Alexandra Junior School

As part of our D&T seasonal foods topic, Year 4 have enjoyed making cupcakes today. Yummy!

Year 5 have had a fantastic D & T lesson making their very own Tomato soup! We used our Bridge technique to help us like our previous lesson. It was so much fun and very yummy!

👍Y6 Ormiston Meridian parents - Please see the attached letter with changes to the Y6-7 Transition Meeting 👍

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Eid Mubarak to all of our lovely families celebrating today 🥰🙏🥰

5SB have really enjoyed their skipping workshop this morning! We even learnt some skipping tips and tricks too!

Year 4 have had a great afternoon in D&T.
We have created our own moving mechanism using paper to create amazing cards and posters.

Year 5 have had a fun afternoon in their DT lesson learning about seasonal fruits in Britain and then made their very own fruit kebabs to eat! They had to use the Bridge technique to cut the fruits. It was so much fun!

Year 4 have loved sorting different materials today in Science. We have experimented with different liquid and solid materials by touching and pouring them. Some were very sticky 😂

Please have a read of our child friendly Attendance Policy created by our School Council 👍😍

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Have your child signed up for an afterschool club this half term🥰

Y6 Parents - will your child be going to Ormiston Meridian Academy- if so come along to meet a few of their teachers and they will answer any of your questions 🥰

Year 4 enjoyed a game of Battleships today in Maths. We looked at co-ordinates in our learning and how to plot them on a graph. We then went outside to sink our opponents ships.

4CF have enjoyed creating their “Journey Trees” today in RE

The Roots - People who inspire/ care for you
The Trunk - Your achievements
The Petals - Your goals / dreams

We spoke about people who guide and protect us.

Our goblin car team are super excited about their upcoming race day. We’ve been dodging the rain, practising both in the hall and outside this afternoon, making final preparations for race day on Thursday 6th June. Wish us luck!

Thank you to everyone that attended Parents Evening, we really appreciate all of your support and hoped you enjoyed discussing your child and their next steps. Thank you 🥰

We are starting to get ready for our Summer Fayre 🥰☀️🥰 If you have any items that you would like to donate please send them in to school - thank you 👍👍🥰
Also here are a list of the non uniform days that we will be having to help with our fayre 🥰

Year 4 had an amazing day yesterday at the Dairy Farm in Ashbourne.

We found out some interesting facts about Cows and where milk comes from. We also fed some marshmallows to the cows. Yum!

We then had the a chance to make some butter from just a little cream… Shake! Shake! Shake!

Please sign up for the very important diabetes check for your child

5KW had a super morning at the Emma Bridgewater Factory. We learnt lots and even decorated our own plates. 😀

Year 4 have had a lovely morning outside.
In Maths, we have been learning about lines of symmetry in shape.
We even used mirrors to check our faces.. WOW!

Year 5 have been busy working on using protractors to draw lines and angles in maths. Some fantastic partner talk for peer support has been heard! For more support with protractor work, the Year 5s can use the links on their Google Classroom

What a week year 3 have had making appreciation flags in PSHE and learning how to use Google classroom in computing. Year 3 will now be able to access homework online from home.

Our boys football team had a fantastic win at the Crescent Academy ⚽️

Year 4 have loved being outside today, learning all about the properties of shapes in Maths.

After finishing our explanation text writing about the Ancient Egyptians, year 3 had the opportunity to “mummify” Mrs Mountford, Mrs Rabia and Mrs Wea ring!

Please have a read 👍 You will also receive an email with more information about it. Thanks 🥰

4CF have had a wonderful morning at Emma Bridgewater.

We had a tour of the factory, met some skilled workers and then painted our own plates. I think some of the children have found a career when they are older!