Amazing opportunity for budding actors!

An exciting opportunity is on offer at the Grand Theatre that you may be interested in. Between 26th-29th July, they will be hosting a free Musical Theatre workshop day for children aged between 11-17.

You’ll get to learn songs from your favourite musicals with expert practitioners and have your say on the arts in Blackpool.

Here is the digital invite and document that provides more information…

Places are on a first come first serve basis. Please share this widely with any young person you think might be interested. They can register their interest here: https://forms.office.com/e/tCdqJH4Z4P

"I would advise young artists to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly." - Claude Monet

This term in year 4 the artists learnt about sculpture and the many ways you can do sculpture.

We learnt about Magdalena Odundo and tried to recreate some of the 2D shapes used in her sculpture to create vases, we used different colour soft pastels in black paper for contrast.

Year 4 artists also learnt about Barbara Hepworth a British artist and Sculptor, we had a go at sculpting soap bars , this was proven to be tricky but so much fun and the classroom smelt amazing for days!

Looking at sculpture and the ways it can be made we had a go at modelling wire to create our own sculpture, this has given the children a variety of mediums to explore sculpturing with. Many sculptures can be made from found objects and reused materials too.

“Art is a place for children to learn to trust their ideas, themselves, and to explore what is possible.” MaryAnn F. Khol

During this term we have been remarkably busy, the children are so creative and always have an eager to learn new techniques and new skills.

They are curious to learn about past and contemporary artists, their artwork and life as artists.

We have taken inspiration from a couple of artists to then ourselves create beautiful masterpieces. We have looked at an artist’s mindset and concluded that in art there is no mistakes, in art we can experiment and take risks knowing that it will always be a masterpiece and the most important is to have fun and enjoy the process! I learn so much from the children as well, we often as adults tend to complicate things and children have such a straightforward way of being creative.

Just click in your little artist class and have a look of what the artists have been up to this half term.

The Art team,

Miss Neves, Miss Mather & Miss Nel

“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” – Leonardo da Vinci

In year 2 this term was busy but very creative. The artists experimented mark making using charcoal, the children experimented how different ways of holding the charcoal can create different marks, charcoal is so messy but so much fun! We tried to create a texture from different objects in the classroom using a variety of mediums, the children were encouraged to touch and discuss what they could feel and how they would recreate that texture in their sketchbooks. Following this the artists brought their favourite toy and had a go at observational drawing, drawing only what they could see and trying to recreate the texture on paper, these were amazing! On our last week we looked at illustrations and how illustrators show their characters feelings. We looked at which parts of our face show our emotions. Eyebrows, eyes and mouth help us to understand how a character in a book or film is feeling, we had a go at creating our own feeling emoji, there were some very creative emojis!

"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." - Vincent Van Gogh

What a busy term in year 3! In art we have travelled back in time and looked at prehistoric art, starting by learning how the pigments for painting came from. We looked at cave paintings and these were drawing with little detail. The artists were asked to draw common British animals in charcoal and later to enlarge them on to an A3 size using only cave painting colours, we knew that cave painting people only had natural resources and not a great variety of colours, we used a more earthy colour wheel.

The artists went on a hunt outdoors for natural resources and were able to experiment which would give a nice pigment when painting with. Year 3 had a go at making their own Prehistoric palette by mixing flour and water and by adding different condiments we obtained different colours, we used paprika, nutmeg, turmeric and cinnamon, some worked better than others but they all smelt amazing!

The children created their own cave wall to paint in, for this we used cardboard as a base, we glued sand, couscous and lentils and once dried we were able to add our favourtite British animal, we had so much fun doing this.

To end our term we did a virtual visit to the caves in France “Chauvet cave” and looked at the hand drawings and tried to recreate our own hand paintings , positive(paint on hand to print) and negative (hand on paper and paint around hand creating a negative hand print). This was very messy and children really enjoyed the process!

"The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen." - Paul Klee

This term the artists in year 1 have explored mixing primary colours to make secondary colours and inspired by the artist Jasper Johns style we painted our own “0 through 9”: experimented Lego printing and discussed all the patterns that the Lego created and had a go at trying to print our names initial.

