Songs for Westminster Cathedral Advent Carol Service (Year 3 and Year 5)
You don’t need to know the words off by heart, but please be familiar with each carol.
Year 5 – 18/11/22
This morning, 6 of our Year 5 children did the class proud by giving speeches in assembly centred around the theme of leadership. This was a practice for what will be an oracy event at the Wyllyotts Theatre next week. They spoke passionately, clearly and held their audience really well – very well done!
Today marked the end of Anti-Bullying Week, so the school celebrated by having Friendship Friday, in which Year 5 enjoyed sharing karate and Golden Time with Year 2.
Home learning this weekend:
| Spelling | Log on to Spelling Shed using your EdShed login, and play a variety of games to practise this week’s spelling rule: Words ending in ‘-able’ and ‘-ible’
dependable reliable comfortable possible understandable horrible reasonable terrible enjoyable incredible |
| Advent Service | Please learn the words in bold on this blog post off by heart. |
Have a great weekend!
Miss Donatantonio
Advent Service Songs
Please learn the words that are in bold.
Kindle A Flame
Kindle a flame to lighten the dark
and take all fear away.
Like A Candle Flame
Like a candle flame
Flickering small in our darkness
Uncreated light
Shines through infant eyes
God is with us, alleluia
Come to save us, alleluia
Alleluia!
Stars and angels sing
Yet the earth sleeps in shadows
Can this tiny spark
Set a world on fire?
Yet his light shall shine
From our lives, Spirit blazing
As we touch the flame
Of his holy fire
The Angel Gabriel From Heaven Came
The angel Gabriel from heaven came,
His wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame;
‘All hail,’ said he, ‘Thy lowly maiden Mary,’
Most highly favoured lady: Gloria!
‘For know, a blessed mother thou shall be,
All generations laud and honour thee,
Thy son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold,’
Most highly favoured lady: Gloria!
Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head,
‘To me be as it pleaseth God,’ she said,
‘My soul shall laud and magnify his holy name,’
Most highly favoured lady: Gloria!
Blessed One
O bright Mother of Mercy
So pure and so brave
We honour your virtue
And dignity praise
Every angel salutes you,
The Earth calls you blessed.
We look to you Mother,
For mercy and rest
Ave! Ave! Ave! Ave! Ave! Ave! Blessed one
God exalted you, daughter,
And called you in time
To offer your womb,
To bring forth the Divine
You were willing to serve
Though you knew not a man
You trusted in God
And said “Yes” to His plan
Ave! Ave! Ave! Ave! Ave! Ave! Blessed one
Your consent to God’s Spirit
Was fruitful and free
Accepting God’s Son
In a great mystery
For the Lord, you remained ever
Virgin in faith
Delivered from doubt
And assisted by grace
Ave! Ave! Ave! Ave! Ave! Ave! Blessed one
Now we hail you, O daughter
Of mercy and light
O pray we embrace peace
And good, love and right
You are splendid, enthroned
Above moon, star and Earth
O Queen of the Heavens
Your Son saved the world!
Ave! Ave! Ave! Ave! Ave! Ave! Blessed one
My Soul Glorifies The Lord
My soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices
My God forever he will be, bless his holy name.
He looks upon me his servant,
looks on me in my lowliness.
He works marvels for me,
Henceforth all ages call me blessed, call me blessed.
My soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices
My God forever he will be, bless his holy name.
He scatters the proud hearted,
casts the mighty from their thrones.
His mighty arm before me,
In strength he raises the lowly, raises the lowly.
My soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices
My God forever he will be, bless his holy name.
He fills the starving with plenty,
but empty sends the rich away.
From age to age his mercy,
The mercy promised us forever, promised forever.
My soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices
My God forever he will be, bless his holy name.
On The Road To Bethlehem
Joseph watched the campfire slowly burning out
And spread a blanket over Mary where she lay
He knelt down beside her on the ground
Bowed his head and he began to pray
Here we are on the road to Bethlehem
I promise you I’d take care of your son
Mary’s tired and I’m doing the best I can
And I’m trusting you from here to kingdom come
If I close my eyes and go to sleep
Please watch over both of them for me
on the road to Bethlehem
Mary felt the baby move and she woke up
she felt Joseph sleeping by her side
she reached out in the darkness and touched his hand
tried not to wake him as she cried
Here we are on the road to Bethlehem
I promised you I’d take care of your son
Joseph’s tired and I’m doing the best I can
And I’m trusting you from here to kingdom come
And, if I close my eyes and go to sleep
Please watch over both of them for me
On the road to Bethlehem
Joseph felt her crying and he reached out
Held her in his arms and they both prayed
Here we are on the road to Bethlehem
We promised you we’d take care of your son
And we’re so tired and we’re doing the best we can
And trusting you from here to kingdom
To watch over us and give us strength and peace
While the saviour of the whole world gently sleeps
On the road to Bethlehem
Love Shone Down
I had a dream that I was standing on a hillside
And all the lights of town
were shining far below
When up in the air beautiful voices
Sing a new song, let everyone know,
Oh and love shone down
over the hills and over the valleys,
Oh and love shone down over the world
Somebody spoke to me
I knew it was an angel
He said there’s something
that I think you ought to know.
