Entries by Margaret Joyce

Spring Term Week 5 Reception

Our story focus this week has been the ‘The Ugly Duckling’. The class have spent lots of  time discussing the positive aspects of being different, and recognising and celebrating the similarities and differences between themselves. Inspired by the ending of the story, some of the class decided to make their own flying creations and test them outside! […]

Year 2 Blog Week 19

Year 2 have enjoyed a week of creative learning. In Religion, we have been looking at the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Through role play, Year 2 explored what happens during the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The children thought about times when they have wronged others and made cards to say sorry.  In Maths, we focused on ‘Take […]

Spring Week 5

Year 5 have continued to build on their understanding of the sacraments of healing this week. We were lucky enough to have a visit from Fr Shaun to explain the sacrament of anointing the sick and he brought along his kit to show us. The children listened well and asked some interesting questions. Later in […]

WEEK 5

We’ve had a wonderful week in Y3, filled with diary writing about the Amazon Rainforest and art based on the exotic animals who live there. The children’s diaries are amazing and they really enjoyed sharing them with Y4. The children have also used their computing skills to create books on book creator about the sacrament […]

The Sacraments

This week, Year 4 have spent some time focusing on the Sacrament of Reconciliation, one of the seven Sacraments we are learning about this term. They  created  a role play of the Sacrament and reflected on what they  learnt about the role of the priest and the penitent. They also made some beautiful ‘stained glass […]

Week 5

In Maths the children have been making two digit numbers with Dienes. They have been drawing pictures to show how many tens and how many ones. In English we have continued learning about the features of instructions and the children wrote instructions to explain how they brush their teeth. We have also been learning about […]

Spring Term Week 4 Reception

Our story focus this week has been The Three Little Pigs. The children have been thinking about what materials they would make their own houses from and have enjoyed using the building site role play area. They also made their own houses from different materials, and worked together to create this fantastic den! Due to the […]

Year 6 – 01/02/19

Have a look a Year 6’s snowman! This week’s home learning (due Tuesday 5th February) is as follows: English ·         spag.com – Active and passive A and B ·         Next week in English, you will be planning your own entry for the Spiderwick Field Guide. In preparation for this, please design your own magical creature. […]

Year 2 Blog Week 18

It has been another eventful week in Year 2. In Religion we have been learning about the Sacraments. We looked at the different signs and symbols of the 7 Sacraments. Year 2 focused on the Anointing of the sick and used their computing skills to make their own ebook. Subtraction has been our focus in […]

Spring Term Week 4

In Year 5 this week, we were visited by Hertfordshire School Partnership to talk about keeping safe online. The children listened well and asked questions to help improve their understanding of internet safety. Year 5 were introduced to new concepts, such as having a digital footprint. I hope the session that was run for parents […]