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Year 5 Sacramental Programme15th November 2021

Date: 15th Nov 2021 @ 5:04pm

The children have had another lovely session in church to help in preparation for their Sacrament or to support their friends on their journey.

This week Father discussed with them their relationship with God. He discussed the different types of prayer that there are e.g. speaking, singing, thinking and the different things that we can pray for - in November we pray for those that have died in conflict.

The children discussed with Father where they personally pray, what they pray for, when they pray and if they pray together as a family.

Father explained to them that prayer strengthens their relationship with God and that praying together can help bring families togther to celebrate things they are thankful for or share worries they need help with.

There is a Gospel reading from St Luke on the children's worksheet that we encourage you to read together, about the disciples asking Jesus to teach them to pray. In church Father asked the children if they could think of a prayer it reminded them of and the children made links to the Our Father. Father then went on to discuss the Our Father with the children and broke it down into separate parts so that the children could have a greater understanding.of the words they are saying to God when they use it during prayer times.

The children then went on to discuss how Mass is the most perfect form of prayer and they talked about the different parts of the service and the order in which they come.  The children have been given some Mass sheets from Father from this weekend to discuss with you at home.

On the final page of the worksheet is an activity to carry out at home, where the children can write a prayer of choice. In church they were shown how they can use each finger of their hand to pray for different people and they completed a sheet with their hand drawn on with five prayer suggestions to help them.

Year 2 Home Practice Friday 12th November 2021

Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 4:27pm

Year 2 have been working so hard this week and it really shows in the excellent pieces of work they have produced. In English, we have read Hansel and Gretel and The Little Story That Didn’t Want to Be Told.  The focus has been on using great adjectives and conjunctions to make sentences longer and more interesting. Our new topic in Maths is addition and subtraction. The children have been looking at partitioning a number into tens and ones to help with calculations. In History, we learnt about Remembrance Day and made poppies. Science was very interesting; the children explored microhabitats. We learnt all about Judaism in RE, with a focus on Shabbat. Keep up the great work everyone.

Reading

In Year 2, children should read for at least 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an adult or older sibling. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Please sign and leave a small comment when you have read with your child and make it clear that you have finished a book, then we know we can change it.

Reading books are changed every Monday and sent home on Tuesday. However, if you need to change a book another time, we will change it as needed.

Reading resources:

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - https://www.literacyshedblog.com/uploads/1/2/5/7/12572836/ks1_reading_vipers.pdf

Spelling

Your child will know which group they are in for phonics. Please learn the correct set of spellings below.

This week we have been learning how to spell words with the ‘ow’ and ‘or’ sounds.

Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday. A sheet will go home every Tuesday with the spelling list on. This is for home practise only and can be kept with you. You will have a Sumdog challenge to complete by next Friday.

This week’s spellings are:

Miss Gravili’s Phonics Group ‘ow’

proud

about

shouted

clouds

clowns

towel

owl

cows

plough

bough

Miss Bennison’s Phonics Group ‘or’

for

cord

fork

sort

lawn

yawn

dawn

drawn

August

Autumn

 Maths

At home play the ‘follow me’ game. One person starts by saying one, the other person says two, and so on. You could start at any number and count forwards or backwards. You could count in twos, fives or tens. As you get better you could speed up.

You will have a times table and addition/subtraction challenge on Sumdog to complete by next Friday.

Sumdog

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Sumdog challenges:

Multiplication – x2, x5 and x10 tables mixed.

Maths – Addition and Subtraction.

Spellings – words with the ‘ow’ and ‘or’ sounds.

Thank you for all your support. Have a lovely weekend.

The Year 2 team.

Year 6 Friday 12th November 2021

Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 3:49pm

Year 6 have had a great week, celebrating Go Green Day this Friday (where we reduced electrics for the full day) and being respectful on Remembrance Day with a minute silence. Thanks to the School Ambassadors and School Council who have led the ‘poppy stall’ all this week, taking time out during break to oversee the money. They will be counting it up and are excited to see the school’s final amount.

This week in Year 6:

• In Maths, we have been learning different strategies to subtract mentally and practising ways to multiply large numbers quickly.
• In our novel, ‘Private Peaceful’, we have looked more deeply at the relationships between the main characters: Tommo, Charlie and Molly, as well as writing a persuasive letter from Mother to the Colonel.
• For Remembrance Day, Year 6 created their own lovely poems based on Rudyard Kipling’s poem, ‘My Boy Jack’. They wrote really well as Jack back to their father. Some of Year 6 were even lucky enough to read theirs out loud at Golden Assembly.
• In Geography, following our learning from last week, we learnt how tectonic plates can move in different directions (very slowly) causing many things to happen, including volcanoes, tsunamis and earthquakes.
• For RE and Judaism week, we learnt about Rosh Hashanah (the New Year celebration for Jewish people) and created our own fact file about it.
• In PE, we worked on our athletic skills through track and field events such as sprints, team sprints, speed bounce, javelin, basketball throw, vertical jump, long jump and triple jump. Congratulations to those chosen to be part of the athletics team for our indoor athletics competition next week.
• In Art, we learnt about different ways of shading through hatching, cross hatching and contour hatching.
• In Music, we have continued our learning of the glockenspiels, along with beginning to learn carols for Christmas.
• In French, we read sentences about le Jour du Souvenir (Remembrance Day), finished a French pop song and gave our opinions in French.
• In Science, we discussed more about the 5 types of scientific enquiry and looked back through our books to find examples of each. Then we investigated whether light travels in a straight line.

Home Practice all relates to this week’s learning. These are the tasks needed to be completed:

• Reading – Use your Home Reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a Reading Journal/Diary that must be used for the title of the book and any reading challenge chosen.
  • The days when you can change your book:
    • Monday – Roller Coasters
    • Tuesday – Big Dippers
    • Wednesday – The Waltzers

• Spellings (-ible / -ibly words)
  • Sumdog (-ible, -ibly A2 wk 3)
    • horrible, horribly, illegible, illegibly, impossible, impossibly, incredible, incredibly, possible, sensibly, terribly, visible, invincible, indestructible, edible

• Maths challenges:
  • Counting:
    • This week we have been counting in decimal steps of 0.1, 0.2 and 0.25 Try to do the same out loud or with paper.
    • Draw a line with some marks on it like I do in class. You could write the numbers as you count up or down, then double check it to make sure you have said the correct numbers.
    • g. Start with different numbers and count up 10 numbers then back again in 0.1:

5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, etc

and in 0.2:

6.5, 6.7, 6.9, 7.1, 7.3, 7.5, 7.7, etc          

Start at a number with two decimal places like 8.12 and count up 10 numbers and down again:

8.12, 8.32, 8.52, 8.72, 8.92, 9.12, etc        

Now try to count in 0.25 from 7 and 23 and 54:

7, 7.25, 7.50, 7.75, 8, 8.25, etc

• Sumdog (Times Tables x6, x7, x8)

• Sumdog (Multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000)

Year 4 Home Practice Friday 12th November 2021

Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 3:47pm

Year 4

Home Practice 12^th November 2021

Well done for settling back into school Year 4. Some of you are now started to push yourselves by listening more attentively and producing work you are really proud of. Keep it up!

