Category Archives: Class News

October in 5th class

At the start of the month, 5^th class participated in a Tag-rugby blitz at Ashbourne Rugby Club. The class have been practising their tag-rugby skills every Monday since the start of the year, so it was a great opportunity to showcase everything they’ve learned against the other schools in the community. They had a really fun day out!

The class have been so busy during Maths week, working really hard for their class competition. They were asked to make a 3D structure of their choice. The children put so much work into their structures and we are very proud of the finished products. We had such a difficult time choosing a winner.

October in Sally’s Class

Sally’s 2^nd Class have been working very hard in October. We went on an Autumn Trail around the school. We took notes about what we saw around us. It was great fun! When we returned to the classroom we shared what we noticed with each other.

In English, we have been exploring ‘Recount’ writing. This week we wrote our recounts all by ourselves! Some of us wrote about birthday parties, others wrote about their favourite holidays and some people wrote about last Halloween. We are very proud of ourselves. We did wonderful work!

Rocket Science in Clara’s Class

Clara’s third class have been busy in Science making foam rockets. To begin with, we discussed what rockets are, what they are used for and how they work. We soon realised that rockets need a lot of force to take off from the ground and beat the pull of gravity, in order to make it all the way to outer space! Using foam pipe insulation, duct tape, elastic bands and scissors we designed and made our own rockets. We then launched our rockets to see how far they could fly. We found that the more that we stretched the elastic band, the greater the force, and the further the rocket reached. Using metre sticks we then measured the distance travelled. It was lots of fun!

October in Room 4

On Thursday we had extra play on the yard because we have been getting so good at lining up.

This month we have made some lovely owl babies and waterproof umbrellas. We have also made a lovely Autumn tree which you can see on our classroom window.

We also had lots of fun in Maths Week playing maths games and going on a maths trail around our school.

Fourth Class Fun

This month we’ve been very busy learning all about volcanoes and even made our very own volcanoes using paper maché. Each group worked really well as a team and it was so much fun. We even made our volcanoes erupt! It was very exciting.