Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
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I hope everyone has had a lovely half term break and enjoyed taking part in some of the activities posted.
See you all on Monday!
Barbara
I can’t believe we have arrived at half term already. Time just seems to have flown by. They say” time flies when you are having fun” and that is just what we have done but there has been so much work done too. Well done children, I am so proud of you all.
This morning I have sent you all a mid-term report for your child and at the bottom is a link to the Home School Agreement form which we would like you to complete and submit
sometime during the holiday. (Thank you so much to the two families who have already done this - you are amazing!)
This week we had a lovely class council when we decided that we would like to raise some money throughout the year to help the homeless. We decided that Street Life would be a deserving charity. The children thought that maybe they could do some jobs over half term for you, to raise donations . We will have a collection pot in class throughout the year. We will be doing different events during the year to support Street Life. Thank you for your support.
Well done to Matilda, Jay, Nicola and Rosa who have achieved their reading targets this week and also to Owen, Evan, Iris and Franek who have achieved their reading target again.
Well done also to Millie who was role model of the week at lunch time.
Well done to Angel who was French Star in this week’s French lesson.
Well done children you are all stars!
Have a lovely half term and a well deserved rest.
Take care and stay safe
Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather
You will need an old, named t-shirt to go over your school uniform, to keep you clean during our ART lessons this half term. These will be kept in your tray’s in class and brought with you to each ART lesson.
Remember the Create room is a little chilly with the doors open so an extra layer on Art days is advisable. Thank you for your co-operation.
Mrs Curtis
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Thank you for all your support this half term. Year 5 have really settled into school and we have established a happy, safe and hardworking atmosphere in class. Myself and Mrs Nel have really enjoyed teaching them all and even though it has been tough at times we have always found room for fun and laughter.
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The end of our first half term together - and a lovely end. This week, we took part in a beautiful worship, led by Father Peter where children completed one decade of the rosary and thought about the Annunciation. We thought about ways that we can say “Yes,” to God like Mary. We are growing in our understanding of column addition and we are really enjoying our work on ‘The Pied Piper.’ Children are definitely tired but they kept their resilience up and completed some great geography books about the uses of plants.
Notices
Over the holidays, I would like children to complete their ‘Called to His Supper,’ books to bring in on the first Thursday back. Also go on times tables rock stars for a little time each day. This is now set to give them questions at their own level.
Children have decided that they would like to do little jobs for you over half term in return for a little money to collect for Streetlife. Lets get sweeping those leaves and washing the car!
I will be sending you a mini report on Friday. There is also a selection of your child’s work in their purple mash folders for you to access at home.
Thank you for your support and for your lovely children. They have worked so hard and have made a good start to year 4!
Have a lovely break together, Mrs Lyons, Miss Forster, Miss Edmondson and Mrs Mather
The Reception team wanted to say a great big THANK YOU! It has been a fantastic start to the year and we hope the enthusiasm and excitement for learning continues when we return.
Read moreEveryone has a new book to enjoy at home. After half term the children will read with an adult once a week and their book will be changed at the same time.
Please send your child’s reading folder everyday as the day they read will change each week. Homework books must be returned by Wednesday as usual.
Please remember to:
Make predictions of what will happen next
Build character knowledge including descriptions and feelings
Answer questions using evidence from the pictures or text
Retell and sequence the story
Embellish the story and even create alternative endings.
PLEASE continue to form letters in fun and imaginative ways alongside the below activity.
Play Boggle using the sounds that we have learnt so far (m,a,s,d,t,i,n,p,g,o,c,k,u,b,f,e,l,h)
Cut out the sounds in your folder (or use the ones from the sound hunt 2 weeks ago if you still have them)
Set a timer for one minute and see how many words you can make using the sounds.
You will have to reuse some of the letters so maybe a grown up could write the words as you make them so you know how many you have made at the end.
After the timer has finished you could read the words on the list or ask a grown up to read the words for you to segment and write in your book.
Look at the information below, take a picture of the repeating pattern you make and put it in your book or email it to Miss Lavelle.
Get outside as much as you can and enjoy the outdoors, jump in a muddy puddle, roll down a hill, jump over some stepping stones the possibilities are endless. Keep working on building those independent skills of pulling back inside out sleeves, putting coats and jumpers on and off and using a knife and fork too.
And please remember these wonderful words….
Have a great half term!
Miss Lavelle, Miss Neves and Barbara
Well…we made it and not only did we make it…I feel like we have smashed this half term. Well done every single one of you. My heart is bursting with pride!
Maths - Continue to work through the C strand of IXL. Visit the previous home learning page to check which strands they are.
Reading - READ, READ, READ AND READ SOME MORE! Get ready to take some AR quizzes when you return to school.
Science - Have you finished your electricity leaflet on Purple Mash? Spend some time making sure it is ready to hand in.
Can you see me? Well…wasn’t that an emotional book to read (and that was just Mrs Gregan!)
Can you write a letter Tally? I have set you a task on Purple Mash - a letter document.
Use the school address as your address.
I would like you to include:
Why are you writing to Tally?
How did her story make you feel?
What parts of her story stood out for you?
What parts of her story are you going to learn from?
Why is Tally’s story important?
I cannot wait to see what standard of writing you produce. I am going to send these letters to the author. Think about being a Year 6 writer - how are you going to upskill your writing with language, punctuation and sentence openers?