Then he just smiled, said don’t be afraid now.
Sing a new song, let everyone know
Oh and love shone down
over the hills and over the valleys,
Oh and love shone down over the world
And then he told me all about the baby Jesus,
How to find him where exactly I should go.
Then he was joined by millions of others
Sing a new song, let everyone know
Oh and love shone down
over the hills and over the valleys,
Oh and love shone down over the world
Well did I dream or was I really on that hillside
On that Christmas night so very long ago,
When he was born Jesus our Saviour
Sing a new song let everyone know
Oh and love shone down
over the hills and over the valleys,
Oh and love shone down over the world
We Are Waiting
Light a candle in the darkness
And let it burn bright.
Advent is the season
To put all our wrongs to right.
Let’s fill the earth with light and hope,
Each and every day
For the birth of Jesus
Isn’t far away.
We are waiting, we are waiting
For the coming of our King.
For every face to have a smile
And every Christmas bell to ring.
We are waiting, we are waiting
For the birthday of our Lord.
We are waiting for the coming of the Word!
Like the people in the Bible
In the days of old.
The Son of God is coming
As the prophets have foretold.
Mighty God, Wonder Counsellor,
Emmanuel his name.
And the world will tell forever
Of his fame.
We are waiting, we are waiting
For the coming of our King.
For every face to have a smile
And every Christmas bell to ring.
We are waiting, we are waiting
For the birthday of our Lord.
We are waiting for the coming of the Word!
Year 5 -11/11/22
Today was a special day in which we took part in a beautiful remembrance pilgrimage through each classroom to remember family and friends who have died. The children were so prayerful and respectful – well done.
In Science this week, the children carried out their investigations about the heights of children across the school. They will draw a graph to present this data next week.
In English, the children completed their Explorer Guides, which are extremely informative and interesting to read with plenty of survival tips!
In Art, the visual maps that were started last week were completed and look fantastic!
| Maths | Mathletics assignments:
I have reassigned tasks to you for last half term for which you scored below 75%. As we revise each concept in daily fluency, I expect lots of you will see improvements on your original scores. |
| Reading | 5 tests on Readtheory OR a daily updating of your reading record. |
| Spelling | Log on to Spelling Shed using your EdShed login, and play a variety of games to practise this week’s spelling rule: Words ending in ‘-ant’
competence confidence decent eloquence emergent frequent innocence intelligence transparent violent |
Enjoy your weekend and see you next week.
Miss Donatantonio
Year 5 – 04/11/22
Year 5 have been proudly publishing their Explorer Guide this week in English, and they will soon be complete!
This afternoon in Art, the children used their mark-making and typography-designing skills to create their own visual and personal maps. They are shaping up to be fantastic works of art.
As we are now in the month of Remembrance, we are dedicating our prayer tables to loved ones who have died. If you wish, you are invited to bring in a photograph of a loved one who has died to go in our prayer area. These will be returned to you at the end of the month.
Here is your home learning:
| Maths | Mathletics assignments:
· Rounding Decimals · Roman Numerals to 1000 |
| Reading | 5 tests on Readtheory OR a daily updating of your reading record. |
| Spelling | Log on to Spelling Shed using your EdShed login, and play a variety of games to practise this week’s spelling rule: Words ending in ‘-ant’
distant elegant abundant fragrant brilliant ignorant constant tolerant dominant vacant |
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Donatantonio 🎇
Year 5 – 21/10/22
Earlier this week, Y5 celebrated a class Mass on the theme of Harvest. Not only did the children read and sing beautifully, but Fr Shaun was incredibly impressed with the children’s answers before the Mass began and during the Homily. I was extremely proud of them – well done, Y5! Thank you to the parents that joined us for the celebration.
The rest of the week has been dominated by our One World Week focus on Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Through art, the children learnt about the significance of the scallop shell, which is is an iconic symbol of the Camino de Santiago.
We learnt to sing a song in Spanish about the Camino (Continuando by Jehro), then had a go at some flamenco dancing!
We also made the traditional Spanish soup – gazpacho – which was met with mixed reviews!
The week ended with our annual Harvest Assembly and subsequent Celebration Morning; thank you so much to all the parents that came along to celebrate your child’s learning with them.
It has been a really enjoyable end to a fantastic first half term. Well done, Year 5, and have a well-deserved half term!
