Hobletts Manor Junior School
Turquoise
Team Turquoise 2024/25.
Your class teachers are Mrs Vipond and Mrs Short.
Your teaching assistants are Mrs Buck and Mrs Brewster
We have had a very busy half term!
In Geography we have looked at sustainability and how we can help our world by living as sustainably as possible. This could include having solar panels on our houses, turning off taps and lights when not using them, and recycling paper, cardboard and plastic. In addition, we had the best time when Jonathan and his amazing animals came to visit us and we had the opportunity to hold a snake, millipede and an incredible camouflaging katydid, as well as finding out so much about how these creatures have adapted to live in rainforests.
We have also started to create our own wonderful rainforest inspired cushions in DT! We’ve created designs and thought about the specification and who we intend our finished cushions to be used by. In addition, we have made templates for our designs to ensure that we get the size and shapes correct before moving on to cutting the pieces out of fabric. We very much look forward to starting to sew our cushions together!
In Computing we have been creating text based adventures giving choices to the user so they could decide what would happen in the game! In RE we have found out more about Jesus and looked in detail at the Easter story and its importance to Christians.
We have enjoyed our Science topic of ‘Evolution’ and have looked at how animals have evolved over time to suit their habitat. We also looked at how fossils are formed and had great fun making our own ‘fossils’! During Science Week, we investigated how we should only flush toilet paper down the toilet because flushing anything else, like wipes or paper towels, can block our pipes and be bad for the environment.
Next term we are looking forward to starting our History topic about the Mayans, looking in detail at who they were, where they lived and how they communicated. We also look forward to welcoming Mexicolore back to fully immerse us in Mayan life. In RE we will be looking at humans’ relationship with the environment and will discuss individual ideas about God, and of course, we can’t wait to get started on sewing our cushions for DT!
Have a wonderful Easter break and we’ll see you next term!
Quick Reminders.
Our PE Days are Mondays and Thursdays in the Spring Term.
Thank you for letting us know via your child's Reading Log or Marvellous Me about their reading at home by 9am each Friday.
****Half Termly Values Certificate Winners 2024/25****
- Respect: Lily, Stanley, Emmie, Frankie and Charlie B
- Determination: Layla, Frankie, Niall, Issaynae and Arun
- Honesty: Max, Charlie B, Charlie E, Eva-Mai and Lexie
****Weekly Certificates****
- Values (Honesty) - Eva-Mai and John
- Mathematics - Kai and Issaynae
- English - Logan and Noah
- Curriculum - Eva-Mai and Demi
****Friendly Leaf****
Well done to Niall and Stanley
**** Spring 2 Half Termly Reading Challenge****
Well done to Lily, Emmie and Zac who all read at least seven times each and every week during Spring 2
****Spring 2 Half Termly Rocking Challenge****
Well done to Penny and Lexie who all read at least seven times each and every week during Spring 2
****Weekly Rocking and Reading****
Well done to Penny, Charlie B, Kai, Arun and Iga for reading at least 5 times last week and to Zac, Niall, Lily, Max, Harper, Lexie, Noah, Emmie and Stanley for attaining the Reading Challenge by reading at least seven times this week. Congratulations also to Emmie and Niall who have rocked five times this week and to Penny for attaining the Rocking Challenge this week.
****Our Top Ten Rockers****
- Noah
- Penny
- Lexie
- Iga
- Lily
- Emmie
- Summer
- Charlie
- Eva-Mai
- Eva
Spring Term Optional Home Learning
wc 31st March - Investigating variation in humans.
wc 31st March - Designing secular and non secular cards.
wc 24th March - Well done to our Weekly stars, rockers and readers!
wc 17th March - Improvising to ‘Let’s Rock!’
wc 17th March - Practising our needlework skills in preparation for our cushions.
wc 17th March - Catch! Refining our throwing and catching skills on the first day of Spring.
wc 10th March - To Flush or not to flush! - as part of Science week we found out what you should and should not flush down the loo! We found out by testing what happens when you shake different materials in water. We found out that only toilet paper breaks down in water so we should only put toilet paper down the toilet!
