Home Learning 29th June 2012

Home learning 29th June 2012
Next week is the start of our Olympic Fortnight. You can choose one of the following activities to complete for home learning:
1. I would like you to find out about a British Olympian or Paralympian that you admire. Maybe it is the person who has run the fastest or jumped the highest, maybe it is someone from Dorset just like you or maybe it is someone who has been the most determined. The pictures below might give you some ideas. Present your work as a fact file, include a picture and lots of interesting facts.
Please see home learning sheet for photos.

2. We have been learning in Maths about how to present information in a bar chart. Can you present all or some of the following information about Olympic and Paralympic medals 2008 in a bar chart?
Please see home learning sheet for data.

Wake and Shake
Also next week and the week after year 4 will be responsible for running wake and shake sessions in the school hall for each of the other classes. The wake and shake session will be from 8.45 until 9.00 in the school hall. For the day that your child is running the session you are welcome to bring them to school from 8.30am so that they can prepare their music and practise their moves!
Monday 2nd July – Ellie, Beatha, Hannah, Issy, Annabel
Friday 6th July – Darcy, Lukas, Matthew, Dani, Lauren, Rachel, Elysia
Monday 9th July – Dylan, Daniel H, Edward, Ryan W, Kai
Tuesday 10th July – Travis, Luke, Joel, Harvey, Harry
Thursday 12th July – Lewis, Rio, Ryan R, Thomas, Katie, Bailey
Friday 13th July – Dan, Reegan, Boyd, Zach

Also next week:
Thursday 5th July – Transfer Day. All children will spend the day at their respective middle schools. Parents will drop children off and collect them from Dorchester Middle School or St Osmund’s
Friday 6th July – Trip to Henry Ling Printers to see our book being published, if you are able to help on this trip please see the year 4 team. The children will also need to wear black on this day as part of our Olympic Ring day.

FINAL Reminder - Home Learning Competition!

Just a quick reminder that Mr. Farrington, Miss. Johnson and Mr. Spracklen would like to see some fantastic examples of ‘Home Learning’ captured in a photograph. We are thinking art projects, work on Mathletics, spelling practice, visits to museums, reading, having a discussion on SWGfL Merlin, doing some research and much more! The opportunities are endless and special attention will be given to those entries that think creatively. As a prize we hope to feature the best images on a newly designed home learning booklet that all pupils will be using in September. Therefore, by submitting your photographs to the competition you are agreeing that they can be used for this purpose. All competition entries should be sent by email to the school office (office@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk) no later than 3.30pm on Friday 6^th July, 2012. Any questions please see Mr. Spracklen or Miss. Johnson. Thank you for your continued support, Mr. Spracklen

Missing black hood

Has anyone seen a black detachable hood? It went missing on our trip to Cranborne last week. Last seen on the coach on the way home. There was no sign of it on the coach when we returned, it may have got into someone's bag. Please can you check?
Thank you

Mr Murray is visiting

Mr Murray from DMS will be visiting us on Monday morning (25.6.12) with some year 5 pupils. If you have any questions that you would like to ask, please bring them along to school on Monday.

Home Learning 22nd June 2012

Home Learning – 22nd June 2012
Next week we are going to be doing some filming with Mr Scott from Thomas Hardye School. In order for us to complete the film each child will require a few props and a costume. The overall outcome of the film will remain top secret until leaver’s assembly on Friday 20th July, but you may gather a few clues from the list of things we need below:

Each child will need an Olympian costume (an athlete, weight lifter, horse rider, sailor, etc – the costume that they wore earlier this year in one of our Olympic themed weeks would be ideal)
An alternative bright or silly costume (wigs, feather bowers, robots, morph suits, Hawiian clothes, etc)

We will also need a small number of the following (if you have any)…
A big black curly wig.
Some moustaches.
Blow up guitars.
Blow up trophies.
Union Flags.
White vests.

We will be filming the scenes on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. So please send your child with a costume in a named bag for these days.

Also…
This week we have been thinking about and writing down our memories from over the years at school. Why not have a reminiscing session over the weekend and write down any extra memories that we may have missed out? Please bring them back in as soon as you can!

Reminder - Home Learning Competition!

Just a quick reminder that Mr. Farrington, Miss. Johnson and Mr. Spracklen would like to see some fantastic examples of ‘Home Learning’ captured in a photograph. We are thinking art projects, work on Mathletics, spelling practice, visits to museums, reading, having a discussion on SWGfL Merlin, doing some research and much more! The opportunities are endless and special attention will be given to those entries that think creatively. As a prize we hope to feature the best images on a newly designed home learning booklet that all pupils will be using in September. Therefore, by submitting your photographs to the competition you are agreeing that they can be used for this purpose. All competition entries should be sent by email to the school office (office@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk) no later than 3.30pm on Friday 6^th July, 2012. Any questions please see Mr. Spracklen or Miss. Johnson. Thank you for your continued support, Mr. Spracklen

Home Learning 15th June and Dorchester Museum Trip

Year 4 Home learning 15th June 2012
Over the last few weeks we have been working on developing skills for effective learning. The children will be bringing home some worksheets to complete. The first worksheet concentrates on how children can make themselves and others feel good and being positive. The second sheet introduces next Friday’s lessons about children’s values. Please help your children to complete these sheets, it might lead to some interesting discussions!
Next Friday 22nd June we will be going on a trip to Dorchester Museum and The Roman Town House. We have been lucky enough to get a workshop with the Museum staff in both locations and so will be linking the Iron Age work we have already done with learning about the Roman invasion and how Romans settled in Britain. For this trip the children will need a waterproof coat (probably), or sun cream and a hat (unlikely) as well as a packed lunch and plenty to drink. We have chosen to use a coach for this trip instead of walking so that we can fit more into our day. Please remember to return your child’s permission slip with a voluntary contribution.

What did you think of our Soirée?

A big well done to all our performers who did the school proud last night in our annual Summer Musical Soirée! If you missed it, we had Recorders, Guitars, Violins, Drums, a Cello, a Saxophone, a Mystery Guest plus so much more! We also had a group of World Famous Performers (also known as the Prince of Wales School Staff Choir). We would love to know what you thought of the Summer Musical Soirée and welcome your comments using this blog. Simply click the blog title (on the school website) - scroll to the bottom of the page and add text in the field which says: 'Post a comment'. Choose your account type or alternatively click name/url. To publish your post click 'Publish'.

 

I would like to say a thank-you to everyone who helped to make the evening such a success. Special thanks must go to: Miss. Broodle, Mrs. Staddon, Mrs. Webb, Mrs. Bernard, Mr. Creee, Mr. Thornton, Mrs. Hopkins and Dorchester Middle School for hosting. Mr. Spracklen

Reminder - Musical Soirèe

A quick reminder that the Prince of Wales Musical Soirèe is going to be taking place on Tuesday 12th June at 6pm in the Dorchester Middle School hall. Doors open at 5.45pm for a Drinks Reception that will include canapés created by each class as part of our Food for Life work. The purpose of the celebration is for all children to gain experience in performing in front of an audience and see the progress our children are making musically as they progress through the school and beyond. If you would like to join us for the celebration please speak to a member of the Office Team. Mr. Spracklen

Spare Bunting?

As the Diamond Jubilee celebrations officially come to an end, we would love to accept your spare bunting that you may now be taking down. We hope to use the bunting as part of our Musical Soiree at Dorchester Middle School on Tuesday 12th June, 2012. Any spare bunting can be given to Mr. Spracklen or Mrs. Webb a.s.a.p.