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Year 4 Blog Friday 29th November 2024

Date: 28th Nov 2024 @ 2:52pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Discuss what you have read with an adult. Can you find out the meaning of any new words in a dictionary?

Spellings

These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them

irregular      irrelevant    irresponsible         irrational    

irrefutable   irrevocable  submit                   subdivide                       

subheading   submarine    submerge              subconscious                  

subatomic    subcontract           subordinate           subtitle      

subcontinent          subnormal

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 3’s  

For example, start at 0 and count to 36 and back again

0    3    6  etc                            36    33    30  etc

Then have a go at counting in 6’s from 0 to 72 and back again

0   6   12                                   72    66   60 etc

Times tables and Number facts

Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week. 

You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk

Please also practise your number facts. 

You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button

It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.

TTRockstars challenge

• A ‘garage’ session

Sumdog challenges

• A spelling challenge based on the words above
• A maths challenge based on multiplying by 10 and 100, as well as using known facts to work out other multiplications (eg 30 x 6, use 3 x 6 = 18, then multiply by 10)

In English, we studied different front covers of the novel The Iron Man. We then made predictions about the story and justified these with reasons why we had come to these conclusions. In addition, we rewrote the first chapter in first person using powerful vocabulary and ideas from the novel.   In our Literacy Kicks sessions, we wrote a newspaper article about the friendship between Rob Burrow and Kevin Sinfield; edited a newspaper article looking carefully for spelling and punctuation errors, and wrote an article about Gareth Southgate's resignation from the position of England Manager. 

In Maths, we understood the effect of multiplying a one or two digit number by 10 and 100. We extended this learning to recognise the relationship between a known fact and a related calculation. For example, if 4 x 3 = 12, then 4 x 30 = 120 – the answer is 10 times larger.

In RSHE, we made links and connections to show that we are all different and that God loves us in our differences. We celebrated these differences in different ways and by :

• giving examples of how our words and actions an make the world a better place for everyone
• writing our own set of Golden Rules which show how we should treat everybody
• composing a litany of thanks for the unique gifts of friends and family

In Science, we completed challenges to make different simple circuits and drew labelled diagrams to show our learning. Have a look at the pictures in our gallery.

In our ‘My Happy Mind’ session, we learnt what neurons and neural pathways are – these are learning how to form habits.

In PE, we took part in an interhouse handball tournament. We passed the ball around our team trying to score a goal. We ensured we made no contact with our opponents and tried to intercept the ball to gain possession. There are some photos in our gallery.

The Year 4 team

Year 5 Friday Blog 29th November

Date: 27th Nov 2024 @ 3:55pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog.

This week we spoke to the children about using technology and the internet safely. We discussed how to use internet devices safely in school and at home and signed our revised safer use agreement which you can find below. The children signed this to say they read and understood the content.

Home Practice

Reading

Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.

Spelling

Here are your spellings this week.

interact   intercity   international   interrelated   supermarket  superman    superstar   antiseptic

anticlockwise   antisocial  autobiography  autograph   interactive  antidote  antibiotic  intersect 

superimpose

Counting

Count out loud in:

10s up to 250 and back again                                            0,10,20,30, …

25s from 500 to 1050 and back again                                0, 25,50,75 …

7s from 77 to 126 and back again                                   77,84,91…

Times Tables

Please practise your times tables every day.

Well done to Xabier for answering the most questions this week in Times Tables Rock Stars.

Sumdog

Maths practise based on multiplication and division – individual challenge.

Spelling Challenge

 We have had a fantastic learning week in Year 5.

This week we have been learning about listening skills in PSHE. We explored how to show great listening.

We also talked about how we change and grow in RSE this week and the children learned about the emotional, physical and social changes we go through as we move from middle childhood stage to adolescence.

In English, Year 5 have been writing the missing chapter from Room 13, using adverbial phrases. They have also reviewed their work and used synonyms from a thesaurus to improve it. 

In Maths we have started a new maths topic about multiplication and division and how to spot multiples of a number. A great start Year 5 – they tried so hard.

During RE, we discovered that King David is in a long line of descendants that leads to the birth of Jesus. We also spent time examining the Good News bible and discussing the old and new testament.

In computing we have started working in groups to create a video on the ipads, using various camera techniques and everyone has made a start on creating storyboards and scripts.

Finally, we finished the week with an art lesson where we continued to experiment with mixing acrylic paints to create large backgrounds of colour. Another wonderful week of learning!

Year 6 Blog 29th November 2024

Date: 27th Nov 2024 @ 3:30pm

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!

This week we spoke to the children about using technology and the internet safely. We discussed how to use internet devices safely in school and at home and signed our revised safer use agreement which you can find below. The children signed this to say they read and understood the content. 

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been continuing our learning all about the letters that soldiers used to send home in WW1. We have written a letter in role to our brother, who we wanted to share the reality of the trenches with. 

Maths 

This week, we have started our new unit on Algebra! We have learned how to calculate the value of a shape by comparing similarities and differences and learned how to understand and use algebraic convention. 

