<![CDATA[Buckden C.E Primary School Blog Feed - Maple]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fpid%3D44%26amp%3Bnid%3D64 Juniper Education Content Management System (CMS) Version: 4.5 (junipereducation.org) Thu, 3 Nov 2022 19:55:27 GMT Thu, 3 Nov 2022 19:55:27 GMT <![CDATA[ Friday 15th July 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1621 Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:51:48 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1621 <![CDATA[ Friday 8th July 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1614 Talk homework: Discuss with your adults your hopes and aspirations for year 3.

]]> Sun, 7 Aug 2022 15:35:03 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1614 <![CDATA[ Thursday and Friday Science week ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1608 Thursday and Friday Science week fun included using real microscopes and the nustem website to learn more about STEM scientists https://nustem.uk/careers/

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2022 23:52:05 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1608 <![CDATA[ Wednesday Science Week ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1590 Today we had the Science Dome Visit school!

]]> Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:51:18 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1590 <![CDATA[ Tuesday Science week 28th June 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1582 Today, we were very lucky to have parents visit us in assembly to explain their varied and incredibly interesting STEM careers to us. We also started our whole school investigation exploring the bounciness of materials.

]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2022 22:09:18 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1582 <![CDATA[ Science week Monday 27th June 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1581 Today was the first day of Science week, and we had a launch assembly, thought about the STEM careers we are aware of, made milk out of plastic and created a flower out of paper. For more detail see below.

]]> Tue, 28 Jun 2022 21:45:30 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1581 <![CDATA[ Friday 24th June ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1563 Talk homework: Write a kenning about your favourite animal.

Spellings: Make sure you know all the year 1 and 2 common exception words in your reading diary. If you know them all make sure you know these: payment, enjoyment, achievement, darkness, kindness.

]]> Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:51:24 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1563 <![CDATA[ Friday 17th June ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1552 Talk homework: Tell your adults the names of shops in French!

Spellings: television, measure, decision, usual, leisure

]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2022 13:21:40 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1552 <![CDATA[ Friday 10th June ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1544 Talk homework: Have a go at sketching a dragon using the shading techniques we used on our giraffe pictures.

Spellings: word, world, towards, work, warn

]]> Thu, 6 Oct 2022 22:01:52 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1544 <![CDATA[ Friday 27.5.22 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1535 Talk homework: Talk with your adults about the Queen's Jubilee.

Spellings: want, watch, quad, squash, wasp

]]> Fri, 27 May 2022 23:02:13 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1535 <![CDATA[ Friday 20th May 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1518 Talk homework: Please join in with The Big Plastic Count (a sheet will come home for you to record your plastic waste onto)

]]> Fri, 20 May 2022 14:32:53 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1518 <![CDATA[ Friday 13th May 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1508 Talk Homework: Practice counting money at home by playing shops. 

Spellings: some, nothing, done, mother, other

]]> Fri, 13 May 2022 14:22:04 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1508 <![CDATA[ Friday 6th May 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1496 Talk Homework: Do a quiz all about giraffes for your adults.

Spellings: all, bald, walk, always, also 

]]> Sun, 5 Jun 2022 13:38:29 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1496 <![CDATA[ Friday 29th April 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1482 Talk homework: Revise your facts about giraffes in preparation of writing your fact file.

Spellings: dropped, patted, clapped, dragged and napped.

]]> Fri, 29 Apr 2022 16:15:36 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1482 <![CDATA[ Friday 22nd April 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1476 Talk Homework: Can you find an interesting fact about a giraffe? We will be sharing our facts next week to help us write a fact file about giraffes.

Spellings: wrapping, running, hopping, sitting, dropping

Adding ‘-ing’ to words of one syllable.  The last letter is doubled to keep the short vowel sound. 

]]> Fri, 22 Apr 2022 22:47:16 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1476 <![CDATA[ Friday 1st April 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1450 Talk Homework: Can you do your bit to help keep our environment tidy over the holidays? Maybe try some litter picking like we did in school.

