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Year 6 – 21/07/22

July 21, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

And that’s a wrap! What a week we’ve had! In amongst surviving the heat, this week’s highlights have included spending time with Reception partners, having a very special Leavers’ Mass at the church on Wednesday, enjoying the pizza party yesterday afternoon and getting shirts and yearbooks signed this morning. Thank you, children, for all the […]

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Thursday 21st July, 2022

July 21, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This last week has meant that the children have adapted to a hotter learning environment than normal and they did this with such maturity. In D&T most of the children completed their CAMs project.  Well done to them for their resilience throughout each session.  As a class, we discussed what their successes were and areas […]

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Last Week in Year 1!

July 21, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

What a fantastic week for our last week. Year 1 tried hard to keep cool in the heat. I would like to thank Year 1 and their families for making my first year at Pope Paul so enjoyable. You have showed me great kindness and support throughout the year and I will miss you all […]

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Friday 15th July 2022

July 15, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

Fun Day   Year 5 had a fabulous time today. They took part in go karting, wet sponge throwing, face painting and much more. Thank you so much to FOPPS for organising. Take a look at our pictures to see some of the things we got up to.     Please ensure that your child […]

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Year 6 – 15/07/22

July 15, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

Wow, Year 6 – what a week you’ve had! Your performances on Monday morning and Tuesday evening were phenomenal! You gave the performance of your lives and did so with smiles on your faces. I am so incredibly proud of you all. To end a wonderful week, we had our Friday Funday today, and fun […]

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Summer 2 Week 6

July 15, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Fun Day has been fantastic! Our morning started with a bouncy castle and a Nerve Gun Shoot out! Then we chose glitter tattoos and tested our driving skills on the go-karts. The fun continued after lunch with face painting, a fruit and sweet stall, hook the duck, splat the rat and many other traditional fun […]

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Summer 2 Week 6

July 15, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

A fun week in Year 3. The highlight of the week was the fun day on Friday. The children had a wonderful time on the go-karts, the bouncy castle, the obstacle course, face paints and glitter tattoos. Click here for photos Fun Day On Tuesday, we were delighted to have a Tennis lessons with Mr […]

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Friday, 15th July 2022

July 15, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week, the children in Year 4 wrote and published their Stitch Head inspired narratives, which turned out great. They revised calculations and key facts in Maths and thought about changes to our environment that could affect habitats in Science. On Wednesday, some children from class participated in a music concert, where they performed beautifully, […]

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w.b. 11th July

July 15, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

What a fun-packed week! The children adored the trip to Southend on Tuesday. I was so proud of their behaviour and the respect they showed to all. They shared their fantastic knowledge about the seaside,  its features and even asked to pick up the litter they found so they could protect our land and seas. […]

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Summer 2 w.b. 04.07.2022

July 8, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

In R.E. Year 1 acted out the story of The Good Samaritan and tried hard to understand the message Jesus gave when he told it. They then tried hard to re-tell the story in their own words. Year 1 have moved onto whole class reading sessions in preparation for Year 2 and have really enjoyed […]

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Summer 2 Week 5

July 8, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

A wonderful week in Year 3 with lots of hard work and fun. In Maths, the children have been practising column addition and subtraction and developing their reasoning skills. In English the children have been learning how to apply prepositions and conjunctions to their writing. In Science, we have been learning about the functions of […]

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Friday, 8th July 2022

July 8, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week, in Year 4, the children named, described and classified triangles in Maths, whilst in English, after looking at expanded noun phrases and similes for description, they explicitly planned  for their last narrative. They will write their stories next week, across 3 days, coming up with an alternative resolution to our class book, Stitch […]

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Year 6 – 08/07/22

July 8, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

The children have been rehearsing extremely hard this week for Go For Gold, and it promises to be a fantastic show. We look forward to performing to you on Tuesday evening! Children, this weekend is the last push for you to practise songs and actions, as well as going over your lines.

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Summer 2 Week 5

July 8, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

It’s been a wonderful week in Year 2, with lots of new learning and fun. In Maths, the children have learnt how to turn clockwise and anticlockwise to turn north, east, south and west. Thank you Leo B for bringing in your compass to share with the class. In English the children have been learning […]

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Friday 8th July 2022

July 8, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

  Our CAMs Project It has definitely been another busy week in Year 5! This week the focus has been our CAMs project in Design and Technology and although some of the children have found taking their design and making it a slight challenge, they have been resilient in their approach and as you can […]

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Year 6 – 01/07/22

July 1, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

In between rehearsing hard for our production (which is beginning to sound amazing!), Year 6 have been enjoying sewing their mobile phone cases and playing rounders. Last week, the children were once again fantastic with their Reception buddies as they made games and obstacle courses for them. Please continue to practise lines and songs (along […]

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Friday 1st July, 2022

July 1, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

This week we have continued to work on interpreting data in tables in Maths and spent time revisiting percentages and fractions in our fluency sessions.  We went to Our Lady and St Vincent’s Church on Wednesday to celebrate the feast of Ss Peter and Paul.  During Fr Shaun’s homily the children raised their hands on […]

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Friday, 1st July 2022

July 1, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 3 Archive, Year 4 /by Margaret Joyce

Yesterday, Year 4 had a fantastic time at the Epping Forest District Museum, where they took part in a Tudor Workshop.  After a short introduction, the children built a physical timeline, placing key events on it from Henry VIII’s reign, including the fate of his 6 unfortunate wives. Shortly after that, they have been told […]

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Summer 3 Week 4

July 1, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

In Maths, we have been learning to divide by sharing, grouping and using our knowledge of multiplication. In English, the children wrote their own poems, edited it and wrote them in neat. The poems were excellent! The children applied their learning on expanded noun phrases, prepositional phrases and alliteration. Below are some examples of what […]

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Summer 2 Week 4

July 1, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

In Maths, we have been learning to follow number and shape sequences. We have also identified 2D shapes in repeating patterns. In English, the children wrote their own monster stories with cliff hangers that they edited, wrote up in neat and performed to other classes. Their stories are excellent! The children used adjectives, expanded noun […]

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Summer Term 2 Week 5 w.b. 27.06.2022

July 1, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Year 1 have worked hard this week to understand what it means to have a good set of instructions. They found it funny learning and acting out bad set of instructions! They finished their week by following instructions on where to place Lego bricks and then gave their partner instructions to follow. I have sent […]

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Friday 24th June 2022

June 24, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

This week in Year 5 we have been working hard in all areas of the curriculum. We completed our focus work on angles in Maths and have now started looking at reading and interpreting data and graphs.  In Science, we completed our space learning by discovering why we have day and night. To help us […]

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Summer Term 2 Week 4 w.b. 20.06.2022

June 24, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Year 1 have had a busy week and really enjoyed their life saving swimming session on Wednesday. Year 1 learnt what it takes to lead a virtuous life this week in their new Religion topic. They role-played acting out good deeds and you will be please to know that lots of them said they would […]

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Friday, 24th June 2022

June 24, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children in Year 4 this week spent some times outdoors identifying plant life growing on our school grounds. They used terminology to categorise their findings such as stem, leaf, petal, flower, fruit, bark, twig, etc. In Maths, the class finished their short unit of time, calculating unknown start and finish times using duration and […]

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Summer 2 Week 3

June 24, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

In Year 3 this week, the children have been writing their own poems based on The Magic Box by Kit Wright. The children have been using similes, alliteration, adjectives and adverbs to add effect to their poems and to engage the reader. Following this, the children started their Design and Technology project to design, make […]

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Summer 2 Week 3

June 24, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

In Year 2 this week, the children have created their own monsters and written descriptions of them. They have also written a letter warning a child not to take a monster to school. Next week they will be planning and writing a story about a monster coming to Pope Paul School! They will need to […]

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Year 6 – 17/06/22

June 17, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

It’s the end of another week, and once again it’s been a busy one. Tuesday was Sports Day, and the children jumped, threw and run to their best ability despite the heat! All did brilliantly, but well done especially to St Bernadette house; Phoebe and William had the honour of lifting the trophy and parading […]

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Healthy Living week

June 17, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Summer Term 2 Week 3 w.b. 13.06.2022 What a busy Health and Fitness week we have had! Year 1 focussed on the importance of having ‘5-a-day’ in our diets. They all tried to eat a different vegetable for their lunch, had extra snack and designed posters to promote healthy eating. I was so impressed with […]

