Entries by Margaret Joyce

Spring 2 Week 3

This week the children have been scientists for Science Week. Our whole school question was Does taller mean faster? The children predicted what they thought and then gave fantastic ideas to plan how we would find out the answer. The next day, the children got into groups and measured each other. The children made another […]

Spring 2 Week 2 w.b 4.3.24

Science As part of our science topic on Materials the children took part in a floating and sinking activity. We tested various items to see if they would float or sink in water. Firstly. the children predicted what they thought would happen with certain items and then tested to find out the results. Year one […]

Year 5 – 08/03/24

Well done for your brilliant World Books Day costumes; I was so impressed with the effort you had gone to! In the afternoon, Year 5 shared some of their recent Watertower writing with Year 2, who read what they’d been recently writing – it was lovely to see so many budding authors proud to share […]

Spring 2 Week 2

This week, our story was Jack and the Beanstalk. The children retold the story through role play using masks. They drew maps to the castle and they made beanstalks with clouds. Outside they built castles in the clouds and built beanstalks using bricks and playdough. The children thought about what would the giant do if […]

8th March 2024

We’re not sure we could have fitted more into this week if we tried! On Monday, we went to Celtic Harmony for our History trip. Year 3 made shelters, hunted mammoths, made soup, listened to a story and saw how flint tools were made. Thank you to Lucas’ mum who was a helper on the […]

Friday, 8th March 2024

Yet another busy week for Year 4! On Monday, following assembly, the children reflected on their second Catholic Social Teaching principle, ‘Dignity of the Worker’ and using this image: they discussed concepts such as equality, fair access to resources, fair wages and working conditions. These concepts also brilliantly lent themselves to their Fair Trade fortnight […]

Year 6 Week Beginning 4.3.24

What a busy week Year 6 have had! In English, the class have continued their exciting unit on Spiderwick. This week, the children have written and performed radio broadcasts and have shared lots of lovely learning experiences with each other, through role play. In Maths, Year 6 have been finding the area and perimeters of […]

Spring 2 Week 2

This week has been full of excitement! On Tuesday, we took part in an online safety workshop. On Wednesday, we investigated different materials and their properties. World book day, was on Thursday and everyone looked fantastic in their outfits. We shared stories, discussed characters and completed lots of different tasks based on the BFG and […]

Year 6 Week Beginning 26.3.24

Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely break. It was lovely to see you all at the parent consultations this week! On Monday, the children were introduced to the new RE Lenten focus on Catholic Social Teaching (CST). Throughout the duration of Lent the whole school will be exploring a different principle of […]