Year 4 and Year 5 were both going to take part in a national project called ‘grow your own potatoes’ throughout March, April and May. Since lockdown happened, this project had to be adapted but I’m pleased to report the potatoes were still planted at school and they are growing healthily! I think we are going to end up with lots of potatoes!
Well done to everyone who took part in the school spelling ‘homophones’ challenge which has been running for the past week. There has been an amazing amount of game playing by lots of children. The challenge finished at 6pm and our top five high scoring spellers are …
James (Y3), Connie (Y3), Anya (Y4), Jack S (Y5), and Layton (Y3).
These children will receive a special honeypot reward on their account. Great work!
What should our next spelling challenge be?
Well done to everyone who has been on Spelling Shed this last week. There are lots of children playing games and completing their teacher’s spelling lists.
It has been close for the top spelling group but our current year group leaders are … Year 3! Great work Year 3. I think you really listened to Mrs Carr’s encouragement. Who will lead this time next week?
Our current super spellers are:
Y2 – Dylan, Scarlett, and Georgie
Y3/4 – James, Anya, and Layton
Y5/6 – Harvey, Oscar S and, Jack S
These super speller will receive a honeypot reward on their account and for some it will be the second week in a row they have received this! Well done. Who will it be next week?
There is still one day left on the school spelling challenge and it is close at the top. Remember the top five will get a honeypot reward on their account. Challenge closes at 6pm on Thursday 30th. Keep spelling.
While you’ve been safe at home, I’ve been keeping a close eye on the Spelling Shed scores and it’s been great to see all the game playing!
Year 6 have managed to overtake Year 3 recently, and are our current top spelling year group. Well done Year 6!
There are lots of new names appearing on the the playing boards which is fantastic and our current super spellers are:
Y2- Dylan, Scarlett and Georgie
Y3/4- Anya, Layton and Jayden R
Y5/6- Oscar S, Harvey and Ruby
As a reward for the excellent spelling work, I’ve given our current super spellers a honey pot reward on their account. Well done!
Who will get the honey pot rewards next week?
As an extra challenge, I’ve set up a school spelling contest which everyone with a login can access on their Spelling Shed home screen. The contest covers some common homophones and will be available from tomorrow for one week. The top five spellers in this contest will also receive a honey pot reward next week … so get spelling everyone!
We have lots of traditions at Marsden including the hot seat in assembly for special occasions in assembly.
Today is Mrs Carr’s 30th birthday and that would normally mean an assembly where Mrs Marshall shows embarrassing photographs. Now I’m sure Mrs Carr thought she had escaped this but Miss Clark has managed to get some pictures to mark the occasion!!!
Happy 30th Birthday Mrs Carr 🎂
In the Hume house we decided to try out the naked egg experiment from the Year 5 Easter challenge grid and … IT WORKED!
We did have to wait 48hours for the vinegar to dissolve the egg shell but it was very interesting watching the process.
Can you work out the titles to these children’s books? Post your answers below!
Challenge: How many different animals can you see in this picture?
I will reveal the answer later in the week
Happy Hunting!
Here is a link to another children’s story explaining Coronavirus.
Apart from all of your smiling faces, story time is definitely something about school I am really missing!
So please enjoy one of my favourite stories “Some Dogs Do” by Jez Alborough.
Let me know in the comment section which story you would like to hear next time 🙂
