Hotspur
Spelling Bee Winner: Congratulations Luke one winning our Spelling Bee. He will now go on to represent Mount Pleasant in the Melos Brace Spelling Bee where he will compete against other winners from local primary schools.
Darwin Values afternoon: Empathability - Creating a home for, and looking after our gummy bears.
Darwin Values: This half term we will be focusing on. ‘Empathabililty’. By doing so we hope to install within our pupils an empathy and understanding of how others feel and the difficulties others may face.
Pupil Spotlight
This week, we find Georgia Blood under our spotlight.
Georgia started our school in reception - Darwin Class, and she has been with us ever since. She has five siblings (three sisters and two brothers), one of which is nearly at the end of his time with us as he is in year 6.
Georgia's favourite subject is English: she really enjoys trying to improve her handwriting under our new handwriting policy. Her favourite Mount Pleasant day ever took place earlier this year, when we celebrated the school's 50th birthday. Georgia really enjoyed the festivities, particularly the party that we held on the playground.
In her spare time, Georgia loves nothing more than playing with her dog. She also enjoys skipping, eating her favourite food (fish) and watching 'The Big Bang Theory' - it's a shame the last ever episode airs tonight! If she could spend a day doing anything at all, it would be skiing with her parents.
When Georgia grows up she aspires to be a teacher! I'm sure she'll be able to handle the responsibility of big tasks, like writing up the 'Pupil Spotlight' interviews on the class web page!
It’s “Walk to School” week! Have a read of our posters for more information.
Selfhelpability: We made our own guides to Selfhelpability. We focussed on what we can do to help ourselves and be the best that we can be.
Pupil Spotlight
This week we find Lestat Addis under the Hotspur spotlight.
Lestat is a relatively recent addition to our school. He joined us as a Yr 4 - in Mrs. Sharratt's class. He is one of five siblings; he has one brother and three sisters. His favourite subject is maths because he finds it really fun. In his short time with us, Lestat's favourite 'Mount Pleasant' experience has been when he went to PGL with the rest of the Yr 5s earlier this year. He loved all of the activities and the food and..... well everything really!
In his spare time, Lestat is a keen gamer, but he does like to play outside, do art and watch his favourite you tubers as well.
Lestat's perfect day would include playing on his XBox before going to a water park with friends, oh and he'd like to be able to stay up late too!
Eventually Lestat hopes that one of his hobbies will turn into a profession - he would like to become a highly skilled, well paid, professional gamer.
Darwin Values - Selfhelpability: We made our own buckets that we want to fill with positive thoughts. We started by paying each other a complement!
Pupil Spotlight
Our first ‘spotlighter’ of the Summer Term is Finley Shuttle.
Finley joined our school in Yr 2 and had Mrs. Benge as his first Mount Pleasant teacher. He enjoys learning all about the past in history and loves Sports Day because he likes all kinds of sports. Finley has one brother and one sister. In his spare time, he enjoys riding his bike, playing football and hanging out with his friends.
Finley's perfect day would involve playing video games in school all day. He'd probably watch Horrid Henry and Richie Rich at some point to, and eat plenty of meatball marinas - his favourite food.
When he grows up, Finley wants to follow in the footsteps of most of his family, and join the army.
Summer Term Forecast
Welcome to the Summer term. We hope you enjoyed a nice Easter and that you feel suitably rested and ready for the term ahead. Our main topic this term will be mountains; as part of this we will be completing the final ‘Four Peak Challenge’ by scaling the Wrekin. We’d like to take this opportunity to encourage you to visit the Hotspur class page on the school’s website. Here you will get a taste of what we are doing in class and get to know the pupils who step into the ‘Pupil Spotlight’.
During Literacy lessons we shall be looking at a number of genres, including: mystery texts, recounts, journalistic writing and poetry. We shall also be continuing to develop our use of punctuation and our ability to develop settings and characters in order to create a desired atmosphere.
We shall focus, in Maths, on developing skills in multiplication and division of decimals, shape and geometry, as well as volume and measurement conversion. The Year 5 and 6 pupils will be attempting ‘Fluent in Five’ maths activities every
morning and will continue to develop their ‘Mastery’ and reasoning to gain an in depth understanding of number and problem solving.
In Science, our focus will be on the topics of ‘Changing Materials’ and ’The Circle of Life’. We will do this through research, as well as a number of exciting and interesting experiments.
PE will be on a Monday and a Friday. Children will be developing skills in tennis, fitness, athletics and rounders.
