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Welcome back to

our third edition

of ... Byfleet Buzz!

Thank you so much for

all your work that you

have been emailing all

the teachers. As well

as seeing the chil-

dren’s work set on the

class pages, we are

seeing some lovely pic-

tures of your own

home learning. We are

so proud of you all and

missing you very

much. The school cer-

tainly feels empty

without you all!

Featured in this is-

sue is a message

from the Friends

and the team at

Rainbows After

school club.

Our subject page

features English

and Art and our

thanks go out to the

subject leaders who

have put their pag-

es together.

In the last issue, we

asked you to send

in pictures of your

rainbows or posters

(see Mrs C’s effort

on page 3) - please

continue to send these

in.

We have collated more

of your photos and

work, so have a look out

for yours now or in the

next edition.

Remember to

send photos

and news to:

home-

[email protected]

Remember:

Learning. Caring.

Sharing.

It’s what we do best

here!

A Message from Mrs Crowley

Introduction and

Message from Mrs

Crowley

1

English 2

Art 3-4

Community ideas

and fun activities

5

Children’s Work 6-9

Message from the

Friends

Inside this issue:

Byfleet Primary School - Home

Learning Newsletter

8th May 2020 Issue 3

Byfleet Primary School

King’s Head Lane

Byfleet

Surrey

KT14 7AT

Hi everyone

Excuse me while I get my hankie, sniff—have just watched YR Hedgehogs video they sent in—so lovely! How wonderful to see you all!

You must have been eating your Shredded Wheat as you have all grown so much. I can’t wait to see you all again!

I have also been looking at all the photos sent in, and not just the ones here, but on homework emails via the teachers. As the VE Day

song goes—We’ll meet again! Just make sure you have some jokes for me.

I am planning a VE celebration on Friday—red, white and blue and lots of cake—hope you are too.

News from school is that Mr Smith has been busy decorating so that it looks all new and sparkling for your return.

Some topical jokes: What kind of tea do you drink with the Queen? Royal –tea!

Army sergeant: Soldier, where is your camouflage suit? Soldier: I couldn’t find it!

What’s red and smells like blue paint? Red paint.

Where does the Queen keep her armies? Up her sleevies!

Bye for now and keep in touch.!

mailto:[email protected]



Bee a - Writer and a Reader

Reading is a skill we use every day without even

realising. It can allow us to be transported to

different worlds and become immersed in the

lives of fictional characters. We can learn new

words, improve our spelling and gain knowledge

about a range of different things through the

power of a text.

Whilst we are at home there are some ways you

may wish to include reading and develop new

reading habits:

Lead by example- children of all ages love being

read to. Choose a book to read together, make a

comfortable reading environment where children can just listen and enjoy the story. Talk about

the story throughout and discuss the pictures. For older children, when they are reading, you

could be reading too, this may help motivate and inspire children to develop independent reading

skills.

Audio Books- many websites are currently offering free audio books which provide fantastic op-

portunities for children to listen to and engage with a range of texts, even those which may be

above their own reading ability. This is a fantastic way for children to engage with stories and

characters purely for enjoyment.

Amazon audio has hundreds of free audio books- https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

David Walliams is also uploading free audio edition of his books weekly-

https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/

Read in a range of ways- ensure children access a range of reading experience. This could be read-

ing a recipe whilst baking a cake. When you are out on your daily exercise you could read posters

and signs people have put on display. If you are playing a board game, read the

instructions. Children could take turns and read with a sibling.

Be creative and have fun- reading is so much more than the words on the page,

children enjoy exploring and being creative with the text. After reading you could

draw, paint or junk model a new character or new setting for the story. Children

could dress up and role play parts of the story and predict what might happen

Why not take part in our book scavenger hunt, can you

find:

A book with 100 or more pages?

A book with an animal as the main character?

A book about Science?

A book with no words?

A book with words in another language?

A book about sports?

A book which has been made into a movie?

A book that rhymes?

A book you can’t wait to read?

A book about history?

A book by your favourite author?

Bee – Artistic

Go on a virtual Art gallery tour anywhere in

the world! You could see the Louvre in Paris,

the Tate Modern in London or the Guggen-

heim in New York!

The Tate Modern has a children’s website

filled with activities too!

https://www.tate.org.uk/kids

David Hockney has released a new piece of

artwork entitled: 'Do Remember They Can't

Cancel The Spring'.

Hockney uses an app called ‘Brushes Re-

dux’ to create his images and is free to

download onto an ipad.

The beauty about Brushes Redux is that

it records your drawing process. It's great

to watch back and see how you arrived at

the finished piece. Have a go creating a

picture of your own!

Collage Portraits

Use photographs from newspapers, mag-

azines or printed family photographs

and create a collage of a human face.

