Friday, 11th February 2022

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A huge well done to Year 4 this week for their hard work, especially in English. They have written wonderful myths in class using all their writing tools and the features of the genre covered over the last 5 weeks. In Maths, they have furthered their understanding of parallel and perpendicular lines in quadrilaterals by partaking in a shape sort challenge.

The class also thought about strategies to keep themselves safe online and considered the dangers of online games as part of their e-safety week. Today, they further consolidated that learning by participating in an e-safety workshop in the hall. In Science, the children learnt about the water cycle whilst in art they created beautiful collages bringing together the different techniques they have studied leading up to their final piece.

The children worked very hard this half term and showed great perseverance with their learning. They are kind and dedicated and have been a pleasure to work with. I wish all of you a healthy, restful and well deserved half term!

 

 

We are sad to see Nataniel leave our class and school community but know that he will do very well in his new school and make us proud. I thank you for all your hard work, your happy smiles and your mature learning attitude. We wish him and his family all the best and keep them in our prayers!

Ms Varga

Please carry on reading over the half term and update your reading log when you can. Also of you have the time, please log onto TTRockstars and spend a few minutes practicing your mixed facts.

https://ttrockstars.com/

Spring Term Week 6 wb 07.02.22

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Thank you to Reception class for sharing their assembly on St. Valentines with us all this morning. Year 1 have been thinking about how to show love and kindness in our school and have taken the snowflakes off their season tree to make way for kindness hearts after half term.

Our R.E. learning this week was a reflective task on looking at how we show God’s work and ways in our everyday lives. The children enjoyed the activity which saw old pictures of themselves doing God’s work which they had to label. This brings our topic of ‘Being a sacramental People’ to an end and the children have been using the liturgical year wheel to understand which season the church will be entering soon.

Year 1 worked so creatively and collaboratively during their P.E. gymnastics unit this term. They were able to perform their routines for their partners with controlled spins and balances. They we were then challenged to maintain this control as they balanced on the apparatus. They were so excited to use the apparatus for the first time and were very safe and controlled in doing so.

Year 1 tried really hard this week to solve subtraction word and picture problems using the methods they have learned. They know how to subtract by count back, using number bonds, using a number line and concrete objects on their tens frame. We challenged ourselves to subtract with money too. The children priced themselves up, then put themselves on sale and waited to see which child had the correct money to purchase them- they rather enjoyed this activity!

After half term we will be working with greater numbers and exploring how many tens and ones they are made up of and how we can use our number bonds to apply to calculating these greater numbers. Please continue to encourage the mental number bond learning at home.

Enjoy your half term break and stay safe,
Miss Lambie

Home learning
Formal home learning is not set during the holidays but you may continue to support your children through their daily reading, number bond fluency and handwriting.

Reception Spring Term Week 6

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We hope you all enjoyed the class assembly today about St Valentine.

The children have worked so hard over the past week, learning a new song, painting pictures and remembering words and actions; they made us all feel very proud when they performed so brilliantly this morning.

Love has been an ongoing theme in class too and the children have been very busy making love inspired art work and writing Valentines Day cards.

Reception have also been involved in the Internet Safety Week and have had daily sessions focussing on how we can keep ourselves safe online.

Topics covered in Reception were: 

  • What to do if you see something worrying or scary when you are online
  • ‘Think before you click’ on a pop-up or advert
  • What to do if someone tries to talk to you online
  • ‘Don’t believe everything you see or read online!’

This week, we welcomed Prisha and her family to our school community. We hope they will all settle really quickly into their new house and local community.

Wishing you all a restful half term break,

The Reception team

 

Spring 1, Week 6

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As part of our History topic – communication – we have learnt about Morse code, telegrams and how Carrier Pigeons were used to send messages during WWI. After half term we will be writing and sending letters and finding out who invented the first telephone. Please could you send in a first class stamp by the 22nd February so we can post our letters.

In maths we have been collecting and reading data in tally charts, block graphs and picturegraphs.