RE

In RE, we have thought about how Mary is an important lady for Christians. We have also thought about the significant women in our own lives and written letters to them to thank them for their guidance and support. 

Topic 

In My Happy Mind, we have continued to learn all about our brains. We have learned more about how to develop healthy habits, look after our minds and be our very best selves!

In Science, we learned how we need light to see. We created some amazing information texts about how light reflects from objects into our eyes and all about how our eyes work too!

In Computing, we continued our work on Tinkercad and learned how to create a name badge by combining and rotating 3D objects in the workspace. 

Home practice

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling -  

Please practise these spellings this week. The rule to practise is adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in –fer.

All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test on Friday.  

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: 

This week I would like you to practise counting up and down in 0.3 and 0.03. 

Choose a starting number and see how high or how low you can go! 

Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!

Maths Task: This week's practise is all about algebra. 

Have an amazing weekend Year 6!

Year 5 Friday blog 22nd November 2024

Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 3:58pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

Reading

Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.

Spelling

Here are your spellings this week.

disappoint  misbehave  disagree  disobey  misspell  mislead  incorrect   illegal  inaction

impossible   midday   unaware   unable   invisible  inactive  illegible  misunderstood  misplace 

Counting

Count out loud in:

9s up to 108 and back again                                            0,9,18,27, …

40s from 0 to 640 and back again                                0, 40,80 …

5s from 2490 to 2550 and back again                         2490, 2495, 2500, 2505…

Times Tables

Please practise your times tables every day.

Well done to Joe for answering the most questions this week in Times Tables Rock Stars.

Sumdog

Maths practise based on statistics – individual challenge.

Spelling Challenge

We have had a fantastic learning week in Year 5.

This week we learnt about neuroplasticity and our neural pathways in My Happy Mind. We explored how we improve when we practise and how we can calm down when things get difficult.    

In English, Year 5 learnt how to develop characters through direct speech this week as well as writing some very imaginative poems based on dreams. 

In Maths we practised measuring lots of angles, shapes and lines. We really rose to the challenge and gave 100% effort even though it was tricky.

During RE, we continued to discover more about King David and learnt some challenging words about his kingship such as ‘majestic’ and ‘glorious’.

Everyone enjoyed our day out at All Hallows this week when we tried out different PE lessons based on various sports, including handball, basketball and football.  The teachers at the school were very impressed with the effort and skill that we showed.

Finally, we finished the week with an art lesson where we listened to a poem, created a mood board based on it, then explored mixing different paint colours to reflect the images from the poem! Well done Year 5 for showing some real artistic flair in this lesson.

Year 1 Blog - Friday 22nd November 2024

Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 3:31pm

Welcome to your weekly blog!

Home Practice

Sumdog challenge

Maths - sorting 3D shapes

Counting - Count in tens up to 100.

Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!

Please remember to bring book bags in each day.

English

We read the story 'How to Catch a Star'.

We ordered the story, used the connective 'but' in our writing and then re-wrote the story in our own words. 

Phonics

Some of us have been learning the air, ear and oi/oy sounds.

Some of us have been learning the alternative pronunications. We have learnt i in find and o in both.

Maths

We have been sorting objects into groups and explaining why we have put them there.

Then we introduced fractions to the class. We talked about the words 'part' and 'whole' and how each part has to be equal.

R.E.

We read the Visitation story where Mary and her cousin Elizabeth both found out that they were expecting babies. Elizabeth's baby jumped for joy when he heard Mary! We made speech bubbles showing what Elizabeth said to Mary and then focused on the Hail Mary prayer.

History

We had so much fun playing with our present-day toys! We sorted them into groups and shared them nicely with our friends.

See our pictures here.

Forest School

We made some soup and sat around the fire to drink it.

Please ensure that your child has a warm coat, hat, scarf and gloves in school as the weather gets colder. Girls could wear tights too.

My Happy Mind

We focused on our Happy Breathing and described how it made us feel.

Reception Blog - Friday 22nd November 2024

Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 12:12pm

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

Phonics

This week we have been revisiting all of the sounds we have learnt so far.

Drawing Club

This week in Drawing Club we continued the story ‘Coming to England.’

We have been thinking about what our special bedroom would be like, and someone that we would really like to meet. We had lots of great ideas, from Donald Duck to the King!

Maths

This week we built Number 7’s Garden.

A big thank you to everyone who attended our Maths Workshop. Please find the presentation here.

RE

We listened to the story of the Annunciation this week and we discussed the instruction which Mary was given by God.

Understanding the World and Expressive Art and Design

We have been learning about our Capital City this week – London. We watched a video with all of the different land marks and drew some of them!

We have been drawing to music this week, closing our eyes! We loved looking at our drawings afterwards.

Physical Development

This week we have been moving like different animals, balancing and jumping.

My Happy Mind

This week we continued to learn about the brain. We discussed what jobs our brains help us with, for example writing.

Forest School

Year 4 Blog Friday 22nd November 2024

Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 9:00am

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Discuss what you have read with an adult. Can you find out the meaning of any new words in a dictionary?

