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Weekly Update 21.7.23
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Ash Tree Class Blog
We did it! We have reached the end of another school year.
Today we said goodbye to our Year 6's. We wish them the best of luck for the future and are sure they will go on to achieve well at secondary school.
Click here to see some of their highlights from their last few weeks at Rufford Park.
I would also like to say a big well done to Year 5 this week who - whilst the Year 6's were enjoying their Summer Fun Day organised by the PTA - spent some time reading stories to children in KS1. All the KS1 teachers were really impressed with how well they read and this is something we would like to continue next year.
We have had a great year in Year 5/6 Ash and I will miss them all next year.
Have a fantastic summer!
Miss Bairstow :)
Weekly Update 14.7.23
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Ash Tree Class Blog
Hello,
Only one week to go until the end of the school year! We have had lots going on again this week...
It was Sports Day on Monday and in true primary school Sports Day fashion, it rained quite heavily not long after starting the KS2 event in the afternoon! The children were very resilient and completed their races but I think we were all glad to get back inside! Click the link below to see a few highlights of UKS2 in action before the rain meant we had to put the cameras away!
UKS2 Sports Day 2023 Highlights
The Year 6's put on a great performance of Robin and The Sherwood Hoodies this week. They have busy rehearsing for the last few weeks and it was lovely to be able to share this with the rest of the school on Tuesday for the dress rehearsal and with an audience of parents and carers on Wednesday afternoon.
Y5 had been invited to Benton Park next Monday for a science workshop and asked to bring a packed lunch - Sadly Benton Park are no longer able to facilitate this so your child can return to their normal lunch arrangements.
Have a good weekend :)
Miss Bairstow
Weekly Update 29.6.23
Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Ash Tree Class Blog
Hi,
We have had another really busy week in 5/6!
All the children in Year 6 have been busy completing Bikeability as they learn how to cycle safely. When they haven't been out cycling they have been rehearsing for the leavers' production and sound to be doing a great job!
Some Year 5 children visited the ALPT art exhibition on Wednesday morning with Mrs Millen. They had a go at some art activities organised by the secondary schools and had chance to browse the exhibition. They enjoyed their trip out and represented the school well.
Also representing the school this week was half of Y5 book club. They attended an event at Horsforth library on Wednesday afternoon which was run by the Leeds Book Awards team. The books we are reading this time are taken from the LBA shortlist and so far we are really enjoying them! The children were "LBA detectives" and had to work with children from other schools to complete a range of activities linked to the three books.
Finally, we would love to share with you some of the fantastic artwork we did this week. We have been completing artwork linked to birds this term and this week we printed feathers. We used our observational drawings of feathers from our previous lesson to design a feather on a polystyrene tile and then applied printing ink to create beautiful feather prints. We practised in our sketchbooks and chose to mix our inks in different shades of blue to create a collaborative kingfisher piece of art.
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Bairstow :)