Our blogs

Year 6 - Happy Easter

Date: 1st Apr 2021 @ 2:55pm

Welcome to the last Year 6 blog this spring term. We are so pleased with everyone’s effort over a tricky term but now is the time to get rested, hopefully get out more (as the weather improves) and prepare yourself for an active last 12 weeks in Year 6.

Our learning in Year 6 this week:

• In PSHE, we discussed our challenges and hopes for Year 7 and how we can use the strategies we have learnt over the last few weeks to combat any challenges that might affect our mental health.
• Once again, do not forget to see our new Online Safety - 31st March  blog where we have teamed up with the National Online Safety which provides many resources for children, staff and parents.
• In Maths, we have been working out the perimeter of squares, rectangles and triangles, as well as learning how to use quicker multiplication and division strategies for larger numbers.
• In English, we have completed the novel, Skellig, which has very challenging themes throughout and discussed what we thought about the book in a short book review.
• As it has been Holy Week, we have read the story of what Jesus went through and discussed the possible reasons of why Judas betrayed him.
• In Art, we have all completed our mosaic Mayan masks, which you can see on our Year 6 gallery page.
• In PE, we have completed the topic of invasion games for Hockey and Netball where we used our ‘character’ skills of teamwork, resilience, patience and respect to help us all work together in mini teams.
• In Music, we have been continuing our practising B, A and G chords on the recorder.
• In Science, we investigated different ways (using an app, smart watch or checking our pulse) to measure our pulse rate before and after exercise.
• Finally in History, we conducted our own gameshow of ‘Who Wants to be a Mayaniare’ based on all the learning from our topic, The Mayans. The children did very well as nearly eveyone became Mayanaires!

Well done to 97% of you for changing your book this week – a great end to the term!

I have not set up any Sumdog challenges for the Easter holidays as you all deserve a break. There is only one thing I ask you to do every day, if possible, and that is to …

READ!

Have a super Easter Break!

Year 1 - Happy Easter

Date: 1st Apr 2021 @ 2:55pm

Well done everyone on a fanastic term in Year 1. We have been very impressed with how you all settled back into our school routines and Golden Rules. 

This week our story has been the brave Beast written by Chris judge. We have written to the Beast, described his journey through the caves and even created our own story. 

In our maths we have been using our number facts to solve problems and written our number sentences in different ways.

In Science we have planted our seeds and taken them home to look after.

Today we had an easter egg hunt and used our maps to help find all our clues. 

We'd like to wish you all a happy and peaceful Easter and hope you all have a lovely Easter break.

The Year 1 Team

Online Safety - 31st March 2021

Date: 31st Mar 2021 @ 1:11pm

This week we are having a look back at our wellbeing week and how we express ourselves online. Below you will find a guide on Expressing yourself safely online and a guide to using Youtube. 

We have also included the #wakeupwednesday guide from NationOnlineSafety.com on RecRoom. This is a new online platform with an age rating of 9+. We haven't yet seen any of our children use this platform but it is always good to be informed on new developments.

Please continue to access all information on the National Online Safety website. You will get access to all videos and guides by clicking the link below and joining free to our school online safety hub.

http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb

Friday 26th March 2021

Date: 26th Mar 2021 @ 4:11pm

We have had a great week in Reception. 

Painting daffodils,learning about the Easter story, writing about dragons and castles, matching our teen numbers and lots of super choosing. 

Here are some pictures from the week. 

HOME PRACTICE Friday 26th March 2021

Date: 26th Mar 2021 @ 3:48pm

Year 4

Home Practice 26^th March 2021

Doesn’t time go fast – I can’t believe we’ve been back in school for 3 full weeks already, and there’s only one week to go before we break up for Easter!

We now have an Online Safety Blog on our website.  This is updated each Wednesday.  Please have a look at the blog as different guides will be uploaded weekly.  This week’s guides relate to WhatsApp, Fortnite and Comic Relief. We all have an important role in keeping our children safe in our ever growing online world.  

