This week has been another busy one here in Reception. In RHE this week we have had some brilliant class discussions about community. Thinking about what a community is and what makes a strong community.
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This week we have been taking advantage of the lovely warm weather. As you can see our learning activities have been varied!
Now we have all learned our letter sounds we tried to make some CVC words ( CVC words are words created using a consonant, vowel, and a consonant. Vowels are the letters A, E, I, O and U, while consonants are all the other letters in the alphabet. Examples of CVC words can include 'new', 'hat', 'cot', 'lit', and 'pit'. You can also create nonsense words that follow the rules of CVC words.) It was a little bit tricky to begin with but we soon got the hang of it.
We have continued with our investigation of mini beasts…still no snails! We have lots of spiders though! We watched ‘Come Outside’ with Auntie Mabel, all about spiders. Click here to watch Warning: may contain spiders!).
The children noticed this week how big the broad beans had grown. We decided to pick the biggest ones and see what they looked like inside. It was really interesting.
On Wednesday there was great excitement as all our butterflies had hatched out of their chrysalis. We had five! We gave them some sliced oranges to feed on and then released them on Thursday. Jacqui from the kitchen came to see them too!
A group of construction mad children made ‘Pride Rock’ for all the animals using the large bricks and boulders. We had to place the bricks and the animals carefully, one false move and the whole ‘rock’ fell down! It was quite spectacular when we had finished.
….and now for our regular feature ‘photos’ of the week! This weeks images range from under the sea world, afternoon tea in the house, making pictures at the workshop and more generally having a fabulous time at nursery!
Lastly, a quick reminder that our leavers party is being held on Thursday 15th July, 9.30- 12.00. All children are invited to attend. Lunch of fish and chips is kindly being provided by St. Annes Fish Restaurant… mmmm we can’t wait!
Have a lovely weekend everyone and see you on Monday, only two weeks left to the end of term, it’s hard to believe it! Where has this year gone!
The Nursery Team
‘Thank you Lord for the gift of faith and for allowing me to see Your miracles.’
We’ve had another busy week in Year 1 and have had so much fun growing our brains. I can hardly believe we only have two more weeks of school - we are going to be making the most of every moment together!
Read moreYear 1 Home Learning 2.7.21
Home learning is set on a Friday and is due by the following Thursday. Home learning will alternate between being online and in their home learning book. Please ensure children stick their learning into their books.
Read more"Almost all creativity involves purposeful play.” – Abraham Maslow
Creativity has blossomed throughout lunchtimes this week, as children have created new games to play with their friends.
Read more"Life is just like a chemical reaction" PTripothi
Chemistry! Irreversible reactions! Find out what science we have been up to this week!
Read moreYear 2 Home Learning - Week Ending 2nd July 2021
This week’s home learning is to be completed in folders.
Read more"It's by learning new things in life that makes us grow"
This week has just flown by! The children have continued to amaze me with their superb learning and they have been thinking carefully about what choices they can make in order to make our final weeks together as enjoyable and fun as possible!
Read moreYear 3 Home Learning 2nd July 2021
Please make sure that all homework is completed by next Thursday. Many thanks.
Reading:
Read at home every day. Make sure that you quiz when you have completed a book.
(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.)
Holy Communion Prep
Please ensure that the Holy Communion workbook “Called to His Supper” is completed to the end. Thank you.
Maths:
TT Rockstars - please keep practising your tables facts. How fast can you get at these?
IXL—please complete any multiplication and division units that have not been completed during the year. Can you be an IXL King or Queen this week? See how many questions that you can answer.
Spellings:
Spellings—children have been given a spelling sheet to practise. Please make sure that these sheets are completed using the look, say, cover, write, check method.
The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.” B.B. King Friday 2nd July 2021
What a super week of learning we have had. The children have all been so enthusiastic and ready to learn. This week in Maths we have been looking at angles and shape. The children have had lots of fun finding acute and obtuse angles, spotting symmetry and looking for parallel lines. Can you think of 4 letters that have a horizontal and a vertical line of symmetry? We have continued to delve into the poem of the Spider and the Fly. This week we have been crime scene investigators and have interrogated Mr. Spider about Miss. Fly’s disappearance and suspected murder. What fun we have had thinking of the questions to ask Mr. Spider and then writing our police reports. We have looked continued to think about how to be a good Christian in RE. In Science the children have continued to investigate magnets. We have been thinking more about the different relationships that we have and how we should behave towards others in RHE. Lots of fun learning about Claudius in history this week—he even visited and wanted everyone to help him decide whether to leave Rome and invade Britain.
