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Welcome to Redwood’s Class' information and blog page.  Here you will find general class information and see what we have been up to in our learning. 

We very much look forward to working together this year to ensure that your child has a great last year at New Moston. 

Today has all been about our school values: Standards, Pride, Attitude and Growth. 
We explored what values are, what each value should look like as well as doing creative activities around each value. Parents were also invited in to explore the value 'Attitude' by trying to create an origami bird! We discussed how it was tricky but if we keep practising and not giving up (having a positive attitude) then we will be able to get better and succeed! 

Today was Italy day! We learnt and recapped where Italy was and what continent it is in, counted to 20 in Italian, learnt about Michelangelo and tried his painting technique (we found this quite tricky!) and pizza tasting! It was a very good day!

This half term we are going to be building bridges! To start our topic, we used paper and thought of how to build in bridge in 10 minutes. Straight away, groups thought carefully about the support a bridge would need as well as how strong and stable it is!

Year 6 visited Crucial Crew yesterday ; we learnt about keeping ourselves safe. 

We learnt about safety on the railways, being safe online, keeping safe on public transport and the importance of making the right choices. 

We really enjoyed taking part in this event. 

We hope you enjoy looking at our photos from the day. 

Gulliver's World

The children had the best day at Gulliver's World. They went on plenty of rides and enjoyed the sunshine. 

They represented the school impeccably. We hope you enjoy looking at our photos. 

Today the children supported the baton relay in support of protecting our environment. In class we made posters and banners which we enjoyed waving as they rode passed. 

We loved how many members of the public beeped their horns and waved at us. 

We hope you enjoy the pictures. 

Today in Art, we started our new topic "Sculptures". 

Today we began to explore using the clay. 

We had to make different objects with the clay. The hardest one to make was a pyramid. 

We then got to make a secret animal and the rest of the class had to guess what our animal was. 

Well done to Redwood Class - what an amazing attendance - 99.38%. 

We are all incredibly proud of you all. 

Today Redwood Class went to Manchester City as part of our fieldwork for our Geography learning. We interviewed members of the public to find out the answers to the questions we devised as a class. 

Mrs Toshkezi was so proud of us all. We were confident, polite and impeccably behaved. 

We did New Moston Primary School proud. 

This afternoon, Redwood class worked alongside the Redcross to learn vital first aid. We learnt what to do when a person cuts themselves badly, what to when a person is burnt, what to do if a person is choking and CPR. 

We also learnt that we must ensure that it is safe for us to help someone before we start and that it is our responsibility to help others when they need it. 

Today we joined a live event run by Kooth. This was to help us with SATs coming up. We learnt some strategies that we could use if we are starting to worry and feel a little anxious and stressed. 

Today we went on a walk so that we could look at the traffic lights and watch the sequence. We learnt that the traffic lights do not follow the sequence of red, amber, green, amber and red instead they follow the sequence of red, red-amber, green, amber and red. We timed how many seconds the traffic lights work for. 

In Science this week we began our topic on forces. We conducted an experiment to see whether the  surface would affect the amount of friction to move an object. Take a look at our pictures. 

Today we had a visitor who came to speak with us about the dangers of gangs. It was a very informative lesson and we all enjoyed it very much. Here are a few of our pictures. 

SATs information. 

Please see below the information shared with parents during a SAT's coffee morning if you were unable to attend. 

Thank you 

WORLD MATHS DAY 

Today in Redwood, we combined Maths with Art to produce the most beautiful Waldrof Star. We hope you enjoy the pictures. 

A massive congratulations to Freya who was a winner of the Eco Warriors bird house competition. 

Well done Freya. We are so very proud of you. We hope you are proud of yourself. 

World Book Day - Break the Rules Day

Redwood have been busy making pop up cards, games and puppets for our reception children to try. They are having a great time. 

Today in Science we conducted an experiment to see how light travels. We really enjoyed it. We learnt that light travels in straight lines. When light hits an object, it is reflected by that object and travels in straight lines to our eyes. Our eyes take in some of this light and information is sent to the brain.

Well done to Pippa and Yu-Ling for completing your reading bookmark. Enjoy reading your books. 

Congratulations to Wisdom and Italia for 100% attendance so far this academic year. Amazing achievement guys. Well done to both of you. 

My stars this week are Summer for excellent Reading, Daniel for some super writing in our English lessons, Ellen for excellent Handwriting and Taim for being an absolute Maths genius. Well done to all of you. We are really proud of you all. 

