An interesting start to the week,and a few peculiar looking adults and children in the school. The main reason for this was the annual Year 4 Egyptian day. I will hope to upload some images for you tomorrow once I have checked them all for clearance. The Allen keys came in handy as CPM builders (name check, surely it is worth some money off the bill) have been very busy and if you take a peek through the windows you will see the assembled furniture. The books are due to be sorted out for the library on the first day back after the Easter holiday. The technology for the library has also been arriving in dribs and drabs. It will look fantastic when it has been finished. If you remember the old Fun Factory, then you will not recognise the room anymore. It is my haven when I need some peace and quiet.
Staff completed their annual epi-pen and asthma training tonight. Even though it is an annual training session, it does not lose it's importance due to the amount of children that we encounter these days with severe allergies and asthma. We hope the skills that they were reminded of this evening will never have to be used.
I will hope to upload lots of pictures tomorrow for you to see. Don't forget to check out the front page of the website where there are details of events for families around Birmingham over Easter as well as free swimming for Years 5 and 6
Wednesday 30 March 2011
Friday 25 March 2011
Friday 25th March - The allen key edition
Work continues in school, with the arrival of the furniture for the new library. The pictures below demonstrate why this edition of the blog is dedicated to the allen key.
As you can see just a few parcels. We are coming to the end of the week in school and as usual it is a busy Friday. Class 4F have completed their class assembly, newsletter has already gone to print and is about to be uploaded for the week. The children are enjoying the Spring sunshine, it makes coming to school very easy when the weather is like this.
We have two weeks left before the Easter holidays but we still have lots to finish before the end of term.
I hope everyone has a super weekend, don't forget to put your clocks forward. The last words and picture goes to Maisy and her family. Good luck in New Zealand.
We have two weeks left before the Easter holidays but we still have lots to finish before the end of term.
I hope everyone has a super weekend, don't forget to put your clocks forward. The last words and picture goes to Maisy and her family. Good luck in New Zealand.
Thursday 24 March 2011
Thursday 24th March
Lots happening this week in school, with building work nearing completion and lots of activities taking place in and out of school.
Firstly as I type this blog, we are awaiting the arrival of all the furniture for the school library, it really is an exciting time because like children we want things done as quickly as we can to see the immediate results. The new Year 3 corridor is coming to a completion and we hope to start moving the furniture back into the 3 new workspaces that we have created. Here is a quick picture of how they look at the moment.
In terms of school events, the children of Year 6 have been visiting the library this week, they have been returning with arm loads of goodies ranging from CD's to magazines. I just hope they remember to return everything when the loan is up.
In sporting events, we sent two teams to represent the school at the Gateway Cluster Football event, look what they came back with:
Both of our teams managed to get to the semi-final, where unfortunately they played each other. The final was a dramatic affair that eventually went to penalties. After a tense shootout, I can declare that Lyndon Green were the eventual winners. Well done to everyone that played,as usual they represented the school superbly. More details can be found in this weeks newsletter, which will be uploaded tomorrow.
Firstly as I type this blog, we are awaiting the arrival of all the furniture for the school library, it really is an exciting time because like children we want things done as quickly as we can to see the immediate results. The new Year 3 corridor is coming to a completion and we hope to start moving the furniture back into the 3 new workspaces that we have created. Here is a quick picture of how they look at the moment.
In sporting events, we sent two teams to represent the school at the Gateway Cluster Football event, look what they came back with:
Friday 18 March 2011
Friday 18th March
Comic Relief and Puzzle day in school, makes for a very confusing day!!! It really is strange to see our children not in uniform, as wonderful as they look I really do prefer them in uniform. I know the children of Year 5 often do this as a debate topic, but it would take one almighty arm twist to change my mind on this one.
The purpose of puzzle day, is to bring mathematics alive. We have a variety of activities going on around school and all the children are actively engaged. The Learning Platform is being used by lots of children outside of school to access all the different links to the strands of mathematics that the teachers have been uploading. The current number on line accessing mathematics is 74 children. Great to see the children so engaged and enthusiastic.
Right let's get onto yesterday. What a day!
Firstly, we send our Year 6 boys to the Birmingham football finals, and what do they do, yes you guessed it, they went on and won it. So they are now going to have to represent Birmingham in the National finals which are held at a Premier League football ground. Last year in was at Anfield so we will wait and see.
Secondly, Year 3 mixed team went to represent the school at a local cluster meeting. Our two teams managed to progress to the final, playing each other, so yes we came first and second.
Lastly, the cross country team had great success. In the girls race we had a 1st and 3rd and in the boys a 2nd place.
It was a great day.
Finally, we held our annual music concert, showcasing the skills of our violin and viola players. As usual it was a great event. Well done to everyone.
Last post for the week, hope you can all keep up with the activities and events in the school. Keep further up to date with the latest newsletter that can be accessed from our school website.
The purpose of puzzle day, is to bring mathematics alive. We have a variety of activities going on around school and all the children are actively engaged. The Learning Platform is being used by lots of children outside of school to access all the different links to the strands of mathematics that the teachers have been uploading. The current number on line accessing mathematics is 74 children. Great to see the children so engaged and enthusiastic.
Right let's get onto yesterday. What a day!
Firstly, we send our Year 6 boys to the Birmingham football finals, and what do they do, yes you guessed it, they went on and won it. So they are now going to have to represent Birmingham in the National finals which are held at a Premier League football ground. Last year in was at Anfield so we will wait and see.
Secondly, Year 3 mixed team went to represent the school at a local cluster meeting. Our two teams managed to progress to the final, playing each other, so yes we came first and second.
