Congratulations to our Golden Book winners

N SQUIRRELS - Jamie & Lucas Our story was The Tiger Who Came To Tea. We learnt some interesting facts about tigers, including that they have over 100 stripes and that each tiger’s stripes are different. The children had a go at drawing a tiger and then painting orange and black stripes. Jamie and Lucas both did an amazing job. Well done boys!

R BEECH - Xavier for becoming an amazing writer. He has been working really hard on his phonics and writing this term. We have been looking at the changes that happen in Spring and Xavier wrote about what he could see in a Spring picture. He was determined to continue all the way down to the bottom of the page and wouldn’t stop writing!

R HAZEL - Georgia for some thoughtful writing about her mum. She used her phonics well to sound out and showed good independence when recording her ideas. Well done Georgia!

1 OAK - Cameron for always going above and beyond in the effort he puts into his learning every day. He comes into school with a smile and a positive attitude and is always determined to do his very best. He has made fantastic progress recently, especially in his reading and writing and Miss Daly is very proud of him. Well done Cameron!

1 PINE - Sophie for her wonderful effort in Maths this half term. She has become much more independent and always approaches each task with her best effort. Well done Sophie - keep up the great work!

2 CEDAR - The whole of Cedar Class for their excellent behaviour and enthusiasm whilst on our trip to Brooklands. The children represented the school brilliantly and displayed excellent scientific knowledge.

2 HAWTHORN - The whole of Hawthorn Class for excellent behaviour and enthusiasm on our trip to Brooklands Museum. We made and raced cars, climbed on board the Concorde, visited the aircraft factory, launched rockets and saw the Lego McLaren car!

3 ELM - Tabs We have been writing stories where a character travels through fairy tale settings. Tabs created a brilliant story full of excellent descriptive phrases, alliteration and varied sentence structures which was a joy to read. “Shafts of sunlight drifted in between the gaps in the trees. Birds sang sweetly.” Wonderful work Tabs!

3 MAPLE - Ada In English, Year 3 have been writing fantasy story settings. Mrs Goree has been so proud of Ava who thought carefully about how to describe the setting of her story and created some excellent wring. “ In the deep dark forest there was a beautiful cottage with lots of glowing fairies floating around it.” Well done Ada!

4 ALDER - Elliott In Year 4 we have been discussing and writing discussion texts about whether the cat, Varjak, should go over the wall to save his family or not. Elliott worked incredibly hard on his writing. He should be very proud of himself as Mrs Gill and Mrs Wright are too. Well done Elliott!

4 LARCH - Holly In our Art lessons we have been learning the technique of collagraph printing. Holly selected natural resources from the garden to make her printing plate. She thought carefully about her composition and Mrs Steen was so impressed with her effective prints.

5 ROWAN - Toby for creating a fantastic fact file about Alfred the Great. It is full of fascinating facts about the famous Anglo-Saxon king who defended England from Viking invasions and helped shape the country’s future. From battles and bravery to learning and leadership, Toby explored why Alfred earned the title “the Great”. A brilliant piece of research - well done Toby!

5 WILLOW - Emily for producing such a brilliant fact file. This half term we have been learning all about the Vikings, this week focussing on King Alfred the Great. Emily demonstrated excellent knowledge about the topic and showed a clear understanding of what we have been studying in class. She should also be very proud of the care she took in presenting her ideas so clearly and thoughtfully. Well done Emily!

6 ASPEN -  Haider-Ali for his excellent writing. Mrs Brockway is so impressed with the progress he has made. She loves reading his work and seeing just how far he has come. Well done for using lots of interesting fronted adverbials to help set the scene and for choosing great descriptive language. “At the beach, I saw rare birds flying through the air. As I got out of my cave, I could see the glassy water filled with tiny fishes.” Keep up the great work Haider-Ali!

6 HOLLY - Noah for his story this week. He created a descriptive setting, used excellent sentence openers, varied vocabulary and super punctuation. His ideas flowed clearly and creatively, showing his super imagination. Mrs Bull really liked the way Noah wrote his conversation between the two characters and chose great alternatives to ‘said’ - screamed, shouted, quivered, spluttered, spat” . A very impressive piece of writing - well done Noah! He should be very proud of himself.

Apologies to Henry for missing him off last week...

6 LAUREL - Henry for his fantastic work in RE. We have been learning about the different ways that Christians show they belong to God’s Kingdom. Henry always works so hard and thinks about each lesson carefully, completing the task using lots of examples and often also illustrations. Keep up the great work!

6 LAUREL - Jennah for her fantastic work in Geography. We have been learning about Fairtrade. She worked hard researching the topic and presented her findings clearly and concisely. Keep up the great work!