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KS1

Father Christmas gives each of his 8 reindeer 2 apples.

How many apples does he need?

He has 6 elves to help him load the sleigh. He gives them £5 each. How much money does it cost?

Father Christmas arrived at Tom’s house. He had 4 presents for Tom, 4 presents for Tom’s sister, Kate, 2 presents for Mum but only one present for Dad. How many presents did he leave under the tree?

Lower KS2

1. ½ of all the carrots in the supermarket were bought to make snowman noses.  If the supermarket sold 168 carrots, how many ended up as noses?

2. Emily used 5 pieces of coal for the buttons, 7 pieces of coal for the mouth and 2 for the eyes.  What fraction of the coal did she use to make the mouth?

3. The scarf is 3/8s red and 5/8s yellow.  If there are 16 sections on the scarf, how many are red?

Upper KS2

In the song ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’…

What fraction of the gifts lay eggs?

What fraction of the gifts are human?

What fraction of the gifts are not living?

What fraction of the gifts may be found in a farmyard?

What fraction of the gifts are carrying musical instruments?

Express your answers in their most simplified form.

Express your answers as a decimal number.

Express your answers as a percentage.

November Maths Winners

Well done to KS1 Emily (Y1), L KS2  Gracie (Y3), UKS2 Jyan (Y6).

A huge thank you to all of you for coming along on Monday 24th November to the curriculum information evening for parents of pupils in Years 1-6. We explained the new National Curriculum, how it is different to the old curriculum, what we are doing at The Dassett and how assessment has changed.

We hope that you found it to be of interest.

The Powerpoint notes from the evening together with a Curriculum Overview for years 1-6 can be found in the Curriculum Supporting Information section of the website.

http://www.thedassettprimary.co.uk/supporting-information/

We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in securing £1000 to set up and run a Key Stage 2 healthy snack shop through DHL. Mrs. Tracy Stratford, of DHL, spoke with the School Council about how we could use the money and some members of the council presented their ideas on a video that was shown in a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style bid to the executives at DHL. They clearly did a superb job as our bid was selected and they have now asked children to think about a name and logo for this snack shop and the winner of this will get their idea turned into a reality by the team at DHL.

Our Year 6 pupils are also going to benefit from having some lessons about how businesses work – sourcing materials, creating prototypes, buying, selling, advertising and profit – as part of our link with DHL so that they are able to run the shop successfully.

What an amazing opportunity and an enormous well done to our School Council members!

The 11^th November 2014 is historical both due to it being the centenary of the start of World War 1 and the 70^th anniversary of D-Day from World War 2.

The Dassett World War 1 Day was a huge success, with the children resplendent in their costumes. We had nurses and soldiers, pilots and land girls. It seems that The Dassett, being so rural, was also the destination for many evacuees from the cities and we all had a fantastic day. Children worked on poetry, heard about The Christmas Truce and football match from 1914, created many blood red poppies and thought about how to represent 888246, the number of British soldiers who died during World War 1, using poppies and proportion and they all observed the silence at 11am. The main theme was about why we need to remember the events that have happened in past and current wars to make a better present and future for us and our children. Children learnt about stories from Flanders Field and one child also brought in an air tank from a crashed Messerschmidt aircraft that his granddad found when he was a boy!

On the 10th we all participated in with a live video link of a national school assembly from The Tower of London, saw the spectacle of the ceramic poppies and stood in silence as the last post was played. It was all very moving and I am sure that all children will have a better understanding of what Armistice Day is about as a result of the events this year.

“A Beautiful Exhibition – well presented. Worthy of the Birmingham Museum of Art Gallery”

Just one of many similarly glowing comments about the stunning ‘African’ Art on display at The 4^th Annual Dassett Art Exhibition on Friday 7^th and Saturday 8^th November 2014.

Every single visitor was wowed by the spectacle of Year 3’s large scale artwork based on Maasai people, which faced the entrance to the exhibition, as they walked between 6ft shields and spears and past the gaping jaws of the Hippopotamus, to enter ‘Africa’. The vibrant and warm colours on every display and the huge array of skill demonstrated by the children delighted and amazed everyone who saw it. This year the exhibition was a feast not just for the eyes but also for the ears, as the rhythmic drumming of African Tribes accompanied the viewing, often with real life interaction from the children of The Dassett, many of whom took part in African drumming activities during the Arts Week.

Whether people were admiring the wonderful 3D hippopotamus, fabulous flying rainbow fish, superb tribal shields or marvellous and very scary tribal masks; zebra face sketches, musical rainsticks, Tinga Tinga Paintings from Tanzania or Mudcloth art from the Bamana People of Mali; Adinkra patterns from the Ashanti tribe in Ghana, camouflage maps, African flag maps, clay pots or 3D relief maps, every single item on display prompted discussion, awe and wonder about both this fabulous continent and its people and the huge talent on show by the pupils at our school. Many of the children accomplished more than they thought possible, with materials and techniques previously never experienced and this joy and sense of pride and achievement is what Arts Week is all about. There was sculpture, sketching, acrylic painting and watercolours of many different sizes. Printing using sponges and potatoes, modroc and plastic masks, sticking, cutting and chalks and collage to name but a few of the fantastic techniques the children developed to create the wonderful work on display. Video footage of the African dancing each child took part in, courtesy of The Friends, is in the Gallery section of the website, as are many photographs of the Exhibition. http://www.thedassettprimary.co.uk/gallery/

Parents commented that their children had not only had fun but learnt an enormous amount about the culture, traditions and geography of Africa as part of this celebration of the Arts. Every year we are blown away by this event and this year was no exception – what a fabulous way to spend time during cold, drizzly November by being transported to Africa.

Enormous thanks must go to all those who made the Arts Week and Exhibition possible – the staff, volunteer parents, Friends and  contributors of authentic artefacts – without whom it would never have happened and been the phenomenal success it was.   But, of course, the stars were the children – they worked together with such enthusiasm, joy, determination and collaboration during Arts Week it made it such a pleasure for all involved.

Plans are already afoot for the 2015 Arts Week  extravaganza and so, if you enjoyed this year’s exhibition, and feel that you would like to be involved in next year’s – be it helping with an activity during the week or setting up on the day – please let Mrs Hine know.

There will be one last chance for children to see the exhibition with their classmates on Monday morning before being dismantled. If you missed it and can pop in before school please do – before it is too late!

What They Said…

Amazing

Yet another WOW factor as we entered the hall

Variety, quality and detail of each item is exceptional again

It is a fantastic display

Amazing display – fantastic

Lovely! Transported to Africa

A wonderful display

Fantastic work, Great display

What a wonderful exhibition

Vibrant, colourful and hugely impactful

Very impressed

WOW!

Brilliant exhibition, well presented

Worthy of Birmingham Museum of Art Gallery

A very impressive display of art

Spectacular

Extremely impressive

Fantastic work!!

Wow, this is amazing!

Amazing – so much hard work and so much talent

Beautiful

Very impressed again this year with the high standard of artwork

Fantastic entrance – really set the scene

Very colourful, super exhibition. Thanks

As winter approaches and the nights draw in it is more than likely that your children will be spending extra time online – playing games or surfing the web, so making sure that they are safe is very important. Once a child sees something it cannot be unseen – this is certainly true on the internet which children can access through laptops, PCs and I-Pads. Please check that you have restrictions in place to filter what your children can or cannot access. This is easy to do and there is further advice and guidance on

www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/primary . Warwickshire Family Information Service have also produced a booklet providing advice for parents about online safety. The booklet has full details about how to set security and safety features and can be accessed here http://apps.warwickshire.gov.uk/api/documents/WCCC-859-93