Miss Donatantonio 🎃🍂👻
Year 5 Spanish Song
Aunque sientas dolor
Sigues continuando, subiendo, continuando
Aunque tengas temor
Sigues continuando, cruzando, continuando
Pues la vida siempre te dara
Un camino, unico a ti
Con tiempo veras
Con tiempo veras
Aunque tengas preguntas
Sigues continuando, buscando, continuando
Aunque baje la sombra
Sigues continuando, navegando, continuando
Algunas veces, tal un capitan
Navegaras en tu soledad
Hacia tu tierra
Hacia tu tierra
Aunque dañan tus sueños
Sigues continuando, sembrando, continuando,
Hasta los dias tranquilos
Sigues continuando, explorando tus deseos
Year 5 – 14/10/22
Friday is here again, and lots of busy learning has been going on this week!
In English, we have been writing sections of our Explorers’ Guide, focusing specifically on using noun phrases and multi-clausal sentences in our writing.
In Maths, we have been learning about place value in decimal numbers.
In RE, we have been comparing the creation story to what Pope Francis has written in Laudato Si.
In Science, we planned investigations to find out children’s heights. We will conduct these next week.
In Geography with Mrs McDonald, the children considered how the people of Hiemaey in Iceland were affected when Eldfell volcano erupted in 1973.
In Art, we practised heavy mark making by drawing still life onto onto maps.
In RSE, we learnt more about the changes in girls’ bodies during puberty. Next week, we will look more at the changes in boys’ bodies.
Home learning for this week:
| Maths | Mathletics assignments:
· Tenths on a place value grid · Hundredths as decimals · Hundredths on a place value grid |
| Reading | 5 tests on Readtheory OR a daily updating of your reading record. |
| Spelling | Log on to Spelling Shed using your EdShed login, and play a variety of games to practise this week’s spelling rule: Words ending in ‘-cial’ and ‘-tial’
financial commercial provincial initial spatial palatial controversial initially controversially financially |
Please practise the hymns for our class Mass on Wednesday:
Have a wonderful weekend!
Miss Donatantonio
Year 5 – 07/10/22
Well done, Year 5, on your reading, acting and singing in this morning’s class assembly about St Francis; you conveyed the life and message of St Francis clearly and beautifully!
Also this week:
In English, the children began writing their own explorers’ guide
In Maths, we have been working with negative numbers
In Science, we did further graph work, this time looking at how the length of a baby changes over time
In RE, we analysed the beliefs we get about the nature of God in the Creation story
In Geography, the children learnt why there are volcanoes in Heimaey, Iceland
In RHE, we discussed the changes to boys’ and girls’ bodies during puberty. Please note: we will be continuing this discussion and answering further questions the children have on Monday. Here are the login details to access the TenTen parent portal:
In Art, the children designed their own typefaces then combined them to make different words:
And then I was rickrolled 🤣
Here is this week’s home learning:
| Maths | Compete against Year 6 on Times Tables Rock Stars by logging in and joining the battle!
Mathletics assignments: · Numbers to 100,000 · Negative numbers in context |
| Reading | 5 tests on Readtheory OR a daily entry in your reading record. |
| Spelling | Log on to Spelling Shed using your EdShed login, and play a variety of games to practise this week’s spelling rule: Words ending in ‘-tial’
potential essential substantial influential residential confidential preferential torrential circumstantial impartial |
Enjoy your weekend!
Miss Donatantonio
Year 5 – 30/09/22
We have done lots of art this week; this afternoon, the children represented the first Creation story through art, whilst yesterday they practised different kinds of mark making.
Also this week:
- In English, we started our new unit about being world explorers and surviving in extreme places on earth. This will lead to writing an explanation text later in the half term.
- In Maths, we have been learning how to round to numbers within 1,000,000.
- In Science, we were plotting graphs to look at whether there’s a correlation between the mass of an animal and its gestation period.
- In RE, we learnt about the work of St Vincent de Paul and answered the Big Question ‘How can you be a friend to a God you can see if you’re not a friend to those you can see’.
- In Geography, they learnt about the physical and human geography of Hiemaey in Iceland, and learnt what an archipelago is.
Please note that for the next two weeks on Monday, the children will be learning about puberty and how girls’ and boys’ bodies change. If you wish to explore the lesson resources more fully, please see TenTen’s Parent Portal, including suggested home activities to support learning:
Your home learning for this week is as follows:
| Maths | Mathletics assignments:
· Round to nearest 10, 100 and 1,000 · Round numbers within 100,000 · Round numbers to one million |
| English | In our English lessons, we are working towards writing an explanation booklet about surviving in an extreme location. In preparation for this, please choose an extreme location and research the following:
· Where is it? · What is the terrain like? · What challenges might you face there? · How might these challenges be overcome? Please bring in your research on Monday. |
| Spelling | Log on to Spelling Shed using your EdShed login, and play a variety of games to practise this week’s spelling rule: Words ending in ‘-cial’
special official artificial crucial judicial beneficial facial glacial especially multiracial |
Have a great weekend!
Miss D
