15th March 2019

Grange Academy Celebrate World Book Day

Thursday 7th March 2019 was World Book Day. Grange Academy recognised this day in style. The theme for the school was animals

and students and staff did not disappoint with their creative costumes.

Many thanks to ………… for coming into Grange and giving every class the opportunity to see some birds of prey up close. It was

great to see so many parents at then end of the day who came to meet their son/daughter and have a short demonstration of the

birds. A great day was had by all.

Elm Class Ethan: I liked seeing that really big owl because it had a lot of feathers and it looked really fluffy. It needed that many feathers to keep him nice and warm because he lives in the arctic where it is very cold. Harry: World Book Day was lots of fun. On world Book Day I was a sloth. When I was a sloth I went super slow and I had a hood with a sloth on it. The best bit about being a sloth is being lazy. Taylon: I liked the owl which flew over our head because the lady flicked her glove and the bird flew straight to her. His claws were cool because if the lady didn’t have the glove the owl would have scratched her by accident because his nails are so long and strong. Kaschan: I liked the kestrel because it was so cute and I saw its patterns. I saw it when it flapped its wings. It was so good. The kestrel can fly really fast and I liked it when it bobbed its head. I wanted to stroke it but I couldn’t. Grace: I liked seeing the Barn Owl because it had gold and it has patterns. It was pretty and we got to see it fly over our heads. We could not hear it fly though. Ash Class Noah: I dressed up as a shark. Robert: I had my face painted. I was a dog. Woof woof. Lewis: I saw the owls. I dressed up like a dog. Ben: I dressed up as a moose and I painted my face. We saw owls and one was really big. It was my favourite. Dove Class Alex W: World Book Day was pretty good actually because I enjoyed the birds of prey. Marshall The Great Grey Owl was the best, it had a wide wing span and she flew over me and I felt great about that. Brook: I liked the birds of prey because they were awesome. I liked all of the birds and the smallest was the oldest! Irfanul: I made my own book cover for ‘Journey to Jo’Burg’. I enjoyed reading that book because Naledi and Tiro were trying to help their sick brother Dineo and they had to walk all the way to Johannesburg in South Africa. Alex R: The best part of World Book Day was seeing the birds of prey. The birds flew over my head and I was a little bit nervous because I didn’t want the bird to poop

on me! Howard Class Ewan: World book day was so cool. There was a book sale where I found two recipe books and the birds of prey were also cool. Gabriel: I was a gorilla for World Book Day and I bought some books. Kade: On World Book

Day I saw the birds of prey fly but I recognized one of them and it was one that I have held before when I was about 6 so then it was really funny so I was laughing when I realised that it was a bird that I have held. Nathan: It was quite fun because I bought a recipe book and an animal book and a horrible Henry book. I liked the birds of prey because they can fly. My favourite was the one in the green box because it has the creepy eyes, it flew all the way above our heads. Maple Class Callum: I liked going into the Phyzzpod. We listened to a story and played games. Allan: I enjoyed coming to school as Harry Potter.

Jasmine: I enjoyed dressing up and my Dad coming to see the birds with me. Alexis: I enjoyed seeing the owls. I made an owl bookmark. S1A K’Leeer: World Book Day was fun because we got to dress up as animals. The birds were a bit scary. Tyla: The birds were amazing! My favourite one was the barn owl because it flew so low and swooped over us. It landed on Darren-Lee’s head. Tanvir: The interesting thing is when the girl called for the bird and the bird landed on her hand. Tiffany: I bought some vampire books in the sale. I like reading. George: It’s not often you see your LSA serve milk at lunch with a sword and parrot!! Willow Class Hannah: The bird was so big. Ruby: They birds were flying in the class and turned their heads around. Max: We came to school as animals, I wore animals on my top. We saw birds and they flew over our heads. Toby: We made bookmarks, they were worms. One of the worms and big feet. S2 Pietro: For World Book Day we made bookmarks, I made a caterpillar bookmark for the competition. I also enjoyed the birds of prey display the owls were lovely. Leon: I didn’t like the birds flying over my head but they were nice to look at. Tia: I enjoyed the birds of prey display. I liked to look at all of them. I made 3 bookmarks for the competition, a snake, a butterfly and an egg hatching. Alfie: The birds of prey were actually pretty good; I wasn’t sure if I would like it but I really did. S5 Rebecca: It was fun because we get to see birds of prey and this was very exciting especially because it was also Bradley’s birthday. Callum: We watched the birds in the hall, the best bird was the owl and we got the birds to fly over our heads it was really good. Kieran: There was a sale in the hall. I bought 2 books one about a passport and one was about low fat cooking and we brought cake from a cake sale. TJ: On World Book Day we looked at some bird of prey. My favourite bird is the owl. They look very beautiful in the hall. I very much liked the day, it was fun to see the bird flying. I really like the day.

