May 2019 – Page 3 – Pope Paul Primary

Year 2 Blog Week 29

May 10, 2019/0 Comments/in Year 2 /by Margaret Joyce

Bring flowers of the rarest, bring flowers of the fairest

From garden and woodland and hillside and vale;

Our full hearts are swelling, our glad voices telling

The praise of the loveliest flower of the vale.

O Mary, we crown you with blossoms today,

Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May.

Today we remembered and honoured Our Lady with our May procession. We reflected on the life of Our Lady and processed towards the Peace Garden where we placed our flowers on our May altar.

Year 2 had great fun perfecting their mapping skills this week. The rain did not dampen our spirits or slow us down!

Home Learning: Mathletics and Spag.com. Please find the KS1 SATs timetable on the Year 2 class page.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Miss Davey

Summer 1 Week 3

May 10, 2019/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week we have developed our mapping skills, created lots of Egyptian art, crowned Mary and investigated what happens to 2, 3 and 4 digit numbers when they are multiplied by 10!

SPAG.com and Mathletics home learning has been set.

I will be praying for those children making their First Holy Communion this weekend – enjoy taking the next step in your faith journey.

Miss Pringle

Week 2: Summer Term

May 3, 2019/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4 /by Margaret Joyce

Even though it has been a shorter week due to the Staff Training Day, the children have been busy!

This week the children have continued with their second session of tennis and had another session of tennis skills today with me. They had remembered the different skills they had been taught on Monday which was delightful to see. In RE the children have continued with the resurrection story using the bible to compare versions of what has been written, examining the art of He Qi and his depiction of ‘He is Risen’ and writing a letter to a friend to explain why Easter and the story of the Resurrection is important to them.

In Maths today the children played number games and were presented with a range of problems which required them use the strategy of ‘making a list’. This technique involves examining all the possibilities for a solution by listing the various elements in the problem. The children worked well with their partners.

Home Learning: Home Learning 3rd May 2019

Have a lovely bank holiday weekend.

Homework Club will take place on Tuesday.

Mrs McNamara

YEAR 2 Blog Week 28

May 3, 2019/0 Comments/in Year 2 /by Margaret Joyce

Summer 1 Week 2

May 3, 2019/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

In English, we have continued to follow the adventures of Greek King, Odysseus. Earlier this week, we learnt about creating mood and atmosphere. Year 5 used figurative language to show how lost and ashamed the Cyclops felt after being defeated. I was particularly impressed y some of the personification used, such as the walls mocking him and the fire cackling. Today we took part in role play to understand the relationship between Odysseus and his men following their shipwreck. They used a formal tone to argue with each other about who was at fault.

In maths, we have been exploring nets of cuboids. The children cut open packaging and then drew the net of what they could see. We identified the features and discussed how moving the faces would affect the construction of the net.

Couch Dugan returned for another lesson today. Year 5 focused on fielding skills and spent time improving their long stop position.

Have a wonderful bank holiday weekend.

Mrs Lines

Week 2

May 3, 2019/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The week began with a talk on how to look after pets. The children shared great ideas and listened well.

In Maths we continued adding numbers using Think 10. The children have worked practically to show when we are adding, we make 10 first and then add on the rest. This helps us when we add mentally.

In English we have been learning the story The Little Red Hen. The children learnt actions to retell the story and then in groups they made story maps to sequence the story.