Here’s what we have been learning in school this week ….

In English we wrote our own description of the Ceremony and the Full Moon. We used what we had learnt about the Ceremony from the book and expanded the image by including our own ideas and descriptive language. In addition, we predicted what we thought would happen now that Lila had reached the Grotto of the Fire-Fiend. Some of Year 4 have fantastic imaginations – well done!

In maths we have been drawing and interpreting bar charts. We had to number the axis appropriately and use a sharp pencil and a ruler to draw the bars accurately. We have also been practising our tables, addition strategies and counting in 6’s and 25’s.

This week we have been exploring Judaism in RE. We learnt lots of information about the Torah, including where it is kept, what language it is written in and how many letters there are in it!  We also designed our own Bar Mitzvah card for a Jewish friend.

In Science we started our new topic, Electricity. We found out about the dangers of electricity and we wrote some safety rules. Then we used a gadget called an Energy Stick to demonstrate that electricity needs a complete circuit to flow. We loved this and raised lots of questions to test. Well done, year 4! We're ready to make circuits next week!

In PE we continued our dance unit, ‘Sparks Might Fly’. Year 4 created their own freeze frames and transition movements; these all related to using an electrical device or the way in which it moves. The freeze frames and transitions were then linked together and performed to the class. In our tag rugby session we practised our throwing and passing skills and tried to score a try!

In our French lesson we read a text in French about Le Jour du Souvenir (Remembrance Day) and chose the right words to fill in the blanks so that it made sense. Then we read it aloud in French.

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 Thursday (18^th November 2021). Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?  

Remember - you can also practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’.   

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 6’s and 25’s – draw a line and some marks on it like I do in class. You could write the numbers down as you count up.  When you count down, cover the numbers up, say the number, then reveal what you have got written down to check you’ve said the correct number.

Count in 6’s

For example, start at 0 and count up to 72 and back again (this will help with your 6 times tables)

0   6   12    18  etc                     72   66    60   etc

Start at 54 and count up to 102 and down again

54  60   66   etc                   102   96   90    etc

Count in 25’s

Start at 0 and count up to 325 and back again

25  50  75   etc           325   300   275  etc

Start at 450 and count up to 775 and back again

450  475   500   etc             775   750   725    etc

Spellings

The spellings this week explore words ending with the ‘k’ sound spelt ‘-que’ which is French in origin. Please practise your spellings each evening at home.  You will be tested on them next Thursday (18^th November 2021). We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

antique        mosque         opaque         unique          cheque

boutique      oblique         conquer        critique       grotesque

croquet        plaque          technique     mystique      picturesque

You have been set 2 challenges on Sumdog:

• A spelling challenge based on the spellings above
• A times table challenge based on the 3 and 6 times tables

Please make sure you log on and have a go! Many of you are still not accessing Sumdog on a daily basis. Little and often is the key to success!

Number bonds

This week we have been practising adding numbers mentally. Please practise this using Daily 10.    Remember to partition numbers and use a numberline to help.

Eg 15 + 7 = 22            

The number 7 can be partitioned into 5 and 2 to make this easier to calculate

eg 15 + 5 = 20                 20 + 2 = 22

Click on the link above, then on Play Game.

Click on the pink Select button and choose Level 2

Click on the purple Select button and choose Addition

Click on the green Select button and choose Upto 25.

Choose your time interval or ‘manual’ if you want to move on when you are ready.

Year 3 Friday Blog 12th November 2021

Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 12:47pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

We have had an amazing week of learning in Year 3. Everyone is showing a brilliant attitude to their learning and we have been very impressed! 

In our English learning we have been looking at vocabulary to improve our ideas. Everyone created some fantastic descrtiptions of Mr Stink's mystery photo, using some fabulous words. Here are some of our favourite sentences.

The man in the photo looked handsome in his bow tie and best suit.

The lady next to him looked beautiful and elegant. She looked like a movie star!

The seats were immaculately perfect and comfortable.

In our Maths learning we have been exploring pictograms and bar charts. We found this new learning tricky to start with but we have been very impressed with everyone's resilience. Well done Year 3!

On Friday we had our Go Green Day. We switched off our lights and worked by candlelight. We thought about how we could be more green and came up with some fantastic ideas on how we as a class could look after our environment.

As a class we came up with some pledges.

We are going to try and use less electricity, eat less meat and pick up litter.

In our Science we have finished our topic on Rocks. Everyone showed amazing knowledge and applied this to find out what rock would be best for a new paved area in school. Super science!

Next week we will be starting our new topic investigating light. 

On Thursday we marked Rembrance day with a moment of silence. We also wrote some thoughful poems and created videos to present them. Click the links below to listen.

Remember the Dead 

Remember me

Poppy Day

Home Practice

Reading

Read to somebody for 20 minutes every night and talk about what you have read.

Spelling

This week we have been revisiting our il,le el and al spellings and explored homophones,(eg, to, too, two). We have seen a lot of improvement in everyone's spellings. Keep up the regular practice.

Your Sumdog spellings will go on tonight. There is also a spelling training feature which will challenge everyone with words they aren't as accurate on. Use this for practice once you have learned your spellings.

foxes       churches      animals          basketballs           glasses          

capitals         ladybirds         envelopes         washes            bushes

Maths

For your maths challenges this week we will be practising times tables and statistics.

Make sure you complete these challenges before Thursday. Good Luck! 

Practise the following skills for Maths – even if you already know them, you need to be quick. Click the links below to access the games. We will have a tables test on Tuesday.

Number facts 

3x tables 

Have a lovely weekend!

Year 5 - Friday 12th November 2021

Date: 11th Nov 2021 @ 3:43pm

 Welcome to this week’s Year 5 class blog

The children have worked well this week despite the disappointment of the cancelled trip.  As soon as a new date is confirmed we will let you know.

This week in year 5

In Maths we have completed perimeter for this half term, and moved onto statistics.  The children have worked really hard trying to read and interpret data from a graph.  It has been a tricky skill and they have concentrated and shown determination in gaining the skills needed.

In English we have continued with Room 13.  There is a lot of gasping as the children make links between things mentioned at the start of the book and things that transpire as we read on.  We have looked at letter writing and the features of a letter this week, alongside using our inference and retrieval skills to find evidence in the book to support answers to questions set.

