William Byrd Reading Festival
This month we celebrated reading by having a special William Byrd Reading Festival week. During the course of the week we explored and celebrated books, comics and illustrations.
This month we celebrated reading by having a special William Byrd Reading Festival week. During the course of the week we explored and celebrated books, comics and illustrations.
We invited key staff from local secondary schools to talk to our Year 6 pupils about the exciting new journey they will embark on as they move into secondary school.
The aim of these meetings is to talk to the children about the main changes between primary and secondary school, who their new teachers will be and also give them an opportunity to ask any questions or talk about any concerns that they may have moving into their new school.
Thank you to all our visitors for taking the time out and visiting our school.
We held our curriculum Art Day on Friday 9 July. The children planned and designed their own pieces of work inspired by their research into the work and techniques of famous artists. The work was all linked to their class learning, and we’re sure you’ll agree that the pieces the children have created are worthy of the Tate!
For their Rocks, Relics and Rumbles unit in Geography to consolidate their previous home learning, Year 3 have built model volcanoes using our understanding of rock layers, magma chambers and tectonic plate movement to give a detailed impression of what happens when a volcano erupts.
Our Year 1 children have been learning all about the Victorians. To immerse them into their learning, we planned a special Victorian day and asked children to come to school dressed up in Victorian clothes.
Children had the opportunity to experience what school was like in Victorian times. They were taught lessons in a Victorian classroom following Victorian school rules and discovered how the Victorians lived and who they were.
Our Nursery children have been very busy enjoying activities in class inspired by The Rainbow Fish.
As part of their History topic, Year 1 children walked around the local area on Thursday 24th June.
Year 5 have been creating presentations looking at the lifecycles of two contrasting animals. Children made sure they selected animals from different classes and examined the similarities and differences of these animals.
This term our Reception children have been learning about the global community to which they belong and exploring how living things, communities and climates differ around the world.
In Design Technology lessons, children have been using their creativity and imagination to design and make creative products.
At William Byrd, our teachers are continually striving to develop and improve and on Friday 25 May, we had a ‘Teach Meet’ for teachers to share teaching tips, strategies and approaches.
Heathrow Young Explorers, Heathrow’s new challenge for Year 6 children, is a hands-on challenge linked to the curriculum established to inspire the next generation to consider a career at the airport.