Spirituality Week: Wednesday 20th May

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Spirituality Week 2020

Theme: The God who speaks

Wednesday 20th May

The God who speaks through Scripture

Reading biblical stories about Jesus’ power to heal can hearten and encourage us. Reading these stories can offer hope. Here are two stories from the bible which show Jesus’ healing power which shows us that Jesus has compassion for the sick.

Reception, Year 1 and 2

Jesus Heals the Ten Lepers

Luke 17: 12- 16

“As he was going into a village, ten men with leprosy came toward him. They stood at a distance and shouted, ‘Jesus, Master, have pity on us!’ Jesus looked at them and said, ‘Go show yourselves to the priests.’ On their way, they were healed. When one of them discovered he was healed, he came back, shouting praises to God. He bowed down at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.”

Read by Sofia, one of our Liturgy Leaders

 

Activity: Make a thank you card today for some in your family who helps you. Give the card to them or post it to them if you have not been able to see them from a while.

 

Years 3, 4, 5 and 6

Touching his Cloak

Matthew 9:20 -22

“A woman who had been bleeding for twelve years came up behind Jesus and barely touched his clothes. She had said to herself, ‘If I can just touch his clothes, I will get well.’ Jesus turned. He saw the woman and said, ‘Don’t worry! You are now well because of your faith.’ At that moment, she was healed.”

 

Read by Louise, one of our Liturgy Leaders

 

Activity:

Make the sign of the cross and say our Mission prayer.  Read the story from Matthew above.

Draw a large cloak like the one Jesus was wearing and inside it write the following prayer or create your own.

Father,

I pray that my faith in you grows.

I feel you with me.

Give me the courage to ask for your help,

the way the sick woman did.

In Jesus’ name, I pray.

Amen.

 

REFLECTION ON MY DAY

How am I feeling at the end of today?

What have I most enjoyed today?

What am I thankful for today?

When was I most peaceful today?

What are my hopes for tomorrow?

Year 6 – Tuesday 19th May learning

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Good morning, Year 6 😊

Here is Jude performing yesterday’s magic trick science experiment!

Excellent!

Now here’s your learning for today:

19/05/20
Subject Activity
Prayer Visit today’s blog for Spirituality Week and take part in the beautiful Prayer Stations led by our House Captains.
PE Stretch and relax your body with a short yoga flow this morning, set to the story of Roald Dahl’s The Twits!

https://youtu.be/9vLpwN-_DGw
Handwriting Copy these sentences containing this week’s spellings 1-5 into your handwriting book:

1.                Cupping his hands and taking a deep breath, he bellowed across the playground.

2.                The van screeched to a halt; the criminals jumped out.

3.                Natasha’s eyes widened and she squealed playfully.

4.                The family shrieked in horror: the monsters were at their front door.

5.                Just as he was about to give up trying, the phone squawked to life.
Reading 15 minutes of https://readtheory.org/
English Click here to open today’s English activities.

This powerpoint will help you.
Times Tables http://timestables.me.uk/
Maths WALT calculate angles in regular polygons.

This is today’s video:

 

Here are the accompanying questions and answers.
Art WALT use shading to create depth.

 Put last week’s shading skills to use by drawing spheres. How 3D can you make yours look?

https://youtu.be/Ou6X5pgsIaA
Music WALT create a soundscape.

 

Go for a walk and sit in your garden for a while. Make a list of the different sounds you can hear outside. How would you describe each sound? Were they long? High? Low? Quiet? Rustling? Surprising?

 

Choose 2 sounds that you heard and find a way of representing using your voice or objects you have around the house. Think carefully about what sort of instrumental/vocal sound or combination of sounds is best for what you are describing.

 

Finally, perform your soundscape to a member of your family. Can they guess what sounds you’re trying to recreate?

Spirituality Week: Tuesday 19th May 2020

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Spirituality Week 2020

Theme: The God who speaks

 

Tuesday 19th May

The God who speaks at Prayer Stations

Prayer Stations are – literally – stations! They are places where people can stop and reflect. Usually, there is something to prompt reflection and, quite often, something for people to do. They are particularly useful for people who are very sensory – who find that God speaks to them through what they see, hear, touch , smell or taste.  They can be used as part of a focal point – at the back of church or in a school entrance or in people’s homes.

