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Year 4 Blog Friday 24th May 2024
Date: 24th May 2024 @ 8:52am
Welcome to your last blog of this half term
Reading
Please keep reading over the half term holiday. Reading is the key to unlocking your learning.
Please try and read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Try and use lots of expression in your reading and different voices for the different characters.
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your tables using TT Rockstars, Hit the Button or timestables.co.uk
Remember you have your Multiplication Tables Check coming up after half term.
In English, we read ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by Drew Daywalt. We wrote an argument between the yellow and the orange crayon using speech bubbles. Following this, we wrote what the crayons said to each other using inverted commas (speech marks). We also thought of lots of different word to describe how the crayons spoke to each other (eg bawled, roared, questioned etc). We then recorded ourselves performing our speeches with our partner.
In Maths, we consolidated our learning about horizontal and vertical symmetry. We then used this knowledge to help us complete symmetrical figures. This week we have also learnt the names of triangles according to their properties – these were equilateral triangles, scalene triangles and isosceles triangles.
In RE, we finished our ‘New Life’ topic with a thoughtful collective worship led by some of Year 4. During this worship, we thought about ways in which we can spread the Good News – either in words or in actions.
As part of our outdoor learning, we consolidated our knowledge of the layers of the rainforest and recreated a rainforest outside using natural items. Have a look at our finished pictures in our gallery.
In Art, we used our perseverance, determination and inventiveness to create a ‘nest’ out of different materials. We worked hard to create a nest shape and then our instinct and intuition to create the sculpture. Take a look at our pictures in our gallery.
This week we were also lucky enough to have a cricket session provided by Lancashire Cricket. First, we practised throwing and catching a ball, and then bowling to a partner. Following this, we played mini games of cricket. We all had great fun and enjoyed honing our cricket skills.
#30 Days Wild
As a school we are going to take part in a celebration of everything nature has to offer. This is an initiative set up by The Wildlife Trust. In June, we will be providing opportunities for all children to experience and learn about the wildlife on their doorstep, helping to nurture happier, healthier children, and create allies for our precious natural neighbours.
Have a super half term
The Year 4 team
Year 6 Blog Friday 24th May 2024
Date: 23rd May 2024 @ 3:41pm
A great week, well done Year 6.
Half Term Home Practice
Reading
Please enjoy reading a good book for up to 30 minutes every day.
Spelling
When reading, if you come across any new words that you don’t understand, ask an adult or look them up in the dictionary.
Building up your vocabulary knowledge is really beneficial, so make a list of good words that you could use in your own writing.
Maths
Counting/Number Games
Have a go at this game!
Sumdog
You have a mixed times table/division facts challenge on Sumdog to complete.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
If you would like to do a bit more work on your times tables, Hit the Button is a great game to play.
Follow this link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Times Table Rock Stars is another great way to practise your times tables.
Follow this link: https://ttrockstars.com/
Reminders
Year 6 Sports Day Friday 21st June.
In English this week, we have been enjoying our new novel The 1000 year old Boy by Ross welford. We have focused a lot on our writing in preparation for High School.
In Maths, we spent time doing Nrich problem solving activities, these required a lot of thought and patience.
In RE, we wrote information texts about Deacons and how they serve in the Catholic Church.
In PE, we worked on our cricket skills and played mini-games. We thoroughly enjoyed the extra cricket session on Thursday - amazing batting, bowling and catching skills!
In French, we learnt and practised the vocabulary necessary to order food and drinks. For example, voici le menu, vous avez choisi? Je voudrais, l'addition, s'il vous plais.
In Art, we created imaginary landscapes using sketching, painting and collage skills.
In History, we wrote diary entries from the perspective of the witches in the Pendle Witch Trials. It might be worth a visit to Pendle Hill!
In Music, time was spent learning the songs for our Bugsy Malone production. You will find them in the documents below, please learn the words!
Outdoor Learning - last week we spent time in the nature area and made beautiful nature sticks.
Enjoy your Half Term Holiday.
Year 6 Team.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 24th May 2024
Date: 21st May 2024 @ 5:20pm
Welcome to your Friday blog.
Home Practice
Phonics - are (air sound) words OR i_e words OR ay words
Maths - telling the time
Counting - Count in 2s, 5s and 10s starting at different numbers, 12,22,32 and so on.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
Some of us have been learning how to use different suffixes and prefixes in our writing.
Some of us have been finishing our Enormous Crocodile stories.
We also made a card for all the staff at Martin Mere.
Phonics
Some of us have been revising a as in space, ay as in tray, ai as in chain and a-e as in cake.
Some of us have continued to learn the air spellings:are in spare, eir in their and ere in where.
