Year 5 – 18/10/24

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It’s been another fast-paced week in Year 5! Here’s what we’ve been up to:

Maths – We started our unit on addition and subtraction by exploring mental strategies before moving on to formal written methods. The children then applied these methods to solve a range of problems.

English – We have been sharpening our writing skills by exploring how varying sentence lengths can build tension. This was all within the context of our book, Everest.

Science – We investigated water resistance by timing how long differently shaped objects took to sink when dropped into water. This experiment helped us understand that streamlined shapes reduce the effect of water resistance.

RE – We explored the Holy Trinity through artwork. After reflecting on its meaning, the children created their own interpretations in their artwork.

PE – The children put their invasion game skills into action. In groups, they designed their own original invasion games, using the techniques we’ve practised over the past few weeks.

Computing – We learned that vector drawings are electronic images created by combining lines and shapes. The children then used Google Drawings to create their own basic vector drawings.

Geography – Using relief maps, the children identified mountain regions around the world and compared their different heights.

Home learning:

Maths Mathletics assignments:

·         Adding whole numbers with more than four digits

·         Subtracting whole numbers with more than four digits
Reading 5 tests on Readtheory or 20 minutes of reading per day
Spelling Log on to Spelling Shed using your EdShed login, and play a variety of games to practise this week’s spelling rule: Words from Year 5 and 6 Statutory Spellings

·         appreciate

·         immediately

·         cemetery

·         language

·         conscious

·         sufficient

·         convenience

·         thorough

·         environment

·         vegetable
SPaG Log on to Spelling Shed using your EdShed login, and take the quiz: Rearrange sentences so that the adverbial is at the front

Next week, we will be finding out about Zimbabwe for One World Week. We also have our class Mass on Wednesday at 09:15 – all our welcome, so please join us!

Enjoy the weekend.

Miss Donatantonio

Year 3 Week 7 Friday 18th October

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R.E.

This week the children showed a respectful and prayerfulness atmosphere when they participated in a meditation. They focused on the nature of our world and where they feel they can find and feel God.

Maths

The children worked hard in their end of unit quiz and began to explore their new unit on addition and subtraction. They started with revising their number bonds to ten and seeking links to number bonds to 100 before recapping on methods to add and subtract single ones in three-digit numbers.

English

The children explored their Fantastic Mr. Fox unit further by selecting appropriate vocabulary to describe him and began to use a range of conjunctions to join their sentences. They applied their fantastic descriptive language when constructed wanted posters.

Science

This week the children got out their muscles! They enjoyed flexing and using the scientific language to explain what happens to muscles and why they are needed. They then looked at diet and nutrition and how this is needed to support and strengthen them.

Reminders:

  • Please book parent consultations for Tuesday 22nd October or Thursday 24th October
  • Reading books to be in school every day please.
  • Fri 15th Nov 9.15am Year 3 Class Assembly
    All are welcome to come!

 

We wish you a peaceful weekend and look forward to next week,

Mrs Poyiadzis and Miss Lambie
   Mon, Tu & Wed        Th & Fr

Homelearning:

Reading: Expectation is to read with your child for 20 mins a day and comment in the logbook.

Spellings: Edshed activity has been set ‘ture’

Maths: Mathletics activities set are compare to 100’

 

*Additional* Please may you bring in a family/ child photo and a brief description of where your family come from and what the culture is like there? We are trying to build up a world map of where our class comes from.

Thank you for those that have already come in!

Friday, 18th October 2024

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The children in Year 2 had yet another busy week.

In English, we practiced writing in the first person by creating diary entries for Ravi- the main character of our class book. Later in the week, the class planned for their first big writing, where the children came up with their own characters and a behaviour that will turn them into an animal (just like in Ravi’s roar where he turns into a tiger).

In Maths, the class moved onto comparing and ordering and solved challenging missing number problems.

In History, the children looked at the details of what the astronauts did in their 2 hours on the moon in 1969 and as a preparation for a later role play, they made astronaut helmet masks.

In Science, the class finished their learning on the survival of the last vertebrate group-humans (mammals)

 

by looking at their basic needs from birth to adulthood. In RE, the class learnt about the Catholic Missionaries’ work in Cameroon looking after the Creation and used CAFOD resources to learn about stewardship.

In PE, we moved on to our next fundamental skill: dribbling and passing and used footballs to practice these.

Well done for Anna Maria who brought in her hand made space model as a show and tell and shared interesting facts about planets.

Next week is One World Week where year 2 will be learning about Colombia and about how CAFOD supports the communities. CAFOD’s programme in Colombia focuses on peacebuilding, protection of human rights, sustainable livelihoods,  protection of the Amazon and care for our Common Home- all linked with Catholic Social Teaching principles that we are going to learn about this year.

