Merry Christmas and thank you

It has been a busy but enjoyable few weeks in school, with Christmas productions, dinners and parties being just three of all of the wonderful activities that we have been engaged in.

Amongst all of the festive activities, we have continued to work hard in all subjects with English groups finishing their work on speeches and doing some independent writing connected with Christmas.  In topic we have finished our work on World War II and next term we will begin a new topic on the Ancient Greeks.  Watch out for a creative holiday homework connected to the Greeks!

This morning the children have finished the term by creating some lovely Christmas decorations using their knowledge of circuits.  See below for some examples of their work.  We were amazed by the creativity and quality of their designs.  Well done to all.

Finally, the year 6 team would like to say thank you very much for all of the wonderful gifts and cards that you and your children have brought into school for us. We have really enjoyed teaching all of the children this term and hope that you all have a lovely holiday.

See you in 2017!

The year 6 team 



Count down to Christmas!

Elder thought they would join in with the trend by taking part in a Friday afternoon "Mannequin Challenge". Apparently, a whole school one is being planned... let's hope we have enough time in the next week or so to make that happen... Sorry if some of us moved, but it is the end of another hectic week here at Crabtree and we are all exhausted.

Parents, please remember that our Christmas concerts are on  Monday evening and Thursday afternoon. We are very proud of our performance and can't wait to show it to you. You'll particularly love our singing! Have a lovely weekend and see you Monday!

Tomorrow's Engineers Week and STEM talk

Hi we are Izzy and Noushi

 

During the 'Tomorrow's Engineers Week'(7th-11th June)  we were lucky enough to have Mr Kennedy join us to talk about STEM subjects. During his talk, we learned he was an engineer whose company tests expensive cars in extreme terrains. After that, he told us all about the experiment, the Bloodhound, and its history, and the timeline of the land speed record , going back from 1914. There were some peculiar looking cars! We must say a big thank you to Mr Kennedy for his truly inspiring talk.

 

Meanwhile, we are getting ready for our Christmas production, though we can’t tell you much because it’ll ruin the surprise! If you listen carefully you might even hear us singing in preparation for our performance. Our homework this weekend is to learn our lines ready for rehearsals next week.

 

In English, we have been writing adventure stories . Noushi’s is about a young boy that goes to Madagascar !  In Izzy’s English group we’ve been writing spy stories and in Izzy’s story a spy called Emma has to stop the villains.

 

Wishing you a lovely weekend!

 

From Izzy and Noushi

Very sporty update from Elder

Hi it’s Alex and Gracie May here,

 

This week it is Elder's turn to do a blog and we are going to tell you about what has happened this week…  On Tuesday 11^th October years 5 and 6 girls went to Grove Junior School to play a football tournament. We drew two matches, lost one and won one against Kimpton School , which Gracie May (Me) successfully scored.

 On  Wednesday 12^th October, years 5 and 6 played Abbots Hill, year 6 B team lost 15-0 to them (My team) , the A team drew 4-4 (Alex’s team) the year fives also did ‘ BRILLIANTLLY ’.

On Thursday 13^th October, year six played a netball tournment at Roundwood School, they did very well and all tried their hardest.

This week’s star of the week in Elder is Sophia Fantozzi and the sports cushion went to Alex Pike, and finally, Elder has won the class of the week (our class)!!!!!!!!They have done very well, but so has everybody else in the school. Remember, everybody is a challenge champion in Crabtree! (The best school ever) (: (:

Everybody knows who’s the House captains :Ben Norman-Jupiter , Elizabeth Kennedy-Mars  ,  Maddie Keen- Neptune and Harry Sangers Gibbons-Saturn. Ben's house supports the salvation army, Maddie's supports dog trust, Elizabeth's supports great Ormans street and Harrys' supports Abby field.

 

 

Last week - rather than this week!

This week, year 6 have been voting for school council. The school councillors this year, are William W and Ella M from Elm and Gabriel B and Katie S from Elder.

We have also been watching some head boy and head girl presentations in class. Some children have been chosen to present in assembly to the whole-school. Votes for Head boy and Head girl will take place on Thursday.

Year 6 have also been training to go down to the Infants to play with them , this is led by Mrs Tizard.

In English, Mrs Morris's group have been looking at autobiographies. Mrs Carter's group have been learning how to build tension. Miss Clement's group have been writing stories about pictures that talk. Mrs Wellham's group have also been looking at talking pictures.

In Jigsaw, we have been talking about issues around the world, how we feel about them and what we could do to help.

Next week, we are looking forward to finding out about the new sports captains! Don't forget it's European Day of Languages on Monday and we will be learning Spanish for the afternoon. Also, individual and sibling photos will be taken on Tuesday.

By Inaki and Ali (Elm)

Hello, Crabtree parents and children. This week, year 6 and the rest of the school had a great day, dressing up as Roald Dahl characters. We did a collection of fun filled activities including:  dream poems and put them on jars for our hall display, a Q+A on Roald Dahl to learn more about the man and his life and last but not the least

FOOD TASTING

 We all made revolting recipes and shared them with the class. Some were really revolting but the most revolting out would be Louis with the extremely spicy cake.

The teacher from each year picked winners from their classes for the most creative fancy dress. In Elder, Katie won with her Grandpa Joe which was very realistic.

 

Thank you for listening written by Ben! And Oren! Elder