b'The NewsJunior School Issue 18 The British School of AmsterdamThe Junior School Year 2The year began with a diary entry Welcome to our Spring Termfrom the one and only Traction Man and this followed with many edition of The Review; hereEnhanced Provision activities such as are just some of the highlightspuppet making, designing tableaus of a wonderful term of learningand creating various costumes for Traction Man and his loyal friends.and enrichment opportunitiesThey had to think carefully about the properties across the Junior School! of the materials used for the costumes and whether they would be suitable for his different missions. Year 2 then enjoyed writing their own There are so many curriculum highlights including brilliantdiary entries in the role of the Super Hero himself, Maths and Science weeks, with plenty of scope for sharedalong with his pet Scrubbing Brush of course!learning across houses and year groups. During Empathy Week,During their Maths lessons Year 2 started theYear 3we all developed our understanding of how to empathise andyear with the multiplication and division facts for strengthen it as a useable daily skill. Following on from this,the 2, 5 and 10 times tables and then moved ontoThe New Year began in Year we used Michael Rosens poetry anthology On the Move as a focus for Book Week which offered a mix of workshops, parentlearning about money. They enjoyed spending3 with our Nutrition topic. We reading sessions and of course, a fabulous fancy dress parade. their (pretend) money in The BSA Shop andare now all determined to have YEAR 2 - BSA SHOP Pizzeria that was set up in the library. Towards Year 5 and Year 3 blew us away with their productions ofthe end of the term the pupils enjoyed applyinga happy and healthy 2024. Scheherazade and the Bee Musical. There have been plentytheir measuring skills and measured many objects,We learnt all about teeth and we enjoyed of other enrichment and community opportunities for pupilsincluding themselves, in centimeters and meters. exploring the effect of different drinks on our including a series of YMBSA recitals, a beautiful Over theTopic lessons have been just as engaging as theyteeth. We even got to make our own clay model Rainbow fantasy concert and Warm Jumper Day where pupils learnt more about the impact of climate change. have been learning about Pirates and had anof human teeth using salt dough. It may have been excellent time visiting the Scheepvaartmuseuma little messy, but the results were great and The teaching team are working collaboratively to drive forwardto learn more about the maritime historythere are clearly some budding dentists within academic and pastoral developments across the Junior School,of Amsterdam. In Computing, Year 2 haveour midst. We also designed, made and tested including a comprehensive review of our curriculum, wellbeingbeen developing their programming skills byour own healthy smoothie recipes as well as programme and future opportunities for parental engagement. giving clear, precise instructions to enabledesigning and making the cup holder and stirrer.YEAR 4 And now it is time for us to rest and relax before thetheir characters to tell a story. They thenIn English we looked at how to write instructions excitement of Summer Term! Wishing you all a lovely break. applied these skills for Bee Bots to followand then got creative and wrote some fantastic pirate maps to hopefully find the treasure! recipes for teacher pies! We also wrote instructions for making a jam sandwich and then one of our friends tested the instructions MELANIE FIDGEfor us. This was great fun and helped us realise HEAD OF JUNIOR SCHOOL how important it is to use imperative verbs m.fidge @ britams.nland be precise when we write instructions. In addition to this we have all been enjoying YEAR 6 reading our class bookPugs of the Frozen North by Philip Reeve, which has really helped us develop some of our reading skills.The children delivered an amazing production and they worked so hard to learn their lines, dances, their stage direction and all the words to the songs for The Bee Musical. It caused quite a buzz throughout the Junior School community and was a brilliant way to end our Spring Term.YEAR 3 - THE BEE MUSICAL8 9'