My family and me

A fabulous week at nursery full of fun and sunshine.

The children this week have been talking about their families at home. Everyone has drawn a group picture of all their family members. They have worked so hard! When we have displayed them I will post a picture for you all to look at and to see if you can spot your family! It would be lovely if you could send in or email a family photograph to accompany your child’s drawing. You can send it to: b.draper@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk and I will pass it on to your child’s key person.

The children have also painted a self portrait. They looked very carefully at each of their facial features and then recreated their face using paint. We clearly have many budding artists. Once again I will post a photo when they have been displayed.

Next week we will be exploring how to stay healthy. This will include healthy foods, oral hygiene and exercise. We will look at the effects on our body and how important being physical is to our overall well being.

May I remind everyone to send in one piece of fruit or veg for each session your child attends. Please do not send in cheese or yoghurt as these will require refrigerating.

Also, not everyone has confirmed that they are willing for their child’s image to appear on our web page. It would be helpful if you could confirm either way.

Finally, I hope that the sunshine remains for the weekend and that you can all have some special family moments together.

Year 4 blog: All the Flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.

Week ending 18th September

This week has seen glorious sunshine and a whole class of eager children too! Everybody has loved their English lessons this week as we learned all about the language of explanation. WE studied dandelion clocks and read poetry about them We then listened to the wonderful Sir David Attenborough explaining all about the seed dispersal of dandelions. We have learnt this off by heart so that the language of explanation is imprinted in our minds! See video below!

After this, we imagined what it would be like to be one of the seeds on a dandelion, journeying away from the mother plant. Children have written some beautiful recounts of this occurring.

We have dived into our maths this week to grasp an understanding of 4 digit numbers now we are in year 4. We are doing very well! We have also learned about the structure of the Bible in RE and children had a great quiz where they looked up bible references to find the animal named in the verse. We also began French lessons this week.

RHE focus

This week, we have looked at managing our angry feelings. We have had a good conversation about losing our tempers and which part of the brain takes over when this happens. We have learned that we need to get back into our ‘thinking brain’ in order to regain control from our ‘animal brain.’

We have also looked at the story of Concentrate Cooper Crab, which gives us strategies to help us focus and manage distractions around us like Cooper.

Let’s Celebrate!

This week, I tried to stick to two certificates but ended up with three!

Jacob O received a Bobby Bee certificate for sheer enthusiasm and always being ready to learn.

Lena received a Tommy Turtle certificate for always having a go and being willing to risk making mistakes in order to learn

Amber received a Lizzie Ladybird certificate for striving to improve by always participating fully in lessons and listening so carefully.

Lena also met her reading target this week! Well done!

James received his pen licence too!

Notices

On Monday, children will be bringing home recorders to practise!

These need to be brought into school every Monday - (pop it on your planner!)

Please could you sterilise them each Sunday night in a little Milton and water before they come into school. There will be recorder homework each week on a site called Charanga (starting from next week)

I will be sending homework book homework this week.

Have a lovely weekend with your little flowers!

God bless,

Mrs Lyons, Mrs Mather, Miss Edmondson and Miss Forster

Year 4 Homework to be handed in on Thursday 24th September

Thank you so much children for your amazing work on the brain - you did some truly excellent work and used your super brains to do it!

Maths

There is a double-sized maths sheet in your book which practises some of the things covered this week and also has a fun game on the back to play with a parent.

English

We have been learning how to start sentences in a more interesting way this week - with fronted adverbials for TIME and place.

Go into your garden, park or beach. Observe the wildlife and write some sentences with fronted adverbials - as we practised in class. Here are some examples:

PLACE

Underneath a leaf, lay a ruby red ladybird.

Over my roof, flew a delicate butterfly.

TIME

All of a sudden, my sneaky cat dashed across the lawn.

At midday, I spotted a hairy caterpillar.

Handwriting must be neat - make it your best work like you do in class.

RHE Managing my Feelings. My Anger Plan.

This week we have talked about managing our angry feelings. We compared the build up of anger to a firework and we thought of good ways to douse the flames and calm down. We need to get back into our ‘thinking brain’ instead of letting our ‘animal brain’ take over.

Come up with a plan at home of what you can do if you feel like you are losing control.

1. How will you calm down and get back in your thinking brain?

2. When calm, what is the best way to sort problems out?

   3. Practise these strategies so that you can be in control of your own feelings.

   Reading and Nessy.

   We are reading really grown up books now! What a super class of readers! Keep it up! Nessy children - keep it up every day.

Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 16th September 2020

Last week’s homework was EXCEPTIONAL…well done everyone! Your Walt Disney homework was fantastic! Same again this week please.

Spelling - a selection of words that you learnt last year in Year 5

leisure, measurement, autocue, pilot, magically, cheekily, international, submarine, neighbour, freight, tremendous, glamorous, seriously, scent, science

English - Disney film review on Purple Mash

This week we have been starting to look at Walt Disney and who he was…his biography is fascinating. For homework, I would like you to watch a Walt Disney film and then write your own film review. I am looking for detail in this, not the minimal amount of words, the maximum! Enjoy and have fun doing it. I can’t wait to see which film you watched.