Another great week in Year 4 made even better by a bit of lovely sunshine on Wednesday! This week, we have:

• been learning about place value, both whole numbers and decimals, as well as discovering more about Roman Numerals
• written some very descriptive pieces about the Ceremony of the Full Moon, which was stimulated by our current novel ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter
• competed in an inter-class athletics competition between ourselves and Year 3 – we are incredibly proud of ourselves for taking part and being great competitors
• made PowerPoint presentations about different landmarks in Italy, as part of our geography topic, and started to present these to the class
• written our own prayers for Palm Sunday

HOME PRACTICE

Please complete a little home practice every night as this is the key to success!

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you discuss the story and the characters.  Find the meaning of any new words too.  Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding. 

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next week, on Wednesday 31^st March 2021.  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?  

Use the link here to practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’. This is another excellent way to practise your tables.  

Spellings

Your new spellings are all from the Year 3 / 4 Spelling list – a list of words which children should be able to read and spell by the time they leave Year 4.  The spellings will be tested on Thursday 1^st April 2021.  There are some quite tricky words, so please practise them carefully each evening.

exercise      imagine        opposite      regular        calendar

experience   important    ordinary       remember    caught

experiment  increase       particular    separate      certain       

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog: 

• A spelling challenge based on the above spellings
• A maths challenge related to decimals (tenths)
• A maths challenge based on the 3 and 6 times tables (we have revisited these this week!)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!

Year 2 Home Practice - 26th March 2021

Date: 26th Mar 2021 @ 1:42pm

We have had another brilliant week in Year 2. This week we have been focusing on a new story in English – Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl. We have produced character descriptions to describe the three evil farmers and we have created wanted posters to try and catch the cunning Mr Fox. We are all looking forward to continuing the story next week. In Maths we have continued to consolidate previous learning, whilst also discovering new strategies for addition and subtraction. In RE we have discussed the events of Palm Sunday. We created our own palm leaves and crosses before re-enacting the events of that special day. In Science we have looked at the strength of different pieces of paper. We made predictions, developed an experiment and recorded the results. We have had a superb week!

Online Safety

Thank you to all who joined our Online Safety platform last week. To join, simply follow the link below and follow the instructions provided.

National online Safety

We all have an important role in keeping our children safe in an ever growing online world.

Please follow the link where you will find three new guides on WhatsApp, Fortnite and a Share a Smile online, linked to last week's Comic Relief theme – Online Safety

Reading

In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.

Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.

Reading resources:

Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS

Spelling

This week we have been learning the /igh/ sound spelt ‘y’

A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.

This week’s spellings are:

cry

fly

dry

try

sly

reply

supply

terrify

deny

multiply

Maths

This week in Maths we have focused place value alongside addition and subtraction by adding 9, rounding and then compensating. We have looked at mental strategies as well as using concrete equipment like base ten, to help consolidate learning.

e.g. 23 + 9
 

Please have a go at the challenges set on Sumdog.

Sumdog Challenges

Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables

Maths – Worded Addition and Subtraction

Spelling Quiz – /igh/ sound spelt ‘y’

Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.

Have a lovely weekend.

Year 2 team

Year 6 Home Learning - Friday 26th March 2021

Date: 26th Mar 2021 @ 12:32pm

Welcome to another Year 6 weekly blog. This week, thanks to Mrs Cookson, we organised an Athletics Intra Competition between Year 5 and 6 which included relay races, javelin, speed bounce and long jump. Everyone did extremely well and should be very pleased with themselves for giving it their all. Year 6 also worked hard being officiators for the boys and girls track and field events.  

Our learning in Year 6 this week:

• In PSHE, we discussed ways to help a fictional person on how to deal with change by using strategies to improve their mental health. (Do not forget to see our new Online Safety Update 24th March blog where we have teamed up with the National Online Safety which provides many resources for children, staff and parents.)
• In Maths, we have been learning how to work out the area of squares, rectangles and compound shapes.
• In English, we have continued reading our novel, Skellig, and dived deep into understanding the characters more, learnt about the English poet and painter William Blake, and written a balanced argument for and against home vs school education.
• In RE, we discussed and acted out freeze frames of ways we can be selfless and spread to joy to others through our actions.
• In Art we created super mosaic Mayan masks.
• In PE, we have completed the Year 5/6 Athletics Intra competition, which you can see the pictures of in the Year 6 gallery.
• In Music, we have been practising B, A and G chords on the recorder.
• In French, we wrote prepositions of where the Easter Bunny was hiding.
• Finally in History, we started our own ‘Who Wants to be a Mayaniare’ quiz based on all the learning from our topic, The Mayans.