Year 1 have looked at how a colour can have so many different shades and had a go at creating different shades of green creating a hand using the shades obtained.

The artists got to know about Clarice Cliff and his circle tree ceramics and tried to create their own inspired by the artist way of painting.

To end our term we did paint by the sound of the music, I played a couple of tunes and asked the children to first dance how the music made them feel and then using their paint brushes as their ballerinas to recreate that feeling on paper and thinking carefully on the chosen colours for that same music and feeling, it was a the perfect lesson to end our term!

"Art is a harmony parallel with nature." - Paul Cezanne

This term the artists in Year 5, have been learning of portrait drawing, for this they have used mixed mediums and different techniques. They had a go at drawing King Charles III portrait ready for the coronation and these looked amazing!

We also had a visit of an artist and had a painting workshop “ Art without thought”, by Jack Crayton. Jack has told us about his journey in the army and how art has helped him in his life. Jack has taught us to draw/paint in perspective and the final masterpieces were amazing and in the end the children asked amazing questions and were so polite. On our final week we had a charcoal workshop too, the children were showed different techniques that could be use with charcoal, by drawing with the rubber and had lights to midtones and creating contrast , charcoal is a great and inexpensive medium to work with, although a little messy!

Year 1 Homework 26.5.23

We have been working on accurate reading rather than speedy reading in preparation for our Phonics screening, there are three things to remember: special friends (ai, igh, o-e), Fred Talk(sound it out loud), read the word. I have given everyone flashcards to practise their accurate reading it is not a race, it is important that they take their time, find the special friends first and say each sound this will help them blend properly. Try and practice words with chatty friends ( a-e, e-e, o-e, i-e, u-e) these are harder to find and alien words as we want to make then into real words. Words like whike, stroke, smung and spran are tricky as sometimes the children want to add extra letters (smung: smug/ suming, spran: sprant, or mix up ‘ro’ and ‘or’ stroke: storke). If you have any questions please email me and I can help.

Here are some more flashcards that you can use, if needed. There is no need to print them off you can show them on an iPad or computer.

Spellings will continue after half term so your child can focus on their phonics, please access these helpful resources below and use the websites the children love playing the games. If you any extra support, information please email me and I can help you.

Help your child – Year 1

 Thank you for all of your support the children have made so much progress this year and I am incredibly proud of them :)

Have a lovely break.

Miss Drummond

Year 1 Weekly Blog 26.5.23 'Not trying is much worse than failing.'

‘Not trying is much worse than failing.’

A World Without Failures by Esther Pia Cordova

What another busy week we have had, we have been incredibly focused in our RWI sessions to help prepare us for our phonics screening, this will take place the week we return to school Monday 12th June- Friday 16th June. It is really important that you use your phonics pack to practise and maintain their hard work at school as 2 weeks is a long time. It doesn’t need to be hours just a quick 10 minutes daily (if possible) or as much as you can, something is better than nothing at all. Once again thank you for all of your support at home, it is wonderful to hear how excited the children are to share their learning with you at home. I have been told about phonics lessons at home and I can see how proud they are, and we are too :). Here are the links again we love these games.

Maths: We have continued writing ‘equations’ (e.g. 5 + 2 = 7), we have been checking that the plus and equal symbols are in the right place. We have been telling our own number stories to each other and writing the correct equations to match.

English: We have been amazed by all of the children’s writing this week, they have used their innovated story maps to retell their own story independently. It has been great that they have been focused and have not given up when they have found it difficult and most importantly applying their phonics knowledge to support them.

 PE: We loved our extra PE lesson on Thursday afternoon with Year 2 to practise our sport day activities. We did it again today and are excited to show you when it is our sports day.

Music: look at our brilliant performance of us and down, this time we used musical instruments.

On Thursday I set the children a challenge, could they play with somebody they don’t normally play with in our class. At first we were a bit worried, but we were up for the challenge. I was so pleased to hear all the lovely stories and games they played together, most children decided to sit next to them at lunch time and most importantly we all had fun. I am so proud of all the lovely friendships we have developed in our class and we are being kind friends to each other by making sure nobody is by themselves.

