This afternoon all the children in Years 3 and 4, along with over 30 parents and relatives, joined together in the school hall, to work together using their Q1’s. The children (and adults) were challenged to make a video about The Deans using their Q1’s. We used a program called Windows Movie Maker. To make the video they had to sequence various video clips that they had previously recorded on their Q1’s. They then added various ‘transitions’ as well as attempting to add a narration. We will all look forward to seeing each others videos in school over the next few days.
Today Years 1, 2 & 3 had lots of fun using some Science equipment. There was lots of discussion and plenty of noise!! One of the favourite activities involved looking at a bicycle that had been made of the wrong type of materials. The rest of Key Stage 2 will be using these activities next week.
We have recently had some cycle stands installed at school. This now give us the opportunity to allow some children to come to school on their bikes and be able to lock them up securely during the day. The oldest children in school will be given the first opportunity to come to school on their bikes and then other classes will be involved depending on the number of free spaces available to lock up the bikes.
The photo above shows Joshua trying out the new stands.
We now have a mobile phone number which can be used for non urgent messages to school. The mobile number should only be used for text messages. When sending a message about your child, for example, a message about why your child is off school, please don’t forget to include your child’s full name and year group (i.e. Y4)
The number is 07733584522
For all urgent messages please make sure you speak to someone in the school office.
The Deans has been awarded Active Mark again because of the opportunities children have in school to be active and the variety of sports available.
KS 1 and KS 2 pupils have had dance and games skills coaching from Salford sports development officers.
Y2 are involved in a multi-skills club in school.
Y5 have been coached in basket ball by Mr. Dunnet, an Advanced Skills Teacher, from The Swinton High School.
Pupils from Y3, Y4 and Y5 have enjoyed SAM club (Sports Activity Menu) after school.
A skipping workshop day was held in school.
Log on to the school website, www.thedeansprimary.co.uk to see a video clip of our amazing skipping skills!
The children are keen to develop skipping skills at playtimes.
Zone Parc Players, pupils from Y5 and Y6 continue to organise games and activities at the mid-day playtime.
All day today the children in the Juniors were treated to some scientific investigations. The investigations included electricityand magnetism. (See the class blogs for more pictures)
The children in Y3 have been making models today using pneumatics. They used pneumatics (the power of air) to make a moving model. Have a look at the Year 3 class blog to see more pictures.
Here is one of the models working. Can you see the ghost coming out of the chimney?
Year 2 have been learning lots about animals and we have discussed how some animals need our help. We have adopted a Polar Bear and he is being made to feel very welcome! After a class vote, we decided that he should be called Polo.
In Year 2 we have been learning about different groups of animals.
Which group would Polo the Polar Bear belong to? How do we know? What do you know about the other groups of animals?
In Year 3 we have been studying the local area. The children have been using their Q1’s and during the last holidays, they went out and produced a video about their local area. Here are three of the videos that the children produced. What do you think of them?
Year 2 have been learning all about the life cycle of a frog. we have been looking after tadpoles in our classroom and observing the changes. What do you know about frogs?
To end our exciting week each class had a fabulous ‘Kitchen Sink’ show from MAGNA, showing some interesting and baffling Science experiments that can be done with everyday kitchen items
We now have a mobile phone number which can be used for non urgent messages to school. The mobile number should only be used for text messages. When sending a message about your child, for example, a message about why your child is off school, please don’t forget to include your child’s full name and year group (i.e. Y4)
