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Date: 12th Jul 2024 @ 3:46pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice.
Please continue to read every night. We will be collecting in books next week for the Summer holidays.
The Sumdog training features and all games are available this week. Go on and challenge yourself! We have also joined the Lancashire Sumdog tournament this week. See how high up the leader board you can get! We have also updated all passwords due to some children complaining about their avatars being tampered with. Please make sure you only use your own account and keep your passwords secret.
This week in Year 3
We have had a fantastic week at school this week. On Monday we watched Y6 and their amazing performance of Bugsy. You can see it too on our YouTube channel. On Friday we also had a blast watching our Rock Steady bands perform. They were amazing! Check out our galleries for some pics.
In maths we have introduced decimals and recapped our fractions learning. Everyone had great understanding with this and asked great questions.
We made our sandwiches and had our very own judging session to evaluate our recipes this Friday. The children had some great ideas and showed super persistence when making their sandwiches.
We hope you have been able to access all the wonderful learning on Seesaw this week. This will remain open until the end of term so make sure to check it out. If you’re having any issues logging in, let us know through the school office.
Have a great weekend
The Year 3 Team
Reception Blog - Friday 12th July 2024
Date: 12th Jul 2024 @ 12:59pm
Welcome to Reception's Last Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week, we recapped all the sounds we have learnt so far.
Drawing Club
This week, we read the story of ‘The Queen’s Hat’.
We drew and wrote about the places that the hat visited in London.
Maths
This week, we revisited lots of learning from this year.
R.E.
This week, we talked about our favourite Bible stories from this year. These included; The Feeding of the 5000 and the Good Samaritan.
We also revisited the Ten Commandments.
Physical Development
This week, we took part in our first Tough Kidder!
It was amazing to see all of the children take part, a big well done to everyone!
Understanding the World
This week, we completed our topic all about London. We finished by comparing it to Longton!
Expressive Art and Design
We had our final Yoga session with Hannah. We practised some of the amazing poses and breathing exercises we have learnt during the year.
We all went to watch the Rock Steady concert. It was fantastic seeing all the different bands perform. A letter will be in bags tonight if you wish your child to sign up.
We had a whole school celebration assembly for Mrs Winter to wish her the best in her retirement. Each class chose their favourite song they had learnt with Mrs Winter and sang it to her. Ours was 'If I were a Butterfly'.
Look at Me Now Assembly and Final Stay and Play
A very big thank you to everyone who came to watch us and join in with our last stay and play. It was an amazing turn out and the children loved showing you their learning from the whole year.
We just want to say a massive thank you for all your support this year.
We hope you have a fantastic Summer holidays together.
Mrs Stone, Mrs Robinson and Mrs Cliffe
Year 6 Blog Friday 12th July 2024
Date: 12th Jul 2024 @ 12:32pm
Welcome to our last Friday Blog of the year.
What a fabulous week we have had!
Year 6 were tremendously good in their production of Bugsy Malone. It was a huge success and so many people have commented on how much they enjoyed it. We can see many budding actors and actresses, watch out Broadway!
The Tough Kidder event also went extremely well and everyone's help made it such fun for the younger children.
The Bikeability Team were impressed with how well Year 6 managed on the road. They quickly learned a selection of bike skills on the playground, then learnt how to ride correctly and safely whilst out on the road. The next session will be Thursday 18th July, so rememnber those bikes!
The band performances were fabulous today, well done to all those involved.
Next week will be a very special week for Year 6, including the Leaver's Assembly and Mass/Party, the Retreat Day to Liverpool Cathedral/Crosby Beach and your last few days at St Oswald's Catholic Primary School.
We wish you all a wonderful Summer Holiday and all the best for your new adventures at High School.
Year 6 Team.
Year 4 Blog Friday 12th July 2024
Date: 12th Jul 2024 @ 9:21am
Welcome to your Friday blog
WE HAVE CHANGED READING BOOKS FOR THE LAST TIME THIS WEEK
NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE COLLECTING ALL THE READING BOOKS IN
Next week, please bring an item of food to sketch, for example:
- a packet of biscuits
- a tin of something (eg beans, tinned tomatoes)
- a packet of something (eg pasta, rice, couscous, crisps)
- a piece of fruit or a vegetable
- a bread item (eg crumpets, bagels)
- cakes or other sweet treats etc
If everyone could bring at least one item in, we will have a variety of food items to sketch. Thank you.