As part of our gymnastics unit, we have been jumping , turning, balancing and travelling on different equipment. I am very pleased with the how much progress the children have made in this area and how sensibly they use the equipment. We have also learnt some new playground team games and have enjoyed using the new netball posts on the KS1 playground.

Please ensure you read over the half term.

Have a lovely holiday

Miss Pringle

Friday 4th February 2022

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The children in year 5 have been working hard on their learning. In maths this week, they  continued their learning and practice with column addition and subtraction. In English, they have just started reading a new book: The London Eye Mystery; this is continuing their learning about mystery and suspense writing. They also learnt how to write a kenning poem, which was Viking in origin, in which something or someone is described using a sequence of two-word phrases.  The poem, which should be spoken out loud, is a riddle, the listener has to guess the subject of the poem. In History, their learning about The Vikings continued.

For RE, the class focus was on Candlemas, the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, which occurred on Wednesday this week. The children have created, using paper and watercolours, their own lovely images of candles. Please see the photo below. The children have also been working on a really large Rangoli artwork, as part of their study of Hinduism, following their visit to the temple last week. A photo of which is below. Each person in the class coloured in one section of the artwork, which is now proudly on display in the class.

 

 

 

 

 

For Science, we conducted a fair test to see which material: wood, plastic or metal, was the best thermal conductor.

Just to let you know, we were hoping to put up a link to a PDF of lots of lovely photos of the children on their Viking Day, but, at present, we are experiencing some technical difficulties.

Wishing you all a good weekend,

Mr. Holmes

For home learning this week: spelling words, homophones: aisle, isle, alter, altar, knew, new, steal, steel, lead, led, wait, weight.

Mathletics and Read Theory and Times Tables Rockstars.

In recognition of The Queen’s forthcoming Platinum Jubilee (1952 – 2022), we’d like the children to design a learning poster about The Queen, this should include a timeline.

 

 

Reception Spring Term Week 5

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This week, Reception have been thinking about the past and what it means.

To start our week off, we welcomed Mr Heymoz’s mum, Mrs Flach to the class. She spoke to the children about what life was like when she was a little girl and about her journey into adulthood.

Mrs Flach shared some beautiful photos of her mum and dad and her brother and three sisters. The children enjoyed listening to her talk about family holidays at the seaside and her experiences of going to school. Mrs Flach also showed Reception some photos of Mrs Heymoz when she was a little girl, which they found fascinating!

Later on in the week, the class also had the opportunity to look at baby and childhood photos of Ms Pemberton, Ms Steff and Mrs Gymer. They were amazing at matching the baby with the adult and asked some brilliant questions too!

Our story focus this week has been The Gingerbread Man. Amongst other things, the children loved thinking up their own different story ending, where the gingerbread man survives instead of getting eaten!

In RSE, the children have been thinking about the differences between a good friend and a bad friend. Together they thought about all the qualities that make a good friend. The class then made their own ‘good friend recipe’ adding an important quality to the bowl and mixing it in!

Today, we began rehearsals for our class assembly which we will be performing next Friday at 9.15am.

Have a wonderful weekend,

The Reception Team

 

 

Spring 1, Week 5

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We have been busy exploring capacity in Maths this week. Next week we will be learning about different graphs and tables.

I hope you enjoyed celebrating your child’s shark writing with them. They have worked very hard researching, editing and illustrating their books.

In PE we have explored travelling over, across and between different apparatus.

Home learning

To celebrate the Queens Platinum Anniversary please create a learning poster on A4 paper, that includes facts about the Queen and her reign. Please write in a pencil and decorate with pictures.

Please read over the weekend.

Miss Pringle

Friday, 4th February 2022

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Year 4 had yet another busy week.

In English, the children placed their last Roman myth into context looking at artifacts and maps to gain a deep understanding about the characters and settings. Later in the week, they used that myth to plan their own version upon. The children came up with brilliant ideas and are ready to write their narrative on Monday. In Maths, we have finished conversion of measurements with a practical comparing and ordering lesson before moving on to properties of 2D shapes using precise mathematical language. In Science, they investigated the melting points of different substances, collecting data of temperature in degrees Celsius and time.

