John Wilkinson Primary School and Nursery Parent Portal

Friday 29th April 2022

ISSUE 17

Celebration Children

Congratulations to the following children who have made us proud this week!

Reception - Henry for listening more carefully to instructions this week.
Year 1 - Chloe has been chosen for trying really hard in her maths this week.
Year 2 - Bella has been chosen for always being organised. Bella gets the classroom ready for reading every morning!
Year 3 - Avalon for super concentration and effort in her writing this week.
Year 4 - James has been chosen for great engagement and contributions in class discussions.
Year 5 - In Year 5 a child has been chosen for demonstrating excellent knowledge of Greek Gods, Goddesses and mythical creatures.
Year 6 - A child in Year 6 has been chosen for concentrating well on his work and demonstrating his maturity through his approach to the tasks given.

Curiosity Corner

Take a look at what our children have been curious about this week in their learning!

29 Apr 2022

Roman Artefacts

This week in Year 3 we have stared our new topic Emperors and Empires. Today we were studying pictures of Roman artefacts and trying to guess what their purpose was. We all thought of an interesting question we would like to ask about each artefact.

29 Apr 2022

Portrait perfection!

Year Two have been working on their portraiture skills this week. We decided to use watercolour paint to recreate a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The children looked closely at all the details in the picture and worked hard to make their paintings as accurate as possible.

29 Apr 2022

Nursery news

In Nursery this week, we have been learning about planting and growing. Children have enjoyed planting seeds and young plants and have taken great care to ensure they have the best start. We have thought about the different parts of a plant, naming the seed, root, stem, leaf, b...

29 Apr 2022

Amazing safari!

The Reception class have started their topic this week called 'Animal safari'. We had great fun creating a jungle area in the classroom.

Little Wandle

We are very excited about our new reading and phonics scheme, Little Wandle, in Early Years and Year 1. We hope that everybody who was able to make it to our Information session online found it helpful. If you would like to know more, watch some of the videos or download some of the resources, please follow this link! Little Wandle Parent Page

Meet the Staff

Name: Mrs Fielding

Likes: Calm, relaxing spaces, gardening and reading.

Dislikes: Heights, travelling in a lift and cluttered areas.

Favourite subject at school: Science

Fun fact: I started school here at John Wilkinson in the reception class when the school first opened and was in the first class to travel all the way through school.

Sports News

29 Apr 2022

Key Stage 2 P.E

This week in P.E children in Year 6 have started learning rounders bowling skills and some rules of the game.Year 3 and 4 have been working on some basic orienteering skills. This included working as a team to find specific points located on a map. It required leadership skills, listening s...