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. If you find any words you are unsure of, look them up in a dictionary or ask an adult for the meaning.
Spellings
We have been revising the possessive apostrophe rule in class, therefore there are no spellings to learn this week.
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 100’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 1500 and back again
0 100 200 etc 1500 1400 1300 etc
For example, start at 245 and count to 1845 and back again
0 245 345 etc 1845 1745 1645 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.
Sumdog challenges
- A maths challenge to add and subtract metric units
TTRockstars challenge
- A ‘garage’ session
In English, we discussed the features of a non-chronological report. Following this, we labelled the features in our books so that we can refer to them later. In preparation for writing our own non-chronological on a topic of our choice, we then created a planning document with ideas for our subheadings and contents. We also started to write our reports and will finish these next week.
In Maths, we learnt how to measure, draw and compare the length of different objects. We then converted between metres and centimetres using two decimal places to write centimetres in the unit of metres (eg 34cm = 0.34m). In addition, we used our knowledge of multiplying by 100 and 1000 to convert between m and cm and km and m.
In RE, we learnt about the life of St Oswald and were surprised to learn that he was once a king and died when he was only 38 years old!
In PSHE, we learnt how stereotypes can negatively influence behaviours and attitudes towards others. In addition, we considered what strategies we could use to challenge stereotypes.
In Art, we sketched food using different mediums, for example, pencil, graphite, oil pastels and handwriting pens. Have a look at some of our sketches in our gallery. Next week, we will be sketching food items onto sheets.
This week we also watched the school production of Bugsy Malone on Monday morning, and took part in Tough Kidder on Wednesday afternoon. You can see some pictures of us taking part in Tough Kidder in our gallery. We had great fun getting wet and muddy. In addition, we took part in a special retirement assembly for Mrs Winter. During the assembly, we sang 'I got a little dog' beautifully - Mrs Winter and her family thoroughly enjoyed listening to it. On Friday morning, we watched a 'Rock Steady' concert. Wow – we were so impressed by everyone who took part!
Have a super weekend
The Year 4 team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 12th July 2024
Date: 11th Jul 2024 @ 5:13pm
Home Practice
Phonics - High frequency words OR o_e words OR y (ee sound) words
Maths - Counting in tens practise
Counting - Count in 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards, from different starting numbers.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
Our new book is about Matilda and her dad who visit an island full of treasure!
We wrote our own version of the story. Our writing looked beautiful on the page and we are trying so hard to learn to spell words correctly.
Phonics
Some of us have been revising ow as in snow, o-e as in stone, oa as in road and o as in motorway.
Some of us have been learning some different sh spellings: ti in section, ssi in mission and si in mansion.
Maths
This week we have been learning how to find a half of odd and even numbers.
R.E.
We have been learning about Fairtrade and how we can help our neighbours that are in need.
D.T.
We used all of our sewing skills to make our own felt/foam creation. We had some amazing love hearts, footballs and even dogs! All of the adults are so impressed!
Art
We created our own minibeast using pieces of painted card. Each piece of artwork was completely different and well thought through.
We loved watching the Year 6 children perform Bugsy. The energy was amazing!
We all had a great time participating in Tough Kidder. See our pictures here.
READING BOOKS
We have changed the reading books for the final time. Next week we will collect them in.
Date: 10th Jul 2024 @ 4:07pm
Thank you so much for all your support over the last six weeks, we have loved getting to know everyone and we cannot wait for September!
Don't forget to make your 'Treasure Box' over the holidays and bring it with you during the first week of school.
We would like to say a big 'thank you' to everyone who came along to our stay and play :)
Have a great summer holidays.
See you in September
Year 5 Blog Friday 12th July 2024
Date: 9th Jul 2024 @ 2:38pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Please remember to bring a shoe box and a cereal box into school next week for our DT project. If you have any spares, please also bring them.
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read.
