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Hertfordshire
EN6 2ES
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Baker Street,
Potters Bar,
Hertfordshire
EN6 2ES
Tel: 01707 659755
Fax: 01707 665431
Email: admin@popepaul.herts.sch.uk
Friday 15th March 2024
/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret JoyceWe’ve been keeping ourselves busy again in Year 3 this week. Not only did the children manage to practise for and put on a fabulous St Patrick’s Day assembly, we have been taking part in Science Week. This included having a lesson taught by a teacher from Nicholas Breakspear, learning about a scientist called Brianna […]
Year 6 Week Beginning 11.3.24
/0 Comments/in Year 6, Year 6 Archive /by Margaret JoyceThis week, Year 6 joined the rest of the school in celebrating British Science Week; the theme this year was ‘Time’. To kick start the week off, the children were asked the BIG QUESTION- Does taller mean faster? Initially, and after much debate, the children decided that they thought that taller did in fact mean […]
Year 5 – 15/03/24 | Science Week
/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceThis week, we’ve been fully immersed in British Science Week, exploring the theme of Time with great enthusiasm! We started off on Monday by pondering the question, ‘What if there were no clocks?’ This sparked an intriguing discussion. Following that, we delved into the mechanics of pendulums, investigating how factors like string length and pendulum […]
Year 1: Spring Term- Week 3
/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Margaret JoyceWhat a wonderful week of leaning we have had in Year One! This week was Science week and as a school we all had an investigation to undertake! Our question to investigate was ‘Does taller mean faster?’ The children made their own predictions and talked about the various ways they could answer this question. As […]
Spring 2 Week 3
/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret JoyceThis week has been full of Science! On Monday, we planned an investigation to see if the tallest people in our class were the fastest runners. In groups, we organised ourselves in to height order then measured ourselves. After this, we made predictions about who we thought would be the fastest and why. Later in […]
Friday, 15th March 2024
/0 Comments/in Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret JoyceThis week in Year 4, we celebrated National Science Week by becoming Scientists ourselves; planning and carrying out some practical investigations, listening to guest speakers and learning about famous scientists. Throughout the week, we reflected on the lives and work of famous female Scientists from around the world, including Katherine Johnson-American mathematician, Mae C. Jemison-American […]
KS2 Way of the Cross – lyrics to learn
/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 /by Margaret JoycePlease use the lyrics and links below to learn the songs for the KS2 Way of the Cross service. Lyric sheet can be found here. My Soul is Sad My soul is sad. My heart is breaking tonight. Could you not watch and comfort me until light? Am I alone, surrounded only by night? Could […]
Spring 2 Week 2 w.b 4.3.24
/1 Comment/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Margaret JoyceScience As part of our science topic on Materials the children took part in a floating and sinking activity. We tested various items to see if they would float or sink in water. Firstly. the children predicted what they thought would happen with certain items and then tested to find out the results. Year one […]
Year 5 – 08/03/24
/1 Comment/in Year 5 /by Margaret JoyceWell done for your brilliant World Books Day costumes; I was so impressed with the effort you had gone to! In the afternoon, Year 5 shared some of their recent Watertower writing with Year 2, who read what they’d been recently writing – it was lovely to see so many budding authors proud to share […]
8th March 2024
/3 Comments/in Archives, Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret JoyceWe’re not sure we could have fitted more into this week if we tried! On Monday, we went to Celtic Harmony for our History trip. Year 3 made shelters, hunted mammoths, made soup, listened to a story and saw how flint tools were made. Thank you to Lucas’ mum who was a helper on the […]