Let’s Celebrate:
This week we celebrate Harvey and Rosa (again) who have reached their 100% reading target this week. Well done children, I have reset your targets and I know that you are all going to keep on trying so that you can try to get there again before we break up for summer.
This week we our certificates have been awarded to Molly-Ann and Leon.
Well done also to Leon who receives a Focused Cooper Crab certificate for being so much more focused with his learning this week. You have really tried to concentrate on what other people are saying this week Leon and that has had a big impact upon your work. Make sure that you keep this up and you will be amazed at what you can achieve. Well done and keep up the good work. Well done also to Molly-Ann who receives a Lizzie Ladybird because she is really trying hard to keep improving with all of her work. You are getting on so enthusiastically and really trying hard to get better all the time. Keep up the good work Molly-Ann.
This week Molly-Ann gets Jacqui’s Marvellous Manners certificate - Wow Molly-Ann what a week! Lunchtime Role Model of the week goes to Jay. Well done Jay. We are so proud of you.
Things to Note:
Ruby-Lilly has misplaced her cardigan. If anyone finds it in their washing basket please could you return it to school and we will make sure that Ruby-Lilly gets it back. Many thanks.
We hope that you all have a lovely weekend.
Take care and stay safe,
The Year 3 Team
Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson and Miss Woodrow
Contact us at:
l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk
k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk
Year 6 Weekly Blog - 'Lights, camera, action."
The scene is set, the lights are on and the costumes are ready! This week, our main priority is that we are ready to bring our play to life next Tuesday. Unlike other years, we only have one shot at this - to get it just right.
Read moreYear 5 home learning to be handed in on Thursday 7th July
I have only set Reading, Maths and RE this week. I want the whole class to make reading their absolute focus! How many books can we finish and how many targets can we reach???
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Art News…
Week Four
Art News… Week Four
The weeks are flying by, I can hardly believe we have only two weeks left of the school year, how will we fit everything in!
In Art…
Read moreYear 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 30th June 2021
English - Read chapters 22, 23 and 24 of The Wizard of Oz
The Play - Do you know all of your lines and song lyrics? We film on Tuesday. PRACTISE…PRACTISE…PRACTISE!
Microorganisms - What is Corona Virus?
This seems like a really appropriate time to be looking at microorganisms, viruses and medicine. For 18 months, we have been living with Covid but what is it?
I have set you a To Do on Purple Mash.
When you are researching, make sure that you answer these questions.
Detail and quality please.
Year 1 Home Learning 25.6.21
Home learning is set on a Friday and is due by the following Thursday. Home learning will alternate between being online and in their home learning book. Please ensure children stick their learning into their books.
Read more‘You can’t use up creativity. The more you use the more you have.’
Despite feeling under the weather myself this week, Miss Bassett has loved spending extra special time with the children and I’ve heard wonderful things about how hard they have been working.
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We have been continuing our investigation of minibeasts. We completed ‘What am I’ description quiz. Everyone was very good at listening to the clues and then working out which minibeast it could be. Click below to have a go at home (you will need a PowerPoint facility to access this).
We looked in all the places where minibeasts could be hiding. We found worms, slugs, earwigs, spiders and one snail! We even got the explorer bags out! I must admit I think all the creatures ran away as they heard us coming! We had to search for ages!
We decided that we could catch some ants and make a formicary (the ants were extremely fast) and a snail house (we found out that snails have hundreds of teeth and we wanted to watch them eating! ! Click here to watch a video about snails eating!
Also, have a look at our beautiful garden!
Carrying on with our Sports’ Day physical activity challenges the children decided to create obstacle courses form the soft shapes and the large wooden bricks. They were really challenging!
I have also added some more photos from Sports’ day.
Our love of books has grown and grown over the years and the children can be found reading EVERYWHERE!
We listened to a video story with lots of minibeasts in it during the week, because we just love minibeasts. Click here to listen at home.
And now for more Photos of the Week!! They range from making a sand café in the garden, a shiny river for all the animals, designing a water filling machine, making snow (a request from Roo) and making wishes with Aladdin’s lamp! Such great fun!
After another packed week of learning at nursery the children may need a rest! Enjoy your weekend and we will see everyone on Monday, bright eyed and bushy tailed!
The Nursery team
‘Oh I do like to be beside the seaside…’
Time has flown this week, the children are blowing us away with their enthusiasm to grow their brains and get ready for Year One!
Read more“Nothing lights up a child’s brain like play.” ~ Dr. Stuart Brown
Smiles and laughter lit up the playground this week as the children played.
Read more"Pressure can burst a pipe or make a diamond!"
We have investigated peer pressure over the past two RHE (relationship and health education) lessons. It has allowed us to really explore what good and bad pressure is!
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