Silver Class have been working on their literacy work since the Easter break. We have set the target of improving our phonetics before the end of the school year. Silver Class have been singing the alphabet song to help us with this work, remembering all of the letters from A-Z in the correct sequence.

Our phonetics work is also being supported with the reading of the current Silver Class book, The Bear Hunt. This is a great book to help us with our phonic sounds. We get to remember all of the different animals and the sounds in their names. The book also has many actions, such as over or under. We have produced some written work around this, and then pointed out the phonic sounds that we can hear.

Orange Class had great fun preparing and presenting our recent school assembly. As part of our current class transport theme, we sang one of our favourite Orange Class songs, The Wheels on the Bus. During the assembly we asked our friends from other classes in the school who they thought some of the other passengers on the bus might be. We then asked them what activities they were doing – the babies were crying and the Mums were chattering! Back in our classroom and Orange Class have produced a display to help us remember our special assembly.

We are all incredibly excited about the introduction of a new school song for all within the Turney community. We introduced this to Blue Class during their weekly singing assembly. This has been specially written by our music staff at the school. We will be singing this throughout Turney, from our Early Years classes through to Key Stage 4. The song is very positive and uplifting. It celebrates all that is great at Turney School and our many achievements and ambitions.

The full Lyrics are:

We are the children of Turney School
We take pride in the things we do
Learning together and having fun
Who is for a great day, everyone!

Give all that you’ve got
Because you’ve really got a lot
Give it heart, give it mind
Don’t stop!

We have been continuing with our work to sequence words and symbols in Class 1M. The pupils been working with phonics to help us with our work. Using the class whiteboard, we were shown a sequence of words such as crab, tent and wag. We then asked the pupils to find sounds such as A, T or B. This activity also helps us with our letter recognition as we develop our vocabulary.

We have been working hard during our P.E. sessions in Class 1G to understand instructions and remember sequences. We asked the pupils to complete the task of placing the beanbags in the bucket, starting with the closest first, and then working towards the beanbag that was the furthest away. We slowly removed adult support from this activity, until each pupil was able to carry out the activity independently. We then encouraged the pupils to focus on improving their speed and skill to complete the task. We were pleased to find that all pupils were able to remember the correct sequence independently, as well as competing in a friendly race with other class members.

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.

With summer and the Olympics fast approaching, our attention in Class 3J has turned towards athletics. We have been using our lessons to practice different skills and activities that can help us with our coordination. The beanbag race is a current favourite in Class 3J!

We have asked the pupils to focus on the rules of the race, as well as to think about the sequence of events that we need to carry out in order to complete the task. We are all also remembering to shake hands at the end of the activity as well. As you can see from the short video above, there has also been great support from our class friends watching the races.

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.

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.

Sliver Class are continuing to make superb progress across all parts of the curriculum during their first year of learning at Turney School. The children are working really hard on their phonic skills. This is an incredibly important building block that then helps the children with their word formation during later years. Silver Class have been focussing on the phonics of S, T, C, and E. Our work around these letters looks at the sounds that each letter makes when spoken, as well as letter formation. We have also been singing the brilliant ABC song to help us with our work!

We are having great fun reading A Walk in the Jungle as our main class book. There are some brilliant characters in the story that the children are able to identify with. We have been sequencing the order of the story, as well as thinking about animal movement and how the different characters move around the jungle. Our artwork in Silver Class is also based around this book. We have been painting and producing collages based around our favourite animals. We have used our knowledge of shapes with this work, creating some images of the animals made out of specific shapes.

Blue Class are continuing to find many different purposes that come out of our wonderful weekly singing assembly. As well as the beautiful singing and incredibly useful signing of the songs, careful thought is given to the song choices. French songs such as Frere Jacque help the pupils with their language skills; songs such as I Can Sing a Rainbow help with our colour recognition. Multi-tasking, and beautiful singing! You can hear a short burst of Blue Class enjoying their assembly in the podcast below.