Water Parks Day 1

We have arrived and we couldn’t have got off to a better start. After a very excited lunch, the clouds parted and the sun shone ready for our afternoon activities.

Mrs Harrison and Mr Nay’s group were up to their knees in the ghyll and it wasn’t long before we were all bobbing about laughing in the water and pushing our heads under the waterfall.

Mrs Mather’s group had a much more relaxing afternoon, gently canoeing back and forth across the lake.

Mrs Webster’s group mastered the art of sailing this afternoon, but the biggest thrill was most definitely jumping off the Jetty in the late afternoon sunshine. You may have heard the squeals of delight all the way back in St Anne’s.

We think everyone will sleep well tonight, ready for another fun day tomorrow.

Year 4 blog: Friday 13th May. 'God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.'

In our worship sessions this week we have been listening to God’s voice, Jesus’ voice and the Holy Spirit’s voice in various ways; such as through bible readings, meditation and silence.

We have had a very hard-working week in Year 4. This week, we have been planning and writing our own story based on our learned story: ‘The King of the Wild Horses.’ These have been really stunning and children are applying all skills they have learned in year 4 to really fantastic effect.

We have also been enjoying using Viking myths to practise our reading skills. Children have been reading about Thor, Loki and the other beings in the Norse Cosmos and their many sagas.

We have had a little go at our official times tables test this week, to see how fast it will be. We will be practising this for a few more weeks, until the actual test in June.

In maths, we have been dividing much larger numbers this week using a method called chunking. Children have learned to chunk numbers in the most efficient way to solve the calculation.

RHE

This week, in RHE we have been learning about behaviours: risky, unacceptable, unhealthy and ok. We have looked at situations where our emotions could over-run and lead us to behave in the wrong way. We have been learning ways to be resilient to negative emotions and one way is through thankfulness. We have role-played situations where we stop ourselves doing the wrong thing and remind ourselves of something nice that person has done for us. This helps build emotional resilience so we are not always at the mercy of our emotions.

Let’s Celebrate!

This week, our certificate winners are:

Anncia who received a Lizzie Ladybird certificate for being such an excellent listener and a reflective learner who thrives on feedback.

Jay who received a Cooper Crab certificate for absolute focus and drive to write a super story . Your concentration and effort is growing stronger and stronger by the day.

Music stars this week were Daisy and Franek

Notices

A Picnic for the queen!

Just a little reminder that on June 8th we are celebrating in style with a Red White and Blue Day. At lunch time we will enjoy a whole school picnic outside on the field (let’s pray for a sunny day!). Jacqui, our school cook, has ordered special lunchboxes which will be filled with a picnic feast. If your child already has school lunches, you need to do nothing. However, if your child normally brings their own packed lunch, you can order a special picnic box by pressing here and completing a form. This must be paid for in advance on ParentPay at a cost of £2.35. Forms need to be completed by 8pm on Friday 13th May.

Have a lovely weekend everyone. It is hard to believe there is only one week until the final half term!

Mrs Lyons, Mrs Mather and Miss Woodrow.

This week.....

This week has been a little different. It has been a ‘getting to know you week’ with Reception! We have had great fun learning and playing alongside the Reception children and teachers. Everyone loved getting to know each other and made lots of new friends. We read the story ‘Colour Monster goes to school’. Click here to listen.

Sports Day this year starts our Health and Happiness week in school. It is being held on Monday 13th June at 1.45 - 2.45 pm. We are happy to tell you that parents are invited to this event as well as all the children. However, if it is not your usual session we ask that you collect your child from the nursery entrance after the event has finished.

Our experiment form last week had some success, our white roses which we put in the blue water turned blue, the flower with water of course died as did the flower we put in milk. Sadly the flowers in the green water and red water also died! Mmmm we couldn’t fathom why. We are going to run the experiment again after the holidays

Meaningful May

Here is a monthly calendar with a happiness challenge for you all to do every day during May. Look our for Joyful June!

Key person blog

The children have had a marvellous week at nursery, we have spent every morning on the school field  enjoying lots of different activities like obstacle courses, football, den building, cloud gazing, skittles, construction and lots lots more.

This week we have been practising our fundamental movement skills in readiness for Sports Day. We have also nearly finished our sports day T-shirt’s with our own designs. We are going to look so fabulous. There are still a few children who don't yet have their T-shirt to decorate. We don’t want any child to miss out so please make sure you send in a named plain white T-shirt, it doesn’t have to be new. We must say they are all looking splendid!!

Here are some physical activities for you tp try at home. Click here.

We have also learnt about baby animals, they all have different names, there are a lot to remember. This song helps us remember. Click here

Here is a jigsaw game you may want to do too. Click here

We have also been looking at shapes in the environment. We decided to make giant shapes using our bodies. The children made a giant triangle, a giant circle, and then a giant square.

