The Springfields Academy Celebration news
12.6.2020
Hazel Class
This week Hazel have been traveling
around China. They have been so engaged
and done so much amazing work this week.
we have had, science experiments,
fact files, drawings, fabulous dragon poems,
noodles for dinner and great maths work on
time.
Not only have Hazel been investigating
China, they have also been hard at work
building up their life skills. Their challenge
this week was to hoover their houses.
They did so well and some of them did
it the next day as well with no prompting!
Well done Hazel. Another fab week!
Pine Class
Pine class have carried on their brilliant work at
the start of the term with loads of great work
this week. Mason, Jake, Ben, Jacob and Tom B
have produced some great maths work on
time. Ben made a fantastic model of the
Leaning Tower Of Pisa. Jake wrote out a
delicious sounding recipe for grilled peaches.
Jake also had a go at the Fireworks experiment
for Science. Ben and Jake researched great
facts about Italy. Tom B and Ben also had a go
at backwards writing in the style of Leonardo
Da Vinci. Tom showed skills in the kitchen by
making a delicious looking pizza. Jake and
Tom B have both found out some fascinating
facts about China. Tom B, Jake and Ben have
been finding out about the Wishing Tree. Jake
found out how to write his name in Chinese
and Tom B learnt to speak a bit of Mandarin
Chinese! Tom has also been practising his
typing and punctuation skills in ICT. Mason and
Tom B have also been keeping fit by exercising
at home as well. Well done, Pine class!
Squirrel Class South
Hazel Class South
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This week in Squirrels class, our Padlet page
has been all about Bubbles. Children who
have returned to school this week have
been thinking about what it means to
social distance and stay within a ‘bubble’.
We explored this through stories, blowing
bubbles and learning all about halving
fractions in maths.
All children have accessed Padlet which
has been supported by home learning
packs also linked to the theme of Bubbles.
Thomas particularly enjoyed blowing
bubbles and watching how high the wind
could take them whilst Dylan enjoyed
sharing equally between two groups and
gaining an understanding of what ‘half’
might look like. This linked to the real life
experience of the classroom being divided
in half to support social distancing.
The children in
Hazel Class have
been busy in their
learning. In maths
they have been
answering
questions linked
to time and in
Topic learning
about China.
Children at home
and at school
have been doing
lots of learning
outside and as
ever there has
been some
fantastic art work
produced. Well
done everyone!
Willow Class
Acer Class (South)
Willow class have been learning about
their ‘Dinosaurs’ topic this week. They have
learnt about differences between
carnivores, herbivores and omnivores and
all about how fossils are made. Some of
the class even made fossil cookies. They
have been creative and made dinosaur
shadow puppets and dinosaur skeleton
pictures. Our literacy has linked to
information texts, the children have
labelled dinosaur diagrams and created
their own dinosaur information texts. In
Maths we have been learning about
positional language and have had to
describe how the dinosaurs have moved.
This week has been busy! It has been
lovely to welcome back some of Acer
Class to school, and those at home have
been continuing to work really hard too.
In English, we have used ‘Where the Forest
Meets The Sea’ to generate discussion
about the changes to our environment,
and have researched and used inference
skills to identify how Lockdown has had a
positive impact on our environment, ready
for some persuasive writing next week.
Pupils in school then used the collage style
of the Illustrations in the story to link to
Andy Goldsworthy. We went outside and
showed amazing creativity in making art in
the style of Goldsworthy.
In Music this week, we have had fun
creating pieces of music using everyday
objects around the house and then editing
them using music editing software.
Maple Class
This week in Maple class has been
Space Week. We have looked into how
our planet fits into our solar system,
day and night, our moon as well as
space missions from earth.
Mr Coomber has been in Maple Class
with Iris and Olivier getting to know the
school. In class we measured two
metres, made planets and completed
writing, reading and maths all linked to
space week.
At home Ethan is proud to announce
the growth of his caterpillars.
Children have also continued to enjoy
daily walks, bike and scooter rides. Well
done Maple Class.
Acer Class
This week, Acer class have been busy learning
about the devastating effects of Plastic
Pollution on our Planet and celebrating World
Ocean’s Day (08/06/2020).
We have also been thinking about what we
can do to help and have recycled and re-
used our plastics to make boats that float! We
also had fun creating our own Stanley
(jellyfish) from the story “Someone swallowed
Stanley!”
In English, we have been busy writing animal
riddles – can you guess what we are
describing? As well as this, we have written
acrostic poems about Plastic Pollution and
tried to encourage others to stop and take
action now!
We have also been developing our
understanding of fractions - look at the focus
and concentration!
As well as this, some have been busy baking
again; others have been setting up snack
bars, playing darts and creating price lists;
and Owen has built himself a brand new bike!
We have loved being back in school and
can’t wait for everyone else to join us!
Beech Class:
This week Beech class have been learning all
about China. We have been learning about
landmarks in China, writing poems about
Chinese dragons and learning about the human
and physical features within the country. In
school, we have made fortune cookies and hats
too!
