Connecting school and home
A wonderful morning was had by the Year 6’s last week at the Annual Storytelling Competition. Heats had whittled the finalists down to three and we were ready to enjoy a fun-filled morning of Greek tales, Greek food and Greek music. Well done to finalists Helena and Henrietta. A special congratulations to Ollie, our Maple Class Storytelling Champion 2019.
If you particularly enjoyed any of the food, then this is some of what we ate (perhaps you could try it at home.)
This week, Year Five and Six were incredibly lucky to welcome Sonoro Choir and Organisers of the Wimbledon International Music Festival to St Matthew’s. We were unsure how the day would unfold when we were told that we were being visited by a group of classical singers and artists but it turned out to be an unforgettable day. The morning began by listening to the group perform a classical piece of music. This is a video of Sonoro performing it here.
The choir then guided us through a variety of warm up techniques before we joined them in singing a beautiful version of ‘Bridge over Troubled Water.’ We were also very lucky to hear each of the choir members sing a solo during the morning. Jeff started by singing Maria from West Side Story, Nina then sung a piece from the opera Madame Butterfly and finally Jo sung a very moving piece from Gianni Schicchi. You can see another version of it here.
The afternoon session was lead by a lovely lady called Helen. We used art straws to create the bridges we had been singing about in the morning.
A thoroughly great day was had by all and we look forward to welcoming Helen back next week for a follow up art session.
Thank you Sonoro and Merton Music Foundation.
Reading fever has well and truly hit Year Six. Have a look at what we’ve been reading and come and ask us about our books, we might have a perfect recommendation for you..
Some of us have so enjoyed the first book that we’ve immediately started the next in the series!
Some of us are reading the same book!
These two were recommended these books by their friends.
Some of us prefer to have the actual book, but some of us prefer to read on a kindle. What do you prefer?
Good Afternoon all,
This week in Year Six has been a roller coaster -with everything from House Captain presentations to one-eyed giants. I know that the children and House Teachers (including myself,) very much enjoyed hearing the presentations of all the House Captain candidates. The children presented to their houses confidently and responsibly, taking into account all of the personality traits that are needed to be a successful House Captain. These character traits were evident in all who went forward for the role, but only two captains can have the leading role in each house. So, our House Captains for 2019-2020 are:
Cecil: Faris and Ollie
Churchill: Helena and Shiann
Spencer: Kalvin and Talia
Wilberforce: Tarran and Timo
Congratulations!
Once House Captains have been allocated, many other important school roles can be assigned. These are essential jobs in order to achieve the excellent running of our school. Our Year Six school roles for the term are:
Stars and Charmers Computer leads: Adriaan and Joel
Stars and Charmers Display leads: Liz and Olva
Blog Team: Milia and Katya
School Botanist: Joel
House Merit Lead: Lily-Grace
Tech Team: Jai, Abbeer, Cammy and Reece
Art Monitors: Calvin and Liz
Paddy’s Assistant: Sarah
During our English lessons, we have been reading about Odysseus’s visit to Polyphemus’s cave. After being repulsed but certainly intrigued by the story, we wrote our own scripts portraying the narrative.
Here are some of our scripts (let us know what you think):
Odysseus and The Cyclops Helena
Despite the rain, we still had an excellent PE lesson with Paddy in the hall. Well done to Spencer House who won the indoor games this week!
The Year Six Curriculum Map for Autumn is ready and can now be found here.
I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend and are well rested and ready for next week, which will undoubtedly be another busy one!
Miss M and Year Six 🙂
Welcome to our brand new Phase 2 blog! We plan to use the blog to keep you up-to-date with all the exciting learning that takes place every week at St Matthews. The blog will also be a space for posting school reminders, as well as links to sites we may all find useful, so please do check in regularly! We sometimes will post as individual classes and other times as a phase group, we hope you will find it valuable and look forward to your encouraging comments.
Please note, I do not own any of the images included on our blog, apart from the photos of our classroom and children.
What a great start to the year it has been. It has put such a smile on my face to see all of you bustle through the doors with such enthusiasm, excited to start the new school year.
I managed to capture some of your smiling faces this week as you came into school. Can you spot yourself? It is so wonderful when the teachers receive a bright, cheery morning welcome from you all, it puts a smile on our faces too!
Assemblies have looked at ‘fresh starts’ and I know that many of you are thinking about how you can be the very best version of yourself this new school year. For some of you that ‘fresh start’ might be being a role-model for children in the younger years, or perhaps you have decided to nail your timestables this year! It is sometimes difficult to start something new or face a challenge but Joshua 1:9 reminds us:
‘Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.’
Whatever you have decided as your challenge to face, I look forward to hearing about your journey to fulfilling that goal as the year goes on.
Thanks for reading and I hope you are as excited as I am for this new opportunity to bring school and home together through the Phase 2 blog!
Miss M : )