Year 1 Homework 6.4.23

The children have worked incredibly hard this half term, I am so proud of them and the progress they have made. My homework is to rest and enjoy your break. If you get chance, it would be lovely to hear what you have been up to during the Easter Holidays and write a few sentences to share with the class :)

Unfortunately, I have not managed to complete a mock phonics screening with all the children due to our unexpected visitors. So, I will complete these after Easter and send packs home for you to help support your child at home. Don’t forget you can use all the resources on the ‘help your child at home’ to practise.

Please continue to read, we have put some extra books in their folders :)

 Thank you

Miss Drummond

Year 1 Weekly Blog 6.4.23

As a school community we have gathered together each morning, to watch as each year group has re-enacted parts of Jesus’ Easter journey. Each day as part of our RE, we have taken the time to discuss, reflect, ask questions and role play. Then watched the next class to share their interpretation with us. Here is our own retelling of Palm Sunday.

English: We have written innovation drafts of our Peter Rabbit stories, after Easter we are excited to write our stories again in our best handwriting and then self-assess and mark our own work.

Maths: We have continued looking at wholes and parts using cherry diagrams, we have also been introduced to bar charts! To help we used multilink and had to work out the parts by seeing how many multilink fit in the bar chart. We are getting quicker at working out the parts. Please continue to practice at home by asking your child how many more they need up to 5 e.g the whole is 5, I have two what is the other part? then once confident go up to 10.

Science: We were excited to take our cress home and shocked that our apple seed has grown a shoot, we germinated it weeks ago then planted it 2 weeks ago. Our sprouting peas have grown too!

Lenten Promise:

Wow what a successful art exhibition we had yesterday, thank you so much for coming it was lovely to see the excitement on the children’s faces and for them to share their amazing art work with you. I can’t believe how many people we were able to fit into the classroom! We raised over £65 for CAFOD!

We have had a lovely end to our half term, I promised the children if they worked hard this week, we could have a golden day! It was well deserved, we continued with our Easter arts and crafts.

Let’s Celebrate:

Well done to our awardees: A Sadie Spider for your determination with your handwriting and reading and a Lizzie Ladybird for being a reflective learner, listening and focusing during input and applying this especially in your English work.

Henry is going home with this person for super listening especially in English, I am so proud of your focus this week and I know you are too, well done!

Reading Challenge:

Well done to these children, they were announced in our assembly today, keep it up it would be wonderful if everyone could get their bronze certificate.

Easter Egg Competition

There were lots of brilliant entries well done :), there was even a Miss Drummond egg, I feel very honoured thank you :). The class council voted for their winners it was a very difficult choice. Well done to our Year 1 and our Key stage 1 winners.

Reminders:

  •  Please bring in spare clothes for your child.

  • Please check the home learning section for the homework,

  • Please make sure you don’t bring any nuts in for snack or in packed lunches, thank you.

  • Please can you ensure that your children do not bring any valuables into school as they can easily go missing.



    Have a lovely rest and Easter break :)

Miss Drummond, Miss Johnson and Mrs Carragher

Year 6 Weekly Blog - 'He is risen. He is not there.'

What a way to end a wonderful term together! I am sure that you were all moved by the children’s depiction of the Resurrection this morning - many a tear had to be wiped from the eye. This morning is what education is all about. The children having the opportunity to think outside of the box, be creative and to express themselves. We Are incredibly proud of them all.

Continuing to learn

We have continued to really push ourselves to learn in the last week of this term. In addition to focusing on the Easter assembly, the children have been writing their own versions of Jesus’ journey to His cross. This piece is being written in 1st person so the children really have to focus on the emotion of the event. I can’t wait to share these with you after half term. In maths, we have completed our next mock papers, and continued with our percentage work!

All of the children have enough revision resources for over half term for them to access. They have worked so hard and we are now onto the final push. The three weeks after half term will be focused on revision and helping the children in each of the different areas.

how to help your child

Leading Learners

Well done to Amber and Julia this week.