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Summer 2 Week 2

June 17, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Year 2 have thoroughly enjoyed Sports Day and Healthy Eating Week this week. Everyone tried their best and used their talents on sports day. It was great to welcome the parents to celebrate our sporting achievements and then share our learning environment with them afterwards. As part of Healthy eating week, we have learnt about […]

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Summer 2 Week 2

June 17, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

What a fun, busy week! This week was Healthy Eating Week. The message was Eat well for you and the Planet! The five themes were focus on fibre, eat 5 a day, vary your protein, keep hydrated and reduce food waste. The children took part in different activities to understand the importance of healthy eating. […]

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Friday 17th June 2022

June 17, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

What a week! The sun has shone and Year 5 has been a hive of activity. It was Healthy Eating Week this week and Year 5’s focus was on getting more than their 5 a day. Thank you to everyone for bringing in their favourite fruits and vegetables- we have been feasting on them all […]

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Friday, 17th June 2022

June 17, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week, the children in Year 4 took part in lots of practical activities to think about healthy and active lifestyle as part of Healthy Eating Week. On Tuesday, they participated in Sports Day with great enthusiasm displaying true team spirit and sportsmanship. Well done to all of them, especially St Bernadette’s house! On Wednesday, […]

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Friday 10th June 2022

June 10, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

Bethlehem was God with us, Calvary was God for us, and Pentecost is God in us. Robert Baer   Welcome back. We hope you all enjoyed the long weekend and had fun taking part in jubilee celebrations. In our first week back, we have explored the themes of Pentecost through a cross-curricular approach so that […]

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Year 6 – 10/06/22

June 10, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

This week, we have been learning about the feast of Pentecost – which took place last Sunday – by exploring the symbols of water, wind and fire – powerful forces of nature which hold symbolism in the story of Pentecost. On Tuesday, we explored water by performing poetry about the rain, creating paintings, and engineering […]

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Summer 2 Week 1

June 10, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

It was lovely to welcome the children back after their holiday and  hear about their half term holiday. As part of our Pentecost learning our learning was focused on water, wind and fire. Today we also had a visit from Fr Fidelis, a Spiritan chaplain at NBS,  Mass led by Fr. Shaun and an ice […]

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Summer 2 Week 1

June 10, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday. It is our last half term in Year 3! The children looked wonderful on Monday, dressed as Egyptians. Our mission during Ancient Egypt Day was to record the evidence of everyday life in Ancient Egypt, as revealed in the fragments of wall paintings found inside a newly […]

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Friday, 10th June 2022

June 10, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week, the children in Year 4 took part in cross curricular activities, centered around the 3 main symbols of Pentecost: water, wind and fire. On Tuesday, they performed a short poem in teams, thinking about effective expression and actions. Later that morning, after a brief introduction to hydropower, they designed water wheels using recyclable […]

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Summer Term 2 Week 1 w.b. 06.06.2022

June 10, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

It was lovely to welcome the children back after their holiday and was great to see so many had generously collected resources for our busy week based on Pentecost learning. The children had themed days with learning focused on water, wind and rain with the Friday ending in celebrating Pentecost with a visit from Fr […]

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Friday 27th May 2022

May 27, 2022/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

We have come to the end of our half term and what a final day we had! The children looked wonderful in their Jubilee outfits and had a great day taking part in activities to celebrate. Thank you to Lisa, our school cook, for baking cakes for us all to share at the end of […]

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Year 6 – 27/05/22

May 27, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

Jubilee celebrations have been in full swing this week! We have explored the question How do we see the importance of Queen Elizabeth all around us in our lives today? and have focused on the importance of the Commonwealth, the Queen’s charity patronages, the Queen’s honours list, and the Queen’s speech. To help decorate the classroom, […]

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Summer Term Week 6 w.b. 23.05.2022

May 27, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Year 1 progressed on to counting in multiples of 5’s and 10’s this week. We counted in multiples, matched the total with coins, wrote multiplication number sentences, drew arrays, wrote repeated addition sentences and drew around the coins required to solve multiplication problems. Please continue to support your child to count in 2s, 5s and […]

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Summer 2 Week 6

May 27, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

We have had a great week celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We began the week learning about Queen Elizabeth II. . We focused on the question – How has life changed since the queen? We compared popular objects from the 1950s to what they look like today. We looked at the similarities and differences. In […]

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Summer 1 Week 6

May 27, 2022/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

What a wonderful end to this half term we have had! The children looked fantastic in their Jubilee outfits and had a great day taking part in activities to celebrate. Our History focus for this week was to learn who the Queen is, what her roles are and why we are having a jubilee celebration. […]

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Friday, 27th May 2022

May 27, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Year 4 had yet another busy week to finish off this half term with. Our main focus for the week was the Platinum Jubilee and children completed learning not only in History but through art and music. The class looked at 12 events from the Queen’s reign of 70 years and put them on a […]

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Year 4 Maths Division

May 24, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4 /by Margaret Joyce

Click on the link  to see the maths task for today. Extra challenge:  click here          

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Year 6 – PGL Day 5

May 20, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

The children battled through a wet morning with a coastal walk and a game of Capture the Flag on the field, before a peaceful journey back on the coach! Well done Year 6 on an excellent week! Have a restful weekend and I’ll see you again on Monday!

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Friday 20th May 2022

May 20, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

This week in Year 5 the children have been busy with their learning as well as experiencing The Mini Police Awards Assembly. It was lovely to see parents attend the Year 5 Mini Police Assembly on Tuesday and for the children to receive their Mini Police certificates from Inspector Robertson.   At 9:30am on Tuesday […]

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Friday, 20th May 2022

May 20, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

It has been another busy and interesting week in Year 4. In Maths, the children extended their understanding of the long division through open ended problem solving activities whilst in English, they have written their final, extended, pieces in our playscripts unit. In RE, the class learnt about Shavu’ot, an ancient Jewish festival which they […]

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Summer 2 – Week 5

May 20, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Year 3 have lots of amazing authors. This week the children have been writing the beginning of their adventure stories based on The Iron Man. The children applied what they have been learning about the features of adventures. They included similes, adverbs, adjectives and prepositions to make their stories enjoyable to read. In Maths, we […]

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Summer Term Week 5 w.b. 16.05.2022

May 20, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Year 1 began this week by learning to skip count. They counted in multiples of 2s, matched the total with coins, wrote multiplication number sentences, drew arrays, wrote repeated addition sentences and drew around the 2p coins we used to gain a secure understanding of what multiplication is. Please continue to support your child to […]

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Summer 1, Week 6

May 20, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

In Art this week read the book The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas and explored how colours make us feel different emotions. In PE, we have learnt to how to volley (use a high five shot) in tennis and how to control our breathing when swimming front crawl. We also took part in a cricket […]

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Year 6 – PGL Day 4

May 19, 2022/2 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

After a wet morning, the sky cleared and gave us a beautiful final full day 🌞 Today’s activities were trapeze, rifle shooting, challenge course and beach walk, and once again the children enjoyed trying new things and challenging themselves! We spent our final night at the beach with a stunning sunset to celebrate a fantastic […]

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Year 6 – PGL Day 3

May 18, 2022/2 Comments/in Archives, Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

Today has been the day for challenging fears, encouraging classmates, and displaying fantastic team spirit! We all started with Passport to the World, which was a country and flag-themed scavenger hunt around the PGL site. Team Spain were the winners! Groups 1 and 2 then had Jacob’s Ladder, buggy building and rock climbing, whilst group […]

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Year 6 – PGL Day 2

May 17, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

Today has been action-packed to say the least! Raft building, buggy building, abseiling, giant swing and photo challenge all featured, then we ended the day on the beach and had evening prayer with the sun setting over the sea. Thank you for the letters that you have sent; the children love receiving them. Time for […]

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Year 6 – PGL Day 1

May 16, 2022/4 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

We arrived safely at Bawdsey Manor and went straight to the beach, where we had lunch, skimmed stones, played football and collected shells.   We then played games back at the centre before being shown to our dormitories, having some time to relax, then enjoying sausages or chicken Kiev for dinner followed by chocolate fudge […]

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Friday 13th May 2022

May 13, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

To Infinity and Beyond! Year 5 created a fruit solar system on Monday to represent the relative sizes and distances of the planets. They discovered how small and close the rocky planets are and how large and distant the gas planets are. Once we had finished, all that was left was to eat Jupiter! Stop! […]