Please ensure pupils have the correct PE kit on those days.
Swimming will continue for the first three weeks of the term on Tuesdays for Year 5s, with the Year 6 pupils starting in May.
Our Darwin Values focus this term will be ‘Selfhelpability’ and ‘Changeability’. We want all of our pupils to become self sufficient, adaptable learners, and by working on these attributes we hope that the children will become more understanding and tolerant.
In ICT we will be further developing pupil understanding of E-Safety, as well as learning about data handling. We will focus on the ‘Excel’ for data handling so the pupils start to become prepared for life.
In RE, we will be studying the Islamic belief system; in particular their beliefs in life after death.
Spellings and maths homework will be given out on a weekly basis. Please help your child to learn their spellings and support your child with maths homework where needed. Reading at home is very important. We expect children to read daily at home and that they are heard read by an adult at at least twice a week. Each time a child reads, please remember to make a record in their reading diary.
Maths homework will be given out on a Friday every week, and will need to be returned to school by the following Wednesday.
We always warmly welcome extra support in class, so please do not be afraid to offer to come in if you think there is something you could help with. Questions and queries about your child’s learning are also welcomed so please don’t hesitate to ask.
And finally, a quick reminder that any contribution to school fund are very much appreciated.
Design and Technology: Shelters
Pupil Spotlight
Today we meet Tilly Forbes.
Tilly staredt at Mount Pleasant way back in Nursery, and she is now in Year 5. She has five siblings, all of whom are either currently attending our school or have attended MPPS in the past. Tilly's two older sisters and older brother have all moved on to secondary school, whereas her two younger sisters: Ellie (Severn Class) and Maisy (Quarry Class), are still with us.
Tilly's favourite lesson is P.E because she is really into sports, which would clearly explain why her favourite day of any year is Sports Day.
In her free time, Tilly enjoys playing any sport, but she particularly enjoys playing tennis with her sister and football with her big brother.
When asked about her perfect day, Tilly simply replied that she would love to win an Olympic running race, but beforehand she'd also watch 'The Polar Express', eat meatballs, listen to Little Mix and take in a few episodes of 'The Big Bang Theory. It'll come as now surprise to anyone then that Tilly's aspiration in life is to qualify to run in the Olympic Games.
We won! For the second time this year Hotspur Class have won the attendance award for the week beginning the 25th March! Our attendance for that week was an impressive 98.7%. Can we do better this week?
Pupil Spotlight
This week’s spotlighter is Ryan Davies.
Ryan is one of the four year six pupils that we have in Hotspur class, which means he's been attending our school for seven years. Ryan has two older siblings - Liam and Chelsea - and a younger brother (Sonnie), who is correctly in reception at MPPS. Art is Ryan's favourite school subject because he enjoys drawing and painting, as well as the painstaking discipline of pointilism. He also likes P.E, but when pushed over what his favourite Mount Pleasant day ever was, he said that he loved Red Nose day with Mrs. Benge, in Meadow class. Ryan explained that Mrs. Benge made the whole day really good fun and the class raised lots of money.
In his spare time, Ryan enjoys: playing on his phone, hanging out with his friends, practising cheerleading, and watching 'Home Alone' and Hollyoaks. But if he could do anything for a day, he would jet off to Egypt with his friends so he could soak up the rays!
When grown up, Ryan would like to be a builder because he thinks creating houses from the ground up is a real achievement.
Yoga Taster Sessions: Enjoyed by all in Hotspur Class
Pupil Spotlight
Under our pupil spotlight this week we find Daniel Canham.
Daniel has been a Mount Pleasant pupil ever since he attended our reception class six years ago. He has two sisters: Lacey, who attends Wilfred Owen school, and Evie, who is at the Shrewsbury Academy. His favourite lesson is art - his step dad is an artist and has been teaching Daniel the tricks of the trade for two years.
In his spare time, Daniel has started running and even does the occassional weights session. His favourite food is casserole and his favourite song is 'Sunflower' by Post Malone, although he's not really a fan of film or TV.
If given the choice, Daniel would spend a free day walking around Carding Mill Valley, or bowling. When he's older he would like to be a basketball player or an artist. I'm sure there must be a living to be made out of drawing basketball players! Could be Daniel's dream job!
Red Nose Day 2019
Pupil Spotlight
Say hello to Erikas Kucas!
