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2020-2021
Poplars class March 8th
Olympics 2021
Our work for the last 2 weeks has been centred on the Olympics. The children have been working hard learning the different countries taking part and being able to find them on an world map. We have looked at how the Olympics started and the events that are included. Our morning runs have included 'triathlons' too.
Watch our video celebrating the amazing sporting event that was postponed from last year.
Link 1
or try link 2
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16.7.21. The weather was scorching for our bubbled sports day. We were really impressed with how well the children competed in both the track and field events. Thank you to all the adults who were able to come and support the children.
13.7.12. Jo and Helen visited school today and we enjoyed a talk on bats and the opportunity to go bug hunting.
12.7.12 We enjoyed a visit from Ranger Russ and friends this morning. The children were really brave and got up close to Clive the 12ft reticulated python, Doris the Boa constrictor, Brian the Giant African Land snail, Poppy the Leopard Gecko. the exoskeleton from Chomper, the orange knee tarantula and a few large stick insects. It was a shame that they couldn't actually handle them this year but it was a great experience.
6.7.21 A big thank you to Dr Simpson for coming in to talk to Poplars about skeletons and bones as part of our Science topic. He brought a selection of bones that the children were able to have a close look at and were fascinated by. They were able to name lots of them and of course our very own Eric was happy to oversee the discussion.
1.7.21 Poplars had a fantastic trip to the river on Thursday morning as part of their river topic. They went armed with lots of equipment including measuring tapes, metre sticks, nets, magnifying pots and the very technical piece of equipment- some dog biscuits.The session was organised through Jo Pullin's project called Conservation Communities for Devon Wildlife Trust. The children found river invertebrates such as mayfly nymphs, stonefly nymphs, caddisfly larvae which indicate that the River Lew is unpolluted. They also found a couple of baby fish. The children came back very wet and had had a fantastic time. Thank you to Jo, Alan and Elizabeth Durrant and Helen for their time and expertise.
30.6.21 Today Tino from Hatherleigh Cricket Club ran our club. They played a match, where they all had the chance to bat, bowl and wicket keep, and then ended with a catching competition. There were lots of very impressive catches.
30.6.21. As we start of topic on Bridges, I gave the children the challenge to make a bridge using 1 sheet of paper, that stretched across a gap of 20cm and could hold as many plastic cubes as possible.
18.6.21 Today we had another visit from OCRA for an athletics session. The children got to test their throwing skills they have been working on in PE lessons with a vortex throw, show their long jump skills and they completed 2 timed runs: a short sprint and a 400m run. Mhairi was so impressed with their times especially for the longer run.
15.6.21 Mrs Monger organised an afternoon's activity to teach us about the different countries in Europe, their flag and their capital city. We had a lot of fun but also learnt a lot. Ask us how many capital cities we can now name.
28.5.21. Our annual World Cup day was slightly different this year with children competing in class groups for their country (Portugal, Brazil, Argentina or Italy). under the watchful eyes of the day's referees, Mr P and Craig Pemberthy, the children took part playing 3 matches. It was great to see the children cheering and encouraging their team mates.
28.5.21 As part of a joint project with the National Trust, to raise awareness of the importance of sand dunes, all the children got the opportunity to contribute towards painting our school cow. The theme for our cow was Wilderness and after looking through their initial designs we incorporated forest, Dartmoor and the beach. Poplars started her off by sponging some of the sky, a few groups went later on and added to the landscape of Dartmoor and then the last few children added some final touches at the end of the day with leaves, ferns and details in the sea. We think the whole school did an amazing job.
27.5.21 As part of their focus on healthy eating the children cooked pepper pizza this morning.
26.5.21 It was a perfect afternoon for Cricket Club today. Thank you to Ann Marie and Hester from Hatherleigh Cricket Club who are running the after school club. The children thoroughly enjoyed the game at the end.
25.5.21 We had a change for our morning exercise this week and the children have been practising their skipping and 'skip-ball' skills.
