Entries by Margaret Joyce

Year 5 – 19/05/23 – Spirituality Week

This week has been Spirituality Week, for which the focus has been Walking with Jesus. On Monday, the children wrote prayers to Reception prayer partners and enjoyed exchanging the prayer cards with them: On Tuesday, the class spent time Praying in Colour, which is a beautifully free and visual way to spend time talking to Jesus. On […]

Bawdsey Manor Day 3

Well the day has been a busy one again with the children enjoying the lovely sunny weather! Today, the activities have included canoeing, rifle shooting, buggy building and challenge course. The children enjoyed their last ‘wet’ activity with their instructor in the beautiful lake in Bawdsey Manor this morning.  The lake has been newly constructed […]

Bawdsey Manor May 2023 Day 2

Good Morning! Well, the evening activity of Cluedo was rearranged to a Quiz.  Cluedo is coming later this week. Today has been action-packed – Raft building, Zip Wire, Orienteering and Trapeze! We are ending the day with a Campfire session and toasting marshmallows!! Thank you for the letters that you have sent in their luggage; […]

Friday 12th May

Dear Parents Here are some of the photos from our Coronation Celebrations last week.  Please click here. This week has been busy with the children doing their SATs.  A huge well done to our class who have worked their socks off this week.  Well done to all of them! They had a special surprise this […]

Summer 1 Week 4

This week the children have been multiplying a two digit number by a one-digit number using regrouping and short multiplication. The children have worked hard to develop their skills and it is wonderful to see the children practising their timetables at home. In English, we have started a new topic about adventure stories. We watched […]

Friday, 12th May 2023

The children in Year 4 completed revision activities in Maths and English this week, applying all learnt strategies when calculating and also thinking about grammar and punctuation when uplevelling sentences. They also finished their Coronation Art pieces and started on their ‘crown embroidery’ project. In music, the children came up with percussion ‘call and response’ […]

Summer 1 Week 4

This week the children have been revising 3D shape, the four operations and factions. They have worked hard to develop their skills and use the strategies they had been taught. In English, the children have published their dragon writing and completed comprehension papers. I am extremely pleased with their writing and their inference and retrieval […]

Revision Aids for SATs Week

There will be many opportunities for you to look over areas of your learning to help you prepare for the daily SATs tests that you are doing.   Revision Aids for: Maths     Click the protractor icon to practise your protractor skills! Maths Reasoning Paper  Sample 1 Maths Paper  1 arithmetic Maths R Reasoning […]

Bawdsey Manor May 2023 Day 1

Well, we have arrived at Bawdsey Manor! After having our packed lunches in the beautiful grounds of Bawdsey Manor, we headed off for a coastal walk. We spent the afternoon on the beach.  It was wonderful experience to add to our memories. The children enjoyed playing on the beach: skimming stones, building with the sand […]

5th May, 2023

Although the children have not been in school for the whole week, a lot has happened! The children have continued with their revision sessions this week with great focus and concentration.  We are very proud of them for showing such maturity towards their learning. The Tuesday and Thursday maths enrichment sessions will be available during […]