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Summer 1 Week 4

May 13, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

In Maths, we have been learning to find fractions of amounts. The children have learnt to draw bar models to solve fraction problems. Children have realised the importance of knowing times tables to support them in lots of maths learning. In English, the children have been excited to read  Iron Man By Ted Hughes. They have […]

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Friday, 13th May 2022

May 13, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week, the children in Year 4 used their artistic skills to complete creative learning pieces. First and foremost, they added their final touches to their bedside lamps and attached any last details, such as paws, ears, etc. They then built their own simple series circuits with 2 light bulbs and a handmade switch securing […]

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Summer Term Week 4 w.b. 09.05.2022

May 13, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

The children enjoyed learning about money this week. They were learning how to recognise, order, compare, add and even exchange different amount of coins. Please continue to support your child with exploring money at home and using the Mathletics games. The children have completed their Phase 5 phonics and are now revising all the alternative […]

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Summer 1 Week 4

May 13, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

In tennis this week we have been working on our footwork and we learnt how to play a backhand shot. In English we have written recounts and focused on the suffixes ly, ful and less in our spelling sessions. In maths we have been learning to read o’clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to […]

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Year 5 Wednesday 11th May

May 11, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Multiply and Divide Practice Multiply and Divide Answers

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Revision Aids SATs Wednesday

May 11, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 6, Year 6 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Below are some revision aids to assist you in Using calculations/Metric units/Line symmetry/Translation/Time   Using Calculations Revision Using Calculations using-calculations-answers Metric Units  Revision  Metric Units Metric Unit Answers Translations Translations                  Translations-answers Symmetry Line-symmetry line symmetry answers Time Time         Time-answers   Click on the CGP link […]

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Year 6 – 06/05/22

May 6, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

O Mary we crown thee with blossoms today, Queen of the Angels and Queen of the May! This morning, to mark the beginning of May the month of Mary, the whole school came together to honour Our Lady by bringing her flowers. The Liturgy Leaders led us in prayer in the hall, and then Joseph […]

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Friday 6th May, 2022

May 6, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Although this has been a shorter week for us, Year 5 have managed to cram in a busy week of learning! On Wednesday, the children went to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre – they met Katie their group leader who took them on a tour of this beautiful cultural landmark located on the bank of the River […]

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Summer 1 Week 3

May 6, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Year 3 have had a short but busy week. In English, we have been reading The Iron Man and identifying interesting vocabulary. The children have been using this vocabulary to write their own descriptions. In Maths, the children have been learning about unit fractions and non-unit fractions. Children have been drawing pictures and bar models […]

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Friday, 6th May 2022

May 6, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

After a lovely long weekend, the children accomplished a lot this week. In Maths, the class further consolidated their application of the formal written multiplication by playing two very competitive games, ‘Crooked Multiplication’ and ‘Sabotage’. In English, they turned a poem into a playscript, applying all text and language features of the genre such as […]

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Summer Term Week 3 w.b. 02.05.2022

May 6, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

I hope you all enjoyed the four-day weekend and the additional Inset this week. We have changed reading books but have not managed to read with every child so will have to play catch up again next week. On Friday the children showed respect and appreciation as they joined the school in celebrating the life […]

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Summer 1 Week 3

May 6, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

We went on a lovely walk today to explore fields next to the school. They enjoyed seeing the beautiful yellow rapeseed crop, butterflies, bees, beetles, buttercups, dandelions, birds and trees. On Monday we will be writing about our walk. We also took part in the May procession and enjoyed making crowns and honouring Mary with […]

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Friday, 29th April 2022

April 29, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Although a day shorter, the children in Year 4 had a very busy week. In Maths they have practiced using formal short multiplication without and with regrouping, whilst in English, after some acting, turned playscripts into narrative using speech punctuation correctly. In Science, they classified conductors and insulators using simple series circuits, whilst in RE […]

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Thursday 28th April, 2022

April 28, 2022/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

‘A drum, a drum! Macbeth doth come!’ We have focused on Act 1 Scene 3 of Macbeth this week by exploring the setting of the Scottish heath and the interactions between Macbeth, Banquo and the weird sisters. The children have written beautifully descriptive pieces and created artwork using tints and tones to show the landscape […]

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Summer 1 – Week 2

April 28, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

In Maths, the children have been solving multiplication and division word problems They have been drawing bar models to show how they solved the problems. In English, the children have been looking at different adventure stories and identifying the features and the most exciting parts of the story. Please encourage your child to read an […]

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Summer 1 – Week 2

April 28, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

In Maths, we have been solving multiplication and fraction word problems as well as learning to read o’clock, quarter to, quarter past and half past on analogue clocks. In English, we have identified past and present tenses and practised applying the suffixes ed, er, ing and est. PE Days – Monday – tennis Wednesday – […]

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Summer Term Week 1 w.b. 25.04.2022

April 28, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Summer Term Week 1 w.b. 25.04.2022 Year 1 have had an active week and are ready for their four-day weekend! On Monday the children enjoyed their first tennis coaching session before their first swimming lesson on Wednesday. I was super impressed about how quickly Year 1 changed and how safely they behaved during their session. […]

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Summer Term Week 1: 22nd April

April 22, 2022/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

It’s been a busy first week back. Welcome back after the Easter Holidays. We hope you all enjoyed your break and did lots of enjoyable things. The Summer term is always a busy term and there was plenty going on in Year 5 this week.  The first day back was a buzz of excitement for many […]

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Year 6 – 22/04/22

April 22, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

Happy Easter and welcome back to a new term! Year 6 have worked so hard in their first week back. We have been doing SATs practice in Maths and English, learning about the Resurrection in RE, and running for different distances in PE. This morning, house captains Phoebe and William led an assembly about St […]

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Summer 1 Week 1

April 22, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Welcome back, I hope you had a wonderful holiday. In class this week we read Luke’s account of the Resurrection and created pictures with the characters and symbols mentioned. Thank you for the beautiful Easter gardens that the children made over the Easter break. In English we have been busy editing, while in Guided Reading […]

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Week 1 Summer 1

April 22, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Happy Easter! I hope you had a wonderful holiday. This week the children listened to Luke’s account of the Resurrection and retold it from a character’s point of view. Thank you for the beautiful Easter gardens that the children made. Please send your garden in next week if you have not already. The children made […]

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Friday, 22nd April 2022

April 22, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children in Year 4 looked very well after returning from their holidays. It has been lovely to hear about their trips and experiences during spending time with family and friends. In Maths, the class moved on to formal written multiplication and division, building physical models and representing their calculations in different ways whilst in […]

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Summer Term Week 1 w.b. 18.04.2022

April 22, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Happy Easter! I hope you all had a lovely break and it was lovely to see all the children back and ready for their last term in Year 1. The children worked well together to transform our Lenten R.E. prayer space to reflect the white, gold and new life of Easter. They completed a retell […]

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Spring 2 Week 6

April 1, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The end of another term! The children have worked hard this term and should be proud of themselves. This week Year 3 took part in their first Stations of the Cross Service. The children sang beautifully. In Religion, we listened to the story from Luke’s Gospel on the crucifixion and discussed what Luke wanted us […]

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Friday, 1st April 2022

April 1, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Year 4 have had a busy last week to the end of the  Spring term and even in my absence, I know that they have worked very hard in class. In Maths, they completed their fraction learning by applying all that they have learned in problem solving situations, using bar models to help them identify […]

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Spring 2Week 6

April 1, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children have worked so hard this term and should be proud of themselves. In Religion this week, we retold The Last Supper using Book Creator on the iPads and listened to the story from Luke’s Gospel about the crucifixion. During PE we have used our communication skills to solve different problems and challenges. We […]

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Year 6 – 01/04/22

April 1, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

Wishing you all very Happy Easter! Our final week of term has seen the conclusion of our English unit, for which the children have written fantastic non-chronological reports about their invented magical creatures. The week has also contained discussion and writing about who was responsible for Jesus’ death; Pilate, God, Adam & Eve, Jesus himself, […]

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Friday 1st April, 2022

April 1, 2022/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

This week, Year 5 have shone tremendously!  After working so hard on their readings for the Stations of the Cross service on Tuesday evening, they spoke so well at the church and many parents and parishioners praised them for their reverence and confidence.  Well done to all the children and thank you to parents for […]

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Spring Term Week 12 28.03.22

April 1, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

This week Year 1 began their new Geography unit on ‘Where do we live?’ They were surprised to find out that no everyone lives in Potters Bar! Year 1 learned Luke’s Gospel scriptures for The Last Supper and Good Friday. They were very respectful as we learnt about Holy Week and Easter Sunday and how […]