Music is always a popular activity at nursery so along with the Reception children we had a outdoor music session on the field. Colette played her guitar to help us keep in tune! We've also enjoyed lots of singing circle games, at one point there was nearly sixty children in our circle! That was great fun!

Snack in the mornings have been al fresco picnics. We made a  giant fairy ring on the field using huge bobbins as seats.

 I think we are all in need of a rest after our busy week!

Barbara, Colette, Michelle, Justine and Frances

Worship

An exciting week! Nursery was invited to join in KS1 assembly in the hall. We were so proud of them. Everyone sat beautifully and joined in all the singing and prayers. Miss Hornby told us the story of why Jesus is called the ‘Good Shepherd’ and how he takes care of us all just like a shepherd looks after his sheep. She explained that whenever we feel lost or scared, we should ask for Jesus’ help. He always listens and will show us the way.

In chapel this week we read the story of Noah’s Ark. We discussed how God was sad that people were not looking after our wonderful earth, that’s why he sent the floods. When we got back to nursery we got our huge Noah’s Ark out and marched the animals in two by two. Click here to listen to the story of Noah’s Ark.

Our singing in the chapel is so beautiful (and loud). We now know so many beautiful songs and its so uplifting hearing all their angelic voices.

May I remind everyone that Our Jubilee Afternoon Tea is next Friday 2-3.30pm. You will need to send a plate of name food in (one sandwich cut into bitesize pieces, one small celebratory bun and one packet of crisps). Everyone is to come dressed in red, white and blue!

If you can recall about five weeks ago we wrote a letter and drew some pictures to send to Her Majesty The Queen…guess what…we have had reply! Sadly she in unable to attend our afternoon tea party but she send her best wishes. We are all (especially me) sooooooo very excited. Take a look at these fabulous pictures.

Finally, because I can’t top a letter from the Queen, I would just like to say have a lovely weekend, I believe it is going to be sunny and I will see you all on Monday.

Barbara

Year 3 Home learning 13.5.22

Spelling:

1, guard

2, friend

3. pretty

4. prettier

5. prettiest

6. woman

7. women

8. accidentally

9. occasionally

10. favourite

Maths: IXL:

Please complete the following strands.

A11. Number lines up to 1000

C4. Convert digits to words - up to 1,000

J1. Subtract multiples of 100

English

In class we have read how Hogarth and the farmers managed to trap the Iron man. This week I would like you to write how YOU could trap the Iron man. You could write this one of two ways. Either in full sentence. or as instructions. For example:

1. First….

2. Next….

3. After that….

4. Finally

Please complete this in your homework book.

"Alone, we can do so little; together, we can do so much." - Helen Keller

We have continued to sink our teeth into our learning this week and have really been developing our cooperative skills. Many activities have included aspect of working with others. Although this has sometimes been challenging, it has also been so rewarding and the children are learning lots about themselves as learners!

In maths we have continued our bridging over the hundreds, this time with single digit numbers. Once again the children have shown wonderful focus and confidence and I am so pleased to say that many of us are now so confident to bridge both over and back from 100.

We have finished chapter 2 of the Iron Man in English. On Thursday we had a go at Rainbow writing. The children worked in house teams to see how much they could remember about the main characters and settings. Each house took it in turns to write on fact about a character/setting, making sure that they had read what had been written before them. The winning team was the house that wrote the most facts about the story so far. It was wonderful to see each house work together, building those all important cooperative skills, whilst also showing how much they had remembered about the text.

In PE this week we had a little practise of some of this years Sports day events, and I have a feeling that this year it could be a very close result! It was lovely to hear the children cheering one another.. roll on Wednesday the 15th when we are able to celebrate our children’s love of sports!

Let’s Celebrate…

Cora for being a cooperative learner! You are such a caring and thoughtful member of the class! You always offer to help when there is a job that needs doing or friend that needs help… this makes our classroom such a brighter place. Thank you Cora! We have also been impressed with your enthusiasm! You are always excited for the next challenge and have shown such eagerness towards your reading! Well done Cora.

Faye for being a focused and cooperative learner! A huge well done this week Faye! You have been so focused during our learning and have shared some good ideas during our discussions. Not only have you been very focused, you have also shown great determination and super teamwork skills during our PE and really encouraged those around you! Helping and supporting those around you is such a wonderful quality Faye and one that I know your friends, peers and teachers love about you!

Reminders

• Just a little reminder that on June 8th we are celebrating in style with a Red White and Blue Day. At lunch time we will enjoy a whole school picnic outside on the field (let’s pray for a sunny day!). Jacqui, our school cook, has ordered special lunchboxes which will be filled with a picnic feast. If your child already has school lunches, you need to do nothing. However, if your child normally brings their own packed lunch, you can order a special picnic box by pressing here and completing a form. This must be paid for in advance on ParentPay at a cost of £2.35. Forms need to be completed by 8pm on Friday 13th May.

• Sports day: Our sports day is on Wednesday 15th June at 1:30 and should last for 1 hour. Keep your eye on the coming blogs for more information.