Year 2 Home Learning - 4.10.19

Maths

Please look on Purple Mash and complete the 2do activity - sequencing numbers on a numberline.

Spellings

Please learn set 2 spellings from the spelling pack.

Words with the soft c - face race price except city

Computing

In school, we have started our new computing topic all about technology. Please encourage your child to look around your home and complete the attached technology sheet. We will be using these in class next week to start our discussions.

Maths IXL

A.1 A.2 A.3 A.4 A.5 A.6 A.7 A.8 A.9 A.10 A.11 A.24 A.25 A.26 A.27

English IXL

A.1 A.2

B.1 B.2 B.3 B.4

C.1 C.2 C.3

Q.1 Q.2 Q.3

Good things come to those who wait. But the best things come to those who DO.

What a wonderful week we have had! Miss Neves and I are really noticing the children’s speaking and listening skills improve day by day which is fantastic! On Monday afternoon we had music with Mrs Mallinson and she too was impressed with the growth in confidence. Only a few weeks ago some of our children were nervous and reluctant to join in with singing and action songs… well not anymore! All of the children were up, singing and dancing with enthusiasm and excitement, it was lovely to see.

Certificates

Sean is a Concentrating Cooper Crab for... Focusing so carefully during your learning Sean. This week we have watched you concentrate carefully during your activities and carpet time. You have also been full of enthusiasm when taking part in learning challenges, determined to do your best. Well done Sean!

Charlotte is a Concentrating Cooper Crab for ... Concentrating carefully during your learning and really improving your self control. We have already seen a huge growth in your behaviour and confidence Charlotte and we could not be happier. This week you have tried so hard to make sure that you are always following our school rules, we are so impressed! Keep up the great work!

Our Phonic sounds this week are:

This week we have looked at the sounds p, g, c and k. Please practise saying and hearing these sounds at the start, middle and end of words. We have also provided the sound cards to help you to practise forming these letters.

Maths

This week we have increased our understanding of the number two and the children have been creating repeating patterns using 2 colours. You could reinforce this understanding at home by creating patterns using actions. For example: 2 claps, 2 nods, 2 claps, 2 nods ...

RE

In RE this week we have been thinking about how much God loves us. We went on a hunt around our school to find really big objects and the children proudly exclaimed that God loves them more than each object they found.

Next week we will start thinking about the Harvest celebration and how we are going to help families who need our help. Reception and Nursery are collecting toiletries for a local food bank. Please donate however many items you can. Our children always want to help make the world a fairer place. (Some item ideas: deodorant, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap etc)

Physical skill of the week:

Jumping!

Can your child do 3 jumps forwards? Are their feet together as though they have superglue in between them? Are they able to do 3 jumps backwards? Do they remember our special jumping checklist: Feet together, squishy knees, swinging arms?” Are they able to increase the amount of jumps they can do? How about changing the type of jump, i.e. jumps for distance or jumps for height?

We hope that you all have a wonderful weekend together as a family.

Miss Bassett, Miss Neves and Mrs Malley

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence therefore, is not an act but a habit (Aristotle)

What a super, interesting week we have had in Year 4!We have been busy explaining the life cycle of a flowering plant in our English lessons. Children have shown such understanding. In ourr RE this week, we have learned the Old Testament story of Joseph and really got to grips with the feelings and faith shown by the key figures in it. Children performed some wonderful drama in these sessions.

In our Geography lessons we have been finding out about biomes and researching one with our partner. We are learning in our Computing sessions how to effectively search on a search engine - so this was a perfect task to practise. In maths, we are showing a good understanding of 4 digit numbers now. We have started to solve some puzzles with them today.

We are coming on really nicely with our assembly - please practise parts over weekend and come and watch on Tuesday (9.10am or 9.35)

Let’s Celebrate!

Lots to celebrate this week! A Cooper Crab certificate went to Ava for always being ready to learn. A Tommy Turtle certificate went to Mark for being a really brave learner in front of his whole class.

Top Spellers!

This week the following children got 12/12 for their spellings and receive 3 SS points:

Bella, Kaya, Daniel, Faye, Olivia, Ava, Lily L, Meadow, Elise. Well done to all the children too who were very close!