Amber you have been so resilient in your learning and always keep going even when things have been tricky! You persevere with that deep learning have been so determined to complete all your work independently. We are so proud of your ‘I CAN’ attitude. Well done - keep this determination and perseverance going!!

Julia, You are being so determined and brave taking risks in your learning and what you progress you are making! Keep working hard and reflecting on your targets Julia- we are so proud of you.

Grateful and Generous butterflies

This half term we will be on the lookout for all the children that are grateful for their own gifts, the gifts of others and the blessings of each day. We will also be spotting children who are generous, who use their gifts to help others. These children are the role models of the school. This week the class voted for India.

Helpers in the morning

This week we have the following children helping to take the younger children to their class:

James Jess Evie Holly C

Notices

If your child has not done Judo club yet, there is a chance to sign up for it on the PE blog

Back to school on Monday 17th April

On behalf of the Year 6 team, I wish you all a restful and holy Easter. Take time to spend with each other and to enjoy the beautiful weather- let’s hope it remains.

Mrs Harrison

Holy Week in school

Barbara’s blog

It’s been a time of thoughtful reflection this week as we have been to all of the school Holy Week assemblies. The children sat so beautifully and calm and when we returned to nursery they were able to tell in great detail each segment of the Easter Story. I am so proud of them.

They rest of the week has been dedicated to Easter activities and having fun! We made Easter biscuits (yum, yum, yum< went on an Easter egg hunt, played pin the tail on the bunny, and guessed what Easter themed object was in the ‘magic box’ this week.

The glorious weather has meant we have spent even more time in the garden. We have planted potatoes, peas and beans, and our grass has germinated and started to grow…we will have a lawn soon!

Michelle’s blog

This week has been all about Easter. We wee very lucky to be invited into assembly each morning to see the school perform the story of Easter. We thought they were all so good and we were so pleased that we knew the story and could follow what was going on.

We have been busy with our Easter crafts, making bunnies and chicks and we had so much fun trying to pin the tail on the Easter Bunny.

Outside we had to listen very carefully to the clues as we had an Easter Egg Hunt.

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter and we will see you after the holidays

Michelle

Steph’s blog

This week I have been so impressed with the children’s memory - I printed pictures from the Easter story and they were able to help me stick them in our floor book in the correct order. Their memories are amazing!

The children have also worked hard to order numbers 1-10 using numbers on Easter eggs. The eggs were cut in half and had spots on the bottom. The children were great at matching the numbers with the correct quantity. 

I hope you all have a lovely, restful Easter break with your families. I look forward to hearing all about it when we come back. 

Steph 

You will notice that I have sent home an Easter activity book, full of little tasks to do at home (in case of a rainy day). Also, you will find some sunflower seeds in a small brown envelope. They are for you to plant together at home and nurture in readiness to plant in the nursery garden in June. Good luck!

It has been such a lovely term. The children’s learning knows no bounds and we are all so very proud of all their achievements, but we couldn’t do it without your continued support; it makes nursery such a wonderful learning community. Thank you very very much.

Have the most glorious Easter, hopefully with lots of chocolate! Stay safe.

God Bless

Barbara

Wishing you all a Happy and Holy Easter

I can not believe we have come to the end of another Term. The children have grown so much, not just in height, but also in character! The love, understanding and compassion that is shown to one another on the playground is so humbling to witness. The children have shone out with all those little acts of kindness to make a difference to some ones day. Let’s Celebrate!

Kitchen Team, Class Manners of the Week: Year 4

First Sitting

Class of the Week: Year 4

Role Model of the Week:  Ciaran Y3 and Gabriella Y4

Jacqui’s Marvellous Manners:  Daisy Y3 and Archie Y4

 

Second Sitting.

Class of the Week:  Year 6

Role Model of the Week:  Christian Y5 and Harriet Y6

Jacqui’s Marvellous Manners:  Anncia Y5 and Kai Y6

 

Third Sitting.

Class of the Week: Year 1

Role Model of the Week: Olivia H Reception, Bella Y1 and Rodnie Y2

Jacqui’s Marvellous Manners: Oscar, Reception, Daniel Y1, and Mia-Grace Y2

 

 

Well done and thank you children for making lunchtimes such a lovely, fun filled time of the day!

