Year 5 had a great time in dance with Leon this half term!
They completed a dance to the song 'Consider yourself' from the musical Oliver and found out about the different jobs children did in Victorian times.
Year 5 had a great time in dance with Leon this half term!
They completed a dance to the song 'Consider yourself' from the musical Oliver and found out about the different jobs children did in Victorian times.
Oaks visited Colchester Castle this week with the rest of Year 4. They had a fanstastic day exploring The Iron Age, The Roman Takeover and The Roman Heyday. The children went into the Roman vault under the castle and they were shown the Roman temple that was originally built before Bouddica and The Celts burnt it down. They were then shown how the castle was built and what would happen if the Celts refused to do their job. We also had a go at building a Roman villa or an Iron Age roundhouse so we could compare the differences. Finally the children walked around the museum to collect information in their packs.
Some children from John Bunyan Primary School took part in Remembrance Sunday by laying a wreath of poppies on the War Memorial in the public gardens.
Year five have been using chemistry to learn about chemical irreversible changes in science. We learnt that you can make Casein plastic from white vinegar and warm milk and this practise was started in the 1900's! We also found out that chemical changes cannot be reversed but they can be a bit smelly!
We were finding out about electrical conductors and insulators today in science.
We were really surprised that the orange became a conductor and lit the lamp!
We had our harvest assemblies today in KS1 & KS2. There was lots of great singing and a wonderful amount of food collected for the food bank.
KS2 hall with the learning champions from Spruces. KS1 hall at the end of school
Our new foundation stage children have now been at school for 2 weeks and have made a great start with their learning!
The children have learnt their first sounds, putting them on course to become independent readers and writers via our new Little Wandle Letters and Sounds phonics scheme and have been working on their subitising skills in maths.
The children have been introduced to the school code of conduct and are learning to represent their school by sharing and taking turns, being caring and thoughtful to their reception friends and adults, being respectful to others by listening carefully and considering the choices they make whilst learning through play.
The children have started their John Bunyan Primary journey by enjoying the story ‘The colour monster’ which helps them to recognise their own feelings through linking those feelings to a colour. The children have considered when they have felt the emotions detailed in the book and have commented that they feel calm when they play with their toys: Anger when others do not share with them; Sad when they miss their adults; Happy when someone asks them to be friends; Fear when they don’t want to be alone and love when they are with their adults at home.
Some pictures from the last few weeks:
Spruces had great fun learning about semaphore in computing today!
Our challenge was to decipher the semaphore message.
We had a wonderful morning competing in our sports morning today. The weather stay fine for us - even a bit too hot! All the children had great fun and competed in their teams.
The girls football team played their last match on Friday against Notley. They played really well as a team and won 9-0.
Special mention to Rosie who scored 5!
Year 5 had a great time helping out at the foundation and year 1 sports day on Wednesday. It was lovely to see so many parents.
John Bunyan Primary hosted a teacher sharing event of the Braintree Cultural Diversity Project on Wednesday 25th May.
Seven schools took part in the five-month Project which had the following aims:
· For young people to understand other cultures and traditions.
· To develop understanding of classroom practise and how to communicate new concepts to young people.
· To give young people a practical experience of other cultures.
· To develop teaching ideas that mean that learning is embedded in school practise and the impact on the young people is not limited to one experience
· To consider empathetic responses to learning from young people
Children from seven schools took part in lessons and workshops delivered by professional musicians from across the world, with the aim of broadening the children’s understanding of other cultures.
Some Year 5 John Bunyan children were fortunate enough to attend a workshop by the renowned kora player, teacher and composer, Josh Doughty. Children were excited to have a go at playing the instrument in the workshop and were amazed by the rich history of kora music and its origins.
The project was funded by Essex Music Education Hub.
The whole school had great fun on Thursday celebrating the Queen's jubilee. Some of the children and staff dressed up as kings and queens and also in red, white and blue. We made some fantastic castles, table decorations and cake decorations and the children also performed in the "arena". We were also lucky to have the farm and different stalls and games like hook a duck and pin the tail on the corgi! Here are some of the photos from the day.
The teachers were lucky last week to have a coach from Essex Cricket Club come in to teach us some different cricket games - watch out for them in PE!
Poplars class were lucky enough to have their gold-leaf shields chosen to be displayed at the National Gallery as part of the ‘Take One Picture’ project. Mrs Hooper, Mrs Bennett and Miss Stiff attended the opening of the exhibition and were so impressed by all the projects from schools around the UK. How fantastic to see John Bunyan school as part of this special project!
On Tuesday 17th December 2019 we had the annual JBP curling competition.
During half term, we ran a sports and activity day for 38 children.
They all enjoyed a range of activities including dodgeball, football, dressing as a Mummy, apple bobbing, just dance and Art.
The children and adults really enjoyed the day and look forward to the next one in February half term!
Our New Multi Use Games Area
We have enhanced our sporting curriculum with the addition of an amazing Multi Use Games Area.
The children now have a dedicated zone for sport and a place to practice and develop their technique, fundamental movement skills and cardiovascular fitness. Along with gaining a love for sport, we hope our new Multi Use Games Area will encourage children to lead a healthier lifestyle.
For this project, we worked with Pentagon Play who design and install outdoor learning environments for schools and nurseries.
You can visit their website here – www.pentagonplay.co.uk
A couple of days ago staff completed some tidying of the wild life area around the pond. It looks so much better - well done!
