Kindness

R2L

R2L have been looking at what bullying means this week. They created some odd socks to show that although we may be different on the outside, we are all the same inside. They have also painted some kindness stones and hidden them around the school - I wonder who will find them!

Year 2

Year 2 have been exploring the properties of 2D shapes in maths this week and have loved using the Geo Boards to investigate sides and vertices.

Year 5/6

Year 5/6 are learning to be future mechanical engineers. They looked at the gears on a bike to see that smaller gears rotate more quickly and are easier to turn but do not provide much force. 

 Larger gears rotate more slowly and are harder to turn but provide more force. Gears are used in bicycles to make it easier to cycle uphill and faster to cycle on the flat. We now know to use smaller gears when cycling up Stanmore Lane! 

Stanmore's bright ideas

Birch

Year 3 have been working hard at their hockey skills this week and are showing some excellent dribbling using both sides of the stick. They have also been exploring the idea of remembrance and completing some lovely poppy art,

Sycamore

This week we have been creative in our English lessons. Thinking about characters and settings ready for when we create our own Viking Saga's. We had to think about the qualities of a good Viking hero and create an appropriate setting for our quest to take place in.

Yr 6

Year 6 children have been working hard on their maths in lessons and during the school day. Some children have been participating in one to one online tuition and others have been challenged to think about reasoning and problem solving in different ways with Winchester College and in class. Here are some of our children pushing themselves to think in different ways.

Experiments, Maths and Bendy Children

Sycamore

Sycamore Class were experimenting with different types of toothpaste, eggs and vinegar. We now have a very smelly classroom and a burning desire for fish and chips tonight! We can’t wait to see the results of our experiments.

Birch

In Gymastics we have been learning how to hold and extend a dish, arch and front support shape, as well as a japana. The children practiced these skills and then created a short routine showing them off, linked by smooth transitions.

In Maths the children have been learning to add and subtract 3-digit numbers where they need to make an exchange. To do this, they have been using concrete apparatus alongside written methods to demonstrate their understanding.

Our Magnificent Choir

Stanmore Choir showed how wonderful they were this week with a performance in Winchester Cathedral for hundreds of graduates and their family and friends. All the children looked incredible and Winchester University were amazed at how well they sang. They have made everyone at Stanmore very proud - and there may even have been a few wet eyes. Many thanks to Mrs Mitton and Mrs Eagle for their help in school and for Mr Valentine for his coaching sessions.

Birch class

In Science this week, Birch class have been learning all about the human skeleton and have been labelling bones on their own bodies. They even learnt some Hebrew names for the different parts.

Sycamore

Remarkable Writing!

Year 4 have been creating explanation texts about how to look after a mythical creature. Here are some of the highlights.

Year 5/6

Year 5/6 have finished their English topic by typing up their Solar System explanation texts. See below for some examples.

Marvellous Maths

Thank you for everyone who attended our Maths Meeting , where we were able to explain more about our new curriculum. We have attached the power point presentation for you to explore

Maths Meeting Presentation

Stubbington residential

Year 6 spent the week at Stubbington in Fareham this week. They took part in lots of activities, like Gnome Caching, Earthquake, house challenges and making small hotels for mammals. The children had a brilliant time and the Staff at Stubbington were so impressed with how everyone worked as a team and threw themselves into every activtity.

Thank you to all the staff who gave up their time to support this fantastic trip.

Here’s a few highlights.

Year 3

Birch Class have concluded their art project ,'Contrast and Complement', where they have been learning about features of secondary and tertiary colours on the colour wheel. Inspired by great artists, the children mixed a colour palette using primary colours and used them to create these beautiful watercolours.

Year 4

Year 4 showed off their climbing skills this week in their indoor PE session.

Exploring Stanmore

Catkins

Catkins planned and carried out a route around Stanmore using Google Maps. We looked at the features we could see on the map and then searched for these during our walk. We found a tree that was 99 years old and spotted lots of Autumnal change around Stanmore. We then retraced our steps using Google Street view.

Birch Class

Birch Class carried out an experiment to see which foods were the fattiest. We crushed up a range of different foods and put them on sugar paper, leaving them for an hour. We looked at the greasy marks left behind to see which of the foods contained the most fat.

Sycamore

Sycamore class have been learning how to do addition with exchanging. They have really enjoyed using all the concrete resources to support their learning.

Year 5 /6

Year 5/6 have been exploring different forces this term and also types of friction. This week we looked at water resistance and tested whether the shape of an object made a different to how it moved in the water.

The Brass is Back!

Maple Class

Year 1 have done some amazing work this week in science learning about Venn diagrams and organising different things into the correct categories.

Rowan class

Rowan class have been using their knowledge on primary and secondary colours to create their own piece of art work. They made varying hues of secondary colours by adding different amounts of primary colours together.

Birch class

Year 3 have started their music lesson with Beyond the Beat and have really taken to the new brass instruments. The children all tried really hard and the teachers were impressed with their motivation and resilience.

Year 5 / 6

Year 5 and 6 spent time searching for clues to understand the religious beliefs from the Shang Dynasty and created some fantastic two page spreads with the information.

Woolly Mammoths and Chinese Warriors

Year 3

In Birch Class, we have been learning to write instructions. We followed instructions to make these cute woolly mammoths out of milk containers, and then evaluated how effective the instructions were. We will be using out fantastic instruction-writing skills to help new keepers at Marwell to look after their big cats!

Year 5 and 6

Year 5 and 6 have got creative with their homework, creating lapbook, fact files and even dioramas about Lady Fu Hoa.

SPEAK Council

All our representatives have now been appointed and we are all looking forward to hearing all their ideas.

Chess and our brilliant curriculum

Chess Club

This week heralded the return of Chess club and KS2 children were delighted to see pupils returning from Winchester College to put them through their paces.

Being historians in Yr 5/6

Year 5/6 have been looking at the Shang Dynasty and learning all about how it was discovered by ancient Chinese writing on oracle bones! They also looked at how to plot history on a timeline and how to use evidence to make deductions about the past.