Leo has been busy making Banana Bread and
writing up the recipe at home and then making
hats and fortune cookies in school.
Sam has been working hard in school making
fortune cookies and hats too!
Louie has also been busy in school making
fortune cookies and doing LOTC
Logan has also been busy with lots of learning
this week, and also with riding!
Evan has been doing lots of super learning too
and has written a fab poem about a Chinese
dragon.
Keep up all of the amazing work Beech Class!
Beech South Class
It’s Been a fantastic start to the
week here in Beech class at
Springfields South.
Finley has been keeping very busy
with partaking in Paddle boarding
over in Bradford on Avon along
with making a personal worry
monster.
Our topic this week has been
bubbles and this has been very
successful.
We’ve made some Rainbow for
NHS out of bubble wrapping and
pressing it onto A3 paper. These
will be displaced outside of school
to show support to the amazing
NHS
keyworkers.
On Tuesday
We made
bubbles out of
various
materials that we could find lying
around the school. (String, wire, hair-bands and even elastic
bands) to see what would make the best bubbles.
Beech also got back into the swing of things with Mrs Cottrell in
Maths and took part in their “Daily Mile” for
PE with Mr Jay.
A very positive start to Beech class who’ve
came back to school for the first time in a
while, along with a massive change of a
new teacher (Mr Jay). Beech class have
been outstanding.
Squirrel class
This week in Squirrel Class we have been
learning about ‘Deadly Dinosaurs’ and sharing
lots of dinosaur jokes to go with it!
We have seen some Dinotastic work this week
Leon has been sharing lots of facts about
dinosaurs from his book , finished all of his
provided work and even made a pasta
dinosaur!!
We have had our first batch of learners back
in class super social distancing playtime
between Jacob and Ryan 😊
Pheonyx has been completing his work sheets
daily! He has also been playing his new board
game monster splat with his family and even
created a new “Hide the monster” game
taking it in turn to find them afterwards!
Ashton ventured up to cherhill monument
running nearly all of the way leaving his mum
behind to admire his boundless amounts of
energy! (thankyou for the quote Ashtons mum)
Cayden has made a fantastic rocket and
spacestation , explored his local woods with
his family , baked some delicious cakes , and
also enjoyed the fruits/vegetables of his
labours in the form of radishes and peas he’s
grown!
Awesome as ever Squirrels 🐿⭐
KS4 Science
Miss Ben-Ali continues to be dazzled
by the fantastic work coming in from
all students, and is delighted to see
some students in school.
Sycamore
Corey has recently joined Sycamore
and has very much lived to his
nickname of the Dark Horse of
Science. Miss Ben-Ali would like to
thank Corey and his mum for sending
her amazing shots of his work so far!
Cedar
Miss Ben-Ali is thrilled that Tobi
George is enjoying her amateur
podcasts, especially as Mum is joining
in, too! Miss Ben-Ali would also like to
thank Aaron Murphy for sending in his
Hubble work!
Rowan
Ralph continues to career his way
through Triple Science and Higher Tier
chemistry, learning about the Mole-
less furry, more…a quantity of
particles.
But this week Alfie Crockett’s work is
to be showcased, after he sent Miss
Ben-Ali his work to date, as well as
past papers! Miss B is also happy to
report that Alfie achieved a Grade 5
on his Infection and Response Test!
KS4 Maths
This week in maths we have been embracing technology, using Microsoft Teams to
teach students in school and at home at the same time. Raife, Tobi and Ralph have
all accessed lessons from the comfort of their homes. It has been lovely to see
everyone interacting as if they are all in the same room together. Students have
enjoyed being back at school and getting on with their maths once more. I hope
that more students will join in next week.
KS4 LOTC Pathway at school
On Monday and Tuesday, we cleared stinging nettles from an overgrown area on
the front field. This has opened up the area allowing us space to make a fire square
and a log circle for seating (work in progress!). Good safety shown by all using the
saw to cut the logs for the fire square edges. Hopefully, next week we get to use it
for a fire.
KS4 English
It has been brilliant having some students back in school and I am so impressed with
the way they have all settled back into the new ‘normal’. Well done everyone. I am
also pleased to see that those students who are still at home are continuing to work
hard with their virtual learning. I am one proud teacher.
A special shout out to Sophie in Sycamore who bought me in a whole pack of work
she had completed whilst school was closed and also for getting her head around A
Midsummer Night’s Dream in record time this week. Raife is working really hard at
home on this too
In Rowan, we have started to study Macbeth and again, all students have got stuck
straight in whether that be at home or school. Well done everyone.
Aaron and Tobi from Cedar are still smashing through all their online work and Toby
is doing brilliantly on Nessy
Those pupils in Cedar, Elm and Apple who are in school have started to read ‘The
Twits’ and have all created some disgusting sounding meals for Mr Twit
Apple Class
This week Leo has been helping with chores around the house to develop his life
skills.
A big thank you to Olivia for providing all staff and pupils with cakes and donuts on
Monday for our first day back.