21.5.21 Our English work has been linked to the wonderful book called Flotasm. We created a class story set by a river (use your imagination for the first photos). All the children created their own magical underwater photo and wrote a descriptive paragraph to describe it.
PSHE has been focusing on keeping themselves healthy. After discussing different combinations of sandwich fillings and choosing foods from different food groups they planned how to make their own sandwich. As an extra treat they all made a cheese and pineapple hedgehog.
5.5.21 We looked at abstract art work inspired by rivers and water. Using oil pastels the children created their own abstract river picture.
29.4.21. Having produced our collaborative art work last week we worked in Monet's style again and created our own river pictures.
28.4.21. This afternoon we dissected tulips to find the different parts of the flower. They could name parts including the stem, leaves, petals, stamen, stigma, filament, anthers and pollen.
26.4.21 We did have a Maths objective today it wasn't just playing with water. The children were reading different scales and comparing the capacity of different measuring containers. It was so lovely to be able to do this outside.
22.4.21 What a perfect Thursday afternoon. Art linked to our river topic and dance in the sunshine with Jess. For Creative Thursday this week I cut 3 pictures, painted by Monet, up into 9 pieces. We each had a piece to paint then I put our pieces back together to create a great collaborative piece of work.
20.4.21 I can't think of a better way to start the term than being able to do our 10 minute run on the field.
31.3.21 To finish our topic on Ancient Egypt Mrs Monger taught us about some of the differences between Ancient and modern Egypt and how to count to 10 in Arabic..
30.3.21 We have worked hard on dragon poems over the last 2 weeks so we went to the Woodland area and recorded everyone reading their poem. It was quite a challenge over the noise of the traffic and the new lambs in the field.
30.3.21 Our 10 minute run got interrupted this morning when someone spotted a slow worm on the edge of the playground.
29.3.21 The sun was shining which made it feel like a real Summer's day- just perfect for a spot of cricket. We enjoyed our session with Ann Marie and Nial and the children practised their throwing, catching, and control of the bat.
26.3.21 We recorded recorder pieces for the Spring Concert. Do visit that page to hear how well the children played. More will follow next week.
25.3.21 Some children chose to use the acrylic paint to finish off their clay flower plaque. (The remaining photographs will be uploaded next week. )
23.3.21 Making a magnetic maze in preparation for our DT project
19.3.21 Red Nose Day
19.3.21 The children showed amazing enthusiasm, perseverance and energy running the OCRA mile cross country course.
19.3.21. We continued working on the clay flower plaques this afternoon.
18.3.21 Creative Thursday. We worked so hard on our clay flower plaques. We rolled thin sausages for the stems, created petals from spheres and added details using the clay tools. Making the slip was a messy job but hopefully all the parts are securely fixed.
17.3.21 This afternoon we used bar magnets, a plastic tray and water to make our own compass. We then imagined they were boats and was able to make them move around the tray and we even finished with magnet boat racing.
Using our new play equipment
16.3.21 Testing the strength of magnets.
The children did an amazing job creating their Kalla lily Mother's Day cards with paint and a piece of string. I hope all the Mums had a great day.
11.3.21 For Creative Thursday this week we started our clap plaques. We used a small piece of clay to have a go at making thin stems, spheres and petal shapes.
10.3.21 Marvelous Magnets. We had great fun this afternoon investigating what items were magnetic and what weren't. We found we could move some items without touching them and some of the magnets were strong enough to work through tables and chairs. It was amazing when we could have an item dangling from another. We now know that to be magnetic the item must have some Iron, Cobalt or Nickel in.
8.3.21 First day back and a beautiful morning for a run.
What we have done so far this term.
Message from Mr Lea:
Hello Poplars,
From now on, you should be able to access our serial every day at 3:20. You can join us and listen to the serial by clicking https://meet.google.com/ivx-mmby-dmb. You may be asked to log into your google account, please email year6@hatherleigh-pri.devon.sch.uk if you need a google password reset, or if you can't remember it.
Mr Lea
Staff who work in Poplars.