If you have any books or memorabilia from this region, please send them in for show and tell!

Parent Consultation Evening is on Tuesday and Thursday, please make sure to book an appointment.

Have a lovely weekend,

Ms Varga

Home Learning Due back on Wednesday, 23rd  October 2024
Phonics/Spelling Please practice this week’s sound patterns

phonics 5
Reading Please read with your child and sign reading record.
Maths https://login.mathletics.com/

Complete the assigned activities.

 

 

Autumn 1 Week 7

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In Maths this week, we have added and subtracted four digit numbers, with and without exchanges.  While in Guided Reading, we have been used inference, retrieval and prediction skills. Next, we will be writing newspaper reports.

The Year 6 JTA leaders (Junior Travel Ambassadors) awarded us the travel trophy, mascot and an extra playtime today, for being the most active class on the way to school!

Next week we will learning about Mexico as part of One World Week. To support your child’s learning, please create an A4 (there is a sheet enclosed in their home learning folder) fact file about Mexico, that contains at least five interesting facts. You might like to write about the Mexican climate, the most common language spoken there, popular foods, traditions, physical features or animals that live there. Please ensure that your child writes in a handwriting pen or pencil and that their learning is named and returned by Thursday 24th October so that they can share it with their peers.

Please ensure your child has their new home learning wallet (they were given out in September) in school every day. This should contain their reading book, reading record and any home learning that needs to be handed in. 

I look forward to seeing you at the Parent Consultations next week (Tuesday/Thursday).

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Pringle

Home Learning

One World Week:  see Mexico task above and use sheet provided.

Spelling – Words ending in ‘-ation’

EdShed tasks have been set online.

information
sensation
preparation
vibration
decoration
donation
duration
registration
population
determination

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday 11th October 2024

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Another a week has flown by in Year 6.

We have continued to read more of  ‘When the Sky Falls’ and used emotive language to plead for the life of a central character- a silverback called Adonis. Science learning focused on organisms and their classification, and in maths we have continued our work on conversion (metres, centimetres, kilometres, kilograms, grams etc).  On Tuesday, we had our fourth session with our Educational Mental Health practitioners Beth and James learning about how to manage our emotions.  They chatted about distraction techniques and brave posing.  With these techniques explained the children now have more tools to aid them with their favourite ones being hot chocolate and finger breathing.

We have begun our art project which is based on Activism.  The children studied the work of  Faith Rhinggold.  Faith Rhinggold is an artist who grew up during the Harlem Renaissance.  Ringgold communicates personal narratives, history and politics through her painted quilts.  The children will be examining how various artists can use art as a way to express their opinions, using their skills to speak for sectors of society. They will be producing screen prints so we would like to ask if you could send into school with your child a 50cm x 50 cm piece of card alongside any old wallpaper and collagable materials etc…that they can stick onto their artwork.

The highlight of our week was our assembly today. The children spoke beautifully to teach the school about the rosary.  Well done to them all in their reading, acting, singing and guitar playing!

NB:  We are seeking to do a local class trip as part of our History Topic on Potters Bar at War.  We are hoping that this will take place next week during a morning session (depending on the weather being dry etc..) and the children will be back in school for their lunch.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs McNamara and Mrs Lines

 

Home Learning

SPAG.com

Worksheet

Spelling Shed

Mathletics

TTRs

 

Please bring into school cardboard, wall paper, collagable materials, foil, etc….

Autumn 1 Week 5

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Our story this week was The Rainbow Fish. The story is about friendships. We talked about what makes a good friend. The children made their own fishes where they drew around their hand, cut them out and decorated them. They made friendship bracelets for their friends and they made a sea scene with different sea creatures in. Then we made a recipe for friendships, we added kindness, happiness, fun, caring, and helpfulness to our bowl and mixed it together to help us remember what a good friend is.

In Maths, we have been learning about the numbers 1, 2 and 3. The children have been playing games, threading numbers and finding objects to help them have a secure understanding of the numbers.

In Phonics, we learnt the sounds m, d and g. The children read words with those sounds in. Some of the letters can be difficult to write so please practise with the children over the weekend.

The children got their reading books this week. The library book is for you to read to your child. If you child has a reading book with no words, encourage them to talk about the pictures, ask them questions and retell what is happening.

In Religion, we have been learning about Baptism. We looked a photos of when the children were baptised. The children learnt that when we are baptised we are join Jesus’ family. They acted out baptising a doll. Please talk to your children about their baptism, show them their baptismal candle and tell them who their Godparents are.

Have a lovely weekend

Mrs Carey and The Early Years Team

Year 1 Week Beginning 7.10.24

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The English focus for this week has centered around the wonderful story Amara and the Bats by Emma Reynolds.