Maths
We started to learn how to tell the time. We made o'clock and half past times on our own clocks.
R.E.
We continued to read the story of Pentecost but delved deeper into how the disciples might have felt as the Holy Spirit came. We made paper plate faces to show how they felt and then identified the different symbols that represent the Holy Spirit (a dove, wind and flames).
Science
We learnt about how to identify different trees, especially the ones that we have on our school grounds. We started by understanding the difference between evergreen trees and deciduous trees, then we focused on using their leaves to identify which tree it is in particular. We went outside into the nature area and made our own tree bark rubbings to celebrate the varying types of trees that we have.
Geography
We made our own maps of Martin Mere. We learnt how to draw our own key to make our maps more simple and easy to read.
Forest School
We remembered all the rules about how to be safe around a fire. We made s'mores. They were so good!
#30DaysWild
As a school we are going to take part in a celebration of everything nature has to offer. This is an initiative set up by The Wildlife Trust. In June, we will be providing opportunities for all children to experience and learn about the wildlife on their doorstep, helping to nurture happier, healthier children, and create allies for our precious natural neighbours.
Martin Mere
We had a very enjoyable day at Martin Mere. We impressed our leader with our knowledge of mammals. We looked at some real otter teeth and learned why they are so sharp. We learned how moles and otters have adapted to their habitats. The otters came out to see us when the rain eased off-they are brilliant swimmers and we learnt this is due to their body shape and the way their fur lies.
We played some games, in one of the games we had to rely on our other senses because we were blind-folded. In another game we found our animal families and made the noises those animals make, some of us were amazingly good at animal noises!
We went for a walk in the Eco Garden. We spotted many different plants- we knew the names of some of them.
We observed flamingos, ducks, moor hens, storks, swans and spoonbills as we walked around.
Then it was time for the pond dipping. We listened carefully to the instructions and then we started dipping. We found pond snails, water boatmen, leeches, pond skaters and a newt!
We closely observed what we'd caught and identified many of the creatures.
After lunch we had time in the play area.
We went into an hide and observed the birds. We also enjoyed spending time in the aviary where we saw different species of birds.
The Martin Mere staff commented on our fantastic golden listening and our manners. We showed resilience and a positive attitide in the rain-It didn't dampen our experience !
Year 3 Blog Friday 17th May 2024
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 3:54pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a great week of new learning in Year 3!
Home Practice
We have been very impressed with all the book changing that has been happening this term. We have seen lots of progress in everyone's reading. Keep it up!
On Sumdog this week we have set 3 challenges. If you finish or find them too tricky, you can access Sumdog Training which will set questions to practice weaker skills.
Your spellings this week are the first 20 statutory Year 3 spellings. Have a go and do lots of practise!
accident(ally) actual(ly) address answer appear arrive believe bicycle breath breathe
build busy business calendar caught centre century certain
For your counting practise this week, go back and practise counting in 4s forwards and backwards! Have a sing along at home to practice counting in 4s.
This week in Year 3
In English, we have started Cliffhanger by Jacqueline Wilson. It's an exciting story that's keeping us all on the edge of our seats! We have been acting out parts of the story and writing our own play scripts.
In Maths, we have been solving time problems, honing our skills in reading clocks and calculating durations. We have also been solving problems with the calendar and learning the months of the year.
In History, we have been learning about hieroglyphics, exploring the fascinating writing system of ancient Egypt.
Our Art lessons have been equally exciting as we evaluated our animated drawings and planned our final projects, which will be ready to show next week.
In PE, we have continued with our cricket practice and have also been gearing up for Sports Day, working hard to improve our skills and teamwork.
In RE, we started our new topic on choices and how our beliefs can influence the way people feel.
It’s been a busy and productive week, and we’re looking forward to more learning and fun next week!
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 team
Year 6 Blog Friday 17th May 2024
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 2:24pm
Fantastic effort during SATS Week Year 6.
You did so well this week and have worked incredibly hard all year.
Enjoy a lovely weekend with family and friends. Make sure you do all the things you love to do and have a good rest.
See you next week.
Year 6 Team.
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 10:54am
Well done to Year 2 on their Sports Day today!
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night. Children will get 10 house points for every book they read at home this week!
Spellings – Spelling Quiz Monday 19th May
children's animal's car's computer's people's
even everybody Christmas because again
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 10 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – addition place value
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – apostrophes
This week in Year 2
English
This week we started our new novel 'Greta and the Giants' by Zoe Tucker. We have written setting descriptions for the forest using great vocabulary, written a WANTED poster for the Giants and speech bubbles for their feelings.
Maths
This week we finished our measuring unit and started place value.