Erikas started at Mount Pleasant Primary School way back in reception, with Darwin class. He has a younger brother, Noah, who is currently two years old. Noah loves running around and is a little ball of energy! Erikas is quite energetic himself, which is probably why his favourite subject in school is P.E. He loves all the fun activities we do and running around playing games. Erikas' favourite school day of the week is always Friday, because he can choose pizza for his dinner!
In his spare time, Erikas enjoys nothing more than playing games: comuter games, board games, card games, outside games.... you name it Erikas will play it! If he could do anything right now, Erikas would jump on a plane and jet off to Spain because he really likes places that are hot.
When he's an adult, Erikas would love to be a pilot. Maybe he's thinking about flying himself to those warmer climates again?
Celebrating World Book Day
Pupil Spotlight
This week, we can see Robert Brown under our pupil spotlight.
Robert joined our school two years ago. He went straight into Mrs. Cotterill's Castle class as a year four, and has enjoyed attended Mount Pleasant ever since. Robert has two older sisters - Daisy and Sophie - who both currently attend Shrewsbury Academy.
Maths is Robert's favourite lesson. He enjoys learning new times table facts and finding out how to solve difficult maths problems. Robert also loves a mufti day! He really enjoys dressing up or wearing his own clothes to school beacuse it always feels 'special' to him.
Outside of school, Robert enjoys playing on his Play Station and hanging out with friends. He also enjoys watching his favourite film - 'How to train your dragon 2'. He loves it so much in fact, that if he could spend a day training dragons himself, it would be like a dream come true. This would make a very interesting YouTube video I'm sure, which would help Robert to achieve another dream of his - to become a successful YouTuber when he grows up.
Bikeability Training - This week a number of our Yr 5s have been taking part in bikeability training in order to understand how to ride their bikes safely on the roads.
Our fantastic day at the Attingham Park WWII experience
Darwin Values afternoon -Growthability
Wearing a hat for Harry. Today we wore hats to raise money and awareness for the charity ‘Mad about Harry’. This charity is raising money for cancer treatment for a boy called Harry Banks. Can you help his cause?
Pupil Spotlight
This week, we find Caitlyn Morris underneath our pupils spotlight.
Here we see Caitlyn stood in front of one of our many morning activities. She certainly practised her fractions this morning! Caitlyn started at Mount Pleasant in Year 2, along with her brother Dylan (who has since left us, and is attending secondary school). She also has an older sister who is currently attending college. English is Caitlyn's favourite subject in school because she is able to write intersting and wonderful pieces and there is no limit on her imagination.
Caitlyn spends her spare time seeing her dad, going campling, skipping, swimming and baking! Sounds very busy to me!
Her perfect day would involve her entire family spending their day at school with Caitlyn. I'm sure they would love learning all about fractions and highest common factors in Hotspur maths class!
When she grows up, Caitlyn would like to be the best mother she can be to her children, and to own her very own bakery. I'm sure her future family will enjoy all the cakes that she's going to make!
The Blitz - A Hotspur Class Sound Picture
Pupil Spotlight
We find Kian Marston under our pupil spotlight today.
Kian started at Mount Pleasant five years ago. His first class was Abbey Class and his first teacher was Mrs. Roberts. She must have installed a love for writing in him, because now his favouirite subject is English. He enjoys writing - particulary diaries and non fiction texts. He'd like everyone to know that his favourite ever day at MPPS was pancake day a couple of years ago, because he loved eating all of the pancakes!
Kian has one brother and two sisters. In his spare time he loves playing on TT Rockstars (our times tables trainer) and playing football; Kian currently plays for Up and Comers U10 Eagles.
Kian is a big Man United fan, so it comes as no surprise that he would like to watch them play at Wembley and also play for them when he is older. If he does so though, he may have to stay away from his favourite foods - sausages and pizza - for a while!
Make learning at home fun! Want to help your child to improve their maths fluency? Take a look at www.mathsframe.co.uk together. There are lots of fun, free games that cover all areas of the maths curriculum, for your child to play. They can learn and have fun - and maybe you could brush up on your skills as well!
Pupil Spotlight
Joining us under our pupil spotlight this week is Olivia Trojanowska.
Olivia has only ever attended Mount Pleasant Primary School. She has two older siblings: Lukas, her older brother, and Akvile, her older sister. They both attend college at the moment, and are both ex Mount Pleasant pupils. Olivia's favourite school subject is Science; she finds it very interesting because she loves finding out new things about our world. The Snow White panotmime has been Olivia's favourite MPPS day up to this point, beacuse 'it was hilarious!'
