This week the students have seen the Primary Building and the field

turned into an Art Gallery for the Creative Art Exhibition. As part of

the exhibition the students were invited to take part in our annual

Oriental Weavers rug design competition. This year the competition

was linked to the Tahya Masr Fund, which is also the theme for the

Creative Arts show, which you will hear more about in next week’s

Newsletter. The chosen theme for the rug design was the act of

giving. Hundreds of students entered the competition and it was

difficult to decide on the overall winners. Thank you to everyone who

took the time and effort to submit a design. I am pleased to announce

that the winners are:

Khadiga Tawfi (FS2 Violet)

Farida Amr Meghahed (Year 2 Green) & Jana (Year 2 Blue)

Maurice Andrawes (Year 6 Green)

Congratulations and well done!

In This Issue

Page 1

Oritental Weavers

Page 2

Foundation Stage Magic Moments

Page 3

Key Stage 1 Magic Moments

Page 4 & 5

Key Stage 2 Magic Moments

Page 6

App of the week & Music

Issue 24 21st May, 2017

Oriental Weavers

Issue 24 : 21st May 2017 Foundation Stage Magic Moments

…we have been exploring and learning about different

sea creatures. We now know a lot of fun facts about

octopi, starfish, dolphins and crabs. The sea is full of

exciting and beautiful animals! Moreover, we had lots

of fun pretending to be at the beach and building

sandcastles using buckets and spades. In Art, we used

our creativity to draw and paint accurate pictures of fish

and we also decorated dolphins using mosaic tiles. We

were very proud of our colourful masterpieces. In

Maths, we enjoyed the challenge of using objects to add

and subtract two single-digit numbers.

…this week in FS2 Red, we have been reading the story

of the Jolly Postman as part of our new topic 'Let's

Pretend'. We have all been super excited to post

letters to different characters in the story asking them

questions and waiting to receive their replies. Some of

us decided to draw maps to help the Jolly Postman

deliver the letters to different characters. Others have

had fun taking turns pretending to be the Jolly

Postman and using the bikes to deliver the letters. In

Literacy, we have written our own stories using our

phonic knowledge to help us spell out the words. In

Art, we have painted pictures of the Jolly Postman and

followed instructions to make our own story puppets.

As you can probably tell we are really enjoying the

story and linking all our learning to it. Watch out for us

around the Primary atrium you never know we might

be delivering a letter to you!

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…we have had a busy couple of weeks. The story of ‘The Jolly Postman’, delivering letters around fairy tale land,

allowed us to display our performance skills on stage in front of a large audience. Back in the classroom, we have

started a new topic called Plants. At the moment, we are investigating seeds, beans and vegetable tops, making

predictions and finding out what they need to become healthy plants. When we cut open some fruit and vegetables

we were able to observe the seeds inside, which we are now trying to germinate, before planting them. In the atrium

we were able to investigate the shape of leaves, categorise the differences and record our findings on a graph.

…we have been continuing our learning about

Space! This week we have learnt about the Space

Race and now have a good idea about the timeline

of events that have led up to space exploration. We

have learnt many historical facts and have been

using these to help us to write recounts in our

English lessons. We really enjoyed reading about

famous astronauts but we all found that learning

about how Laika the dog died in space made us all

feel quite sad! Within the classroom, we have

helped to decorate a role play area space station,

creating rocket pictures in Art and also helping to

make a space themed small world tray. Let’s hope

that next week, our space learning really is out of

this world!

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Key Stage 2 Magic Moments

…we have been learning about two step multiplication problems. We worked in pairs solving really challenging

problems on large sheets of paper, so that we could easily present the solutions to each other. Did you know that

explaining what you have learnt to somebody else really makes you think carefully about the process? It has often

been said that you don’t really know anything until you teach it to somebody else! With this in mind, we also had a

selection of Class Experts on hand to help anyone who was finding the maths drifficult. The experts had to not only

complete the questions themselves, so that they knew the answers, but also help others to check their workings

and spot any mistakes that had been made. As well as offering support or advice if others were stuck. A much more

difficult task than simply working it out yourself…

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Key Stage 2 Magic Moments

…we have been busy learning about electricity as part of our

new Dragon’s Den topic. During our Science lessons we have

discussed the safety precautions that must be taken when

investigating and using electricity. In addition, we designed our

own posters to help others understand these dangers. We also

got the opportunity to carry out an experiment. Using a variety

of different materials, we tested whether they were conductors

or insulators by connecting them to a simple circuit. Everyone

found out that the light bulb lit up when metal was connected

within the circuit. This allowed us to conclude that electricity

runs through metal and therefore it is a conductor of electricity.

We also discovered that wires are coloured with different

insulation materials to help us identify their purpose. For

example, plugs have an earth wire which is coloured yellow and

green, a live wire which is brown and a neutral wire which is

blue. We drew our own diagrams to helps us remember this

information. Finally, we learnt about the purpose of insulation

and why some wires need to be kept

separated.

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… this week we enjoyed a unique opportunity to visit the Secondary Art Department and learn from Mrs Lee

Lacey. We studied proportional figures in Art. We looked at lots of different art work that involved the figures in

different styles and positions. Mrs Lacey taught us how to ensure that when we draw figures all of the body parts

are in portion to one another. We sketched a range of models striking different poses, focusing on the

proportional lengths of the body. We loved our expert tuition! We also created stick people made of newspaper.

We learnt so much in the hour and can’t wait to apply it to our future drawings. A massive thank you from all of

us in Five Red, Mrs Lacey!

… it has been an exhausting few weeks with lots of assessments. Trying our best to keep ourselves motivated, we

have been sharing our favourite moments from Year 6 and celebrating the success of others in class before our move into the Secondary Department. Our new English topic Biographies and Autobiographies has started and we are using research and note taking skills to find out about famous people from the past and present. Making links to our ‘Born in the USA’ topic we have each chosen a famous American personality to write about.

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Coming Up Next… Tuesday 23rd May

FS1 Grandparents day

Thursday 25th May

FS1 Production

Sunday 28th May

Ramadan timing begin

Monday 29th May

Music Department Spring Concert

5th and 6th June

Year 6 Transition days

Sunday 18th June

Year 6 Celebration

Monday 19th June

Last day of term for students

Year 6 Orange and Yellow have been working hard over the last few weeks learning to read music. We have been

looking at how something as small as a 'dot' can drastically change the rhythm of the piece. Now that we are more

confident in reading the notes, this week we tried to write our own maths equations in small groups. The rest of

the class then worked out the answer and wrote their own equations as an answer. It was a fun way to apply our

knowledge from maths lessons to what we do in Music. The next challenge is to play these rhythms!

This term, Year 4 have been experimenting with the Visualize app to resourcefully create a

colourful and magical work for display. Visualize not only allowed us to combine a variety of

technology skills such as importing images, cropping, and creating, but we also sketched,

brainstormed, and presented our final work as posters for electrical safety. What a fantastic app to create visually

appealing posters to draw attention to information of importance. How could you use the Visualize app to create

appealing posters for use around the home with routines, schedules, etc?