Spellings

These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them

inactive       incorrect     introvert     insecure       intake

immortal      imperfect    immature     impossible    impractical

implant        impatient     impose         improper      impartial

impunity       impassive     illegal           illegible       illogical       

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 9’s  

For example, start at 0 and count to 108 and back again

0    9   18  etc                           108   99   90  etc

Then have a go at counting up in 9’s from a different number, for example 32 or 79

32   41   50 etc        

79    88    97  etc                         

Times tables and Number facts

Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week. 

You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk

Please also practise your number facts. 

You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button

It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.

TTRockstars challenge

• A ‘battle of the bands’ boys v girls for Years 4, 5 and 6

Sumdog challenges

• A spelling challenge based on the words above
• A maths challenge based on multiplication arrays and the 3, 4 and 8 times tables

In English, we wrote our own questions about a chapter trying our best to remember to include capital letters and question marks. In addition, we wrote a summary of the novel in 100 words – or as close to this as we could! We needed to think very carefully about our sentences, include only the main hightlights of the story, and ensure that we edited our work carefully too. 

In Maths, we started our new topic – multiplication. Initially, we used the ten times table to help us work out the 9 times and 11 times tables. We then learnt how to use arrays to identify factors. See the photos in our gallery.

In RE, we read Matthew 3:1-12 and Mark 1:1-8 both of which introduce John the Baptist. We discussed John the Baptist’s message and what he was wearing, and considered how this was similar in style to the prophet Elijah.

In Science, we started our electricity topic with a mind map of what we already know. We then discussed different electrical appliances and how they work, plus the difference between mains and battery power.

In My Happy Mind, we learnt more about why the amygdala behaves the way it does and how to manage it. We also practised ‘happy breathing’ and discussed when we can use it to help us.

In PE, we started our new dance topic based on the Iron Man. We discussed the description from the start of the book and focused on ‘looking’ and ‘searching’ movements as shown by the character.

This week, we also had a fantastic trip to Lancaster City Museum. We learnt a lot about the Roman Empire and life as a Roman Soldier. Many thanks to the museum staff who made this an informative learning experience. Have a look in our gallery for pictures of our visit. 

Have a brilliant weekend

The Year 4 team

Year 6 Blog - 22nd November 2024

Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 8:42am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been learning all about the letters that soldiers used to send home in WW1. We have shared some real WW1 letters together and written in role as a soldier in the trenches, who was writing home to his mother. 

Maths 

This week, we have learned how to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers, including fractions where the denominators are not the same. We have worked hard and we are becoming confident!

RE

In RE, we have shared hymns inspired by the Magnificat together. We have also explored how some women, inspired by Mary's 'yes' to God, may be inspired to become nuns. We researched about the Holy Order 'Sisters of Mercy'. 

Topic 

In My Happy Mind, we have continued to learn all about our brains. We have learned how we might have positive or negative thoughts about our upcoming transition to High School. We decided which thoughts were facts and how we would act in response to them.

In Geography, we completed our Mountains topic by researching one of the seven summits. We created some amazing fact files and worked hard to find out as many interesting facts as we could about our mountain!

In Computing, we continued our work on Tinkercad and learned how to manipulate 3D shapes by changing their colour and size. 

Home practice

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling -  

Please practise these spellings this week. The rule to practise is use –ant and –ance/–ancy and use –ent and –ence/–ency

All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test on Friday.  

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: 

This week I would like you to practise counting up and down in 0.2. 

Choose a starting number and see how high or how low you can go! 

Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!

Maths Task: This week's learning is to practise adding and subtracting fractions. 

Have a lovely weekend Year 6!

Year 3 Friday Blog 22nd November 2024

Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 8:23am

Welcome to your Friday Blog

We have had a brilliant week in year 3, creating some fab Matisse inspired collages, playing our first games of dodgeball and going to the Parish Mass on Friday!

Home Practice

Continue with the brilliant home reading. We have loads of great school books in our Year 3 library, so keep changing your books and find something great to read.

We've set some new challenges on Sumdog. We continue to see improvements in number fact fluency. It is so important to know these when we meet new concepts in our maths. Keep up the regular practise!

Counting practise is also a great way to become familiar with the number system. Have a look at these counting songs.

Your spellings this week all have the prefix mis and dis. Remember to use your phonics and syllable strategies when attempting new words. 

disappoint   disagree   disobey   misbehave   mislead   misspell   misunderstand   misunderstood  

misfire   misguided   misuse     misspent    misplace    disgrace   disguise

This week in Year 3

This Friday we visited Fr Michael for the Parish Mass. Everyone was very respectful and asked some great questions about Fr Michael's new books!

In English this week we have been reading Mammoth, Big Beast, Big city, Big Trouble! We have been writing in the first person as the mammoth and the people. It has been a great read! Next week we will be exploring non-fiction writing and reading How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth.

In maths we have learned a new method to multiply, the grid method! Everyone showed great understanding of this and we learnt how to multiply up to 20 times a number. Next week we are learning some new strategies for division.

In Forest School, we used vegetable peelers to whittle some balsa wood. We used different thicknesses of wood to see what effects we could achieve. Someone asked for some sandpaper and had a go at smoothing the edges.