1.12.20 It is that time of the year. 1st of December has seen the welcome return of Poplars' elves.
18.12.20. Last day of the Autumn term. Christmas jumpers, Christmas crafts and a surprise group of carol singers.
17.12.20 Christmas pantomime and party afternoon. The children all loved the Pantomime, The Snow Queen, which was organised by the PTFA. The class were exceptionally good at Musical Statues, reverse Musical Bumps was great fun to watch and balloon racing definitely raised the noise levels.
16.12.20 Christmas dinner, which included a surprise visit from Father Christmas, followed by a sticky crafty afternoon.
15.12.20 Elf Workshop. Thank you to the PTFA who provided a craft activity for each child. The children have done an amazing job constructing, painting and decorating their sleighs.
4.12.20 The children are doing really well learning their recorder and practising at home is definitely helping. This is one of the groups playing today.
25.11.20 It has been a bit like a disco in our room at times this morning. The children have been testing how reflective different materials and objects were. The sequined PE bag and shiny drinks bottles made great patterns and the mirrors were most effective. The least reflective was the tissue paper and yellow celophane as most of the light travelled through it.
23.11.20. The children used the data they collected as part of their homework and worked in Google sheets using formula to subtract, add and find the total.
18.11.20. Road Safety Week. We talked about how to cross the road safely and acted out different scenarios about crossing the road. Everybody designed a poster with the slogan 'No Need to Speed'.
18.11.20. We linked our Science topic of Light to Road Safety Week. How visible are we in our coats walking by the road in the dark? The reflective jacket was so much clearer to see.
17.11.20. We experimented with torches looking at different shadows. How did they length of the shadow change as the object moved further from the light source?
16.11.20. We are all unique. Well done to the children who remembered to wear odd socks today for the start of anti bullying week.
Part of our focus in Anti bullying week is recognising how we behave and how we like others to act around us.
A sample of the photographs taken by the photographer when he came in to take photos to update the website..
13.11.20 Cross Country. The children showed an incredibly positive attitude to tackling the mile cross country course this afternoon. Despite the mud, the children followed Mr Pearson around the course and nearly all of them crossed the finishing line with a smile.
Children in Need. Well done to all the children who dressed up in spots today. It was lovely to see so many spotty children and Pudseys playing in the sunshine at breaktime.
Poplars proudly present... Sabre. The newest member of our class.
Meet Sabre. Our scarecrow is finally finished and ready for carnival. All the children have helped make him but a big thank you to Mrs Monger who has been at the heart of its creation...(The name was voted for by the children but whether it is a stone Age girl or boy has been left up to them to decide.)
6.11.20 Mrs Wonnacott very kindly came in this morning to plant bulbs on the school field with every class.
22.10.20 The children have been using their colour mixing skills over the last couple of week in Creative Thursday. This week they drew and then painted the autumn leaves they had brought in, paying attention to the shape of the leaf and the colours. We were really impressed.
14.10.20 Quad Kids with OCRA. The children took part in 4 events, a 50 m sprint, standing long jump, vortex throwing and an endurance 400 m run.
Stonehenge homework Challenge. We have been really impressed with how imaginative the children have been. Keep them coming in this week.
8.10.20 It was great to have Jess Squire back for dance sessions as part of our class Creative Thursday today.
5.10 Bikeability. It may have been a damp Monday but the children had a great session learning to ride their bikes safely.
This week we have focused on Stone Age houses. The children travelled back in time and imagined they were estate agents trying to persuade someone to buy their Stone Age house. We were so impressed with how much they remembered in such a short time.
We started our recorder lessons today. Letters have gone home about taking the recorder home to practise.
17.9 We made the most of a sunny afternoon and popped out for a play at the end of the day.
17.9. We used charcoal, chalk and powder paint to make our own Stone Age piece of art. We used our fingers as paint brushes because Stone Age people wouldn't have had brushes.
11.9.20 We looked at some examples of Stone Age art before going to the woodland area where Mrs Andrew lit a fire. We made our own charcoal, using willows sticks and used it to draw animals and figures on a group composition. Using mud and sticks we also created our own individual Stone Age painting.
