Hobletts Manor Junior School
Turquoise
Team Turquoise 2025/26.
Your class teachers are Mrs Vipond and Miss Smith.
Your teaching assistants are Mrs Buck and Mrs Rogers
It has been a busy week in Team Turquoise!
In Maths, we found out about the classic Maths puzzle, 'The Tower of Hanoi'. We tried to solve the puzzle in the minimum number of moves and changed the number of discs. We then recorded our solutions in our Maths books, and then we made our own versions using pencils, paint-brushes and rulers (amongst other things) from our classrooms. The models were amazing!
In RE, we found out about mandala patterns. We found out how they are created and what they mean to Buddhists. We then created our own beautiful mandal patterns.
In PSHE, we found out babies develop in the womb and what the developing embryo can and can't do in the womb as it develops into a baby. We also discussed what life is like when a new baby joins a household! We also thought about what happens when starting a new school and what we should do if we feel pressured to change our behaviour to fit in with others. We all agreed that we also be true to ourselves and stick to our values rather than changing to make new friends. We ended the week by thinking about ourselves and how we appear to other people. We all agreed that being seen as a good person is much more important than outward appearances. We then thought about how we wanted to be seen as an adult and all agreed again, that the most important thing is to be seen as a good person.
We have also been busy rehearsing for Year 6 play, 'The Next Big Step' and we are so impressed with their hard-work and enthusiasm to make the play amazing!
The performances will be on:
Tuesday 14th July at 1.30pm
and
Wednesday 15th July at 6pm
Year 6 PE Days are Monday and Thursday
Please come to school in PE kit on these days.
Well done to our Weekly Award Winners
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Whole Class |
Adam & Eveleen |
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Zoe & Tilly |
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Celebrating Home Learning
Well done to our weekly Rockers...
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Top Ten Rockers
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Rocked 5 times Kayden
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Rocking Challenge
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... and also to our weekly Readers.
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Lucas |
Adam, Hithesh, |
Web links that you may find helpful
- www.bbc.co.uk/history
- BBC Bitesize - KS2 Science
- BBC Bitesize - Dance Mat Typing Build speed of typing in a fun and challenging way
- CBBC - Newsround An engaging news based website.
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z82hsbk/year/zmyxxycBBC
- Books To Make You Feel Better..pdf
Documents you may find useful
- key-word-spelling-lists.docx
- Spelling Lists - All Year Groups.pdf
- Grammatical Terminology Prompt.pdf
wc 06.07.26 - PSHE - This week we looked at the importance of keeping our own identities whilst maintaining positive relationships. We acted out different scenarios and how we could be assertive and have a positive outcome.
wc 29.06.26 - Sports Day 2026
wc 29.06.26 - RE - This week, we learnt what it means to meditate and why Buddhists consider it key to their beliefs. We had a go at meditating ourselves choosing a word to concentrate on. We focus our thoughts, we made a paper lotus flower and wrote our words inside.
wc 22.06.26 - Sporting activities - On Monday, we had lots of fun trying new tricks in our circus skills and skateboarding workshops.
wc 15.6.26: DT - Over the last week, we finished our cushions! They are amazing!
wc 08.06.26 - This week in DT, we tasted the ingredients which we are going to use when making our fajitas. We evaluated each ingredient to say if we liked it or not.
wc 01.06.26 - This week, we took part in an amazing Mayan workshop where we got to dress up as a Mayan, play Mayan musical instruments and looked at Mayan artefacts.
wc 18.05.26 - Sustainability day - We used a variety of recycled materials to produce our own piece of Art.
wc 18.05.26 - Drama Day - We had so much fun participating in a drama workshop with Mrs Green wearing different emotion masks and showing these emotions through our body language.
wc 11.05.26 - DT - This week, we used our paper templates to cut out our felt pieces ready to sew our cushions next week.
wc 04.5.26 - Science - This week, we have been learning about the functions of blood and blood vessels.
wc 27.4.26 : Science - this week we found out about the human lungs. We measured our lung capacity by measuring how far we could blow a ball with a single breath!
wc 20.04.26 - Art - This week, we have been experimenting with different graffiti styles to write our name.
wc 13.04.26 - Science - We started our lesson by finding out what we already knew about organs of the human body and labelled a blank human body.
wc 13.04.26 - This week in History, we ordered a historic timeline.
wc 23.03.26 - Math's - We have been revising 3D shapes and looking at their properties.
wc 16.03.26 - This week, on Friday, we came to school wearing red for Comic Relief!
wc 16.03.26 - PE - This week, we enjoyed being outside playing pickleball. We worked in groups of four and played matches against each other. It was so much fun!
wc 09.03.26: Science & Geography: This week we went to London Zoo and visited the rainforest centre. We saw lots of amazing animals.
wc 09.03.26: Science - this week we found out how fossils are and why they are so important in Science to reveal what living things came before us! We looked at some real fossils too
wc 02.03.26 - World Book Day - We had lots of fun celebrating World Book Day. We enjoyed taking part in an online 'books and football' based quiz and had a lovely time at our 'books and blankets' afternoon. Look at our amazing costumes!
wc 23.02.26: Science - this week in Science we were challenged to design the 'best' butterfly. We then found out that beautiful and bright butterflies will not survive so we then designed a butterfly that would survive because it is camouflaged!
wc 23.02.26 - PE - This week in gymnastics we worked with our learning partner to complete different balancing positions and made up a routine to show the class.
wc 23.02.26 - Art - Our finished sculptures.
wc 9.2.26 - In Science, we collected plant specimens from the school site and create a specimen poster.
wc 9.2.26: This week in art, we used mod-roc to cover our wire sculptures!
wc 2.2.26: Science - this week we made branching diagrams to help us identify living things.
wc 26.01.26 - In Science, we learnt about how animals are classified and that they are classified into 2 groups: vertebrates and invertebrates. We looked at the key features of each group.
wc 19.01.26 - This week in Science, we created a poster about both helpful and harmful microorganisms.
wc 12.01.26 - On Thursday, we had lots of fun taking part in the Math's game afternoon.
wc 05.01.26 - In Science, we started our 'Living Things' topic and revised 'MRS GREN' to enable us to identify whether an object is living or not.
wc 15.12.25 - This week, we participated in a workshop where we made robots out of lego using coding for DT.
wc 08.12.25 - In Science, we found out how to create a circuit with a switch and created circuits with bulbs, buzzers and motors.
wc 01.12.25 - This week in RE, we designed our own Christmas cards incorporating a mix of sacred and secular images, finishing them with a sacred message inside. We really enjoyed doing this!
wc 17.11.25: Science - this week we added components to a circuit and observed what happened to the brightness of the bulb!
wc 10.11.25: Science - this week we made a circuit with a bulb and a battery and observed what happened when another battery was added!
wc 03.11.25 - Our amazing trip to the Bentley Priory Museum.
wc 20.10.25 - This week in Art, we have been continuing replicating paintings of London using our chosen medium ready for our final pieces after half term.
wc 13.10.25 - This week in History, we have been looking at sources of evidence from World War 2!
wc 6.10.25: Science - this week we investigated refraction and tried to make rainbows with torches and prisms!
WC 29.9.25: Science - this week we investigated how the size of a shadow changes when the light source is moved closer or further away from the object.
Wb 22nd September - Our clay dragon eye sculptures.
Wb 15th September - Our 'Gargoyles' role play.
