Time to take a break!

Half term already, it’s hard to believe!

I am sure you will agree that since Christmas the children’s learning has soared. We have learnt so much about our solar system we could rival Professor Brian Cox! It sparked a fascination in the children to keep finding out more and more. Learning knows no bounds!

Likewise, our understanding of number has progressed to the point we are now solving quite complex mathematical problems. We plan to continuing our ‘maths mastery’ journey after the half term.

The children have started to use their knowledge of letter sounds (thanks to Read, Write Inc.) to both write their names and to try and spell out three letter words. We are truly amazed at everyone’s thirst for learning.

As always, we are very grateful for the support you give your child and nursery. Working together really does make a difference.

Finally, may I remind everyone that parents’ evening is Wednesday 11th March and the appointment booking form will be available when we return after the holidays.

I hope you all manage to have a restful half term, full of family fun!!

Home Learning - Year 6 Half Term Learning

With our assessments fast approaching, it is time to start preparing ourselves so that we know what to expect. when the tests finally come around. For homework this week, it is time to do a little revision ready for assessment week the first week back:

Spelling - please take your spelling books home this half term. Revise all spelling patterns that we have learnt since September.

English - There is a revision sheet at the back of your homework book - have a look at it. Particularly the tense aspect that you have been previously taught in other year groups.

Use IXL English to help you revise punctuation, word classes and sentence level work. Simply type this into the search bar.

Maths - Have a look back in your maths book at the reasoning questions that you have been answering for homework. What aspect of the arithmetic curriculum needs your attention?

Column addition/subtraction, formal multiplication, multiplication of decimals, short division, long division. Adding and subtracting fractions and multiplying fractions.

This website is brilliant - use it to teach and revise concepts

MATHS IS FUN

Reading - Can you complete the Fantastic Book Awards book? Read the next two chapters of Mary Poppins.

Thinking through Prayer...

Every day children find their way to our prayer board and spend a few moments thinking and reflecting, sometimes to thank God and at other times to ask for His help. Today there were so many prayers to read, obviously the wind has inspired reflection!

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'You have always had the power, you just needed to learn it for yourself.'

Huge apologies, I wrote my blog on Thursday night and it seems to have vanished! Anyway, here it is…

It is hard to believe that we are just one week away from being at the half way point of the school year. Time really has flown. The children are working harder than ever to tackle all of the learning that I am throwing their way at the moment - and surpassing every target possible! We know that we are approaching our end of year assessments, and with so much learning still to do, time is very much valued. For homework next week, over half term, I will be giving the children a list of things that they could revise ready for after half term. These will just be refreshing their minds of previous learning and looking at concepts taught. The children will also be bring their spelling books home. The first set of assessments are just that, I am excited to see how the children do and it will give us a firm plan of action moving forward. Please encourage the children to revisit areas that they find tricky. I will also be putting a maths website on the homework blog that is brilliant for teaching concepts and giving some questions for them to practise.

Water Parks is also fast approaching and this week I have been putting together the pre - course information for the week. Please come to the meeting on Tuesday night at 6pm where I will be handing out relevant paperwork and going through exactly what the children will be getting up to during their week away.

After half term, I will be taking a group of children to Brian House to present them with the donation of money that we have raised as a school. I will choose these children randomly and let the parents know if their child has been asked to go.

Learning Awards

Well done to Anwar and Mati this week who are both really challenging themselves with their learning. Both of the boys are incredibly focused in class and are improving their confidence on a daily basis. Well done boys.

Reminders:

  • Water Parks meeting on Tuesday - 6pm

  • Athlete visit on Thursday in school. Please return all sponsor forms on Thursday/Friday this week.

Have a lovely weekend

Mrs Gregan and Mrs Webster

Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.

What fun we had this week when a crime scene was discovered in our classroom, we came back from lunch to chalk arrows on the floor leading us to a group of mysterious items taken from other places around the school. There were lots of interesting suggestions from the children as to what had happened, there are some vivid imaginations in year 4 which led to Mark and Eli checking the cupboards in our classroom for a Saxon thief and his loot. Luckily, the cupboards only treasures were glue sticks and spare pens. All of this adventure led us to learn about the mysterious disappearance of Saxon items at Sutton Hoo in East Anglia many years ago, we will be continuing with our quest to find out more next week. (Photos to be added shortly).