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PGL and SATs Meeting

March 31, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

Thank you to those who attended the information meeting for PGL and SATs 2022. As promised, please find the powerpoints below, as well as the list of recommended websites for SATs practice: PGL Information Meeting SATs Information Meeting   Links for SATs practice: KS2 SATS Online 10-Minute Tests: https://www.cgpbooks.co.uk/resources/ks2-sats-online-10-minute-tests Arithmetic practice: https://myminimaths.co.uk/year-6-mini-maths/ PDF Maths Workbooks: […]

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KS2 Way of the Cross – lyrics to learn

March 26, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

Please use the lyrics and links below to learn the songs for the KS2 Way of the Cross service. Year 6, please wear all black and bring this into school on Monday. My Soul is Sad My soul is sad. My heart is breaking tonight. Could you not watch and comfort me until light? Am […]

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Spring 2 Week 5

March 25, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

We have had a lovely week, writing diaries, applying our multiplication skills and using mixed media to create art work. Have a lovely mother’s day Miss Pringle Home learning spelling https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/134/21-ew new few grew flew drew threw chew screw Letterjoin  – please log in and practise phonics phase 5 ew and writing the harder letters.  […]

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Friday 25th March 2022

March 25, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

This week in Year 5, we have begun our new English unit on instructions. So far we have given and followed oral instructions and evaluated written ones. In order to evaluate, we channelled the Great British Bake Off and took part in our own technical challenge! Much like on television, the children had a range […]

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Spring Term Week 11 21.03.22

March 25, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Spring Term Week 11 21.03.22 In History Year 1 identified older toys, placed them into their relevant decades and ordered them into chronological order. I was very impressed with their group learning and listening to each other before deciding on where to place the toys. We enjoyed exploring this website on toys: http://www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/spotlights/toysandgames/index.htm (does not […]

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Friday, 25th March 2022

March 25, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children in Year 4 this week, moved on with their fraction learning in Maths and started working on adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator. In English, they carried on with the publishing process of their Non-chronological reports, as well some basic sentence work to prepare them for the next unit of work. […]

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Spring 2 Week 5

March 25, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Today is the Feast of the Annunciation, Year 3 and 4 went to church and sang and responded beautifully. In PE, we continued practising balancing. The children were excited to demonstrate their balances on the equipment. In RE the children reflected on the story of the Last Supper and what Luke was telling us about […]

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Spring 2 Week 4

March 18, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

It was lovely to return to school on Thursday. Thank you for your well wishes. As part of Science week we thought about what scientists do. We took part in a Science workshop and observed what was growing in the school grounds. Each class are going to take part in a competition to grow the […]

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Year 6 – 18/03/22

March 18, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

This week has been Science Week, for which the theme has been ‘Growth’. We were lucky enough to have a crystal growing session with Mr Friedlander from Dame Alice Owen School yesterday afternoon, and are looking forward to seeing how much they grow over the weekend! We celebrated St Patrick’s Day with a fantastic display […]

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Friday 18th March 2022

March 18, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Science Week On Monday, a school challenge was set: which class can grow the tallest sunflower? In Year 5, we have been asked to investigate if the type of soil we use can effect this.  We have planted seeds in clay, compost and sandy soil. The children made some great predictions about what might happen […]

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Spring 2 Week 4

March 18, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week was Science week so we started the week thinking about what scientists do and naming famous scientist. Each class are part of a competition to grow the tallest sunflower. Year 3’s question was Does the size of the pot effect how the sunflower grows? The children planned their own investigation to answer the […]

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Friday, 18th March 2022

March 18, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    It has been another busy week in Year 4 with Science week and St Patrick’s day just to mention a few. In English, the class started their final writing pieces of non-chronological reports and wrote lengthy paragraphs based on their plant and animal species. They will write further paragraphs next week about their […]

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w.b. 14.03.22

March 18, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Spring Term Week 10 14.03.22 Year 1 enjoyed exploring their Big Question for Science Week ‘What do seeds need to grow?’ They discussed, gathered their ideas before planting sunflower seeds. We hope they are going to grow really high so we can win the Sunflower Height Challenge! They also worked hard to weed and turn […]

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Year 6 – 11/03/22

March 11, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

This week, the Year 6 House Captains have been busy organising fundraising events, whilst the Fairtrade Group have been out and about in Potters Bar, spreading the word about the work of Fairtrade. They went to Sainsbury’s to buy Fairtrade goods, and then presented to Year 5 pupils at Cranborne school. They spoke fantastically, and […]

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Friday 11th March 2022

March 11, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

We’ve had another busy week in Year 5. Today we kicked off Science Week by taking part in a whole school assembly and then a class workshop this afternoon.  This Year, the theme is ‘Growth’ and we will be completing learning based on this throughout next week. Take a look at some of the things […]

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Spring 2 Week 3

March 11, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

We have had a fun and busy week in Year 3. We have lots of amazing singers and musicians in Year 3, it was lovely to see so many of them taking part in the music concert. All of them were fantastic! On Tuesday we had a talk about Road Safety where we learnt about […]

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Spring Term Week 9 w.b. 7th March

March 11, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Thank you for all your kind welcome back massages, it was so lovely to see the children again and they were so excited to tell me what they had been learning with Mrs Moccia in my absence. The children shared with me their fantastic knowledge of the different Stations of the Cross this week after […]

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Friday, 11th March 2022

March 11, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children in Year 4 had opportunities this week to live out their Mission statement of using their talents to the full. During Tuesday’s music concert, they showed off their beautiful skills playing the piano or the violin. Well done! The class carried on extending their understanding of fractions in Maths calculating unit and non-unit […]

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Friday 4th March, 2022

March 4, 2022/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week in Year 5 we have embraced a very busy but exciting week! We celebrated Shrove Tuesday with our Mardi Gras theme and wow, did our children design wonderful masks that they showed off to the rest of the school during our whole school parade.  Ti was our class winner for the fastest pancake […]

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Spring 2 Week 2

March 4, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

On Tuesday, we celebrated Mardi Gras buy taking part in pancake races, dancing, making masks and eating pancakes. On Thursday we celebrated the 25th anniversary of World Book Day by dressing up as characters from our favourite books. The children recommended, shared and discussed their books and characters. If you have time this weekend please […]

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Spring 2 – Week 2

March 4, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

We have had a busy and fun week in school! On Tuesday, we celebrated Mardi Gras by taking part in pancake races, dancing, making masks and eating pancakes. On Thursday we celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as characters from our favourite books. The children were able to discuss their characters and name their […]

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Friday, 4th March 2022

March 4, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children in Year 4, had a fun filled week. They built their shells for their bedside lamps on Monday, whilst on Tuesday, they participated in a very busy Mardi Gras day. They flipped pancakes, decorated masks and sampled some lovely scotch pancakes in class. On Wednesday, they have received ashes during Mass and thought […]

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Spring Term Week 8 28.02.22

March 4, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

What a busy week for our school! Year 1 participated in Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday and World Book Day all in one week! Mrs Moccia said the children really enjoyed learning to spell numbers to twenty in words this week. I heard some French numbers were also learnt! Mrs Heymoz continued Year 1’s R.E. unit […]

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Year 6 – 04/03/22

March 4, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

It’s a been an extremely busy but exciting week this week, with Mardi Gras on Tuesday, followed by Ash Wednesday and then World Book Day on Thursday. Have a look at the fantastic Mardi Gras masks that they made! We ended the day on a high with a pancake race and a Mardi Gras dance […]

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Year 6 – 25/02/22

February 25, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

This Lent, the whole school is trying to answer the question: ‘How can we build a better world?’. To do this, we will look at a painting or an image each week to inspire us. This week, we have been discussing a painting called The Seven Acts of Mercy by Pieter Brueghel. I was blown […]

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Spring 2 – Week 1

February 25, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

I have missed the children this week but have heard that they have been working very hard. In Maths they have been learning to use column addition with and without regrouping. In English, the children have been researching an unusual sport and writing a non-chronological report. I am looking forward to reading them all! In […]

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Friday, 25th February 2022

February 25, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children in Year 4 came back to a busy week, after their well-deserved holiday. In English, we introduced our new genre for this half term, non-chronological reports. They looked at exemplar texts identifying text and language features whilst also reading our book for inspiration, Norman Messenger’s The Land of Neverbelieve. In Maths, the class […]

