Birds in the Spring

Some of Kirsten's groups have been learning about birds. We see more birds in the Spring. We found lots of birds around our school, including blackbirds, sparrows and ducks! They were looking for worms on the grass. Some birds were in the kowhai tree, with their beaks inside the kowhai flowers! We made some bird feeders to help the birds find food in the Spring.

Eid al-Adha Celebration September 2016

On Wednesday 14th September we celebrated Eid al-Adha at Ilam School. Nearly all of our Muslim children came dressed in their special clothes. At lunchtime parents and children came together for a feast in the school music suite. Each child invited a guest from their class to come along and join in the fun! We had an array of the most amazing food, and everyone enjoyed mixing and mingling. Thanks very much to Sara Yousry Moussa, who came up with the idea and helped us plan the day.

Our International Ambassadors

Pictured are our wonderful International Ambassadors; Michael, Shreya, Sarah, Leonard and Anna. Every school assembly they welcome the children in their first language. The children in the school love hearing their language spoken by some of the school leaders.

Floating and Sinking

We have had a science focus this week, with some of the ESOL groups learning about floating and sinking. We learned how to come up with a question, make a hypothesis, test our hypothesis and record our results. We then drew conclusions from our results. We made models of boats from tin foil, then tested how much they would hold before they sunk. We learned a lot from our reading and our experimenting, and we had a lot of fun playing with water!

Our Eye On Ilam

Lots of the children who go to ESOL have been learning about our local community. We have been visiting the university to find out more about the places around us. It was fun going down to the river and crossing the bridge. Other groups have focused on improving their reading skills. Look at Yuko and Qin learning about playing football!

Term 1 2016

We are nearly at the end of our first term of 2016. We have welcomed lots of new children to our school from a variety of different countries. We hope you are all enjoying being at Ilam School and have made lots of new friends. The ESOL teachers hope you have safe holidays. Make sure you do lots of reading both in your first language and English if you can. We are looking forward to seeing you again in Term 2, ready for a busy term of fun and learning. Kirsten's year 5 and 6 literacy group having fun in the Autumn leaves!