Hi Midfielders,

Are we already in week three of term six?  What an incredibly busy, but amazing term it has been so far.

I’ve said it before, but I’m going to say it again – what a talented bunch of people we are!  We have seen amazing acting, singing, dancing and work displayed with various assemblies performed by Grasshoppers, Bluebirds, Owls, Rabbits and Foxes.  Soon it will be Ladybirds class assembly, the Year 6 performance AND ‘Shine’ concert!

On the 19^th of June we celebrated ‘Empty Classroom Day’.  We try and make use of the wonderful outdoor area Midfield School has to offer on a daily basis, but on Friday the WHOLE school dedicated and ENTIRE day to outdoor learning.  Although it was exhausting, it was great fun!  For photos, please visit our ‘Gallery’ on the school website.

Well everyone…hold on to your seats, because we are for a very busy remaining twenty days of school!

Owls

Mrs Viljoen

Well, term 5 has definitely been off to a flying a start!  (Pun definitely intended). We have launched the use off the Learning Ladders – helium balloons, song and dance…the whole she bang!  We are looking forward to visually seeing our progress as we climb the Learning Ladders. This matches with our school motto – REACH: Respond, Engage and Climb Higher.  For photos and more information, visit Owls Class Page on the website.

I’m sure you have noticed that it has become warmer, seeing as we are in the Season of Spring.  Please remember to bring in your water bottle (labelled).  Conditions have improved so much that Forest School (for Early Years and Year One) can resume, so please remember your forest school clothes (labelled). 

Enjoy term 5 - grab hold of every opportunity that Midfield has to offer!

Owls Class

Blog for EYFS 27.3.15

This week we have focused on understanding why Easter is important to Christians and how we celebrate this time at school, home and traditions within the wider community. The children have found out about the Easter story and have enjoyed making patterns on Easter eggs (our maths focus has been symmetry) .The children have made Easter cakes and found out about how chocolate can change.   We have thought about new life and why eggs are associated with Easter.

On Autism Awareness Day we discussed how we were different to our friends (especially through wearing our favourite colours) and thought about ways that other children are different.

Next term our focus will be on transport and travel (‘Off We Go’).

We hope that you will have an enjoyable break with your families.

EYFS Blog Page: 20.3.15

We would like to remind you about our phonics drop-in sessions between 9:00 and 9:50 on Tuesday mornings. We look forward to seeing you !

This week’s focus has been on Jack and the Beanstalk. We have enjoyed reading and retelling the story and have created our own versions of the Giant’s face! The children have started to think about plants and what they need to grow. We have watered a bean seed  to observe germination and the production of roots and shoots before we sow the plant in compost. Our mathematical foci have been sharing amounts fairly and using the vocabulary needed to compare weight (heavy; heavier; heaviest; light; lighter; lightest)

Next week we will be learning about the significance of Easter to Christians  and  why we give Easter eggs. We will also be thinking about how everyone is different, having different ideas and preferences. This will link to autism awareness day.

Red Nose Day at Midfield

Midfield celebrated Red Nose Day on the 13^th of March 2015! Midfield had a cake challenge. We had to pay £1 to take part in the bake off and the PSA kindly sold the cakes on our behalf after school.  We have managed to raise over £250 and that meant……..MR SHARP had to dye his hair red. It was really fun.  The whole school had to go into the hall to watch Mr Sharp have his hair sprayed red. I laughed so much that I was crying!

Billy-Rae Kelynack

Midfield celebrated Red Nose Day. It was really fun and we had to bring £1 in to wear red clothes. 

We had to bring some cakes into school for a bake off – we had to pay a pound to enter. Well done to Callum and Ellie who won the bake off.  The cakes were sold after school and we raised lots of money, so Mr Sharp had to spray his hair red!

Lily Etheridge

On the 13^th of March Midfield celebrated Red Nose Day!  There was a challenge for Midfield to bake the best cakes so that we could sell them.  To enter, you had to pay £1.  There were so many yummy cakes I could just eat all off them! In the end Callum and Ellie won the bake off.

We had managed to raise over £250 which meant … Mr Sharp had to dye his hair red! Midfield took lots off pictures with him and everyone laughed so much they started to cough. All thanks to Mrs Long & Mrs Cardigan our Red Nose Day HEROES who made sure we had the red dye ready!

That is the end of my Red Nose Day report.