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'The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts' Marcus Aurelius

I can’t believe we have only one week left until half term, the weeks seem to fly by, but when we look at Year 3 books, there is so much learning within them! This week the children have immersed themselves in creating their own versions on the Snowman and the Snowdog. They have loved watching this beautiful film and re-creating it with their own description and new vocabulary and wow what writing they have produced. Mrs Nel and I could not believe the sounds of moans when the dinner bell went, as they just wanted to carry on writing (this was definitely the first time ever!). There has been a real buzz in Maths this week, as the children have been adding and subtracting multiples of ten crossing the boundaries in to the hundreds and tackling some tricky puzzles.

Our Romans study in History has got in to full flow, with the children pretending to be Celtic Spies observing and exploring how strong the Roman Army actually is. The children worked in groups as spies and one by one had to go to the pictures around the edge of a Roman Soldier and report back to their fellow spies with their observations so that they could draw an accurate picture. We also learnt all about Boudica, one of the Celtic tribe’s queen, even making a human time graph of the events in her life and how it led to an uprising against the Roman Empire forces.

Paralympic Visitor

On Thursday 13th February, Craig McCann (a Paralympic fencer and cyclist) will be visiting our school to talk to the children about his sporting journey and how a brain tumour that had developed, led him down this path. The children will be sponsored to take part in a fitness class alongside Craig in the morning, and then to continue in a sporting event in the afternoon. On this day, the children can come into school wearing the sports kit from the teams that they represent outside of school or some sportswear of their choice. So many of the children are involved with clubs in our area, it would be great to see just how many there are. Some examples could be football strips, gymnastic or dance outfits, however all the children must be appropriately dressed in order to take part in school’s usual day (they need to be warm enough), particularly playing outside and participating in sport throughout the day. Sponsor forms have already been given out, so please check your children’s bags. The money we w ill raise will contribute towards the improvements on the trim trail outside.

Reminders:

International Online Safety Day is on Tuesday 11th February- we will be talking about identity and how to keep safe online.

‘Meet the Romans’ school trip on Wednesday 12th February- please could all payments be made before 31st January.

Blue group on Thursdays 8am with Mr Nay

Marsden are the winners this half term and get to wear their house colours on Friday 14th February.

The awards this week go to …

Harriet thank you for being so creative in your writing, you have used wonderful description and vocabulary to tell your story and it has been wonderful to see how you have used all of our grammar skills in your independent work!

Kai this week you have impressed us with how you have been ready and willing to approach all of your work this week with great determination and independence- you must keep this up as you have made such progress across the curriculum.

Have a lovely weekend and God bless`

Home learning given out 7.2.2020 to be handed in on 13.2.2020

Flute— Please practise ‘We will rock you’,  ‘Prince of Belair’ and ‘Mamma Mia’ this week on your flute.

Maths—Please play on this game to practise your times tables. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button  Please practise 3s, 4s and 6s. If needed recap on 2s, 5s and 10s. Please write a comment in your child’s homework book so I can see how they are getting on and so I can award them learning points.

RE—As part of my teacher worship this week we discussed how we could help try to combat loneliness in our community, the children came up with some lovely ideas. One of their ideas was to make cards for people who may be lonely and to give these out, I loved this suggestion and Father Peter has very kindly said that we can have a box of them placed at the back of church. Please can each child make at least one card to go in the box (feel free to make more), bring them into school by Thursday and I will pass them on to Father Peter. Make them bright and colourful please children. Inside you could write something like this

To the reader of this card

Remember you are not alone, Jesus is in your heart.

Love the Year 4 children at Our Lady Star Star of the Sea (We are not adding names to keep our children safe).

Spellings— Please continue to practise the spellings given on 3.2.2020 for the spelling quiz on 10.2.2020.

 

Home Learning 7.2.20

Maths

 The children have got a worksheet to  complete and stick in. The children need to find the missing  number bond to 20. For an extra challenge, the   children can write out their bar model as a part-part-whole model! This can be done in their home learning books. The children may want to use physical objects to help with their counting -  mini-marshmallows are great fun.

Show and Tell (last day of term)

As we have been learning about Baptism, I would love the children to bring in a photo of their own baptism, to share with the class. You are more than welcome to email these to me.