Also this week:

Yoga stars were Aya and Zac

SWimming stars were Ava and Olivia and Lily A

In Key stage 2, two year 4 children were chosen this week for being super at lunchtime:

Eli for MARVELLOUS MANNERS and

Ava for Role model of the week.

Notices

We are doing our harvest collection for a food bank this year. Year 4 are collecting pot noodles or other packets of dry noodles.

We will be going on a trip on Tuesday 12th November to UCLAN to learn Cosmetic Chemistry as part of our Science topic - Solids, Liquids and Gases. It will be on parent pay next week.

Have a lovely, albeit rainy weekend! God bless,

Mrs Lyons, Miss Atkinson, Mrs Mather and Mrs Kennedy.

Homework to be handed in for Thursday 10th October

Assembly Parts

One last push before Tuesday! Speak loudly, confidently and with expression!

Reading

I have met with each one of you this week to discuss your reading with you. We decided we MUST timetable in our reading at home to make sure we are doing twenty minutes at least, daily. Decide with your adults whether this will be in the morning, when you get home from school or at bedtime - then put it on your timetable to remind yourselves. It is crucial to put this time in at your stage in school so that you become passionate readers who give yourselves a chance to get really into the story you read. Reading is such a gift!

We have ten children in class who have now met their reading targets - we are aiming for the whole class by the end of this half term. Go for it children!

Maths

We have all been doing very well in our place value understanding. To consolidate please complete IXL units B4 B5 B7 and B8. Why not pace yourself and do one or two per day instead of all in one go?

Spellings

This week we have practised 6 year 4 key words and we have also looked at the suffix cian used for jobs. Please practice:

guide enough different decide earth extreme

musician magician electrician politician optician mathematician

It would be really good if you could make up a paragraph containing these words. It can be funny or factual!

Year 5 homework to be handed in on Thursday 10th October

Reading

We have two weeks left before half term and the children are all trying to reach their reading target. A number of them have already done it which is great and the rest of us are hot on their heals! The reading sessions in class are lovely, calm and focused- keep reading at night especially before bed- it not only makes you more intelligent it helps you sleep!!! Win ! Win!

Spelling

I have a lovely student teacher teaching along side me at the moment- Mrs Gawthrope. This week she delivered the spelling lesson. We investigated the letter pattern SC when it makes the sound S. Please learn these spellings:

scissors

science

scent

ascend

descend

muscle

fascinate

scene

Maths

IXL this week please complete A14 putting numbers up to 1 million in order

Religion

We are taking part in Missio- EEM the “Extraordinary Month of Mission” alongside Pope Francis. I would like the children to find our about the “Little Red Mission Box” visit the website below and write three facts about Missio (including the box) that you didn’t know before.

In addition, can you come up with an accessible way for Year 5 to raise a little money this month for the mission? All ideas welcome.

The Merchant of Venice

As part of our back stage experience Leo and Casey Hornby , who are in charge of marketing, would like to invite you to see the Royal Shakespeare Company’s performance of THE MERCHANT OF VENICE. The show will be performed at Our Lady of the Assumption on Tuesday 8th October at 7pm. Tickets on sale at Our Lady of the Assumption reception. Or you could come along to the Grand in Blackpool. On Saturday at 1:30pm 20 children from our school will be part of the production both backstage and front of house. Casey and Leo will be there to greet you!

“The quality of mercy is not strained.It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath.”

— William Shakespeare

Supporting interactions

Joint engagement happens when you and your child are paying attention to the same object or event during a back and forth interaction. This might happen as you laugh together while watching monkeys at the zoo, or when you’re having fun pushing cars down a ramp. Whatever it is you’re doing, you’re both aware that you’re sharing an interest in the same thing.

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Pretend play

It's so much fun to pretend with your child! But there's a lot more to pretending than just playing around. Children learn so much when they pretend, including some important communication skills.

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Year 6 Homework 2nd October 2019

English - work your way through strand B1 - B6 on IXL English. This is due to be completed next week.

Spelling - fasten, apostle, hasten, glisten, moisten, thistle, whistle, mortgage, Christmas, wrestle.

I will then test you on 10 random spellings from the last 4 weeks. Keep looking at them as well.

