This week we are focusing on being positive. 

Year 1 Foxes 

Bea tackles all her learning with a brilliantly positive attitude. She tries her best and often does more than she has been asked to. 

Charlie has a great attitude towards his reading and writing especially. He perseveres even when things are tricky and never gives up.

 

Year 1 Rabbits

India approaches everything with a smile and belief that she can do it!

Jason takes on all daily jobs and challenges with a happy face. 

 

Year 2 Owls

Brooks for showing a more positive attitude towards getting work done. He enjoyed  taking part in Whole Class Reading and was a great help with the Science investigation this week. 

Max for showing a positive attitude in all lessons. He himself has expressed that he is proud of the progress he has already made in Year 2 and I am sure he will continue to do so.

 

Year 2 Robins

Phoebe for being such a positive member of Robins! She arrives every day with a smile on her face and shows enjoyment in all she does. Even when things seem a bit tricky, she'll always give it a go! Her positivity is contagious and she's an amazing role model.

Otto has started new clubs at school this year and he has grown in confidence and positivity each week when arriving at the sessions. His 'can do' approach to learning new skills is amazing! Well done Otto!

 

Year 3 Otters

Joe for being such a positive role model to others. Joe is conscientious and he maintains his positivity throughout every moment of the day, regardless of any challenges thrown at him. He is kind to absolutely everyone, without exception. 

Lara for being so engaged with her learning and having such a positive attitude towards every part of the curriculum. Lara always has her hand up to answer questions and share her ideas. 

 

Year 4 Kingfishers

Jude has been working really hard in our Maths lessons. Even if he doesn't understand something right away, he stays positive and gives it a try. He has shown great perseverance over the past weeks and has already grown in confidence.

Felix SM always arrives at school with a big, infectious smile. He is always helpful, polite and supportive. Everything is being finished with a positive attitude. He radiates positivity. 

 

Year 4 Seals

Samuel is a fantastic positive role model for his peers. He is cheerful, kind and approaches every task with a positive attitude and a smile on his face.

Peeta  is another fantastic positive role model in Seals class. Despite still learning English, she completes every single task to the best of her ability. Peeta never gives up and when she is unsure, she politely asks for help.

 

Year 5 Geckos

Naomi for always being positive and friendly. She has a smile every morning and such a sunny and optimistic disposition that makes everyone around her feel happy too.

OIiver for having a positive outlook if something is tricky - he doesn't give up, but tries again.

 

Year 5 Swallows

Amelle brightens up our class with positivity. She works well with everyone and contributes in every lesson. Her maturity, kindness and smile make our class a better place. She is a joy to have. 

Rana's positivity is infectious. She is polite. She greets everyone with a smile and a hello. She approaches each lesson with optimism, even when faced with a challenge. 

 

Year 6 

Holly is a very positive person to be around. She has embraced everything that Year 6 has presented her with so far with a smile on her face and an open mind. Holly and some of her friends organise Running Club and she is extremely positive and encouraging towards other children. 

Kit is a pleasure to teach. He has a positive attitude towards everything he does and this has a really positive impact on the wellbeing of his classmates. Kit always has a kind word for others and works very hard in lessons. 

This week we are focusing on being creative

 

Year 1 Foxes

 

Both Vruha and Finella love craft and colouring activities. They work carefully and concentrate really well. It is lovely to see how much they enjoy it. Yesterday they both made a beautiful collage butterfly.

 

Year 1 Rabbits

Stanley and Maya worked collaboratively to create a fabulously detailed lego model during play and learn.  

 

Year 2 Owls

Isabella is nominated for showing creativity in our Art lesson this week. She carefully mixed primary colours together to make secondary colours and ensured she added the correct amount of white paint to the colours so it matched the colours in her landscape picture.

Charmaine is nominated for showing great creativity in our Literacy lesson yesterday. She included some great expanded noun phrases and even used an exclamation mark in the correct place. She also used her purple pen independently to edit her work where it was needed.

 

Year 2 Robins

Domi and Arthur for their great creativity in Literacy lessons this week. They have both written imaginative sentences based on the story Frog and the Stranger and have made exciting plans for their own entertaining stories. They have also been creative in using different maths equipment to prove their answers to different problems.  

 

Year 3 Wrens

Sofia L is nominated for her entertaining and creative writing, retelling the story of Mini Rabbit

Jack is nominated for being a supportive and creative member of his group in DT making a window in a shell structure. 

 

Year 3 Otters

Rio is nominated for producing a brilliant cave painting following our History lesson about the Paleolithic era.

Amber is nominated for making a beautifully neat, decorated shell structure in DT from a net

 

Year 4 Kingfishers

Leon has shown great creativity in our Art and  RE lesson creating a graphic novel style story. He has a great eye for colour and position, which creates amazing art work. He further has shown great creativity in his writing for our unit Arthur and the Golden Rope, including fantastic imagination and vocabulary.

