She showed great determination by going home and persevering with the Maths challenge until she solved it. A fantastic effort and a brilliant example of resilience and dedication - very impressive - well done Juliette!

5 WILLOW - Harry Congratulations to Harry on his brilliant rewrite for our English focus on The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes. He used fantastic poetic devices, especially metaphors, and showed a great understanding of how to use the correct verse structure. His work clearly demonstrates an excellent understanding of the poem and he was highly engaged throughout. Well done!

6 ASPEN -  Subhaan  for his wonderful clay dragon’s eye. Mrs Brockway was impressed with the shape, the contrasting colour choices and the way he made the scales. Well done Subhaan - great job!

6 HOLLY - Lincoln for his impressive story this week, The Song of the Sirens. His word choices were excellent and his sentence structure made the story flow really well. The descriptions were vivid and exciting and he did a great job bringing Odysseus’ dangerous encounter with the Sirens to life. It was an entertaining and engaging piece of writing and Lincoln should be very proud of the work he’s done. Well done Lincoln.

6 LAUREL - Naksh In RE we have been learning about Hinduism and Hindus (Sanatanis) worship. We learned about Hindu worship in the home and also about different Hindu festivals (such as Diwali) and how they are celebrated. Well done Naksh, keep up the great work!