Posted on: 31/01/2018Nursery & Y5 Chinese New Year WorkshopToday our Nursery and Year 5 classes joined together for a Chinese New Year workshop run by The Education Group. The children got to learn the 'Dragon Dance' which incorporated the traditional Chinese dragons head, fans and parasols. The children then had the opportunity to paint their very own Chinese New Year plate. The Nursery children and Year 5 worked beautifully together demonstrating our school values of kindness and cooperation.
Posted on: 29/01/2018Year 1 'Scout Adventure Day'Linked to Russell, a young Wilderness Explorer and character from their English stimulus 'Up', Year 1 today took part in a very exciting 'Scout Adventure Day'. During the day the children had the chance to take part in a range of different Scouting activities such as pitching a tent, reading a map and compass, and knot tying. This afternoon Year 1 also went on a hike around the local area, and despite getting caught in the rain, managed to successfully apply their newly acquired navigational skills. The children then ended the day by sitting together and singing some traditional campfire songs. What an enjoyable experience!
Posted on: 26/01/2018Reception Bake SaleLinked to their core text 'Biscuit Bear', this afternoon our Reception class held a bake sale in their classroom for their parents and carers. The children baked a variety of different cakes and biscuits using the ingredients they bought from their recent trip to Woolwich Tesco. Reception managed to raise an impressive £58.35 from the bake sale which will go towards lots of lovely things for the children to enjoy. Well done Reception class!
Posted on: 24/01/2018Years 3 & 5 Forces WorkshopToday our Years 3 & 5 classes travelled to our partner school Woodhill to take part in a science workshop which focused on the topic of forces. The children and their friends from Woodhill had a great time learning more about forces and how they work, and some of the children even got to help the scientist with his experiments.
Posted on: 23/01/2018Y2 Trip - Woolwich GurdwaraAs part of their RE learning this half term, today Year 2 visited the Woolwich Gurdwara. They learnt more about the religion of Sikhism and made Rockliffe proud by demonstrating one of our core vales, respect. At Rockliffe Manor we are lucky to have many different faiths, cultures and languages represented in our school community and enjoy having opportunities to build pupils interest and understanding of their place in a diverse society.
Posted on: 22/01/2018Reception Trip - Woolwich TescoReception class took a trip to Woolwich Tesco today to buy ingredients for making 'Biscuit Bears' that link with their core text. They had a great time looking for all the ingredients and checking their shopping lists to make sure they have everything they need. Reception will be using the ingredients they bought today to bake biscuit bears at the end of the week.
Posted on: 17/01/2018Years 2 & 4 Owl WorkshopToday we welcomed some very special visitors to Rockliffe Manor - Jambs Owls. Our Years 2 and 4 classes got to meet the owls and take part in an owl workshop where they learnt many interesting facts which helped to support their topic of nocturnal animals and their habitats. The children (and staff) then got to interact with the owls and have their pictures taken which really was very exciting for us all. Thank you Jambs Owls!
Posted on: 12/01/2018Maths Week 2018This week Rockliffe Manor celebrated our ever popular annual 'Maths Week'. Many exciting activities were organised for children, parents and staff to participate in and enjoy, linking to many different aspects of the maths curriculum. Some events took place throughout the whole week such as class maths challenges, while some events took place on specific days. Tuesday was our 'Parent Maths Morning' where we invited parents into classrooms to join their children for a maths problem solving lesson led by class teachers. On Wednesday we held the finals of our annual Maths Bee, where the three qualifiers from each class competed against each other to find the overall winners. We would like to extend our congratulations to all of our finalists! Towards the end of the week the children worked both in groups and as a class to take part in real life problem solving activities such as adding up money, costing and designing their own zoo and arranging a holiday to Australia on a budget. To finish off the week each class took part in a 3D shape construction challenge. The challenge was to build the tallest 3D tower using only drinking straws and marshmallows, the overall winner was Year 1 who built a very tall and impressive tower - well done!
Posted on: 31/01/2018
Posted on: 31/01/2018
Posted on: 31/01/2018
