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Spring Term Learning Journey – All the World’s a Stage

Reception: We have finished reading ‘The Magic Paintbrush’. We all loved the dragon that Shen started to paint in order to get rid of the mean Emperor so that he would leave her village alone. We have used lots of imagination to draw our own dragons, we discussed the features that make them fierce and then applied our phonics knowledge to label those features. We finished our work by giving each dragon a special name using a compound word (two words joined together to create a new word)!

Year 1 really enjoyed their computing lesson this week. We used our collaboration and imagining tools to create colourful pictures of flowers using the Paint programme’s different tools and features. We then compared the main features of a laptop and desktop computer and learnt that the main part of a desktop is called a base unit.

Year 2 enjoyed using their reasoning and making links tools in history as we learned about another influential monarch – Queen Victoria. We investigated some mysterious clues and made predictions about what they might tell us about Victoria’s reign. We thought about how life had changed since the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and how it was still very different from our life today.

Year 3 have used their imagining tool to write incredible versions of ‘Our Tower’. We have really taken our time to carefully select exciting adjectives and verbs and the outcome has been fantastic.

Year 4 have used their planning and empathy tools to write a formal letter of advice to the farmers in the Iron Man story! We have also finished our fractions topic – using our perseverance tool to help us convert mixed numbers to improper fractions!

Year 5 have been using their reasoning tool in our history lessons to think about different city states in Ancient Greece. We discussed and debated whether we would prefer to live in Sparta or Athens. Many of us sensibly decided we would rather live in neither!

Year 6 began the week with our second author visit, using our asking questions tool to gain a deeper insight into the mind of Jennifer Killick as she releases yet another instalment of her series. Using our perseverance tool, we then completed a round of SATs practice tests, showcasing our amazing learning. Finally, we ended the week with a trip to our local woods, where we were foraging for a variety of mushrooms and fungi – linked to our science. Thanks you Miss Cummings for helping us to discover the hidden wonders of the woods.

Y1 & Y2 Football

This week we took 2 teams from Y1 and Y2 to Dulwich College for a football tournament hosted by Dulwich DUCKS. Both teams performed fantastically well, coming first and second respectively. For these children it was their first time in an actual competition and they made everyone at Dulwich Wood proud. We all had a fun and enjoyable experience. We look forward to see what these boys and girls can do in the future! Mr Sean

Coming Up

Globe Theatre Trips:

As part of our Learning Journey this term, All the World’s a Stage, all children from Y1 – Y6 will have the opportunity to visit the Globe Theatre for a tour and a workshop.

Monday 24th Feb: Y3 & Y4
Tuesday 25th Feb: Y1 & Y2
Monday 10th Mar: Y6
Tuesday 11th Mar: Y5

World Book Day! Thu 6th Mar

Dress up for World Book Day – you can either come dressed as your favourite character (bring the book too!) or you can wear your pyjamas and bring your favourite bed story.

Attendance Policy

Please read Dulwich Wood’s Attendance Policy below. We will be hosting a coffee morning on Tuesday 4th March @ 9am in the Upper Hall. There will be a representative from Southwark’s Early Help Team available to answer any questions.

Dulwich Wood Attendance Policy Download