Following on from my post the other day celebrating the amazing year fours and their 1st place in the DSAT Times Tables Tournament with 10 other schools, here is a picture of them with their certificates.
Over the last two weeks, the year 4 class have been competing in a maths times tables competition with 11 other schools in DSAT. 651 pupils took part across 32 classes and I am very proud to announce that St. Alban’s Year 4 finished 1st in “Top of the Rocks”. It was a phenomenal effort by the children as they showed their dedication to learning by putting in the hours, in and out of school.
On Tuesday 27th February, the Year Fours went to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. We had a fantastic day. We were particular interested in Antony Gormley and Henry Moore as are studying them both this term.
October was “Geography fieldwork month” in St.Alban’s. Fieldwork is where you go outside the classroom and find things out for yourself. Over the last month, our students have had the opportunity to explore the local area and learn in a more practical, hands-on way in geography.
Each class was given a different enquiry question that they had to try and answer using a variety of progressive fieldwork skills. Children across school completed maps, surveys, time sampling, tallys, pictograms and digital mapping linked to their enquiry question. Children then used the information that they had gathered to draw their own conclusions.
Today, each class had the opportunity to present their findings to the rest of the school. Children were very adept at explaining what they did and what they found out. Well done St.Alban’s- we are all geographers!
On Thursday 16th November, we will be hosting a parent workshop explaining how we teach handwriting at St Alban’s.
From the first day of school, we pay particular attention to good writing habits. By the end of the session you will know what we mean by BBC, TNT and lots of other useful tips.
We look forward to welcoming you in the school hall at 2:15pm. Grandparents are also welcome.
Thank you,
Mrs Gurner
Check out our new reading bookmarks. These will be given to the children who have achieved the Reading Governor’s Award.
Each year the children will receive a different colour- try and collect them all!
Yellow – Reception
Green – Year One
Royal Blue – Year Two
Red- Year Three
Navy – Year Four
Purple – Year Five
Black – Year Six