We have had a wonderful week in Deer Class, we have loved sharing fantastic experiences together. We participated in National Numeracy Day and lots of other lessons and activities! ⭐️

We celebrated National Numeracy Day! We made some number headbands and decorated them beautifully. We enjoyed wearing these around school and participating in maths activities. We enjoyed a wide range of maths resources and we worked on our individualised maths targets. During the session it was lovely to see our pupils playing maths games with one another, showing fantastic team work and kindness towards one another.

During this weeks history session, we continued our work on the Vikings! During the session we engaged in a writing task using colourful semantics to support our learning. We also participated in our weekly history quiz, we had some team leaders and it was wonderful to see our pupils working together! Below are some fantastic drawings that our pupils created during the session! How amazing! ⭐️

On Thursday we went to Rushall to explore the playground. It was wonderful to see our confidence in gross motor skills and our co-ordination and balance. It made our staff smile with joy to hear us all cheering on one another and supporting each other! 💙

We enjoyed our Dough Disco session, we enjoyed moving along to our favourite songs, having a boogie! We developed our fine motor skills by following and copying actions such as pinching, prodding, splatting and rolling etc… 👋🌈

Some of our pupils in Deers participated in an Athletics trip, here we played a wide range of activities, we engaged in the long jump, javelin, bean bag games, chest throws and much more! We also participated in a relay! We did an amazing job. We worked incredibly well as a team, cheering each other on and having fun! 🏅🏏👟🏓

Our champion this week is … Tommie! Tommie has shown fantastic pupil leadership this week, he has been so helpful, positive and kind, he is a fantastic role model in the classroom and in the wider community. Well done Tommie! We are so proud! ⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨

This week we had a very special job of trying on our new secondary uniform. We look so smart! It was wonderful to see our pupils trying on the new Oakwood secondary uniform ready for the fashion show next week! It was a very proud moment seeing our amazing Deer pupils in the blazer and tie! 💙🌳

This week we explored our topic “African Safari” we learnt where Kenya is located on the globe. We learnt about the capital city of Kenya (Nairobi). We loved exploring a wide range of safari animals, learning interesting facts about each species. We can’t wait to continue our topic, developing our knowledge. We learnt about terms such as ‘environment’, ‘predator’, ‘prey’ and ‘species’. It is fantastic to see our vocabulary broadening, we are using the terms we have learnt in science and applying this to a new topic, which is wonderful. We enjoyed using our plane tickets to Kenya as we jet off to Africa to explore the Safari! 🐯🦁🦓🐘🐆🐅🦏🦛🇰🇪

In History this week, we became Viking warriors! We made Viking helmets, during our craft activity. We have been learning facts about the Vikings and their invasion of Britain. We have learnt important dates in the Viking timeline. We have explored Viking longships. We are recalling and retaining so many facts about the Vikings and are even comparing them to other historical times we have learnt about! We are so proud of our wonderful Deers and how they engage in History, it has been a joy to teach history, and we definitely have future historians in Deer Class! So far this year we have learnt about the Romans, the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings! We will continue our Viking topic for a few more weeks, then next stop Egyptians! ✍️📚⭐️

On this weeks community visits, we went to Brownhills town. We went on a lovely walk over the bridge and through forest areas. We enjoyed this beautiful walk in the sunshine with our Deers family! It was amazing to see so many fantastic vocalisations. We also went to Tesco to pick up some crayons and card for our craft activities. We are becoming experts in paying at the till! We definitely have some future shop keepers in Deers too! 🏪🛒🛍

Our Champion this week is … Abdullah. Abdullah had created some beautiful work and he always talks beautifully to everyone around school, he is so polite and friendly! Well done Abdullah! ⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️

This week we celebrated David Attenborough’s 98th birthday! We celebrated all he incredible work he does for the planet, the animals and plants. We learnt about his life and all the amazing achievements and awards he has received. We discovered that Sir David Attenborough has species named after him too! We enjoyed learning facts about Sir David Attenborough, his knighthoods, his awards, his discoveries and his documentaries. During the session we watched the best moments of his documentaries, learnt some amazing facts, wrote a “Happy Birthday” and “Thank you” letter to him, made Sir David Attenborough inspired cakes and created some beautiful art work. We also discussed how we can help and contribute towards saving the planet and preventing global warming by turning of lights and saving water.

Happy 98th Birthday to Sir David Attenborough, from Deer Class! 🦌🌎🗺❤️

During our week our amazing pupils have helped the wider school by being fruit monitors! We love helping our office staff and delivering fruit to different classrooms, this has helped develop our confidence and self-esteem. 🍓🍎🍊🍏🍐

Our Champion this week is Zion! We are so proud of Zion, he is always to kind to his friends and adults. He has created amazing pieces of work this week! Zion has had a wonderful week! Well done Zion! 😊⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨😊

Ruth’s champion this week is Kian! Ruth was so impressed with Kian’s fantastic communication and confidence! Well done Kian for getting Ruth’s Head Teacher award! ⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨⭐️✨