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Year 1 Week 7 w.b. 21.02.22

February 25, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Spring Term Week 7 21.02.22 Year 1 began their new unit ‘From Lent to Easter’ in their religion learning this week. They were knowledgeable about arms giving, prayer and fasting. They are looking forward to celebrating Mardi Gras and beginning their Lent journey next week. They even got themselves prepared by finding all the purple […]

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Friday 25th February, 2022

February 25, 2022/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Welcome back! I hope that you all had a lovely half-term break. It has been lovely to chat with many parents during the Year 5 Consultations.  For those parents who had technical problems etc…please get in touch via the school office. It has been a busy week in Year 5 this week.  The children have […]

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Spring 2 Week 1

February 25, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

  It has been lovely to welcome the children back to school after the half term. In History, we have been learning about the development of the telephone. We made versions of Robert Hooke’s 1672 string, mouth and ear piece phones.  On Monday we will be posting our letters to you. Please could you write […]

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Friday 11th February 2022

February 11, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

In the last week before half-term, year 5 have been working hard in all their subjects. The focus in Maths has been multiplication, which will continue after half-term. This has also included lots of practice with times tables and family facts. In English, they have continued reading The London Eye Mystery, and developing their knowledge […]

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Year 6 – 11/02/22

February 11, 2022/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

This week has been Internet Safety Week, during which Year 6 have reflected on their internet usage and how they can ensure they are not opening themselves up to danger and putting themselves at risk when online, especially in the context of gaming and social media. This morning, we took part in a workshop with […]

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Week 6

February 11, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Year 3 have had a wonderful week. On Tuesday we had a great day as Iron Age Farmers at Celtic Harmony Camp. The children helped out to make soup with herbs, learn how to make flour and bread. Then they made bracelets dipped in dye and learnt how to weave. Following the trip, the children […]

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Friday, 11th February 2022

February 11, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

A huge well done to Year 4 this week for their hard work, especially in English. They have written wonderful myths in class using all their writing tools and the features of the genre covered over the last 5 weeks. In Maths, they have furthered their understanding of parallel and perpendicular lines in quadrilaterals by […]

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Spring Term Week 6 wb 07.02.22

February 11, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Thank you to Reception class for sharing their assembly on St. Valentines with us all this morning. Year 1 have been thinking about how to show love and kindness in our school and have taken the snowflakes off their season tree to make way for kindness hearts after half term. Our R.E. learning this week […]

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Spring 1, Week 6

February 11, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

As part of our History topic – communication – we have learnt about Morse code, telegrams and how Carrier Pigeons were used to send messages during WWI. After half term we will be writing and sending letters and finding out who invented the first telephone. Please could you send in a first class stamp by […]

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Friday 4th February 2022

February 4, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children in year 5 have been working hard on their learning. In maths this week, they  continued their learning and practice with column addition and subtraction. In English, they have just started reading a new book: The London Eye Mystery; this is continuing their learning about mystery and suspense writing. They also learnt how […]

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Spring 1, Week 5

February 4, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

We have been busy exploring capacity in Maths this week. Next week we will be learning about different graphs and tables. I hope you enjoyed celebrating your child’s shark writing with them. They have worked very hard researching, editing and illustrating their books. In PE we have explored travelling over, across and between different apparatus. […]

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Friday, 4th February 2022

February 4, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Year 4 had yet another busy week. In English, the children placed their last Roman myth into context looking at artifacts and maps to gain a deep understanding about the characters and settings. Later in the week, they used that myth to plan their own version upon. The children came up with brilliant ideas and […]

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Week 5

February 4, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Another busy week in Year 3. In Maths, we have continued learning and applying mental strategies for subtracting. In English we have begun learning about non-chronological reports and using non-fiction books to research different sports. We have been learning about the features of a non-fiction text. On Wednesday, it was  the feast day Candlemas. We […]

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Year 6 – 04/02/22

February 4, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

On Wednesday, we celebrated Candlemas, an important feast day in our Church’s calendar when we remember the wonderful story of when Jesus was presented in the Temple of Jerusalem, 40 days after he was born, and an old man Simeon – who had been waiting for the coming of the Messiah all his life – […]

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Spring Term Week 5 wb 31.01.22

February 4, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Year 1 led the school in the Candlemas assembly this morning. They were very respectful throughout and spent lots of time this week preparing for it- well done Year 1! Our R.E. learning this week has reflected on this important act of bringing Jesus to the temple and spreading the good news. Year 1 thought […]

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Friday 28th January 2022

January 28, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Year 5 have had a really interesting and varied week. On Wednesday the children came in dressed as Vikings, which they have been studying in History with Mrs. McNamara.  During the day, the children made rune stones out of clay, played a Viking game called the Fox and the Geese. They baked Viking bread, which […]

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Year 5 Viking Day

January 28, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Year 5 had a very exciting day being Vikings      Click this link to see what the children got up to: http://popepaul.herts.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Viking-Day-.pdf                                                                

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Year 6 – 28/01/22

January 28, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

This week has been Other Faith Week, and Year 6 – along with the rest of the school – has really enjoyed learning all about Hinduism. The highlight of the week was our trip yesterday to Bhaktivedanta Manor – the Hare Krishna Temple in Watford – which was donated by George Harrison to the Hare […]

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Week 4

January 28, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week was other faith week and we have been learning about Hinduism. On Monday we visited Bhaktivedanta Manor Hindu Temple. The children were extremely respectful throughout and learnt a lot about the Hinduism religion. Thank you to Isabelle’s mum for coming as a parent helper. After our visit the children learnt about the different […]

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Friday, 28th January 2022

January 28, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children in Year 4 had a fantastic week following the theme of Other Faith Week, Hinduism. On Monday, the class visited the Bhaktivedanta Manor in Watford experiencing the Hindu way of life first hand. They had the opportunity to visit the stables, ride on a cart pulled by 2 of the newest oxen on […]

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Spring Term Week 4 wb 24.01.22

January 28, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

R.E Year 1 joined in with Pope Paul’s learning in Hinduism this week to promote the awareness of tolerance and respect to other faiths. They learned about Hindu symbols, their meaning and what celebrations they have. Year 1 took their first coach trip to the Jainism Oshwal Temple in Northaw on Wednesday. Year 1 represented […]

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Spring 1 Week 4

January 28, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

We enjoyed learning about Hinduism the week as part of Other Faith Week. We visited the Oshwal Centre, Jain temple on Wednesday and learnt the story of Rama and Sita, which we will retell next week. The children’s Hindu home learning projects are fantastic. In Gymnastics we have been learning to travel, balance and turn […]

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Friday 21st January 2022

January 21, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children have worked very hard this week on their learning. In Maths this week, the focus has been on working on mental strategies to support addition, before we begin our work on formal addition. The work has continued in English, on our mystery and suspense unit, with the focus on The Watertower. The children […]

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Spring 1, Week 3

January 21, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week we revisited ordering and comparing numbers, using number lines and  > < and  symbols. We discussed why certain numbers could or could not to placed in certain places, using mathematical language. We also used equipment to prove our answers. In English, we have continued creating where, when, how, what and why questions to […]

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Spring Term Week 2 wb 17.01.22

January 21, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

In our R.E. topic ‘Being a Sacramental People’ we discussed how God is present in the world all around us even though we cannot physically see him. We drew around our hands and wrote inside them how we know God is present in our lives. The children cut them out to make a display and […]

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Year 6 – 21/01/22

January 21, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

On Wednesday, as part of our RE topic about God being with us in the world today, we went searching for God in Darkes Lane. We found him in the memorial garden next to the station, in the buds of new life coming through on the trees, the lady in Sainsburys who smiled and waved […]

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Friday, 21st January 2022

January 21, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children in Year 4 had yet another busy week. In English, they used role play to get into character and based on well-known Roman myths, such as the story of Diana and Orion or Aeneas and Jupiter, wrote diary entries and descriptive paragraphs using figurative language (metaphors, personification and similes). In Maths, the class […]

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Week 3

January 21, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week we began subtracting in Maths. We discussed how subtraction is not commutative like addition. The children practised taking away a multiple 10 from a 2-digit number using Dienes and drawing pictures. Then they took away a 2-digit number from a 3-digit number without regrouping. In English, we have continued reading the book The […]

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Friday 14th January 2022

January 14, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Friday 14th January 2022 Year five have had a busy week with their learning. The children started a new piece of work on mystery and suspense writing. They have been reading and analysing a book called The Watertower by Gary Crew. The children have greatly enjoyed reading the story alongside the visual images that accompany […]