Well done to 90% of you for changing your book this week. Remember that reading should be your number one priority every day.

These are the new days when you can change your reading book:

Monday – Dodgems

Tuesday – Roller Coasters

Wednesday – Big Dippers / The Waltzers

These are the tasks to be completed:

• Reading – Please keep reading for a minimum of 30 minutes every day.

Please complete the ‘Reading Challenges’ you have been given by answering them in your Reading Journals.

• Sumdog challenges (which will end next Thursday):
  • x11 and x12 Times tables (100 correct answers needed):
    • There will be times and divide questions of the 11 and 12 times tables.

• • Area of rectangles (100 correct answers needed):
    • These questions have a mixture of finding area of rectangles and the length of rectangles from areas given.

• • Spellings (45 correct answers needed):
    • This week’s words have unstressed vowels that can be tricky to remember:

(category, separate, definite, difference, desperate, reference, temperature, jewellery, company, interest, secretary, stationery, voluntary, miserable, factory)

Year 3 Home Practice 26th March 2021

Date: 26th Mar 2021 @ 12:30pm

We have had a lovely week in Year 3. We are all such great friends to each other. We were even given a Gold Award from Mrs Wood for being so kind to each other. 

We really enjoyed our athletics competition against Year 4. We worked so well as a team. There is a photo gallery in the class page where you can see us in action.

We have started to learn about fractions in Maths. In English we have been reading The Accidental Prime Minister.  

Home Practice for 26^th March - 1^st April

The key to completing your home practice is to do a little bit every night.

1. Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read.

2. Please practise division facts for the 3x tables on Hit the Button. Play 3 games every night. See how much quicker you can get each night.

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

3. Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:

Fraction and Division Challenge: 26^th March – 1^st April

Times Tables Challenge: 26^th March – 1^st April

4. Spellings

We did so much better with our spellings this week – it just shows that practising a little bit every day makes a huge difference.

Here are your spellings this week:

They all have the /i/ sound spelled with a y

gym, myth, Egypt, pyramid, mystery, symbol, synonym, lyrics, system, gymnastics

Say the words out loud, find the meaning of the words, write them out in different coloured chunks that you will remember, and write them out each night.

5. You will be tested on your spellings and times tables on Thursday 1^st April. Make sure you practise every night.

Year 1 Home Practice 26th March 2021

Date: 24th Mar 2021 @ 12:33pm

Welcome to your Friday blog for this week.

We have been really enjoying all our learning this week again and we are now used to all being back together keeping the Golden Rules. We have enjoyed our playtimes in the sunnier weather and have been great friends to each other.

Our story this week was The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. We all loved following the story of the seed and all the obstacles it had to ovecome before it could start to grow. We have done some super retelling of the story with Mr Campbell and lots of great writing. We could also use all our Science learning we've been doing with Mrs Quilliam to help us to understand the seed's journey.

In R.E. we have continued our learning through our topic of Change. We talked about being kind to each other.

On Tuesday we had some quiet time as it was a National Day of Reflection. We thought about what we could look forward to.

We all enjoyed our French with Mrs Quilliam and our Music with Mrs Winter.

Mrs Corbett and Mrs Anderson joined Mr Campbell for P.E. this week. There was super skills development in rolling, throwing, running, dribbling and catching.

In our Maths learning we were looking at doubling and halving numbers. We also played games which involved using our number facts and taking turns.

Home Practice

Please keep reading every single day. This is so important!

Also, sign the diary each time you read with your child.

Sumdog

We have set only 2 challenges for your Sumdog Practice this week. Well done to those who are still answering all your questions. We realised we set a little too many last week so we have limited the maths to 50 and spelling to 20 questions. All your children can access this learning! 

Keep your eye on our website for new galleries of photographs and school information.

Every Wednesday, we will be updating our new Online Safety blog.

Thank you for your continued support.

Online Safety - 24th March

Date: 24th Mar 2021 @ 12:22pm

Thank you to all who joined our Online Safety platform last week. To join, simply follow the link below and follow the instructions provided.

http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb 

We all have an important role in keeping our children safe in an ever growing online world.

Below you will find three new guides on WhatsApp, Fortnite and a Share a Smile online, linked to last week's Comic Relief theme.

