Squirrels Heath Junior School

 Water Resistance  This week in Y5 we have been fair testing different shapes, which we made from blue-tac to see which ones have the most water resistance. We used stop watches to time how long the shapes took to drop to the bottom of beakers filled with water.

This morning, years 5 & 6 enjoyed a special ‘Harvest’ assembly given by Father Hingley. They spoke about the meaning of harvest and why is it important to give thanks at this time of year🌾🍂

Year 5 spent last week exploring the world of Narnia through the eyes of Lucy and writing fantastic diary entries. The children visited the immersive room to really put themselves in her shoes as she steps out of the wardrobe and into a magical, parallel universe. 

Each year group researched and presented work on significant locations in the local area as part of local histoy week. They included RAF Hornchurch, Romford Market, Hornchurch High Street and Squirrels Heath Junior School itself. They focussed their enquiries around key questions such as ‘how has the location change over time?’ and ‘what is the location’s significance to the local area?’ Our children also visited the library and were able to enjoy an exhibition of each year group’s work.

 This week has whizzed by and we have been really busy. In Art, we have been exploring landscapes and we have been designing our own. We are still at the sketching stage but in the next few weeks we will be building this into a painting.  We have really enjoyed our lessons this week. Well done on another fantastic week everyone. 

In year 3 we have been getting used to our new classes with some hands on learning. We have learnt about Ganesh, done some Pilates, looked at how to use an atlas, wrote an excellent Little Red Riding-hood story and worked with clay.  WELL DONE EVERYONE!  

 We have had a fantastic week so far. This week we have been exploring place value in Maths. In English, we have been writing our own story openings and starting to revise our key SPaG terms.  Well done for your hard work so far- keep it up!

 We have had some lovely settling in lessons this week, exploring why it is important to rest, investigating maps and exploring water colours in Art. The children have been fantastic and we look forward to more fun next week! 

Year 6 have settled back nicely to school life! They have had fun this week learning about their new topics and beginning to read 'Freedom'.