Day One at Astley Burf residential

Walking in Shrawley Woods. Some rain and mud (see the trousers)! Walked to the giant redwood trees.

Friday evening in school

Friday after school is our Golf Club

It is run by Mr Mitchell

 ...and Mr Wilkinson-Jones. Aiming for the holes in the mats is great fun

Meanwhile, in Our Club, table football and table hockey are popular options

And so is drawing. That's Mrs Wilson helping out. 

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

4F's assembly was about  words
It featured lots of tongue twisters,...

...some help from the partner class...

...and more more tongue twisters...

 ...as well as interesting facts about words.

The band were particularly taken with the explanation about the word hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, which ironically enough means fear of long words!

The song was Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - of course!

A star is born

Our football team's first outing was to play away at Woodside.

Look who got 4 of the goals in our 5-1 victory!

Well done to our new star, and to the whole team!
(Lots of them were Year 5 children too!)

Staff teams

Our staff met in teams to plan various areas of the curriculum

Here are some of the English team

The RE and Curriculum teams are sorting out the RE resources. We have a new syllabus this year, so they are looking at what new things we might need

We  have lots of resources already

The maths team discuss Abacus, our new maths scheme

The PE team discuss PE lessons and sports clubs

Mrs Bachelor, who hates being photographed, tries to blend in with the wall! (Unsuccessfully.)

YOunger children - and a sporting experience

Here are 1K, who helped Class 5F with their assembly on Friday. They told us about their friends

Children from 1C with the books they borrowed on their visit to the library today.

In Reception, children are learning about new letters

 ..and practising their handwriting skills

Here is Mr Brookes, who is a Sports teacher from Ellowes Hall Sports College. He is working with Year 5 at the moment. Today, they played tag rugby. (Hope to get some pictures next week!)

To the library

The Year 1 classes have been going to the library this week.
Sorry the pictures are a little blurred, but I thought they deserve to be shown anyway.
Borrowing a book...

Listening to a story

Reading a story

The children got such a lot from the experience- they would love to go again.

Reece Brown, footballer, and former pupil

Reece Brown, former Jesson's pupil, has been making the news recently. Here are two reports from the Birmingham Mail website.19th and 20th September. 

"Birmingham City: Lee Clark tells Colin Tattum he believes Reece Brown has a bright future ahead of him

Lee Clark has high hopes for Birmingham City’s latest young gun Reece Brown.

The Blues manager gave the 17-year-old his debut as a substitute in the miserable defeat at Burnley.

And midfielder Brown earned Clark’s praise for his display.

Brown, from Dudley, remains on Scholarship terms at St Andrew’s. But that is surely going to change following his big breakthrough.

“The plus point of the night for me,” said Clark.

“Super little footballer, great technician, and for someone who is so slight he is still very strong when he has got possession of the ball.

“I was really pleased with what he did.

“And it’s tough as well when you go onto a pitch and a team aren’t playing particularly well and in a position where we’re not having a lot of joy.

“He’s the only player who has probably enhanced his reputation on the night." "

19th September, B'ham Evening Mail

 

And this is from the 20th September

 

"Reece Brown’s journey from a position of uncertainty to a place in Blues first team is an inspiration to any young footballer.

It came as something of a surprise that Brown didn’t get a professional contract when Blues secured a clutch of Academy products on their first deals in the summer.

Instead of sulking, the midfielder returned in pre-season very determined to make his mark – and how he has done that.

Brown, 17, received his debut for Blues as a substitute at Burnley, having impressed Lee Clark since July.

“Reece came back from the break a much more mature football player,” said Richard Beale, Blues under-21/development coach.

“And he really impressed everybody, not just in training but in games.

“We all knew he was a good player, but it was a case of bringing that out in the way it has happened." "

 

Congratulations, Reece - we remember that determination very well from your time at Jesson's

Golf - and science!

Friday after school saw the start of a new club - Golf Club!

This week the children  were indoors practising chipping shots

 
On Friday, Year 4 had a scavenger hunt as part of their science lesson.

 
They had to collect information outside to use during the lesson

Very exciting activity!

Even keeping a written record seems fun when it's done outdoors with a real purpose!

Artistic fun

It was the first Working Together of the new school year

 

Year Two parents and children  worked on messy artistic activities.

 

The activities included paper weaving,... 

 

 

...printing (with balloons)...

...and wax resist.

Here's Mr Welch, who ran the session.

 

The papier mache bowls were a great success.

 

 

Quite a lot of work was not dry to take home today.

 

On their feedback forms, parents said how much they enjoyed the sessions, and that they would be trying some of the activities again at home