Happy to be back!

Everyone was excited to be back at nursery this week. It was lovely to catch up with all our friends and find out what we have been doing during the holidays.

We have had an extremely busy week!

On Monday we began to explore the number 4 in all its entirety!

On Tuesday the children wrote their own story! It’s all about a wellie getting stuck on a foot! Ask your children to tell it to you! It was also ‘Danceathon’ day…..it was very exhausting! Well done to everyone who managed to get to nursery for 8.15 am!!

On Wednesday we made pumpkin pie for snack, and found some fun facts all about pumpkins. We also read a story about building resilience. It is called ‘The most magnificent thing’. Afterwards we all decided to make our own ‘magnificent things’. Click here to listen to the story!!

On Thursday the children have been practicing their fundamental movement skills in the hall. We focused on over arm throwing…they are getting very good!

On Friday…maybe a restful day? That rarely happens in nursery!

The rest of the term is equally frantic. Keep checking the dates on your September newsletter. I will update you on the Nativity on a later blog.

Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 30th October

Thank you so much for all of your effort with Walt Disney…they are fabulous!

Spelling - words ending ent

frequent, patient, ancient, innocent, dependent, intelligent, obedient, magnificent, absent, silent, efficient, different, parliament, decent, urgent

Maths - Over the next two weeks, can you finish strand B of IXL maths. These are all on addition and subtraction. Use your homework book to jot into.

History - The Battle of Bosworth is one of the most important battles in English history. It led to the War of the Roses, and planted the Tudor house on the throne of England. Henry Tudor, (Henry VII) became King of England.

What can you find out about this important battle? Complete some research in your homework book.

English - This week we have started to look at biographies as part of our writing phase. Can you find a biography online, of someone who interests you? Think about the ones we have looked at in class. It doesn’t need to be long - just informative.

Year 3 homework to be handed in Wednesday 6th November

READING- Please make sure you are reading to an adult for at least 20 minutes EVERY night and get them to ask you questions about the text, I can’t stress how important this is! Are you quizzing regularly enough? Are you reading books that you enjoy? Are you challenging yourselves with the books you are choosing?SPELLING- This weeks spelling list is from Year 2’s key spelling list. They seem to be ones that a lot of us get mixed up over and need consistent practice- make sure you know when you would use these words by putting them in to different sentences out loud with an adult or in your books. We will be quizzing on them as part of our spelling lesson next week:

Where What Were When Went Which

There will be some of you that feel quite confident with these spellings and can apply these to your writing. Therefore if you want more of a challenge then please feel free to practice some of our Year 3 key spellings on the following website. You could start on the Year 2 spellings and build up to the Year 3 and 4 spellings which are more challenging?

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/spookySpellings/index.html

HISTORY - In your homework books can you research Stone Henge and write up some facts or information to share with the class. What information can you find?

MATHS- Complete the ‘compare and order numbers up to 1,000’ on purple mash- you will find this under 2do. Don’t forget to make sure you focus on the quiz as it could time out.

OPTIONAL SCIENCE - Create an information text on the human skeleton on Purple Mash under the 2Do section.

Danceathon

Danceathon

Tuesday 29th October 2019

We had super fun today raising money for our school playground. From a whole class lesson in the hall, learning the Cha Cha Cha, to dropping everything and jumping into song and dance at a moments notice.

Science Investigation - Insta Snow

As an introduction to our new science topic ‘materials’, the children were presented with a strange white material which they had to investigate. They first predicted what they thought it was by looking at it and touching it. They then observed what happened when they added small drops of water to the powder. There were lots of ‘ooohs and aaaaaahs’ as the powder grew bigger and bigger into a snow like substance. The class were amazed - I think it may even appear on some of the children’s Christmas lists!

"God who is present in our beginnings knows and loves each one"

In Year 2 we have been thinking about our gifts and what different qualities we bring to our class team. We wrote the different qualities we feel we have on a piece of paper and joined them together to make a paper chain. During our prayer and liturgy in the chapel, we then thought carefully about who may have written each quality and discussed that although we are all different, we are all precious in God’s eyes. We celebrated by saying ‘thank you’ to God.

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Half Term Homework for Year 6

Just a few tasks to keep you ticking over the half term so that you are ready to dive straight back into learning when you get back.

Spelling - go over all of the spellings that you have had this half term. Which ones did you find tricky? Which ones did you struggle to remember. Make sure you have mastered these.

Maths - after half term we will be focusing on addition and subtraction before moving onto multiplication and division. Which times tables are you struggling with? Practise these to get yourselves to the point where you can recall them really quickly.

Reading - The Fantastic Book Awards

Kat Wolfe - read up to page 46

Golden Horseman - read up to page 36

Embassy of the Dead - read up to page 34

Armistice Runner - Read up to page 38

Riddle of the Runes - Read up to page 40

The Dodo Made Me Do It - Read up to page 40

Please can you have read this section of the book before the first Friday back in school. You will meet in your groups again. Remember, do not read beyond this point!

Computing - Complete you comic book around your Online Safety message.

English - Please complete some research on Walt Disney. Who was he? What did he achieve? What else can you find out about him? You can present your research in any way that you want.

"Rest and be thankful"

Well done children - you have all worked incredibly hard this term and I can’t quite believe how far you have all already come in such a short space of time. It was clear from today’s end of term reflection that many of you found the first couple of weeks in Year 2 difficult and tiring, but you now relish in the learning and challenges that get thrown your way each day.

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Happy Half term everybody!

Although we have had a short week, we have certainly packed in a lot! We were kept busy on Monday, making special harvest biscuits ready for our harvest celebration. On Tuesday we joined together with our friends from Year 1, 2 and Nursery, for our harvest celebration. We listened to Year 2 beautifully read a gospel story, Year 1 shared a special poem and  Nursery danced away to the harvest festival song. It was such a nice way to celebrate! Today, we have been looking at how to use electrical equipment safely and  what we should do if we are ever unsure, when using an IPad, IPhone or computer game.

We have had the most wonderful first half term in school. The children are all settled and have made delightful friendships with one another. We hope that you all enjoy the next week, spending time together as a family and resting up ready for our next exciting half term together. 

Miss Bassett, Miss Neves and Mrs Malley

Half term already!

It’s hard to believe that we have already been at nursery for a full half term! Everyone has settled so well in to nursery life and is embracing all the new challenges that learning can offer. The children have worked so hard, I think they are in need of a well earned rest.

I do hope everyone manages to get some time to relax and recharge their batteries in readiness for a VERY busy next half term. I would also like to thank you all for your wonderful support of nursery, it is greatly appreciated.

We made a scarecrow called Poppy!

The children thought it would be a fantastic idea to make a scarecrow for the nursery garden, to scare away the birds!!

We found some garden canes and old clothes in the cupboard. A group of friends stuffed the clothes with autumn leaves. Everyone thought the scarecrow should have a happy face and be called Poppy! A good choice I think!

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“Discover how to visit the past and bring yesterday's stories into our lives today”

Sorry for the late post, but I wanted to make sure that I uploaded all the pictures from today to show you what a muddy but wonderful time we all had! Wow, today has definitely been the highlight of our week… we all had the best time, despite the wet weather! In the morning the children worked together so cooperatively to build their shelters as the early Stone Age men would have done. There was lots of little extra touches as well that were added, such as fires, chairs and some very impressive entrances. I am sure you are impressed by the photographs. Then all the children, used flints to begin their own fires, which was then safely put out by heat proof gloves- they were all super sensible! We then had the opportunity to get dry inside while we had our lunch, until is was back to the forest to play some hunting games! What a day!

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