Well done to the children who took part in the Reception half term Maths challenge where pupils were challenged to order the number cards 1 - 20 against the clock! There were some super speedy times!
Here are some of the fastest children who entered:
1: Less than 2 minutes
2: 1 minute 26 seconds
3: 2 minutes 19 seconds
4: 1 minute 33 seconds
A fantastic effort from all who took part!
Over half term we organised a year group battle on Times Tables Rockstars. Well done to everybody who took the time to take part and practise their times tables knowledge.
THE RESULTS ARE IN! Drum roll please...
Here are some fantastic pictures from your Hacton at Home learning this week (with a few snowy fun ones thrown in too). As your teachers, we have loved seeing the engagement with your work this half term and are really proud of each and every one of you. Have a restful week off!
Year 6 have shown their fantastic culinary skills this week - taking part in our Year 6 pancake competition.
There have been stacks of American style pancakes, plates full of crepe style pancakes and a whole host of toppings shown on them too including: maple syrup, Nutella, berries and lemon and sugar - the list is positively endless. We even had a fabulous pancake flipper: this really impressed us! They have also focused on their presentation skills and have really put Miss Emes, Mrs Batty and Mrs Marriner to shame!
The winner is yet to be announced...we will keep you guessing and let you know on the Monday that we return to Hacton at Home.
Well done Year 6 - we look forward to seeing more of these skills being shown off in the coming weeks. Have a fabulous half term!
Year 2 have been looking at the work of the 16th Century Italian artist Guiseppe Arcimboldo – a painter best known for creating some incredibly imaginative portrait heads made entirely of objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers, fish and books. Year 2 took on the challenge of creating a portrait in the style of Arcimboldo, making it entirely from food, and I think you will agree that their works of art are just as imaginative and incredible as the man’s himself. Well done Year 2!
Our Year 2 children have continued to amaze us this half term with their talents and another talent to add to their ever-growing list is that of ‘Baker’. Whilst we have been schooling at home, Year 2 have been planning ‘Time Out’ into their weekly routine to focus on things that they enjoy doing and we have found some very skilled chefs. From biscuits to cupcakes to more elaborate large cakes; from pizzas to sausage rolls; from healthy snacks to vegan tarts: our team of cooks have made it all and our Baking Club is going from strength to strength!
Our next challenge is the pancake challenge where children will be sharing their Shrove Tuesday pancake feasts with us. How do you have yours? Lemon and sugar? American style in a stack? Covered in chocolate spread? We are really looking forward to seeing the pancake creations after half term.
Have a wonderful half term break… and BAKE!
In the Hacton at Home Plus folder on Google Drive there is a brand new Nature Detectives competition for you to go and take part in. There is a fantastic prize to be won of a brand new nature book. Everybody who takes part will also receive a certificate. We can't wait to see your entries. Have a fantastic half term!
Mrs Caston and Mrs Redwood
Havering's Para Arts Exhibition
I would like to congratulate the P-HIC on having
their group work exhibited in Havering’s Para Arts Exhibition. It is a
colourful painting inspired by Kandinsky’s circles. The painting can be
found at 4 minutes and 45 seconds on the online gallery.
The link is below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT8yn4HSM8U&feature=youtu.be
Half Term Art with the Tate
I would also like to encourage everyone to get
arty over the half term holiday. The Tate has lots of fun, arty activities for
kids to take part in online over the break. Follow the link below:
Hacton at Home Plus Art Challenge
Finally, I would like to thank pupils for their
art work in response to the Art Lockdown Challenge on Hacton at Home Plus.
Please keep sending in fantastic art work of shoes
that tell you something about the owner.
Have a great break!
Mrs Murphy
In Art, Year 4 had the opportunity to create a diorama of their 'Happy Place' in celebration of Mental Health Week. This activity allowed children to use their imagination and their artistic skills, such as creating textures with different materials. Here are some examples of the fantastic work that we have received:
Year 6 put their knowledge and understanding of the situation we are currently living in to good use last week when they wrote their own balanced arguments where they identified reasons for and against schools reopening after half term. They focused on the facts that we are all aware of- infection rates being high, children wanting to get back to school, teachers wanting to get back to school, the fact that vaccines are now being given and the impact lockdown is having on child, parent and teacher relationships to write wonderful balanced arguments. They were all well structured pieces with a whole array of appropriate openers used.
This week in Maths, our Reception children have been learning how to estimate. They have been making sensible guesses about how many objects they can see and have then checked the amount by counting. Lots of Children have taken part in the daily challenge of estimating different things and have enjoyed sending in their estimate to the teachers.
Monday Challenge: how many sweets are in the jar?
Write out the numbers 0-20 onto some paper/ card, cut them up and then ask a grown up or somebody in your house to mix them up- no peeking!
Ask somebody
to time you to see how quickly you can put them into the correct order. Send in a photo of you with the cards in the
correct order and with your fastest time to
Who can order the numbers the quickest?
Get ready! GO!!
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Last Friday, as part of Children’s Mental Health Week, Year 2 decided to ‘Dress to Express’ - to wear a colourful outfit to express yourself. Some even chose costumes!
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The pupils in Year 2 have been learning about Materials and their properties whilst at home. They have taken part in different investigations throughout the topic, and this was one of their favourites. They were given the task to test four different materials to find the most suitable for a tent for their teddy. They had to test absorbency, water resistance and strength against the wind and rain. The children had obvious fun using hoses in the garden, bath taps and hairdryers to test for these things. They then had to complete a table of results giving their reasons why materials were suitable or not.
