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This week in Year 4 has been… surprisingly delicious.
We’ve been unpicking the journey food takes through the digestive system (there were plenty of giggles at the messy bits) and then shifting gears to taste-testing flavours for our upcoming bread making.
The children threw themselves into both parts — curious, brave, sometimes a little dramatic when a flavour wasn’t quite what they expected — and it made the whole thing a joy to watch.
Bread day is coming soon and we can’t wait.
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🌟🔦 Year 3 have had an exciting week in science learning all about light, different light sources and how the sun’s UV rays can affect us. To explore sun safety, they created UV bead bracelets and took them outside to observe the beads changing colour. This helped them understand how UV light, even though we cannot see it, can still have a powerful effect on materials and their skin.
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🌟 FORCES IN ACTION! 🌟
This term, our year 5 scientists have been exploring the fascinating world of forces.
They’ve investigated:
• Gravity
• Air resistance
• Water resistance
• Friction
• Weight and mass
• Buoyancy and streamlined shapes
• Fulcrums and levers
Through practical investigations, they made predictions, tested their ideas and drew thoughtful conclusions about how each force works. We are very proud of their curiosity, teamwork and growing scientific understanding.
#TABisFAB #activescience
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To celebrate Road Safety Week, we would like to invite the children to come into school on Friday 21st November wearing one brightly coloured item, such as a hair band, socks, hat, shoes, or jumper, along with their school uniform.
Our aim is to see if your child’s class and teacher can spot all the brightly coloured items. This will help promote safe travel to school by teaching children the importance of making themselves visible to vehicles now that the winter months are approaching.
Be bright, be seen! 💛🚦
#TABisFAB #roadsafetyweek #bebrightbeseen
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Year 4 had the most wonderful time at Fishbourne Roman Palace this week. The children were completely absorbed in discovering how the Romans really lived — from their mosaics and underfloor heating to the everyday objects that told the story of life nearly two thousand years ago.
They asked brilliant questions, explored every corner with curiosity and came away buzzing with new knowledge. A truly special trip that brought our history learning to life.
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✨ Year 3 Weekly Highlights! ✨
Year 3 have had a wonderful week acting out scenes from the Nativity during their RE lessons, lots of brilliant expression!! They have also kicked off their new Science topic, Light, where the children discovered that light travels in straight lines and had great fun experimenting with this in class. 💡🔍
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In PSHE, year 5 have been learning about the difference between safe and unsafe secrets. Working in pairs, the children analysed different statements, deciding to what extent they strongly agreed or strongly disagreed with each. This led to a meaningful whole-class discussion, where the pupils used their talk phrases to articulate their thoughts. The year 5 pupils concluded that while people may value certain secrets differently, they all recognised the importance of identifying and addressing unsafe secrets.
#TABisFAB #PSHE #talkskills
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Don't forget its Children in need tomorrow!
We will be marking this year’s Children in Need appeal by asking the children to wear something spotty along with their normal school uniform.
There will be buckets at the front of the school at the beginning and at the end of the day for those who would like to donate to Children in Need, or you can donate directly to Children in Need via the schools Just Giving Page using the following link: https://www.justgiving.com/page/thomas-a-becket-junior-school-5?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL
#TABisFAB #childreninneed
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🤸♀️Our Year 5/6 gymnastics team put in an excellent performance at last week’s competition, finishing in a fantastic 3rd place overall! 🥉🎉
The team competed in both vault and floor routines, showing great focus, strength, and precision throughout.
They worked incredibly hard in the lead-up to the event to learn and perfect their routines, and their effort really paid off with confident and polished performances on the day.
Well done to all our gymnasts for their dedication, teamwork, and enthusiasm, we’re so proud of you! 💛🙌🏆
#TABisFAB #gymnastics #schoolgymnastics #SchoolSports
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🏀 Our Y3/4 basketball team had a brilliant day at their recent tournament, showing great skill, and teamwork. Playing in a round-robin format, the team grew in confidence and improved with every game. We saw some sharp shooting and great defensive rebounds.
They won the majority of their matches, losing only once, and finished in an impressive 2nd place overall! A fantastic achievement! 🥈🎉 Their effort and sportsmanship were outstanding, and their hard work has earned them a place in the Southern Area Finals.
Well done to all the players for representing our school so proudly and playing with such enthusiasm and skill!
#TABisFAB #Basketball #schoolsports