By Mr. Setchell on Friday, October 13, 2017 in Maths, PE, Year 4. 2 Comments
It was maths on the move today when we had a lesson using our fantastic Tagtiv8 kit. We played a variety of maths games that helped us to practise our mental maths skills. Afterwards, we all agreed that we loved the physical and mental challenges of Tagtiv8 and shared our own ideas of how we […]
By Mr. Setchell on Sunday, April 30, 2017 in Maths, Video Lessons, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6. No Comments
How many times tables do you REALLY need to learn? Is the answer a) 38? or b) 144? Don’t forget some classic times table memory-joggers like I ate and I ate until I was sick on the floor . . . 8 x 8 = 64 5…6…7…8…56 is 7 times 8 Know […]
By Gary Evans on Friday, March 24, 2017 in Community, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6. 1 Comment
We met a dog called Bailey and learned all about how to treat dogs with care and respect. We also learned how to keep safe around dogs that we may not know. We had a really interesting assembly and we are grateful to The Dogs Trust for coming in to see us.
By Gary Evans on Friday, March 24, 2017 in Community, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6. No Comments
By Miss Edwards on Thursday, March 2, 2017 in English, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6. 5 Comments
It has been wonderful to see so many children dressed up as book characters today, and staff dressed as their favourite characters. It made it such a hard job for staff to choose one winner from their class. Each Year group have individually celebrated World Book Day by taking part in activities based on the […]
By Robin Adkins on Tuesday, January 31, 2017 in Jobs January, Uncategorized, Year 4. No Comments
Thank you very much to all the parents who have given up their time to come in and talk to us about their jobs this month – it really has been amazing! The breadth of occupations was wide-ranging to include: ballet dancers, chefs, engineers, lecturers, theatrical makeup artists, medical historians and teachers. Thanks again!
By Gary Evans on Thursday, January 12, 2017 in Community, Year 4. No Comments
Year 4 had a fascinating afternoon with Professor Reinarz, a medical historian, and his colleague Julie Hyland, a theatrical make-up artist. We learned all about Professor Reinarz work as a historian at the University of Birmingham, it was fascinating. Julia shared some of her work with us…see the photos! She specialises in making people look […]
By Mr. Setchell on Friday, November 25, 2016 in Community, Maths, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6. No Comments
Well done to all the children who participated in Sumdog’s recent Birmingham Maths Contest. 4R were the overall winning class, earning 32 free subscriptions for the school. And that’s not all – Dylan in 3S claimed 1st position out of 400 students from across Birmingham who entered. This is the school’s second success in this […]
By Miss Edwards on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 in English, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6. 1 Comment
Next week, the school fair is coming to Bournville Junior School. We are all looking forward to you and your child visiting us. It is a great opportunity for your child to share their favourite type of book with you and an excellent way for them to explore books they wouldn’t usually choose. The […]
By Mr. Setchell on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 in Maths, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6. 9 Comments
Only the third week back and a fabulous 34 Sumdog badges have been achieved for mastering division, multiplication, addition or subtraction tables. www.sumdog.com