RE
This week we discussed all the scripture we have read and explored so far and created a story map.
Forest School
We went on a circular walk around our top field and noticed lots of changes. If you are on a walk and you trip over a root or something falls from a tree near you it might be the woodland Boggards, very mischievous creatures from folklore.We collected natural materials which we used to make a Boggart. We used clay on a stick to make the head of the Boggart.
Science
We planted seeds in different environments. We have our own bean diaries where we are writing the changes each day.
Reminders
Year 1 and 2 Football club with Mrs Sheen after half term. Monday's at 3.15-4.15 for 4 weeks. Slips on Newsletter.
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 5 Blog Friday 17th May 2024
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 8:21am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Pick 3 words you haven’t used before and say them in your own sentence.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
Try to use the strategy of writing the word once, tracing over it, and then copying it.
exaggerate yacht physical serious nature adventure jealous famous hideous television invasion aloud wary allowed weary
Counting
Count out loud in:
0.25s up to 2 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, ...
0.5s up to 4 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, ...
0.3s up to 2.4 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, ...
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars. Well done to Maizie who was our rockstar last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition
Spelling Challenge
We have had a fantastic week in Year 5.
In English, we have been learning about the features of a newspaper report and then writing our own about the mysterious vanishings from our class novel Varjak Paw.
In maths, we have been solving problems involving measures. These were tricky but everybody tried really hard. We have also been learning at reflecting shapes, and fractions.
In geography, we continued with our new topic all about Europe. We used maps of Europe to so that we could identify the countries we have visited. We also used an atlas to locate the countries which have qualified for the Euros 2024. Come on England!
In PE, we played different games to practise our underarm throws. Everybody is getting very good at this! We finished off our PE lesson with a game of cricket which was so much fun!
In RE, we spoke about the gifts of the Holy Spirit and how we can use these gifts for good. We then wrote prayers for the Year 4 children who will be doing their First Holy Communion this weekend.
Have a happy weekend!
Reception Blog - Friday 17th May 2024
Date: 16th May 2024 @ 8:25am
Phonics
This week Mrs Stone's and Mrs Robinson's groups learnt the new sound er. Mrs Cliffe's group have been revisiting sounds already taught.
Drawing Club
We have been watching and discussing clips from the TV programme Mr Benn.
We have been thinking how to make the zoo animals happy in their enclosures and creating new zoo animals.
Maths
This week we have continued to revisit addition and subtraction using different games. We have also revisited 3D shapes and repeating patterns.
R.E.
This week we learnt about Pentecost being the birthday of the Church and we discussed how the Holy Spirit helps us.
Physical Development
We learnt bat and ball skills. We also played our first team game.
Expressive Arts and Design
We have been investigating and describing animal patterns, trying to finish the patterns ourselves.
Understanding the World
This week we continued to learn about maps. We have been exploring Blackpool Zoo's map, ready for our class trip next week!
Forest School
We went for a circular walk around our top field and noticed many changes. We saw some butterflies and listened to all the different bird songs.
We used clay and natural materials to make forest faces. We all showed great imagination and creativity.
Year 4 Blog Friday 17th May 2024
Date: 16th May 2024 @ 8:14am
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. See if you can spot any dialogue / speech when you are reading. Look carefully at the punctuation and any words used instead of ‘said’.
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
corrode corrosion intrude intrusion conclude conclusion
suspend suspension decide decision erode erosion
expand expansion comprehend comprehension
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 4’s
For example, start at 4 and count to 48 and back again
4 8 12 etc 48 44 40 etc
Now try counting in 8’s
For example, start at 8 and count to 96 and back again
8 16 24 etc 96 88 80 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge based on the words above
- A maths challenge to identify acute and obtuse angles, and compare and order angles according to size
TTRockstars challenge
- A ‘soundcheck’ session
In English, we perfected our speaking parts for our Parent Assembly. We also wrote an article about a job we would like to do when we are older. We told the reader what the job was and why we liked it, explained what the job involved, and mentioned any problems or disadvantages we could think of.
In Maths, we identified and learnt the difference between acute and obtuse angles. In addition, we compared and ordered angles where one of the lines was either vertical or horizontal. This week, we have also identified vertical and horizontal lines of symmetry in a variety of shapes. We found this tricky, but showed great resilence!
In RE, we read ‘Paul’s happiness’ based on 2 Corinthians 6:3-10. We talked about how Paul felt and what kept him going. We then chose our favourite line from the passage and explained how we can relate this to our daily lives.
In Science, learnt about the structure of a tooth. In addition, we learnt how plaque is formed and tooth decay is caused. We then consolidated our learning about how to keep our teeth and gums healthy.
