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• Year 5 Victorian Day

  Fri 27 Nov 2020

  A Very Victorian School

  This Wednesday, Year 5 were transported back in time to the Victorian Era to experience what it would have been like to be a Victorian village child attending the local village school. They found out that schools were very different, the teachers very strict and the lessons quite monotonous! Despite this, the children had a fabulous day and all took part with great enthusiasm. Thanks must go to their parents for finding and making them all such wonderful outfits.

  We first lined up outside and Miss Fallan checked our hands to see if they were clean. We walked in silently in single file. One at a time, we put our coats and bags away. Tara

  I enjoyed doing maths because I love times tables and that’s what we were doing. I got picked to recite a times table and, thankfully, I got it correct! If you didn’t you had to wear the dunce hat and stand in the corner of the room!  Izzy

   

  My favourite part was numeracy because it was exciting learning about the old money.   Joshua

  Next, we had break time when the children did hopscotch and skipping. They really enjoyed these old -fashioned games.

   

  My favourite part of Victorian day was break time, The reason for that is that my friends and I played hopscotch on the playground. It was great because it really felt like I was in a Victorian school.  Poppy R

  One of my favourite parts of the day was playing hopscotch and skipping at playtime outside. There was also a big skipping that some people skipped into.  Nathan.

  I really enjoyed everything about Victorian Day. I did not like the way the girls couldn’t run around at breaktime as Victorian girls had to behave like ladies!  Amelie

  After break, the children had their literacy lesson, which was made up of handwriting, copying down dictation, and reciting ‘ The owl and the Pussycat!.

  My favourite part of Victorian Day was when we did literacy as we learnt the poem ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’. It was a ten out of ten day. The whole day was filled with fun and excitement!   Elliott

  Next, we did handwriting. We had to write three phrases over and over again. It was pretty boring!    Isla

   

   

  Just before lunch, the girls and boys were split up for their exercise.

  Miss Fallan took the boys outside for their Drill

   

  The boys had to go outside and do drill. First we marched on the spot, then we did star jumps and finally we stretched doing ‘head shoulders, knees and toes’  William

  The boys did drill, which was great exercise. We did marching, star jumps and stretching. It was my favourite thing about Victorian day.  Archie

   

  While the boys were doing exercise, the girls did deportment. We had to walk around the class with a book on our heads to keep our backs straight. We walked around slowly and calmly. The purpose of this was to attract husbands!  Lyla

  I loved deportment. We got to balance books on our heads to practise good posture while the boys were outside in the rain!   Poppy C

  After lunch, we learnt about Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the greatest British civil engineers of all time. The children were set a challenge to design their own bridges.

  My favourite part was when we made bridges in the style of Brunel. We could choose the type of bridge and we tried to make a suspension bridge. Charlie

  In the afternoon, we built bridges like Brunel. We had to use wooden sticks, split pins and string. This was my favourite part of the day because our bridge actually stood up instead of collapsing!  Tom F

  My favourite part of Victorian day was building bridges because we made a massive bridge with a road on it. Also, our one was the most stable. We used split pins and lolly sticks. We put the split pins through the sticks to make triangle shapes.   Oliver.

   

  Our Victorian day was fantastic. Sadly, I got the dunce hat and stood in the corner twice. Everyone looked lovely, and we even had Penelope and Sophie Rothschild hiding in our class!      Paisley

   

  Yesterday we lived a terrible Victorian school day! We had to sit on benches or on the floor and, can you believe it, we even had to use chalkboards! It was horrible!   Ava

• Anti-bullying week

  Fri 20 Nov 2020

  Anti-Bullying Week

  'Everyone at Aston Clinton School are putting their hands up and pledging to put an end to bullying.'

   

  This week we have been working in our bubbles using the work of the anti-bullying alliance and the NSPCC  to think about anti-bullying and how to be a better friend.  The key message this year is that we are united against bullying.

  In school, the children joined over a million students across the UK  for The Big Anti-Bullying Assembly 2020 which was broadcast on You Tube.  Following this assembly, the children completed an activity where they had to write down 5 people who they could go to if they need help (their support network) on a hand (so one finger is one person).  Below are some pictures of the children completing this activity and also some quotes from the classes.  

   

  Year 4

  "If you get bullied you shouldn't follow and become a bully yourself" Abbie H

  "Never think that you're alone, you will always have someone to speak to" Laurie J

  "There are lots of different types of bullying including cyberbullying, verbal, physical and indirect bullying" Felicity R

  "If you are bullied report it to someone you trust" Ben P 

  'We have learnt about what to do in different situations about bullying.' Olivia C

  'In PSHE, we have been learning about cyber bullying and we have realised if you receive a mean email on a game you should tell your parents.' James B

   

  In year 5, at the start of Anti Bullying Week, we looked at what bullying is and what a bully looks like. We found out that anyone could be a bully. We then discussed why people become bullies and how to support the bully and the person who is being bullied. In our classes, we discussed many scenarios and what to do in them. We now have a much better understanding of how to deal with a bullying if it were to occur. 

  Later in the week, we watched a video of well -known people talking about times when they were the victims of bullying. We thought about safe people who we would turn to if we felt we were being bullied and decorated a hand print with their names.

   

  In Year 2 we learned how to be a good friend and who to turn to if they were worried about bullying. We watched a fun assembly in class and completed our support network activity - five people we can turn to to help us. We made an anti-bullying pledge. We had a discussion after the assembly about how we are going to do acts of kindness within our class bubble. 

   

  Year 1 have been learning about how to be a good friend and make sure everyone feels happy and confident in our class. We talked about what bullying is and then thought about the way we wanted to behave towards each other. 

  We then designed a ‘kindness’ cap for our gingerbread person.

  Here’s what some of us wrote:

  'Don't hurt people' - Bruno

  'Be kind at all times' - Teddy

  'Don't hurt anyone's feelings' - Evie

  'Love everyone' - Mayomikun

  No bullying in our school' - Fleur

   

  In Reception for anti-bullying week we listened to the story 'Topsy and Tim Help a Friend' and talked about what bullying means and how we can make good choices and be kind to our friends.  We also talked about who to talk to if someone is unkind.  We listened to a song by 'Andy and the Odd Socks' and talked about what makes us different.  We also designed our own pair of odd socks.

• Year 6 - November 2020

  Fri 13 Nov 2020

  Year 6

  In English last half term the children studied ‘The Highwayman’ by Alfred Noyes. They wrote their own alternative ending and used their Art lessons to produce a watercolour and ink picture to complement their work.

  This half term we are looking at biographies. The children have been looking at the key features needed to write a successful biography. 

   

  In Maths, we have been working really hard to demonstrate a variety of methods to solve division problems, from finding multiples and factors, to the inverse grid method, chunking and long and short division.           

  In History, we have been learning about the events that led to the Second World War.  Pupils found out about the rise of the Nazi party and produced a timeline to show the chronology of these significant events:

  In PE we have started our new unit on hockey with a learning focus of dribbling with control. Pupils learnt the correct way to hold the stick and the fact that the hockey stick must not be lifted above waist height.  They also learnt reverse stick (Indian) dribbling (pulling the ball from side to side).

  We are very proud of how hard our Year 6 children are working across the curriculum and look forward to seeing them continue to thrive.

  Mrs H Proudfoot, Mrs J Watson, Mrs C Watson,

  Mrs Burnham, Mrs Welsh, Mrs Wright, Mrs Miller, Mrs, Graham