Well done and thank you to Year 4, for winning Class of the Half Term!

Have a wonderful Holiday

God Bless

The Lunchtime Team

Easter half term

There will be no formal homework over half term but it is important for the children to keep practicing their TT rockstars to keep up with their multiplication skills. Mr Cornwell is getting tired of all the children beating him on TTRS so he will also be practicing over the half term.

All the children have their end of year reading targets in their homework books so it is important for the children to continue with their reading over the half term and to try and reach their target.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 06.04.23 'Father, into my hands I commend my spirit' Jesus

We have arrived at our Easter holidays as we commend a very special week. We have started each morning in worship as each year group demonstrates a part of the Easter story chronologically. The WHOLE school community, including children, parents, teachers. governors and more were absolutely blown away by our performance of the crucifixion. I could not be prouder of everyone in our wonderful class as they all came together to perform such a wonderful worship. You all put in so much time at home rehearsing your lines and so much effort during our practices in showing your expression and meaning. The children have definitely shown qualities to show that they are ready for Year 6.

Let’s Celebrate

Emilia for being an enthusiastic learner: Emilia, you were highlighted many times throughout our practice sessions for speaking so clearly and meaningful throughout our worship assembly and you demonstrated this beautifully on the actual day. You really brought the powerfulness of the crucifixion with us in the hall.

Charlie for being a resilient learner: To carry out the role of Jesus, in the crucifixion, is a huge honour and yet such a difficult task. The many lines you rehearsed, whilst carrying such expression, were executed brilliantly due to your hard work and commitment to the role. To carry the cross for that long and to also bear it during the ending shows you are a resilient learner.

Leon for being a focused learner: The roles we had in the assembly were contrasting in comparsion of both drama and lines. Your role Leon had a more drama element to it, in which you executed perfectly. This could of led to complaceany or lack of focus because you had understood the importance of your role early on but you remained focus throughout all of our practices and during our performance.

Notices

School re-opening: School will reopen on Monday 17th April

Year 3 Weekly Blog 6.4.23 - "I am He that liveth, and was dead and, behold, I am alive for evermore.2 - Revelation 1:18

We have reached our Easter holiday, and what a special week it has been. As a school community we have gathered together each morning, to share with one another a part of Jesus’ Easter journey. We were all SO proud of each and every member of our class on Monday as they shared with us all the Last Supper. A huge well done children, you did so with such reverence and care, you overcame those nerves and worked together beautifully. To our chanters, thank you. To our dancers, thank you. To our disciples, thank you. And to Ciaran who took who showed us Jesus, thank you. You all did so with the greatest of faith and love.

We have continued our learning of the Green Children this week and have focused on the features of a diary. This is something you could practice our the half term… if you have your own diary, remember how to correctly start each diary entry going forward, only speak in the first person and remember to keep your tenses in the past. We have also finished our electricity topic in science, creating informative posters to keep others safe around electricity. We are hoping to put a few of these up around school.

Well done to all of the children who took part in the Egg decorating competition, to raise money for CAFOD. The entries were so creative! The generous fundraising this half term has been wonderful. Thank you so much for all of your support.

Certificates

This week we have two DETERMINED and FOCUSED learners…

Finley: What can we say Finley?! You are an absolute delight! Each and every day you show such wonderful determination towards your learning! You always want to do your very best and you love to help others along your way. We could not ask more of you Finley. A huge well done!

Ciaran: The greatest well done for your performance during our Easter assembly Ciaran. During our rehearsals you took direction willingly, and your memory was outstanding! You remembered each and every down to a tea… much better than I could ever have done! You spoke so beautifully, so full of respect and love for Jesus. A huge thank you for portraying Jesus in such a gentle and understanding way.

Reminders

TRIP TO RIBCHESTER ROMAN MUSEUM: Payment is now on Parent Pay. The price is £17.50. We will be getting the coach to Ribchester on the morning Friday 28th April. We will have an interactive tour of the museum, followed by a picnic lunch (hopefully in the sunshine)! We’ll return back to school in time for a normal pick up.

