Congo home learning; week beginning Monday 18th January 2021

Well done for those lovely recounts you have been writing this week. By now, I think you are all expert Egyptologists, with your knowledge of Howard Carter and his amazing tomb discovery! I was really impressed with your detail and description. And it’s great to see more super sentences and some great editing.

Here is a selection of some of your work this week.

Poppy-recount-2

Scott-recount-1

Well done, Charlotte and Martha; beautiful colour choices from Martha, and some lovely texture from Charlotte.

Great work, Charlotte and family

I love the black and white filming – it really adds to the atmosphere.  And your narration is spot-on.  It really built up the tension.  Great ending! 

Congo Class Home Learning; week beginning Monday 11th January 2021

We are really getting into our Ancient Egyptians topic this week, and seem to have learned loads! Well done for all the home learning, and especially your fantastic photos and videos of your tombs. Here are a few below.

Plus some great photos from Thomas and Liam, who discovered teddy bear hieroglyphics in their tomb!

And a big well done for some great artwork from Jacob.

Well dones for the week beginning Monday 4th January 2020!

A massive well done to all our home learners this week; we saw you ALL on our live stream, which was great. The comments from your parents have been very positive too. We love the fact that you ALL seem to be engaging with the work. Another big well done to our school learners, who have also worked their socks off.

Special well dones to the following children:

  • Callum B, for being the first person to send me some work back
  • Poppy, who wrote a really long and detailed recount on the first day
  • Amelia, who made an amazing science poster on electricity (sorry, it won’t post it here)
  • Calum R, for a great start, getting some writing and maths back to me at the start of the week
  • Oliver and Martha, for speaking confidently and clearly online
  • Charlotte, for using the comments on Google Classroom in a constructive way (to apologise when her family couldn’t make a meeting)
  • Chloe, for the neatest ever Early Work
  • Sophia, who worked enthusiastically in school all morning, then worked from home in the afternoon too.
Beautiful use of colours, Oliver
Such tidy and accurate maths, Poppy
Tidy, imaginative science, William

Week ending Friday 11th December 2020

That Christmas tree of ours is looking very beautiful now! Well done for all those lovely decorations you have made. Every one is unique and interesting.

And another well done to all the children this week, for their stamina and maturity in two assessments; reading and maths. I am so proud of them. We’ve let our hair down and partied today. Merry Christmas, everybody!

Don’t drop that balloon! Congo Class’ Christmas party

Week ending Friday 4th December 2020

Well done, Congo Class, for another great week! From Explorers Day through to making origami times tables fortune tellers, we have been so busy. And if any children seem to be experts on cats, it’s is because of a great online assembly we had from the Cats Protection League, which was so informative.

Apologies about homework, but the printer isn’t working right now. All spellings and handouts are on Google Classroom, plus the children have written details in their homework books.

Part of children’s homework is to make a decoration for it. Let’s hope we can post a jolly picture next week as, right now, it is looking a little bare. Many thanks to Autumn for being the first to bring in a bit of spare trimming!

Explorers Day!

Well done to everyone in Congo Class who dressed up (including the grown-ups)! What a busy day we had. Because we couldn’t visit the National Maritime Museum, they came to us.

We had two great digital sessions. The first was all about life aboard the Cutty Sark, and the second was about Maps, Charts and Globes. We also enjoyed writing like a Victorian boy, using a feather quill and ink. Finally, we travelled back to the modern day, and investigated the app What3Words, and had a look online at why it is so useful. Do you have it on your device?

https://what3words.com/products/what3words-app/

Week ending Friday 27th November 2020

Many thanks for all those amazing book reviews. I will start putting them on here very soon.

The children have really enjoyed starting their new literacy block on newspaper reports. They have written some great Cold Writes and have been looking at different magazines and newspapers this week.

I was really impressed with Congo Class’s history this week, too. We are learning about Sir Francis Drake, and realising there can be two sides to a story. While Elizabeth I of England loved him, King Philip II of Spain did not; he even put out a reward for the head of Drake!

And many thanks to everyone who dressed up in their brightest clothes, to celebrate Brightness Day. Although this was great fun, we also talked about the importance of staying safe on the roads, as it is Road Safety Awareness Week this week. This year’s motto is NO NEED TO SPEED!. You can find out more on the link below.

https://www.brake.org.uk/

Looking bright and safe for those dark winter nights