In Humanities we have been learning about Fairtrade and why it is important. We have also been working on our wellbeing by exploring how to be confident. Tyla: In humanities we had a Fairtrade

tea party. We had Fairtrade cocoa and all kinds of Fairtrade chocolate too. Robert melted a slice of chocolate in his tea! Tanvir: We have been learning about Fairtrade in Humanities. It is about giving people the right amount of money for their work and helping others. K’Leeer: If parents earn enough the children can go to school. George: Fairtrade is to help farmers to get a fair amount of money for their business and enough for themselves too. Robert: Also we have been learning about confidence. You need it to get a good job. Confidence can make you feel happy.

S1A News

In Maple class we have been collecting data, making tally charts and pictograms. We found out that the most popular hair colour in Maple class is brown. Allan: We made a tally chart to show what colour hair people had. Brown had the most and no one had red hair. Ashantey: We made tally charts that

showed which topping they liked. We put lines next to the one they liked. The chocolate spread was the most popular. Sugar was the next popular. Jasmine: On the tally chart you have to choose some colours like ginger, red, blonde, black and brown. The most popular one was brown. Kailey: In my group, we decided to find out everyone’s favourite football team. Oskar: We made a tally chart to show what colour hair you have. Alexis: I drew a tally chart. I put in tally marks. Ibrahim: I made a tally chart. Callum: We had pictures of different coloured hair and stuck them on a pictogram. We wrote about it. Quintin: We made a tally chart to show favourite toppings of pancakes. Chocolate spread was the most popular.

Maple Class News

S2 have been working on their tennis skills, using the courts at the local park. Alfie: We went to the tennis courts by the park to play tennis, I like the fact that I can hit the

balls really far, it was better playing on a real court. Rio: We went to the park in the rain to play tennis, I played against Leon, it was fun, he was a tough opponent. Tommy: We went to the park to play tennis, I enjoyed it because it was a better experience with the proper equipment playing on a real court. Chloe: We went to play tennis at the park, I played against Pietro, he was easy to beat it was an easy match. It is better to play on the courts, it’s nice to get out of school, it feels more professional. Tia: I enjoyed playing tennis at the park, it was good fun. Pietro: I enjoyed playing tennis at the courts, I prefer playing at the real tennis courts instead of on the playground it is much better. Leon: I liked playing tennis at the courts. I prefer to play other sports but tennis is alright.

S2 News

On Monday 11th March S5 visited Caldecotte Experience Centre. We had a go at the crate stack. Firstly, Alex, who works at Caldecotte, told us how to be safe and then we got the crates and TJ and Kieran started to build them into a square. We had to put harnesses on and helmets. We all needed to wear helmets even if we didn’t climb the stack. It was difficult but we worked together as a team. Bradley: At Caldecotte I loved the crate stack. I was big

and brave it was scary but I did it. Kieran: At Caldecotte we built crates as high as possible and then knocked them down. After that we went treasure hunting. TJ: At Caldecotte we did crate stacking it was fun as we had to work as a team. I enjoyed the day it was relaxing and I learnt a lot. Abiah: The best bit about Caldecotte was the crate stack. Me, Rebecca, Bradley and Hannah fell off a lot. We worked as a team it was great fun. Hannah: I went to Caldecotte for the day. We did the

crate stack we got on them then we fell off and then we got on again. Darren pulled my rope to help me stand up on the crate. Rebecca: I enjoyed the high ropes because we had to stack some crates. Afterwards we all ran down the hill. RJ: I did some rock climbing and we stacked some crates It was great fun. The day was cool and wicked. I had fun working as a team to do the treasure hunt. Josiah: S5 went to Caldecotte. We had so much fun. We did high ropes and treasure hunt. It was so fun and cool. Callum: When we arrived at Caldecotte we went to the crate stack and it was fun. It was hard work but we managed to do it. We got very high and worked as a team. We beat the other team. Darren K: The best part was winning the crate stack. Today was so much fun it was exciting and I enjoyed being with my friends.