Upcoming Trips:

Library

Our final trip to the library will be on Friday 23rd June, please bring in your library cards, if you would like your child to take a book home.

Ridgeway Farm:

On Tuesday 4th July we will be visiting Ridgeway farm, I will provide more details after half term.

Let’s Celebrate:

Congratulations to our awardees: two ‘Bobby Bees’ for their fantastic innovated independent stories, well done.

Henry is going home with this person for always making good choices and being brave and playing with new friends, well done :).

Reading Challenge: Well done to these children who received their certificates, there are so many that are very close, keep up the hard work :). I will be creating some new certificates for next half term for those who have achieved their platinum award.

Reminders:

• Preparing for the weather: As the weather is improving children are allowed to bring in a sunhat, which can be worn at break times and any sun cream that is brought in must be applied by the child themselves, roll on sun creams are easier to apply. We also ask that no sunglasses are to be brought into the school. Thank you.

•  Please can you try and bring in healthy snacks for your children to eat at break times, we always have fruit in school that the children can have.

• Please can you double check that all items of clothing are labelled.

•  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 break

Miss Drummond, Miss Johnson and Mrs Carragher

This week....

Summer has definitely arrived and what great fun we have had! it’s been an outdoorsy (I’m not sure that’s a real word) week. We have planned our learning to take place in the garden and on the field.

The children have had so much fun and managed to get wet and mucky! Great fun!!

Barbara (and Emma’s blog)

We started the week with Marvellous Monday, and how marvellous we were! We tried to remember all the shapes that we had learnt earlier in the years and all their properties. We watched and listened to the Shape Soong to refresh our brains. Click here to listen at home. We all then went to find a shape to describe to the group, and we were FANTASTIC! We then played ‘guess the shape’. Click here to play at home. There is also our old favourite ‘shape monster’ Click here. Enjoy!

We went to the field this week for PE. We decided to take along the parachute. We shook it, hid underneath it, played teddy bounce and another popular game ‘cat and mouse’. we all laughed so much.

We have continued our exploration of the number 10, by counting things we could find in the garden into an egg box.

Thursday was such a warm day some of our friends played with the BIG water play outside nearly all afternoon. Goodness, did they get wet! We made chutes, squirters and best of all a huge puddle in a tuff tray to stamp and splash in!

The children have been den building and making obstacle courses with the soft shape. Take a look!

and just a few extra's….actually quite a lot!

What a busy week! We all need a rest now!

Have a lovely half term and stay safe.

Barbara and Emma

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone,

This week we have enjoyed the sunshine with lots of outdoor play and a picnic outside. The sunny weather has inspired our artwork this week. We made some pictures using hot and fiery colours of red, yellow and orange. We explored colour mixing with the powder paints and spoke about sun  safety, and how too much sun  can be dangerous. The children said ‘The sun is hot. That’s why we have to put our sunhats on.  ‘The sun gives you sunburn’ ‘I like to feel hot on my back’ We watched a video about colour mixing, click here to watch at home.

We also had lots of fun on the field with the parachute, trying to bounce teddy as high as he could go.

Don’t forget we break up this Friday for 2 weeks. Hope you all have a wonderful holiday

Steph’s blog

Hello everyone.

What another busy week! We have loved playing in the garden with the bubbles and the big water trays and ramps. We even spotted some rainbows in the water spray - we really enjoy using the syringes and spraying the water everywhere!

When we discussed what we wanted to learn at the beginning of the term one of the friends in our group asked if we could learn how to draw a robot! So this week that is what we did! We followed the instructions and could recognise lots of different shapes from our carpet time with Barbara this week! Here is the instructions we used if you’d like to have a go at home (make it as easy or tricky as you like!) Click here.  

We have been creative designing our sports day T-shirts - they look great! We can’t wait to show them off on sports day. If you haven’t already please could you bring in a plain white tshirt for your child to decorate - thank you! 

We have also been practising writing our names this week - we have worked so hard and we are getting so good at writing all the sounds! Have a go at home! Here is a reminder of how to say the sounds the way we teach them at school: click here.

The children have also enjoyed testing each other! They asked if they could use my sound cards and pretended to be nursery ladies holding up the cards and seeing if their friends knew the sound! They were also helpful if their friend wasn’t sure, it was lovely to see!