Lastly, the cross country team had great success. In the girls race we had a 1st and 3rd and in the boys a 2nd place.
It was a great day.
Finally, we held our annual music concert, showcasing the skills of our violin and viola players. As usual it was a great event. Well done to everyone.
Last post for the week, hope you can all keep up with the activities and events in the school. Keep further up to date with the latest newsletter that can be accessed from our school website.
Monday 14 March 2011
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Monday 14th March
The start of a new week beckons. An interesting day to day, it started well in school with a photographer taking pictures in and around school for the new prospectus that we are putting together. The children enjoyed starring in the pictures and I am sure that the final product will look fantastic when it is put together.
We had a great end to last week with a couple classes visiting Sheldon Library, (links to their latest newsletter can be found on the front page of the website) Year 5 had a great trip to the museum collections centre for their Language Alive experience, their feedback said it was a great trip.
This afternoon saw the arrival of two fire engines and 8 fire fighters in school, no there was no fire or any emergency. This was an arranged visit by the fire brigade to our Year 5 classes. Each class will spend a session with the fire service over the next couple of days. So, as you can see the tempo in school never stops and in between all these super experiences we have to maintain our educational standards so that our children continue to achieve the best that they can. Although, on reflection all these experiences that we add to our curriculum benefit the children immensely.
As a last comment today, i have to recall what a great assembly 4J put together for us on Friday, it really was a fun and educational performance and I have never seen so much determination in the eyes of children as when the were completing their River Dance. I hope the children involved really do remember the experience.
We had a great end to last week with a couple classes visiting Sheldon Library, (links to their latest newsletter can be found on the front page of the website) Year 5 had a great trip to the museum collections centre for their Language Alive experience, their feedback said it was a great trip.
This afternoon saw the arrival of two fire engines and 8 fire fighters in school, no there was no fire or any emergency. This was an arranged visit by the fire brigade to our Year 5 classes. Each class will spend a session with the fire service over the next couple of days. So, as you can see the tempo in school never stops and in between all these super experiences we have to maintain our educational standards so that our children continue to achieve the best that they can. Although, on reflection all these experiences that we add to our curriculum benefit the children immensely.
As a last comment today, i have to recall what a great assembly 4J put together for us on Friday, it really was a fun and educational performance and I have never seen so much determination in the eyes of children as when the were completing their River Dance. I hope the children involved really do remember the experience.
Wednesday 9 March 2011
It has been a while
Like a long lost friend, I realise it has been a while since I last posted on here. There are no excuses, so none shall be given. OK it has been incredibly busy in school, focusing on Teaching and Learning as well as turning our school into a fantastic place to work and learn.
So what have we been up to?
We have looked carefully at the way we are teaching in school and how best children learn, as teachers we have used a lot of theory as well as a lot of information from our current pupils. If we take out that we want our own swimming pools etc. we find that children learn in a variety of ways , some like quiet, some like noise, others group work, others individual. How do we cater for such diverse learning style. Well firstly, as teachers we have to be prepared to leave our comfort zones. Not an easy thing I can tell you. We have to put together our ideas and couple them with the children and deliver a pedagogy that inspire our leaders of the future to go out and inspire others to want to become educators for tomorrow. Gosh this is deep stuff! We feel though that we have to take it to this level to take our school to the next level.
We are slap bang in the middle of building and creating a fabulous resource for our children to develop their personal research skills and we are very excited about the prospects of the future environment that we are building for our children.
The children are fabulous at the moment and all are accessing our Learning Platform where they can further develop their interests in subject throughout the school. You cannot work on the Learning Platform at night without seeing a whole host of children searching their way through the information that the staff are putting on the platform. Great to see.
A really successful Governing Body meeting this week, where I reported on some real successes, for example attendance has continued its upward trend over the last three years and we are currently not far off the 97% which is fantastic. I recently handed out 308 Walk to school badges for the month of February and remember this is out of 370.
It is good to be back on here and I must continue to log on as much as possible because I can tell people are visiting the blog. Thank you for everyone's continued efforts in making Lyndon Green Junior School a fabulous place to work.
So what have we been up to?
We have looked carefully at the way we are teaching in school and how best children learn, as teachers we have used a lot of theory as well as a lot of information from our current pupils. If we take out that we want our own swimming pools etc. we find that children learn in a variety of ways , some like quiet, some like noise, others group work, others individual. How do we cater for such diverse learning style. Well firstly, as teachers we have to be prepared to leave our comfort zones. Not an easy thing I can tell you. We have to put together our ideas and couple them with the children and deliver a pedagogy that inspire our leaders of the future to go out and inspire others to want to become educators for tomorrow. Gosh this is deep stuff! We feel though that we have to take it to this level to take our school to the next level.
We are slap bang in the middle of building and creating a fabulous resource for our children to develop their personal research skills and we are very excited about the prospects of the future environment that we are building for our children.
The children are fabulous at the moment and all are accessing our Learning Platform where they can further develop their interests in subject throughout the school. You cannot work on the Learning Platform at night without seeing a whole host of children searching their way through the information that the staff are putting on the platform. Great to see.
A really successful Governing Body meeting this week, where I reported on some real successes, for example attendance has continued its upward trend over the last three years and we are currently not far off the 97% which is fantastic. I recently handed out 308 Walk to school badges for the month of February and remember this is out of 370.
It is good to be back on here and I must continue to log on as much as possible because I can tell people are visiting the blog. Thank you for everyone's continued efforts in making Lyndon Green Junior School a fabulous place to work.
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