In RE the children had their second visit to church and learnt about the different statues and paintings around the church and their significance.  They also discussed the meaning and significance of their name.  Finally in school we have studied Judaism and the festival of Passover.  We read the story of Moses, the 10 plagues and how he helped set the Israelites free.  We also discussed the Seder Plate and the significance of different foods during the Passover meal.

In PE the children did one of two activities, the opposite one from last week.  Half of the class took part in a tag rugby session with Mrs Cookson.  They worked really hard on throwing and passing the ball and trying to score a try.  The other half of the class started the dance unit called ‘Earthlings!’ with Mrs Nuttall.  They created their own movements for 16 counts that expressed who they were and then collaborated with a partner and performed for the class.  They then went on to create a 16 count dance to represent one of the planets in the solar system.  Again, they were very creative.

We read, understood and performed a poem called Braves Soldats in French. We came up with actions to fit the text to make our performance more exciting. Well done, year 5. 

The children started their Geography topic on North America this week.  We started by recapping some of the foundations including the continents and the oceans.  We examined the use of a compass and used the cardinal directions, alongside an atlas, to describe the locations of the oceans in relation to the continents.  This again was a tricky concept and they worked really hard to understand it. Finally we used an atlas to examine the equator and discuss which continents were in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Finally on Friday we took part in the school’s ‘Go Green Day’.  We spent the day using as little electricity as possible, we discussed Climate Change and how we can help the planet.  The children made posters to show what they want for our world and how they could help make it happen.

Home Practice all relates to this week's learning - These are the tasks to be completed.

Reading - You all have a Home Reading book for year 5 so reading every night for 15-20 mins is essential. You also have a Reading Journal/Diary that must be completed and signed.

You can change your reading book on any school day (book bags to be left on Mrs Mulgrew's desk)

Spellings prefix re or pre. We will look at these in more detail in school next week, they should be practised at home, ready for the test on Thursday. 

Don’t forget the children have a big list of Common Exception words to learn, these can be practised each week to push your child further.

Some children have been told to complete a different number of spellings, please check with your child.

readjust, reaffirm, reappear, rearrangement, redecorate, reinvent, reload, repayment, prejudice, premature, preoccupied, prefix, preposition, prefer, preparation

Sumdog challenges

PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO COMPLETE THE SUMDOG CHALLENGES, MANY CHILDREN ARE STILL NOT ACCESSING SUMDOG. ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE SET CHALLENGES, ACCESS THE MATHS TRAINING WHERE CHALLENGES WILL BE TAILORED FOR EVERY CHILD.

Times tables have been set to reflect class targets

Maths the children have been set activities relating to reading and interpreting graphs.  Some children found this very difficult so may need support with this.  If they have spent time with you trying to work it out and cannot complete all the questions, this is ok.  They just need to have a chance to practise outside of the class time to help embed these skills.

Spellings with the prefix re or pre.

The children have had another great week in school.

Year 1 Friday Blog 12th November 2021

Date: 11th Nov 2021 @ 9:53am

Welcome to your Friday blog!

We have started our brand new book in English: Man on the Moon: A Day in the Life of Bob. We have been looking really carefully at the pictures-Bob never sees the aliens! We have been drawing and labelling picnic lunches for Bob and his friends. We drew our own aliens and described them. We wrote some questions for Bob and interviwed him about his work on the Moon.

In Maths, we have moved on from measuring length and onto measuring mass (weight). We have experimented using balance scales and found out that we can compare the mass of different objects in the classroom. We have been using cubes in the scales as we learnt that we could easily count them in order to see how heavy/light an object is.

In R.E. we have spent the week exploring Judaism, focusing on Abraham and Moses in particular. We have learnt that they both made promises to God and showed a great deal of faith in Him. We drew our own pictures of Abraham and Moses and talked about how important it is to trust and believe in God.

French 

We learnt and recited a poem in French about Autumn leaves falling and Winter creeping in. We coloured some Autumn pictures.

We loved our P.E. lesson this week! We explored how a robot can travel using different levels (travelling low on the floor, high in the air and across the room).

In Science we went outside to look at the trees. We found deciduous and evergreen ones. We talked about the Seasons.

We have been very busy this week! Have a look at some of our pictures below.

Home Practice

Read for at least 10 minutes every night. This is so important. please sign the diary so we can change the books. Keep practicing reading the Tricky Words on sight. Everyone has got a new set of words. Please just write a note in the diary if you need the next set.

Practise measuring different items in your house. This could be by using a ruler, measuring scales or your body parts like last week.

We have also been counting.Have a go at counting forwards and backwards in 10s.

Sumdog challenges

Phonics - oi and oy

Maths - Count 10 more

Year 5 Sacramental Programme 8th November 2021

Date: 9th Nov 2021 @ 12:20pm

The children had another successful session in the church this week, once again they were thoughtful and respectful and showed enthusiasm throughout.

This week Father Michael asked the children about their names. He asked them to have a chat with their parents about why they have the name they have. Father Michael discussed that his family have a tradition of naming their children after a Saint that has their feast day in that month.  Father Michael was born in September and it is the feast of St Michael on 29th September. Have a chat with your child about how you chose their name, perhaps a family tradition, a family name or someone you admired. 

The children had a worksheet to complete in church. They also took part in treasure hunt this week looking at all the statues, memorials and paintings and learning about their significance. They also created an acrostic poem using their name and features/traits that they have.  Please have a look at the sheets that they brought home. There is an activity to complete together on the acrostic page and some discussions to have on the double page worksheet. 

We appreciate your time and support in helping your children understand the significance of the work they are completing as part of their Faith Journey.

Reception 05th November

Date: 5th Nov 2021 @ 4:22pm

What a great week back we have had! 

Supertato was delivered into our class on Monday morning with lots of vegetables for us to peel to make some potato and carrot soup. 

We have been busy making our own Supertatos and thinking of our own adventures, by drawing out the story maps. 

In maths, we have been counting out different amounts and ordering our numbers to 10. 

We have learned all about the Diwali festival in Art, making our own rangoli patterns using coloured rice and our own diya's. 

We have enjoyed our 'Tots on tyres' programme this week and trip to the park :) 

Year 4 Home Practice Friday 5th November 2021

Date: 5th Nov 2021 @ 4:05pm

Year 4

Home Practice 5^th November 2021

Welcome back to another busy half term and the run up to Christmas! Year 4 have had a fabulous week of learning and now need to get back into the swing of completing their weekly Home Practice.

Here’s what we have been learning in school this week ….

