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Learning Journey: Myths, Monarchs & Mayhem<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Our learning at Dulwich Wood this week:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reception<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week we\u2019ve been inspired by Joe\u2019s ideas in ‘The Extraordinary Gardener’ and how they helped him create a world less dull and ordinary for himself and those around him. After everyone had a turn planting seeds, we used our planning<\/strong> and imagining <\/strong>tools to design our very own dream gardens. We then wrote some wonderful sentences to describe what makes each of them so extraordinary!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week we had a cheeky little friend join us in Y1. ‘The Naughty Bus’ came whizzing in creating lots of mess. We used our collaboration and planning tools<\/strong>\u00a0and wrote a letter to ‘The Naughty Bus’, giving him some advice about how he could use his empathy goggles<\/strong> and look after our school. We think it\u2019s worked as thankfully he\u2019s not created any more mess, phew! We also used our reasoning tool<\/strong>\u00a0to think of what could be included in a healthy packed lunch, during our PSHE session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y2 have been continuing to use their managing distractions<\/strong> and making links<\/strong> tools in their multiplication and division topic this week, persevering <\/strong>to master the 2 and 5 times tables. They have also been researching two London landmarks in Literacy and recording lots of interesting facts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y3 have been using their imagining<\/strong> tool to understand what life would be like in the Stone Age, and then had a debate about whether we would like to live in the Stone Age or not – the answer was a pretty resounding no! In reading, we used our perseverance<\/strong> tool, trying to work out what the BFG is trying to say (he often gets his words mixed up) and then we had fun coming up with our own BFG words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 4 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y4 have done some amazing learning this week, discovering and sharing so much about the ancient Egyptians across history, literacy and guided reading lessons! In particular, we used our asking questions<\/strong>, reasoning<\/strong> and collaboration<\/strong> tools to debate and discover how Tutankhamun may have died and how the mummification process worked. The children have shown amazing enthusiasm for the new topic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y5 have been using their planning<\/strong> and reasoning <\/strong>tools in science this week to carefully dissect a flower, identify its different parts and explain their roles in plant reproduction. In literacy, we used our imagining<\/strong> tool and empathy goggles<\/strong> to step into the roles of different characters and write thoughtful quotes for a newspaper report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, Y6 have continued our learning about the ‘Suffragettes’, focusing on Emmeline Pankhurst and the strikes of the Match Girls. Through this work, we have used our empathy goggles<\/strong> and imagining<\/strong> tool to better understand the struggles and determination of those who fought for change. In history, we have also been learning more about the changing role of women over time and the impact this has had on society today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dulwich Wood Nursery School Ofsted Inspection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nursery School was recently inspected by Ofsted and we are delighted to share our report with you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are incredibly proud of our whole team and pleased that we were able to showcase our wonderful setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ofsted has recently introduced a new inspection framework, and we were among the first maintained nursery schools to be inspected under these changes. The report no longer includes a single overall grade; instead, it provides a detailed \u201creport card\u201d designed to give parents a clearer picture of how the school performs across key areas. Each area is graded on a five-point scale, from \u201curgent improvement\u201d to \u201cexceptional,\u201d alongside a short explanation to help parents better understand the school\u2019s strengths, areas for development, and overall context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are very pleased that the report reflects our happy and nurturing nursery school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n