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Year 6 – 14/01/22

January 14, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

This week has flown by in Year 6! In Maths, we have been familiarising ourselves with the vocabulary multiple, factor, prime, square and product. The children learnt how to find common factors and common multiples, which has prepared them for beginning fraction learning next week. In RE, the children wrote beautiful poems about where they see and notice […]

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Week 2

January 14, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

We have had a busy and an exciting week! The highlight of our week was going swimming. The children were excited to get on the coach. At the swimming pool, the children were quickly put into groups. In PE the children learnt a dance called Pat a Cake Polka. They were fantastic! Then they taught […]

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Spring 1 Week 2

January 14, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week has gone very quickly! In Religion we have discussed where we see God in the world around us; answers included creation, our friends, family and our school community. We have started a non fiction unit in English all about sharks! Creating our own what, where, when, how and why questions, that we are […]

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Friday, 14th January 2022

January 14, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children in Year 4 had a busy first full week. In Writing, the class started a new unit of Roman Myths, where we looked at Roman Gods and Goddesses; acting them out, writing a school report about their often naughty behaviour and composing free form poetry to depict their beauty. In Maths, we looked […]

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🌸Spring Term Week 1 wb 11.01.22

January 14, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Happy Friday and welcome to our first full week of the Spring term. This week we have continued reflecting on the feast of Epiphany and added the Wise men into our own version of the Christmas story. In our new R.E. topic ‘Being a Sacramental People’ we discussed our knowledge of Jesus and the things […]

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Friday 7th January 2022

January 7, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Happy New Year to you all, I hope you all enjoyed a good Christmas and New Year break. Thank you once again for all the kind gifts. Yesterday afternoon the children attended Mass with Father Shaun in the Hall to celebrate the Feast of Epiphany. The children have also been learning more about the three […]

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Happy New Year!

January 7, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz
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Spring 1 Week 1

January 7, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Happy New Year and welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. It has been lovely hearing the children’s news. On Thursday, we celebrated the Feast of Epiphany by thinking of gifts we can share with others, many of the children chose the gift of friendship, peace and kindness. We also learnt about the […]

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Year 6 – 07/01/22 – Happy New Year!

January 7, 2022/1 Comment/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

Happy New Year and Happy Epiphany for yesterday! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Here the children are in their crowns, and here is our Epiphany display. Today, we had a Science Day where we investigated the question: How does the distance between an object and the light source affect the size of […]

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Friday, 7th January 2022

January 7, 2022/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Happy New Year and Happy Epiphany to all! It has been lovely welcoming back the children after their Christmas holidays and seeing how well rested and content they are. They all told me lovely things about their break and showed gratitude towards every present or experience they have received. We focused on the Feast of […]

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Happy New Year!

January 7, 2022/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Welcome Back! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. The children have enjoyed telling me about their holidays. On Thursday, we celebrated the Epiphany by learning about the meanings of the gifts that the wise men took to Jesus.  The children thought of gifts that they will bring to 2022. They thought of the gifts […]

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Friday 17th December 2021

December 17, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week in year 5 has been eventful. The children greatly enjoyed their Christmas lunch in the main hall on Wednesday. The year 5 classroom has been a hive of activity this week, with multi-coloured paper chains, Christmas Angels and other decorations adorning the room. The children have all worked really hard and been very […]

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Year 6 – 17/12/21 – Merry Christmas!

December 17, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

It’s been an incredibly busy week, in which we’ve had lots of Christmas fun and creativity combined with lots of hard work writing too! See the photos below for a snapshot of the week. Well done Year 6 – you’ve had a fantastic first term, and you all deserve a well-earned rest with your families. […]

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Merry Christmas

December 17, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

We have had a great last week in Year 2, filled with joy! The children have been busy making Christmas cards and calendars. They also enjoyed Christmas lunch and performing their Nativity play for the parents. Thank you for the generous gifts for the adults in class. Have a restful and happy Christmas Miss Pringle […]

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Merry Christmas!

December 17, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

A great last week filled with joy in Year 3! The children have been making Christmas cards and calendars. In Science, we have been learning about magnets and investigating what objects are magnetic and what materials magnets can still attract magnetic objects through. The children planned, recorded their results and wrote a conclusion for each […]

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Friday, 17th December 2021

December 17, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

We had a fantastic last few days in Year 4 this week, with practical activities such as finishing our design and technology mechanism cards or turning ourselves into Elves using collage technique. They had a lovely Christmas lunch on Wednesday and a Christmassy Karate lesson Thursday afternoon. In Maths, the children applied their formal addition […]

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❄️Week 14 wb 13.12.21🎄

December 17, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Week 14 wb 13.12.21🎄❄️ Year 1 were fantastic in their Nativity shows this week. We do hope you all enjoyed it. We all had a very festive lunch on Wednesday and looked fab in our outfits. 🎄❄️The Year One teaching team wish you all a very Merry Christmas and look forward to welcoming you back […]

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Friday 10th December 2021

December 10, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week has been an exceptionally busy week in year 5. The children worked really hard in their preparations for the beautiful Advent Service on Wednesday evening. Everyone tried really hard and this was evident in their wonderful performance. In Maths this week the children have been looking at Divisibility Rules and working on their […]

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Year 6 – 10/12/21

December 10, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

If we weren’t feeling festive before today, we definitely are now! This morning, we all had lots of fun decorating the classroom with paper chains and snowflakes, meeting Santa, and having a dance to Christmas music and cake this afternoon! This afternoon, the choir went down to the church to sing to the Over-50s club […]

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Autumn 2 Week 6

December 10, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week we enjoyed watching the reception children’s play and also performing our Nativity play for the rest of the school, we can’t wait to perform to you all next week. In Maths, we have used doubles and near doubles to add  two numbers. 6 + 6 = 12 6 + 7 is 1 more […]

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Autumn 2 Week 7

December 10, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week we enjoyed watching the KS1 nativities. I was proud of all of the children who took part in the Advent service on Wednesday night. They read, sang and danced beautifully. In Maths, we have continued to work on mental calculations using think 10 and think 100. In Religion, the children have been comparing […]

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Friday, 10th December 2021

December 10, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children in Year 4 this week, lit the second candle on their Advent Wreath and carried on reflecting on their Advent Promises and their journey, bettering themselves, until Christmas arrives. After several practices and walks to the church, they performed beautifully during Wednesday’s Advent Service. I am very proud of them; I though every […]

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Week 13- w.b. 6th December ❄️

December 10, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Week 13 wb 06.12.21 ❄️ 🕯️In the second week of Advent Year 1’s Advent promises were to say please and thank you, tell someone they loved them and to let someone go in front of them. 🕯️ In Science the children were learning to identify and name common birds. The home learning for this week […]

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Year 6 – 03/12/21

December 3, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

On Monday, we placed the first flame on our Advent wreath, as the time for preparation for Christmas began! We have also spent the week in full swing practising for next Wednesday’s Advent Service. Please continue to practise the songs here, so that you know them off by heart. In RE, we have looked at […]

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Friday 3rd December, 2021

December 3, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

It has been a week of preparation for our Advent Service and the children have been working hard to learn their parts and learn the songs for this special service.  The class have been to the church to practice and did this with great reverence.  Well done! In RE this week, the children have developed […]

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Autumn Term Week 6

December 3, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Year 3 have been busy learning the songs, readings and dances for the Advent Service.  The children drew beautiful pictures to show God’s creation. In Maths we have been adding by using our number bonds to ten to help. We been using the Think 10 strategy to add 1, 2 and 3 digit numbers. In […]

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Friday, 3rd December 2021

December 3, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children in year 4 were busy practicing for their Advent Service this week. We walked down to the church to practice our readings and acting, whilst in class, we sang our songs ready for next week Wednesday. In RE, we looked at St Luke’s Nativity and came up with definitions for the different titles […]

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Week 12 wb 29.11.21

December 3, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Week 12 wb 29.11.21 This week was the first week of Advent and Year 1 were able to open the Advent calendar each day to see what their mission was. Their promises this week were to pray more, smile, say hello, pick up litter and to be kind. In art the children continued their clay […]

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Autumn 2, Week 5

December 3, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce
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Autumn 2, Week 4

November 26, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

  We have been very busy in R.E.  this week, preparing  for Advent. Our prayer table has changed to purple and we have made Advent wreath pictures, Advent promises and a class Advent calendar, where behind each window is a prayer written by the children. We have also been practising our reading, acting and songs […]