Next week is our Advent assembly and we are looking forward to performing! We will send home a line for your child to learn on Monday. 

Have a lovely weekend

The Year 3 Team

Year 2 Blog-Friday 22nd November

Date: 21st Nov 2024 @ 11:39am

Home Practice

Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (29.11.24):

father     pass      class       grass       path

hour      prove      plant        bath           move

Sumdog: Complete the fractions challenge. 

Counting: At home, count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards. See how they relate to the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and practise those times tables.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

English

This week we continued our learning from The Little Story Who Didn't Want To Be Told.

We have been learning how to use different joining words to extend our sentences.

We wrote our own story about a crocodile.

Phonics

We continued to revise the long o sound.

Maths

We used practical equipment to find halves and quarters of amounts. We know that the groups have to be EQUAL.

We have been counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and discussing how this relates to the times tables.

Science

We learnt about how humans change as they grow into adults.

We also discussed the life cycle of a butterfly.

PSHE 

• We learnt how to recognise and explain how a person's behaviour can affect other people.
• We acted out a short play.

My Happy Mind

The children learned about neuroplasticity and how our brains grow when we practise things like spellings/times tables and it becomes easier the more we try.

R.E

The children recapped the Nativity story, found out more about when the Angel Gabriel visited Mary and drew some lovely pictures for our display.

We have been so excited to learn all the songs for our Nativity. Don't forget it's on Tuesday 10th December in church at 2pm and 6.30pm.

Year 5 Friday blog 15th November 2024

Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 3:45pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

Reading

Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.

Spelling

Here are your spellings this week.

available  average  awkward  bargain  bruise  category  cemetery  committee  competition 

conscience  conscious  controversy  convenience  correspond  criticise  curiosity  definite  desperate

Counting

Count out loud in:

8s up to 112 and back again                                            0,8,16,24, …

70s from 0 to 840 and back again                                0, 70,140 …

2s from 2490 to 2510 and back again                         2490, 2492, 2494, 2496 …

Times Tables

Please practise your times tables every day.

Well done to Freddie for answering the most questions this week in Times Tables Rock Stars.

Sumdog

Maths practise based on statistics – individual challenge.

Spelling Challenge

We have had a fantastic learning week in Year 5.

This week, we carried on exploring our 'Happy Mind' brains together and practising our happy breathing that helps us regulate ourselves emotionally. 

In English, we continued to share the class novel – Room 13. We discovered how to use figurative language effectively in our writing, including how to use similes and metaphors.

In Maths, we have started a new topic about statistics, analysing and interpreting data on charts and graphs.

During RE, we further developed our knowledge of who David was in the Bible. Everyone enjoyed hearing the story of David and Goliath and how David overcame Goliath using his faith and skill.   

We all enjoyed preparing the Year 5 assembly, based on the theme of friendship and acceptance! Well done Year 5 for working so hard on this. What a fantastic assembly!

Year 3 Friday Blog 15th November 2024

Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 2:21pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

This week we have been working hard to explain and and summarise what we have read. Everyone has improved with these reading skills. Keep up the great home reading, 15 minutes every night!

On Sumdog we have set two maths challenges. One is a number competition that will challenge your children in all aspects of their number learning at their level. This is a good opportunity to practise all those number facts we neeed to know for all our maths learning!

We have also set a x3 and x4 multiplication practice. 

Your spellings this week are from the year 3/4 statutory word list. We looked at these today and spotted that using our syllables would help us spell some of these tricky words. We also said that we should look for patterns to remember parts of the word, like the -eme in extreme.

consider   continue   decide   describe   different   difficult   disappear   early   earth   eight   eighth   enough   exercise   experience   experiment   extreme   forward   famous

Keep counting, look back at our counting songs and have a go on some games from www.ictgames.com.

This week in Year 3

This week we completed our second week of My Happy Mind. You will have received a letter today with the newsletter showing you how to access the parent resources. We learned about how our amygdala can override the other parts of our brain and make us panic, worry or feel strange. We learned how to do 'Happy breathing' to help wake up the other parts of the brain and calm ourselves down.

In English we have loved reading Stone Age Boy. This week we looked at retelling the exciting hunt and how we can order our ideas. We also looked at building suspense and talked about how different sentences make the reader feel. Everyone also edited their work, correcting any mistakes and improving their word choices.

In maths this week we have learned the partition and the grid methods for multiplication, We used these to multiply 2 digit numbers. Everyone listened brilliantly to the explanations and could explain the method to a friend.

In PE we had a visit from Freddie Fit as well as continuing with our invasion games - hockey toplc. Check out our galleries.

In forest school, we had a great time in our nature area learning how to use tools safely. We raked up leaves and we also had all the shelter building resources out. We used the Kelly Kettle to boil water and made a drink of hot juice to warm us up.

In RE we have been learning all about the day of rest and created some lovely collages showing nature. Next week we will look at the Liturgy of the word and read some lovely scripture from Isaiah and Matthew.