In her spare time, Olivia enjoys playing games, taking her dog for a walk, running and doing gymnastics.She has represented our school at gymnastics and cross country many times.
Her perfect day would involved dressing up for red nose day (with a big red nose of course) while watching the Grinch and eating cheesy pasta until she's fit to burst.
When she grows up, Olivia would like to be a hairdresser. She is already learning how to create lots of fancy hairstyles from her sister and thinks she could be good at it. Maybe one day, Olivia might be a hairstylist of the stars? Look out Nicky Clarke!
Children’s Mental Health Week 2019: Mindful colouring! This week we have been discussing the importance of mental health. Today, we took time out of our busy schedule to do some colouring. By doing so, we calmed down, improved focus and relaxed. You might want to try it yourself after a busy day at work!
Pupil Spotlight
Birthday boy, Charles Weston is under our spotlight this week.
Charles is the ripe old age of ten this week! He started at MPPS at the age of three, in our Nursery. Charles is proud to be part of a large family, which includes: four brothers, one sister and a nephew - Thomas. Charles' favourite subject is maths because you know if you are right or wrong straight away, and his favourite ever Mount Pleasant day happened this academic year, when the school celebrated it's 50th birthday with a party.
In his spare time, Charles enjoys talking his dog for a walk, playing games, having sleep overs with his friends and watching Netflix. He knows exactly how he'd spend his perfect day! He'd wake up and play games, then get some breakfast, after which he would play more games. At 1pm, Charles would go for a walk before returning home and relaxing.
Charles also knows what he would like to do with his life - he plans to move to Lanzarote and make his living as a translater. Simple!
WWII - Rationing. This week in history, we researched and discussed rationing. Here are some photos of rationing resources that Luke’s nan was kind enough to bring in for us.
Pupil Spotlight
We find Leighton Groves under our spotlight today.
Leighton has been attending MPPS since starting in our Nursery. He has just been selected to be on our new 'Eco Council', and as a result, will be helping to tidy up the school, look at future recycling projects, and developing Mount Pleasant into an 'Eco Friendly' school. Leighton has six siblings and just loves sport, so it's no surprise that his favourite subject is P.E, and his favourite day of the school year is sports day.
In his spare time, Leighton enjoys playing football and watching the Harry Potter films. He doesn't have a favourite food as such, but he really doesn't like onions!
When asked what his dream day would be like, Leighton said that he would spend it playing with the Man City football team before going home and watching himself on Match of the Day.
When he is old enough, Leighton would like to enlist in the army. He's especially interested in learning how to use a number of weapons.
World War II artefacts: here are some of the artefacts brought in by Owen. He shared them with the class and explained how his Grandads had used then during the war.
Pupil Spotlight
We had to raise our spotlight this week to get the tallest member of our class under it. Introducing Evie Glover.
Evie joined Mount Pleasant as an infant, starting out in Meadow class. Evie has five siblings - four older and one younger. Her younger brother Alfie also attends our school, he is currently in Quarry class. When questioned about school, Evie explained that her favourite lesson is English because she enjoys the process of improving her writing and making it better. She has lots of different favourite MPPS days, these include: Christmas Dinner Day and Pancake Day. I think there is a pattern in there somewhere!
Outside of school, Evie enjoys cooking, arts and crafts, and exploring new places. Evie's favourite day would include: watching Home Alone 2, eating bacon sandwiches, watching cooking programmes on the tele and taking here dog (Loki) for a walk.
When Evie is all grown up, she wants to become a vet because she loves animals and doesn't want any animal to ever come to any harm.
Darwin Values afternoon - Bouncebackability. We spent an afternoon focusing on ways we can ‘bounce back’ after we have made mistakes or failed to reach a goal. We played ‘resiliance’ games and discussed famous people who ‘bounced back’, like Mo Farah, Winston Churchill and James Dyson.
Pupil Spotlight
Joshua Moran is the first pupil to step under our pupil spotlight in 2019.
Josh has attended Mount Pleasant Primary School since the age of five. He is the eldest of two brothers - his younger brother Evan is currently in Porthill class.
Josh's favourite subject currently is maths, for the simple reason that the answer is either correct or incorrect, and you know where you stand, and know what you need to improve. His favourite day of any MPPS year is always the Summer Fare.
In his spare time, Josh has contrasting hobbies. On one hand, he enjoys chilling out and playing on his Nintendo Switch, but on the other, he loves running. Josh regularly takes part in park runs at the weekends in the Quarry, and is always striving to improve his times.
