Seychelles – Mrs Loughran

Teacher HLTA TA
Emily Joyce Emily Jones Rachel O’Neill

Contact the teacher at emily.joyce@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.

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This week Seychelles completed the following activities:

In English we have once again continued to read ‘Holes’ and watched the film adaptation discussing the differences and similarities between the two.

For Maths, the class have learnt the difference between clockwise and anti-clockwise.

And finally, for Science, we made edible soil layers using chocolate biscuits and gummy worms!

As always well done Seychelles for all your hard work!

Week 22+

This week in Seychelles the class have completed the following activities:
In English, we have continued to read the novel ‘Holes’ and complete comprehension questions. For Maths, the students have learnt how to use position and location to describe where things are. As well as this, the class participated in a live RSE lesson which looked at the history of LGBTQ+ communities.
As always well done Seychelles for all your hard work!

Week 21+

This week, Seychelles have completed the following activities:

In English, we have continued to read ‘Holes’ and complete comprehension questions about what has happened.

In Maths, the students have learnt about recognising equivalent fractions.

For Science the class were able to identify the key characteristics and uses of different rocks.

And finally, as it was Chinese New Year the pupils were able to watch an amazing lion and dragon dance performance and try Chinese food!

As always, well done Seychelles for all your hard work!

Week 20+

This week in Seychelles the class have completed the following tasks:
In Maths, we have looked at fractions.

For English, we have looked at the differences between informal and formal language and created our own formal letter to Boris Johnson discussing his recent illegal activities.

As well as this, we have continued to read more of ‘Holes’. Finally in Science we have been learning about fossils and made our own using salt dough!

Once again, well done Seychelles for all your hard work!

Week 19+

This week, Seychelles have completed the following activities:
On Monday, the class learnt about the importance of ‘World Religion Day’. In English, the students have continued to read ‘Holes’ and created their own diary entry about what Camp Green lake is really like. In Maths, the pupils have recapped their knowledge of number bonds up to 100. And finally for Science we have been learning about how fossils are formed and when they were first discovered!.
As always, well done Seychelles for all your hard work !

Week 18+

This week in Seychelles class, the students have started a new book in English called ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar.

The students have been exploring the characters and describing the surroundings of setting ‘Camp Green Lake’.

In maths we have continued to progress with fractions looking at quarters, tenths and comparing and ordering fractions. In science we have looked at rock formation and the different properties of rocks and in food tech we enjoyed making sausage pasta.

Week 17+

We have all been excited to be back in Seychelles class this week.

The students showed good speaking and listening skills while telling us their news about what they had been up to over the Christmas break.

In maths we have started a new topic and began exploring fractions and in RE we started to look at the Jewish faith and discussed the similarities and differences to the Islamic faith which we looked at last half term.

The students also worked really hard in Food Technology and created a fantastic Cottage Pie.

Week 15+

This week in Seychelles class we have finished our book Gulliver’s Travels and did a book review on it and In maths we have been practicing our times tables.

We took part in and watched the talent show which was lots of fun!

We watched the primary Nativity play and we were really supportive of the younger children and on Friday we really enjoyed a visit to the Epstein Theatre to watch the pantomime Beauty and the Beast.

Week 14+

This week in Seychelles the class have completed the following activities:

In English, we have started reading ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ and have completed comprehension questions about what has happened in each chapter. In Maths, the students have worked out Christmas codes using subtraction and addition. For Science, the class used materials for an experiment to see whether ice cubes could stick to string. And finally, Seychelles had a special guest (student from KS4) to talk to them to learn more about the Islamic faith.

Once again well done Seychelles for all your hard work!

Week 13+

This week in Seychelles the class have completed the following activities:

In English, the class have studied the use of non-chronological reports and created their own on an animal of their choice.

In Maths, we have looked at the difference between using pounds and pence to work out calculations.

For RE, students have continued to learn more about the Islamic faith such as the importance of the Qur’an.

Finally, in Geography the pupils have considered the impact that humans have on the environment in particular the effects deforestation has on the planet.

Well done Seychelles for all your hard work!

Week 12+

This week in Maths we have been learning about the different types of money and using this knowledge to complete calculations.

In English, we have been learning what is needed to write a non-chronological report and how to set it out.

In Science, we have been doing plants and animals classification, by completing flow charts and answering questions on the different plants/animals to see where they fit on the flow chart.

