By Mr. Setchell
on Sunday, March 27, 2016 in Maths.
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Over the 90 days since Christmas, how often on average do you think BJS mathematicians answered a question on Sumdog? Was it . . . a) Every 60 seconds? b) Every 6 seconds? c) Every 6 minutes? Based on your answer, can you use your time facts to calculate and explain how many questions were […]
By Gary Evans
on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 in Maths.
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Mr Evans’ maths set identifying properties and reasoning about 3D shapes using nrich’s wonderful ‘cut nets’ investigation.
By Miss Edwards
on Saturday, March 19, 2016 in Art and Design, English, Year 3, Year 4.
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Year 3 and 4 have had a fantastic week, as have the rest of the school. On Thursday we had the privilege of having the book ‘Two brothers and a Chocolate Factory,’ written by local author Juliet Clare Bell, read to us by members of Bournville Village Trust. The children were also presented with a […]
By Mr. Setchell
on Friday, March 18, 2016 in Art and Design, English, Year 5, Year 6.
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You don’t often get a world-famous author and illustrator taking your lessons, but that’s exactly what happened today. Nick Sharratt talked through some of his most popular work and showed us how to draw characters such as Jacqueline Wilson’s Tracey Beaker and Timothy Pope’s dad from Nick’s own book ‘Shark in the Park’ . . […]
By Michael Grant
on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 in Uncategorized.
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This week, year 4 have started an Angry Birds project. After briefly playing the game, they listed all the potential maths involved. Below are their thoughts… Using concrete resources, my class looked at 2D shapes. They sorted the different types of triangles and quadrilaterals out and discussed how this linked to Angry Birds. […]
By Miss Edwards
on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 in Learning Adventure, Year 3.
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Year 3 have had a fantastic morning, as we have been busy using clay to make our Greek pots. We are now looking forward to sketching designs in our sketch books and then painting the pots next week.
By Gary Evans
on Monday, March 14, 2016 in Uncategorized.
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Year 3 had an exciting morning meeting members of Bournbrook Fire Station Redwatch. They shared their favourite children’s story with the children and invited them to explore the fire engine, it looked like great fun!
By Mr. Setchell
on Friday, March 11, 2016 in Art and Design, Learning Adventure, Maths, Religious Education, Science, Year 6.
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We’ve never had a Learning Adventure where we have increased our knowledge and understanding as much. From the 8th to the 13th Century, The Golden Age of Islam left an important legacy for our lives today. Take a look at some of our posters to see if you can spot some of the aspects of […]
By Linda Samuels
on Friday, March 11, 2016 in Uncategorized.
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Year 4 had a wonderful learning experience at the Gurdwara. We have learnt lots about Sikhism, including the history, 5K’s, the religion and culture. What did you enjoy most?
By Gary Evans
on Friday, March 11, 2016 in Maths.
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Year 5 using strategy games to develop systematic approaches. Developing geometry skills through reasoning and visualising angles and shapes.