Geography - this is due in next week. I would like you to collate information on one of the South American countries. Things like: size, population, landmarks, food etc. Record in your homework book. We will be using technology to bring this information to life. Make sure that you have some of this information ready for next week.

Maths - A10, A11 and A12. These are all negative number work. This will be our focus in class.

Art - In art this week, you will be completing observational drawings. This is something that can be done on a computer as well. There is a to do set on Purple Mash - choose and object and bring it to life. Experiment with a range of tools. Remember that this is a piece of art.

Year 3 homework to be handed in Wednesday 9th October

SPELLING - We are continuing to look at words with prefixes. This week we will also focus on the prefix ‘in’. Prefixes always go before the root word. How many words can you collect in your homework books with the prefix ‘in’? Can you find any in your books? What do they mean? How does it change the meaning of the word? Can you put some of them in sentences?

We will also be continuing to learn by sight our tricky spellings:

Though Thought Through Although Believe Caught

We are trying lots of different ways to practice these in class- what exciting and fun ways can you think of to practice these words at home? Maybe produce some art work with the words? Write a silly story with the words in? Or even get the grown ups to keep quizzing you? We will have a quick quiz next week to see how well we have learnt them!

DON’T FORGET TO READ, READ AND READ SOME MORE!

Maths Try to complete as many as you can of the skip counting sections on IXL (between A1- A7) to help speed up our mental recall. Please try to complete at least two of these before next Wednesday. I can see some of you have been on IXL already this year to practice skills so well done!

Purple Mash Next week we will be evaluating your ‘lion and the Mouse’ fable retelling- have you finished it to the best of your ability? I will be looking at whether you have retold the story with words as well as pictures to show this, and whether the presentation is clear to follow.

OPTIONAL RE- In RE we are focusing on entering in to the Christian Family through the sacrament of Baptism. We will looking in to this in a lot more detail next week, so next Wednesday if you have any photographs or anything from your baptism that you would like to show to the class, you are more than welcome to bring it in to class on Wednesday for our RE lesson.

DANCE FESTIVAL

Tickets are now on sale for the Dance Festival on Monday 25th November! Follow the link below to book tickets.

Tickets are £9 for adults and £5 for children with all funds raised going to the Winter Gardens Trust.

I think to myself.... what a wonderful World! (Louis Armstrong)

What a lovely week it has been! We began on Monday morning with a reflective worship in our school chapel - all about creating the kingdom of God on earth, through loving one another. We have been so busy typing our improved explanation text all about Seed dispersal in our English lessons and today we planned our new one - The Life Cycle of A Flowering Plant. We dissected lilies to discover all its different male and female parts and we even looked at pollen through a microscope! All very exciting! We need next week to explain how plants are pollinated by bees - why not have a chat about it this weekend and watch a bee in action?

Other highlights this week included doing a Computing lesson all about how to effectively search on the internet where children found lots of different information. We have been getting to grips with 4 digit thousands numbers this week and we are understanding really well so far. We have also given out assembly parts today to practise over the weekend.

This week we have welcomed a new teaching assistant to our class - Miss Atkinson. She has fitted in seamlessly to class life already! Welcome to our school!

Let’s Celebrate

This week two Sadie Spider certificates for resilience were give out - one to Fin and one to Zac. You both try so hard boys and are role models for the class.

Our French stars this week were Lorna-Jane and Harvey.

Swimming stars were Harvey and Penny - super swimming you two!

We did pick Yoga stars too - but Mrs Lyons cannot remember who they were! Perhaps you do children! I know that we picked them for allowing themselves to be calm and still. A good skill to have!

Notices

Our class assembly is on Tuesday 8th October at 9.10 and again at 9.35

There are an incredible amount of PE jackets and even some PE trousers along with cardigans and jumpers in class. Most do not have names so I cannot give them out. I will leave them outside the class on Monday or Tuesday evening to be claimed!

Please could we make sure that all homework is completed and handed in on Thursdays so that it can be marked. Many thanks.

Have a lovely last weekend of September. (Where does time go?)

God bless,

Mrs Lyons, Miss Atkinson, Mrs Kennedy and Mrs Mather