Check out our super readers. These children have completed their home reads and now have their very own book to keep. Well done guys. Redwood are super proud of you. 

Design Technology Day

Today we put our design into practice. We made our fruit taquitos. We learnt new skills along the way. Kneading dough, measuring ingredients accurately, cooking the taquito as well as creating a filling. Take a look at our pictures. 

In History we took on the role of different people in WW1. Take a look at our pictures. 

Check out this guy. He's absolutely loving reading at the moment. He can't put this book down. Reading at any opportunity. Well done Reegan. 

Who will get my postcard home this week? 

Is it going to be you? 

Have a think, have you gone above and beyond this week? Can you go above and beyond next week? 

We had a visit from the NSPCC. We learnt about different ways in which we can keep ourselves safe.  Take a look at our pictures. 

A lovely afternoon spent with our parents and carers. We enjoyed showing them all what skills we have learnt and our amazing end products.  Our parents and carers did a fantastic job creating their own eyes and lips. 

A massive thank you to all that were able to attend. 

Welcome back to the new term.

This term our main topic is "Can any good come out of war?" We will be learning about: Germany’s invasion of Poland  which caused France and Britain to go to war with them, 

how many children were evacuated from cities to live in the country side, due to transport issues, all food was rationed and many people started to grow their own food.

We will be using the book Goodnight Mr Tom as part of our English lessons and Whole Class Reading to support us with our understanding of war. 

Please take a look at our Topic Plan. 

Myself, Mrs Spence and Mrs Baxter would like to wish you all a wonderful and restful Christmas break. 

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to each and every one. 

Lots of love

SNEAK PREVIEW

Take a sneak preview of just some of the amazing artwork that will be on display for you all to see. 

Today Year 6 took part in "What's your job?" focusing on careers and aspirations. A group of volunteers came into school organised by the North Manchester Business Network and the children had to guess the jobs by asking questions. We hope you enjoy our pictures. 

This afternoon Redwood class participated in an  Empathy Plus Migration workshop  with the British Red Cross. We really enjoyed the session and Dan, who delivered it, was very impressed with out knowledge which we have developed in English and our Class Story The Boy at the Back of the Class.  

My stars this week are Tyla for his excellent story using dialogue to advance the action and convey character, James for fantastic effort with his handwriting and Oscar for some super reading to the rest of the class. We are super proud of you all. Keep up the hard work boys. 

This week in Art we used different media to create our drawings. Take a look at our fantastic work. 

COMING SOON

After Christmas we will be studying the book Goodnight Mr Tom. Why not get ahead and have a read of Chapter. Let me know what you think so far. I cannot wait to hear what you think about the story so far. 

In our Art lesson we were developing out drawing techniques using different grades of pencils. Here are some examples of our fantastic skills. 

My stars this week are Salmah for excellent reading in partner read, Tileigh for trying hard with her handwriting, Summer for excellent Maths and Yu Ling for a superb Big Write. 

Redwood class - ATTENTION NEEDED!!!!

Some of us have been getting a little confused with the homophones there, their and they're and the use of the apostrophe. To help you understand, I have added two links below to help you - that way our Big Writes will be even more amazing than they already are. 

We will be going over this in class too. 

Enjoy guys

Love Mrs Toshkezi 

My awards this week went to Pippa for a super graffiti tag, Eli for excellent reading in class, Reegan for some amazing Maths learning and Jake for working incredibly hard with his handwriting. Miss Maynard was super proud of them all too. Well done guys. 

My awards this week go to Daniel for working really hard in all of his lessons, Tyler for super learning and application of long multiplication and division, Italia for excellent handwriting  and to Summer and Olivia for completing all of their reads even after they came home from Ghyll Head. 

Well done to each and everyone of you. We are so proud of you all. 

Here we are in Reception asking the children to try out our moving toys. We think they really enjoyed it. It is safe to say that they were a hit! 

Here we are making our moving toys. We love how they have turned out and they all work! We cannot wait to try them out with our reception class tomorrow. 

Design Technology

Mrs Rashid is after our help. She is desperate for new toys for her children. We have been asked to help her out. We need to make a moving toy. 

Today we developed our sawing skills, ready for the big make!!

Take a look at our pictures. 

In our English lessons we had to write a character description of Lucy and Mr. Tumnus. We did lots of reading to help us understand the characters using our text detective skills. We linked our learning from our Whole Class Reading lessons to help with our writing. 

Mrs Toshkezi is incredibly proud of us all. 

Take a look at some of our writing. 

My awards this week go to: 

Summer for amazing reading in our Whole Class Reading.