In PSHE, we continued our topic about ‘plastic pollution’ and considered who is more or less responsible for polluting our oceans. It was an interesting discussion and we decided that it is everybody’s responsibility to be environmentally aware and make thoughtful choices.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 4 team
Year 1 Blog- Friday 17th May 2024
Date: 15th May 2024 @ 3:41pm
Welcome to your Friday blog.
Home Practice
Phonics - ear words (air sound) OR aw words OR e_e words
Maths - Quarters of shapes and amounts
Counting - Count in 2s, 5s and 10s starting at different numbers, 12,22,32 and so on.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
This week we continued our learning through the story of The Enormous Crocodile. We loved discussing all the wonderful adjectives used by Roald Dahl.
We planned and wrote our own version of the story. We are concentrating really hard at making our writing look beautiful on the page and using correct spellings.
Phonics
Some of us have been revising ph as in photo and or as in thorn and aw as in prawn.
Some of us have started to learn the different air spellings: air in chair and ear in bear. We have also been revising the split digraph sounds.
Maths
We continued our learning about halving. We also learned about quarters of shapes.
R.E.
We read the story of Pentecost and learnt about how the Holy Spirit is represented in the Bible. We talked about how the disciples witnessed blowing wind and how flames appeared. We then used the iPads to search for the word 'hello' in different languages, as the disciples began speaking in new languages.
Art
We made our birds! We chose a piece of cardboard for the body, sketched feathers and glued them on, then twisted paper clips for the feet. We were all so resilient, especially when it got a bit tricky!
Computing
This week we have been learning how to code. We learnt how to log onto the code.org website using our new passwords. We then began following simple coding instructions.
Forest School
In one session we used the new slack line and rope ladder.
We also looked closely at a wasps nest which was given to us by a local farmer.
We played a game in two teams, one team had to hide and then get back to base without being spotted by the other team. We quickly developed some effective strategies to win!
In our second session a dragon called Sneezy had left us a letter. We had to help him find all the wool from his house which he'd sneezed away. We then had a bug hunt and demonstrated fabulous problem- solving and teamwork when making obstacle courses.
Reception Blog - Friday 10th May 2024
Date: 10th May 2024 @ 2:24pm
Phonics
This week Mrs Stone's group learnt the new sound oi. Mrs Robinson's and Mrs Cliffe's groups have been revisiting sounds already taught.
Drawing Club
We have been reading the story Dinosaur Department store.
We drew our own dinosaur department store and we drew what our dinosaurs would do if they escaped.
Maths
This week we have been learning about addition and subtraction.
R.E.
We continued to learn about Pentecost.
We talked about the coming of the Holy Spirit and it feeling like the wind again, finishing our poster together.
Physical Development
We have been balancing, jumping, developing our racket skills and playing cricket.
Expressive Arts and Design
We have started an art project about landscapes.
This week we painted pieces of paper, we then tore them to make our landscapes and dinosaur land.
Understanding the World
This week we continued to learn about maps. We made a map of last week's trip to the library.
Forest School
We remembered how to use the hammers safely. We used them to make patterns on cardboard by hammering nails and screws on their side.
We also had a great time playing behing the hedge, making up stories, climbing trees and running free!
Date: 10th May 2024 @ 12:54pm
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night. Children will get 10 house points for every book they read at home this week!
Spellings – Spelling Quiz Monday 13th May
fiction section option emotion fraction
mention notion action potion caution
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 5 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – measuring
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – tion
This week in Year 2
English
This week we have written poetry about the Earth and the Ocean. We discussed climate change and thought about important changes we need to make.
Maths
This week we have been learning about measuring. Today, we explored different equipment used for measuring.
RE
We read and explored new scripture this week from Galatians 5 22-23. We created beautiful artwork to represent the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
Forest School
We have been celebrating the month of May. We made willow crowns. We discussed which flowers we could pick. We practised our knot-tying skills.
Computing
We created a program for our friends to step carefully around the classroom on a large grid on the floor whilst using directional language.
Reminders
Year 2 Sports day is Friday 17th May.
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 3 Friday Blog 10th May 2024
Date: 10th May 2024 @ 11:25am
Welcome to your Friday blog
This week we have enjoyed the sunshine and finally got onto the field for sports!
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Home Practice
Continue with your regular reading. With the nice weather, why not create a nice outdoor reading nook with some cushions and blankets.
This week we have set an addition and subtraction practice challenge as well as your times tables practice. We have set the times tables challenges to typed answers from now on to help with recall.
Continue to practise your counting. This week practise counting in fractions to see what you can remember from our fractions learning.