When asked how he'd spent his perfect day, Joshua explained that he would watch Star Wars, eat his mum's roast beef, listen to a bit of queen, play games and go running! I wouldn't recommend running on a full stomach though!
With regards to his future, Josh is keeping his options open. He'd be happy to be: in the armed forces; a police officer; or a professional footballer. Which ever he does, I'm sure he'll be fit enough for the job!
Spring Term 2019
Happy New Year! Welcome to the Spring term. We hope you enjoyed a lovely Christmas and that you feel suitably rested and ready for the term ahead. Our main topic this term will be WWII. We will be basing a lot of our cross curricular work on this theme, culminating in an exciting Design & Technology project where we will be building ‘Anderson Shelters’.
We’d like to take this opportunity to encourage you to visit the Hotspur class page on the school’s website. Here you will get a taste of what we are doing in class and get to know the pupils who step into the ‘Pupil Spotlight’.
During Literacy lessons we shall be looking at a number of genres, including: Classic fiction (Carrie’s War),
biographies and autobiographies, authors and letters (linked to WWII), persuasive writing (linked to healthy eating), and poetry.
We shall focus, in Maths, on developing skills in multiplication, division, fractions, decimals and percentages, and shape. The Year 5 and 6 pupils will be attempting ‘Fluent in Five’ maths activities every morning and will continue to develop their ‘Mastery’ and reasoning to gain an in depth understanding of number and problem solving.
In Science, our focus will be on the topics of ‘Light and Shadows’ and ’Healthy Bodies’. We will do this through research, as well as a number of exciting and interesting experiments.
Our Darwin Values focus this term will be ‘Bouncebackability’ and ‘Growthability. We want all of our pupils to become independent,
self-motivated learners, and by working on these attributes we hope that the children will become more resilient.
PE will be on a Monday and a Friday. Children will be developing skills in gymnastics, skipping, dodgeball and outdoor and adventurous activities. Please ensure pupils have the correct PE kit on those days.
In ICT we will be further developing pupil understanding of E-Safety, as well as learning how to programme through the use of simple coding software on ‘Purple Mash’.
In RE, we will be studying: the significance of Christianity in the modern world, and the concept of eternity.
Spellings and maths homework will be given out on a weekly basis. Please help your child to learn their spellings and support your child with maths homework where needed. Reading at home is very important. We expect children to read daily at home and that they are heard read by an adult at home at least twice a week. Each time a child reads, please remember to make a record in their reading diary.
English homework will do take the form of a half termly project.
We always warmly welcome extra support in class, so please do not be afraid to offer to come in if you think there is something you could help with. Questions and queries about your child’s learning are also welcomed so please don’t hesitate to ask.
Pupil Spotlight
Louis Roberts is under our pupil spotlight today.
Louis has been attending MPPS since starting nursery at the age of three. His younger sister (Lacey) also comes to our school; she is in Porthill class. Louis' favourite subjects are P.E, because he loves sport, and maths, due to his findness for mutiplication and division. PGL has been Louis' best Mount Pleasent experience to date; especially the activities he took part in and the coach journey there and back!
In his spare time, Louis enjoys playing video games, practising his tables on TT Rockstars and watching Horrid Henry (don't get any ideas!), but his main passion is football. Currently playing for TNS Academy, Louis devotes a lot of his time to persuing his dream of one day playing football for Liverpool (oh dear!) and Englend. In fact, his perfect day would be spent training and hanging out with the England football squad.
Finally, and perhaps most apt given the time of year, Louis' favourite film is 'The Polar Express'. I'm sure he'll get to watch that a few times over Christmas - it seems to be on the tele every five minutes!
Passmaster P.E: We have P.E with Passmaster coaches every Monday. As you can see, they keep us busy and active! This week they had us playing netball.
Pupil Spotlight
Joining us under the pupil spotlight today, is Freddie Brogan.
Freddie has been with us for seven years, starting in our Nursery when he was just three years old. Freddie's younger sister (Eleanor) also attends Mount Pleasant - she is currently in Porthill class.
Freddie's favourite subject at school is P.E because he enjoys the physicality of it and loves sports. This might explain why his ambition in life is to be a professional footballer, and he dreams of receiving an England call up one day. His favourite MPPS experience so far came this term when he went to PGL. He loved the activities, and being in the fresh air.
