Entries by Margaret Joyce

Week 6

This week we have been doubling and halving. Please practise all the doubles and halves to 10. In Science we predicted what would happen to different foods when they were heated. Then we tested them to see if our predictions were correct. We were also given a task to help Cinderella find the most absorbent […]

Year 2 Blog Week 20

This week the children completed their imaginative stories in English. Everyone thought very carefully about the story language they would use as well as all of the verbs, adjectives and adverbs. There are definitely some future authors in our midst. This week in Maths we have been focusing on subtraction and using our strategy of […]

Reception- Spring Term Week 5

What a busy week Reception have had! On Monday the children joined the rest of the children celebrating Candlemas. This was followed by RE in the afternoon, when the children learnt about how God is with us when we are being fair. They had lots of fun in the hall playing turn-taking games. On Wednesday, […]

Week 5: February 7th

On Monday, the whole school celebrated the Feast of Candlemas and the children showed great reverence. In English, the children have been busy continuing their writing work on our class book ‘Leon and the place between’ and developing their use of conjunctions, adjectives and prepositions within their writing. In Maths they were introduced to the […]

Spring 1 Week 5

The mystery has been solved! Year 5 have discovered the whereabouts of the missing child from our class text, ‘The London Eye Mystery’. The children have now set to work on creating their own chapter of the rescue, filled with suspense and tension. In maths, we have completed our learning on mental addition and subtraction. […]

Spring 1, Week 5.

Our week started with the celebration of Candlemass – it was wonderful that so many friends and family were able to join us for this special Mass. We have been joined by 6 new class members this week; Goldie, Finley, Sir Finn, Speedy, Chips and Frank our fresh water (platy) fish. The children have proved […]

Week 5

We had lots of fun gardening this week with Year 2. The children showed excellent teamwork.  Thank you for the donations for our garden and sending in the children’s wellies. The children in gardening club planted lots of different bulbs. In English we have been looking at poetry. We acted out a poem called One […]

Week 4

A wonderful week of learning. We had a great workshop about being a cyber hero. The children learnt about playing age appropriate games and telling an adult if someone is unkind online. In Religion we have been learning about the Beatitudes. We focused on ‘Blessed are the Peacemakers.’ The children used their computing skills to […]

Year 2 Blog Week 19

Year 2 have enjoyed a week of creative learning. We took part in a wonderful workshop all about being a Cyber Hero. The children discussed the world of online gaming and all the fun that can be had as well as the dangers that are online. We explored the issues of online bullying, age appropriate […]

Week 4: 31st January

Dear Parents, My sincere apologies about this blog: Week 4  31st January.  It had been done last Friday but unfortunately it was archived onto the school website instead of appearing on the Year 4 blog. Mrs McNamara   This week we have been developing our learning in various subjects.  In Science the children investigated the […]