Money, Money, Money

It's maths week here at Charsfield and yesterday Jim, Joanne and Janet came along from Ipswich Building Society to help coordinate a money day.

Children from years 2, 3 and 4 were involved and learnt about the origins of money (it all started with a fisherman!), the different currencies around the world, how to save and the fact that money does not grow on trees! 

They played money bingo, money dominoes and made money boxes.  Class 2 teacher Miss Tuckwell said "It was a brilliant way for the children to gain a greater understanding and awareness of money, everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves."

 

We went on a French bear hunt and came third!

Huge congratulations to Class 2 who came THIRD in 'Suffolk's Got Multilingual Talent'

They acted out a translation of:

"La chasse à l'ours"

35 schools in Suffolk took part in the competition and just three went through from each region (North, South & West).  The 9 remaining teams met at the Bobby Robson Suite at ITFC on Tuesday 3rd July and ...

 ... our Class 2 came third :-)

Here they are

And here is the prize

All Aboard!

Whilst Class 3 are off on their residential, Classes 1 & 2 had a lovely sunny day out by the sea.  A day in Lowestoft but not a sandcastle in sight!  Instead trolley buses and trams at the East Anglian Transport Museum.

Mrs Root, Class 1 teacher said "It was an excellent day, the children and staff thoroughly enjoyed themselves. We had a ride on a trolley bus, a tram and a train and the cobbled roads made it very authentic.  We also had to be very alert to road safety because the trolley buses were so quiet".

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Flowers out of clay

In Class 2 Science this term we have been having a really good look at the parts of a plant. We designed our own and modelled them out of clay.  Here are just a few of them: 

These gorgeous flowers are going home, to be given as presents for Mothering Sunday.  Aren't they lovely!?

Samba Time

As part of their music lessons this term, Class 2 have been having Samba lessons. The photo shows the children playing surdo, tamborim, agogo and the snare drum.

Samba is recognised as a symbol of Brazil.

Wikipedia's definition is:
"The modern samba that emerged at the beginning of the 20th century is basically 2/4 tempo varied with the conscious use of chorus sung to the sound of palms and batucada rhythm, adding one or more parts or stanzas of declaratory verses. Traditionally, the samba is played by strings (cabaquinho and various types of guitar) and various percussion instruments such as tamborim."

Ipswich Town Football Club Visit

A great day was had by classes 2 and 3 on the 9th June, when we all wnt to ITFC for a tour and to partake in activities.

We were taken round all the unseen areas, including the director's box, the 'dug out', the tunnel that all the players come out of and even the changing rooms, which were very plush!

Sporting events this half term.

On the 28th of March we went to Woodbridge Rugby Union Football Club for a tag rugby tournament. We took on some very tough teams and came out second from bottom, but we tried really hard. After the tournament we felt annoyed we hadn’t won but happy to have play there and to have won one match. Miss Tuckwell took us to the rugby and we had a great turn out from parents. !
On Thursday 22nd March, our net ball team,Ellie, Brittany, Franki, Harriet, Amber and captained by Millie, went to a High 5 Netball Tournament at Thomas Mills. We had to play against 8 schools. We played against Worthem A, Dennington, Worthem B, Occold, Thorndon , Wilby , Stoke Ash and Bedfield. We lost 5 games but we also won 2 games and drew one and came 7th out of 10 schools. Worthem A came 1st, Stoke ash in 2nd place and Wilby in 3rd place.

Cross Country Event at Stonham Aspall. It was a shame not to have had the sunshine of the last few days, but a great time was had by all. Our intrepid reporter, Florence said, “ It was very tiring and hard. At the beginning it was really noisy, everyone was shouting as the race started. But later when you were running on your own, it was really quiet. As I got closer to the end I felt much happier and relieved!” Well done to George Ferguson for coming 14th overall out of the boys!

Kaleidoscopes

Class 2 have made these wonderful Kaleisoscopes! We took a Pringles tube, (other tubes of crisps are available!), did some clever cutting and sticking, added some mirror card, in the shape of a triangular prism and a set of really good instructions to follow! We were all really pleased with the results!

Celebration of Schools' Music Day on 10th March 2011.

Classes 2 and 3 had an amazing experience performing at the Celebration of School's Music at Snape Maltings on 10th March 2011. We had been rehearsing hard to learn all the different dances - Waltz, Jive and Street, along with composing some of the music to accompany the dances. Class 2 had been doing lots of practise on their cornets to accompany a The Charleston, danced by children from Dennington.
It was a truly wonderful experience and huge thanks go to the organisers at Snape Maltings and to members of staff who made taking part possible.

Class 2 Puppets

Wider Opportunities Music

Since September Class 2 have been lucky enough to receive music lessons from Mr. McDowell from County Music Services. He has been teaching the children how to play the cornet. Each child has been loaned a cornet to use and practise on, they can even take them home!

My favourite quote from one of the children recently overheard in the corridor was, 'Mrs. McGeever, its not a cacophany anymore!' I think this shows that they are making lots of progress and I will add, the sounds coming from Class 2 are definitely no where near being a cacophony anymore, they are actually pretty mellifluous!

Class 2 trip to Madam Tussauds

Were we hosting an all star, red carpet event at Charsfield school last week? Have we had tea with the Prime Minister? Is Miss Tuckwell really friends with Lewis Hammilton?

... sadly not, but Class 2 did still have a brilliant day in London!

Maths week

We had a brilliant time last week with our 'Maths week'. So many activities were organised for us, from baking to seeing a performance from a visiting theatre group. Dennington joined us for a maths trail around the school and grounds and we went there for a 'Maths Olympics'! We had loads of fun designing and making our own maths games and we then invited the parents to come in, have a play and tell us what they thought. Have a look at the slide show below and I'm sure you'll see how much fun maths can really be!

French Day

We have become amazing storytellers..!

Last week Classes 2 and 3 were lucky enough to have a storytelling workshop every morning. Chip, Gloria and Tilda from Snail Tales, started the week by telling an amazing story. Over the week we learned how to share and interprate our ideas into stories of our own. It was a real priviledge to have them in school and the children learned a lot and got a huge amount of enjoyment out of the week.

Music in the Village Hall

On Wednesday the whole school, joined by Dennington were lucky enough to have Jonathan Beecher and Sarah Porter from Beecher Acoustics come and perform a concert. Jonathon performed on a 300 year old cello! Class One danced to the music and the older children were taken on a musical journey all round the world!

Crafty Tuesday...

Weirdy Fish and Tye-dying!

Let's go camping!

With the year 5 and 6s off to Hilltop this week, we thought that we all deserved a treat and are camping out on the school field for the night!

We have lots more exciting things planned for the week. Watch this space...

Aboriginal Art Work

Class 2 have been looking at different cultures in art this term.
Here is some of our art work...