Hope you all have a lovely half term break! Get some rest and have lots of fun!

Steph 

Purple Mash

Please check out Purple Mash. I have set lots of activities for over the half term holidays (for a rainy day). If it’s warm and sunny you must enjoy it!

Here’s a few activities if you fancy a outdoor challenge.

Sports day

Our Foundation Sports’ Day is being held on Monday 19th June at 1.30 pm. If you wish you child to attend please be at nursery no later that 1.15 pm. It should last about one hour. If you are unable to attend can you please let us know.

Plans for after half term

It’s hard to believe that these will be the last plans of the year! Tempus fugit!

It just remains for me to say….have a FABULOUS half term holiday!

God Bless

Barbara

Year 4 Weekly blog Friday 26th May "He's got the whole world in His hands!"

This week, the children above led us in a beautiful worship about God’s Power. The class said that they feel God’s power when they made their First Holy Communion, when they need help because they are angry and when they are with their friends. It was such a lovely worship- thank you Layla for being a stand in too!

Holy communion Week 1

Holy Communion week 2

The children have had a very sporty week! I have included a video below showing them practising for Sports day and showing their lovely gymnastic sequences which they did in pairs. Also a few snaps of us enjoying some cake to celebrate making our First Holy Communion - (Mrs Lyons had to get some fractions learning in as we cut the cake and decided how many parts we would need!)

We have also learned all about what sound is this week - through a series of investigations. Then we tested and measured in decibels who was the loudest in the class! In English we have loved doing some paired writing, creating contrasting settings and then drawing and writing about the beautiful goddess of the emerald lake!

Let’s Celebrate!

This week, Roseanna has received a Creative Kiki Chameleon certificate for some beautiful writing about the goddess of the emerald lake.

Niamh has received a Co-operative roger Robin and Focused Cooper Crab certificate for being a kind partner but also being able to avoid any distractions to focus brilliantly.

PE stars this week go to Archie and Elsie for a brilliant and creative sequence in gymnastics and for being supportive team members in all sports.

Attentive and Discerning butterflies

This week we thank Sophia for just being quietly kind and compassionate. Also Ben for being discerning about giving his support to all his team.

Notices

June and July are very busy!

Here are some dates so far:

Wednesday 14th June: Choir perform in Showtime at North Pier 7pm

Monday 26th June: Year 3 and 4 Sports Day 1:30pm

Thursday 29th June: Get those PJ’s on, its the Gym Jam Jog! All sponsor money goes to building and extending our outside castle for the children.

Thursday 6th July: Year 4 Viking and Anglo-Saxon dress up day! Come to school dressed as a Viking, Saxon or a Viking god or goddess.

Friday 7th July. Parent occupations day. As part of our Year 4 geography topic, we are exploring the world of work and industry. We would love parents to volunteer to come into school at 2:00 to be interviewed and quizzed by groups of children about their occupation. Have a think over the half term and I will put a form on the next blog so you can sign up if you wish.

Monday 10th July: Parents are invited at 2pm into school to watch Year 4 and Year 5 Clarinet concert.

There may be more! Please have a lovely two weeks with your children and enjoy the sun! There is a little maths homework to keep them tiding over. The National Multiplication check is on the first week back.

God bless,

Mrs Lyons, Mrs Mather and Miss Hennessey

Year 3 home learning to be handed in 15.6.23

Geography

After half-term we will be investigating our local area. Can you go on a walk around St Anne’s and email Mrs Marshall a photo of you stood next to a physical feature and a human feature? e.marshall@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Physical geography: the natural features and landscape of an area or country. e.g. mountains, oceans and desserts.

Human geography: how people interact with the world around them. e.g. communities, culture, how the land is used and trade links.

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Maths - IXL

Please complete the following IXL skills:

B1: Comparing numbers up to 100

B2: Comparing numbers up to 1000

B3: Put numbers up to 100 in order

B4: Put numbers up to 1000 in order

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Computing

We have been learning how to send emails on purple mash. It would be lovely to hear what you have been up to whilst enjoying the half term. See if you can send me an email.