On Wednesday, we celebrated Candlemas, Jesus’ presentation in the Temple and created paper lanterns using flame resistant paper bags and scented candles. The children wrote beautiful prayers showing gratitude for qualities that make them ‘Lights in the World’. In Swimming on Wednesday, all pupils were invited to swim lengths in the large pool and they all did very well. In PE, we also worked on our group balances before using apparatus to travel across the floor. In RE, the class reflected once more on where to find God in our words, actions and symbols. In History, they argued about the credibility of primary and secondary sources whilst learning about Boudicca, the ‘Celtic Queen’.

Thank you for facilitating the children to logon to TTRockstars and creating their avatars. They sounded excited about the new resource!

Have a lovely and safe weekend,

Ms Varga

Please see your Home Learning below:

Home Learning Due by Tuesday, 8th February 2022
Spelling Please log onto Spelling frame and practice this week’s spelling words before testing yourself.

Spelling Rule 15 – Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch (Greek in origin) (e.g. echo, chemist… etc.)

https://spellingframe.co.uk/
Reading Please log onto Read Theory and complete 2 activities. Please also update your reading logs and be ready to present them on Wednesday.

https://readtheory.org/auth/login
Multiplication Please log onto TT Rockstars and practice your allocated multiplication tables. We will share progress and leaderboard on Tuesday, 8th February.

https://ttrockstars.com/
Study Ladder Please log onto Study Ladder and complete the assigned activity in your pod, all centered around this week’s focus, sets of parallel and perpendicular line in common 2D shapes.

https://www.studyladder.co.uk/

Week 5

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Another busy week in Year 3. In Maths, we have continued learning and applying mental strategies for subtracting.

In English we have begun learning about non-chronological reports and using non-fiction books to research different sports. We have been learning about the features of a non-fiction text.

On Wednesday, it was  the feast day Candlemas. We made candles to remember Jesus is the light of the world.

In Science, we have been learning about fossils and the children made their own fossils using salt dough and shells. Then we printed fossils using cardboard and paint.

In Music the children learnt to sing a song called Banana Mango and make music on different parts of their body.

On Tuesday we are going to Celtic Harmony. Children should wear their school PE Kit. They need to bring a packed lunch or contact the office if you need a school packed lunch. Please be in school on time.

Home Learning

Complete 2 read theory activities.

The children have been given a username and password for timetables rock. Please login and try to complete at least half an hour a week of time tables.

Spellings – https://spellingframe.co.uk/

careful, careless, carefully, carelessly, painful, painless, painfully, painlessly, thoughtful, thoughtless, thoughtfulness, thoughtlessness

To celebrate the Queens Platinum Anniversary please create a learning poster on A4 paper, that includes facts and pictures about the Queen and her reign.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Carey

Year 6 – 04/02/22

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On Wednesday, we celebrated Candlemas, an important feast day in our Church’s calendar when we remember the wonderful story of when Jesus was presented in the Temple of Jerusalem, 40 days after he was born, and an old man Simeon – who had been waiting for the coming of the Messiah all his life – proclaimed that Jesus would be a light for all to see. In Year 6, we reflected on what it means to be a light for others, then made these beautiful candle paintings, with their ideas about light around the edge.

This week’s home learning:

Maths Mathletics assignments on adding and subtracting fractions.
Platinum Jubilee Learning On Sunday, Her Majesty The Queen will become the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking an amazing 70-year reign. To learn more about this, you are asked to carry out research to answer the following questions:

·         Who is our Queen?

·         What is the role of our Queen?

·         What is a Jubilee?

Be as creative as you like when presenting your research (make a poster, create a booklet, do some writing, make a film, write a song…) and have fun learning about this unprecedented moment in British history.
Spelling Contractions: Spelling Frame link here.

To be tested: 11/02/22

aren’t

can’t

couldn’t

didn’t

don’t

hasn’t

hadn’t

haven’t

he’s

they’ve

you’ve