Year 1 Are Coming Home

Dear parents,

The Year 1 children have left Barleylands and are on their way home. We expect them back before 3pm.

Year 5&6 Real Life Learning

This academic year we have been running a project to get Year 5&6 pupils out into local businesses to hear how their maths and literacy lessons will help them to get jobs in the future.

The project is also intended to make them think about and experience careers they may not have known about. So far the children have learnt about:

• becoming a police officer - you need good literacy skills to record all the crime details in your trusty notebook and you have to take exams to get promotion!
• qualifying as a hairdresser - make sure you are able to talk confidently to clients and be able to estimate length (or you'll get in a lot of trouble)
• working as a chef - you need to be an effective part of a team, use ratios to increase recipes and be able to work out timings for different dishes so it is already at the same time
• selling and buying ships - are you aware of where the different ports are around the world? Do you know about the difference between international time zones? Are you able to calculate percentages to work out how much you'll make on a deal?

This week they visited Pizza Express in Brentwood. They met the chefs, spoke to the restaurant manager and had a go at making their own lunch! 

Daniella Mazyar " I didn't realise how challenging it can be to arrange the booking for the evening meal. If too many come at once the kitchen staff won't be able to cook the food!"

Keeley King "Some of the recipes were quite complicated. You need to be a confident and quick reader so that you don't make a mistake. I'm quite good at measuring, so I think I could do it!"

Adam Trower "I didn't realise all the things you have to worry about as the manager. The toilets must be clean; the customers can't be kept waiting; the right food must be ordered; the staff need a rota... it sounds really busy!"

Kirsty White "It was really interesting to hear how the chefs had to get their qualifications. When we met them on Thursday they explained how they had gone through college, passed their exams and then got their jobs."

15 Tonnes of Bark & 1 Tonne of Sand!

On Friday the children were very excited to find mounds of fresh wood chip in the EYFS garden. After the recent wet weather, the levels of wood chip needed to be topped up. 15 tonnes was delivered to ensure that the play surface is safe for the children. There was also a top up tonne of sand for the pit under the tree house!

Housepoints:

Red – Faringdon 70

Blue – Chatteris 51

Yellow – Dulverton 56

Green – Cricklade 56

Orange – Dudley 21

Congratulations to Red (Faringdon) who have managed to win the House Point trophy this week!

In the battle of the cakes and drinks, Blue (Faringdon) managed to come out on top for the last half term. They amassed a whopping 389 points in just 6 weeks: opening doors; tucking their shirts in; being helpful; showing kindness to others and walking sensibly in corridors. Well done Blue team!

Tracker Awards:

Congratulations to Dilan Onur and Abyan Abidin for finishing their Bronze trackers. Archie Patrick Stuart has achieved his Silver pencil. Candice Chambers has completed her Silver tracker and now starts her Gold! Sophie Lewis, Holly Maskell has completed his Gold tracker.

Sophie Nickson & Chloe Trew have managed to reach the end of their Platinum trackers and now move onto Diamond. 

Meanwhile Samson Wright & Jaseem Miah have managed to collect their Diamond Prize!

E for Excellence Winners:

These wonderful children have demonstrated excellence this week.
Sky Griffiths – Mulberry

Tia Himuyandi – Cedar

Caleb Beyebenwo – Pine

Naleli Sibanda – Aspen

Sophie Nickson – Ash

Sophie Lewis – Birch

Rose Anna Weaver – Rowan

Fallon Sharpe – Fern

Harry Hinton – Maple

Summer Trinder – Elm

Dylan Howell – Willow

Bradley Joy – Cherry

Weekly Winners: MDA & Project Superstars

MDA Award Winners:
These wonderful children have particularly helpful at lunchtimes this week.

EYFS & KS1 Finley Redmond

KS2 Yashvi Shah

Project Superstar:
These pupils have been working hard at home to extend their learning. Jessica Simpson, Arianna Solomon, Finley Livingstone and Shaun Green have all bought in their project work to share with their class mates and teacher. Well done for all of you for attacking the learning challenges with great gusto!