In History we have been enjoying our Stone Age Topic. You can find an overview of the learning on the History page and some facts we will be learning below.

Have a brilliant weekend!

The Year 3 Team

Reception Blog - Friday 15th November 2024

Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 1:07pm

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

Phonics

This week we learnt the r, h and b sounds.

Drawing Club

This week in Drawing Club we started the story ‘Coming to England.’

We drew what we would take on holiday.

Maths

This week we built Number 6’s Garden and visited the number land shop!

RE

We talked about our mothers and why they are special to us.

Understanding the World

 We looked at a maps of the United Kingdom and England. We found our school on them!

Expressive Art and Design

We drew observational sketches of Autumn treasures.

We made our own England and Union Jack flags.

Physical Development

This week we had a visit from Freddy Fit, who talked about healthy eating and the importance of excercising. We also had fun keeping fit with Freddy.

My Happy Mind

 We learnt all about our brains; the size and colour.

We also practised our happy breathing.

Forest School

We listened to a story called 'Bear's Winter Home'. We talked about how we are getting closer to Winter. We had a go at building homes for our soft toy forest animals. Mr Corbett lit a fire for the Kelly kettle and we had some delicious hot chocolate with marshmallows. We also noticed that our bird feeders had been eaten.

Year 1 Blog - Friday 15th November 2024

Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 10:55am

Welcome to your weekly blog!

Home Practice

Sumdog challenge

Maths - Repeating patterns

Counting - Count to 30 and time yourself. See if you can get quicker each time!

Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!

Please remember to bring book bags in each day.

English

We started to read our new story - Man on the Moon (a day in the life of Bob).

We wrote questions to Bob, made a list of jobs for him to do on the moon and then sequenced his day. We found that he had a very busy day cleaning the moon!

Phonics

Some of us have been learning the ar and or sounds.

Some of us have continued to learn the split digraph sounds, focusing on how u_e can make an oo and you sound.

Maths

We explored different patterns. First we learnt the pattern of fives and of twos, then we looked at repeated patterns with different shapes and objects. Some of us even made our own patterns up.

R.E.

We re-read the Annunciation story and talked about how God loves us so much, that He gave us His only son - Jesus. We listened to songs about Mary and wrote a short poem about God's love.

D.T.

We started to look at different mechanisms and how parts of books can move. We learnt the words 'slider' and 'lever'.

Science

We sorted animals into groups of fish, mammals, reptiles, birds and amphibians.

Forest School

We listened to a story called Bear's Winter Home. We discussed the structure of the bear's house and how he used sticks first, then leaves on top. We had a great go at making our own homes for our woodland soft toys.

My Happy Mind

We learnt that when we practise skills, our brain remembers more and more each time. We drew pictures of a time that we found something tricky, but kept practising so that our brain could remember how to do it.

Year 4 Blog Friday 15th November 2024

Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 8:24am

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Discuss what you have read with an adult. Can you summarise what you have read previously or make a prediction about what you think will happen next?

Spellings

These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them

perhaps       popular        position       possess        possession

possible       pressure      probably      promise       purpose      

quarter        recent         regular        reign           remember

sentence      potatoes      question       separate      special         straight      

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 9’s  

For example, start at 0 and count to 108 and back again

0    9   18  etc                           108   99   90  etc

Times tables and Number facts

Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week. 

You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk

Please also practise your number facts. 

You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button

It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.

TTRockstars challenge

• A ‘garage’ session

Sumdog challenges

• A spelling challenge based on the words above
• A maths challenge based on the formal written method of column subtraction

In English, we extended our learning about about subordinating contractions and practised using them at the beginning of a sentence. We needed to remember to include a comma after the subordinate clause. Have a look at some ‘human sentences’ in our gallery.  GARETH

In Maths, we revised and learnt more about the formal written method of subtraction. We subtracted 4 digit numbers from 4 digit numbers, including exchanging.

In RE, we read 1 Kings 19 Verses 4-15 about Elijah’s encounter and meeting with God. Following this, we retold and recreated the story using symbols.

In Science, we recognised that environments can change and that this can pose dangers to living things. We also discussed environmental changes which are caused by humans, for example, pollution, climate change and littering.

In P.S.H.E, we consolidated our learning about the 3 parts of the brain – the hippocampus, amygdala and the prefrontal cortex (team H-A-P).  We then learnt what real and perceived danger is and what triggers our amygdala. You will have received a letter today with the newsletter showing you how to access the parent resources.

In Art, we started our new topic ‘Exploring Pattern’. We started by making a sensory drawing using a needle.

This week we were also visited by Freddy Fit. We enjoyed being put through our paces with fun workouts, and learning how to keep our minds and bodies fit and healthy. Have a look at some pictures in our gallery.

On Thursday, we were also extremely lucky to work with Gareth Walker, a sports journalist. We were introduced to Keely Hodgkinson and watched a video of her winning Gold in the 800m final at the Olympics this year. Following this, and with the help of Gareth, we wrote our own newspaper report about the event. Gareth will be working with us over the next few weeks, so that we can refine our journalistic skills. You can see some pictures in our gallery.