Read by Elysia, one of our Liturgy Leaders

 

For each station, click on the play button underneath each image to hear the House Captains leading you in prayer.

Station 1: Mikey   Station 2: Evie   Station 3: Jude   Station 4: Owen

Station 5: Giovanna   Station 6: Jonathan  Station 7: Jack  Station 8: Maria

 

Station 1

The God Who Speaks Through The Cross
Station 2

The God Who Speaks Through the Ordinary
Station 3

The God Who Helps Us
Station 4

God’s Gift
Station 5

Hand Prayers
Station 6

Blessing Prayer
Station 7

Prayer for the World


Station 8

The God Who Takes Away Our Worries

REFLECTION ON MY DAY

How am I feeling at the end of today?

What have I most enjoyed today?

What am I thankful for today?

When was I most peaceful today?

What are my hopes for tomorrow?

 

Spirituality Week: Monday, 18th May

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Spirituality Week 2020

Theme: The God who speaks

Monday, 18th May

The God who speaks through Creation

Tuesday, 19th May

The God who speaks at prayer stations

Wednesday, 20th May

The God who speaks through scripture

Thursday,  21st May

The feast of the  Ascension

Friday, 22nd May

The God who speaks through prayer

Monday 18th May  

The God who speaks through Creation..

Today is the start of our annual Spirituality week and the theme for this year is “The God who speaks.”

To begin our special week we are going to think and remember each other and look forward to when we can all see each other again in school.

We pray for each other today and remind ourselves that God loves us all and we are his unique creation.

God speaking through creation or the natural world means that when we look up at the stars or gaze at the bluebells, we see the fingerprints of God. The more we fix our eyes on the wonder of creation, the more we must conclude that these things could not make themselves.

Read by Liam, one of our Liturgy Leaders

 

Class Teachers to lead:

Remember your class friends today

“God loves you very much and you are his unique creation. Listen as you hear the names of all your class read out”.

……………………………………

Reception

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Activity One

Draw a large bubble on a piece of paper with the words “God Loves you” Then, write the names of everyone in your class inside hearts around the bubble.

Activity Two

Look at the power points of God’s Creation and God’s creation in Potters Bar.

Read the poem.

Poem read by Oliwia, one of our Liturgy Leaders

 

God who made the earth

By Sarah Bett Rhodes

 

God who made the earth,

The air, the sky, the sea

Who gave the light its birth,

Careth for me.

God who made the grass.

The flower, the fruit, the tree,

The day and night to pass.

Careth for me.

God who made the sun,

The moon, the star, is he

Who, when life’s clouds come on,

Careth for me.

 

 

Write a prayer entitled ‘God is Glorious’.  Here is an example to help you.

 

God is glorious in the falling of the green oak leaf.

God is Glorious in the rainbow in the evening sky.

God is glorious in the blackbird singing in the spring air.

 

REFLECTION ON MY DAY

How am I feeling at the end of today?

What have I most enjoyed today?

What am I thankful for today?

When was I most peaceful today?

What are my hopes for tomorrow?

 

Year 6 – Monday 18th May learning

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I hope you all had a lovely weekend, Year 6. At the end of last week was Evie’s birthday, for which she made a delicious cake by the looks of things!

Mikey has made an incredible model of an F1 car out of cardboard!

Now let’s see who has won last week’s online learning competition!

Readtheory: 1st Matthew A, 2nd Liam, 3rd Luca

Prodigy: 1st Matthew A

Duolingo: 1st Alex, 2nd Luka, 3rd Evie

Well done!

This week is Spirituality Week, one of the most special weeks in our school year. Please make sure you take part the daily activities that have been prepared for you.

18/05/20
Subject Activity
Prayer As today marks the beginning of Spirituality Week, please go over to today’s Spirituality blog here.
PE Break a sweat whilst learning how to dance the Jive! Follow this lesson with Strictly star Oti Mabuse and have fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kChBa7JIzLY
Handwriting Follow the powerpoint here to learn about this week’s spellings, ensuring you copy them into your handwriting book.
Reading 15 minutes of https://readtheory.org/
English Click here to open today’s English activities.
Times Tables http://timestables.me.uk/
Maths WALT calculate angles in quadrilaterals.

