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Football Victory
Highclare are winners again ! ‘HMS Birmingham Vase’ Final Highclare 5 Our Lady St. Rose of Lima 0 For the second consecutive year the boys at Highclare School’s Junior Department reached the final of this prestigious Birmingham Primary Schools 7 a-side football competition. In what was a closely contested contest from start to finish, although…
Fencing
We have just been introduced to the art of Fencing. Six Year 4 pupils were invited to have a go, wearing suitable head protection and plastic 'foils' with hand shields. This extra curricular club will commence after Easter on a Friday, after school. A letter will be sent home with full details.
Year 5 Science
Year 5 at the Abbey discovered that sounds are made when objects or materials vibrate during their Science lessons in the Junior Laboratory. They did a battery of investigations with tuning forks, tuning forks in water, string telephones, guitars and milk bottles. They also designed their own investigations to discover how different materials absorbed sound….
‘Pirates’
A Review by Abbie: Recently, the Abbey and Woodfield Junior school have been working regularly on their production, ‘Pirates’. Each student counted, with a part or forming the chorus, and have tried their hardest to put on an exceptionally sensational and remarkable performance with lots of humour. There weren’t really any main characters. However, most…
Children in Need
Juniors at the Abbey have raised £102 for Children in Need! Well done, to all of the children and teachers who wore their spots! Well done, to those children who donated spotty cakes for the Spotty Cake Challenge!
J6 Story Makers
J6 pupils have been very busy producing their own picture books for five year old children. They have designed the covers and even made their own story boxes. On Tuesday the pupils were given the opportunity to read their stories to Woodfield’s Reception pupils. A perfect audience for fabulous stories. Well done, J6!
Economic Well Being Day
As part of their Fractions Topic, J4 pupils put their heads together to investigate everyday household budgets, finding out what fractions of income went to paying bills. Maybe they will appreciate their pocket money more, now!
Book Week
Pupils at the Abbey enjoyed a fun filled week in their Book Week before half term. Pupils made books, read and wrote stories, had a visit from Alison from Birmingham Library, raised money for books for the Juniors through the Book Fair and also raised £105 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital through our Reflective Assembly and…
J5 Tudor Day
Pupils in J5 enjoyed a Tudor Day with their friends from St Paul’s. We enjoyed being in a Tudor farmhouse and schoolroom in the morning and performed a Tudor play in the afternoon. It was brilliant to go back in history and be just like the Tudors! I loved it when I performed the part…
Tudor Houses
The pupils in J5 have been busy making Tudor houses in their DT lessons. They have learnt all about wattle and daub and the characteristics of a typical Tudor house. J5 have also enjoyed a Tudor Day at St Paul's.
