Today the School Council came to a decision. We have chosen Cancer Research UK as our school charity of the year. We’re looking forward to announcing this exciting news in Collective Worship. We’re all going to be thinking about what they do and different fundraising ideas. Watch this space…

TTrockstars is a times table and add and subtract and divide game.

You have about 1,2 or 3 minutes to answer as many questions as you can.

Studio

Studio is a 1 minute game. You have to answer as many questions as you can. After a minute you will get your average speed. It is across 10 games so don’t worry if you get some wrong

Garage

Garage lets you pick 1 min 2 mins or 3 minutes. You have 1,2 or 3 minutes and however many you get write will have an impact on you checker. Your checker is something that give you all the questions in the 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,910,11, and 12 times table. If it is green you are under 3 seconds. If it is yellow you are in the middle and if you are red you are at the bottom.

Jamming

Jamming is a game when you don’t have a timer and have a choice of  30 questions 20 or 10 questions. You also have a choice of  just times table just divide or both. You get four coins for as many questions you get right for times and divide. If you choose both then you get 8 coins per question. 

Soundcheck

Soundcheck is when you get 6 seconds per question. If you don’t answer in the time given you will get the answer wrong and move on. You have 25 questions and the target is to try and get full marks 25/25.

Gig 

Gig is 3 minutes to answer as many questions as you can. Don’t worry if you don’t it is just a game and won’t count anything and change anything apart for you current balance. 

Arena

Arena is something you can do to race against others in your class and maybe in your school.

Festival

Festival is something you can do to race against the world. You can race anyone else who is doing it.

Rockslam 

Rockslam is something you can do to challenge your classmates and give them a score to beat

In Witheridge School we went to the church to celebrate our harvest festival.  The children in reception showed fruit and  vegetable  drawings. In class 1 and 2 they sang a harvest song; in class 3 they read a prayer and in class 4 they did a reading of Frank and the pea stalk. Overall it was great! All the food we donated  is going to be sent to CHAT for people less fortunate than us. Thank you to all the people that helped. In total we donated 3 boxes of food. That’s a  lot! When we saw the box three days before the harvest festival, it had nothing in.

In May, Year 6 SATs took place. Every morning year 6 were allowed to come in early and have breakfast and chat with friends. After, year 6 would get sat down and start. On Monday they did grammar and spelling, on Tuesday they did arithmetic paper one, Wednesday they did reasoning  and on Thursday they did reasoning paper three and then had finished their papers. On the Friday they went on a trip to celebrate finishing SATs. We are very pleased with our Year 6 children and their enthusiastic approach to their SATs learning. Well done, Year 6!

By Abbie 

On Tuesday the 25th of February,Class 3 went on a trip to Wildwood escot. 

While at Wildwood Escot, class 3 pupils were able to dress up like they would in Anglo Saxon times (this included wearing war paint!). Pupils took part in making bread just like in the Anglo Saxon era. The way bread was made was a fascinating experience for the pupils. They made the flour by hand,they used a flour grinder and had to twist it by hand.  Class 3 were able to make a copper brooch,this was used to fasten clothing. They created mallets by hammering metal into the shape.

Class 3 saw some cool things on their visit, for example they saw a compost toilet! These were very eco-friendly.                                                        While at Wildwood Escot,The saw multiple animals and wildlife, they go as the following :

• Wolves
• Wild cats
• Peacocks
• Wild boar

Class 3 created a sign saying : Witheridge Academy. Pupils were able to see a stone, bronze and  iron age hut.

By Ebony

On  Friday the 31st of January, class 4 had the opportunity to go to Chepstow Castle.

Chepstow Castle is located on the edge of Wales in Monmouthshire. Chepstow Castle is the oldest post-Roman fortification. Built in 1067 Ad, Chepstow was a Norman fortress along the winding River Wye. It was built 1 year after the Battle of Hastings by Earl William FitzObsbern – The first earl of Hereford, after  permission from William The Conqueror. Whilst building, there was a secret door somewhere around the perimeter. The upper bailey was originally built by the Normans and was then added to by the Tudor era. The Tudors built the lower bailey.  

Did You Know ?

During a civil war,  one of the  walls was knocked down and was then rebuilt with a diagonal pillar on both sides and metal wires to maximise the possibility of it not falling down.

The toilets were mainly on the right side as the waste would fall down into the the river.

Musket holes and arrow slits were used to defend the castle. it was difficult to let arrows in but easy for them to go out.

Throughout the day, class 4 went on a self-guided tour. We saw the original doors which were very well preserved. All of the castle grounds were incredibly. We ate lunch in the magnificent  courtyard. During the afternoon, class 4 did some artwork. we were focusing on the work of Has Holbein. We  all chose a specific area in the courtyard and sketched it out. We focused on the line work like Hans Holbeins ‘dance of Death’. Some people drew the Great doors, others the windows and just the brick work around the area.  Unfortuately  there was work in some of the castle so we were unable to go further in. 

We ended the day with scaling the perimeter (we even climbed the massive hill and some people tripped coming down!)

Everybody in class 4 was exceptionally grateful for the opportunity we had. Everybody had great fun throughout the entire (and very long) day. 

This year we did our normal choosing of the school council. On UK parliament week we voted for our school councillors in our year. This year we voted for: reception-Toby, Year 1- Georgia, Year 2- Lily E Year 3- Hazel, Year 4-Ollie Year 5- Alfie and Year 6- Molly. We also have our head boy and head girl who are heads of our school council and are both in year 6. 

Emma

This half term class 4 are doing Peasants, Princes and Pestilence for our topic. This will be focusing on the Tudors and Medieval times. We will look at key figures in history such as William the Conqueror or Wat Tyler. We will also be learning about the black death and the peasants revolt. Pupils will learn about how medieval times came to be and the battle of Hasting in 1066. I am really looking forward to learning about black death.

The Battle of Hastings was between the Anglo Saxons  and the Normans.

Ebony and Abbie

the nativity for this year was straw and order the children worked very hard and were very dedicated to make this the best nativity we have ever performed The main roles went to class four like judge grumps, Mrs correct, Mr proper, the wise men, narrator etc

Judge Grumps: Emily

Naz the Narrator: Abbie

Mr proper: Cody

Mrs correct: Evie

Wise men

Balthasar : Alfie

Melchoir : Tate

Caspar: Zack

All the children had so much fun making it 😀

by Paige and Ebony

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month we paid our respects. In our school we had our two minutes in the hall to remember the incredible people who lost their lives in our country’s name. We all think they served us proud and were the sort that would save us again and again and again. After our silence, we read the famous speech ‘they shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old: age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. We will remember them.’ So why don’t you take a moment to remember them.

Emma