Spellings
Here are your spellings this week. They don't follow a rule or pattern so you just need to practise lots.
Try splitting the words into chunks to help you.
aggressive awkward category committee hindrance government environment existence embarrass disastrous criticise marvellous mischievous twelfth prejudice
Times Tables
Remember to practise your tables on Times Tables Rockstars. Everybody's current target is division facts.
Sumdog
Spelling Challenge
Maths Competition
We have had a brilliant week in Year 5. There have been lots of exciting things happening.
On Monday and Tuesday we sang the songs in Bugsy Malone to support the Year 6 children with their end of year performance. Everybody was amazing.
On Wednesday afternoon we all took part in Tough Kidder. We all gave it our best shot and loved getting a bit wet and muddy.
On Thursday we celebrated Mrs Winter's retirement. We had a special assembly where each class performed a song. We did a performance of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. It was so energetic and fun, Mrs Winter and her family loved it.
On Friday we were lucky enough to watch a concert of all the children who have taken part in Rock Steady this year. We were blown away by the musical talent.
In between all of these exciting things, we have been reading parts of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkhaban and will be writing about it next week. We have been calculating the area of shapes in maths and also using nets to make 3D shapes. In PE we had a Year 5 tennis and rounders tournament where everybody worked so well as a team and had a fantastic time.
Have a happy weekend!
Date: 9th Jul 2024 @ 8:36am
This week we split into our Key Worker Groups with Mrs Stone and Mrs Robinson.
We all shared our 'All About Me' posters in a lovely circle time session.
Our story this week was 'We're going on a bear hunt'
The children had tomatoes for snack today.
Next week: We have our 'Stay and Play' - If the parents let the children come in by themselves first, we will have our short meeting and then Mrs Stone will bring you across to the classroom.
Year 6 Blog Friday 5th July 2024
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 4:42pm
This week, we have spent a lot of time rehearsing for our Bugsy Malone production (Tuesday 9th July at 10.00am, 2.00pm and 6.30pm) and preparing for our Leavers Assembly, which will take place in the final week.
The transition day to All Hallows on Wednesday went really well, everyone had a good time, made friends and watched some of the older children performing songs, dances and playing instruments.
It is the Summer Fair tomorrow, so looking forward to seeing you all there!
Have a good rest this weekend, the last two weeks are going to be very busy!
Year 6 Team.
Year 3 Friday Blog 5th July 2024
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 3:42pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
completely bravely slowly quickly unusually carefully finally totally weekly vividly truthfully successfully
This week in Year 3
This week we finished our novel Finding Alfie. We wrote some fantastic book reviews, our best yet!
In Maths, we revisited our division strategies and found them a lot more manageable! Great remembering and applying your knowledge Year 3!
In RE, we discussed the special places Jesus had in his lifetime. We read some scripture to remember why these places were special to Him.
In Science, we created some quizzes about plants and showed off all the learning we've picked up this term.
In Art, we made some brilliant Cyanotograph prints using natural materials. These are still developing and you'll see them next week! They're brilliant!
This week in DT we deconstructed and reconstructed some sandwiches, exploring the methods we'll need to make our own. On Monday, we will be sending home the sandwich designs we have made.
On Friday, can the children please bring in the ingredients to make their sandwich (x1). We will be then carrying out a tasting session and evaluating our work as a class, Masterchef style!
Have a lovely weekend and we'll see you at the Summer Fair tomorrow at 12.30!
The Year 3 Team
Year 5 Blog Friday 5th July 2024
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 12:56pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
In DT over the next two weeks, we will be making a simple mechanism out of cardboard and other materials. If you have any shoe boxes or cereal boxes at home, please bring them into school on Monday or Tuesday.
Also remember to bring in some black pants or school trousers on Monday for the Bugsy Malone performance.
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Enjoy your reading, it is such a good way to relax.
Spelling
This week for your spellings, please practise any of the Year 5 and 6 spellings that you do not feel confident with. These are attached to this blog and will also be on the Sumdog spelling challenge.
Counting
Count out loud in:
12s from 0 to 144 and back again 0, 12, 24, …
0.12s to 1.44 and back again 0.12, 0.24, 0.36, …
70s from 0 to 840 and back again 0, 70, 140, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars.