This week your home spellings end in -gue and -que.
league fatigue tongue rogue vague torque cheque antique plague unique mosque barbeque
Reminders
Please make sure all PE kits are in school every day! We are getting ready for Sports Day and will be taking part in lots of sport in the coming term.
This week in Year 3
This week has been jam-packed with exciting learning opportunities in our classroom. We finished reading the thrilling mystery story, 'The Deathwood Letters', and were inspired to retell the story in our own words. We also interviewed each other and recorded our own book reviews.
In maths, we have been learning about position and direction, focusing on positional vocabulary and following intructions. We also started our time topic, learning how to read time to the nearest minute. Try and practise telling the time at home this week.
In Computing this week we have programmed our very own flappy bird games. Check out our gallery to play these on your devices at home.
In RE we have been learning about Pentecost and the gifts of the Holy Spirit this week. We also went to mass on Ascension Thursday and celebrated the feast day with Fr Michael.
In History this week we looked at ancient Egyptian artefacts and tried to figure out who might have used these in Ancient Egyptian society. Have a look in our gallery.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 4 Blog Friday 10th May 2024
Date: 10th May 2024 @ 8:54am
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. If you find any new words you don’t know the meaning of, either look them up in a dictionary or ask an adult.
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
quarter purpose enough bicycle experience
exercise knowledge special appear breadth
busy calendar favourite opposite particular
Counting
This week, please practise counting in ½ ’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 10 and back again
½ 1 1 ½ etc 10 9 ½ 9 etc
Now try counting in 1/3’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 7 and back again
1/3 2/3 1 etc 7 6 2/3 6 1/3 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge based on the words above
- An times tables competition – Girls v Boys
TTRockstars challenge
- A ‘garage’ session
In English, we have been busy writing parts and learning them for our Parent Assembly next week. In addition, we have been listening to the class novel.
In Maths, we learnt how to find quantities of amounts. We used bar models/ pictorial representations, counters and base 10 to help us with this learning. To begin with, many of us found this tricky, however, with a little more practise, we showed a good understanding. In addition, we used bar models to help us add and subtract fractions with the same denominator, when the total crossed a ones boundary.
In RE, we learnt about some of the places Paul travelled to in order to spread the Good News and how he put his life in danger by undertaking such hazardous journeys. We also went to mass on Thursday to celebrate the Feast of the Ascension.
In Science, learnt about the different types of teeth found in humans and their functions. We also discussed ways to look after our teeth and ensure our mouths and gums are healthy.
In Art, we created some beautiful artwork for our Parent Assembly.
We look forward to seeing you at our Parent Assembly on Thursday 16th May 2024 at 2.40pm.
Have a sunny weekend
The Year 4 team
Year 6 Blog Friday 10th May 2024
Date: 9th May 2024 @ 3:46pm
Another very hard working week, excellent effort Year 6.
No Home Practice this weekend. Please rest, relax and spend time with your family and friends doing the things you really enjoy. Eat well, sleep well and we will see you bright and early on Monday morning.
Reading
However, if you want to read for pleasure, that would be very worthwhile.
Spelling
There will be no spelling list to learn for next week, but if you want to take another look at the year 5/6 spelling list and the glossary in your study book that would be useful.
Maths
Sumdog
You have a mixed times table/division facts challenge on Sumdog.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
If you would like to do a bit more work on your times tables, Hit the Button is a great game to play.
Follow this link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
We have just recently received passwords for Times Table Rock Stars which is another great way to practise your times tables.
Follow this link: https://ttrockstars.com/
Reminders
Year 6 Sports Day Friday 21st June.
We had a lovely day, Mr Mears sent a good luck message from Australia! We did some yoga and had some quiet meditation time. We also read, completed some mindful colouring and spent time outdoors making nature sticks.
Year 6 Team.
Year 5 Blog Friday 10th May 2024
Date: 9th May 2024 @ 12:59pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Practise using different voices.
Read the Rain Player story attached to this blog.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
certain cemetery frequently purpose muscle soldier transferred preferred adorable century shoulder tolerable reliable sensible incredible
Try to use the strategy of splitting the words into memorable chunks.
For example,
Cemetery: cem-et-ery
Sensible: sens-ible
Counting
Count out loud in:
0.4s from 0.4 to 4.8 and back again. 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, ...
0.7s from 0.7 to 8.4 and back again. 0.7, 1.4, 2.1, ...
0.5s from 0.5 to 6.0 and back again. 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, ...
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars. Well done to Phoebe who was our rockstar last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – Dogs v Cats v Frogs
Spelling Challenge
It’s been a lovely week in Year 5 this week. We have only had four days in school, but have done lots of exciting learning.
