Entries by Margaret Joyce

Friday, 6th December 2024

Well done for another busy week, Year 2! In Maths, we consolidated our 2nd  strategy for addition, ‘Think 10’, before moving on to adding 3 numbers and adding to the next ten. In English, we have worked towards a list poem using expanded noun phrases for a chosen colour as part of our ‘The day […]

Autumn 2 Week 4

Well done for your Mad Hair Day efforts today, Year 4 – I loved the variety and creativity! Thank you for your generous donations to the (white) class hamper.   Please continue to practise readings and songs for the Advent Service, which is next Wednesday. The blog post is here. Everyone else should wear their […]

Year 1 Week Beginning 25.11.24

This week, the children have spent a lot of time with Year 2 rehearsing their KS1 Nativity, and it is really starting to come together! They have done so well to learn their lines- thank you so much for supporting your child with this. Please continue to practise with them daily and encourage them to […]

Friday 29th November 2024

In English this week we have been looking at building tension and suspense through sentence length. The children worked well with model texts to look at how this is done effectively before trying it themselves.  In Maths the children have been working on multiplication and how it links to division.  There are some links to […]

Autumn 2 Week 4

This week, we have been learning about Advent. We learnt that purple is the colour of Advent, the priest wears purple at church, the first candle we light is purple and the cloth on our altar is purple. The first candle represents hope. We have been thinking of what we are hoping for. The children […]

Friday, 29th November 2024

The children in Year 2 had a busy week with a focus on rehearsals for our Nativity production later in December. In English, the class completed their third big write, a letter of complaint as a classroom item- such as a sharpener, a rubber or the carpet- giving reasons for their upset, using conjunctions and […]

Year 5 – 29/11/24

Well done for your Mad Hair Day efforts today, Year 5 – I loved the variety and creativity! Please continue to practise readings and songs for the Advent Service, which is next Wednesday. The blog post is here. If you are a dancer for My Soul Glorifies the Lord, please bring in black clothes for this […]

Maths Revision

Revision of Topics in the Autumn Term  Angles Area Arithmetic Decimals- Rounding  Factors Use the links above to look over some topics that you have covered in class.   Testbase:  Multiplication and Division Click here 2.  Click here  

Year 1 Week Beginning 18.11.24

This week, Years 1 and 2 have been very busy with initial rehearsals for the KS1 Christmas performance. They have now all been given their parts and have been asked to learn any lines as soon as possible. The school will be providing the costume, but will be asking the children to bring in something […]

Autumn 2 Week 3

On Tuesday morning, we walked to Dame Alice Owens School to watch their Gym and Dance Display.  We really enjoyed the show, especially when we saw past pupils Caitlin, Lucy and Ella-Maria perform. Everyone left feeling inspired and looking forward to their next PE lesson.  This week we have started preparing for the KS2 Advent […]