Thank you for supporting Children in Need - we all looked fabulous in our pyjamas / spotty outfits.

Have a super weekend

The Year 4 team

Year 6 Blog - 15th November

Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 12:06pm

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been learning all about WW1 poetry. We have thought about what life was like for soldiers in the trenches and shared 'Dulce et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen. We have been inspired by Wilfred Owen to create our own WW1 poetry.

Maths 

This week, we have learned how to find common multiples of a number and apply this to converting fractions so that they have the same denominator. We have also learned about what a factor of a number is and how to find the common factors of two numbers, so that we can simplify fractions. 

RE

In RE, we have shared the Magnificat together. We created some beautiful artwork inspired by Mary's message that God's love can turn the world upside down!

Topic 

In My Happy Mind, we have continued to learn all about our brains. We have learned how to look after our brains and chosen personal targets that we will use to look after our brains this week! You will have received a letter today with the newsletter showing you how to access the parent resources.

In Geography, we learned all about the Sherpa people and why the Himalayas are important to them. We researched facts and created some brilliant fact files.  

In Art, we have shown resilience and turned our 2D drawings of dogs into 3D sculptures! 

Home practice

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling -  

Please practise these spellings this week. The rule to practise is looking at -cial and and -tial endings.  

All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test on Friday.  

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: 

This week I would like you to practise counting in multiples. 

Draw a numberline and choose a starting number. Then choose a times table. How far can you count up in your multiples?

Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!

Maths Task: This week's learning is to practise using your multiples and factors. 

Have a wonderful weekend Year 6!

Year 2 Blog- 15th November

Date: 14th Nov 2024 @ 11:44am

Home Practice

Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (22.11.24):

every      great     break    steak      pretty     

beautiful      after     fast      last     past

Sumdog: Complete the statistics challenge. 

Counting: At home, count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards. See how they relate to the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and practise those times tables.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

English

This week we read the next book in the trilogy, The Bear, the Piano, the Dog and the Fiddle also by David Litchfield. The children wrote their own versions of The Bear and the Piano story. Everyone is trying so hard to make their writing look beautiful on the page. We are also thinking about ourselves as authors and we discussed how to make our stories interesting and exciting.

Phonics

We have been revising  oa as in goat and ow as in shadow.

SPaG

We learnt more about the different types of sentences and wrote some of our own statements, commands, questions and exclamations.

Maths

We learnt how to interpret block graphs and pictograms. We made our own graphs and also learnt how to record amounts using a tally chart.

We have been singing songs to help us learn our 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

Science

Forest School 

We used the gardening tools safely. We had great fun with all the leaves. Our games showed great imagination and teamwork.

R.E.

We learnt about some Prophets from the Bible, such as Noah and Isaiah and what they did for God.

The children produced lovely work in their books in response to this.

History/Art

On Remembrance Day, year 2 made their own poppies to help us remember those who fought in the wars.

My Happy Mind

We learnt about what happens to our brains when we are happy and also when we might be feeling sad/worried. The children practised their happy breathing, which helps the brain to function fully, so we are content and ready for learning.

This week we all enjoyed our session with Freddy Fit. He really put us through our paces!

Everyone looked briliant in their Children In Need outfits. Thank you for supporting this.

Year 5 blog 8th November 2024

Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 4:22pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

Reading

Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.

Spelling

Here are your spellings this week.

people   because   different   achieve  bargain   category   dragged  completely   happily  limitation  

simply  limited  forgotten  information  various   accept  knot  peace

Counting

Count out loud in:

2s up to 44 and back again                                            0,2,4,6, …

60s from 0 to 540 and back again                                0, 60,120 …

                      10s from 1980 to 2210 and back again                         1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 …

Times Tables

Please practise your times tables every day.

Sumdog

Maths Competition – individual  

Spelling Challenge  

We have had a fantastic learning week in Year 5.

We all enjoyed our first Happy Minds session together, learning about our brains and the best way to make all the parts of it work together in harmony. We also practised our happy breathing!

In English we started our new novel – Room 13 by Robert Swindells. We have been learning how to build suspense and tension in writing. Well done Year 5 for your fabulous use of vocabulary, ellipsis and rhetorical questions!

We all very much enjoyed a surprise visit by the well known Liverpudlian poet – Levi Tafari. He inspired us all to write a poem about what makes us smile in life!

In Maths we have been practising our subtraction of large and small numbers (including decimals), using exchanging. There has been a lot of progress this week – a great effort by all.

We started a new topic in RE - Prophecy and Promise. We discovered who David was in the Bible, and what it was about David in particular that led God to choose to have him annointed as a king.

On Thursday, we all had a fantastic experience on our school trip to Rock and River in Mawdesley. Everyone really entered into the spirit of it and gave everything a try. Fantastic work Year 5! There are plenty of pictures of the day on the Year 5 gallery section of the website.

Finally, we finished our week with an outdoor art session, creating images inspired by nature.

Year 1 Blog - Friday 8th November 2024

Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 3:40pm

Welcome to your weekly blog!