In history, we started our new topic about Ancient Maya. We tried some of the food the Maya people used to eat including avocado, cocoa and corn. We thought about clues these foods gave us, such as the Maya people must have lived near rainforests and were gatherers. We also watched a video to introduce the topic.
We followed our history lesson with an art lesson. We read a story called Rain Player - you can read the story in the file attached to this blog. This story was set during the Mayan times. It tells the story of a boy who challenged a God to a game of pok-a-tok (similar to football) and won! We then used the illustrations from the book to create our own piece of art. They are all amazing!
You can see our art work here.
In RE we watched a video and read some scripture about the Ascension. We then retold it in our own words. We also attended Ascension Mass in church.
In maths we have been using our knowledge of multiplication and division to convert between measures.
1 kilogram = 1000 grams
1 kilometre = 1000 metres
1 litre = 1000 millilitres
Have a super sunny weekend!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 10th May 2024
Date: 8th May 2024 @ 5:41pm
Welcome to your Friday blog.
Home Practice
Phonics - ur words OR ear words OR a_e words
Maths - Halving shapes and amounts
Counting - Count in 2s, 5s and 10s starting at different numbers, 12,22,32 and so on.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
We have been learning through a new book this week: The Enormous Crocodile! We found out that the crocodile had secret plans and clever tricks. We identified his tricks, found adjectives in the story and we used the -er and -est suffixes in our writing. We wrote some brilliant sentences such as 'The Enormous Crocodile is the strongest' and 'Muggle Wump is smaller than Trunky the elephant.'
Phonics
Some of us have been revising oy as in toy and oi as in coin. We have also revised ir as in bird and ur as in burn.
Some of us have been learning the different ear spellings: ear in hear, eer in deer and ere in here.
Maths
We have been learning how to find halves of amounts by sharing. We have also been practising our counting in 2s,5s and 10s.
R.E.
We continued to read about Jesus' Ascension. We wrote speech bubbles for what was said by both Jesus and His disciples.
Art
We made our own feathers out of the craft materials that we have in the classroom. We used our imagination, creating different coloured and sized feathers.
Science
We went outside and found different leaves. We talked about how leaves are a part of the plant and how we can use the leaves to distinguish which plant it came from. We drew two different plants and labelled the parts.
Forest School
We baked bananas with chocolate buttons in them.Yummy !
We have been celebrating the month of May. We made willow crowns. We discussed which flowers we could pick. We practised our knot-tying skills.
Year 5 Blog Friday 3rd May 2024
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 3:30pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Look at different ways the author has started sentences.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
various disappear pressure vicious expectation innocent delicious incredible horrible occupy queue symbol forty identity develop
Practise every day using a range of strategies, for example:
Dot to dot
Look, cover, say, write, check
Trace, copy and replicate
Words without vowels
Pyramid words
Counting
Count out loud in:
10s from 25 to 125 and back again 25, 35, 45, …
100s from 301 to 1,301 and back again 301, 401, 501, ..
1000s from 7,983 to 17,893 and back again 7,893 8,983, 9, 983 …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars.
Sumdog
Maths Competition - PNE v Blackburn Rovers
Spelling Challenge
We have had a great week this week, made even better by a little bit of sunshine.
In English we continued reading our class novel Varjak Paw. We have been learning about subordinating conjunctions. We used this video to help us remember what a subordinating conjunction does, and some examples. Have fun singing and dancing along at home.
In maths we have been multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100 and using these skills to solve problems, including converting between measures such and centimetres and metres.
In RE we enjoyed re-enacting the conversion of Saul to Christianity. We thought about the feelings and experiences of the different people who were there.
We started our new geography topic all about Europe and Greece. We recapped the continents by singing our beloved continents song.
Have a super weekend!
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 1:11pm
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night.
Spellings – Spelling Quiz Tuesday 7th May
unwell unzip unhappy uncover unfair
uncertain unsafe unlucky unhealthy unwrap
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 2 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – worded division
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – common exception words
This week in Year 2
English
We continued our novel called 'Dear Earth' by Isabel Clara Anganuzzi. The children have written brilliant speech bubbles for how the Earth is feeling and the steps we can all do to help, created a poster to pursuade people to clean up the Earth and wrote an acrostic poem for Earth.
Maths
This week we have learnt how to solve multiplication and division worded problems.
RE
We learnt all about the Scripture from Saul. We re-told the story of Saul using pictures and captions.
Forest School
We made shelters and pretended a storm was coming! Superb team-work and problem solving. We are also becoming more proficient when tying knots.