Maheera continuously creates amazing 3D structures in our class room. She is an absolute pro in junk modelling and enjoys creating items out of clay. She shows great attention to detail, focus and imagination in every single piece of her work.

 

Year 4 Seals

Amelie has impressed me with her creative skills in Art. Last week Amelie drew 4 amazing cupcakes and made a lovely collage on the first cupcake. She worked carefully and demonstrated great technique. I am very much looking forward to seeing her final collage at the end of this topic.

Zoe has demonstrated great creativity in her writing this week. We are writing narratives which next week we will use to make graphic novels. In Zoe's narrative, Arthur has to get a golden snowflake from Antartica, undertake a long tiring journey and escape from a golden monster. 

 

Year 5 Geckos

Phoebe has shown excellent creativity and precision with her contour lines and colouring of Hundertwasser pictures in our Art lessons the last two weeks!

Hilary is nominated as when presented with a tricky challenge in our Morning Challenge, Hilary was able to use creativity to solve mathematical problems. She tried many different creative approaches, finally working out a solution.

 

Year 5 Swallows

Janice is nominated for her fantastic acrostic poem about cherry blossom. Her use of descriptive language brought the poem to life.

Willow is nominated for her incredible attention to detail in our art lessons, inspired by the work of Hundertwasser. We have been creating art using contour lines. 

 

Year 6

Ho Ching is nominated for being creative in different ways across the curriculum. She has taken great care over her designing work in Art, ahead of creating her own collage inspired by Gustav Klimt next week. As well as this, Ho Ching is a very creative thinker and always tries to be open minded in the way she approaches tasks - particularly in Maths.

Daisy loves any opportunity – inside and outside the classroom – to be creative. She considers her options in Art and then aims to create or draw something that is unique. Daisy is also keen to start Crochet Club back up with her friends and is always happy to help others with their projects.

This week we are focusing on Making a Good Start

 

Year 1 Foxes

Tycho is nominated because we have been very impressed with the great start Tycho has made in Year 1. He is accessing all the learning areas during play and learn and is listening very well during lessons.

Hugo has made a brilliant start in Year 1. He is great at contributing his ideas during lessons and I have been really pleased with his fantastic writing. 

 

Year 1 Rabbits

All the Rabbits have made a great start but as I have to pick two then Zachy and Hazel are both particularly great at sitting sensibly on the carpet and putting their hands up to share their ideas. 

 

Year 2 Owls 

Romie always follows instructions quickly and sensibly; demonstrating exactly how to behave in a classroom. She has also shown a very positive attitude towards being in Year 2 and has expressed how much she has enjoyed it so far.

Oliver has worked really hard on ensuring he does not call out in lessons this week and has also shown a positive attitude towards changes and is keen to do his best at all times.

 

Year 2 Robins

Erin has made a fantastic start to Year 2, by showing amazing learning behaviours and being a fantastic role model!

Mark has had a wonderful, positive start to Year 2, by focusing well and showing our school values every day. A brilliant beginning in Robins! 

 

Year 3 Wrens

Jacob is nominated for showing interest and enthusiasm for our new Y3 topics and being a team player in the classroom and the playground. 

Aria is nominated for being positive and ready for learning, trying her best in all lessons. 

 

Year 3 Otters

Addalynn is nominated for such a bright, positive start to the year and especially for enjoying and engaging so well in our first two PE lessons. 

Alex B is nominated for making such a fantastic effort to present his work neatly so far in Year 3 and beginning each day full of positivity and enthusiasm.

 

Year 4 Kingfishers 

Lily has made a great start to the year. She is participating in class in every subject, is supportive and helpful in class. Always has a smile on her face when she comes to school and has produced some really good work over the past week.

Ned has made a great start to the new year with producing amazing literacy work. He has written interesting captions for an illustration, using his great knowledge of vocabulary.

 

Year 4 Seals

Emily has made a fantastic start to Year 4, she is positive, enthusiastic, contributes to all lessons and works hard on every task.

Charlie has also made a great start to Year 4, he is quiet but attentive, has made some good contributions to lessons and like Emily works hard on every task.

 

Year 5 Geckos

Ava has been super engaged with all of our learning since returning to school. She actively listens, contributes to lessons and is always helpful with others in the class. Her work has been of great quality too. An excellent start to Year 5!

Eli has given all tasks his best and shown brilliant resilience to continue to approach every lesson as a new chance!

 

Year 5 Swallows

Quinn is nominated for his excellent attitude to learning and approach to Year 5. He has worked hard in every lesson, joined in with discussions and had a very positive start.

Lilly is nominated for such a positive start to the term, working well with her learning partner and showing confidence in lessons. 

 

Year 6

Arthur has made an excellent start to Year 6. He has impressed us with his hard work, focus and the way in which he has taken onboard advice to improve his work further.

Sasha has impressed us with the hard work she has put into the presentation of her work across the curriculum. She has shown herself to be an excellent role model in the way she approaches all lessons.