Curriculum enrichment themed week

Friday 20 March 2015

Themed weeks are always popular. Next week, we try something new – five consecutive themed days, each centred around a particular subject of the curriculum. A variety of events and visitors are planned.

On Monday, we’ll focus on Maths. We welcome the Happy Puzzle Company to school for a Puzzle Challenge Day. Using large 3D puzzles and challenges, pupils will improve their personal learning skills, thinking skills and team-working skills, whilst boosting their confidence in the processes used.

After school on Monday, there will be an opportunity for you to come and buy a puzzle or two. Happy Puzzle Company will be in The Space and will have a large range of puzzles available for you to buy. You should have received details and a voucher about this – ask at the office if you haven’t.

All lessons on Tuesday will have a Science theme. Children from Year 1 to Year 6 will be joined by Hands on Science, and will take part in their CSI Fingerprints workshop. Children will take their own fingerprints and be shown how to identify and find the characteristics that make them unique.

We’ll be enjoying a play by the Quantum Theatre on Wednesday: ‘The Writing on the Wall’. This will help us focus on composition, vocabulary, grammar and punctuation in our English.

Thursday and Friday mornings will see the return of the ever-popular learning carousel! Groups containing children from each class, Reception to Year 6, will focus on different areas of the curriculum: Art, Music, Computing, Geography, PE and DT. There will also be taster sessions in Urdu (led by our own Mrs Maqbool) and Mandarin (led by Master Mandarin). Children will rotate through the groups and will take part in all of these activities.

In addition, we’re hoping to welcome a local newsreader to an assembly – Harry Gration. He will speak to the children about the importance of Maths and English in his job at Look North.