Cut out different facial parts from very

different photographs to create a face -

the funnier the better!

You could also add drawn parts to your

collage using a range of art media. How

about drawing an eye, mouth or the

hair?

When your collage is finished, turn them

into a character.

What is their name? Can you describe

their personality?

If they were a character in a story...

what would they get up to?

Turn your artwork into a piece of crea-

tive writing.

To enhance this project further, why not

have a go at drawing your character?

You could then add colour using paint or

pencil crayons.

We can’t wait to see what creative

things you come up with! Don’t forget to

email them to your teacher at:

[email protected]

https://www.tate.org.uk/kids


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Exciting opportunity!!

Our school have been invited to take part in an online Art activity on

Wednesday 13th May from 1:30pm - 3pm. The session is called ‘Brush Party’

and you can read more on www.brushparty.co.uk.There will be

a unique login for the YouTube livestream – please look on your class page next week for further details. Get

your paintbrushes ready! Send your creations Art drawing challenge! These wonderful

drawing challenges were created and

shared by Louise Clazey, an art teacher

from Northumberland. In your own time,

see how many you can complete!

Max Y3O

http://www.brushparty.co.uk/

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Community Ideas

and Fun Activities:

Byfleet Primary

School

Poster Competition

Please email more

entries in..

You probably already have ideas of what you could do to celebrate the day but the teachers have included activi-ties on their individual class pages (on the website) and below are a few more suggestions:

· Make bunting to decorate your home and/or garden

· Have a ‘family’ street party – you could eat outside or have a BBQ with your household

· Bake and decorate a special cake or cakes or you could have a traditional cream tea

· Play some traditional games from the time, board games or just play outside in the garden if you can – children in the 1940s spent a lot of time outside (please see below for ideas)

· Learn and sing some traditional songs from the era, for example, ‘We’ll Meet Again’, ‘The White Cliffs of Dover’, ‘Boogie, Woogie Bugle Boy’

· Dress up as if you were living in the 1940s, you could dress up in red, white and/or blue or you could just put on your party/favourite clothes

· Have a picnic in your garden

· Create memories and take photos to look back on in the future

Tyger and Zaiden

Maisie Year

3P

Examples and photos of work completed by our children:

Byfleet Primary

School

Harry Y3P

Jed Y2

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Seren Y4

Ethan Y1

Jack Y2

Harrison

Year 1


Byfleet Primary

School

Leo Y5

Jacob Y2

Poppy Y6

Macy Y3O

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Byfleet Primary

School

Isaac Y5:

Science investigation results.

Teddy-Y4

Baking bread

Ethan Y5

Lily Y4 and her

sister Belle YR

and their

butterflies!

Anaya Y5


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Byfleet Primary

School

Learning, Caring,

Sharing TASK: Make up a new trick for Abdul Kazam

to perform! Remember to use rich and de-

scriptive vocabulary in the same way that An-

gela McAllister does. Use a thesaurus to help

you.

He levitates into the air and then smoke ap-

pears and he vanishes in a blink of an eye. The

audience gasp. Suddenly he appears at the

back of the auditorium and holds up a rich vel-

vet material and makes it disappear onto a ta-

ble that had just emerged from the mammoth

stage. The audience turn sharply to look. A

person from the audience appears on stage and

had been sat on the table. Abdul Kazam reap-

pears next to him and jumps which shakes the

whole room. Then suddenly the man had a

wooden mask on his face. Abdul Kazam

snapped his fingers and hypnotised the man.

Abdul Kazam said in a mysterious voice

“when I snap my fingers once more you will

walk up to someone in the audience and bring

them up on stage” Abdul Kazam snapped his

fingers and smoke came in, the hypnotised

man got off the stage and brought up a lady.

Once more he snapped his

fingers and he turned back

to normal. “TAD DA,”

said Abdul Kazam shout-

ing proudly.

By Indigo Y4

Mystery of the Door

I opened the door it felt rusty and old

and I saw bright lights

I opened it again and saw mountains of

great height

And the third time I opened it I started

to wonder

What was really behind this door.

I opened it once more, I saw great dark-

ness

I did it again I saw a circus

I closed it with big confusion I said I

have to know what is behind this myste-

rious door

I opened it

I saw a great long floor.

It was now that I noticed that it must be

a magical door

I opened it I saw a great war, I could

smell the black smoke I could hear gun-

flashes, explosions and worst of all

death.

I closed it with fright and opened it

again, the noise was silenced the war

was over, peace had returned.

So I guess I will never uncover the

secrets of the magical door so I

left quickly.

Days went by since I saw the

door so I came back to find it

but it was no longer there sitting

on the damp dirty floor.

by Marcus Y6

Harrison-Y5

John Lewis

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