Brennand’s Endowed CE Primary School Slaidburn
KS2
Welcome back - Spring 2 2024
In KS2..........
Hope you all had a lovely Easter & are enjoying the longer days.
Our theme this term is Amazon Adventures. In geography we will look at the word’s different biomes before focusing in on tropical rainforests and in particular the Amazon rainforest. In science we will look at plant and animal life cycles.
This half term Year 3/4 will be doing PE with Sports Cool on Thursday afternoons and Y 5/6 are in Forest School.
Hope you all had a lovely Easter & are enjoying the longer days.
Our theme this term is Amazon Adventures. In geography we will look at the word’s different biomes before focusing in on tropical rainforests and in particular the Amazon rainforest. In science we will look at plant and animal life cycles.
Here are some imporatent dates for your diaries:
16 April - KS2 trip to Abbeysted Estate.
6 May - School closed, May Day.
W/C 13 May - Y6 SATs & Y3/4/5 assessment week.
20 May - parents meeting Y5/6 Whitehough residential trip.
As ever, keep an eye on your emails for other important dates or any changes that we may have to make.
Looking forward to seeing you all very soon,
Reading and homework
Regular reading is a fundamental part of your child’s learning both at school and at home. Please fill in reading records. Times tables are also essential and need to be practised regularly at home along with spellings and times tables.
Forest School
Summer 1 Y5/6 will be in Forest School on Thursday afternoon.
Keep an eye on the weather as a change of clothes might also be useful.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any queries.
Regards,
Mrs Murray and Miss Yung.
14.4.24
Keep an eye on this website and your emails - there are bound to be changes!
LET'S GO SING 2024 CONCERT
It was a privilege to take the children to Let's Go SIng. They really did sing their hearts out.
Giving it their all!
Group song for Let's Go Sing
Audio Greatest Days
What's been happening.........
BRITISH SCIENCE WEEK 2023 - CONNECTIONS
We kicked off the week making lemon batteries. We then considered how new technologies could help us overcome climate change.
Lemon Batteries
A working model of the digestive system
Making and comparing our homemade toothpaste.
Purple teeth and exploring how our teeth work
Talking rubbish and waste pizzas
Author Dan Worsely visits the children in KS2
Author Sophie Stewart visits the children in KS2
Professor Tuesday's visit .....
The poptar orchestra
Investigating the sound proofing qualities of different materials.
Talented musicians in KS2
Milk bottle xylophones - changing pitch 26 September
Good vibrations - investigating what we see, hear and feel in science.
Taking our science learning outdoors - tin can telephones.