Thursday afternoon Maths in the Sunshine. Challenge 1 is to count to 30 clapping on the multiples of 2 (2,4,6 etc). Challenge 2 is to also stamp your foot on the multiples of 10 (10, 20, 30). AND challenge 3 is to also then bend your knees on the multiples of 5 (5, 10, 15, etc). For their second attempt at it today I was very impressed. )
We went out for our 10 minute run again today. It was great to see how determined they were to try and run more than yesterday.
Poplars 2020
On Friday we are are hoping to take the children into the woodland area to make their own charcoal and do some Stone Age Art. If you wish to send in wellies then please do so.
I hope you have enjoyed the Summer holiday. It certainly has been a unique 5 months so I imagine, for some, next week is possibly a daunting prospect. I have updated the PowerPoint (attached below) with a little but more information and added a few photos below having sorted the classroom.
In English and Maths we will start by recapping the year 2 objectives from the Summer term and moving on when the children are ready. Our English, for the first week, will follow on from our 'Move Up' transition work.
You are welcome to bring in a small, simple pencil case from home (not the large fancy ones with drawers and lids that I have seen previously) BUT it is to put the school stationary in and remain in school. You also might like to bring your own reading book. We won't be using the library for a little while but I have got a collection in the classroom if you don't want to.
I look forward to seeing you on Monday, settling in to new routines and school life seeming as normal as it can at the moment.
The classroom is all ready for Monday
Welcome to Poplars
2019-2020
Dear Poplars, Willows and Parents,
Welcome to the last week of term. Monday and Tuesday you need to look at the planning for your September class so Poplars check over on Oaks' page and I come back here for Wednesday. Post your work as normal for Mrs Baker to see, although I will no doubt have a sneaky look at what you do.
'Hello' to Willows. Planning for Monday and Tuesday is on the Home learning page 20.7.20. I will be looking on your Dojo pages so post all of your work as you would normally do. I really look forward to seeing what you produce. I have added my transition PowerPoint below and will also add to your Dojo class story page. If you have any questions do send them through Dojo or email year3@hatherleigh-pri.devon.sch.uk
Enjoy the last week of term.
Best Wishes
Mrs Moss
Welcome to Poplars Class
Who's who?
Poplars' Summer term class pets. (Week 7s drawing challenge linked to Science)
Poplars Summer term. 2020
Our first photograph as Poplars, September 2019
The Egyptian Level
We finished our afternoon, and Egyptian topic with a mini concert.
20.3.20 We took advantage of the appearance of the sun on Friday afternoon and went outside for a skipping session.
Sport Relief. It was great to have the sunshine for our 10 minute run this morning. Poplars enjoyed a half hour skipping session and a few children bravely demonstrated skills in assembly too.
We made Magnetic maze games as part of our Science topic. With a magnet underneath the box, they moved their magnetic character around the maze.
Fairtrade. As part of some work for Fairtrade fortnight the children used the atlases to find countries where fairtrade foods are grown.
World Book Day
3.3.20. Poplars enjoyed a very energetic but fun skipping workshop with Dan this morning. I hope they have showed you some of their skills.
We decided to join in with Mrs King's 'Extreme reading' challenge.
Our English lessons this half term will focus on stories including dragons. The children have been given the challenge of finding books that have dragons as characters.
25.2.20 We investigated magnetic poles in Science today. They made their own compass with a magnet, plastic pot and tray of water. Then had fun creating speedboats and discovered how fast they could make their 'boat' move around in the water without touching it.
11.2.20 The children enjoyed dressing up in Egyptian clothes this afternoon and writing their name in hieroglyphs on real papyrus paper.
4.2.20 Magnetic mazes. We spent the morning testing the strength of different magnets and then designed and created our own magnetic maze games.
28.1.20 We had a fun and information-packed day with Sabef, the Ancient Egyptian visitor. They helped build an Egyptian boat and a house, looked at different artefacts and discussed what that showed us, helped mummify Tutankhamun's body and even dissected Egyptian poo.
