Let Your Light Shine... Castlerigg Day 1

We’ve arrived! We have had a wonderful afternoon, had our tea and we are currently doing team building acitivites in the lounge area, where I can hear lots of laughter echoing through the house.

The theme of these next three days is, Shining our Light - something we do so well. The children have played some ice breaker games, split into smaller teams and have completed their contract for the week. These are things that they are all going to try and do to shine their light with others. I think you will see from the photographs, just how much fun the children are having - and in such a short amount of time.

As I sit and type this, the children have just demolished southern chicken wraps, salad and fries. We will then finish the day with a creative workshop and then night time prayer in the chapel.

The staff and I feel so blessed to spend this time with the children this week, in such a beautiful location. The views from the children’s bedrooms are stunning. Enjoy the photos and sleep well tonight.

Good night from Castlerigg day 1

This week....

Time flies when you are having fun and we certainly have been having fun at nursery. We have all noticed how much the children have progressed and can’t wait to move their learning further on when we return after the half term holiday.

Next half term will be extremely busy…we have Bonfire night, Remembrance Sunday and of course Christmas. Click on the buttons below to see what we will be getting up to!

Just for your diary the date for the Foundation Stage Christmas Nativity will be on the 4th and 5th of December. More details will follow after the holidays…watch this space!

Emma’s blog

Hello everyone,

I can't believe how fast this term has gone. We have really enjoyed this time getting to know each other and the routine of nursery. We are so proud of them all.

The children have embraced taking the responsibility to look after the nursery garden. As autumn has arrived, there are plenty of leaves that have fallen onto the ground. The children have enjoyed sweeping them up, listening to the sounds they make when you jump on them. With all of the autumn treasures in the garden, we made a sticky tape wrist bands and used these to collect things we could find (luckily there were no bugs stuck on… phew!). Here are some interesting facts about autumn, click here.

The children have continued working hard with their fine motor skills by threading pipe cleaners though small holes, they also enjoyed filling and pouring with small utensils. To continue our hand strengthening during the holidays, here are 2 new dough disco songs for you all to have a go at home! Click here and here!

I hope you all have a wonderful break. Rest lots, and I will see you all in a weeks time.

Emma

Michelle’s blog

Hello and welcome to this week’s blog.

I can’t believe that we have reached half term already, it only seems like yesterday that we were starting the new term in September. I am so proud of all the children, they have been on an amazing start to their nursery journey, and have really started to grow their brains. We have learnt this half term all about how our brains work to keep us happy and calm, how we need to keep our brain happy and healthy so that the hippocampus, amygdala and pre-frontal cortex parts of our brain can work together. If you haven’t already, now would be a fantastic time to explore the Myhappymind website, as there are some useful resources for parents on there too.

We have also had a fantastic start to the year of worship by learning all about Creation and how God made our wonderful world for us. We have learnt how God loves us all and we should follow His example and share our love too. I do have to say that this is something the children are particularly good at, they are so full of love for each other.

As we get to know each other we have started to play games together, sharing and taking turns. It is wonderful to see the children begin to think of others and realise that they can get so much pleasure by making others happy.

We have also started to really practise our physical skills, both inside and out, where we have had lots of opportunities to learn to jump, throw, catch and run. This is something we will continue to develop throughout the year, all ready to wow everybody with our physical skills at Sports Day in the summer.

I hope you all have a lovely half term break. When we come back we have lots more learning planned as we grow our brains even more.

Michelle

Worship

This week we started to learn the words and actions to ‘My Lighthouse’ in preparation for joining the whole school for celebration Assembly on a Friday. Click here to try the actions at home and here to listen to the song! The message is that God is a beacon of light, a fortress that defends, protects, and rescues us from our own doubts. The children love it!

Finally, here’s a little adventure you could do during the holidays…don’t forget to send some pictures!

Water bottles

A gentle reminder that if children are choosing to bring in water bottles from home can you please ensure that they only have water in them. As part of our healthy eating and drinking policy the children have the option to have milk or water only in nursery. Thank you.

Please remember that Nursery is closed for the half term holiday from Thursday 17th October until Monday 28th October.

Have the most wonderful half term and enjoy the time you spend together with loved ones.

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

Year 3 Homework- Friday 18th October

Spellings

This weeks focus is irregular past tense verbs.
Spelling quiz will be on Monday 28th October

1. came

2. went

3. saw

4. told

5. sang

6. broke

7. heard

8. won

9. found

10. thought

Reading
Well done to those children who achieved their reading targets this half term. Target will be reset ready to go again after the break.

Numbots & TT Rockstars
The children are able to log on at home to practise number skills and times tables. I have set some time telling 2dos on purplemash - can you have a go?

Autumn Term Optional Homework

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Year 4 Weekly blog Thursday 17th October "I can change the world with my own two hands."

What a bunch of stars we had in Year 4 this week! Thank you Year 4 for a well delivered assembly. Many of you stepped out for your comfort zone and overcame trepidation to smash it! You were a living example of what our school is all about.