In English, we wrote a letter from Lila (the main character in the book) to her father explaining her feelings about wanting to be a firework maker. We tried our best to include paragraphs and a rhetorical question.  In addition, we listened to the class novel, discussed new vocabulary and summarised the story.  During the grammar part of the lesson, we practised using co-ordinating conjunctions to extend sentences. We can now use a variety of these in our writing.

In Maths we used numberlines to help subtract numbers. Bridging 10 and 100 was involved and although many of us found this tricky, we have all made good progress. We also learnt more about tenths, especially pairs to 10 where decimal tenths are involved (eg 6.4 + 3.6 = 10).

In RE we explored how we are all unique and different. We understand that we should treat each other as we would like to be treated and wrote our own set of Golden Rules.

We also started our Roman’s topic in History. Initially, we discussed what we already knew, what we would like to know, where the Romans originated from and what the Roman Empire was.

In French we learnt about subject pronouns (I,  you, he. she. we, you, they) and the verb etre (to be) in the context of Remembrance Day. Next week, we will use this grammar to write about this special time.

In PE we started a dance unit called ‘Sparks Might Fly’ which complements our new science topic, Electricity. In addition, we learnt some new tag rugby skills.

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 Thursday (11^th November 2021). Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?  

Remember - you can also practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’.   

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 6’s and 0.2’s – draw a line and some marks on it like I do in class. You could write the numbers down as you count up.  When you count down, cover the numbers up, say the number, then reveal what you have got written down to check you’ve said the correct number.

Count in 6’s

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

0   6   12    18  etc                     72   66    60   etc

Start at 36 and count up to 90 and down again

36    42     48   etc                   90    84     78    etc

Count in 0.2’s

Start at 0 and count up to 1.6 and back again

0.2    0.4    0.6   etc           1.6   1.4   1.2  etc

Start at 5.4 and count up to 7.0 and back again

5.4   5.6   5.8   etc             7.0   6.8   6.6    etc

Spellings

The spellings this week explore words ending with the ‘g’ sound spelt ‘-gue’. Please practise your spellings each evening at home.  You will be tested on them next Thursday (11^th November 2021). We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

rogue           league          tongue         plague          intrigue

vague           fatigue        dialogue       epilogue       prologue

colleague      meringue      catalogue     synagogue    intrigued

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 2 challenges on Sumdog:

• A spelling challenge based on the spellings above
• A times table challenge based on the 6 times tables

Please make sure you log on and have a go! Many of you are still not accessing Sumdog on a daily basis. Little and often is the key to success!

Number bonds

Knowing your number bonds to 10 is important and will help in many aspects of maths.  Please practise this at home using Daily 10

Click on the link above, then on Play Game.

Click on the pink Select button and choose Level 1

Click on the purple Select button and choose Addition

Click on the green Select button and choose Bonds to make 10.

Choose your time interval or ‘manual’ if you want to move on when you are ready.

Remember to USE A NUMBERLINE to help you! We have been using these in class!

Year 6 Friday 5th November 2021

Date: 5th Nov 2021 @ 3:45pm

For our first week back after half term, Year 6 have come back working very hard, keeping to the golden rules and remembering to keep ourselves and each other safe so thank you.

Thank you also to everyone for completing their Home Practice on time and for changing your books. The days to change them are still between Monday and Wednesday.

This week in Year 6:

• In Maths, we have increased our understanding of multiples and learnt to use the grid method effectively.
• In English, we have begun our new novel, ‘Private Peaceful’, and used the skill of retrieval and inference to collect information about the characters, Mother and Charlie. We also wrote a very emotional piece from Mother to her late husband.
• In Geography, we learnt how the world is made up of different layers (inner core, outer core, mantle and crust) and how the crust is split into many parts called tectonic plates.
• For RE, we completed our ‘Vocation and Commitment’ by creating our own mission statement of what they are committed to.
• In PE, we have begun to learn the rules of dodgeball and what strategies to use to outwit the opposing team (always face the front, keep on your toes, and throw sideways).
• In Art, we have begun a new project by first investigating the work of Lola Dupre and imitating her style through sketching.
• In Music, we started learning and playing jazz on the glockenspiels.
• In French, we learnt about pronouns (I, you, he, she, we, you, they) and the verb ‘etre’ (to be) in the context of Remembrance Day. Next week we will use this grammar to write about this.
• In Science, we talked about the five different types of scientific enquiry. We then wrote some questions about light and tried to decide which approach would be the best way of finding the answer to our question.

Home Practice all relates to this week’s learning. These are the tasks needed to be completed:

• Reading – Use your Home Reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a Reading Journal/Diary that must be used for the title of the book and any reading challenge chosen.
  • The days when you can change your book:
    • Monday – Roller Coasters
    • Tuesday – Big Dippers
    • Wednesday – The Waltzers

• Spellings (-sion / -ssion / -cian words)
  • Sumdog (-able, -ably A2 wk 2)
    • enjoyable, unavailable, changeable, noticeable, unbelievable, probably, considerable, unacceptable, comfortably, respectable, dependable, incapable, unachievable, uncomfortable, miserably

• Maths challenges:
  • Counting:
    • This week we have been counting in fraction steps of ¼ and 2/4 Try to do the same out loud or with paper.
    • Draw a line and some marks on it like I do in class. You could write the numbers as you count up or down, then double check it to make sure you have said the correct numbers.
    • g. Start with different numbers and count up 10 numbers then back again in halves:

2 ¼ , 2 2/4, 2 ¾, 3, 3 ¼ , etc

and as improper numbers:

¾, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 7/4, 8/4, etc               

Start at 13 and count up 10 numbers and down again:

13, 12 ¾, 12 2/4, 12 ¼, etc    

Now try in 2/4 with these numbers:

8 8 2/4, 9, 9 2/4, 10, 10 2/4, etc

• Sumdog (Times Tables x2, x3, x4, x5)

• Sumdog (Multiply and Divide numbers by 10, 100 and 1000)

Year 2 Home Practice 5th November 2021

Date: 5th Nov 2021 @ 1:11pm

We hope you all had a lovely half term. We have had a great first week back of learning. In English this week the children have read The Bear and the Piano and Five Little Fiends. They have done lots of writing, including character descriptions and sequencing the story. The children are working really hard to use their lead-ins in all their English lessons. In Maths, they have been learning all about measure. Our PSHE lesson was introducing this terms topic of ‘Managing our feelings’. In Computing, the children worked on coding and Sumdog. In French the children have made a wreath of hands as a symbol of peace and friendship. Keep up the great work everyone.

Reading

In Year 2 children should read for at least 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an adult or older sibling. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Please sign and leave a small comment when you have read with your child and make it clear that you have finished a book, then we know we can change it.

Reading books are changed every Monday and sent out on Tuesday. However, if you need to change a book, we will change it as needed.