Well done to Max N who was our rockstar last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – boys v girls
Spelling Challenge
We have had a great week in Year 5.
We had our Moving Up Mornings on Tuesday and Thursday when we spent the morning in Year 6 with Miss Orme. She was very impressed with us and thinks we are definitely ready for Year 6.
In English, we read a poem called The Lion and Albert by Marriott Edgar. This poem is set in Lancashire. We continued the poem in the style of the author and included some vocabulary that you would hear in Lancashire.
In Maths, we revised the properties of shapes and used these properties to identify whether a shape was regular or irregular. We also learnt about measures. We started by estimating the capacity of different containers and then measured the liquid to see how accurate we were.
In Art, we used different patterned paper to design an outfit for the Euros. Everybody came up with amazing ideas including football, tracksuits and dresses in the colour of different flags.
In PE, we practised our football and tennis skills. We worked well in our teams and enjoyed an active afternoon.
Have a super weekend! Don't forget the Summer Fair is on Saturday.
Reception Blog - Friday 5th July 2024
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 12:45pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week Mrs Stone's and Mrs Robinson’s groups have been looking at second consonant’s. For example sl (slug), cr (crab) and shr (shrub)
Mrs Cliffe's group have been revisiting tricky words.
Drawing Club
This week we have done our writing with our new teachers, during our transition mornings to Year 1.
We listened to the story of The Koala who Could. We then did some writing about what we can do.
Maths
This week we have revisited number bonds and doubles.
R.E.
This week we have been talking about how Jesus loves us. We sang a song, If I were a Butterfly.
Understanding the World
This week we have been talking about the General Election and how important it is.
We had our own ballot box set up in class and we got to vote for our home time story.
At the end of the day we counted the votes to see which story had won!
Expressive Art and Design
We did a whole class draw along. We explored different ways to hold a pencil and make marks, drawing objects. We chose shells.
Year 4 Blog Friday 5th July 2024
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 12:35pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. If you find any words you are unsure of, look them up in a dictionary or ask an adult for the meaning.
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
unfortunate unlikely unbelievable disagree disappear
dishonest independent inaccurate inactive recreate
revisit redo submerge submarine subway
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 11’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 132 and back again
0 11 22 etc 132 121 110 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.
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge based on the words above
- A maths challenge to consolidate rounding
TTRockstars challenge
- A ‘garage’ session
In English, we read more of the class novel and then wrote questions about what we had read. We needed to ensure that we wrote ‘open’ questions which needed a thoughtful explanation / answer, rather than a yes or no answer. We also recorded ourselves asking the questions to our partner and answering them in full sentences.
In Maths, we learnt how to draw and measure lines accurately. In addition, we learnt how to convert measurements between cm and mm.
In RE, we finished our ‘Building Bridges’ topic with a beautiful worship led by some children in Year 4.
In History, we learnt about Ancient Greek gods and goddesses and what they are known for. We looked at pictures of different gods and noticed that they had symbols associated with them. We then chose our favourite 3 gods or goddesses and made our own ‘top trumps’ cards which rated their skills or characteristics.
In Geography, we finished our double page spread about rainforests. We are very pleased with our work and feel that our research has helped us to learn a lot about rainforests.
In Science, we investigated how sounds were made by carrying out different experiments. We discovered that sound is made by vibrations.
This week we had our last Yoga session with Katie. We practised balances with a partner and Katie was very impressed with how successful we were.
Have a super weekend
The Year 4 team
Year 1 Blog- Friday 5th July 2024
Date: 1st Jul 2024 @ 5:12pm
Home Practice
Phonics - Compound words OR High frequency words.
Maths - Addition and subtraction problem questions.
Counting - Count in 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards, from different starting numbers.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
We have enjoyed learning through another story about the lighthouse keeper Mr Grinling, his wife and their cat, Hamish. We designed a new menu for Mr Grinling's lunch and labelled it.
Some of us wrote some detailed instructions on how to make a mustard sandwich as Mrs Grinling tried to scare off the seagulls with mustard sandwiches. We then made our own sandwiches and put them outside for any sneaky seagulls on the school grounds!