27.1.20 We had a great morning at Okehampton College for the dance and gym event. The bounce track photos are a little bit blurry due to how fast they bounced down the inflatable track but I'm sure the children will tell you all about it.
24.1.20. Playing board games as part of our sequence on learning to tell the time.
7.1.20 'There's a Pharaoh in our Bath'. We created freeze frames for part of the story where the family first meet the Pharaoh. They were surprisingly good at acting out the brother and sisier who were arguing.
9.1.20. We have started our Egyptian topic and spent the afternoon looking at Egyptian painting. We used paint and black fine liners to create our own. Ask the children how Egyptian people were drawn.
Mrs ST James helped the children create a chocolate Christmas tree or bauble.
Poplars have been joined again by 2 cheeky elves. Keep checking back to see what they are getting up to.
Well done for all of your hard work leading up to our production. We were very proud of you all.
6.12.19 This week's certificate winners.
Tricky Triangle Task. I challenged the children to make different triangles (equilateral, right angle, scalene and isosceles) and to be able to identify the angles (acute, obtuse and right angle).
30.11.19 Certificate winners for this week. Well done everyone.
25.11.19 Body Maths. We had a go at making different lines with our bodies. Can you see who made parallel lines, perpendicular lines, vertical, diagonal and horizontal lines?
22.11.19 Our Class assembly
15.11.19 Children in Need
12.11.19. Odd socks for the start of anti-bullying week.
The disabled toilet was a great place to go to investigate making different shadows. They discovered they could make their shadow bigger than them or change its position behind them, they could have more than one shadow and they could make lighter and darker shadows all by moving the torch or by changing how many torches they used.
Recorders Brake Ben, Brake
After a few weeks of learning to play the recorder they are doing quite well.
A is for Annie's Animals
We investigated how we could make more than one shadow and what happened when we moved the object nearer or further away from a flat surface.
13.9.19 The Boy with the Bronze Axe freeze frames. So far in our class text... Kali and Brockan had gone to a little rocky island to collect limpets and crabs. The tide came in without them realising and they were stranded. As they started to panic, Tenko managed to row his boat alongside them and get them safely back to Skara Brae.
Our certificate winners so far.
5.9.19 Stone Age Painting. We used power paints, charcoal and our fingers to create a stone age painting.
2018-2019
Poplars February 2019
Scroll to the bottom of the page for Poplars' Termly Newsletter and ideas for Home learning.
24.7.19. We enjoyed an end of term treat, a dance games and workshop with Jess. Despite the heat they had the energy for musical games, a team river game and learnt a dance. Thank you to the PTFA who funded our treat.
22.7.19 Our whole school walk adventure. Hills to hike up and down, stiles to climb, trees to limbo and a beautiful spot for lunch. Thank you to all the adults who joined us.
19.7.19. A few weeks ago art club entered an art competition called My Outdoors run by CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England). We were delighted to hear that out of all the entries from schools round Devon, 3 of our children received Highly Commended awards. Penny came to give them their certificates in assembly today and goody bags for the children who took part.
19.7.19. Today's certificate winners.
18.7.19 Sports Day. Poplars performed brilliantly at the cricket club this afternoon.
World War 1 day. Impressive costumes again.
16.7.19. French Day. The children looked fantastic dressed up today. We had a fun day designing and making a tie inspired by France. It was a lovely celebration down at the Community Centre and an opportunity for all the classes to demonstrate the French songs they have learnt over the year.
After learning how to make a paper boat at the Summer Fair, the skill was shared with Art club this afternoon.
After looking at different bridge designs the children had a morning to design and make their own bridge. This time it had to reach across a gap of 20cm and be able to support the weight of a small toy car.
How strong can you make a bridge. that crosses a 10cm gap, using just 1 sheet of A4 paper and 30cm of sellatape? This was their challenge for this morning. We had great fun testing them.
As part of our Rivers topic we wrote Tanka poems today.
28.6.19 A beautiful day for a 10 minute run on the field. We then went maths outside for part of maths and were estimating what we could do in one minute.
