Our Class 11 pupils have been working hard towards their GCSE qualification in Art. Some pupils have started to work on their assessed work under exam conditions. Other pupils are continuing with their coursework. One of the themes for the qualification this year is to look at established pieces of art, and then to add a personal interpretation using different multi-media. We have been looking at the value that adding 3D elements to our work can add.

3rd May – Class 10C assembly.

4th May – Blue Class trip to the Science Museum.

7th May – May Day Bank Holiday – Turney School will be closed.

14th May – Jack Petchey Awards, 7:30pm.

17th May – Class 3J assembly.

17th May – Diamond Jubilee lunch, 11:30am.

17th May – Diamond Jubilee disco, 2pm.

21st May – Year 1 eye tests.

31st May – Class 11 assembly.

1st June – Term 5 ends.

Class 2S are continuing to learn about the history of music during our weekly sessions with the Turney School keyboards. We have been looking at a musical timeline, starting off with the first instance of music being written down, and finishing in modern times with the wide use of mp3 players.

Our current focus is on the Baroque period. Class 2S listened to various pieces of Baroque music and then explained what they could hear. We noticed that the music follows a pattern, going from high, to low, to high and then back down to low again.

Working with the Turney School keyboards, the pupils then started to learn some simple Baroque sequences. We. Have been playing Bach’s Toccata and Fuge. This was our first session working with Baroque music. As you can see from the video above, Class 2S have produced some positive results.

We have introduced Class 2S to playing their own keyboards during our music workshops. We asked the pupils to explore the keyboard and to see what type of sounds are possible to achieve. We were able to identify which keys relate to high notes, as well as then working out that the lower notes are located on the opposite end of the keyboard.

Using a simple numbering system, we were able to encourage Class 2 S to play some simple tunes as part of this session. Future work will include an introduction to notation, as well as some work on reading sheet music. As you can see from the video above, this was a highly successful first session with some wonderful music being produced by Class 2S.

7th March – Class 10C trip to Dulwich Park.

14th March – Orange Class assembly.

15th March – U-14′s boys football tournament.

19th March – whole school assembly.

21st March – Purple Class assembly.

28th March – Silver Class assembly.

29th March – Class 1G assembly.

30th March – end of term.

16th and 17th April – INSET Day. School closed for teaching.

18th April – Pupils return for teaching.

We are exploring different gymnastic skills as part of our PE sessions in Class 3J. This theme is related to our earlier focus upon different jumping techniques using the school trampoline. The pupils are all now familiar with tuck jumps, star jumps and half-turn jumps after our trampoline sessions. The next stage for this progression was to try these out using different types of Turney School PE equipment.

We started this exercise using a gym bench. A safety mat was placed for the pupils to land upon. We encouraged Class 3J to remember the actions that they used on the trampoline, and then to repeat these moves on the bench. We will progress in future PE sessions with the other gymnastic equipment that we are fortunate to have at Turney School. This includes springboards and vaulting frames. You can watch some examples of our jumping techniques in the video above.

Class 1G enjoyed a really great music session in which we encouraged the pupils to interact with different props. We have been learning some new songs recently – Under the Sea is something of a Class 1G favourite. The song explains all about the many different life forms that can be found under the sea. Using some toys and a series of cloths to represent the sea, Class 1G experienced an added sensory value to their music session. Look out for the sharks!

10th February – end of term.

20th February – Teaching starts after half term break.

22nd February – Yellow Class assembly.

23rd February – Class 2S assembly.

29th February – Red Class assembly.

1st March – Class 1M assembly.

7th March – Green Class assembly.

14th March – Orange Class assembly.

19th March – whole school assembly.

21st March – Purple Class assembly.

29th March – Class 1G assembly.

30th March – end of term.