MISSING UNIFORM: Please can you keep your eyes out for any uniform that belongs to another child in the class. Thank you!

We hope you have a wonderful Easter and look forward to welcoming the children back to school on the 17th April.

God bless,

Miss Bassett & Mrs Marshall

Easter half term!

During the Easter half term we will not be asking you to complete any formal homework. However, as always you have access to TT Rockstars to keep your multiplication skills ticking over, along with reading plenty of books.

In RE we have been learning some of the responses to mass. We have sent you home with a little responses card. You could take this with you each time you go to mass to help you with the responses.

Year 2 Home Learning 6th April

History - What can you find out about the Mexico Disaster?

English - Please complete the reading comprehension in your Home Learning book.

Maths - please continue practising your 2, 5 and 10 times tables. Here are some links to help you practise.
Times table games
Tommy’s Trek Times Table Game
5 x table game
Multiples of 10 game

Don’t forget you can log onto Numbots at home too.

Please continue reading at home over half term, we will be resetting reading targets the first week back.

This week’s spelling for spelling quiz Friday 21st April

Spellings with the suffix ‘ment’
enjoyment amazement employment treatment replacement movement basement agreement payment

Word set 23

floor door poor friend hour though

Year 2 Weekly Blog - Rejoice in the miracle of Easter

Year 2 Weekly Blog - Rejoice in the miracle of Easter

Last Friday Year 2 started our schools journey through Holy week, leading up to Easter. We have gathered together each morning to watch as each year group has reenacted parts of Jesus’ Easter journey. Each day we have taken the time to discuss, reflect, ask questions then waited in anticipation for next class to share their interpretation.

In maths we have continued working on our addition and subtraction strategies, the focus this week has been on adding and subtraction multiples of 10 to 2 digit numbers. We’ve been counting back and forth in 10s from any number up to 100 and sometimes even beyond. It has been a pacey week with lots of solid mathematical connections being made. The children have impressed me with their focus and determination, everyone’s feeling a little bit tired and ready for a break but their their enthusiasm to learn has not faltered.

Preparation for our Art Exhibition took place daily this week, the children have completed some beautiful Easter artwork and cards. Thank you to everyone who attended our event on Wednesday, the children were so excited to share their work with you. Thank you for your donations, which will be going to CAFOD.

Our non chronological reports on the RNLI are looking great, the children have used their computing skills to search for and locate relevant information to include in their reports and used their knowledge from our english lessons to pull it all together into some fantastic reports. After half term in history we will focus on The Mexico Disaster, in which local lifeboat men perished in their attempt to rescue others. We will be visiting St Annes Lifeboat Station on 19th April.

In RE, we have written postcards from the perspective of bystanders in the crowds on Palm Sunday. We have thought about the feelings and excitement of the crowds, describing what they could see and hear. Our Palm Sunday worship last Friday has really helped us with this.

The entries for the decorated egg competition were fantastic, well done to our class winner Alice.

Let’s Celebrate

Well done to our certificate winners this week!

Liam

We can’t end this week without celebrating your amazing performance in our Palm Sunday Worship. The whole class were so excited that you were going to play alongside their singing. You amazed us all, you got better each time you played. I’ve since heard that you have never played electronic drums before! By the time it came to our worship you had only played 4 or 5 times - you are so talented Liam and we proud of your creativity and courage.

Martha

For being a resilient learner in maths, there has been some tricky work this week and you have been resilient and brave. You have worked hard and not given up even when things haven’t quite worked out the first time. You are always putting your hand up and having a go. Well done Martha, you are becoming a great problem solver and mathematician.



This week’s Star Readers are Scarlett, Ellie-Rose, Anna, Lucia and Rodnie.

Notices

Our PE days are now Monday and Wednesday
School reopens on Monday 17th April
Lifeboat Station Visit - Wednesday 19th April - Please ensure your child brings a coat to school.
Library Visit - Wednesday 3rd May

Reminder - We try our best in school to be a ‘nut free’ zone, there are a number of adults and children in school who have severe nut allergies. Please ensure that snacks and packed lunches are nut free.

