APS News No.25

ABINGDON PREP NEWS www.abingdon.org.uk/prep 5 Year 4 poetry As part of their poetry topic in the Summer Term, Year 4 enjoyed writing a range of their own poems in English lessons, including these poems based around adverbs. Using an adverb of their choice, the boys followed a given structure to paint a picture in the reader’s mind. We hope you enjoy these three: Luminously, in the evening light, fragile fireflies flitter, Luminously, in a child’s window, hazy lamps gleam. Luminously, on the mantelpiece, resplendent candles shimmer, Luminously, in the sunset, powerful fires beam. Luminously, in the deep sea, watery jellyfish gleam. Luminously, in pitch black space, ethereal stars flicker. Luminously, the lustrous moon lights up the night sky, Luminously, our radiant sun shines. By Joe In the calm of the morning, the countryside comes alive. Noisily, the old smoky tractor hums across the field, Noisily, the birds squawk in the rustling tree, Noisily, an aeroplane roars in the sky, Noisily, the dog barks in the local farm Until the farmer’s daughter strokes him And it works like a charm. By Joseph Silently, the autumnal leaves fall softly onto the damp soil underfoot, Silently, the ghostly figure of an owl soared noiselessly across the open grassland, Silently, the cat descended precariously down a steep tree, Silently, the young girl wept, longing for her lost parents. Silently, the virus killed many, Silently, the snow fell covering the earth in a white blanket, Silently, the panther slunk through the overgrown plain, slowly advancing on unknowing prey, Silently, the skeleton stood waiting, waiting for sunrise… By Rupert In their drama lessons this term Year 3 boys have been practising miming. They have been acting out every day activities using their body movements and facial expressions to ‘pass’ an object through the camera. We hope you enjoy watching the video . Abingdon’s Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning, Lucy Moonen, and award- winning illustrator Gillian Johnson, have put pen to paper to write a book to provide a gentle introduction to conversations about COVID-19 with very young children. Simon and Rosie is a tale of friendship, loneliness, imagination and self-acceptance. The story is available as a free download at www.SimonandRosie.com. A voluntary donation to the NHS is suggested via www.NHScharitiestogether.co.uk , in recognition of the heroic work it is doing to combat the pandemic. Year 1 boys thoroughly enjoyed building miniature rafts in Forest School. They collected same-sized sticks and used twine to join them together then chose big leaves as sails. Raft building Miming