In his spare time, Freddie loves nothing more than reading a good book, or building Lego models. He is currently working on a Lego Star Wars spaceships, taken from his favourite movie Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. For those of us in the know, the specific Star Wars film is very important! We don't want you thinking he liked the prequals.... they were rubbish!
It must be Christmas Fair day! Why else would these fine young gentleman be dressed all Christmassy?? Hope we see you all later.
Pupil Spotlight
Under our spotlight this week we find Madison Langstaff.
Madison has been at Mount Pleasant for seven years, starting here all the way back in Nursery. She has three siblings; an older sister - Ella (who used to come to our school but now attends Meole Brace Secondary School), a younger sister - Poppy (who is currently in Darwin class), and a younger brother - Duke (who doesn't go to school as he is only seven months old).
Madison's favourite subject is art because she loves to draw and finds it very relaxing. When asked what her favourite MPPS day has been, she quickly said that it was the final day of last academic year because the class had a quiz and didn't do any lessons!
In her spare time, Madison enjoys playing with her little brother and her rabbit, sleeping and playing football: she plays for the Shrewsbury Up and Comers Girls side.
As for the future, Madison doesn't yet know what she would like to be, but she does know that she wants to learn how to play the guitar at some point!
Adding fractions with mixed denominators
Pupil Spotlight
Matthew Kamudu finds himself under our spotlight this week.
Matthew has been coming to MPPS since he was in Nursery. He is following in the footsteps of his older brother Thomas who also attended our school until he moved on to Shrewsbury Academy. When asked about his brother Matthew told me that 'he's really annoying but I still love him!'
In school, Matthew particularly enjoys English because he likes learning new things and improving his handwriting (which I'm happy to report, is coming on in leaps and bounds). His favourite Mount Pleasnt day ever was when he got to spend the whole day with our artist Rory doing 'arty stuff' all day.
Matthew would like to be a footballer when he grows up and generally loves spending time outside, although he is a keen philatelist (that's a stamp collector to you and I) in his spare time. His grandparents passed on this passion to Matthew, who is more than happy to uphold the family hobby.
Autumn Art - Today we went out and pick autumn leaves to draw!
Pupil Spotlight
Our school council representative, Elena Perez is under the spotlight this week.
Elena has been with us for five years. She's now ten years old and has just one older brother. His name is Jonathon, and he is currently reading computer engineering at Nottingham Trent University. Elena is a superb writer, so it is no surprise that her favourite school subject is English. When asked why she loves writing so much, Elena said that she can write about anything she wants, which is almost like making it her own. Elena lists her hobbies as writing, drawing and reading, although sometimes she enjoys sitting on her bed with her friend, Olivia, and talking about random things.
Elena's perfect day would include having crepes for breakfast and then shooting over to Spain for the day, where she would no doubt listen to 'Hasta que se seque el malccon' - her favourite spanish song (I hope I spelt it right!).
During her time at MPPS, Elena's favourite day was about three years ago when she got to paint all day. She'll need to keep practising this skill if she wants to achieve her dream of one day writing and illustrating her own books! Something tells me that Elena will get there, and you never know, we could be looking at the next Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake all rolled into one!
Stickability - Making butter. Inspired by the tale of the frog that got stuck in a jug of cream, we churned our own butter this afternoon. It was hard work and we had to stick at it. It was worth it in the end though - we got a snack out of it!
Stickability - making butter
Stickability - making butter
Pupil Spotlight
This week, we find George Bowen under our spotlight.
George is currently 9 years old, and he has been attending our school for five years now. He has one older sister (Olivia), who used to come to MPPS but is now at Belvidere Secondary School.
George's favourite subject is Science because he enjoys carrying out investigations, and finding out about minibeasts and their habitats. His favourite Mount Pleasant day ever was last year when he got to wear an inflatable for one of our many mufty days.
In his spare time, George likes to play basketball, football and video games, but he also likes to practise magic card tricks.Surprisingly though, he aspires to be a chef when to grows up, when isn't linked to any of his current hobbies (unless you count eating!)
George's perfect day would be spent eating a full English breakfast, followed by a chocolate brownie, before jumping into a Fuerteventura water park and watching Black Panther - sounds like quite a day!
Darwin Values: This half term we will be focusing on ‘Stickability’. We hope to install perserverance into our pupils, inspired by a frog that fell into some cream!!!
Pupil Spotlight
This week, under the spotlight, we find Oliver Green.