Reading resources:

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - https://www.literacyshedblog.com/uploads/1/2/5/7/12572836/ks1_reading_vipers.pdf

Spelling

Your child will know which group they are in for phonics. Please learn the correct set of spellings below.

This week we have been learning how to spell words with the ‘oa and ee’ sound.

Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Thursday. A sheet will go home every Tuesday with the spelling list on. This is for home practise only and can be kept with you. You will have a Sumdog challenge to complete by next Thursday.

This week’s spellings are:

Miss Gravili’s Phonics Group

show

throwing

ghost

also

alone

milestone

mangoes

flamingos

download

floated

Miss Bennison’s Phonics Group

teeth

agreed

swede

complete

monkey

donkey

equal

evil

beads

lead

Maths

At home count to 100 forwards and backwards. Count in twos, fives and tens from 0. Make it trickier by counting from any number in twos, fives and tens. What patterns can you see?

You will have a times table challenge and a measuring challenge on Sumdog to complete by next Friday.

Sumdog

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Sumdog challenges:

Multiplication – x2, x5 and x10 tables mixed.

Maths – Measurement.

Spellings – words with the ‘ee and oa’ sounds.

Thank you for all your support. Have a lovely weekend.

The Year 2 team.

Year 5 Sacramental Programme - Session 1

Date: 4th Nov 2021 @ 5:30pm

After each session of the Sacramental Programme, we will inform you through our class page what the children have discussed and any points that can be further explored at home. The children who are completing the programme will bring home their 'Thank God for Mass!' books to help you understand what they have done and help with your discussions. 

This week the children started their sacramental journey at church with Father Michael, Catechists from St Oswald's, Mrs Mulgrew, Mrs Deighton and Mrs Nuttall.  The children were able to explore the church and find out about all the different sections and symbols. They stood on the sanctuary and spoke to Father Michael about the different things that are around the alter and their significance.  They spoke with school staff and the Catechists about the Baptismal font, the Reconciliation room and the Holy Oils used at different times in a Christian's life. The children also got the chance to walk around and look at the Stations of the Cross and the various statues and paintings within the church.  The children were very respectful and remained calm and inquisitive throughout. 

All the children, whether they are taking part in the Sacramental Programme or not, will take part in the sessions.  All the children will have a folder and a worksheet each week to bring home but only the children completing the sacrament will have the booklet. The children not completing the Sacramental Programme will learn about the Sacraments as part of the RE curriculum and support their friends on their faith Journey.

Points to discuss at home.

Father Michael spoke to the children about various things and asked the children who had undertaken the sacrement of Baptism, to go home and speak to their parents about it. Fr Michael spoke about how Baptism was the start of the children's Faith journey and they were now embarking upon the next stage. 

The children could perhaps look at photos of their Baptism, discuss who was there, who their Godparents are and their role in their Catholic journey and what happened at their Baptism. 

The children who have not undertaken Baptism were still involved in the conversations and activities and were able to listen to stories that the other children could recall and support their friends on the next stage of their journey in Faith.  

Year 5 Friday 5th November 2021

Date: 4th Nov 2021 @ 5:07pm

Welcome to this week’s Year 5 class blog

The children have settled back into school this week and been very grown up and respectful of one another during our RSE discussion sessions.

This week in year 5

In Maths we have been measuring perimeters. They have been investigating the different ways of calculating perimeters and practising using a ruler.  They have moved onto calculating perimeters with decimal places and perimeters of shapes that are not simply a quadrilateral.

In English we have moved onto our new book Room 13.  We have looked at the features of a suspense story, made predictions about what the story could be about and then we have made up our own nightmare story, trying to include features to create suspense.

In RE the children went over to visit the church, some children began their journey towards the sacrament of reconciliation and the children not undertaking the sacrament attended the session and supported their friends on their journey. The children were able to explore the church in a way that they are not usually allowed.  For more details please see the additional blog on the website (titled Year 5 Sacramental Programme - session 1)

In PE the children did one of two activities as they will swap next week.  Half of the class took part in a tag rugby session with Mrs Cookson.  They worked really hard on throwing and passing the ball and trying to score a try.  The other half of the class started the dance unit called ‘Earthlings!’ with Mrs Nuttall.  They created their own movements for 16 counts that expressed who they were and then collaborated with a partner and performed for the class.  They then went on to create a 16 count dance to represent one of the planets in the solar system.  They were very creative.

In Science the children had their final classroom sessions on their Forces topic; the topic will conclude with the trip next week.  The children investigated simple machines, using pulleys and gears and learnt how machines can help change the amount of force needed for tasks.  The children also undertook a special session with Mrs Quilliam where they learnt about Sir Isaac Newton and how he discovered the force of gravity. They measured weight using Newton meters. Some of even managed to find a pattern between Newtons and Grams. One Newton = 100 grams. Well done Year 5!

In French the children have learnt about subject pronouns (I,  you, he, she, we, you, they) and the verb etre (to be) in the context of Remembrance Day. Next week, they will use this grammar to write about this special time.

The children also took part in a number of sessions for their Journey in Love (RSE programme). They learnt about the different life stages a person goes through, with particular attention to the puberty stage. We discussed the different stages both girls and boys go through and what will happen to their bodies at this time, but that this will happen at different times to one another. The children were very mature; we did have some giggles, but overall they were very considerate of others, listened and asked relevant questions.  

Home Practice all relates to this week's learning - These are the tasks to be completed.

Reading - You all have a Home Reading book for year 5 so reading every night for 15-20 mins is essential. You also have a Reading Journal/Diary that must be completed and signed.

You can change your reading book on any school day (book bags to be left on Mrs Mulgrew's desk)

Spellings prefix dis or mis). We will look at these in more detail in school next week, they should be practised at home, ready for the test on Thursday.  Now that we are back into the swing of things they have more than 10 spellings.

Some children have been told to complete a different number of spellings, please check with your child.

misinform, misguide, misplaced, misread, misspell, misunderstood, misjudge, disadvantage, disagree, disappear, discontinue, dishonest, dislike, disobey, displease. 

Sumdog challenges

PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO COMPLETE THE SUMDOG CHALLENGES, MANY CHILDREN ARE STILL NOT ACCESSING SUMDOG.

Times tables have been set to reflect class targets

For Maths the children have been set activities relating to regular and irregular polygons and calculating perimeter

Spellings with the prefix dis or mis.

I have been really impressed with the children’s hard work and attitude this week.

Online Safety Update

Date: 4th Nov 2021 @ 12:31pm

Keeping our children safe in the online space is of ever growing importance. From phones to consoles, our children are exposed to more online risk than ever and it is important that we adults keep up to date to ensure our children are prepared for all they meet online. 