Art
We explored acrylic paintings from famous artists including Van Gogh. The children re-created one of his paintings using two different mediums.
PSHE
In PSHE this week the children have looked at the roles of people who help us in our community. We have also had a big focus on taking time to write in our feelings book each day after dinner. Here the children can write down any feelings they have (good and bad).
Have a lovely weekend.
Reception Blog - Friday 3rd May 2024
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 12:48pm
Phonics
This week Mrs Stone's group learnt the sounds ow and ur. Mrs Robinson's and Mrs Cliffe's groups have been revisiting sounds already taught.
Drawing Club
We have been reading the story 'Am I yours?'
We drew the journey the egg went on and wrote about our drawings.
Maths
This week we have been learning about addition and subtraction.
R.E.
We continued to learn about Pentecost.
We talked about the coming of the Holy Spirit. What it was and what it might have felt like.
Physical Development
A big well done to all of the children on their first sports day!
Expressive Arts and Design
We made fossil pictures using sand, glue and pasta.
Understanding the World
This week we have been extending our vocabulary by learning the word extinct. We have been learning what this means and looking at animals from the past that are extinct, like; a sabre toothed tiger and a wooly mammoth.
We also had a fabulous walk to Longton Library this week. Nick read two stories to us about under the sea animals and we made our own crab!
Year 4 Blog Friday 3rd May 2024
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 8:45am
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
science scene abscess ascend descend
scissors scented crescent scientist muscle
scenery disciple discipline fascinated adolescent
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 9’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 108 and back again
0 9 18 etc 108 99 90 etc
Now try counting from 22 to 130 in 9’s. (add 10 then subtract 1)
22 31 40 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge based on the words above
- An adding and subtracting fractions challenge
TT Rockstars challenge
- A ‘studio’ session
In English, we revised instructional writing and labelled up a set of instructions. We then planned and wrote our own set of instructions to make a firework. We challenged ourselves to include interesting ingredients, time conjunctions and bossy (imperative) verbs. We have been very creative are incredibly proud of our instructions.
In Maths, we learnt how to add and subtract using different methods. First, we used a number line and ensured we bridged though a multiple of 10 efficiently. Then, we used a mental compensating strategy when the number we were adding or subtracting had a 9 in the ones place. In addition, we have been practising our tables in preparation for our Multiplication Tables Check at the beginning of June.
In RE, we learnt about Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus. We watched a video which told his story and then wrote about Paul’s character both before and after this event.
In Geography, we learnt about the 4 different layers of the rainforest – the forest floor, understory, canopy and emergent layer - and the vegetation / animals found in each. We then drew / coloured in the different layers and wrote our findings up.
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Have a lovely bank holiday weekend
The Year 4 team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 3rd May 2024
Date: 2nd May 2024 @ 5:08pm
Welcome to your Friday blog.
Home Practice
Phonics - g words (soft g sound) OR or words (er sound) OR ph words.
Maths - Subtract within 20 OR year 2 subtraction (some children have asked for trickier maths sumdog!)
Counting - Count in 2s, 5s and 10s starting at different numbers, 12,22,32 and so on.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
We have been learning through the story of 'There's a Tiger in the Garden'. We quickly realised that Nora was using her imagination whilst out in her Grandma's garden. We used different connectives to make our sentences more exciting and our own imaginations to think of new objects that Nora could come across.
Phonics
Some of us have been revising the soft c as in saucers the and the soft g in cage.
Some of us have been learning the different /er/ spellings - er in pepper, ir in third, or in work and ear in learn.
Maths
We have been learning how to add and subtract using part-whole models and 10 frames.
R.E.
We started our new Bible story about Jesus' Ascension. We talked about what Ascension means and drew a picture of Jesus rising up to heaven.
Geography
Some of us made some amazing fact files about a hot place in the world (The Sahara Desert). We used the iPads to find new information, we learnt a lot of new facts!
Forest School
We made shelters and pretended a storm was coming! Superb team-work and problem solving. We are also becoming more proficient when tying knots.
Sports Day
We are so proud of the whole class. Everyone worked brilliantly as a team and individually. Well done to Bede who won the Year 1 Sports Day!
A big thank you to everyone who watched, cheered and participated in the parent races.
Year 3 - Friday blog 3rd May 2024
Date: 1st May 2024 @ 2:53pm
Welcome back to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Well done to everyone who is continuing with their regular reading into the Summer term. 20 minutes every night with your school books will help improve comprehension and fluency.
We have set 2 maths challenges on Sumdog, one on multiplication and division and one on the x4 and x8 tables.
Practice counting regularly with your child as well. Regular reviews of the number system will help build understanding and number fluency. Sing our songs, play what comes next, count forwards and backwards in numbers and fractions.You can also use this arrow cards resource to help with your counting.
