We have been working hard on our creation this week and hope you have a chance to see this year's entry in the Loughton Scarecrow trail when you are walking around Loughton over the next couple of weeks.
This afternoon, some children from across the school came together to solve a maths problem. We explored different ways of calculating the height of a diseased tree within the school grounds to ensure when chopping it at the base it didn’t hit the school. The children were very creative with their suggestions and we found two different methods to estimate the height of the tree.
Today we were visited by Zoe and Paula from Loughton and Great Holm's parish council. They came to meet some of our year 5 children to discuss the importance of D-day as Thursday 6 June marks 80 years since D-day (the beginning of the end) of WWII. As part of their visit, they gifted Loughton School an anniversary lamp of peace which was lit during our assembly and reflection time. The reason this lamp was gifted is to represent the light of peace that emerged from the darkness of war.
What a buzz there was around the school the first day back after the May half term. The whole school, all children and staff, became scientists as part of a science day experience. This was to enhance their scientific knowledge and conceptual understanding through the specific disciplines of biology, chemistry and physics.
On the last day of school, a select group of our amazing writers met in the library to complete a task set by Mrs Green and Mrs Solloway: to write a letter to the year two children at the local first schools to let them know about the wonderful welcome they can expect when they come to us in the autumn term.