This term our classes have been learning about privacy and security as part of their Online Safety lessons. Below we have attached a guide for settting up new devices that your children may use. This incluses tips for security and password protection.

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

Year 3 Friday Blog 5th November 2021

Date: 4th Nov 2021 @ 11:33am

Happy Friday Everyone!

It has been lovely seeing you all back in school. Everyone has come back so grown up and ready to learn. Well done.

This week we have continued reading Mr Stink and looked at how he made a home in Chloe's shed. We wrote some super descriptions and looked carefully at our sentences, making sure they always make sense.

In our maths we have been learning statistics and how to draw accurate bar charts. We have all listened really well to our instructions and showed great understanding. We also introduced number bonds to 100. Keep an eye on Sumdog for new challenges and competitions. 

In Science we explored soil samples and discussed where we think rocks come from.

Click here for a sneak peak.

On the 1st and 2nd November there was a celebration in Mexico called Day of the Dead Festival. We took the opportunity to do some geography work. We located Mexico and different cities on a world map and on a map of Northern and Central America. We were really good at using an atlas. 

Mrs Winter was very impressed with our music learning this week. We have been exploring pulse and rhythm. 

Home Practice

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

2. Please practise the following skills for maths – even if you already know them, you need to be quick.

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

• Number facts, click on number bonds – make 100. 

• 3x table, click on Times tables – x3.

3. Spellings

The spellings this week all end with –il.

fossil          daffodil          pencil          gerbil          utensil          nostril          basil          stencil          April          pupil

4. Sumdog

You will be tested on your spellings and 3x times tables on Tuesday 9th November. Make sure you practise every night.

Year 1 Friday Blog 5th November 2021

Date: 4th Nov 2021 @ 9:55am

Welcome to your Friday blog!

It has been lovely to see the children settle straight back into school after the week off, we have had lots of fun this week!

We have been reading 'Aliens Love Underpants' in English, we have been laughing at how silly the aliens are! We have figured out why the aliens love underpants and have started to learn about the different planets in our solar system. It was lovely to see how excited the class were about the book and we have even read the additional stories that come with it: Dinosaurs Love Underpants and Pirates Love Underpants.

In Maths, we have started our new Measurement topic. We have been using our fingers, hands and feet to measure different objects in our classroom and learning new words such as tall, long, short, height, width and length. We have loved being able to work together with our friends to measure big objects!

In R.E. we have learnt about how our families love us. We have talked about how to show someone that you love them and we have written a thank you note to someone special in our life. In our Collective Worships, we have started to learn about Remembrance Day and how to look after our friends. This also linked to our French lesson where we looked at the similarities and differences between the ways in which England and France celebrate Remembrance Day. We even made our own poppy!

We have started our new dance topic in P.E. this week. We loved learning about how robots move and how we could travel across the room like a robot. In a few weeks, we will be creating our own robot dances with our friends.

We enjoyed getting the instruments out in Music and singing about Little Red Riding Hood with Mrs Winter. 

We have been very busy this week! Have a look at some of our pictures below.

Our Golden Stars this week are: Joni, Alfie, Caleb, Evelyn, Trudy, Spencer and Jenson.

Home Practice

Read for at least 10 minutes every night. This is so important. please sign the diary so we can change the books. Keep practicing reading the Tricky Words on sight.

Practise using parts of your body to measure objects around your home. Can you use your finger width, your finger length and your hand span?

We have also been counting in 2s to 20 and 10s to 100. Count forwards and backwards from different starting numbers. 

Sumdog challenges

Phonics - ow and ou words

Maths - counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. This is a bit trickier this week so have a go!

Reception 21st October 2021

Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 4:25pm

What a great end to the half term. 

We have been bakng and decorating cakes for 'Kippers Birthday'.

Making numberlines outside and jumping forward and backwards to find one more or less than a given number. 

We have been practising our fundamental skills in PE and learning all about a baptism in RE. 

We ended the week we a super halloween day and Year 4 read us some lovely kindness stories to finish the day! 

Year 2 Home Practice Friday 15th October 2021

Date: 15th Oct 2021 @ 4:15pm

Well done Year 2, we have had another great week of learning. The story Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown was fun to read and the children responded well during class discussion. They have done lots of writing, including a poem about Flat Stanley using interesting adjectives and a description of themselves, as if they had become flat! Some of their illustrations were fabulous! In Maths, they have been comparing numbers and rounding to the nearest ten. We will be moving on to measuring length and mass next week. Our PSHE lesson (circle time) was spent discussing friendship and kindness. In Computing, the children worked on coding and Sumdog. The paintings they did in Art are going to look creative and colourful on our display. Keep up the great work everyone.

Reading

In Year 2 children should read for at least 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an adult or older sibling. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Please sign and leave a small comment when you have read with your child and make it clear that you have finished a book, then we know we can change it.

Reading books are changed every Monday and sent out on Tuesday. However, if you need to change a book, we will change it as needed.

Reading resources:

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read, and love to read.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the red box ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - https://www.literacyshedblog.com/uploads/1/2/5/7/12572836/ks1_reading_vipers.pdf

Spelling

Your child will know which group they are in for phonics. Please learn the correct set of spellings below.

This week we have been learning how to spell words with the ‘igh’ sound.

Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Thursday. A sheet will go home every Tuesday with the spelling list on. This is for home practise only and can be kept with you. You will have a Sumdog challenge to complete by next Thursday.

This week’s spellings are:

Miss Gravili’s Phonics Group

midnight

knight

fried

cried

my

spy

unkind

prize

behind

white

Miss Bennison’s Phonics Group

light

flight

sky

why

kite

shine

tie

lie

find

mind

 Mrs Whitworth’s Phonics Group

train

rain

sheep

bee

goat

coat

moon

book

broom

blood

Maths

At home count to 100 forwards and backwards. Count in twos, fives and tens from 0. Make it trickier by counting from any number in twos, fives and tens. What patterns can you see?

You will have a times table challenge and a comparing numbers challenge on Sumdog to complete by next Friday.

Sumdog

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Sumdog challenges:

Multiplication – x2, x5 and x10 tables mixed.

Maths – Read and write numbers to 100 and compare and order numbers.

Spellings – words with the ‘igh’ sounds.

Thank you for all your support. Have a lovely weekend.

The Year 2 team.

Year 6 Blog Friday 15th October 2021

Date: 15th Oct 2021 @ 3:38pm

Welcome to the last blog before the October half term holiday, as next Friday will be our INSET day. Year 6 have been brilliant these past 6 – 7 weeks: working hard, respecting the rules and routines we have in place, and completing the Home Practice in time.

This week we chose a tag rugby team to take part in the South Ribble Tag Rugby competition for next Tuesday 19^th October. Congratulations to those who were chosen. Our aim this year is for every Year 6 to represent the school in a sporting competition, something we have not been able to do since 2019.

