It is hard to believe that we are now coming up to the first week of Advent, the week of Hope. After a turbulent year which we see daily through the news, there is comfort to be found when we pause to read, pray, and reflect over the course of the Advent season in which we eagerly anticipate the celebration of Christ’s birth. The first Sunday of Advent gives us the opportunity to centre our thoughts on hope. It's a beautiful chance to remember the hope God offers our world, and what He's given us through Jesus. This week our teacher’s liturgy was centred around the word…advent. We discussed all the ways that we can prepare for the arrival of Jesus.
Thank you to the following children this week for leading us in a liturgy about one of our singificant females who appear in the old testament- Sarah, the wife of Abraham, who God gave a child at the age of 90 and who God promised would be the the ‘mother of all nations’. Then the children asked, as part of their ‘going forth’ mission- how can we be more like Sarah?
This week we have recieved feedback on our writing and then used this to reflect on what we needed to work on for our next paragraph- our whole class target is to focus on our sentence structure and our choice of vocabuary. In Maths we have been problem solving, using all our new subtraction strategies and been looking at what 10, 000 and 100, 000 is made up. During RE we have been reflecting on Mary, the Mother of God, and how she can help us in our daily lives. Mrs Marshall ,loves teaching them Science on a Friday, where they are currently learning all about the heart and the circulatory system!
We once again had a wonderful workshop to learn all about the Jewish Faith. The children had a wealth of knowledge already from our previous workshop, but the questions they asked were wonderfully curious and showed such a mature approach to learn about other faiths. In todays world, we need compassionate and understanding children who see beyond their own beliefs and respect other views and faiths, as these differences are what make our world such a beautiful and interesting place to be!
Delving deeper through talk …
How will you prepare for the arrival of Jesus this advent?
Helpers in the mornings:
This week we have the following children helping to take the younger children to their class:
Jacob Toby Lorenzo Tilly
Leading Learners
Well done to Joshua this week.
Joshua- determined and curious learner- We have been so impressed with how determined you are being in class! You are focused in getting the work completed, independent and trying your hardest in all of your learning, always eager to improve your work- keep this up!
Faithfilled and Hopeful Stars
This half term we will be on the lookout for all the children that are intention in their actions. Children who show great faith in themselves, others and God. We will also be spotting children who are hopeful, who show hope for the future, enabling us to trust ourselves and those around us with the decisions that will shape our future. These children are the role models of the school. This week we thank Grace for being faithfilled and hopeful.
Reminders
Notices
Please see year 6 homework section to learn the songs ready for our Christmas concert.
We are out and about a lot next week, walking to church. Please could you make sure children have a warm coat and hat each day to keep warm.
We have decided as a school not to send individual Christmas cards to each other, but to instead put this money towards a chairty of your choice. Children can if they wish, write one card for the whole class.
Next week, Thursday 4th December, is own clothes day and bring a bottle please.
KS2 Christmas Concert: This will take place at Church on Tuesday 16th December. The children will perform the concert twice at 2pm and 6pm
Tudor morning in Year 6- Tuesday 16th Decemeber- Tudor costumes at the ready, but we will need to bring our school uninforms to get changed in to ready for the Christmas concert!
We close for Chrsitmas at 2pm on Friday 19th December
Wednesday 17th December Key Stage 2 Christmas party. Children can come to school in party clothes and sensible shoes. They can bring a non-fizzy drink and a small snack such as chocolate or a packet of crisps.
The Great Our Lady Bake Off will take place on Friday 12th December.
Have a lovely weekend with your family.
Mrs Harrison, Mrs Webster and Mrs Carter