Oliver started at Mount Pleasant Primary School all the way back in Nursery. He's now 9 and is following in the footsteps of his older brother Charlie, who once attended our school. Oliver loves sport, and enjoys being active. His favourite subject is P.E, his favourite school day of the year is Sports Day and he spents most of his spare time doing sport too.
His perfect day would be spent in Australia! Maybe because they are mad about sport too? And when he grows up he'd like to be a professional golfer, just like Tiger Woods. Fingers crossed he'll make it - Europe need to keep hold of the Ryder Cup!
Attendance Award Winners - Hotspur class won last week’s attendance award with a 100%! Quite an achievement. More of the same this week please - it’s so important that we all attend school as much as we can!
Photos from PGL - Looks like they’re having a great time!
Pupil Spotlight
Under the Pupil Spotlight this week we find Julia Samulak.
Julia joined MPPS from Martin Wilson when she was a Year 1. She is an only child who loves the arts. It's no surprise then that when she grows up Julia wants to be either; a dancer, a singer or an actor. She loves films and music in particular. Her favourite film is 'House with the clock in its walls' and her favourite song is 'Firework' by Katie Perry.
Her 'best day ever' at MPPS happened quite recently - it was the school's 50th Birthday party.
When asked what her perfect day would be she simply said, 'Art, partying, giant zip wire and sleep'. Sounds like quite a day!!
PGL BOUND - Some very excited Hotspur Yr 5s are off to PGL today. We hope you all have a great time!
Pupil Spotlight
This week, Owen Rocke joins us under the pupil spotlight.
Owen has been attending Mount Pleasant since nursery. Which means he's been a pupil here for seven years. Owen loves drawing, so it comes as no surprise that his favourite subject is art. He hopes to pass on his drawing skills to his new baby sister (Hannah) one day, although he might have to wait a while, as she can't even sit up yet!
In his spare time, Owen enjoys fossil hunting and is always trying to add to his 'bone' collection (sounds a bit gruesome!). His interest in such things isn't just a flash in the pan though. Owen would love to be a palaeontologist when he grows up. You never know, Owen might discover a new species of dinosaur one day!
Learning Walls: We use learning walls in class to inspire and support our learning in maths and English.
Pupil Spotlight
Ryan Taylor joins us under the pupil spotlight this week.
Ryan has been with us since he was in Nursery. He is the oldest of three brothers, one of which (Owen) also attends Mount Pleasant. He has a one year old brother called Theo too. When asked about his favourite things Ryan said that he loves meat and that his favourite food is bacon. His favourite film is 'Wonder' and his favourite subject in school is English - apparently he loves writing.
In his spare time, Ryan enjoys playing football for Up and Comers Hawks, so it's no surprise that he wants to be a professional footballer when he is older. Interestingly, Ryan's favourite day at MPPS was when Mr. Morris jumped out of the hatch when playing one of the seven dwarves in the staff panto - It was pretty funny to be fair, Mr. Morris could hardly fit through it!
Wear red for Zac! We raised lots of money for Zac’s campaign today........while we were working hard!
Pupil Spotlight
Introducing one of our Year 6s........ReeceTaylor.
Reece is the second of three brothers. His older brother Luke left MPPS in 2017, and his younger brother Zak is currently in Porthill class. Reece has been attending our school since he was 4 years old. This year he is looking forward to going to Arthog and enjoying the school's 50th birthday party tomorrow. Up until now, his favourite day at Mount Pleasant was when he made pizza whilst in Quarry class - he made ham and pineapple pizza and it was delicious!!! His favourite subect is maths and obviously his favourite teacher is one...Mr. Thomas!
When he grows up, Reece wants to be either a gamer or an inventor. He's currently trying to work out a way to make cars fly. All the teachers hope that he can be successful in this because we'd all like a smoother journey to work.
Our adventure story unit this term revolves around ‘Journey to the River Sea’ by Eva Ibbotson. It’s a great read. Ask your child about it.
Pupil Spotlight
This week, we find Luke Armitt under the pupil spotlight.
Luke has spent his entire school life at Mount Pleasant Primary School. He is currently a Year 5, who enjoys maths and P.E the most.
At home, Luke spends time with his 'vicious' cat Precious, but he really enjoys playing on his Nintendo Switch. Luke aspires to be a gamer, a vet and a singer. This might seems like a lot to cram into his time, but Luke has a plan. He will be a gamer by night, a vet by day (week days only) and a singer at the weekend. Sounds like Luke has it all mapped out!