Remember: First click onto TOOLS. Next click 2EMAIL. Then click 2EMAIL again. Now click on COMPOSE in the top left hand corner.

Once you have the above screen visible make sure you click ‘TO’ and add my email, do this by clicking on contacts along the right hand side of the screen and find my name. Then write your subject and your type your email. I look forward to reading what you are getting up to!

Year 2 Weekly Blog 26th May 2023 - Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows

Year 2 Weekly Blog 26th May 2023

Well done Year 2! What a fantastic half term we have had….each week you continue to amaze me. This week the children completed their Key Stage 1 Maths Assessments - once again their determination and focus have blown me away.

In Computing, we’ve looked at the work of Piet Mondrian, taking note of his use of vertical, horizontal lines and primary colours to produce abstract art. We recreated his work on Purple mash, then had a go at making our own abstract art inspired by Mondrain using our own choice of colours.

The children have thoroughly enjoying learning about Grace Darling, as our topic came to an end we thought about how she should be remembered and designed stamps. Many of the stamps featured lighthouses, rowing boats and Grace Darling herself.
We got crafty and designed and assembled our own lighthouses.

We have spent a lot of time outside this week, we continued improving our throwing and catching skills in our PE lessons. On Thursday Year 2 were fantastic role models when they teamed up with year 1 to practice some events in preparation for sports day.

Year 2 are lunch time superstars!!!!
They were recognised and rewarded this week for being such fantastic role models in the dinner hall. The children were thrilled when they went into the hall today and saw the table specially decorated for them

The children have been sent home today with their sunflowers, which they have nurtured and taken care of these last couple of weeks. They have also brought with them their sunflower diaries to record their sunflowers growth over half term. The sunflowers can be planted out at home or if your child prefers they can come back to school after half term and we will plant them out in our school garden. It would be lovely if the children could send photos of their sunflowers as they bloom and grow. Pictures can be emailed to me at lmarham@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

In science we have been looking at the lifecycles of plants, particularly strawberry plants as we have some growing in our school garden. We were able to go out and see some of the stages - the flowering, fruit and the ripening fruit.

Let’s Celebrate

Well done to our certificate winners this week!

Joseph
Joseph you have had an amazing week, there have been many occasions when you have been out of your comfort zone, but you have been brave and courageous and overcome your fears. You have made so much progress.
We are so proud of you.

Jackson

Jackson, I have really noticed how focused you have been in class over the last couple of weeks. You are making wise choices and managing any distractions  and this is having a positive impact on your learning
Keep it up Jackson !

This week’s Star Readers are and Anna, Nathan, Emilia and Bea

Notices

Our PE days are Monday and Wednesday
KS1 Sports Day - 20th June 1.30pm
Gym Jam Jog! - Wednesday 21st June 8am
Library visit - 5th July
Zoo trip - Date and details to be confirmed

Half term - School closes for half term Friday 26th May at the usual time and reopens on Monday 12th June.


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.

As the weather gets warmer we’re hoping to spend more time learning outdoors. Please send your child in with a suitable sunhat with their name in it and apply suncream before school.

Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Marham, Mrs Maano and Mrs Carragher

Day 4 Water Parks

We have had another fun filled day in the Lake District. The sun has shone down making the day even more cheerful! We have just had our pizza, wedges and banoffee pudding and now we have gone off to practice our talents ready for tonight’s show!

Mrs Harrison and Mr Cornwell’s group have been on an adventure day, walking up a peak. It was a lot of hard work and climbing but once we were at the top we were taken away with the beautiful view!

Mrs Hotchkiss’ and Mr Nay’s group have been sailing all day on the lake…

Mrs Mather, Mrs Gregan and Mrs Barker’s group have also been on an adventure day…

Year 4 homework to be handed in by Thursday 15th June

Homework over the half term is all about practising maths!

Your Multiplication National Test is on the first week back after half term.

Continue with TT rockstars. Look at your heatmap. If there are any times tables you are unsure of, go on IXL and find the right multiplication units and do them. Units F and G do this.

Also consolidate fractions!

1. Please complete IXL levels EE6 EE8 EE10 EE13 EE14