Art News
Week 8… Half Term
Half term is here and everyone has earned their break, after a full on seven and a half weeks of jammed packed learning.
In Art…
Read moreThere has certainly been a distinct feel of Autumn this week, with a nip in the air, leaves crunching under the children’s feet and as the gloves and hats start to appear.
Read moreWell, what can I say? What an amazing first half term we have had in Year 2! The children have thrown themselves into every challenge and have worked incredibly hard. I sometimes find it hard to believe that the children have been only been in Year 2 for such a short space of time. Even with the uncertainty and worries around us all at this time, the class have come together as one and have shown just what we can achieve when we all work co-operatively together.
Read moreThis half term, Year 6 have been looking at gratitude and how we all have a lot to be grateful for. Please watch our video of our assembly and ask yourself…WHAT ARE YOU GRATEFUL FOR?
Read moreAs promised, just in case of rainy days, although it could be said there is also learning during inclement weather, here are a couple of Let’s learn at home’ booklets with some ideas to keep everyone busy. They have been produced by Lancashire’s Early Years Consultants. I hope you enjoy them, and if you feel like emailing some pictures of your child completing the activities I will gladly add them to their ‘Learning Journey’ folders. Enjoy!
Have a fabulous half term break and stay safe. We are looking forward to seeing you week commencing 2nd November.
Barbara
Half Term Art Challenge
The Art Monitors have a half term challenge for all the children across the school.
Can you paint, draw or decorate a pumpkin? This can be a picture, model or even a real pumpkin. Send your photos to Mrs. Curtis who will post them on here for all to see, we will look at them after the half term break and choose our favourites to display.
Send your photos to r.curtis@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.school.uk
Have fun and have a go.
from Oliver, Annabelle and Alice
(Art Monitors)
Read moreHere’s a fun activity for all the family to join in! Have fun!
Click on the button below to download the pdf.
Let me know how you get on?
Barbara
We have all been authors this week! Everyday we have written a different part of our own legend! Every night I have marked their next instalment and the children have responded to my feedback.
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THIS WEEK WE ARE USING COMPUTER BASED LEARNING.
This week’s homework should be handed in after half term please. Many thanks.
Read at home every day. You can quiz during school time when a book has been completed.
(Parents: Don’t forget you can check on your child’s progress on Accelerated Reader - this will let you know which books they have read and quizzed on and also their progress towards their reading target.)
IXL maths using the IXL website. Please complete units I1, I2 and I5 (addition) also J1, J2 and J5 (subtraction)
Please learn the spellings below ready for a spelling quiz in class after half term.
Don’t forget to find different activities from “Fun Ways to Learn your Spellings” sheet to help your child to learn their spellings.
The children should be able to write the spellings independently - this will need to be written clearly and correctly during the spelling quiz.
This week our spellings are a mixture of a spelling pattern and high frequency words.
Please practise writing all of the letters in the cursive style and then practise writing these words:
(See the sheet that has been sent home for reference and rhymes for each letter) It is important that these letters are formed correctly and that they join correctly to the adjoining letters. If letters are tall they should be taller than the other letters and consistent in size. All short letters should be consistent in size too please. Can you write any sentences using these words?
Its hard to believe we have only been in year 4 for seven weeks - it feels like much longer and we are working well together as a class. This week has seen us take part in the beautiful sacrament of Reconciliation. There is a little movie below to watch. Despite being unable to do this in church with our families, it was a different but special occasion. Children came back into class with big grins and shared their feelings of freshness and love!
This week we have dived into our new story, ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin,’ in English. We have looked at lots of different versions and expressed preferences, found similarities and differences. Year 4 children wrote their own descriptions of the Pied Piper, trying hard to use our new Year 4 grammar skill - extended noun phrases. We have also made up our own class version which we are learning to recite!
Geography has been a high point this week - what good little map readers we are becoming! Children have learned further about the earth’s climate zones and biomes - exploring extreme environments. We found out deserts can be hot and cold! Children were brilliant at researching a desert and also asked geographical questions to find out more about one particular desert in America. Finally, we learned about export and import and researched where many of the world’s foods come from! Very exciting.
Maths has seen us start column addition - with 4 digit numbers (presentation is key with this!) and also start to practise our 8x table.
RHE focus
This week, we have focused on love and compassion, with our story, Be Loving, Layla Lioness.’ Children reflected on what compassion was and this fed into our council session in class - where we discussed what charity we could focus on this year. We have decided to give to ‘Streetlife.’
We again thought about gratitude and how lucky we really are when there are so many in desperate need in our world.
Let’s Celebrate!
One Bobby Bee certificate for Lexi for buzzing about her learning and loving every minute!
A Lizzie Ladybird certificate goes to Esme for always listening so carefully to advice from the teacher and for considering how she can improve in all she does.
French star this week was Julia
PE stars this week were Olivia and Jacob O
Thomas got the lunchtime award for being sensible and calm.
Notices
We break up on Wednesday at the normal time.
I have set homework for this week - which will not need to be in until after the half term.
Have a great and cosy weekend with your very tired children!!
God bless,
Mrs Lyons, Miss Forster, Miss Edmondson and Mrs Mather
This weeks home learning is due on the 5th November - due to next week being a shorter week. I have given the children more than usual to keep them busy and grow their brains!
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