Horniman museum trip
The Early Years children had an amazing educational trip, exploring the Elmer and friends exhibition by the author David Mackee in the Horniman museum. This term one of our topics was to explore the theme ‘It`s ok to be different’. We learned that we should respect and value everyone regardless of how they look. We had an fantastic time reading, acting and participating in activities around Elmer and his friends.
For Maths week, KS1 created posters about topics that they enjoyed this term followed by some facts about Maths that they know. This helped them recap their knowledge about what they have learnt this term as well as what they enjoyed most.
They then moved onto the maths table which had many maths related resources and tasks for the children to complete such as, making the following numbers with cubes, dealing with money, recognising shapes as well as learning the time. This was to enable them to consolidate the topics that they learned from the start of the year.
Towards the end of Maths week, KS1 were assigned to do a challenge to see which year group made the most profit by selling chosen goods. KS1 first learned about what profit was and discussed how much the ingredients would cost from the £20 budget they had to spend on making cinnamon rolls. Then as a group, KS1 worked out how much they would sell each cinnamon roll to make a profit.
As part of Maths week, Year 3 & 4 participated in the Apprentice challenge! The children were given a budget of £20 and had to come up with a business plan to purchase items that would bring about profit. Our class chose to sell a variety of popcorn- sweet and salty, sweet and toffee flavoured popcorn! Some children had the opportunity to go to the shops and handle the expenses themselves! Everyone engaged in preparing and packaging the popcorn in plastic cones to sell in the school sale. They learnt keywords such as entrepreneur, budget, profit, etc. They recorded their expenditures and gained an insight to what is involved in running a business. They really enjoyed Maths week this year!
Children in year 5 and 6 chose to make pizzas for their apprentice challenge as they have been learning about fractions.
They used their knowledge of mixed and improper fractions to work out that they needed at least 5 pizzas, cut into quarters (to be sold for £1) to make the £20 back. Any pizza sold after that would be a profit.
After buying the ingredients, children worked out that they could make 13 pizzas which would make them £60 in total and a £40 profit
During Maths week, Early years were really busy exploring patterns and cutting fruits to make fruit kebabs. The children had an exciting time learning how to measure ingredients to make cookies and cup cakes. We decorated them and sold them during the maths week food sale. They were super yummy to eat and we made a lot of money!
Each class had to come up with a product to sell as part of their Apprentice challenge. As a result of the learning, each class produced different food items to be sold in the food sale. Early years made cup cakes and biscuits, Yr 1 and 2 made cinnamon whirls, Year 3 and 4 made popcorn cones and Yr 5 and 6 made pizza. We had a great turn out and sold everything! Each year group made a profit but the overall winners were the EYFS team! A very well done to all that were involved.
We celebrated the end of Maths week with a bang! The children were invited to take part in a Maths hat competition to design and make their own hat inspired by the Maths topics they have been learning in school. We saw shape hats, number hats, time hats, weighing hats amongst others. We were really impressed with the creativity and enthusiasm that was put into the designs. A very well done to all the children who entered the competition!
The school councillors met to discuss how they can make the children in the school more aware of Anti-bullying. They made posters to send out the message of ‘Reach Out’ and how to recognise and stop any forms of bullying in the school.
The theme for Anti-bullying week this year was ‘Reach out’ to empower children to do something positive to counter the harm and hurt that bullying causes. Whether it’s in school, at home, in the community or online, let’s reach out and show each other the support we need. Reach out to someone you trust if you need to talk. Reach out to someone you know is being bullied. Reach out and consider a new approach.
As part of their homework, children were given the task to create posters and fact sheets about their special pioneering personality. Year 1/2 researched about Diana Spencer, the 3/4 researched about Abdullah Quilliam and Year 5/6 researched about Fatima al Fihri. Here are some of the wonderful work that were produced by the children. This task demonstrated children’s independent research and presentation skills.
We ended the week with a whole assembly where children from each class presented their pioneering personality. Year 2 presented Dian Spencer, Year 3 and 4 presented Abdullah Quilliam and Year 5 and 6 presented Fatima al Fihri. The children highlighted key facts about the lives of these special people and why they were inspirational to us and show cased their fantastic posters. We were very proud of the confidence and public speaking skills displayed in the assembly!
As part of the history topic ‘Romans’, the Year 3 and 4 children visited the Whitechapel Fountain, exploring the park and its multicultural memorials. The children met a stonemason and learnt how the fountain will be restored using different tools and skills. The children also found out some local history about why the park was named after Altab Ali.
Later in school, the children were given some clay to design and make a plaque in memory of someone special to them. They used some of the skills learnt from the stonemason to carve out patterns and designs on their plaques. The results were amazing!
On Friday 14th October the children at Buttercup primary school had the opportunity to cast their vote and have a say in who they want to represent them in the school council. It was a difficult decision for them as all the candidates were so deserving. They also experienced what democracy looks like when you have the right to vote and make your own decision about what you believe in.
The shortlisted children presented their manifestos to the school. They were confident, expressive and very persuasive in their speeches. It is going to be a difficult choice to make as they were all fantastic!
This year for safety week Early Years talked and learnt about how to keep their bodies safe from daily germs. They explored making their hands dirty and learning how to wash their hands properly. They also talked about how to keep germs to themselves and when to wash their hands. The friend Cawford the cat helped them to understand what germs are. Also during safety week Early Years learnt about road safety, and how to stay safe on the roads. They learnt about the zebra crossing and the role of a lollypop person and pedestrian traffic lights! The children used their expressive arts skills to role play how to cross the road on a zebra crossing with a lollypop person . They had the local police visit to say hello and the children asked questions about road safety and what the police do when there is an accident on the road. The children are now more aware of the importance of looking after themselves and crossing the road safely. |
We acknowledged World Smile Day by inviting children and staff to come to school wearing a specific colour for each class . Smiling is a sunnah (The way of the prophet) in Islam, and is also a form of charity. We want our children to spread smiles and happiness where ever they go! We raised £60 on the day. Thank you to everyone who took part! Since this day, the children have made an effort to encourage and remind each other to smile more often both at school and at home.
For Safety week local police officers PCSO Kassam and PC Lisa visited KS1 at Buttercup Primary school to discuss road safety. The children shared their knowledge about what they understood about road safety and learned ways in which they can stay safe in and outside of school. PCSO Kassam and PC Lisa spoke to the children about how to cross the road safely with their parents. PC Lisa also gave children the opportunity to discuss police work and how children can identify police officers. Children also took turns speaking on the radio to see how the radio worked and how police communicate with each other.