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Year 6 – 26/11/21

November 26, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

Year 6 were lucky enough to welcome a scientist into the classroom this week to help us in our learning about refraction of light. Dr Alan from University College London showed us what happens when a prism refracts light; we were all amazed to see rainbows projected onto the ceiling and around the room! This […]

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Autumn 2 Week 4

November 26, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Another busy week in Year 3. In Religion, we made a class Advent calendar. Behind each door is a prayer written by the children. The children painted pictures after reading the story of Mary visiting Elizabeth and they wrote their own litany. We have been practising our songs for the Advent service.  Children’s readings have […]

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Week 11 w.b 22.11.21

November 26, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

This week Year 1 continued their learning on the season on Advent and on Friday they worked well to prepare the prayer space to mark the change in Liturgical season. In Religion they learnt about the Advent Wreath and how the candles help us countdown to Jesus’ birth.   Year 1 drew and collaged their […]

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Friday, 26th November 2021

November 26, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children in Year 4 had a really busy week. In Maths, they have moved on to formal written methods for addition and subtraction, whilst in English, they further consolidated their understanding of speech punctuation and learnt about the use of prepositions. Next week, they are going to plan and later write their first big […]

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Friday 26th November, 2021

November 26, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Another busy week this week in Year 5 ! The children have been busy writing up their World Explorer leaflets either on the Polar Region or The Jungle!  They have planned the content for their text and have worked hard to engage the reader using hooks.  Today, the class looked at each other’s leaflets and […]

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Advent Service 2021 – songs to learn

November 25, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

Please find full lyrics to songs that we are singing in our Advent Service here . Use the videos below to practise them, trying your best to learn the words off by heart. Wait for the Lord (Until 0:52) Like a Candle Flame Growing in Jesus (Until 1:20) Think of a World Without any Flowers […]

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Year 6 – 19/11/21

November 19, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

This week has been Anti-Bullying Week, in which Year 6 have thought not just about what constitutes bullying and how it feels to be on the receiving end of bullying, but also the potential factors that play into someone choosing to bully in the first place. Additionally, it was interesting to learn that there are […]

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Friday 19th November, 2021

November 19, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week in year 5, the children have worked really hard, and a real focus for that hard work has been the fact that it has been Anti-Bullying week. Following two very engaging lessons this week,  they put together short role-play scenarios using sock puppets and props that they made themselves. They also produced well-considered […]

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Autumn 2 Week 3

November 19, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Another busy week of learning in Year 3. Thank you to the parents who came to look at the children’s learning. This week was Anti-bullying week. Following on from the workshop last week, the children have been listening to different scenarios and explaining how they could show courage and kindness. The theme this year is […]

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Friday, 19th November 2021

November 19, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week in Year 4, the children spent time revising their knowledge of the use of speech punctuation in English, whilst in Maths, they have learnt a new mental strategy for addition called the equal sum or rebalancing. In Science, they have used their understanding of how far sound spreads and thought about volume in […]

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Week 10 wb 15.11.21

November 19, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Week 10 wb 15.11.21 This week Year 1 worked well to understand what is meant by bullying, how to stop it from happening and how to be a good friend. Anti-bullying week had the theme of ‘One kind word’ so we worked hard to ensure we all said at least one kind word to our […]

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Friday 12th November 2021

November 12, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children have had an exciting week in year 5.  They have been working very hard towards their class assembly, that took place today. It was lovely to see so many parents this morning. The children were delighted to see you all, if a little nervous, but they performed magnificently. The theme of the assembly […]

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Year 6 – 12/11/21

November 12, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

It has been extremely busy and varied in Year 6 this week! We began Monday with a workshop on waste awareness and recycling, which continued our mission to become better stewards of creation. We were reminded of the importance of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, learnt about what happens at recycling plants and had a go at […]

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Week 9 w/b 8th November

November 12, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Week 9 w/b 08.11.2021 Thank you to Year 5 who led the school in an assembly all about kindness today. It has prepared us well for anti-bullying week next week. We continued our learning on Remembrance to understand the significance of marking Remembrance Day. We learnt about the signs and symbols we might see, what […]

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Autumn 2, Week 2

November 12, 2021/2 Comments/in Archives, Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

On Monday, we took part in an anti-bullying workshop as a lead up to next week’s Anti-bullying week. During this workshop, the children learnt about using kind words and their power. As part of ‘Maths Week England’, we completed various interactive and practical tasks involving money. In English we have been applying our phonic knowledge […]

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Autumn 2 Week 2

November 12, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

In preparation for Anti Bullying Week, the children took part in a workshop to understand how to recognise bullying and how to show kindness to people who are being bullied. The children acted out lots of scenarios to show their understanding. Next week we will complete different activities about bullying and being kind. In Maths, […]

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Friday, 12th November 2021

November 12, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children in Year 4 had a really busy week, with lots of practical activities. On Monday, the class participated in an anti-bullying workshop as a lead up to next week’s Anti-bullying week. During their workshop, the children learnt about bullying and understood the difference between 1 isolated, unkind incident and something that would happen […]

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5th November 2021

November 5, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

I hope you all had an enjoyable half-term break. It was lovely to ‘meet’ many of you this week through the online parent consultations. For those of you who were unable to book an appointment please contact me through the school office email.     The highlight of this week for year 5 was undoubtedly […]

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Year 6 – 05/11/21

November 5, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

Thank you for attending this week’s parent consultations; it was wonderful to discuss and celebrate your children’s start to Year 6 with you. Today we began our new RE unit – From Advent to Christmas – by thinking about the symbolism of Advent traditions, in particular the Advent wreath. They made their own wreath and […]

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Autumn 2nd Week 1

November 5, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

It was lovely to meet most of you for parent’s consultations this week. In Maths we have been learning about the magnitude of number. The children have to add different numbers to an empty number line using their halving and estimating skills. Please practising halving numbers. In English we have been listening and reading newspaper […]

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Autumn 2, week 1

November 5, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Welcome back! It has lovely to see the children return from the half term refreshed and ready for learning. Today the children were very excited to lead their first assembly, all about Remembrance Sunday. They produced some beautiful artwork to share with the other classes and read very well in the assembly. It was lovely […]

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Friday, 5th November 2021

November 5, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week in Year 4, the children published their persuasive travel brochures which went on display in the classroom and started their next English unit, a narrative, based on Angela McAllister’s book, ‘Leon and the Place Between’. They liked the story, which is set in a circus and includes all sorts of dark and mysterious […]

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Week 8- w.b 1st November 2021

November 5, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Week 8 w/b 01.10.2021 Welcome back! It was so lovely to see the children return from the half term refreshed and ready for their autumn 2 learning. Today the children were very enthusiastic as we welcomed a new child into our Year 1 family. They were able to share their knowledge of our routines and […]

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Year 6 – 22/10/21 – One World Week

October 22, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

For One World Week, the school has been learning about the upcoming COP26 summit and recognising that our world was entrusted to us by God, but we are now damaging our common home. In Year 6, we learned about the 4 main goals that Sir David Attenborough deems as being imperative to meet if we […]

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22nd October 2021

October 22, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

We have reached half-term; the weeks have flown by! In English, the children have continued to work really hard on their research and planning for their biography about Mary Anning, a 19th century self-taught pioneering palaeontologist. The children have spent the last few days composing their biographies based on all their hard work. We’ve looked […]

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Year 2, Week 6

October 22, 2021/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week was One World Week. We have been learning about COP26 and what we can to do to protect our world. The children made promises to protect our world, grew cress seeds to encourage people to grow their own food, read books about climate change and made their own posters. In art the children […]

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Week 7

October 22, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

On Monday, we had a tour of the church. The children learnt about the signs and symbols in the church. The children shared their wonderful knowledge of stories in the Bible. The children were extremely respectful while walking around the church. In Maths, we have been ordering 3 digit numbers. The children played a game […]

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Friday, 22nd October 2021

October 22, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The children in Year 4 had yet another very busy week with One World Week activities, a Class Mass and a big writing to complete! In English, they finished their brochures explaining the benefits of their chosen attractions and using persuasive techniques such as rhetorical questions, over-eggaretation and persuasive openers. The pieces all read very […]

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Week 7 w/b 18.10.2021

October 22, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

What a busy half term! Year 1 have settled into their new classroom and routines well and are showing amazing efforts in their learning. Year 1 joined the whole school this week in exploring the big question: Who does the world belong to? The children worked well to come up with lots of ideas and […]