wc 3rd March - Designing butterflies to survive in the wild - how effective were we in designing them to blend into a natural environment?
wc 3rd March - Enjoying our Books and Blankets event on World Book Day.
wc 24th February- Designing, building and programming robots ready for battle!
wc 24th February - Using our geographical knowledge to classify human and physical features.
wc 10th February - Well done to this week’s Rockers and Readers!
wc 10th February - Well done to this week’s certificate winners!
wc 10th February- Moving from paper templates to felt as we continue with our rainforest inspired cushions.
wc 3rd February - creating branching diagrams to sort living things.
wc 3rd February- strike a pose!
wc 3rd February - celebrating the year of the snake.
wc 27th January - super proud of our writing, and justifiably so!
wc 27th January - returning to our science investigation and reviewing how successful, or not, we were at cultivating micro organisms
wc 27th January - honing our gymnastic skills
wc 27th January - As geographers this week we found out about the biodiversity of the rainforests and the adaptations made by plants and animals to enable them to survive!
wc 20th January - creating templates for our rainforest inspired cushions.
wc 20th January - as Geographers we have learnt a little more about the layers of a rainforest and researched what creatures live in each layer and why.
wc 20th January - as Scientists we have been learning about micro-organisms and finding out which are helpful and which are harmful. We also set up our investigation as we look to find out the best conditions In which to grow them.
wc 13th January - we had a wonderful time at the Mathematics Games afternoon.
wc 13th January - identifying the scientific names for living things and classifying them.
wc 13th January - identifying similarities and differences between temperate and tropical rainforests.
wc 13th January - exploring and calculating the volume of cubes and cuboids.
wc 13th January - exploring cuboids with a volume of 24. Have we missed any?
wc 16th December - Using co-ordinates in the first and second quadrant, even Father Christmas got involved!
wc 16th December - Working as Geographers and refining our map reading skills.
wc commencing 9th December - Identifying 3D shapes and exploring some of their properties.
wc commencing 9th December -Don’t touch the molten lava!
wc 9th December - Locating 4 digit grid references on Ordnance Survey maps.
wc 9th December - Christmas and Special Jumper Day.
wc 2nd December - well done to this weeks certificate winners!
wc 2nd December - Well done to our weekly Rockers and Readers!
wc 2nd December - Thank you for such a fascinating insight into Electrical Engineering Mr Pullen
wc 2nd December - Understanding the effects of increasing voltage and adding components to a circuit.
wc 2nd December- Learning that Christmas is both a secular and sacred celebration, and a festival celebrated by Christians and non Christians.
wc 25th November - Step 2 with our wire sculptures! We are looking forward to adding paint next week!
wc 18th November - Bert and Joe have new homes for the weekend!
wc 18th November - Super Home Learning by Eva-Mai!
wc 18th November - Well done to our Rockers and Readers!
wc 18th November - Well done to this week’s certificate winners!
wc 18th November - Sculpting with Wire.
wc 11th November - creating 2d sculptures using wire.
wc 11th November - Researching land use in England and different types of settlement.
wc 4th November 2024
wc 21st October - Just an illusion!
wc 21st October- Enhancing our understanding of the significance of the Buddha.
wc 21st October - Remembrance Poetry.
wc 21st October - Cross Country at Adeyfield Academy.
18th October - Showing Racism the Red Card
wc 14th October - Using artefacts to deepen our understanding of The Blitz.
wc 14th October - Taking the opportunity to learn a little more about each other on Cultural Day
wc 14th October - Learning a little more about light and shadow
wc 7th October - Bert and Joe go home with Summer and Arun this week. Great resilience and positivity for learning, well done!
wc 7th October - Well done to this week’s Rockers and Readers.
wc 7th October - Well done to our certificate winners this week.
wc 7th October - Reading music and playing the glockenspiel; it’s not as easy as it looks!
wc 30th September - Camelot Rugby Festival
we 30th September - Well done Eva-Mai for producing a very informative poster and making a brilliant periscope at home having been inspired by learning in school.