Phonics
We have been revising the phase 5 sounds.
Maths
This week we have been using part whole models to demonstrate our understanding of addition and subtraction. We have solved some tricky missing number problem questions and have written fact family number sentences.
R.E.
We continued to learn about being a good neighbour. We read about Raphael, a boy who lives in Uganda. We explained how he was being a good neighbour to the people in his community and then wrote about someone who is a good neighbour to us.
D.T.
We have started to learn how to sew. We explored different joining techniques (using glue, staples, sewing and split pins) before having a go at producing our own running stitch. This was quite tricky but we were very resilient!
Draw Along
We had a very exciting drawing lesson via Zoom. We all investigated different marks we could make with our sketching pencil. We looked very closely at a piece of art by Vinvent Van Gogh and tried to make marks like him.
Forest School
This week we chose our own learning. We demonstrated all the skills we have learnt this year.
Moving up mornings
We had a great time in our new Year 2 classroom.
Year 4 Blog Friday 28th June 2024
Date: 28th Jun 2024 @ 2:23pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. If you find any words you are unsure of, look them up in a dictionary or ask an adult for the meaning.
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
unfortunate unlikely unbelievable disagree disappear
dishonest independent inaccurate inactive recreate
revisit redo submerge submarine subway
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 100’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 1500 and back again
0 100 200 etc 1500 1400 1300 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.
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge based on the words above
- A maths challenge to practise column addition and subtraction
TTRockstars challenge
- A ‘studio’’ session
In English, we read some more of our class novel. We were left on a cliff hanger and are eager to find out who the ‘man’ is with the coat of long, red hair!
In Maths, we consolidated the written method of addition and subtraction. We reminded ourselves that all the digits need to be carefully lined up in columns and that we needed to start with the units column.
In RE, we read the words of St Paul to the Colossians Chapter 3: 12-15. We then chose our favourite sentence from the reading and explained how it helps us to build bridges.
In History, we learnt about the Battle of Marathon. We then wrote a letter from the Athenians asking the Spartans for help fighting the Persians. Our letters were fantastic and included lots of historical facts. We were very proud of them!
In Science, we experimented with the string telephones we had made. We tested different phones to see if the length and tautness of the string made any difference to the clarity of what we heard. We also investigated whether we could hear around corners!
This week we had another Yoga session with Katie. We practise our balances and our ‘sun salutation’. We also took part in Dance from the Heart during which we were treated to a brilliant display by the amazing Street Monkeys. Have a look at the pictures in our gallery. In addition, we had a ‘super’ day on Thursday during Super Learning Day. Throughout the day, we took part in lots of different activities and learnt lots of new skills. What a fabulous week!
Have a fantastic weekend
The Year 4 team
Date: 28th Jun 2024 @ 1:06pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog!
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night. Children will get 10 house points for every book/chapter they read at home.
Spellings – continue to practise the Year 2 high frequency words.
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 3 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – Fractions
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – High Frequency Words
This week in Year 2
English
This week we finished reading our novel 'Fantastic Mr Fox' by Roald Dahl. The children have started to plan their re-tell of the story.
Maths
This week we finished our new topic about fractions. We are now looking at partitioning numbers in different ways.
RE
This week the children have been learning about Judaism.
Science
The children have been looking at how some plants manage to survive in different conditions.
Art
This week in Art the children have been looking at how different people can see different images in artwork and they made super flower designs, printing with their fingers.
Reception Blog - Friday 28th June 2024
Date: 28th Jun 2024 @ 12:43pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week Mrs Stone's group have revisited all phase 3 Phonics.
Mrs Robinson's group have learnt consonant clusters, focussing on the second consonant, for example fr (from), gr (green), pl (plan).
Mrs Cliffe's group have been revisiting igh and oa and all our tricky words too.
Drawing Club
This week we have discussed what our favourite stories and clips have been from Drawing Club, this year. We each drew and wrote about the beginning, middle and end of the one we chose.
Maths
This week we have been learning about weight and capacity.
R.E.
This week we have been investigating what Jesus looked like, the clothes he wore and where he lived.