]]> Tue, 4 Jan 2022 22:18:14 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1450 <![CDATA[ Friday 25th March 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1449 Talk Homework: Can you think of ways that Christians and communities can help those that are suffering?

Spellings: writing, loving, shining, hoping, coming

]]> Fri, 25 Mar 2022 22:38:17 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1449 <![CDATA[ Friday 19th March 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1426 Talk homework: Look around your house and spot 2D and 3D shapes. Can you find a sphere, cube, cuboid, cylinder and a cone? Can you describe the number of faces and vertices each shape has?

If you have a spare shoe box please would you bring it in by Wednesday

Spellings: happier, angriest, driest, tidier, funniest

]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:31:28 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1426 <![CDATA[ Friday 11th March 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1415 Talk Homework: If you can have a look at some pictures of you when you were younger or when you were a baby. If you are allowed to can you bring in a picture to school for us to share in a science lesson next week. We will be exploring how we change as we get older.

Spellings: replied, fried, copied, relied, multiplied

]]> Thu, 3 Nov 2022 19:55:27 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1415 <![CDATA[ Friday 4th March 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1400 Talk Homework: Discuss with your parents about the importance of reading and then share your favourite book with them.

Spellings: cries, tries, lorries, babies, carries

]]> Sun, 3 Apr 2022 20:39:16 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1400 <![CDATA[ Friday 25th February 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1376 Talk Homework: Talk to your adults about how to draw a self-portrait. Perhaps you can teach someone in your family to draw themselves. 

Spellings: fly, why, cry, July, and try

Continent song  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DSMZ8b3LE

]]> Mon, 3 Jan 2022 17:02:33 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1376 <![CDATA[ Year 2 at the school allotment ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1367 Year 2 will be going to the allotment during the Spring term. 

]]> Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:46:34 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1367 <![CDATA[ Friday 11th February 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1362 Talk Homework: This week is Children's Mental Health Week- talk to your family friends about what mental health means. Choose some activities to complete over the holidays to make a positive impact on your mental health. This could be doing an activity that you really enjoy, reading a book or even just enjoying as much time as you can outdoors in the fresh air!

Spellings: April, pencil, nostril, pupil, evil

]]> Wed, 2 Nov 2022 16:51:08 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1362 <![CDATA[ Friday 4th February 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1343 Talk Homework: Look around your house with your adults and find things that are all different blues. Can you make a range of blues starting with the darkest and slowly choose items that are getting lighter. 

Spellings: medal, local, hospital, animal, final

]]> Sat, 2 Apr 2022 16:46:21 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1343 <![CDATA[ Friday 27th January 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1325 Talk homework: Look through some newspapers at home with an adult and see if you can spot a headline, a picture with a caption, a quote and the detail of where and when the news story happened. 

Spellings: angel, jewel, towel, travel, camel

]]> Fri, 28 Jan 2022 16:01:15 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1325 <![CDATA[ Friday 21st January 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1297 Talk homework: Discuss with your adults where our water comes from? Can you use the vocabulary you learnt on Wednesday in our geography day: rainfall, river, reservoir, local. 

Spellings: table, little, bottle, uncle, middle.

]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:50:00 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1297 <![CDATA[ Friday 14th January 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1296 Talk homework: Retell the story of The Lonely Beast as though you are writing a diary entry.

Spellings: write, wrap, wriggle, wrong, wrote

]]> Sun, 16 Jan 2022 11:42:56 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1296 <![CDATA[ Friday 7th January 2022 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1274 Talk homework: Tell your adults all about the history of toilets. If you want to show your adults the Crossness website toilet timeline use this link https://www.toilet-timeline.org/

Spellings this week:

know

knee

knew

gnaw

gnome

]]> Fri, 1 Jul 2022 21:25:56 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1274 <![CDATA[ Friday 17th December 2021 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1266 No talk homework

]]> Fri, 17 Dec 2021 23:30:38 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1266 <![CDATA[ Friday 10th December 2021 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1243 Talk homework: Practise saying out loud your 2x 5x and 10x tables

]]> Tue, 12 Oct 2021 14:45:48 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1243 <![CDATA[ Clay in Poplar class and Maple class ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1236 Our Global Goal this half term is Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. We have been learning about the history of the police force and we have made police badges out of clay.