Italia for excellent writing of a character description. 

Zach for working extra hard (and at home) to improve his handwriting.

Yu Ling for excellent learning in Maths this week. 

Well done everybody. We are really proud of you all. Keep up the good work. 

My awards this week go to Olivia for super reading, Zoya for always giving 100% in all that she does, Lori for beautiful handwriting and Josh for excellent Maths. 

My awards this week go to Lucas for working hard on his reading, Oscar for always putting the most amazing effort into all of his learning, James for super maths learning this week and Reegan for producing perfect handwriting in all if his lessons.

Music - look at our Music leaders - they had to keep the pulse and we had to follow their lead. 

Here we are in our Whole Class Reading lesson completing our "Partner Read." We help each other to get better with our reading. We coach our partner to make sure we read with fluency and expression. Mrs Toshkezi is really proud of us. 

Big Write

Today we completed out first Year 6 Big Write. We all worked really hard. We enjoyed the relaxing music and more importantly the biscuits!!. 

Keep your eyes peeled to see our final pieces next week. 

Our class awards this week go to Erin Cahill for beautiful handwriting, Layla Marshall for great reading and Lucas Cale for working incredibly hard in all lessons. 

In History we have been learning about the Great Plague. 

We know where, when and why it started. The symptoms and "cures" as well as the role of the Plague Doctor. 

We also have made links to our learning from Year 2 - The Great Fire of London. 

Ask us about our learning- we are happy to talk to you about it. 

See our learning below. 

Our class awards this week go to Olivia for exceptional handwriting, Wisdom for some super sentences and Tyla for amazing reading at home. Well done guys - I am really proud of you all. 

We had great fun in the sun this afternoon riding these BMX bikes. We followed the track to perfection. 

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Today for World Environment Day we planted our own sunflower seeds making our own greenhouses. We worked in small groups to make our greenhouses. 

In our P4C lesson this week we continued to look at racism related to our RE learning. We listened to the story "Let's Talk About Race." We had a lot of discussion around this and found the story very insightful. We agreed that we are all the same and we should always treat everyone equal. 

Take a look at our learning in our P4C book. 

Watch the You Tube video below to listen to the story. We know you will enjoy it. 

Congratulations to Kyle and Lexi who are the lucky winners of the UKS2 flag competition. 

We are so very proud of you both. 

Our Upper Key Stage Two Art work. The children worked together as a phase to produce these beautiful pieces. We are so proud of you all. 

King's Coronation 2023

Here we are getting ready for the celebrations. 

We worked together as a team. 

A big congratulations to this week's stars. 

Bella for making great progress with her comprehension skills.

Jael for always presenting her learning beautifully.

Mason for working extremely hard in our Maths lessons. 

Godwin for amazing learning in the run up to his SATs. 

A massive well done to all of you. 

We are very proud of you all. 

A big congratulations to Jude, Abigail, Chloe and Samuel who have successfully completed their reading book mark. They have each chosen a book to keep and read at home. Well done to all of you. Keep up with the super reading. 

My stars this week are Brooke for super learning in English, Jude for excellent handwriting and Daniel for a much improved attitude to his learning and reading. 
Good job guys. Keep this up. 

In our English lessons we have been studying the book Holes by Louis Sachar. We have completed lots of different pieces of writing around the book but one of our favourite pieces was our persuasive leaflets. Take a look at them. Have we persuaded you to visit Camp Green Lake? 

In our PSHE lesson we looked at Mental Health. We enjoyed learning about what is Mental Health and ways in which we can keep our body and mind healthy. 

We came up with lots of ideas. 

In our DT lessons we researched, designed, made and then evaluates our bridges. We really enjoyed working as a team and reviewing and designs as we went along. 

We made our bridges unique. We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed making them. 

My stars this week are: 

Daisie Hall for amazing reading, Lucas for excellent maths and Abigail for always completing learning to an excellent standard. 

My awards this week go to:

Daniel for an excellent letter in our English lessons.

Samuel for super reading. 

Treasure for excellent work in Maths understanding how to find the area of triangles. 

Ava for working incredibly hard on her handwriting. 

Reading Award

A big congratulations to Niamh who has completed her book mark for super reading at home. 

We are all very proud of you. 

Please find the below the information from the SAT's Parents Meeting being held on Tuesday 7th March.7

Mrs Toshkezi 

Today in Design Technology Mrs Toshkezi gave us the challenge of building the strongest bridge which would have to hold a cup of coins.