We have had another week of excellent effort with 97% changing their books and completing their Home Practice on time. Every Year 6 is showing themselves to be great role models for the other children, especially during lunch time where they have worked extremely hard as ‘Buddies’.

This week in Year 6:

• In Maths, we have practised the 7 times tables, rounding numbers to 1, added decimals mentally and used the written method effectively.
• In English, we completed the novel, ‘Clockwork’, discussed what we thought about the story and the ending, and then created some of our own.
• In our topic of Mountains, in Geography, we worked as teams to learn about the main 10 features (slope, face, foot, valley, outcrop, slope, ridge, summit, tree line, snow line )
• For RE, we continued our topic of ‘Vocation and Commitment’, and retold the story of the Baptism of the Lord, as John the Baptist.
• In PE, many of us have learnt a new skill/sport as Year 6 have all become super tag rugby players. Positioning, speed and defence were the main objectives this week.
• In PSHE, our topic has been about mental health and as this week is Mental Health week, we put all our learning together to create a ‘self-care plan’ for others to follow.
• In Music, boomwhackers have been our focus to create our own unique beats and we continued perfecting ‘Hot Cross Buns’ on the recorders.
• In French, we used a weather map of France to describe the weather in different places. Some of us made the sentences more complex by adding conjunctions and adjectives.
• In Science, we researched and presented our findings on a specific invertebrate group, e.g. arachnids, molluscs, etc.

Home Practice all relates to this week’s learning. These are the tasks needed to be completed:

• Reading – Use your Home Reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a Reading Journal/Diary that must be used for the title of the book and any reading challenge chosen.
  • The days when you can change your book:
    • Monday – Roller Coasters
    • Tuesday – Big Dippers
    • Wednesday – The Waltzers

• Spellings (-sion / -ssion / -cian words)
  • Sumdog (-cian, -sion, -ssion wk 7)
  • We will be learning the -sion, -ssion spellings again, along with -cian words, which will be looked in detail from Monday:
    • politician, magician, electrician, optician, musician, technician, Egyptian, vision, session, decision, permission, compassion, expression, progression, impression

• Maths challenges:
  • Counting
    • This week we have counting in fraction steps of ½, ¼ and 1½ . Try to do the same out loud or with paper.
    • Draw a line and some marks on it like I do in class. You could write the numbers as you count up or down, then double check it to make sure you have said the correct numbers.
    • g. Start with different numbers and count up 10 numbers then back again in halves:

2½, 3, 3½, 4, etc               

Start at 27 and count up 10 numbers and down again:

27, 27½, 28, 28½, etc          

Now try in ¼ with these numbers:

6, 6¼, 6 2/4, 6¾, 7, 7¼, etc

Finally keep trying to count forward and back in 1½ steps:

8, 9½, 11, 12½, 14, 15½, 17, etc   

• Sumdog (Times Tables x12)

• Sumdog (Rounding decimals and comparing to fractions)

Do not forget that next week, our last day is Thursday 21^st October.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Reception 15th October 2021

Date: 15th Oct 2021 @ 3:33pm

This week we have been learning all about our families. 

We have been drawing the family members that live in our house and looking at differnet types of houses and homes. Some of us had a go at constructing houses using the lego and duplo. 

We have been on our first trip to Longton library this week too, the children were all amazing and enjoyed listening to the stories that Tom read to us. 

In Understanding the World, we have been sorting toys that we used to play with as a baby to toys that we play with now. Thinking about the similiarities and differences we can spot. 

In Art, we have been looking at Kandinsky's artwork and trying to make our own circle patterns with pastels and cutting out coloured paper. 

We have nearly finished our first half term at St Oswald's! We would like to say a huge 'Well Done' to all of Reception, who have settled into school life really well.

Year 4 HOME PRACTICE Friday 15th October 2021

Date: 15th Oct 2021 @ 1:13pm

Year 4

Home Practice 15^th October 2021

An amazing week in Year 4 – lots of learning and lots of creativity! Well done to everyone who has been on Sumdog during the last week to practise their tables and spellings.  The more you practise, the more confident you will become.

In English, we started our new novel ‘The Firework-Makers Daughter’. We predicted the setting and what we thought would happen in the story by looking at the pictures on the front cover and reading the blurb carefully. In Maths, we have been counting in tenths and multiples of 4. We also used numberlines to help add and subtract 3 digit numbers which were multiples of 10 and consolidated our learning about sequences. In History, we finished our Celtic Roundhouse models and made a small hill fort near the stage. We are extremely proud of our models – please look at our pictures below! We now know days, numbers and months of the year, so we can write the date in French.  We have been practising these skills in our weekly French lessons. In PE, we used all our netball skills in a mini tournament – well done Year 4.

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 Thursday (21^st October 2021).  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?  

Remember - you can also practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’.   

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 4’s and 0.1’s – draw a line and some marks on it like I do in class.  You could write the numbers down as you count up.  When you count down, cover the numbers up, say the number, then reveal what you’ve got written down to check you’ve said the correct number.

Count in 4’s

For example, start at 0 and count to 48 and back again

0   4   8   12  etc                     48   44   40   etc

Start at 20 and count up to 68 and down again

20   24   28       etc              68   64   60    etc

Count in 0.1’s

Start at 2.4 and count to 3.6 and back again

2.4   2.5   2.6   etc           3.6   3.5   3.4     etc

Start at 9.7 and count to 11.2 and back again

9.7   9.8   9.9     etc                11.2   11.1   11.0       etc

Spellings

The spellings this week explore words which have the ‘i’ sound spelt y elsewhere than at the end of words. For example, the word ‘myth’ sounds like it should be spelt ‘mith’; the word ‘gym’ sounds as if it should be spelt ‘gim’. In each case, the ‘i’ sound is spelt with a ‘y’. Please practise your spellings each evening at home.  You will be tested on them next Thursday (21^st October 2021).  We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

gym             myth            Egypt          pyramid       mystery

symbol         synonym       lyrics           system         gymnastics

hymn            typical         cylinder       physical       oxygen

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 2 challenges on Sumdog:

• A spelling challenge based on the spellings above
• A times table challenge based on the 3 and 4 times tables

Number bonds

This week, please practise your number bonds using Hit the Button.

Please complete

• Addition within 10
• Addition within 20

How many can you get right in a minute?

Can you improve your score?

Can you challenge yourself and have a go at ‘Addition within 100 (tens)’

Please make sure you log on and have a go!

PLEASE NOTE – As we break up next Thursday at 3.15pm, there will be no blog or Home Practice uploaded on Friday afternoon.  However, please read and practise your tables every day during half term.   