The story is about a young girl and her mission to save the bats in her local area. The children have been busy finding out about some of the 1420 different species of bats and have created non-fiction texts about them. They have also thought about endangered animals, painted bat inspired painting, made 3D bats and have written about their own favourite animals.

Next week, the class would love to make some bat boxes; if possible, please can you send in any clean, nut and egg free recycling for them to use in their creations? Thank you!

In Maths, the class have been learning about ‘greater than, less than and equal to’ and the associated mathematical symbols. ( <, >, =)

In RE, Year 1 continued with their work on the Holy Trinity, representing their understanding pictorially, by working together in small groups. They also experienced a meditation session where they reflected on God’s impact on their own lives and the special gifts God gave them when he created them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Science, the children, explored their sense of touch. They identified that touch is sensed by the skin. They learnt that skin covers the human body and that touch can be sensed at any point on the body through contact with the skin. Working in groups, the class then explored and compared different textures,, in order to gain a solid understanding of the key vocabulary used in this step.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend,

Ms Pemberton and the Year 1 team

Year 5 – 11/10/24

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Here is this week’s home learning and the links to practise the songs for our Mass (which is on Wednesday 23rd October).

Maths Mathletics assignments:

·         Roman numerals to 1,000

·         Rounding within 1,000,000
Reading 5 tests on Readtheory or 20 minutes of reading per day
Spelling Log on to Spelling Shed using your EdShed login, and play a variety of games to practise this week’s spelling rule: Words containing ‘-cial’ and ‘-tial’

·         commercial

·         controversial

·         controversially

·         financial

·         financially

·         initial

·         initially

·         palatial

·         provincial

·         spatial
SPaG Log on to Spelling Shed using your EdShed login, and take the quiz: Punctuate sentences with fronted adverbials correctly

Week 6 w.b. 11th October

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R.E.

This week the children recapped their learning from Key Stage One about what The Holy Trinity means. They identified biblical stories that represent God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit. They then looked at different symbols representing The Holy Trinity and used a zone of relevance to organise which one they believed represented the Trinity the best.

Maths

The children are coming to the end of their unit on place value and will be using their knowledge to in addition and subtraction net week. This week they were able to compare and order numbers to 1000 and count in 50s.

English

The children used hot seating to explore the thoughts and actions of a character. We read some more of the story and the children worked in small groups to ask each other questions. They then began to read Chapter 2 and select adjectives to describe Mr.Fox and The Farmers.

Science

This week the children built on their knowledge of the skeleton by looking at joints. They identified two different joint types – hinge and ball-and-socket joints. They were able to name the hips, elbows, knees, shoulder joints, and decide whether these are examples of hinge or ball – and – socket joints.

PE

This week the children explored a series of rolls. They had to use their space effectively and create a sequence of rolls and balances.

Reminders:

  • Reading books to be in school every day please.

 

We wish you a peaceful weekend and look forward to next week,

Mrs Poyiadzis and Miss Lambie
   Mon, Tu & Wed        Th & Fr

Homelearning:

 

Reading: Expectation is to read with your child for 20 mins a day and comment in the logbook.

Spellings: Edshed activity has been set ‘sure’

Maths: Mathletics activities set are ‘Place Value 1 and 2’

 

*Additional* Please may you bring in a family/ child photo and a brief description of where your family come from and what the culture is like there? We are trying to build up a world map of where our class comes from. 

Friday, 11th October 2024

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The children in Year 2 this week, spent some time outdoors to explore the school grounds and find items that we can use in our Andy Goldsworthy inspired land art project. The rain luckily did not stop our enthusiasm and we collected many wonderful items that we later arranged into art pieces.

 

We also used wax resistant ink technique to paint some of our impressions.

 

In Maths, we used number lines to count in tens and ones before moving on to missing number problems and estimation. Later in the week, we started comparison of sets of objects using specific language such as fewer, less, greater, larger or equal.

In English, we wrote descriptions of Ravi (from our class book, Ravi’s Roar) using nouns and adjectives before moving on to identifying and later applying adverbs.

In RE, we reflected on the Trinity and the nature of God and created Trinity pyramids

, whilst in History we looked at the sequence of the Moon landing, learning about the Saturn V rocket, the Colombia module, the Eagle and watched videos of the landing itself in the ocean.

In PE, we learnt the skill of dodging and in Computing the class learnt about the use of IT in school.

Just a note to say that the link for the Parent Consultation booking is active now and hopefully I will see you all on the week commencing 21st October 2024.

Have a lovely weekend,

Ms Varga

Home Learning Due back on Wednesday, 16th October 2024
Phonics/Spelling Please see this week’s spelling words

phonics 4
Reading Please read with your child and sign reading record
Maths https://login.mathletics.com/

Please complete the assigned activities.