At school Luke loves nothing more than a good old 'mufty' day, because he simply enjoys wearing his own clothes to school - let's hope, for Luke's sake, that there's a 'mufty' day on the horizon soon.
This is our vocab swag bag. We use it to pinch any interesting words or phrases that are new to us and we try to use these words in our writing.
80s Rap Attack
80s Rap Attack
80s Rap Attack
Pupil Spotlight
Firmly under Hotspur’s Spotlight this week is Charlie Bailey.
Charlie started at our school when he was just four years old. That means that this is the only school he has ever attended.
His favourite subjects are maths, art and P.E, and he has represented our school at football and tennis. When he grows up, Charlie would like to be a professional football player for Manchetser Utd (oh dear!). He hones his footballing skills by playing for Shrewsbury Up and Comers.
He is following in the foot step of his older brother (Harrison) who left us in July and is now attending Adams Grammar School in Newport.
This year, Charlie is looking forward to PGL and being pushed in every lesson so that he can achieve his full potential.
Hotspur Worry Dolls - so we always have someone to talk too!
Pupil Spotlight
The very first pupil spotlight for the new academic year falls on Layla Adams-Clive.
Layla has settled into life in Hotspur class very well indeed. This isn't surprising though, as Layla was lookig forward to starting in Hotspur because she had heard good things about it from other pupils in school. Layla has one younger brother (Josh) who has just started in Meadow class. Outside of school, Layla enjoys art so it comes as no shock that her favourite school subject is Art. When she grows up, Layla would like to be a beautician, although she obviosly thinks that she is too gorgeous to need one herself.
Introducing our new Hotspur School Council Representative............ Elena Perez!
Darwin Values! This half term’s Darwin Value is ‘Changeability’. We hope to help our pupils to cope with change and the emotions involved.
Happy Hotspur! All smiles in class; everyone seems glad to be back.
Autumn Term 2018
Welcome to the Autumn term. We hope you’ve had a relaxing Summer holiday. Our term in
Hotspur Class will begin with the celebration of our school’s ‘Golden Jubillee’. This will include a look back at the history of the school and how it has changed over its five decades. Hotspur will be taking a special interest in the 80s - by researching pop culture and events of this decade. During the rest of the term we will be focusing on the Wrekin. This will involve a walk to the summit and geography studies about the hill, its history and surrounding areas.
During Literacy lessons we shall be looking at a number of genres, including:
Myths and legends - the Wrekin giant, Journey stories - link to ‘Journey to the River Sea’ by Eva Ibbotson, Tourist Guides - linked to the Shropshire Hills, and poetry.
We shall focus, in Maths, on developing skills in place value, the four operations, statistics, and perimeter and area. The Year 5 and 6 pupils will be attempting ‘Fluent in Five’ maths activities every morning and will continue to develop their ‘Mastery’ and reasoning to gain an in depth understanding of number and problem solving.
In Science, our focus will be on the topics of ‘Evolution and Inheritance’ and ’Changing materials’. We will do this through
research, as well as a number of exciting and interesting experiments.
In ICT we will be investigating technologies in our lives as well as multi media software. The children will then use this multi media
software to create presentations link to science and geography.
PE will be on a Monday and a Friday. Children will be developing skills in multi-skills activities, dance, hockey and Netball.
Please ensure pupils have the correct PE kit on those days.
Our Darwin Values focus this term will be ‘’Changeability’ and 'Stickabilty’. We want all of our pupils to become independent,
self-motivated learners, and by working on these attributes we hope that the children will become more resilient.
In RE, we will be studying: the commitment that Muslims show through their religion, and the importance of Mary to Christians.
Spellings and maths homework will be given out on a weekly basis. Please help your child to learn their spellings and support your child with maths homework where needed. Reading at home is very important. We expect children to read daily at home and that they are heard read by an adult at home at least twice a week. Each time a child reads, please remember to make a record in their reading diary.
English homework will do take the form of a half termly project.
We always warmly welcome extra support in class, so please do not be afraid to offer to come in if you think there is something you could help with. Questions and queries about your child’s learning are also welcomed so please don’t hesitate to ask.
Mr Thomas Miss Pearson Mrs Bennett
Parent Information Event - Keeping your child safe online
It's important to have an awareness of what your child is doing online, how to check their activity and what to do if you have concerns.
The following websites provide some useful information:
Childnet International
http://www.childnet.com/parents-and-carers
NSPCC
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/
Net aware