Year 5 - Friday 15th October 2021

Date: 14th Oct 2021 @ 4:12pm

 Welcome to this week’s Year 5 class blog

The children have had another fabulous week.  They are remaining keen, enthusiastic and eager to learn.  This week we have been investigating levers, creating mythical beasts and had a netball tournament. 

This week in year 5

We have been using protractors and investigating different angles this week, which is a tricky task.  The children have persevered and shown great skills. If you have protractors at home, allow your children to continue to practise using them and looking at angles smaller than a right angle (acute angles) and angles bigger than a right angle (obtuse angles).  They really enjoyed estimating angles and seeing how close they could get. There is a game called Alien Attack on the Topmarks Maths website that they can use at home.

In English we have been reading the Greek Myth of Perseus and the Gorgon.  They have been fascinated by the story.  They have created their own hero, setting and mythical beast that will be used to create their own Myth next week.

In History we focused on the Olympic Games and how the Ancient Greek Olympic games have influenced the Olympic Games we now hold.  The children made 'Fact Files' showing the similarities and differences between the two games.

In PSHE this week the children looked at stereotyping and how we should not judge people on what we see.  We will be examining this further next week and looking at challenging stereotypes and why this is important.

In RE the children have been exploring friendships and what it means to be a good friend.

In PE the children had a spirited netball tournament, where they were able to showcase all the great defending, passing and shooting skills they have been developing this half term.  They have shown real improvement in their technique.

In Science the children investigated levers and how levers can be used to magnify force and help us use little force but achieve greater force.  They used a range of levers including wheelbarrows, dog ball throwing aids, scissors and tin openers.

Don't forget to check in the gallery for photos.

Home Practice all relates to this week's learning - These are the tasks to be completed.

Reading - You all have a Home Reading book for year 5 so reading every night for 15-20 mins is essential. You also have a Reading Journal/Diary that must be completed and signed.

You can change your reading book on any school day (book bags to be left on Mrs Mulgrew's desk)

Spellings (homophones and near homophones). We will look at these in more detail in school next week, they should be practised at home, ready for the test on Thursday.  Now that we are back into the swing of things they have more than 10 spellings.

Some children have been told to complete a different number of spellings, so please check with your child.

past passed aisle isle allowed aloud affect effect witch which where were wear there their they’re

Sumdog challenges

PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO COMPLETE THE SUMDOG CHALLENGES. MANY CHILDREN ARE STILL NOT ACCESSING SUMDOG.

Times tables have been set to reflect class targets

Maths the children have been set compare and order different angles

Spellings homophones and near homophones

Year 1 Friday Blog 15th October 2021

Date: 14th Oct 2021 @ 10:00am

Welcome to your Friday blog!

We have had another great week of learning. We are constantly amazed by the children's positive attitide towards everything they do!

We have been learning through the story of Percy the Park Keeper. We talked about how he helps his animals and takes care of the park. We did some writing and drawing about what jobs we might like to do when we are older. We have been practicing our letter formation and trying hard to learn to write some Tricky Words. We talk about how these words try to trick us! when, what, was, went, said, have, come, some, like, of.

In Phonics we have been looking at igh as in night and fight and ie as in tie and lie.

Next week our story is about a witch! Do you know her name? Don't forget to get your costume ready for Thursday!

In Maths we have been looking at how to make numbers from 20 to 29. We have used straws, Base 10, ten frames and cubes. We make groups of 10 and some 1s. We have been doing some great number challenges which really make us think and explain. We have been trying to write our numbers correctly and we are getting really good at checking. We have been counting in 1s, 10s and also 5s when someone suggested this as a way of working out a challenge!

All our collective worships this week have been about Mental Health Awareness. We read a book called The Huge Bag of Worries and talked about anything that might be worrying us. In R.E. we have been talking about our families.

We had French with Mrs Quilliam. In Music with Mrs Winter we got the instruments out! In P.E we have been jumping and rolling in the hall. We got the benches out and had a great time practising our skills!

Look at the Year 1 gallery to see our Golden Stars this week

Home Practice

Read for at least 10 minutes every night. This is so important. please sign the diary so we can change the books. Keep practicing reading the Tricky Words on sight.

Practise counting in 1s. Take particular care when crossing the ten boundary, 29 to 30, 39 to 40 and so on. Ensure that your child is saying the numbers correctly too, twenTY not tweNY!

Start at different numbers, count forwards and backwards. Miss a number out, can your child tell you which number you have missed? How do they know?

We have also been counting in 10s to 100. Use 2 hands to show 10 fingers. Count forwards and backwards from different starting numbers. How many hands would you need for 30? How do you know?

Sumdog challenges

Phonics-ee and ea

Maths-Reading and writing numbers to 20.

Year 3 Friday 15th October 2021

Date: 13th Oct 2021 @ 9:12am

Year 3 Friday Blog

This week we have chosen our School Councillors, Digital Leaders and Eco Team. Henry and Eleanor will represent our class on the School Council, Zofia and Elliott will be our Digital leaders for this term and our Eco Team is made up of Tom, Daenerys and Joshua. Well done and thank you to everyone who showed an interest.

In our English we have continued reading Mr Stink and used the text to create some fantastic pieces of writing. We also explored techniques in poetry and wrote some amazing poems.

In our maths learning we have been learning geometry, length and measurement. We met some new vocabulary and had a good go at accurately drawing a range of shapes and measuring. 

millimetre    centimetre   metre     right angle     quadrilateral     height       width

In science, we excavated our bones and examined the fossils left behind. We discussed how they were formed and similarities and differences with real fossils.

On Friday we explored our grounds in our woodland learning. We created some leave prints and used natural materials to create our own contructions, making links to our Stone Age learning.

Home Practice

First of all we'd like to say a huge well done to everyone for all their practising last week. We are seeing huge improvements in both our spellings and times tables and increasing numbers on our Sumdog challenges. Continue to access your challenges and look out for rewards in your Sumdog bank.

We are also seeing great progress in all our reading groups. You are clearly reading lots at home. Keep it up!

Below we have added some question stems we use in school to promote reading comprehension.

Continue to access the challenges and competitions on Sumdog. Do a little everyday to build up number and spelling accuracy. 

The spelling pattern we are learning this week is the -el ending.

tunnel

squirrel

travel

towel

tinsel

hazel

vowel

angel

jewel

parallel

Your Sumdog spelling challenge will include words with both -le and -el endings. 

Our maths focus this week has been on shape and measure. You have two competitions this week. One on the x2 and x5 times tables and one on shape and measure. Over 70% of the class have practised on Sumdog for over an hour. Well done!

An hour a week = less than 10 minutes a day!

Play Hit the Button to improve speed and fluency in times tables and number facts.

Have a lovely weekend

The Year 3 team