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15th October 2021

October 15, 2021/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 5, Year 5 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

As I sit here in the Year 5 classroom, smelling the recently cooked Oat biscuits, I reflect on another productive week. Our biographical work has continued this week with the introduction of relative clauses and relative pronouns. Through the children’s written work and presentations to the class over the last week, we now know more […]

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October 15, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Year 3 were fantastic today at their class assembly! They read their lines clearly, acted well and their singing was beautiful. In Maths, we have been adding and subtracting 1, 10 and 100 to and from a 3-digit number. We have been using equipment and drawing pictures to regroup when we cross a hundred. We […]

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Friday, 15th October 2021

October 15, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week in Year 4, the children finished off a great piece of persuasive writing, arguing that Purple Beard and his trusted crew mates should not embark on a treacherous journey across the sea. We displayed their fantastic ‘Pirate Postcards’ just outside their classroom. In Maths, the class started a new timed multiplication activity, that […]

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Year 1 Week 6 w/b 11.10.2021

October 15, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Week 6 w/b 11.10.2021 Year 1 would like to thank Year 3 for leading assembly this morning. In Religion this week we were learning about God the Trinity and how he is just one God but we can represent him in different ways. We have been learning the Hail Mary prayer this week and the […]

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Year 2, Week 6

October 15, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

The class have used adjectives, nouns and commas to write some wonderful list poems about Autumn this week. After writing them out onto a leaf template, in their best handwriting, they used watercolour ink to decorate them in Autumnal colours.   During Maths the class have solved and learnt to understand   < and > inequality. […]

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Year 6 – 15/10/21

October 15, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

In English this week, Year 6 have been editing and completing their WW2 persuasive speeches. Some have delivered theirs to the rest of the class and it’s safe to say that we have some future world leaders in our midst! In RE, the children looked at metaphors for God in the Old Testament and even […]

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October 8th, 2021

October 8, 2021/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

I’ve been really pleased to read so many biographies of famous people that the children have clearly spent a lot of time and effort researching and writing. We look forward as a class to hearing more about the person each child has chosen and for some of the children who shared their research today, learning […]

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Year 2, Week 5

October 8, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

In maths this week we have been finding equivalent calculations and comparing numbers using the symbols  > < and =. While in English, we have read and compared various poems.  We have studied micro habitats and made careful observations of worms. Our focus in art is observational sketching. We have sketched detailed pictures of ladybirds […]

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Week 6

October 8, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Another busy week of learning in Year 3. In English we started reading and identifying features of playscripts. The children compared a play script with a story of Alice and Wonderland. We have been looking a verbs and adverbs and acting out words so I partner could guess. In Maths we have been adding 10 […]

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Friday, 8th October 2021

October 8, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

  A huge well done to all the children in Year 4 for their beautiful assembly this morning. Great reading and acting! They took on the responsibility with maturity and motivation. Very proud of them all! This week, beyond practising for their assembly, the children completed learning on number magnitude (the size of a number […]

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Year 1 Week 5 w.b. 4th October

October 8, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Week 5 w/b 04.10.2021 Thank you to Year 4 who led assembly this morning on St. Francis. Year 1 really enjoyed it and learned a lot. The children have been challenging themselves in P.E. with their balance and movement skills. They decided to try to balance with their hands out, on their heads, on their […]

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Year 6 – 08/10/21

October 8, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

This week in English, Year 6 have started writing their final piece for our unit on persuasion. They are writing a speech to warn people of the horrors of the bombings in the Blitz and persuade parents to leave their children in the countryside. What they have all written so far is fantastic and I […]

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1st October, 2021

October 1, 2021/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

1st October 2021 In year five we have had another busy week! Everyone went swimming for the second time, which they greatly enjoyed. If the girls or boys wish to change into their costume before the swimming session at school, we are more than happy to set time aside for them to do this. In […]

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Week 5

October 1, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week the children have written a speech to persuade a king to share his food and performed the speech to the class. Then the children planned and wrote their own fables. I was impressed with their adjectives, conjunctions and prepositions that they used in their writing. They were very proud to write them neatly […]

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Friday, 1st October 2021

October 1, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week, the children in Year 4 carried on with their Place Value learning by comparing, ordering and flexibly regrouping whole numbers. In English, they copied up their first final pieces in their neatest handwriting. These are  now displayed in class. We therefore started a new unit of work, still based on persuasion inspired by […]

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Year 2, Week 4

October 1, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

I have been very impressed with the children’s attitude to learning this week. They have edited and published their space adventure stories, which are now proudly on display in our classroom. Next week we will start a poetry unit in English. In Maths next week we will be finding equivalent calculations and using our number […]

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Year 1 Week 4 w/b 27.09.2021

October 1, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

This week Year 1 joined in the whole school celebrations and learning on St. Vincent de Paul. The feast day was on Monday so the children attended an assembly before the St. Vincent team enjoyed an extra treat. During the week we learnt about St. Vincent, his life and his work. The children knew that […]

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Year 6 – 01/10/21

October 1, 2021/1 Comment/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

Well done on your assembly this morning, Year 6, which kicked off October, the month of the Holy Rosary. Thank you, parents, for coming to support them. Here is this week’s home learning: Maths Mathletics assignments: ·         Nearest Whole Number ·         Multiplying by 10, 100, 1000 Reading Completion of 5 passages on ReadTheory Spelling To […]

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Year 6 – 24/09/21

September 24, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 6 /by Margaret Joyce

Since Day 1 of Year 6, the children have been asking me, “When are we getting our reading partners?!” Well, today was the day. The children spent the afternoon getting to know their Reception partners and reading to them in the dappled sunlight of the Reception outdoor learning area. They were absolutely fantastic with them […]

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24th September, 2021

September 24, 2021/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 5 /by Margaret Joyce

          We have had a very busy week in Year 5. The children greatly enjoyed going swimming for the first time with the school on Wednesday. They swam with confidence and the instructors were very complimentary about them.  Today, we joined the rest of the school in the main hall for […]

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Friday, 24th September 2021

September 24, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 4, Year 4 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This week in Year 4, the children consolidated their understanding of Place Value in Maths and played a very competitive strategic game using nine sided dice as a finish off to their first unit. In English, they carried on using their inference skills when telling the story of Flotsam, discussing the pictures in the book […]

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Week 4

September 24, 2021/0 Comments/in Archives, Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

This morning we had our first whole school mass. Year 3 sang and responded beautifully. In Maths, we have been representing 3 digit numbers using equipment, drawing pictures and written representations. In English, we have continued learning about fables. The children have been acting out the fable War and Peas and writing what thoughts the […]

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Year 2, Week 3

September 24, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 2, Year 2 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

We have been very busy creating story maps and starting our space stories this week. The children have used adjectives and conjunctions in their writing and next week, they will be editing and publishing their stories. In Maths, we have been regrouping numbers to 20, using whole part models and tens frames. We have identified […]

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Year 1 week 3 w.b. 18.09.2021

September 24, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Week 3 w/b 20.09.2021 Today and this weekend is very special for all at Pope Paul and the Parish as we share in celebrations for the Feast of St. Vincent de Paul. Fr Shaun celebrated our Welcome mass today and the children joined in and sang beautifully- well done. We have had a fantastic week […]

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17th September, 2021

September 17, 2021/1 Comment/in Archives, Year 5 /by Liz Heymoz

This week has been another busy one! Everyone in the class has clearly worked hard on learning and reciting a short poem which was set as part of their home learning last weekend.  Well done to all those children who wrote their own poems as well.  The children enjoyed listening to one another and for […]

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Year 1 Week 2 w/b 13.09.2021

September 17, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 1, Year 1 Archive /by Liz Heymoz

Week 2 w/b 13.09.2021 Welcome to our learning round up of week two! Our class worship sessions this week have centred around ‘The Year of Growth’ where we wrote our own message on how we will grow closer to God in faith and added them to our new tree display.   In Science we enjoyed […]

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Week 3

September 17, 2021/0 Comments/in Year 3, Year 3 Archive /by Margaret Joyce

Another fun, busy week in Year 3! In Maths, we have continued using equipment and pictures to make numbers to 100. We have been using mathematical vocabulary to compare numbers and have been investigating different ways of making 3-digit numbers. In English, we read War and Peas by Michael Foreman. We imagined we met the […]

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Friday, 17th September 2021

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