S5 News

Dove class have been learning about Lent how important it is to Christians. Jamie: Lent is very important to Christians because they remember when Jesus went to the desert and didn’t drink or eat for 40 days. Oliver: Lent is a period of time before Easter and people give something up. Alex R: Shrove Tuesday is the day before Lent and people have pancakes. Brooklyn: Before Easter comes Christians remember when Jesus didn’t eat food for 40 days and they give up something for 40 days. Alex W: Lent is about Christians preparing for Easter and they begin it on Ash Wednesday.

Dove Class News

Howard Class News

Willow Class News

Howard class have been learning about habitats in Science. Then we made our own habitat boxes in DT. Ewan: My habitat is about the animals in the rainforest. I

included monkeys, and a safari adventurer. The rainforest has got loads of trees in it and it will have a river in it. Gabriel: I made a bamboo forest. It is a habitat for pandas. It was easy to make, I stuck paper on it to make it. Kade: it is a rainforest theme for tigers and a frog. There is a couple of cardboard rolls which are tree like. Nathan: My one is quite impressive because it has a waterfall on it. It’s got a snake and a monkey hanging on a tree and a frog which is sort of camouflaged under the water. Harry: My box has features of the rainforest jungle in it. I added a tiger and a crocodile and a hippo and a tarantula. The rainforest is really wet and dark. Allen: I didn’t use the animals yet. I made a blue water, with seaweed, rocks, and sand. The dolphin lives in the sea. Daniela: I made a fishy habitat. So, I used a dolphin and a shark and a jellyfish. I used a string to make the fish look like they were swimming in the water.

Children (and adults!) in Elm Class enjoy our daily Wordsearch Battle where we race each other to get all the words first! Miss Breare likes to give us really really tricky ones so we get to practise lots of skills like word and letter recognition, working

memory, directional language, teamwork, patience, manners and being graceful competitors (even if we don’t come first!). Ethan: I like doing wordsearches and I like coming first sometimes. It is hard to come first all the time because it is tricky and Miss Breare wins. Sohaib: I liked coming first on Tuesday that was my favourite bit because I even beat everyone especially Miss Jones and Miss Breare. I like looking for secret words. I like helping my mates when I have finished. Harry: I like doing wordsearches because when it comes to tricky ones we get diagonals. Backwards, backwards diagonal, backwards up, backwards down, backward across. They are fun because I get to race other people and Kirsty sometimes gets first place or Miss Breare. Miss Jones won when Miss Breare wasn’t here… Charlie: I like racing against the children. I like hard words like ‘charismatic’. My favourite wordsearch was the football team one and the biscuits because I like both. Taylon: I like our battle with wordsearches because

every time I can’t find a word people help me and I feel happy with my friends. If I am angry outside and I come into wordsearches it helps me calm down. Kaschan: I like doing wordsearches because it doesn’t matter if I am last. I finished the first one. I like them because they are fun and I am proud of myself when I finish. My favourite one was the animal one. Tamsin: I like racing against teachers because it’s in my brain and I can do it really fast and I won. I like helping people once I’ve finished but it’s tricky to help because I have to use my words and not show them the answers. Chloe: I like both of the wordsearches because I finished them and I practise at home because I’ve got an app on my iPad. I am getting much quicker at them now and I am really proud of myself. Grace: Wordsearches are my favourite part of the day because if we come in angry we can calm down and work with our friends. I didn’t used to find wordsearches easy but now I do because I have practised. Kirsty: Miss Breare is very quick at wordsearches and she is a flash at them but I work hard and try to beat her at wordsearches every day! Sometimes I do win and I am very happy but I remember to say well done even when I don’t win.

Elm Class News

Ash class are reading ‘ We’re going on a bear hunt. ’ They made a cave for the bears. Lolu: I used brown paint. Josh: The cave is dark. Noah: I stuck grass on the cave to hide it. Robert: The cave is scary.

Lewis: I painted the cave. I used brown and black paint. Harry signed bear. Aneyk: Bear cave. Ben: We made a cave for the bears. We put our toy bears in it. They liked the cave. Kieran: I helped make the cave.

Ash Class News

This week S4 as part of their English lessons have been reading a book by Roald Dahl called “ Danny Champion of the World “. As part of their lessons the have been working on an advert to sell a caravan, they have been using persuasive language to help sell the caravan. Daniel: We are reading a book called “Danny Champion of the World “. Parvir: The book is about a boy who lost his mum and who had to live in a caravan. Alex: We have started to design an advert to sell a caravan.

S4 News

This week in class we have made a volcano and have had an eruption after we looked at pictures of Pompeii. Max: We put paper on a bottle and stuck it on and then painted it to make it look like a volcano. Toby: It was a messy job.