Physical Development
This week we completed different games and took part in a team game called rat and cat.
We also took part in the whole school performance of Dance from the Heart.
Expressive Art and Design
We finished our whole class collage of the London skyline. We then chose our own landmark to draw and add to the collage. We focussed on getting the correct shapes. Click here to see our gallery!
We also finished our Under the Sea Matchbox Art! - Click here to see our gallery!
Super Learning Day
We had an amazing first Super Learning Day. We took part in lots of different activities; a beetle drive, a classroom festival, drawing Disney characters, bowling and bracelet making to name a few! We were taken around by the Year 6 group leaders and had a picnic lunch on the playground.
Forest School
This week we chose our own learning- there was mud kitchen cooking, shelter building, digging and game playing.
We went to look at the beans which have been growing in our school garden. We opened a pod to discover the beans inside. We also opened some pea pods and ate a pea!
Year 5 Blog Friday 28th June 2024
Date: 28th Jun 2024 @ 8:04am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Look at different ways the author starts sentences.
Spelling
Please continue to practise the spellings from last week.
descent principal bruise sacrifice existence disappoint disobey dissent principle misbehave inactive mislead incorrect country trouble
Counting
Count out loud in:
10s from 56.9 to 156.9 56.9, 66.9, 76.9, ...
100s from 458.22 to 1458.22 458.22, 558.22, 658.22, ...
1000s from 9076 to 19076 9076, 10076, 11076, ...
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars.
Well done to Max N who was our rockstar last week.
Sumdog
Maths - Shape and Measures Practice
Spelling - Prefix Practice
We have had a very exciting week in Year 5.
We have loved our English lessons this week where we have been discussing, planning and writing our own letters to the Prime Minister. We have some fantastic ideas of things we would like to change in this country.
In art we started to learn about fashion design. We watched some videos of different fashion designers and identified their inspiration. We then came up with ideas for our own outfit that was something to do with the Euros - football kit, a dress in the colour of a country flag, tracksuit, etc. We painted some different backgrounds which we will use next week to create our designs.
In maths we have started our new topic about geometry. We identified regalar and irregular shapes based on their sides and angles. You can practise this on this week's Sumdog challenge.
In RE we discussed the Beatitudes. The Beatitudes help us to live our best lives. We made posters which included our own ideas for the Beatitudes.
On Thursday we had an amazing day for Super Learning Day. We took part in lots of different exciting activities with different teachers around the school. We loved meditation and some of us even fell asleep. How relaxing. We also enjoyed learning about Hawaii and performing a Hawaiian dance and working up a sweat in our skipping challenges. We challenged ourselves to see who could make the highest towers using spaghetti and marshmallows. The Spanish fans we made helped us to cool down after a fun-filled busy day.
We also had our Sports Day on Friday. It was wonderful to see everyone putting 100% effort in, encouraging each other and showing good sportsmanship.
Date: 28th Jun 2024 @ 7:57am
Welcome to your Friday blog
We have had a fun filled week of learning in Year 3 this week. We enjoyed Super Learning day and started to design our own Sandwiches for our Food Technology DT topic.
Home Practice
Continue with your wonderful reading every night. The regular reading this year has really had a huge impact on all your learning this year, across the curriculum. Well done!
Your maths and spelling challenges are live now. Do your best to complete these and challenge yourself with some training!
Continue to practise counting at home. Sing our songs and play our games. Deep understanding of the number system will help your child tackle more complex maths next year and beyond!
Your spellings this week are from the statuatory year 3/4 word list. Do your best with these, and try and learn as many as you can, remembering your spelling strategies.
This week in Year 3
We have been enjoying listening to Finding Alfie this week. We found out that he was a D-Day hero and saved an entire family during the war. Next week we will finish the story and write newspaper reports about Michael and his adventure.
In Maths, we have been fine tuning the grid method for multiplication by using the inverse to find missing numbers. This was tricky, but will improve our understanding of the method for future learning!
On Thursday, we celebrated our annual Super Learning Day, when the children got to take part in a range of activities from meditation, traditional playground games and bowling, to foot golf, forest school and much more. Check out our gallery!