Here is the video for today’s maths lesson:

Open the questions here and the answers here.
RE WALT reflect upon the presence of the Holy Spirit in the natural world.

 Yesterday, when I was out walking in the woods and could hear the birds tweeting around me, could see the trees reaching high above me and could feel the fresh spring breeze blowing past me, I was reminded of a book I used to love as a child. In today’s lesson, you will hear me reading the story to you as it fits in perfectly with today’s Spirituality Week theme: The God Who Speaks Through Creation.

  • What did the grandad teach the boy about prayer?
  • How did the grandad teach the boy about prayer?

Listen to the next part of the lesson here.

Your task:

Choose a person you know and an outdoor place that you associate with that person. Create a representation of that place (eg photo, painting, drawing…). Write a reflection about the person you have chosen and why the place is special to the person. How is the Holy Spirit present to you in this special place? How does this place make you close to your chosen person?
Science WALT investigate the effects of air pressure.

Click on this link, then scroll down to the Age 9-11 section to learn about air pressure with a fun experiment. Let me know the maximum amount of water you managed to get in the glass.

Wednesday Word – 6th Sunday of Easter (A)

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Each week, a Year 6 Liturgy Leader will be guiding you through the Wednesday Word. Take the time to follow it as a family and reflect on each Sunday’s Gospel reading.

This week, Elysia has prepared a beautiful powerpoint to take you through yesterday’s Gospel. Click here to open it.

Year 6 – Friday 15th May learning

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15/05/20
Subject Activity
   
Prayer Visit https://www.loyolapress.com/3-minute-retreats-daily-online-prayer/ and click on ‘Start your retreat’ for a short daily reflection.
Miss Pringle’s Home Olympic Challenge Here is Miss Pringle’s challenge for today:
Spelling Ask a family member to dictate the following passage to you, writing it into your handwriting book. Remember to think about correct punctuation, as well as spelling.

This is an incredible story about a zebra and a mouse. Late one night, a horrible zebra crept along a reversible corridor after making a forcible entry into the building. One minute, he was walking in one direction; the next, it was possible that he was unknowingly going back the way he had come. Luckily, a sensible mouse had witnessed the break-in and hid around the corner so he wouldn’t be visible to the zebra. He decided to act in a responsible manner and record the zebra’s terrible crime in his notebook, ensuring that his handwriting was legible. “This despicable brute won’t get away with this!” he whispered to himself. The end.
Reading 15 minutes of https://readtheory.org/
English Click here to open today’s English activities.
Times Tables http://timestables.me.uk/
Maths WALT revise this week’s learning.

Mathletics questions on what you’ve learnt this week about angles:

1.      Angle Sum of a Triangle

2.      Angles in a Revolution
D&T WALT  investigate the difference between the strength of bridges made from flat and round building materials.

This week’s D&T challenge might require you to got to the supermarket first. No worries if you can’t do it today; have a go once you’ve got the correct construction materials in!
Prayer Reflection Light a candle, put on some quiet music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BriCF4tCgEY and spend 15 minutes quietly reflecting on your week and on these words:

Year 6 – Thursday 14th May learning

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14/05/20
Subject Activity
Prayer Visit https://www.loyolapress.com/3-minute-retreats-daily-online-prayer/ and click on ‘Start your retreat’ for a short daily reflection.
Miss Pringle’s Home Olympic Challenge Here is Miss Pringle’s challenge for today.
Spelling Play with family members: Word Wager

 

1.                Put this week’s words into an envelope/wallet.

2.                Share the tokens (could be anything – beads, buttons, stones) equally between the group.

3.                One person in the group will be the caller, and will read a word for you to spell.

4.                If you think you are able to spell it, bet as many tokens as you like.

5.                If you’re not sure, you can sit out of that round but you still have to pay the pot one token.

6.                Betting players write the word down.

7.                Those who spell it correctly divide the pot equally.

 

Reminder of this week’s spellings:

possible

horrible

terrible

visible

incredible

sensible

forcible

legible

responsible

reversible
Reading 15 minutes of https://readtheory.org/
English Click here to open today’s English activities.