]]> Wed, 12 May 2021 20:31:00 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1236 <![CDATA[ Friday 3rd December ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1223 Talk Homework: Tell you adults all about the story you are planning in school. Remember it follows the structure of the Magic Finger.

Just to let you know we will be putting our weekly spellings on here each week. The children have been learning them all week but it will help the children to learn them in a different setting too.

Spellings to learn for a test on Monday:

giant

gym

magic

digit

gentle

]]> Wed, 12 May 2021 17:07:05 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1223 <![CDATA[ Friday 26th November 2021 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1200 Talk Homework: Tell your adults about the history of the police force.

]]> Fri, 26 Nov 2021 13:03:08 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1200 <![CDATA[ 19th November 2021 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1197 Talk homework: Can you recognise the value of all coins?

]]> Mon, 22 Nov 2021 21:44:18 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1197 <![CDATA[ Friday 12th November 2021 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1166 Talk Homework: Can you remember the vocabulary we discussed in our Global Learning lesson? Some of the words are very new to us aren't they? See if you can remember what justice, respect, peace, institution and cooperation mean?

]]> Sat, 11 Dec 2021 09:19:28 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1166 <![CDATA[ Friday 5.11.21 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1148 Talk homework: Have a discussion at home about the importance of exercise on our health.

]]> Tue, 11 May 2021 09:19:06 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1148 <![CDATA[ Friday 22nd October ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1137 No talk homework, have a lovely half-term break.

]]> Fri, 22 Oct 2021 13:30:05 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1137 <![CDATA[ Friday 15th October 2021 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1119 Talk Homework: Have a look around your house and see if you can spot any houseplants. Think carefully about what plants need to survive. Ask your family if they have a spare houseplant that you can bring in for your classroom.

]]> Fri, 15 Oct 2021 13:48:20 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1119 <![CDATA[ Friday 8th October ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1101 Talk homework: Please collect some suitable materials for the inside of a bug house and bring them into school with you on Monday. This could be, for example: twigs, pine cones, acorns or cardboard.

Maths homework : Abacus         https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0

3 times 20min a week. Usernames and passwords are in each child's reading journal. 

Reading homework: with an adult three times a week please.

The documents attached at the end of this blog are for children that test Covid positive and have to remain at home. If they are well enough to work, the document will ensure they do not miss out on what we are learning at school. 

]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:54:00 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1101 <![CDATA[ Friday 1st October 2021 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1087 Talk Homework: Talk to your adults at home about David Attenborough.

Maths homework: Go on abacus https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0&l=0 (2 x 20 min each week)

user name: first three letters of first name and last name

password: year2

school code: kmm7

]]> Sat, 10 Jul 2021 13:02:48 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1087 <![CDATA[ Friday 24th September ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1063 Talk homework: Can you retell the Creation story to your adults?

Maths homework: Go on abacus https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0&l=0 

user name: first three letters of first name and last name

password: year2

school code: kmm7

]]> Sat, 10 Jul 2021 13:03:59 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1063 <![CDATA[ Friday 17th September ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1048 Talk homework: Talk with your adults about the traffic that passes through Buckden. How can traffic impact our environment and health?

]]> Sun, 26 Sep 2021 15:24:24 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1048 <![CDATA[ Explorify and science in year 2 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1043 Alive, dead or never alive?

]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 23:00:29 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1043 <![CDATA[ Friday 10th September 2021 ]]> https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1028 Talk Homework: Talk to your adults and discuss why trees are so important.

]]> Thu, 9 Dec 2021 22:05:30 GMT https://www.buckdenacademy.org/blog/?pid=44&nid=64&storyid=1028