Year 5 Home Practice 26th March 2021

Date: 24th Mar 2021 @ 10:59am

Year 5 Home Practice Friday 26^th March 2021

A big well done to all those who completed their Home Practice last week. As you know, every Friday It will be posted on our class blog (school website). It will always be reading (reading journal), spelling and some Sumdog challenges. Please work hard to complete your home practice, it really makes a difference and helps to reinforce what has been learnt at school.

A fantastic week of learning Year 5, you have worked very hard. In Maths, we have continued our work on decimals. The children have been enjoying our new novel, Room 13 by Robert Swindells. It’s not too scary, yet! We have also looked at story structure in preparation for writing spooky, short stories. In Geography, We have learnt about the different geographical features of North America. It was great to hear that some of the children had visited some of these fascinating places, so we had a great discussion in class. The Year 5/6 Athletics Competition went really well and everyone participated to the best of their ability.

Reading

Please read for at least twenty/thirty minutes every evening. Talk about what you have read with an adult. Discuss the story, characters and any new vocabulary you come across. If it is a non-fiction book, look at the contents page, glossary or index and see how it helps you find more information.

Y5 book changing day is Friday. Although, some children may change books at different times, so always bring your book bag into school every day. Remember to sign when you have finished a book, it makes it much easier to issue new books.

I have introduced a ‘Reading Journal’ to the children. They are familiar with this from previous year groups. At the front of the journal, there are activities for the children to do using their current book or one they have just finished. They may choose an activity, complete it in their journal (best presentation and handwriting!) and colour/highlight the square to show they have done it. The children must complete one activity per week.

The first few ‘Reading Journal’ activities have been very good and show me that the children have a good understanding of the text they have read. They are also beautifully presented. Well done, keep up the great work!

Maths

This week’s challenge on Sumdog is based on the equivalence of tenths and hundredths and times tables practice. We will have a mixed times tables test every Monday/Tuesday.

Spelling

The Sumdog spelling challenge is focused on tricky words (different from the spelling test words below).

Please learn these spellings for next Thursday (1.4.21): If you don’t know what a word means, look it up in a dictionary or ask an adult.

We are investigating the Year 5/6 Spelling List.

sincere           stomach           symbol               thorough            vegetable                 

sincerely        sufficient         system               twelfth              vehicle      

soldier            suggest            temperature        variety              yacht        

Spelling, Punctuation And Grammar (SPAG)

This week’s challenge on Sumdog (grammar section) is based on the perfect tense.

For our DT project, we will be making Cams mechanisms and toys next week (Easter theme). Please could you bring either a cereal or shoe box into school. 

Have a lovely weekend, Miss Gravili.

Friday 19th March 2021

Date: 19th Mar 2021 @ 4:02pm

We have had a super week in Reception, learning all about 'The Magic Porridge Pot' in our story, Cook, Pot, Cook. 

Have a look at some pictures :)

HOME PRACTICE Friday 19th March 2021

Date: 19th Mar 2021 @ 3:47pm

Year 4

Home Practice 19^th March 2021

We will now be reverting back to Home Practice which can be found on the Year 4 Class Page each Friday.

Home Practice will provide a short insight into our learning from the week, as well as tasks to be completed.  These will include reading, tables, spellings and Sumdog challenges.  It is important that you compete these tasks, as they will help you to progress further with your learning.

We have had a super week in Year 4.  We’ve revisited place value in Maths and refined some counting skills, especially counting in 4’s and 8’s. In English, we wrote a letter from a character to her father and tried to think carefully about the types of sentence we were writing – whether it was a command, statement, question or exclamation.  Our science topic has been very interesting – we recorded results from an experiment to see the effect of different liquids on egg shells and were amazed by the results! In addition, we made our own digestive system – it was gruesome!

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you discuss the story and the characters.  Find the meaning of any new words too.  Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding. 

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next week, on Wednesday (24^th March 2021).  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?  