On Friday, Fr Michael invited us to celebrate the parish mass. The children were very respectful and enjoyed Fr Michel's sermon about being a good person.
In Science, we started an experiment to find out how flowers and plants absorb water to help them grow. We are patiently waiting for the results!
Your child's Seesaw account will be made live for a couple of weeks at the end of term. You will be able to access this using a QR which will appear on your child's report.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 team
Year 1 Blog- Friday 28th June 2024
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 4:49pm
Welcome to your Friday blog.
Home Practice
Phonics - ow and ou words OR high frequency words OR ch words (revision)
Maths - Addition questions
Counting - Count in 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards, from different starting numbers.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
This week we started learning about a cat called Hamish who lives with Mr and Mrs Grinling. Hamish is a lighthouse cat and he gets up to many adventures. We wrote about where Hamish went when he ran away from home. We also made a poster to alert everyone that Hamish was missing.
Some of us pretended to be Hamish and wrote a diary entry from his point of view. We also wrote a set of instructions identifying how to look after a cat as Hamish believed that he was not being looked after properly!
Phonics
Some of us have been revising ou as in sound, ow as in owl and learning ough as in drought.
Some of us have been learning the different s spellings: ss in pass, se in mouse, ce in dance and sc in science.
Maths
We have been learning about place value. We used the Base 10 equipment to make the numbers. We found 10 more and 10 fewer.
We then started to solve some addition and subraction number problems. We used part-whole models to help us solve the problems.
R.E.
We continued to learn about being a good neighbour. We listened to different stories from the Bible surrounding Jesus performing miracles. We described how He was being a good friend and neighbour to all, no matter what they looked like.
Science
We continued to learn about seasonal change and this week we focused on Autumn. Some of us made some amazing seasonal art using either chalk or paint.
Forest School
We got the blankets out and spent some time looking up at the leaves and the sky. We also listened to all the different sounds we could hear.
Super Learning Day
We all had a great day and took part in 7 exciting learning sessions from natural art to festival dancing and bowling.
Dance From The Heart
What a performance on Wednesday morning! A super effort by everyone.
Year 6 Blog Friday 28th June 2024
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 11:25am
We had a really fun week, fantastic effort Year 6.
Home Practice
Reading
Please enjoy reading a good book for up to 30 minutes every evening.
Spelling
When reading, if you come across any new words that you don’t understand, ask an adult or look them up in the dictionary.
Building up your vocabulary knowledge is really beneficial, so make a list of good words that you could use in your own writing.
Maths
Counting/Number Games
Have a go at this difference game!
Sumdog
You have a mixed times table/division facts challenge on Sumdog to complete.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
If you would like to do a bit more work on your times tables, Hit the Button is a great game to play.
Follow this link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Times Table Rock Stars is another great way to practise your times tables.
Follow this link: https://ttrockstars.com/
Reminders
Wednesday 3rd July - All Hallows Transition Day (more info to follow).
Saturday 6th July - Summer Fair.
Thursday 9th July - Bugsy Malone Perfomances at 10am, 2pm and 6.30pm.
Thursday 11th July - Y6 Bikeability.
Tuesday 16th July - Y6 Leavers Assembly (9.15), Mass (6.00pm) and Party (6.45-8.30pm).
Wednesday 17th July - Liverpool Retreat Day.
Thursday 18th July - Y6 Bikeability.
Friday 19th July - School closes at 1.30pm for the Summer Holidays!!
In English, we are still enjoying our novel The 1000 year old Boy by Ross Welford.
In Art, we started a mini-project where we will be making shadow puppets. We created visual notes to help gather our ideas, made a short storyboard and drew our puppets in preparation for making them next week.
In History, we learnt about what happened in the years leading up to WWII and about what Germany is like now. We sorted some European countries into a table, deciding if they were democracies or dictatorships.
PE - we enjoyed a game of rounders.
In Music, we sang the songs for our Bugsy Malone production. You will find them in the documents at the bottom of the blog dated 24th May (paper copies were also given). Please keep learning the words thoroughly!
Drama - We spent a lot of time rehearsing and singing the songs. It's going well!