Home Practice

Sumdog challenge

Maths - Recognising 3D Shape

Counting - Count to 20 and time yourself. See if you can get quicker each time!

Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!

Please remember to bring book bags in each day.

English

We made our own firework poems using the sounds that fireworks make. We even learnt about alliteration and wrote words such as BOOM, BANG and BASH!

Levi Tafari came into school to teach us how to make fun poems. We learnt how to use rhyming words to make our poems more exciting.

Phonics

Some of us have been learning the short oo and long oo sounds.

Some of us have been learning the split digraph sounds a_e, e_e and i_e.

Maths

We identified different 2D and 3D shapes. We talked about how the shapes were different and the same.

R.E.

We learnt about The Annunciation where Angel Gabriel told Mary that she was going to have a baby - baby Jesus. We acted out the story and recorded it on Seesaw.

P.E.

We started out new dance unit. This half term, we are going to be dancing like a robot. We copied different robot dances and danced to our robot music.

Art

We used our hands and fingers to paint a winter tree.

Forest School

We had a go at using vegetable peelers to whittle wood. We talked about how to use the peelers safely. We used balsa wood as it's really soft. By whittling the wood we can change it's shape. We had a hot juice to warm us up, we boiled water in the Kelly Kettle.

My Happy Mind

We explored what our brain looks like and drew a picture of one.

If you would like to learn more about our My Happy Mind learning, please go onto our website, click 'parents' and 'My Happy Mind'.

Reception Blog - Friday 8th November 2024

Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 3:30pm

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

Phonics

This week we learnt the ck, e and u sounds.

Drawing Club

This week in Drawing Club we read the story 'What’s in the Witches Kitchen'.

We made our own potions.

Maths

This week we visited Number 5’s Garden.

RE

We learnt about Diwali and the festival of lights. We made our own Rangoli patterns.

Understanding the World and Expressive Art and Design

We learnt about Bonfire Night and Remembrance Day this week. We made printed firework pictures and collaged poppies.

Physical Development

This week we practised throwing and catching.

Forest School

We discussed how the weather is getting colder and how it will become more difficult for birds to find food.

We made some bird feeders by threading cheerios onto pipe cleaners. We then hung the feeders on trees in our nature area.

Year 3 Friday 8th November 2024

Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 2:49pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

It has been lovely having everyone back ready for an exciting half term of learning.

Home Practice

Continue with the fantastic home reading. 15 minutes a night!

We have set 3 Sumdog challenges for you to complete. Make sure you go on. The regular spelling and maths practise make a huge difference for your children.

Your spellings this week revisit some trickier words from Key Stage 1.

would  could   should   hear   here   night   father   where   mother   because   were    beautiful   said    people   water   friend   knight   children

Practise your counting regularly too. This will help your children become familiar with the number system and finding patterns in number.

This week practise counting up in 3s from any number and back again. 

This week in Year 3

On Friday, we had a special visit from Mr Turner from the Royal British Legion to talk to us about Rememberance Day and the poppy. He told us about his family and how his dad served during the war. The children listened brilliantly and asked some thoughtful questions.

This week we started our new My Happy Mind programme. Our first topic is all about meeting our brains. We learned some new vocabulary and talked about how our brain can grow (Neuroplastcity) and what the Hypocampus, Amygdala and Prefrontal Cortex do! You can find more information on our My Happy Mind page on the parents area of the website.

We have been loving our new story Stone Age Boy. We have been adding in dialogue to the story and learning how to write speech sentences. Everyone has done brilliantly with this!

In maths we have been learning new ways to use our times tables to solve trickier number problems. We will be learning lots of new strategies linked to miltiplication over the next few weeks.

In art we started our new topic on collage and 'painting with scissors'. We looked at lots of different collage artists and created some of our own. 

In computing we created some fab animated characters. This was to kick off our animation topic where we will be learning some new skills in creating stop frame animation. Check out our gallery.

In forest school, we looked at some art by a Scottish environmental artist called Laurence Winram. We used his ideas to make our own leaf art by sticking leaves on tree trunks using honey as glue.

Have a great weekend

The Year 3 Team

Year 4 Blog - Friday 8th November 2024

Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 12:41pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Discuss what you have read with an adult. Can you spot any conjunctions when you are reading? Are they coordinating or subordinating conjunctions?

Spellings

These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them

would           could            should          because       said

hear            here            where          were            people

night           knight          father         friend          mother

children       water          too              two              beautiful

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 6’s  

For example, start at 0 and count to 72 and back again

0    6      12      etc                    72     66     60  etc

Times tables and Number facts

Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week. 

You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk

Please also practise your number facts. 

You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button

It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.

TTRockstars challenge

• A ‘garage’ session

Sumdog challenges

• A spelling challenge based on the words above
• A maths challenge based on the formal written method of column addition

In English, we learnt about subordinating contractions – how to identify them in a sentence, where they are used and what their purpose is. We also learnt an acronym to help us remember some subordinating conjunctions (AWhITEBUS). We then tried to use a variety of conjunctions in our writing. In addition, we were visited by the Liverpudlian poet Levi Tafari on Wednesday and wrote our own poetry. Have a look at the photos in our gallery.