English IXL - K.1 Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

We have been having a look at root words in english alongside our prefix and suffix work. Can you complete this IXL strand?

Maths - IXL A5 and A6

This week we have been ordering and comparing numbers up to 10,000,000. Can you complete both of these strands on these topics.

Year 4 Blog: "Forget yesterday - it has already forgotten you. Instead open your eyes and heart to a truly precious gift - today."

Well our second week in year four has been jam packed with exciting learning! This week we have become scientists and we have carried out experiments to find out exactly what a plant needs to grow well. We also looked closely at seeds and discovered what happens when a seed germinates. We looked at seedlings too and even dug them out of their pots to see what they looked like!

in other exciting news: After thinking about why we need to be able to read and write we identified lots of different text types - like persuasive letters, non-fiction, instructions and fairy tales. We have now begun studying and reading explanation texts and next week we will be learning one off by heart!

We have also been working SO hard in maths to master a new skill - rounding numbers. Children have really tried hard with this with lots of success.

RHE

This week we have read a story, “Be Grateful Gabriella Goat,’ where we learned what it truly means to be grateful. Children have made gratitude necklaces and brought them home - each part of it is something they are grateful for. They said some lovely things about being thankful for all you do for them! We now take part in the Examen at the end of each day- which allows children to look back and reflect on what they are thanful for that day and also what they may be sorry for. They talk to God and look forward to the next new day.

This week, we have also reflected on how to Recognise our feelings. We made up our own dance to reflect this in PE. Children learned that we can have different strengths of feelings and when we can identify them, they are easier to manage.

Another very powerful part of our week was making our ‘Becoming Me,’ books. These books were about aspiration - to be the person you want to be in Year 4. Children thought carefully about who they are and also what qualities they would like to have. They then found a powerful quote which would help them. One of our mottos is ‘I CAN DO HARD THINGS!’

Finally, today we thought about the amazing growing and developing power of our brain - and learned what Growth Mindset thinking is.

Let’s Celebrate!

Today the class voted on our class councillors who will lead our class council sessions. They are Jayden and India! What role models you will be.

Our PE champions were Jayden and Stephanie.

Again - I had to give out 4 certificates this week (I must rein myself in next week!)

Abi received a LIzzie Ladybird certificate for always listening to feedback and striving to improve.

Jess received a Bobby Bee certificate for brimming with enthusiasm

Asher received a Cooper Crab certificate for excellent focus and…

Isabella received a Sadie Spider certificate for always trying so hard and giving everything her best effort - she has met her reading target too!!

Year 4 received Star table at lunchtime too. I am very proud of you.

Notices

Please could children bring their own packet of tissues into school if they have a cold. They can keep them in their pencil case - they could also have a pack in their pocket for when outside.

I have sent an email out to fill in your child’s medical form online this year. Please do this at the earliest opportunity so I am aware of any issues.

Children are not allowed to bring in anything from home other than water bottles, lunch boxes and school reading books. Some children have been bringing in Plasticine to squeeze - this is against the rules for safety reasons.

I trust you have all received your children’s letters about Reconciliation and Holy Communion. I look forward to carrrying out the sessions in class with them this half term.

Have a lovely weekend - the weather forecast says SUN!

God bless, Mrs Lyons, Mrs Mather, Miss Edmondson and Miss Forster.

Year 3 Home Learning

This week’s home learning:

Home learning will be posted on the class home learning page on a Friday and should be returned to school by the following Thursday. Home learning books will be used on alternate weeks and should be returned to school on Thursdays. We will be using Purple Mash or other internet sites for learning on the alternate weeks. Again work completed on Purple Mash etc should be submitted for marking by the following Thursday please.

THIS WEEK WE ARE USING COMPUTER BASED LEARNING.

Reading

Please make sure that you read at home every day. As the children become more independent with their reading they may not want to read to you every night but please do try spend some time discussing their reading books and listening to your child at different times during the week. You may wish to make a comment in their green book if you wish. It is also good to share the reading of a book at times and also to be read to at times as well.  Being able to read and understand independently really is a gift - it opens up so many opportunities and takes you on journeys to such exciting places

Spellings

Please learn the spellings below ready for a spelling quiz in class next Thursday. We have provided a copy of different fun ways to learn your spellings which the children have stuck into their home learning books. Please select activities from this sheet to help your child to learn their spellings. The children should be able to write the spelling independently - this will need to be written clearly and correctly during the spelling quiz.

 This week our spellings are all high frequency words.

money       people    busy    half    appear    like    went     were

(Here is a rhyme to help when learning the word people—people eat omelettes, people like eggs—take the first letter of each word and write it down to spell people.  (maybe you could do this for other words too.))