It would be lovely to see that poems that you have written!
Times Tables http://timestables.me.uk/
Maths WALT calculate missing angles in a triangle.

Here is today’s maths lesson:

Questions for today are here, and the answers are here.
RE WALT recognise the importance of the Feast of the Ascension.

 Click here for today’s learning.
Computing WALT use coding to make moving sprites.

 Click on the link below to watch a video then follow a tutorial that will teach you how to program your own dance party. Have fun!

https://studio.code.org/s/dance-2019/stage/1/puzzle/1

Year 6 – Wednesday 12th May learning

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13/05/20
Subject Activity
Prayer Visit https://www.loyolapress.com/3-minute-retreats-daily-online-prayer/ and click on ‘Start your retreat’ for a short daily reflection.
Miss Pringle’s Home Olympic Challenge Here is Miss Pringle’s challenge for today.
Handwriting Copy these sentences containing this week’s spellings 6-10 into your handwriting book:

6.                “That’s the first sensible thing you’ve said in a long time,” said Robert self-righteously.

7.                They reported signs of forcible entry to the property.

8.                “Ensure your handwriting is legible; otherwise, it will be marked incorrect,” warned Miss Donatantonio.

9.                All pilots are responsible for their passengers’ safety.

10.                Freezing is a reversible change; burning is not.
Reading 15 minutes of https://readtheory.org/
English Click here to open today’s English activities.
Times Tables http://timestables.me.uk/
Maths WALT calculate angles in right-angled and isosceles triangles.

Here is today’s maths video.

Find the questions here and the answers here.
French I have set two new assignments on https://schools.duolingo.com/

If you have been unable to login, then email me at year6@popepaul.herts.sch.uk and I’ll send you your login details.
History WALT describe how our own lives have been influenced by a significant individual.

 

Listen to the podcast episode above which tells the story of the smallpox vaccine. As you are listening, think about its similarities with Coronavirus. Listen in particular to the role played by Edward Jenner.

Create a learning poster that explains the influence that Edward Jenner has had on the world today.

Year 6 – Tuesday 12th May learning

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Good morning, Year 6. I hope your weeks have got off to a good start.

Yesterday, Jack sent me his tropical island art. Thank you so much for sharing it Jack.

I intended to post this on yesterday’s blog, but here are the leaderboards for last week’s online learning:

Readtheory: 1st Matthew A , 2nd Liam, 3rd Jack

Prodigy: 1st Matthew A, 2nd Elysia, 3rd Jude

Duolingo: 1st Alex, 2nd William, 3rd Louise

It’s great to see some different names up there this week. Well done!

Here’s Tuesday’s learning:

12/05/20
Subject Activity
Prayer Visit https://www.loyolapress.com/3-minute-retreats-daily-online-prayer/ and click on ‘Start your retreat’ for a short daily reflection.
Miss Pringle’s Home Olympic Challenge Here is Miss Pringle’s challenge for today.
Handwriting Copy these sentences containing this week’s spellings 1-5 into your handwriting book:

1.                If possible, submit the assignment by Friday afternoon.

2.                “What horrible weather!” cried Connor as he stepped out into the rain.

3.                The restaurant was terrible; I’m never going back there.

4.                The sun was barely visible because of the large clouds in the sky.

5.                After the exam, I felt an incredible sense of relief.
Reading 15 minutes of https://readtheory.org/
English Click here to open today’s English activities.

Find the accompanying powerpoint here.
Times Tables http://timestables.me.uk/
Maths WALT explore interior angles of a triangle and understand that the angles will add up to 180 degrees.

This is today’s video:

Here are the accompanying questions and answers.
Art WALT use different shading techniques.

Click the link here to learn different shading techniques which will really enhance your drawing skills.
Music This week, learn about Jean Sibelius’s epic piece Finlandia, then learn to sing its beautiful melody. Members of the BBC Singers will teach you the tune line by line and then sing with you in a virtual choir performance.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/watch-this-do-this-weekly-activities/zjy3382