You can also practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’.  Select the times tables or division button and then the table that you want to practise.  This is an excellent way to practise your tables.  Either type in ‘hit the button’ (the game is on Top Marks) or use the link below:

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

Spellings

The spellings this week are irregular plurals.  Each time ‘ves’ needs to be added to the word ending in ‘f’ or ‘fe’, to spell the plural. These words will be tested on Thursday (25^th March 2021).  We have discussed different strategies to learn spellings in class, or you can always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

calf              calves          half             halves          knife           knives

leaf             leaves          shelf            shelves        thief           thieves

yourself       yourselves    themselves 

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A spelling challenge based on the above spellings (adding ‘ves’ to some words ending in ‘f’ or ‘fe’)
• A maths challenge related to mental addition and subtraction facts within 1000
• A maths times table challenge (based on the 3, 4 and 8 times tables)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!

Year 2 Home Practice - 19th March 2021

Date: 19th Mar 2021 @ 3:43pm

Q: How do all the oceans say hello to each other? They wave!

Q: What did one wall say to the other wall? I’ll meet you at the corner!

Q: What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear!

It has been great to see smiling faces return to school over the last couple of weeks. We have been working very hard since our return and we have produced some wonderful pieces of work. This week we have been carrying on our story Journey.  This book generates lots of discussion and children have enjoyed every page. We have even managed to write our own story based on the events of the book. In Maths we have continued to consolidate previous learning, whilst also discovering new strategies for addition and subtraction. In RE we have been continuing our topic of Lent/Easter and we have looked at how Lent is such a special time for Christians. In PE we have been focusing on fundamental skills in our new topic - playground games from the 20^th century. What a week! It’s great to have everyone back!

Happy Red Nose Day! We have had lots of fun in Year 2 today and more importantly, your money has helped to support people living incredibly tough lives. Thank you.

Reading

In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.

Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.

Reading resources:

Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS

Spelling

This week we have been learning the /r/ sound spelt ‘wr’

A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.

This week’s spellings are:

write

written

wrote

wrong

wrap

wrist

wreck

wrestle

wriggle

wren

Maths

This week in Maths we have focused place value alongside addition and subtraction strategies. We have looked at mental strategies as well as using concrete equipment like base ten, to help consolidate learning.

Have a go at counting all the way to 100 in 2s. See how far you get!

Have a go at your 3 times table – Can you time how quickly you can say them up to 12 x 3?

Please have a go at the challenges set on Sumdog.

Sumdog Challenges

Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables

Maths – Addition and Subtraction

Spelling Quiz – /r/ sound spelt ‘wr’

Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.

Thank you for all your continued support,

The Year 2 team

Year 6 Home Practice - Friday 19th March 2021

Date: 19th Mar 2021 @ 3:38pm

Welcome back to our first Home Practice blog since the full return back to school. It has been great for everyone to see their friends and get back into a routine. On Friday we celebrated Red Nose Day wearing red, which you can see the pictures of on our Year 6 gallery page.

Our learning in Year 6 this week:

• Since our return, we have been learning about mental health through PSHE on how to keep ourselves in a more positive mind-set. Along with PSHE, we have an Online Safety blog on each class page which explains how we have teamed up with the National Online Safety which provides many resources for children, staff and parents. You can follow this link, Online Safety to explore.
• In Maths, we have been learning how to plot and translate coordinates outside and working on some of our subtraction strategies to help us solve questions quickly.
• In English, we have begun our new novel, Skellig, by investigating the main characters (Michael, Mina and the Creature). We have also analysed David Almond’s writing style and mixed it with our own in creating the next part of the story.
• In RE, we created our own Lenten prayer which explains the meaning behind the ashes and how Lent can be a time to start trying new things.
• In Art we have looked closely at Mayan patterns, and created our own with pencil, charcoal and pastels.
• In PE, we have been preparing for the Year 5/6 Athletics Intra competition that will be held in school, during school time. We have also been working together on creating paired gymnastic routines.
• In Music, we have been continuing our practise of Boomwhackers and how to play the recorder.
• In French, we have explored compass directions and a map of France, spoken and written about the location of towns, rivers and mountains.
• Finally, for Science, we have investigated a lamb’s heart and physically modelled how the circulatory system works.

Well done to 80% of you for changing your book this week. Remember that reading should be your number one priority every day.

These are the new days when you can change your reading book:

Monday – Dodgems

Tuesday – Roller Coasters

Wednesday – Big Dippers / The Waltzers

These are the tasks to be completed:

• Reading – Please keep reading for a minimum of 30 minutes every day.