In Maths, we revised and learnt more about the formal written method of addition. We added 4 digit numbers together, including exchanging. We then extended our learning to identify missing digits in column addition calculations, and adding three numbers together with four digits.

In RE, we started our new topic – Prophecy and Promise. We began by researching what a prophet is and learning the names of some of those found in the Bible. Following this, we created a poster on Seesaw to show what we had learnt – have a look in our gallery!

In History, we learnt about the Roman army, and the weaponry and uniform worn by Roman Legionaries.  We researched some of the main items of uniform and labelled a Roman soldier using the Latin names for the items.

In Science, we explored our nature area to identify any living things and their habitats. We then draw and labelled them to explain what living things we found and where.

In P.S.H.E, we started our ‘My Happy Mind’ programme. We learnt that there are 3 parts to the brain – the hippocampus, amygdala and the prefrontal cortex (team H-A-P) and that all 3 work together. We will be building on this learning over the coming weeks.

This week, we also enjoyed outdoor learning with leaves. Have a look at the pictures in our gallery.

Have a relaxing weekend

The Year 4 team

Year 2 Blog- Friday 8th November

Date: 7th Nov 2024 @ 11:37am

Home Practice

Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (15.11.24):

most      old    only     both     told

wild     gold      cold       climb     hold    

Sumdog: Complete the multiplication challenge. 

Counting: At home, count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards. See how they relate to the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.

Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and practise those times tables.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

English

We started learning through our new book, The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield.

The bear's beautiful music takes him to amazing and wonderful places in his imagination.

We wrote a description of a place in our imagination using great adjectives.

We also planned our own story which we will be writing next week.

Phonics

We have been revisiting the long i sound, i-e as in shine, igh as in night and i as in lion.

SPaG

The children found out about the four types of sentences - statements, commands, questions and exclamations.

Maths

We learned about arrays. We know that 4x3 is the same as 3x4. 

Forest School

This week we went into our nature area. We built shelters. There was lots of resilience and problem solving happening.

Science

We learnt about our bodies. We learnt what things animals and humans need to stay alive.

PSHE

We discussed what is the same and what is different about us. We learnt what the word UNIQUE means.

History/Art

We learnt more about the story of the Gunpowder Plot and

created beautiful Bonfire Night pictures, using coloured tissue paper and crayons.

RE

We read Isaiah (9:1-2) and thought about light and darkness in relation to Jesus and his different titles. The children responded creatively decorationg their own lightbulbs.

My Happy Mind

We had our first lesson in which we learnt about how our brain works and how we can help it work at it's very best. We all have a journal which we use to record our thoughts and feelings.

Year 6 Blog - 8th November 2024

Date: 7th Nov 2024 @ 11:35am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!

To help with our Art project, we would really appreciate it if the children could bring in any spare, strong cardboard that you have at home for recycling. This is so that we can make our dogs into 3D sculptures next week! 

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have started our new novel, Private Peaceful. We have used our inference skills to explore what the themes of the book could be from the front cover and explored the meanings of words 'private' and 'peaceful'. We have also written from the perspective of different characters in the story. 

Maths 

This week, we have continued to learn how to complete a division by chunking. We have divided four digit numbers by two digit numbers and also learned how to divide by partitioning. 

RE

In RE, we have started our new topic 'Prophecy and Promise'. We have shared the story of the Annunciation in both Matthew's and Luke's gospel and compared the intent of each author in their writing. 

Topic 

This week, we have started 'My Happy Mind' as a school. Our first topic is called 'How to meet your brain'. We have learned this week about three parts of our brain called Team HAP. This stands for: 

For outdoor learning day, we shared the poem 'The Green Man'. We made our own 'green men' in forest school, using the leaves that we could forage! 

In Computing, we began to learn about 3D modelling and used Tinkercad to help think about perspective of 3D shapes. 

Home practice

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling -  

Please practise these spellings this week. The rule to practise is looking at -cious and -tious endings.  

All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test on Friday.  

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: 

This week I would like you to practise counting in 0.5 and 0.05, like we have done in class together. 

Draw a numberline and choose a starting number, Count in 0.5 or 0.05. How far can you go?

Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!

Maths Task: This week's learning is to practise dividing a four digit number by a two digit number. 

Have a wonderful weekend Year 6!

Reception Blog - Thursday 24th October 2024

Date: 24th Oct 2024 @ 4:50pm

Welcome to Reception's weekly Blog!

Phonics

This week we learnt the sounds o, c, k.

Drawing Club

This week in Drawing Club we read the story  Funnybones. We designed our own skeleton pet and our own spooky house.

Maths

This week we visited Number 4’s Garden.

We built and compared towers made with 4 cubes. 

RE

We talked about being welcomed to the Church's family - a Baptism.

We went to church to visit Father Michael and he Baptised our class baby.

Expressive Art and Design

We created some observational drawings.

Understanding the World

We learnt the human body and named different parts. i.e. shoulder, leg, arm, backbone.

Physical Development

We practised throwing beanbags into hoops and took part in running games.