Botswana – Miss Caveney

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Alannah Caveney Bradley Stokes Joseph Higgins Charlotte Ellison

Contact the teacher at alannah.caveney@abbotsleaschool.co.uk

Our Weekly News

In the boxes below, you can read about our best moments in school.
We are sharing our weekly news every Friday.

Week 23+

Botswana class have been really enjoying reading ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar.

We have looked at different persuasive writing techniques and produced persuasive letters and booklets.

Botswana class are going on a school trip to the Warhammer shop for a painting, building and social game workshop.

Week 22+

This week in Botswana class, we have began to finish off our topics that we have studying this term. In food tech we made breakfast hash which lots of the students enjoyed. We are very proud of some of our students who gave the food a try, even if they weren’t sure about it. This week we finished our Life Skill topic of ‘Money Matters’ and we are now planning our class trip to Warhammer next week to apply all the learning to a real life situation. We have all had lots of fun participating in extra curricular activities including Warhammer miniature painting and playing DnD.

Week 21+

This week in Botswana Class, we have been looking at persuasive writing and advertising.

Our students made their own TV adverts and performed them to each other. We also had a visit from a student who has not been in school for a short while, we had a fun painting our Warhammer figures and talking about Dungeons and Dragons. Our students have continued to impress staff with the amount of reading for pleasure they have done.

In food tech this week we made pancakes and we had lots of fun adding marshmallows and chocolate to them.

Week 20+

This week in Botswana, we have been working on persuasive writing, writing up adverts for Camp Green Lake from the book Holes.

In Food tech we made coconut fish curry which the class were surprised to find that they enjoyed eating it.

In life skills we looked at spending a budget and practiced this by looking at the Warhammer website and working out how much we could buy using a budget.

Week 19+

This week in Botswana we have been continuing reading Holes. The class are really enjoying the book and we’re all excited to read what happens next. We also had the opportunity to make some Warhammer miniatures. The students involved are excited to start painting the models so we can begin playing with them. In food Tech this week we made Chicken noodle soup; we split the class into two groups and we made the soup two different ways. Botswana class hope that everyone has a happy health weekend.

Week 18+

This week has been a big week in Botswana class.

Our new class teacher, Ms. Caveney joined us for the first time. All the students in Botswana are excited to have a new permanent member in the class.

The class have also enjoyed starting some new topics. We have started our science topic, look at natural and man-made rocks and we have started our new food tech topic of “One pot wonders”. This week the class made sausage pasta, which was delicious.

As a class, we have also decided what the new class rules will be. This way, we will all know what the expectations of the class are.

The students have also helped staff design their own sensory timetable, choosing activities that help them focus on their lessons throughout the day.

Week 17+

This week we welcomed two new students to the class. We have really enjoyed having new faces in the class and they have fitted in perfectly.

We would have liked to also welcome our new class teacher, Ms Caveney, but unfortunately, she is currently self-isolating. We send her lots of wishes to get better and we are looking forward to welcoming her to Botswana class on Monday.

We have had a lovely first week back and we are looking forward to a very settled term.

Week 15+

This week in Botswana we have had a great time completing math’s code breaking sums to reveal the Christmas joke. We have also enjoyed making clay gonks and painting them our own unique ways. We had so much fun making chocolate Christmas trees with pastry and eating them.

Botswana class enjoyed watching fellow pupils show off their own individual talents in our Christmas talent show and watching the school nativity. Finally, everyone loved going to see Beauty And The Beast in the Epstein Theatre.

We hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

Week 14+

This week in Botswana class we made non-chronological reports on ‘The Twits’ for our English lesson. We also made our own classification key for science, these were based on all different animals and we could learn a lot of different things about their habitats and their characteristics.

In French we learnt how to pronounce different countries and continents and we also learnt how to put them in a sentence. Finally, for our enrichment we made our very own sausage rolls which taste amazing!

Week 13+

This week in Botswana we have had a great week.

We had lots of fun in science and experimented making fake snow fluff.

We enjoyed practicing our tag rugby skills in PE.

Lastly we had a fantastic afternoon using our imagination, maths and social skills to play Dungeons and Dragons.

The countdown to Christmas continues! Have a lovely weekend!

Week 12+

This week in Botswana class we’ve had lots of fun hands-on activities. We made greenhouses from scratch out of mixed materials, in which we will be planting cress.

We also participated in a science experiment, building capsules for eggs to protect them as we drop them from a height.

We also had students from our class play in a KS3 wide football game. The game was as exciting to watch as it was for the students playing.

We’re all starting to get excited for all the Christmas activities that we have planned. We hope everyone has a great weekend!

Botswana Class

Week 11+
Week 10+

This week in Botswana Class we have been focusing on multiplication and division within maths.

We have completed many sums and tried our best even when finding it difficult. In English we have been focusing on biographies and autobiographies. We have recently started planning our own autobiographies. In D.T we have focused on greenhouses and the impact and effect these have on the environment.

Botswana have worked extremely hard throughout the week.

Well Done, Botswana.

Week 9+
Week 8+

This week in Botswana, the students have been participating in a variety of spooky activities. The class started the week with a fantastic PE lesson, playing dodgeball. Later in the week they sculpted and painted pumpkin tea light holders as well as writing stories about their own personal Halloween experiences. In food tech this week our students made spooky hot dogs with ketchup for blood and on Thursday they got very creative and made lots of Halloween treats. We hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween.

Week 7+
Week 6+

In Botswana this week we have been looking at the affects that both legal and illegal drugs can have on our bodies and our lives. The students had a fantastic discussion about their views on the subject.

We also made tuna pasta bake in food tech, which looked and smelled delicious. Botswana class also had the opportunity to play dodgeball with Mozambique class, which all the students enjoyed.

We hope that everyone in the school has a great weekend, from the staff and students from Botswana class.

Week 5+

This week in Botswana we have been focusing on working together as a class. We had a great PE lesson, playing football in teams. We also had a great food tech lesson where the students made some amazing looking lasagna. The staff are very proud of the work the students completed in employability, where they thought up some great ideas for businesses they would want to start when they’re older.  Troy had a great idea for a social housing project.

We also celebrated European language day, where we researched lots of different European countries and what they are famous for.

Week 4+

This week we have consolidated our place value knowledge by completing a range of column addition calculations with multiple exchanges. In English, we explored the ancient city of Pompeii and the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. We compared this to recent eruptions in the Canary Islands and wrote our own newspaper articles.

 

In our topic, Tremors, we have investigated Volcanoes and have created our own models. In Food tech we made spaghetti and meatballs and in PE we have continued to develop our teamwork and football skills.

Week 3+

This week in Botswana class we have been focusing on writing our own fables in English. We created our own moral and designed a story around this. In maths we have been looking at roman numerals and answering calculations around this. In project we have been discussing volcanoes and created our own volcano mosaics. In food technology we created our own stir fry. Students have worked really hard this week. Have a great weekend 🙂

Week 2+

Botswana Class

This week in Botswana we have been focusing on fables in English. We have been discussing the moral within the fable. In maths we have looked at place value and practiced rounding numbers to the correct 10,100,1000’s. In project we have introduced our topic based on tremors. In food technology this week we completed spaghetti bolognaise. The students have worked extremely hard this week and have settled great into class.  Enjoy your weekend!

 

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