Heartsease Primary Academy Newsletter - 30th October 2023

Office update

Parent Cafe

Friday 24th November - Reception (Jade / Jasper Classes) 2pm -  parents, grandparents and carers are invited into class for our Autumn Parent cafes. Entrance will be through the main reception.

Diarrhoea/Vomiting

Please be reminded that if you child has an episode of diarrhoea / vomiting they need to be at least 48 hours clear from the last episode before returning to school.

Weekly class updates

Nursery

In the nursery this week we have been thinking about Halloween. We read the book 'Pumpkin Soup.' This led us to look at a pumpkin. We cut one open and explored what was inside. We found lots of seeds. We have kept some to plant next year so, hopefully, we will be able to have more pumpkins. We also read some Meg and Mog stories. We have talked about things we need to be a witch. We have created our own potions and spells and made magic wands.

Ruby Class

This week, Ruby class thought about the local area of Heartsease. We went for a walk to see the use of buildings. We saw houses, bungalows, flats, a church and a variety of shops. We also spotted use of technology and shapes in the environment. We noticed that the house numbers were odd on one side of the road and even on the other. We predicted what the story of 'Rosie's walk' would be. We then read it and added sound effects, before retelling it. In maths, we used the prepositions from the story and added others. In Geography we answered the question 'what is a map?' In PSHE we talked about safety on Halloween and bonfire nights.

Reception - Jasper/Jade Classes

This week we have been learning the story of Guy Fawkes. Please ask your child to retell this story to you! The children have enjoyed role play in the home corner and outside , enjoying dressing up as Guy Fawkes, his conspirators, the King and King's guards. In maths our focus has been 3D and 2D shapes, discussing their properties and how they are similar and different. We continued our learning during our forest school sessions in the woods. 

Year 1 - Onyx / Opal Classes

This week we have been learning how to subtract using a whole part model; subtraction to find the missing number and breaking apart. In Science we started a new topic of plants; we learnt how to identify different parts of a plant and what they need. In English we have been looking at similar nouns and objects such as claws and talons in the story where the wild things were. Re we learnt about the differences and similarities between Eid and Christmas.

Year 2 - Aqua / Amber classes

We have had a fantastic first week back. This week we have been learning:

Writing- what makes a good sentence?

Science- What is an animal?

Music- Finding and keeping a beat

Computing- How to take a good photograph (digital computing)

R.E- To understand the meaning of belonging 

PSHE- How are you feeling today?

We have also started Karate and swimming this week- we loved every second!

Year 3 - Coral / Crystal classes

Coral and Crystal class have had such a busy week. Thanks to all our parents, who sent packaging in, we were able to learn about food labelling and how to look for balanced nutrition in our diets. In Design Technology, we learnt how to make fabric stiff. We shall be applying that learning to making fabric boxes - who knew you could make a box out of fabric! In writing, we have begun learning to write letters of complaint. Let's hope we don't have too much to complain about.

Year 4 - Topaz / Garnet class

In English this week, we have learned about critically analysing poems which included looking for rhyming schemes, orally rehearsing using volume, intonation and movement. We also explored verb choices and  direct quotations from a text to illustrate a point. In reading, we have read and completed comprehension questions related to common themes in extracts, words in context, and aspirational people such as Mae Jemison and Katherine Johnson.

In maths, we completed our addition and subtraction topic and focussed on word problems with multiple steps. In geography, we researched information about the river Yare, explored its features such as its tributaries, source and mouth on maps. In art, we completed our multilayered surface and created tertiary colours. In RE, we learned about understanding the truth, and in PSHE, we explored empathy for others and our emotions. In French, we revised numbers and started our new topic on colours and emotions.

Year 5 - Emerald / Sapphire classes

Welcome to Autumn 2. We hope you all had a relaxing half term (even if it was rather wet!). This term we are focusing on Ancient Egypt in English. We are reading about the adventures of Lily in the 'Secrets of a Sun King'. She reads a strange news article where a professor disappears leaving only his feet! What has this to do with her Grandfather and the tomb of Tutankhamun? This then feeds into our writing based on Ancient Egyptian myths. In mathematics we have continued with looking at factors, multiples along with introducing prime numbers and composite numbers. 

Art has seen the children expanding their printing skills which included making a stencil. Finally the children have started their new PE topic of gymnastics and yoga. 

Year 6 - Diamond / Quartz classes

Another busy week in year 6. We have begun our Writing Unit studying War Poetry, focussing on For The Fallen by Laurence Binyon. In reading we started Pig Heart Boy, which links to our Science work about the circulation system. Maths has been very tricky - the new work on fractions has really made us think hard.

In the afternoons RE has been a new unit finding out about Buddhism. History has continued our study of the Blitz, focussing on the evacuation of children away from the cities.



• Jade Class - Riley and Isla - For both completed some lovely writing about the fireworks we watched using their letter-sound correspondence knowledge. Well done
  
• Jasper Class - Chester - For really working hard on writing his name. 
• Onyx Class - Marnie - For always working hard and being ambitious.
• Opal Class - Charlie - For working hard 100% of the time and for being kind and thoughtful towards his class mates
• Aqua Class - Willow - For brilliant writing this week! She always remembers punctuation.
• Amber Class - Isabella - For her excellent attitude towards learning and shining extra bright this week in maths, Well done Isabella!
• Coral Class - Cora - For always being enthusiastic over her learning and applies herself fully to every task. She is an excellent representative of the best of our class. Well done Cora!
• Crystal Class - Hazell - For working hard to overcome challenges in maths. 
• Topaz Class - Harry - He has settled in brilliantly. I have been particularly impressed with his participation and hard work. Well done!
• Garnet Class - Avyaan - For always putting in a fantastic amount of effort no matter the topic, producing fantastic quality work every time.
• Emerald Class - Dea - It has felt like you have been here forever, not just for a week. You have applied yourself well in all lessons and have been involved with class discussions. keep up the excellent start.
• Sapphire Class - Harley- During Bush Craft Harley asked Mr Price how to solve a problem and then taught his team mates how to do it. Mr Price was very impressed. Excellent work Harley. 
• Quartz Class - Keanu - For always being polite to both adults and children in the classroom, and for also being a motivated learner across all areas of the curriculum. Well done! 
• Diamond Class - Mia-Marie - She has been working so hard to improve your writing across all subjects. Well done!