Please complete the ‘Reading Challenges’ you have been given by answering them in your Reading Journals.

• Sumdog challenges:
  • x3, x4, x8 Times tables(100 correct answers needed):
    • There will be times and divide questions of the 3, 4 and 8 times tables.
  • Coordinates (100 correct answers needed):
    • Some of these questions have coordinates in all four quadrants, which is something we will look at in more detail on Monday.

• • Spellings (45 correct answers needed):
    • This week is a recap of prefix learning of dis-, un- and im- words

(disadvantage, disappear, disappoint, discovered, dishonest, unacceptable, unachievable, unbelievable, uncomfortable, unforgivable, immature, impatient, impolite, impartial, impossible)

Year 3 Home Practice 19th March 2021

Date: 19th Mar 2021 @ 12:35pm

We have had a wonderful week in Year 3, made even better by the sunshine. Everybody looked fantastic on Friday in red for Red Nose Day. We focussed on being happy and making each other smile.

In Maths we have been practising the 8x tables and have been looking at different ways to subtract.  

We are loving our book in English at the moment – The Accidental Prime Minister. It has inspired us to think of what we would do if we were in charge of the country.

This week we have also been looking at South America in the atlas, Ancient Egypt and some artefacts, and light in Science.

Home Practice for 19^th – 26^th March

The key to completing your home practice is to do a little bit every night.

1. Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read.

2. Please practise your 8x tables on Hit the Button. Play 3 games every night. See how much quicker you can get each night.

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

3. Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:

Times Tables Challenge: 19^th March – 26^th March

Fractions Challenge: 19^th March – 26^th March

Spelling Challenge: 19^th March – 26^th March

4. Spellings

The spellings this week are words which have the /u/ sound spelled ou. We have been practising these spellings in school, but we need more practice at home as a lot of us have been finding them tricky.

Say the words out loud, find the meaning of the words, write them out in different coloured chunks that you will remember, and write them out each night.

courage, discourage, encourage, double, enough, rough, tough, touch, young, trouble

5. You will be tested on your spellings and times tables on Thursday 25^th March. Make sure you practise every night.

Year 5 Home Practice 19th March 2021

Date: 17th Mar 2021 @ 4:47pm

Year 5 Home Practice Friday 19^th March 2021

Home Practice is back! Every Friday I will post your Home Practice tasks for the week on our class blog (school website). It will always be reading, spelling and some Sumdog challenges. Please work hard to complete your home practice, it really makes a difference and helps to reinforce what has been learnt at school.

A good end to our second week back together Year 5. Let’s keep working hard and following the Golden Rules, all the time! In Maths, we have learnt about negative numbers, Roman numerals and decimals. The children have finished Deathwood Letters and we are moving on to our new novel, Room 13 by Robert Swindells. We are also looking at short stories in English and the children have already written some of their own spooky stories, which were very scary! In Science, we made rockets out of paper and launched them with straws. We measured how far they flew and thought about the forces at work. Our new topic in Geography is – North America. We have learnt about the countries and the different climates of this interesting continent. We had a great discussion in RE about the ‘cost of giving’ and young carers in society. It was great to see you in red today, wearing red noses and telling fabulous jokes! Well done Year 5.

Reading

Please read for at least twenty/thirty minutes every evening. Talk about what you have read with an adult. Discuss the story, characters and any new vocabulary you come across. If it is a non-fiction book, look at the contents page, glossary or index and see how it helps you find more information.

Y5 book changing day is Friday. Although, some children may change books at different times, so always bring your book bag into school every day. Remember to sign when you have finished a book, it makes it much easier to issue new books.

I am introducing a ‘Reading Journal’ for the children. They are familiar with this from previous year groups. At the front of the journal, there are activities for the children to do using their current book or one they have just finished. They may choose an activity, complete it in their journal (best presentation and handwriting!) and colour/highlight the square to show they have done it. The children must complete one activity per week.

Maths

This week’s challenge on Sumdog is based on decimals and times tables practice. We will have a mixed times tables test every Monday.

Spelling

The Sumdog spelling challenge is focused on compound words (different from the spelling test words below).

Please learn these spellings for next Friday (26.3.21): If you don’t know what a word means, look it up in a dictionary or ask an adult.

