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Abrcadabra, Alakazam, rehearse your directions as fast as you can!. Humber class have been casting magical spells in Maths this week to recall their knowledge of position and direction. Learners cast up, down, left, right, clockwise and anticlockwise spells in full wizard attire. A magical lesson with fun learning for all.
Coritani Juniors have been learning all about animals, including humans, in Science. One aspect of their learning is to understand our teeth, why we need them and how to keep them clean. Our learners particularly enjoyed investigating how clean our teeth are with disclosure tablets and then using their new bamboo toothbrushes to brush them back to pearly white.
On Wednesday 13th November, Year 5 & 6 visited The Pods Leisure Centre in Scunthorpe. This was the first swimming trip for Coritani Academy. Five enthusiastic students had a great time building their water confidence and learning new swimming skills. This is the first of eight trips which form part of the governments Key Stage 2 PE National Curriculum.
The objective of these sessions is for the pupils to build on their existing swimming competences and further develop their social skills. This was a great success in which students proved themselves to be safe and respectful during their visit. Pupils put in maximum effort and enjoyed the lesson and experience, they are all looking forward to the next lesson.
This term, our school had the fantastic opportunity to participate in the annual Into Film Festival, the largest free film festival for young people in the UK. It was a chance for our pupils to enjoy the magic of cinema while developing their cultural and critical thinking skills.
Our Key Stage 2 pupils enjoyed a delightful screening of Garfield. This classic family comedy was a big hit, sparking lots of laughter and discussion. The children were an absolute credit to the school, showing impeccable behaviour throughout the visit. It was heart-warming to see their excitement and enthusiasm as they immersed themselves in the cinematic experience.
As an extension of the festival, we treated our Key Stage 3 and 4 students to a spectacular viewing of Wicked. The Into Film Festival has once again provided an enriching cultural experience, sparking creativity, engagement, and new perspectives among our pupils. We are already looking forward to next year’s events!
Thank you to all staff and pupils for making this year’s film festival participation such a success!
November saw, what we hope to be an annual trip to experience a musical. This year the student council selected Hairspray and so the seniors in the academy ventured to Hull New Theatre to experience the west end production. For many it was a new experience and they learnt that musicals were mainly delivered through song unlike the stage productions they have seen before.
The most important part of the day was travelling to and from Hull. In order make sure our learners are ready for the next stage in their lives we took them on the Fastcab 350 which has built on the work we have done on public transport over the past few weeks. The journey wasn't easy as the bus filled up and the return journey was delayed. All skills needed for later life.
Key Stage 4 enjoyed a trip to London in October to support their GCSE English studies. Our annual trip to The Globe gives the learners a chance to see Shakespeare's world in a way we could never show in a classroom. It is a great way to inspire excellence and make learning real. The learns travelled by train to Kings Cross station and experienced the tube, a first for some before catching the Uber Clipper to travel up the Thames, a first for all.
The play we watched was A Comedy of Errors and set in the traditional mediaeval manner, learners were surprised that there was some interaction between the actors and the crowd. A great day to inspire our learners both academically and in building skills for adult life.
Halloween is normally about scaring ghosts and ghouls but Coritani do things differently. After a morning of learning, we gave the learners the opportunity to carve pumpkins so they could decorate their homes in the evening to welcome visitors.
Some learners decided they could be creative with a sharpy but others went for the traditional method with scoop and cutter. They were excellent at sharing, respectful with each other, so each class was buzzing with activity. All the learners left with a pumpkin to place in the window or on the door step.
Our Reading Ambassador for this academic year is a key stage 3 learner called Lilly-Mae. Lilly-Mae attended phonics lessons when she first started at Coritani. It didn’t take her long to whizz through her sound work and now she is becoming a confident, fluent reader. Once a week, she sits with one of our younger readers and shares some of our beautiful books with them. The younger children love spending time with her. Sometimes Lilly-Mae uses some of our dressing up clothes to get into character! It is lovely to see and hear Lilly being polite and respectful to our younger learners.
This term we were joined by Sam's Safari to take a walk on the wild side with a selection of animals. Our learners silently stroked a slimy giant snail, chatted with a chinchilla and stroked a slithering snake. Our safari guide took us on an adventure through the food chain, flew us around the world to visit the native environment of each of the animals and even showed us the hunting technique of the bearded dragon up close. Our learners thoroughly enjoyed this experience, it was wild.
All of the Coritani learners experienced the magic that is Explorer Dome. This time, it was a fantastic introduction to one of the most inspiring topics, light. There were 2 different shows, one for seniors and one for juniors. All the learners were excited and engaged watching the projections across the large domed tent.
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Recently in KS2 Maths we have been learning about statistics. We have looked at how to count and collect data and different ways in which we record this - including tally charts, bar charts and pictograms! From our data, we then ask and answer lots of different questions.
Learners were able to select an area of research they were interested in, ask their questions to other learners and staff around school and use differing techniques to record their data.
Furthermore, we used our statistics knowledge to investigate the different types of chocolates inside a box of chocolates and compare the amounts of each type!
To celebrate our achievement in gaining the Silver award for Rights Respecting Schools we decided to link this with our now traditional garden party. The Rights Respecting Mad Hatters Bubble Tea party was born to mark this occasion and we had a thoroughly enjoyable day. Learners feasted on savouries, cakes all topped off with a show stopping trifle. The day ended with staff and learners from all key stages involved in games and they even helped with clearing up. Of course we did have bubbletea which was an experience, enjoyed by some and avoided by a few. Look out for next years theme which will celebrate 10 years of Coritani.