21.6.19 Hatherleigh's Got Talent auditions. We were treated to an afternoon of talent for our class auditions. There was a real variety from dances, magic tricks and musical performances.
21.6.19 The sun was shining for our Friday 10 minute run, skip or walk. Quite a few of the children are interested in aiming for the OCRA 13 half marathon Challenge.
14.6.19. Poplars played a few of the tunes in assembly that they have been learning on their recorders.
14.6.19 Poplars class have been busy learning their times tables and related division facts this week. Congratulations to all our certificate achievers.
12.6.19 What a fantastic visit we had from Ranger Russ. We learnt so much about rivers and the different animals that he brought with him. Everyone was super brave and touched at least creature. Mrs Emery and Mrs Moss even had the opportunity to hold the snakes. Thank you so much to the PTFA for funding his visit.
24.5.19 This week's certificate winners.
20.5.19 We joined year 4 for another orienteering activity. This time they had to use the map to find the station that had an anagram to solve. It was quite tricky.
What a successful week! Lots of children have learnt times tables and received their certificates in assembly, as well as other achievements to recognised in and out of school.
16.5.19 Out in the sunshine sketching the school.
13.5.9 A beautiful sunny afternoon for an orienteering activity.
Certificate winners for this week and our Friday run. Several children managed to keep jogging or skipping for the full 10 minutes this week.
This week's certificate winners.
First week back and look how many of us earned certificates.
5.4.19 Last photo with Mrs Boother.
2.4.19. Poplars performing at the Spring Concert,
'Faith' choreographed by Ellodie Stott.
2.4.19. Poplars and Willows performing the Haka
29.3.19. As part of their topic on dragons, Poplars have written stories about the dragon they designed and painted, then wrote poems. This week's challenge was to create a dragon, write a Dragonolgy report and then in D.T. create their dragons using newspaper.
25.3.19. We had a visit from Ann-Marie to let us know about the cricket opportunities at Hatherleigh Cricket Club this summer. We enjoyed a fun-packed workshop of cricket skills.
22.3.19. Road Safety
Learning all about mummification as part of our Ancient Egyptian topic with Miss Radbourne involved being brave enough to put their hand into a bag to work out which body part had been removed before being put into a canopic jar. They also had fun mummifying each other.
7.3.19 World Book Day. Can you recognize our book characters?
5.3.19. We had a visit from Jane to talk to us about what it is like living in Egypt. We also got to try on Egyptian clothes and eat a traditional Egyptian breakfast. The eggs, bread and tomatoes went down well- the ful ( a mixture of beans that was slightly spicy) was less popular! Jane started to teach us how to count to 10 in Arabic and the Egyptian alphabet.
14.2.19. Poplars were given the challenge of making a boat out of plastercine that would float. They then had to investigate the maximum number of 'passengers' it could carry.
February 2019. Poplars have been having lots of fun in Science. They investigated the permeability of different soils and investigated the size of 'craters' created by dropping balls in sand.
4.2.19 We had a fantastic afternoon at Okehampton College for the Year 3 dance, trampoline and movement workshops. They had the opportunity to use the air-track, double trampoline, learn a dance.
25.1.19 Very proud of the children who could attend the Wellbeing event after school on Friday. They sang, played recorder and demonstrated the ukuleles brilliantly.
9th January 2019 Line and shape investigations. I know it looks like we were having a quick kip first week back but we were investigating parallel, perpendicular and adjacent lines.
18.12.18 Christmas jumper Day and Christmas Dinner
December 2018. Poplars have been joined by 2 cheeky elves in the run up to Christmas. Look at what they have been up to so far.
11.12.18. Poplars and Oaks performed brilliantly in their Science production.
Children in Need 2018
Freeze frames showing an event at the end of our class text, 'The Boy with a Bronze Axe'.
Our Friday 10 minute run!
Poplars really enjoyed their visit to Merrivale as part of our topic 'Stone Age to Iron Age.'
Poplars Class 2018. Our first class photograph of the year.