About 10 minutes into our construction Mrs Toshkezi asked us to consider what was working and what was not working. We realised that the shorter the columns of the bridge the stronger it would be. We also thought about how the distance between each end of the bridge might affect the strength.

We discussed that our bridge needs to withstand forces pushing down upon them.  The bridge must be able to endure tension and compression.

Some of us where more successful than others. 

The strongest bridge built was by Mason, Ava, Brooke, Samuel and Denzel. 

Great job guys! 

My stars this week are: Brooke for excellent retrieval skills in our Whole Class Reading lessons.  

Treasure for great improvements with her handwriting, Kyle for an absolute super week and finally to Jacob for some fantastic learning throughout the week in Maths. 

Well done to all of you. 

Keep this up xx

Well done to this wonderful bunch who all have 100% attendance. You have all done amazingly well. I am very proud of you all. 

Well done to:

Chika, Abigail, Mason, Lexi, Niamh, Daisie, Treasure, Samuel, Zac, Danie, Nevaia, Chloe and Umaizah. 

Keep this up guys. 

Computing in Redwood

Today we started our new topic  using 2Create a Story Adventure mode.

We enjoyed getting started on this and creating our own story maps. Here we are in action. 

My stars this week are: Nevaia for always reading at home and sharing what she reads with us. 

Umaizah and Chloe for achieving their pen this week and to Ava for some fantastic learning throughout the week. 

Well done to all of you. 

Keep this up xx

On Friday, your child will have brought home a pack. Inside this pack, there is knowledge organisers for maths and SPAG. This is everything a Year 6 child has to know. Booster letters for those child who are invited to morning booster lessons, starting this week (30th January 2023). There is also a letter outlining your child's current attainment and progress from Key Stage 1. If you have any questions please contact your child's class teacher. 

Below is a copy of the letter 'Ways to help your child at home', with the live links.

Music in Redwood

Today we built on our prior learning to develop our performance skills. 

We used glockenspiels to play alongside the music. 

We used the notes G A B and worked hard to stay in time. It took us a little bit of time but we got there in the end. We had lots of fun too!

Maths learning

Today we looked at simple formulae and how to express missing numbe problems algebraically. 

Here we are using our counters and cubes to simplify equations.

Mrs Toshkezi is very proud of us all. 

This weeks teacher award goes to Umaizah for having a fantastic first week in Redwood class!

Thanks to all the parents who came in this morning to read with our children. 

Year 6 had a fantastic afternoon at Crucial Crew. We learnt many different ways to keep ourselves safe out in the community and what to do if we felt unsafe. 

My stars this week are: 

Lexi for amazing fluent reading. 

Manha for always producing beautiful handwriting.

Eiliyah for amazing writing in English. 

Redwood are very proud of you all. 

Great job guys. 

Anglo- Saxon baking

Today we made a traditonal Anglo-Saxon recipe. We made honey, oat and spice cakes. 

We melted the butter and added the oats, dried fruit, honey and cinnamon. We mixed it all together and then pressed it flat onto a baking tray.  Next we baked it in the oven for 30 minutes before letting them cool and enjoying eating it. 

Anglo - Saxon weaving. 

Today we acted like Anglo-Saxons. They were skilled in making cloth. Our task today was to make our own cloth. We showed lots of skill and patience. 

Here we are completing our cloths. 

 Here we are taking part in The National Literacy Trust Take 10 and read. 

We enjoyed listening to the author Natalie Costa  and then we dropped everything to read. 

Meet Redwood's digital leaders. 

A massive congratulations to Denzel and Niamh. 

They will be working closely with Mrs Kahn and the computing team. 

Well done to both of you. 

My stars this week are:

Jude Humble for amazing handwriting in all lessons.

Chloe Smith for always giving 100% in all that you do. 

Summer Ankers for amazing learning in maths 

Barin Taha for excellent skimming and scanning skills in our whole class reading. 

In our History lesson this week our objective was to know that people in the past lived differently.

In one of our lessons we designed our own Anglo Saxon Village. 

We hope you like our ideas. 

My stars this week are: 

Jael for the most beautiful handwriting. 

Daisie for developing her ability to answer questions in detail. 

Chloe Trans for being an amazing mathematician.

Jude for putting 100% into all of his learning. 

Well done to all of you. I am so incredibly proud of you all. 

My stars this week. 

Lexi Czapla for fantastic handwriting 

Brooke Ainsley for great reading

Emmanuel for excellent maths work this week

Nevaia Smith for making a great start to Year 6. 

Well done to you all.