Shemy

In code club we learn how to code objects as so to make characters move on the screen. Mrs Viljoen holds the code club in her classroom. We use code to find and figure out the different puzzles. The most fun thing is that we get to go on to different coding levels when we’ve finished each one. We have to tell the computer what to do to complete the puzzles.

Mia Foster

Year 3 Blog Club

Term 4 Week 2 – reporting back on Book Week

Midfield Book Week

The week starting the 23^rd of February Midfield celebrated their book week.  We met an author called Denis Bond. He wrote more than 40 stories!

Lily Etheridge

Midfield Book Week

The week starting the 23^rd of February, Midfield celebrated their book week. We got to meet the author Denis Bond. My class book was Oliver Twist so we had to dress up as characters out of Oliver Twist .The character I dressed up as was Nancy.

Baylee-Rae Kelynack

Midfield book week

The week starting the 23^rd of February, Midfield celebrated their book week. We met the author Dennis Bond . I dressed up as Oliver Twist on world book day, because my class read Oliver Twist that week.

Leonard Lovick

EYFS blog 26.2.15

Another fantastic week! We have really enjoyed Book Week and Science Week. The children have told stories, role played and created broomsticks and ‘Gruffalos’. We have found out about the best materials for building houses (courtesy of the 3Little Pigs and The Science Museum Workshop). The children have completed writing connected to their class stories and have focused on learning how to write numbers correctly. We all enjoyed dressing up!

Next week we will continue with the story of the 3 Little Pigs. In addition we will start our phonics drop in sessions. The children will be working with their new groups for the first time on Monday so you will be able to see how the Read Write Inc sessions help them and some of the teaching techniques involved.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Tuesday!

EYFS: Blog : 13.2.15

What a fantastic week we have had! The children have been very enthusiastically taking part in Healthy Living Week and have learned about healthy diets; exercise and having fun!

We have also spent time finding out about China, Chinese Culture and Chinese New Year. The children had the opportunity to visit the Bluebird Class Noodle Bar and try some stir fried vegetables and noodles (we are so pleased that we no longer have carpet in Bluebirds class!)

When we return to school it will be ‘Book Week’ This will mean that the children will enjoy a range of activities connected to the stories of Julia Donaldson. Bluebirds will focus closely on ‘The Gruffalo’ and Grasshoppers on ‘Room on the Broom’. We will also have a visit from an author (Denis Bond). As it is also Science week, we will participate in activities related to the 3 Little Pigs story (investigating materials).

EYFS Blog 6.2.15

The children really enjoyed the opportunity to play in the snow this week and worked hard finding out about its properties and how it changes as the temperature increases. We were fortunate to take part in the visit from Rion Pierre who inspired the children when they were taking part in the activity session (circuit training in the hall!). In addition to this we have thought about how fish are different to other pets and how we can sort animals by their skin covering (do they have fur, feathers or scales?). During our Maths sessions we have ordered numbers and practised addition and subtraction by using the Maths Makes Sense cups. The children are working on mixed addition and subtraction problems such as 2+3+3-2= 6. Next week we will be continuing with the School Healthy Living project and finding out about how some people celebrate Chinese New Year.

23.1.15: EYFS

We have carried on with our animal theme this week and have focused on cats. We have enjoyed reading the ‘Mog’ books.

The children wrote information about what cats need, made labels and collages and found out about some of the difference between wild cats and domestic cats (this came with sound effects). We have carried on with our Read Write Inc programme this week and the children carry on working in their groups. During Maths the children have practised addition and  we have worked formally on subtraction for the first time (‘get ready to take away’). They have acted out number stories (using the correct Maths Makes Sense language) and both additions and subtractions within the same number story.  They have used ‘cups’ to solve the problems. Next week we will be reading stories about rabbits and finding out information about how to care for a rabbit. Our mathematics next week focuses on writing numbers and carrying on and creating patterns.

Bluebirds and Grasshoppers back at school!

It has been fantastic welcoming the children back to school. We hope you had a restful Christmas break with your families. The children enjoyed telling us about their favourite gifts!

We have carried on with our Read Write Inc programme this week and the children have started to work in their new groups. During Maths the children have worked with 2D shapes and have sorted them by the number and size of the straight edges. Our topic this term is ‘Amazing Animals’ and the children have talked about their pets and other favourite animals. They have collected data and created a class pictogram to find out which is our class’ favourite pet. Next week we will learn about dogs and read stories that they feature in. We will work on adding amounts to find a total. We also worked on the importance of hand hygiene in stopping ‘germs’ from spreading. The children covered their hands in glitter and then saw what would happen when they touched other people and things!