Purple Mash

Using 2Connect create groups of nouns, verbs and adjectives. (Try to have at least 8-10 words in each group.) Using words from each group, create some fun sentences. (I have set this as a 2Do—don’t forget to submit your work. Thank you)

IXL maths

Please complete L2 and L5 units

FROM LAST WEEK

Please make sure that homework books (blue book) and reading record books (thin green book) are covered to reflect your personality. Please also ensure that these books are clearly labelled with your name. Thank you.

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give. (Ben Carson)

We have had another lovely week and the children have been so enthusiastic and eager to engage in their learning.

We would like to say another big “Thank you” to all of you -  you have made coming in to school and going home run really smoothly and we really appreciate this in school.  We are still missing a few emails giving consent for photos on the website. If you have not yet sent us an email, please could you do this as soon as possible - we are sorry that we have not been able to put all of the child’s photos on the website this week but hope that you will email us your consent soon.

Please email both myself and Miss Edmondson:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

The children have been very focused during lessons this week and they have amazed us with their concentration and enthusiasm for learning.

We have now managed to do most of our Star Reading tests and children have been given their new ZPD and reading targets. (We have stuck a little sheet in the front of their reading record book (little green book) so that you can see new ZPDs and targets—however some children have not had their green books in school but we will stick these sheets in as soon as the books are brought into school.) Please make sure all reading books and reading record books are returned to school on a daily basis. Thank you

We have continued to think about ourselves and our feelings and knowing that we are all special and loved.  We have thought about the qualities that you need to keep trying even when things become difficult and we have shared the story of the Hare and the Tortoise We are really trying to spot all of the times that we are doing these things in class.  Keep up the good work children.

At the end of each day, we have continued to share the daily Examen and reflected on our day. We have thought about the things that have happened throughout the day and also whether they have been things that have made us and others happy or whether they have been things that we are sorry that we have done because they have hurt ourselves or others. We have also shared our gratitude for the things that have happened each day—and we have realized that we need to be grateful for so many things. We are so lucky!

We have continued to look at “Numbers to 1000” and started looking at counting in 100s and building numbers to 1000 using 100s, 10s and 1s. The children have been really focused with their maths. Have a look at the class photos for this week and see how busy we have been making different numbers.

On Wednesday the children continued to explore different pieces of music, thinking about mood, speed, instruments etc. They were very focused and enthusiastic with this and tried hard to share their thoughts and ideas about the different pieces of music.

We hope that you enjoy these photos of us learning.

Let’s Celebrate

Again this week it has been incredibly hard to have to choose just two children to receive our certificates but I am delighted to say that we have decided to give the certificates to  Ruby-Lilly and Jay.  Ruby-Lilly receives a Co-operative Roger Robin certificate for being so kind and helpful within the class. She is always ready to help others and keep our classroom looking neat and tidy. Well done Ruby-Lilly, we are so grateful for all of your help. What a fabulous start to the year - we know that you will try to keep this up throughout the year.  Jay receives a Cooper Crab certificate for his focus. You have concentrated so well in all of our lessons Jay and you have been a super learner. You have been on fire and we have all been so impressed with all of your work this week Jay. Well done - keep up the good work. Matilda received Jacqui’s Marvellous Manners certificate this week. Well done Matilda—manners cost us nothing but they mean so much to others.

Last week, the children wrote and shared short speeches in class in a bid to become our Class Councillors for this year. After voting for each other, we are very proud to announce Millie and Charlie as our new Class Councillors. Well done to both of you, we know that you will do a fantastic job of helping to lead our class. Well done also to everyone for their lovely speeches.

Things to Note:

• Please make sure that you look at the home learning page for this week’s home learning. Home learning will be posted on the website and should be sent back to school by the following Thursday.  Many thanks.

• Please make sure that you have watched the induction video (posted Friday 28th August) on the class web page so that you are aware of procedures and important things to be aware of in Year 3.

• If your child has a cold, please could you send them to school with a packet of tissues. Many thanks.

• Please could you also ensure that you have sent the “Who is picking up?” sheet back to school.

• Please complete the medical forms following the link which has been emailed to you. (If you have not sent us an email address we have not been able to send this to you yet. Please make sure that we have an email address to correspond with you with asap. Many thanks.)

Thank you for all your support and co-operation this week. Together we have made it a great success!

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and a well deserved rest after such a busy week.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather.

Home Learning 11.9.20

Home Learning Books

The children have been given home learning books today. The children can decorate their home learning books with drawings/photos and (if possible) these should be backed with something durable, sticky back plastic is ideal! I would love the children to use these books as an opportunity to share what we have been learning at school, with their families at home.

Number Formation

I have challenged the children to practise their number formation, on the worksheets I have given out. Please could all home learning in books, be stuck in at home. Thank you!

Spellings

Children have been set spellings with the ay and oy sound. They can practise these on paper this week.

Read, read, read!

The children now have lots of reading materials to grow their brains.

Passwords for Purple Mash and IXL, can be found in the back of your child’s Reading Log.