We are investigating ‘wh’ words.

wheeze         wharf           whinge           whippet            wheat                 

whinny          whelk            whimper        whiskers           whistle        

white            whacked        whisper         whiff                which         

Spelling, Punctuation And Grammar (SPAG)

This week’s challenge on Sumdog (grammar section) is based on adverbs.

Have a lovely weekend, Miss Gravili.

Year 1 Home Practice 19th March 2021

Date: 17th Mar 2021 @ 1:48pm

Welcome to your new Friday blog. Here you will find out all about our week in school and all the fantastic learning we have seen. It has been lovely having everyone back together and we have been so impressed with how everyone has settled back in.

This week we have been reading I want my hat back by Jon Klassen. We have loved reading this story and the children have really enjoyed acting out the different parts and reading their stories (virtually) to Reception. 

We have continued to investigate seeds and growing with Mrs Quilliam. Super science from everyone.

On St Patrick's Day, Mr Campbell brought in his fiddle and played some tunes. We talked about St Patrick and asked some great questions about Irish music.

We have been learning all about money this week and Mrs Corbett has been so pleased with all the fantastic money problem solving. 

Mrs Anderson has been so impressed with all the progress by our readers. We can tell you have done lots of reading at home.

Home Practice

Read every day for at least 10 minutes. This regular reading is the key to progress in all areas of the curriculum.

We have set 3 challenges on Sumdog. Completing these will help prepare you children for the learning they meet in school. All challenges will be linked to the spelling patterns/Sounds and maths concepts we cover.

Keep checking our class page for new galleries and blogs.

Have a fabulous Red Nose Day and a great weekend!

Friday 12th March 2021

Date: 12th Mar 2021 @ 3:47pm

We have had a wonderful first week back. 

Have a look at some of the things we have been up to :) 

Online Safety

Date: 10th Mar 2021 @ 2:44pm

Online Safety is an important part of keeping children safe at St Oswald's.

Here you will find a range of resources to keep your child safe online.

We have teamed up with National Online Safety to provide resoures, guides and training for all our staff and parents.

Below you will find a link to enrol to at National Online Safety and gain free access to a huge range of videos, resources and support.

http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb

We will also regularly post guides for social media and gaming platforms as they become more commonly used by your children.

This week you will find guides on Children's Mental Health, TikTok and Gaming Streamers and Influencers

Fabulous Friday 5th March 2021

Date: 4th Mar 2021 @ 6:42pm

It's Fabulous Friday

WELL DONE RECPETION, You have completed your last week of home learning! We cannot wait to have you all back in school next week!

We loved seeing your World Book Day outfits yesterday and we hope you enjoyed reading lots of different books throughout the day.

We would like to say a huge thank you to all your parents and carers, that have supported you during lockdown, you have all worked incredibly hard and it has been lovely to see your learning uploaded each day.

Have a fabulous weekend with your families, get outside in the fresh air and enjoy yourselves.

Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!

Today you just need to:

•          Read – if you have not looked at the stories on oxford owl yet, choose one which looks the most interesting to you 😊

•          Complete the number activity attached

•          Revisit all your humpty words and phonics sounds so they are all fresh in your mind for Monday morning 😊

The rest of the day is yours; you have earned it!

Fabulous Friday - 5th March 2021

Date: 4th Mar 2021 @ 3:11pm

It’s Fabulous Friday!

Well done for a brilliant week of home learning. We loved seeing all your World Book Day outfits yesterday. We are very proud of all the work you have done since the beginning of lock down and we would like to say a huge thank you to all the parents and carers that have supported you while you have been working from home. We can’t wait to see you all in school next week, how exciting!

We hope you have a wonderful weekend with your families and find lots of reasons to smile. We are both looking forward to staying active this weekend and getting outside for plenty of walks.

Please view our ‘Friday Catch Up’ on Seesaw where we discuss all of your amazing achievements throughout the week.

Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!

Today you just need to:

•          Read

•          Complete the number activity

•          Finish anything off that you want to upload to Seesaw for your teacher to see

The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!

Reading

Enjoy your reading today. Read at home with your family, read in your favourite nook, read in an unusual location, share a story with your pet, read a book dressed as your favourite character or read however you want.