In French we have learned about the feminine and masculine countries as well as islands in French.

In Geography, we have learnt all the different flags we have in Europe.

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Week 9+

This week in Seychelles we have been reading the Twits by Roald Dahl.

The students have made predications about what will happen next and wrote story summary’s. In PE we had lots of fun practicing our throwing and catching skills then had a game of tag rugby. In Geography we explored Europe where the students were able to identify Europe on the map and talk about the different continents. In maths we looked at perimeter and using a ruler to measure straight lines.

Week 8+

Seychelles have been doing a variety of activities based around Halloween. Some examples are we solved a crime using Maths sums. We learnt some of the background story behind Halloween, for example; it was not always called Halloween. We also learnt why and when it was created. The students made their own kahoot quiz and each student had a turn on the big board to challenge the rest of the class to answer their questions. We all had a go at making something to do with Halloween out of clay, whether that was a pumpkin or a day of the dead skull or something else. This decision was up to the students.

Week 7+

Seychelles have been learning about addition and subtraction in Maths.

We have been researching about black history, we have written a biography about a famous black people of our choice. We focused on Rosa Parks; we created our own play by reacting a scene on a bus when Rosa refused to give up her seat for a white woman which led to her being arrested. We have been enjoying playing the game payday which the children have really enjoyed during our key skills lessons.

Some children have been working on identifying money. During our project lesson we have been looking at tornados and we did a small experiment within a plastic bottle to create our own. This week some children made stir fry in food tech while the others done research on how much the ingredients would cost from the shop.

Week 6+

Seychelles have had a really positive, settled week.

We have completed our maths assessments, worked on addition and key skills, and played a great maths game in our free time called Guardians of Mathematica.

In English, we have been learning all about homophones and applying this knowledge to writing sentences and practising our spelling.

We made tuna pasta bake in food tech which was delicious!

Our project lessons this week have been really interesting and varied. We have researched famous tsunamis, discussed how earthquakes happen and completed a live Space lesson to celebrate British Space Week. In PE, we held a dodgeball tournament – well done all.

The pupils all worked hard in life skills and employability and enjoyed enrichment activities on Friday afternoon. We have worked really hard on developing social communication skills this week and the staff are really proud of everyone.

Week 5+
Week 4+

We have been making some fantastic kahoot quizzes to test our knowledge of fables.

This week we have looked at numbers up to a million in maths and compared and ordered them. We have worked on spelling, Social communication, and completed our pupil attitudes to school and self-surveys. In PE, we played three brilliant dodgeball matches against Cape Verde – well done Seychelles on your win! and then further developed our cricket skills.

Project this week has been fantastic, we have finished creating our volcanoes, learnt all about Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius and wrote a diary entry about our time at Pompeii. In Food Tech, half the class made pasta and meatballs and half used supermarket sites to cost the ingredients in the recipe.

A great week 🙂

Week 3+

Seychelles have been learning about roman numerals in maths, punctuating speech in English and developing their understanding of the fable: the town mouse and the country mouse. Students have compared the morals from different fables and taken part in a class discussion.

In food tech, we made sweet chilli chicken stir fry and everyone worked brilliantly in their groups. In key skills, we have been working on maths skills, phonics and spellings. PE this week involved a fantastic game of Kwik Cricket with Cape Verde class. Our project lessons have been excellent this week, with pupils producing their own model earth to show the different earth’s layers, learning all about tectonic plates. We even started work on our own volcanoes and plan to finish them next week. Looking forward to enrichment clubs starting this week

Week 2+

During the returning week for Seychelles class, we have had an excellent return for all of our students. We have ranged from Math’s and English, to ICT. We have also been building social skills through playing board games.

Maths

During the math’s lessons with the class, we have been doing positive and negative numbers. The boys have thrived through the tasks that the class team has set for them to complete.

English

So far we have been learning about Fable, The hare and the tortoise. The boys were all very invested into the fable story and really enjoyed the worksheets provided for them. They all excelled brilliantly throughout the lessons.

ICT

The class have really enjoyed the ICT lessons with the laptops provided to the boys. They also completed Star Reading tests on the laptops, which once again, they boys were great at.

Sport

They all have been playing football during their PE lesson, all taking part and enjoying themselves with friends.

Social Skills

The Social skills within the Seychelles class has been very impressive from the students. They got on really well together as a class and even when arriving to the class, they will just start to play games together without teachers suggesting the ideas to them.

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