Reading

Please ensure children are reading every night.

Flash Cards

A few children have now learned ALL of the flash cards. This is a HUGE achievement and I am incredibly proud of their hard work and determination. For these children their new challenge is to spell these words. They will be tested on the spellings of these words once a week and moved onto the next set when they can confidently spell them.

"The world of reality has its limits, the world of imagination is boundless"-Jean-JaquesRoussceau

Imaginations have been running wild this week at lunch time. With glimpses of witches flying high in the sky and their echoing cackles ringing out across the school, the children discovered that with a little imagination, anything is possible. In fact, I do believe that one was spotted today running amok in the playground. Apparently, she has long, red, curly hair, a rather large nose, black dress, pointy hat and of course a broomstick. If you should see her flying around, then please do let us know!

Meanwhile across the rest of the playground, we have had games of Sardines, Disney character charades and a persuasive letter being written to Boris Johnson with an urgent appeal to tackle global warming.

Mr Nay, with the assistance of Mr Lyons, a past pupil, has delivered fun filled sporting activities such as bean bag target throwing and catch, cricket and general ball skills. The children have such a wonderful time with him and are always eager to share their sporting experiences with us.

Table of the Week: Keystage 1 table of the week goes to Bamber and for Keystage 2, Marsden. Thank you and well done children for making the dining room a delightful place to be.

Role Models of the Week: Role Models of the week for both Keystages are; Chloe Reception, Max Y2, India Y3, Reuben Y6. Thank you and well done to you all. You all have such wonderful qualities that shine through on a daily basis.

Jaqui’s Marvelous Manners: This week, Jaqui has been serving up a variety of delicious meals from a mid week roast to cheese whirls, followed by mouth watering desserts. The children have been leaving the hall looking very full, replenished, bursting with energy and ready to take on the afternoons learning and challenges. Marvelous Manners goes to: Rex and Sofia Y1 and Isabella and Jack Y3. Well done to you all and thank you for having marvelous manners.

Have a lovely weekend, let’s hope the sun keeps shining so that you can all enjoy some outdoor fun.

God Bless

The Lunchtime Team

Year 2 Home Learning - 7.2.20

Maths

Please complete the multiplication and division word problems attached below:

Word Problems

English

I have attached a blank sheet for the children to practise their cursive handwriting on this week. They could focus on any letters they find particularly difficult or could use the sheet for writing out this week’s spellings.

Handwriting sheet

Spellings

The ‘r’ sound spelt ‘wr’ - wrong wrist write wrote wrap wreck

Set 13 from the spelling pack - today watch over does love son

English IXL

A.1   A.2  

B.1   B.2   B.3   B.4

C.1   C.2   C.3

E.1    E.2    E.3  E.4   E.5    E.6    E.7  

H.1    H.2    H.3    H.4

I.1    I.2   

K.1   K.2   K.3

L.1    L.2    L.3    L.4 L.5 L.6 L.7 L.8

M.1    M.2    M.3    M.4

O.1    O.2    O.3    O.4    O.9   O.10   O.11   O.12

Q.1   Q.2   Q.3   Q.4   Q.5   Q.6

S.1    S.2    S.3

U.1    U.2    U.3

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.20    A.21    A.22   A.24   A.25   A.26   A.27

B.1   B.2    B.3    B.4 

D.1   D.2   D.3   D.4   D.5   D.6   D.7   D.8    D.9    D.10    D.11    D.12

E.1    E.2    E.3    E.4    E.5

H.1    H.2    H.3    H.4   H.5    H.6    H.7    H.8

X.1    X.2    X.3    X.4  X.5    X.6    X.7    X.8

Y.1    Y.2    Y.3    Y.4

Z.1    Z.2 Z.3 Z.4 Z.5 

"I have not failed,I have just found 10,000 ways that won't work"

With only one week of this half term left (I can’t believe it either!), the children have continued to work as hard as ever to reach those targets they set at the beginning of the year.  The children have fully immersed themselves into the adventures of Frog and Toad, and Mrs Gawthrope has been amazed by the children’s writing and the range of sentences they use.  I know the class are very excited to get creative with their stories next week and to show Mrs Gawthrope what ‘Creative Kiki Chameleons’ they can be.

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