Maths activity

Play this symmetry matching game - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/symmetry/symmetry-matching

Play this symmetry artist game - https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/symmetry-artist.html

Folding Test

Print out the attached document.

You can find if a shape has a Line of Symmetry by folding it. Have a go at cutting out the shape and folding them on the line of symmetry.

When the folded part sits perfectly on top (all edges matching), then the fold line is a Line of Symmetry.

Here I have folded a rectangle one way, and it didn't work.

But when I try it this way, it does work (the folded part sits perfectly on top, all edges matching):

Now it is your turn ... pick a shape and find its Lines of Symmetry. In fact, try them all! See what you discover.

Have a fantastic weekend and we will see you on Monday!

We can’t wait!

HOME LEARNING - FABULOUS FRIDAY 5th March 2021

Date: 4th Mar 2021 @ 1:57pm

Year 4

Fabulous Friday 5^th March 2021

It’s fabulous Friday! It’s also our last Home Learning Blog for this lockdown!

First of all, I’d like to say a big well done to everyone in Year 4 for working hard over the last 8 weeks.  I’m sure you’ve tried your best in all your work, even if you’ve found it tricky.  Thank you also for showing me your work on Seesaw and for the little messages you’ve sent – they really have brought a smile to my face.

In addition, I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone at home who has supported their children – whether this be helping with school work, keeping your child motivated or supporting them in any other way.  As a parent myself, I know this has been a tricky time and it is difficult juggling work, school work and emotional wellbeing on a daily basis.  Everything you have done is greatly appreciated.

Remember, Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!

Today you just need to:

• Read

Enjoy reading for pleasure - take time to finish a book you are enjoying or start something new.

• Complete the maths activity attached to the blog (instructions are on page 4 of the document)

• Finish anything off that you want to upload to Seesaw for me to see

If you wish, you may read the end of Kensuke’s Kingdom – Chapter 10 and the postscript. We will be finishing the book in class today as we will be starting a new novel next week.

The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!

Don’t forget to see the Friday Catch-up video on Seesaw this evening!

Remember we will all be back in school on Monday – please bring your Home Learning into school on Monday, so that you can share your work with your classmates.  You should be proud of your learning!

I’m looking forward to seeing you all next week. 

Year 3 Home Learning Friday 5th March 2021 - FUN FRIDAY

Date: 4th Mar 2021 @ 1:46pm

HAPPY LAST DAY OF HOME LEARNING!!!

Good morning Year 3.

Ms Hodson and I are extremely proud of you all for everything you have done during lockdown. You have done some amazing reading, beautiful and exciting writing, excellent maths and lots of other great things too.

As well as your super work, you have kept us smiling with your messages on Seesaw, thank you so much. You are all very special to us.

We cannot wait to see you all next week J

If you would like to show your classmates your home learning work, you can bring it into school on Monday – we know from Seesaw how amazing it all is.

Friday 5^th March 2021

It’s Fabulous Friday! Woohoo.

Start your day by listening to this song, we are SO EXCITED to see you next week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6A6pMO_WKM

Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!

Today you just need to:

• Read

Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.

Try to use lots of expression and different voices for the different characters.

• Create your own game to practise your times tables.

There is a blank board game attached which you could use if you want to. You can choose to focus on your 4x tables or all of the times tables you need to know by the end of Year 3 (2, 5, 10, 3, 4, 8).

• Finish anything off that you want to upload to Seesaw for me to see.

The rest of the day is yours, you’ve earned it!

SEE YOU ON MONDAY :) :) :)

Year 6 Home Learning - Friday 5th March 2021

Date: 4th Mar 2021 @ 8:20am

It’s Fabulous Friday 5^th March 2021!

We have all made it! Our last remote learning Friday (hopefully).

As you know, Fridays are now a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!

Read

For a minimum of 30 minutes.

Spelling Quiz

Don’t forget to have a spelling quiz today. Try to you can get someone to quiz you on the 15 spellings, in random order.

Complete the number activity – Maths, Paper Scissors

See the attached document at the bottom of the blog, Maths, Paper, Scissors for how to play

Finish anything off

If there is anything you need to complete, you can do that today and upload to Seesaw for any help or feedback.

Do not forget to see the Friday Catch Up video which has been sent through Seesaw.

Get some rest before Monday. We all cannot wait to see you.

Have a great weekend!