Kajetan: It was good to make. Tristan: We put baking powder, red colour and vinegar inside it to make it explode. Keith: We had to put in lots to make it explode. Ashmit: There were bubbles. Ryan: You can hear bubble, bubble. Ruby: I wanted to see a big bubbling. Hannah: We were ready for a mess.

Attendance

Grange Academy Collecting Empty Crisp Packets

Grange Diary Dates

Oak Class News

UNICEF: Rights Respecting Schools Award Article of the Week

Article 28 You have the right to a good quality

education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level you can.

Please talk to your children about the articles each week.

Sign of the Week Grange Academy have introduced a

British Sign Language sign of the week. Please practice this with your

children. You will find this information on our website www.grange.beds.sch.uk

follow the links Our School, British Sign Language. Each week there will be a new link for the sign and a image

and video on who to sign it. The sign for week commencing 18th March 2019 is: Sick

http://bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk/dictionary/words/sick-2.html

Coffee Morning (10-11.30 am) at Grange Academy

Monday 18th March 2019

Easter Holidays Monday 8th April 2019

Pupils Return to School Wednesday 24th April 2019

Each week a pupil at Grange Academy will give us their thoughts and comments on the Article of the

Week. K’Leeer (S1A)

If you want a job they will ask you if you have qualifications. Some children get to go to school; others don’t. They may have to work to buy food.

Please Do not throw away your empty Crisp packets, Mr Kilcoyne needs them!

Collect your empty crisp packets any brand will do. Give them to Mr Kilcoyne in S4 or we have a collection box in our classroom, the staff room and also one in the Dining

Hall. For every 400 packets of crisps we collect we will earn £2 for Grange Academy.

Well done to Willow, S1B, S4, Howard and Sixth Form for 100% attendance this week.

Grange Academy has been successful in the Tesco Bags of Help Fund. We are now in all of the Tesco’s across Bedford for people to choose to vote for us. If we get enough votes we could receive

a grant of up to £4000 to improve the outside Primary area. You will be able to vote for the next 2 months. All you have to do is take a token, if you don’t see them ask the cashier and put it in the Grange Academy tube.

S3 News This week S1B have enjoyed many interesting lessons and activities this week. Last week we enjoyed the birds of prey for World Book Day. We had great PE in the fitness suite. In food tech making our own sandwiches with different fillings. In Art we were writing about our thoughts on artist paintings of doughnuts. In English and Maths lessons we learnt lots and did assessment too. Finley: In P.E. I was lifting weights,

running and doing chest compression, all to build big muscles. Tino: Experiments in science are fun. I have grown broad beans in sunlight and in the dark to see which will grow best. Natasha: I really enjoyed art this week. I was writing what I think about a doughnut an artist painted. I like the painting because it had pink icing and lots of colourful sprinkles. Jo: English has been interesting. I did my spelling and reading test this week. Zack: In Maths, I have learn lots of numbers and telling the times like half past and o’clock. Brooke: I like cooking. I made a lovely cheese sandwich, I buttered it first before adding the cheese. Jazmin: I enjoyed art club this week as I made a lollypop stick decoration.

S1B News S3 have started a new topic in maths this week, it seems to be really interactive and interesting. Giovanni: We are talking about dates and time. Jessica: We are learning about days of the week, special dates and time. I

find telling the time tricky. April: I now know when St. Valentine’s Day is, also St. Patrick’s Day. The Irish celebrate this day. Camron: We looked into how long our school terms are, and the key information about them. Sometimes we have a really long term compared to others. James: Every four years is leap year, which puts an extra day on February – so there are 29 days instead of 28. Joshua: Maths was great today, I like learning about the dates of celebrations. Ben: I know when all the special events are now, I didn’t realise that months are a measure of time.

Oak class have become bucket fillers this week! We have read the story ‘How full is your bucket? For kids’ by Mary Reckmeyer. We know that a compliment is when you say something nice about someone else, so we are working very hard to notice other people and compliment them for their actions. We have been recording these

and filling up our bucket! Jake: A compliment is saying something nice to others. To fill up other people’s buckets notice other people being kind! A good example is Felix, I like your story. Amy: Something nice and good that you say. You look nice today. Your voice is nice and smooth. Chibunna: You can be nice to your friend for the compliment and be nice to people. You can say ‘your work is beautiful,’ and say ‘you’re nice to me.’ Kaleem: People are kind. People might compliment me on my hair. Joshua: Bucket.