Our Class Team

Contact the teacher at Aleshia.Jennings@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+

In RE, we continued looking at Judaism and identified different sacred objects and how they are used in worship.

In History, we continued looking at the Maya. We learned about their number and letter system and could solve additions and subtractions using their numbers.

We also used the laptops to create presentations about our history and RE units and can’t wait to show them to the rest of the class!

In English, we have focused on our spelling this week and in maths, we continued with Time. We could each read clocks at half past, quarter past/to and some of us could read them to 5 minute intervals!

Madagascar have had a great last week and we hope you have a well-rested half term!

Week 22+

This week in Life Skills, we looked at Representation in Disney movies. We discussed the importance of representing people from different ethnicities, sexualities and disabilities and designed characters that represent us.

In history, we continued looking at the Maya and came up with questions about what we would like to find out about them. We then used the laptops to research the answers.

In computing, we began looking at Excel. We learned about the columns, rows and cells and could input information.

In English, we looked at the death of Cleopatra and imagined it happened just yesterday. We then wrote a newspaper article telling the Egyptian people about the death of the pharaoh.

In RE, we researched traditional Jewish food recipes and wrote these down to share with each other.

Madagascar have worked very hard and the class team are so impressed!

Week 21+

In English, we shared our weekend news. After sharing verbally with the class, we wrote this down and concentrated on using our best handwriting, capital letters and full stops.

This week we have continued with our RE unit on Judaism. We learned the term tzedakah, which is a Jewish person’s moral obligation to give to charity. We discussed what charities we would donate to and why.

In History, we continued looking at the Maya. We looked at how their society ran and how it compares with the democratic society of the UK today.

In PE, we practised different kinds of jumps, such as tuck jumps, pike jumps and one legged jumps.

In life skills, we are going to be looking at the risks of using money and how we would act in particular situations.

In food tech, we are going to be making pancakes!

Madagascar have worked so hard this week, well done!

Week 20+

This week in Madagascar we have shared our weekend news by presenting it to the class as presentation.

In Science we have identified different properties of rocks and sorted them using a Venn Diagram.

In RE we learnt about Bat and Bit Mitzvah ceremonies and created beautiful Mozel Tov cards.

In history we discussed how we might feel if we discovered ruined lands like The Maya’s did. We enjoyed engaging in social games demonstrating our great turn taking skills.

In Life skills we have discussed the importance of positivity and come up with positivity quotes to share around the school to inspire and motivate people.

In Art we have continued to master the art of pop art and blotted line paintings.

Week 19+

We have had a great week so far in Madagascar. We had a visit from Community Support Officer who talked to us about hate crimes. The students engaged really well in this important discussion. In maths, we have continued with time and are doing really well with o’clock, half past and quarter past/to. In Computing, we are looking at the features of Word documents and are learning to edit our writing. In RE, the students did some great research on different religions to find out lots of interesting information, they then created PowerPoint presentations about these religions and presented them to the rest of the class. The staff were so impressed by their confidence! In PE, we continued with gymnastics. This week, the students made up their own balances and shared them with the rest of the class. In Art, we are continuing to look pop art and are going to be creating blotted line art. Well done this week Madagascar!

Week 17+

This week in Madagascar we shared our Christmas news and exploded the new play area.

We have been learning about where money comes from in life skills and setting new year’s resolutions. We talked about what we think Pop Art was and created our own painting.

In food technology we made jacket potatoes, mince and gravy. We also made famous landmarks made of stone and rock out of air-dry clay.

Have a lovely and restful weekend.

Week 15+

This week in Madagascar Class, we have enjoyed taking part in lots of festive activities. As a class we made a big Christmas tree decoration using our handprints for the Christmas party.

We re-visited road safety in preparation for our trip to Calderstones Park on Thursday. We enjoyed a cool leisurely walk to Calderstones Park and enjoyed an ice lolly.

We went on the coach to the theatre to enjoy Beauty and the Beast pantomime.

We shows excellent listening skills and showed a good example of out school when in public.

We are looking forward to the last day and a half in school next week where we will be continuing our festive activities.

We hope you all have a lovely and restful weekend.

Week 14+

Week 13+

This week in Madagascar we have read The Egyptian Cinderella. We have compared the text with the traditional Cinderella, discussing the similarities and differences. In Maths we have looked at money.

In Geography we compared different capital cities in Europe. We have played social games together focusing on turn taking and following rules.

We made Christmas decorations this week and decorated our classroom including putting up the Christmas tree. The classroom looks very festive.

In Life Skills we have learnt about harmful substances and created an information leaflet on the different substances and what you should do if you ever feel pressured.

We are proud of the amazing work Madagascar class has produced this week and are looking forward to the festive weeks ahead.

We hope you have a lovely and restful weekend 🙂

Week 12+

This week in Madagascar we have learnt about the characteristics of different animals and created a tourist leaflet for different landmarks in Europe.

We enjoyed taking part in a KS3 football match and have learnt about The Vietnam War.

We have constructed the Eiffel Tower out of paper and tape, in our enrichment lesson – thinking about the engineering processing that was behind the construction of the real thing.

