Week 7

What a wonderful week we have had!

We have been reading the book Voices in the Park By Anthony Browne. The children enjoyed writing about what they liked to do at the park. Then we took part in different activities in the playground and the children wrote a recount about what they did.

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In Maths we have been adding and subtracting, showing how we solved the problems with pictorial representations.

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On Friday we had a lovely assembly to learn about the special canonization Mass in Rome. We had extra play with orange juice and Fairtrade treats. Our day was full of arts and crafts, making flags for our celebration. The day ended with beautiful doves being released in the playground. It was so lovely to see the smiles on the children’s faces!

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Home Learning: One World Week project on Peru.

 

Have a lovely weekend.

 

Mrs Carey

 

Pilgrimage To Rome and St Paul VI Celebration Day

Today the school has been filled with excitement and joy as we celebrated the canonization of Pope Paul VI. We started the day with an assembly where everyone was presented with a St Paul VI prayer card. The children then enjoyed an extra break and Fairtrade treat in the sunshine. Following the theme of peace, the children spent the morning creating flags, designs, sketches and mosaics as well as continuing their research on Pope Paul VI. This afternoon we released doves of peace in the playground as a symbol of our continuing mission, following the charism of Pope Paul, to support peace and justice for all. Our pilgrimage to Rome to share in this very special moment was inspiring and uplifting. We felt privileged to be able to represent our school community in this important event. Father Shaun also attended the Mass in St Peter’s Square and we were all invited by Alex (our Seminarian)to visit the English College for Mass and then refreshments, enjoying the view of Rome from the rooftop terrace! Throughout the weekend we remembered our Pope Paul School Community and prayed for the continuing success of our school. We are very fortunate to have a wonderful group of staff who are happy to make a financial and time commitment in support of our community. Thank you ladies!

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Week 6

On Monday the children continued to practise their catching and throwing skills. We played some competitive games where the children showed excellent teamwork.  We had some very competitive children!

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In Literacy we have continued our work on The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child. The children have been producing fantastic writing. We had fun making Gruffalo Crumble.

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In Numeracy we have been adding numbers using the cherry model and the tens frame. The children enjoyed playing games to count on when adding.

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On Friday we did some beautiful artwork  with Ruth. The children were very focused and proud of their work. We drew animals and then printed them.

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This weekend is the canonization of Pope Paul VI. The children have been learning about Pope Paul VI and have produced some lovely art work of him. We looked for pictures of Saints around the school.

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Home Learning is to write a prayer to Pope Paul VI and the children have been given their Mathlectics password to practise logging in.

Have a lovely weekend.

 

Mrs Carey

 

 

Week 5

What a busy week we have had! In Numeracy we have been regrouping numbers to 20. We started by making ten frames and then moved onto the cherry model. The children have found a number of ways to make different numbers. We have had great fun using playdough and conkers to help.

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Our role play area has been transformed into a Gruffalo cafe. The children made labels and pictures to decorate the cafe. The food looks delicious! We loved reading the story the Gruffalo and creating our own scary monsters. I have seen some amazing adjectives to describe their characters.  On Thursday it was National Poetry Day so we looked at animal rhyming poems. The children enjoyed performing the poems and thinking of lots of rhyming words.IMG_0604 - Copy - CopyIMG_0607 - Copy IMG_0618 - Copy IMG_0627 - Copy IMG_0628 IMG_0630 IMG_0632 IMG_0635 IMG_0639

In PE we have been practising our throwing and catching. The children have got very good at catching and using their number skills to add up their points.

Each Friday we are lucky to have Ruth, an Art teacher to help us with out Art skills. We have been using objects from nature to sketch.

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Have a lovely weekend!

 

Mrs Carey

 

 

Week 4

IMG_0517In Literacy we described the bear’s appearance and the bear’s feelings at the end of the story. The children had fun drawing story maps to plan their own stories about an animal hunt.

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In Numeracy we have been matching objects with numbers and comparing amounts using the vocabulary more and fewer.

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In Science we did an investigation, we were blindfolded and had to smell three things and guess what they were. It was very difficult! We also looked at the colour of eyes and found that blue and brown were the most popular colour eyes in the class.

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In Religion we learnt the story called the Burning Bush that tells us that there is one God. Some beautiful paintings were done to show the story. This week was the Feast of St Vincent de Paul, we have been learning about his work with the poor. Thank you for your kind donations.

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Have a lovely weekend!

 

Mrs Carey

 

Week 3

What a busy week! It started with a letter from Mayor Trembull to say that a huge, ferocious bear had been seen near a cave on the beach. The children were asked to investigate this. They made their own cave explorer badges and they wrote a plan of what they would do if they saw the bear. The children made their own cave in the playground and kept checking the bear had not entered it. Then we went on a bear hunt and we found a bear in our cave! Luckily the bear is very good and he watches the children and tells me who has been working hard.

 

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In Maths, we have been looking how the number of objects stays the same even when we rearrange the pattern. The children have got very good at recognising the patterns of numbers on dice and dominos.

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In Science we did an investigation of taste. We tasted three different flavour crisps and guessed the flavours. The children loved tasting the crisps!IMG_0400 - Copy - Copy IMG_0401 IMG_0402 - Copy

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This week in Religion we have been focusing on the Eucharist. We acted out the Last supper and then the Eucharist.  There were lots of volunteers to be the priest!

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Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Carey

 

Week 2

In Literacy the children have been learning about labels, lists and captions. Thank you for your lovely family photos, the children have labelled each person in the photo. The children enjoyed writing a list of what they need to take on holiday. We have also been practising writing CVC words.

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In Numeracy we have been developing our vocabulary on position and movement. The children enjoyed describing the position of teddies around a box.

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In Science we have been learning about our five senses. The children were excited to guess the different sounds they heard and were keen to see if they guessed correctly. The children are very excited about investigating different tastes and smells next week.

In PE, we played lots of different games. The children listened carefully and followed the instructions well.
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Have a lovely weekend!

Week 1

Welcome to Year 1!

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It was lovely to meet all of the children this week and I have enjoyed getting to know them.

We started our year with a class worship where the children prayed for each other and they were all very respectful during this time.

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The children have had fun playing in our opticians role play corner!
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We had fun drawing around Elise and labelling the different body parts on the picture.

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The children have enjoyed showing me their talents and I look forward to seeing more over the year.

Next week we would like the children to bring a photograph of their family.

Have a lovely weekend!
Year 1 Team

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Next week we would like the children to bring a photograph of their family.

Have a lovely weekend!
Year 1 Team

Fantastic Year 6 SATS results

Well done to our Year 6 children who have achieved fabulous SATS results. 100% of our children achieved the national expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths. This is a huge achievement and well above the national average of 64%. At present we are waiting for verification of the % of pupils who reached the higher levels in each subject.  Thank you to all the parents and teaching staff who supported the children. A special thanks goes to Miss Donatantonio and Mrs McNamara for their hard work and commitment.

Today all children will receive their end of year reports. We hope you enjoy reading them!