It has been a productive and interesting week in year 4. We have learned about Abraham’s great grandson, Joseph in our RE lessons and all the challenges and blessings he faced.

In Science, we ended our topic on living things by thinking about ecosystems and how they are delicately balanced, with each organism being interdependent on each other. Children learned how to locate countries from their latitude/longitude references today and plot the co-ordinates on a world map. In maths, children have been manipulating 4 digit numbers and understanding the number of ones, tens and hundreds they are composed of. They have had some fun wet playtimes together too!

This week in our Kisafe lessons, children have learned about looking after their private places and about safe and unsafe secrets. They may wish to discuss this with you. Please read the letter below for further details

Let’s Celebrate!

PE champions in year 4 this week: Ellie-Rose and Lena

Flute stars this week: Joseph Ellie-Rose

Martha has been our Happiness hero this week - starting our day by sharing a happy thought. Thank you

Rodnie and Fletcher have GONE GREEN which means they have mastered all times tables. What dedication you have shown boys.

Ava, Martha and Bea met their reading targets this half-term. Well done girls! Lets have lots more next half term!

Notices

Holy Communion - please complete the form on the previous blog, indicating your commitment to the programme.

Cosmetic Chemistry trip - This is now on Parent pay at a cost of £17. Children will be going by coach to UCLAN on Tuesday 5th November. Please fill in the form below to indicate if you would or would not like Jackie to prepare a packed lunch for the trip

I look forward to sharing your child’s progress with you tomorrow. Have a lovely half term with your little treasures.

Mrs Lyons

Power Prints!

This half term, the children have been homing in on their observational skills. From thinking about how shading can be used to express tone, observing and thinking about proportion, to using scissors to draw and create mechanical artwork. They have also had a go at making their very own scratch art! It has been absolutely wonderful taking the class through their journey of exploration into various art techniques to create a collaborative piece of art to end the unit.

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 31st October

A little bit of this and that to keep you ticking over!

Maths

Just 8 questions on the sheets going over things we have learned this half term.

Reading

I look forward to talking to your parents about your reading. Curl up with a good book this half term and be ready to quiz on it when you get back on Monday

Flute

Put your flute together and practise in front of the mirror to make a sound. Log in to Charanga to watch the video on how to do it. Then practise Strictly B

Spelling

Please spend a little time going over any spellings you got wrong this half term in your spelling tests. Make sure you now know them.

Growing Artists!

We have had a wonderful time in art this half term, focusing on our drawing techniques to produce various botanical pieces of work. From observational drawing, shading, frottage and scientific study to produce amazing pieces. The children are such wonderful budding artists!

Marvellous Marks!

It has been so delightful welcoming Reception into the Create Room. This half term, the children have been busy exploring different media and mark making. From wax crayons to chalks and felt tips, we have thought about various marks we can make using different methods. The children have loved these sessions were very proud of their work.

Tell a story!

This half term has been an utter delight working alongside Year 2. Through the exploration of marks, observations, texture and characterisation, the children have taken a journey to create their own story through art. Each week building on previous learning to create their own book.

Make Your Mark!

What a joy it has been this half term, experimenting, exploring and investigating various media and mark making. The children have taken part in independent and collaborative tasks using new techniques to create pieces of art. The children have been so proud of what they have achieved and created, they are all such budding artists!

Make My Voice Heard!

This half term, we have been exploring an array of artistic influences. From Mayan art to Street art and Chiaroscuro, we have studied how, through art, we can make our voice heard. We have looked at how symbols within art can have an impact and how powerful these can be and come up with their own symbols to represent themselves. Using their knowledge and skills learned throughout the term, they will complete their own artistic piece after the half term break. It has been wonderful to watch they children grow in their artistic talent and I cannot wait to see how they will develop this further through the year!

Year 5 Weekly Blog 17.10.24-

And just like that, we have arrived at the end of our first half term of the year (it’s scary to think that Christmas is on its way). Regardless of the weather, it has still been a fun yet productive final week of autumn 1. On Monday, to celebrate completing our first unit of ‘My Happy Mind’, we put our arts and crafts skills to the test to make some ‘HAP Hats’. I’m hoping that these hats made it home in one piece for all of you to see. Our ‘My Happy Mind’ Champion for this week was Joseph, who wore his badge with pride and really looked after it this week- thankyou Joseph.

In certain lessons, it was about wrapping up our knowledge in that subject with some evaluation quizzes in which the children relished this and whizzed through their questions.

In History, we continued with the Battle of Marathon and analysed this as historians to look at the different verisons of this famous story. The children had to use the evidence presented to find the clues and answers to specific questions in order to assess the credibility of the story.

In English, we have continued in reading our class novel of ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’, surpassing Chapter 6 of our exciting childhood classic.

Notices

• Sports Club Opportunities- Information for Autumn 2 clubs are available on the sports page of the blog.

• Homework- Please check the homework blog for work to do over half term.

Have a wonderful half term break.

From Mr Cornwell, Mrs Barker and Mrs Tierney