Your home spellings all have the ch spelling pattern. We have used new resources in our spelling learning this week. Scribble spellings, Spiderweb spellings and Snake Spellings are three fun ways to promote practise. You can find them below.
scheme chorus chemist echo character chef chalet machine brochure ache anchor chaos
In Year 3 this week
We have a very busy term of learning ahead! You can see all of our Summer topics on our class curriculum overview on the class page.
In English this week we have been enjoying our new book, The Deathwood Letters by Hazel Townson. The story is written in letter format, following the correspondence between Damien Drake, a young boy who lives with his family on a huge estate, Deathwood Hall, and Frankie, a girl who lives in a run down part of town. They strike up a strong friendship and we have noticed some strange goings on already. We have written some letters in reponse to the characters and used our new iPads to record our ideas before writing.
In Maths we have been learning about equivalent fractions, and how to add and subtract fractions from a whole. Everyone has shown great understanding and used what they already know about fractions to solve problems. .
In Art we have been exploring different ways to make animated drawings and puppets. Everyone has shown great skills in their making and evaluating this week. Have a look in our gallery.
In History we learned all about Ancient Egyptian society and the jobs people had. Have a look at some of our ideas in our galley. We also used AI to create pictures of all the different jobs in Ancient Egypt.
In science we set up our seeds experiment and have been monitoring them to see which ones grow the best. Below you will find all the learning we will meet in the coming weeks.
Have a lovely Weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 6 Blog Friday 3rd May 2024
Date: 30th Apr 2024 @ 1:46pm
A very hard working week, well done Year 6.
Home Practice
Reading
Please read for up to 30 minutes every night, this will improve the speed at which you read and your understanding of the text. If you come across any new words that you don’t understand, ask an adult or look it up in the dictionary. Building up your vocabulary knowledge is really beneficial.
Spelling
Please practise these spellings (Y3/4 Word List) for your test on Friday A sheet will go home every Thursday/Friday with the spelling list on.
Spellings (03.05.24 – 10.05.24):
particular possess
peculiar possession
perhaps possible
popular potatoes
position pressure
Maths
Counting/Number Games
Have a go at this game!
Sumdog
You have a mixed times table/division facts challenge on Sumdog to complete by Friday 10.05.24.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
If you would like to do a bit more work on your times tables, Hit the Button is a great game to play.
Follow this link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
We have just recently received passwords for Times Table Rock Stars which is another great way to practise your times tables.
Follow this link: https://ttrockstars.com/
Reminders
Bank Holiday Monday 6th May.
Year 6 Sports Day Friday 21st June.
In English this week, we have been enjoying our new novel The 1000 year old Boy by Ross welford. Our main focus has been on reading comprehension and SPAG.
In Maths, we worked on time, ratio/proportion, fractions, decimals and percentages, finding percenatges of amounts and working out the mean, median, mode and range.
In RE, we wrote some lovely explanations of what we think the power of the Holy Spirit enabled the disciples to do.
In PE, we worked on our cricket skills and played mini-games. We thoroughly enjoyed the extra cricket session on Monday, which was game based - amazing batting and catching skills!
In French, we recapped food items and learnt the words for different drinks.
In Science, we carried out a whole class investigation. We observed what happened to objects when they were refracted through a liquid.
Enjoy your long weekend, Year 6 Team.
Year 2 Blog - Friday 26th April
Date: 26th Apr 2024 @ 12:45pm
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night.
Spellings – Spelling Quiz Monday 29th April
climb great pretty busy beautiful
Mr everybody improve again sugar
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 10 times tables out loud.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – doubles
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – common exception words
This week in Year 2
English
We continued our novel called 'Dear Earth' by Isabel Clara Anganuzzi. We wrote beautiful poems about our wonderful Earth using our book and celebrating Earth Day 2024. We have also written a diary to describe how beautiful Earth is and making suggestions for how we can make it better. We have also written a recount about our trip to Brockholes Nature Reserve.
Maths
This week we continued learning about multiplication and using arrays.
RE
We listened to more Scripture about Jesus from Acts in the Bible. We also celebrated how we show we are opening our heart to God.
Forest School
We also celebrated Earth Day which was on Monday of this week. We played our bee game again but this time we added in a waggle dance which is how the bees communicate with each other when they are looking for nectar.
We scattered some wildflower seeds because we know that they provide bees, butterflies and other pollinators with food. We also picked up all the litter we could find in our nature area.
Art
We created brilliant art with their own forest paint brushes. We explored the different textures and marks using acrylic paint.
Have a lovely weekend.