Have a lovely Easter break,
Mrs Marham, Mrs Maano and Mrs Carragher

Year 1 Weekly Blog 31.3.23

This morning, we had the pleasure of watching the Year 2 worship of Palm Sunday. It was such a lovely start to our school Holy Week, we are looking forward to the rest next week and discussing and reflecting on them as part of our RE.

English: We have started to innovate our Peter Rabbit stories, we have thought of a different character and a different fruit/vegetable. I have been very impressed with their writing and I am excited to read everyones stories and for the children to mark and self-assess their own work.

Maths: We have continued working on our part-part-whole cherry diagrams to find all the possible combinations of 5 and working out 1 more and 1 less of a number. Ask your child at home lots of questions to secure this knowledge. We have loved playing lots of games to help us improve our fluency, such as if I have 3 counters in my open hand how many are in my closed hand. I am going to clap 5 times (clap twice, how many more time do I need to clap) ask you child at home how to play. We really had to think hard about 1 more and 1 less as the questions have been worded in a different way. Have a go at the ones I have set for the homework. We also used the rekenreks to tell stories: first there were 6 birds 1 bird flew away, then there were 5 birds.

History: On Tuesday we found a letter in our classroom and a book, it was from an astronaut, who set us a challenge to work together to build a tower with only tape and paper! It was great fun.The book was about Neil Armstrong, we have loved finding out about him this week and I have enjoyed the children bringing in books to share with the class, we love learning about different people.

We designed our own coin and stamp to commemorate the moon landing, ordered and retold the trip to the moon, made a group Neil Armstrong timeline and discussed reasons for and against going to the moon. We thought it might be nice to see but it could also be dangerous and we might get stuck there!

Music: We composed our own music using a repeated pattern and played it to our name song.

RWI: this week my group loved reading about the whales we decided we should make some posters to help save them, we researched whales and what we could do to help them. We discovered that we need recycle our plastic properly so it doesn’t end up in the ocean.

The other groups loved retelling their stories and acting it out, we love drama!

Lenten Promise:

We enjoyed our arts and craft day, invitations have gone home and our exhibition will be on Wednesday 5th April starting at 3- 3:40, we are very excited for you to come and see our beautiful creations. There will be a donation box in the classroom, to help us raise money for CAFOD.

Let’s Celebrate:

We have two Kiki Chameleons for a very creative week and super sentences in English keep it up :)

Henry is going home with this person for an amazing week in school well done!

Reading Challenge:

I have been blown away with all of the children’s enthusiasm with their reading, it is lovely to see their excitement and they regularly update me with where they are up to on their chart. Try and just sign once per day so we can keep it going, thank you :). We will announce the certificate awardees next week in our Thursday assembly.

Easter Egg Competition

The school council have decided that they would like to have an Easter Egg Competition, to raise money for CAFOD. Decorate a boiled egg in any way you would like, it is £1 to enter the competiton, eggs need to be in by Wednesday 5th April.

Reminders:

  • Please bring your lenten boxes back by Wednesday 5th April.

  • We break up at 2pm on Thursday 6th April.

  •  Please bring in spare clothes for your child.

  • Please check the home learning section for the homework,

  • Please make sure you don’t bring any nuts in for snack or in packed lunches, thank you.

  • Please can you ensure that your children do not bring any valuables into school as they can easily go missing.



    Have a lovely weekend

Miss Drummond, Miss Johnson and Mrs Carragher

Year 2 Home Learning 31st March

Year 2 Home Learning 31st March 2023



Egg Decorating Competition- Wednesday 5th April

Your homework this week is to create an entry for our whole school egg decorating competition - there will be chocolaty prizes!



Please continue reading for 20 minute daily and logging on and playing Numbots - here’s the link

NUMBOTS



Spellings

This week’s spelling are words ending in suffix less

harmless toothless pointless restless helpless careless helpless fearless endless

and word set 22

caught Christmas clothes once hold cold