Forest School
This week we made s'mores. We remembered how to keep safe around the fire and we were invited to toast our marshmallow. We then sandwiched our marshmallow in between some biscuits and chocolate buttons. We also made some stick art using wool and pipe cleaners. Some of use had a go at lighting a fire using a flint and steel.
#30 Days Wild
Year 6 Team.
Date: 26th Jun 2024 @ 12:52pm
This week we got to watch the whole school perform their 'Dance from the Heart' dance.
We then came back into our classroom from more choosing time, the children enjoyed playing in our new beach and camping role play areas.
Our story this week was 'Giraffes Can't Dance' - We all had a go at the gummy bear dance together.
The children had tomatoes for snack today.
Next week: We will be splitting into our Key Worker Groups for circle time to share our 'All About Me' posters and to get to know each other even better.
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 4:00pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Keep reading your school books for at least 15 minutes a night.
In maths practice counting forwards and backwards. See our previous blog posts. Everyone is showing great improvements with their knowledge of the number system. Keep it up!
On Sumdog, have a go at the challenges. We have set a times tables and a multiplication challenge.
Your spellings this week are...
This week in Year 3
We are loving our novel 'Finding Alfie'. The main character is in France trying to find more clues as to who Alfie was. We have written some brilliant pieces including a letter home from Michael describing his adventure.
In Maths, we have been revisiting the grid method and number sequences. The progress everyone has made in maths this year is amazing. The mental maths and number fluency has really improved. Well done Year 3!
In Art, we have been using natural materials to make collages and pictures. Check out our gallery.
In PE, we have been learning new striking skills in our tennis topic. We practised 'catching' the ball on our racket and then passing it to our partners. We attempted some rallies and a bounce pass with the racket. Super PE!
We have also been practising our dance for the Dance From The Heart Roadshow which is coming soon.
Year 3's Seesaw will be open for the final 2 weeks of term. You will receive a QR code on your child's report to access their Seesaw learning from this year.
Have a great weekend everyone.
From the Year 3 Team
Year 2 Blog - Friday 21st June
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 3:59pm
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night. Children will get 10 house points for every book they read at home.
Spellings – Quiz on Monday 24th June
their believe accidentally actually bicycle
breath breathe build busy with
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 3 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – Telling the time
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – Common Exception words
This week in Year 2
English
This week we continued to read our novel 'Fantastic Mr Fox' by Roald Dahl. We described the characters and learnt about speech. We also also wrote brilliant speech bubbles for how Mr Fox was feeling.
Maths
This week we started our new topic about time. We learnt about minutes past the hour by counting in fives.
RE
We have written about people who help in our community. We all wrote about these people and we discussedthe importance of food banks, shelters and care homes.
Forest School
Science
We learnt about the life cycle of a bean plant.
Geograpghy
We identified the similarities and differences between rivers in Zambia compared to rivers in England.
Year 5 blog Friday 21st June 2024
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 3:55pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
descent principal bruise sacrifice existence disappoint disobey dissent principle misbehave inactive mislead incorrect country trouble
Counting
Count out loud in:
Square numbers from 1 to 144 and back again 1, 4, 9, …
25s from 0 to 450 and back again 0, 25,50, …
9s from 0 to 108 and back again 0, 9,18, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars.
Well done to Elliott and Max N who were our rockstars last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – individual
Spelling Challenge
We have had a wonderful week in Year 5.
In English, we wrote an opening chapter for a sequel to Varjak Paw. In addition, we all wrote about our own special place. This will be put on display for the rest of the school to see.
In Maths, we continued adding and subtracting multiple fractions with different denominators. Everyone has been trying very hard with this.
We learnt about Islam in RE this week. We found out lots of information about Islam and then created a factual poster which explained some of the beliefs and customs.
In Music, we practised singing the songs for Bugsy Malone. The lyrics to the song can be found on last week’s blog.
Finally, we all enjoyed visiting All Hallows for our taster day. We were all beautifully behaved and the staff were so impressed. We all took part in a PE lesson, explored the school, met Helen the chaplain and took part in some performing arts. We also loved our All Hallows school dinner!