Week 11+

We have had a great week in Madagascar class. We have started looking at habitats, we learned that these are the environment an animal lives in. We learned lots about rainforests and painted lovely paintings of them.

In Maths we have continued with our work on fractions and have looked at halves, quarters, thirds and tenths. We are able to find equivalent fractions with these.

In RE, we learned the story of the Islam prophet Muhammad. We discussed why Muhammad is so important to Muslims and we wrote a diary entry from his point of view.

In life skills, we discussed the importance of keeping our bodies healthy and different ways to protect ourselves, such as eating healthily, doing plenty of exercise and getting good sleep.

We also celebrated Anti Bullying Week by having a great discussion about bullying and how we can help each other. Madagascar class then wrote a kind word about someone in the class.

Great work this week Madagascar!

Week 10+

Week 9+

Week 8+

Madagascar Class have had a spooky week!

We have completed lots of different Halloween activities such as moulding our own painting out of clay and painting them, creating decorations for the Halloween party, reading a scary story and answering comprehension questions about it. As it is black history month, Madagascar class researched influential black figures and discussed their important roles in society and how they brought about change. In music we looked at influential black musicians, the role black musicians have played and how this has changed over time. We also discussed the MOBO awards and what is stands for.

On Friday we had Halloween party! We dressed up in different costumes which were amazing and took part in some fun games.

We hope you have a brilliant Halloween and a lovely week. We will see you after half term.

Week 7+

Madagascar have had an action packed week this week!

During project we created our own buildings from play-doh and straws. We designed them to try and withstand an earthquake. We then tested them by placing them on jelly and shaking them. All of our buildings collapsed eventually!

In English we explained the achievements of Louis Braille. We read a piece of information text about his life and why he created Braille. We then followed a set of instructions to wrote our names in Braille using play-doh.

In maths we have been working on out place value skills. We have been partitioning 3 and 4 digit numbers and ordering them from smallest to largest.

During PE we have been practicing our hand eye coordination skills by throwing and catching balls and working on our dribbling skills outside on the football pitch.

We have had a great week and are looking forward to the next.

Have a lovely weekend,

Madagascar Class Team.

Week 6+

Class Madagascar have had an exciting week.

In Maths we explored place value. We found the value of every digit in a given number and segmented the numbers. In English we discussed what features are needed in a set of instructions. We used Chatta to create a set of instructions then used this to wrote out instructions independently. In food Tech we followed a set of instructions to make tuna pasta bake. In art we followed a set of instructions to create some amazing pastel drawings of a sunset.

Madagascar class have had an excellent week and are looking forward to the next.

Have a lovely weekend.

Week 5+

For European Language day, we made lasagna in food tech and learnt to say hello and goodbye in different European languages. We have been learning about place value in Math ordering and sequencing numbers. In English we started to look at instructions and followed instructions to plant sunflower seeds. In project we have looked what a journey to the center of the Earth would be like and designed our own vehicles to help us survive the journey.

Week 4+

Class Madagascar have had a busy week.

In food tech we cooked spaghetti and meatballs. We created our own pasta sauce and boiled the pasta. In English we have explored imperative verbs. We spotted imperative verbs in sentences and created our own sentences with imperative verbs. In maths we practiced our times tables in numerous ways. We used times table rockstars and colour by numbers. In Art we looked at different volcanos then drew our own. We then painted our volcanos. In Employability we discussed what we are good at and what we need are not good at that we can work on. We then discussed different skills needed for certain jobs.

We have had a great week and are looking forward to the next.

Have a lovely weekend

Madagascar class

Week 3+

Our second week in Madagascar has been jam-packed!

In Food Technology, we made chicken noodles. We all took part in chopping the chicken and the vegetables and then we mixed it all together with the noodles and sauce! On Monday, we celebrated Roald Dahl day! We did this by learning lots about his life and looking at some of the different books and poems he wrote. We also designed our very own chocolate bar! In English, we continued looking at fables. We read The Boy who Cried Wolf and learned the moral was that no one believes a liar, even if they are telling the truth! For our Tremors project, we continued looking at the layers of the earth. We made a model out of play-doh and labelled the different layers! We also began looking at volcanoes! We learned the different features of a volcano and were able to label these. We then used the laptops to research the most famous volcanoes in the world. On Thursday, we did a big quiz of the week! We answered quiz questions about everything we have learned so far, lots of us got 20/20! Great work this week Madagascar, keep it up!

 

Week 2+

We have had a fantastic first week in Madagascar class and the class team and really proud of how well the students have adapted to the change of class and some have even transitioned from a different school! On Monday, we discussed why rules are important and we devised some class rules that we all agreed to follow to keep each other safe and happy. On Tuesday, we shared our Summer news with the class and wrote this down. On Wednesday, we made Recycled Robots in maths. We took lots of pieces of rubbish to create some really cool robots! We also began our new project, this term it is on Tremors. We learned all about the different layers of the Earth and could label the crust, mantle, outer core and inner core and are going to be making a 3D model of the Earth! In English, we began a topic on fables. We learned that these are short stories, often involving animals, that teach us a lesson, or moral. We have read the tortoise and the hair, completed some comprehension and are going to be creating our own fable following the same story line! We are so proud of Madagascar and are looking forward to Week 2!