This week...

Each week seems to be getting busier and busier at the moment! I can’t believe we have been at nursery for one term already!! Looking at the calendar the next couple of weeks are going to be even more hectic, starting with our Christmas Nativity next week. This years production is called ‘Follow the Star’, we hope you enjoy it.

Worship

Thank you to everyone who has sent in pictures of their child enjoying the Travelling Nativity. There are some fabulous drawing depicting the Christmas story too!

Next week we will be journeying through Advent together. We would like to start by learning this song (to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star), maybe you could help at home.

Advent is a time to wait (hold hand up as you say “wait”)

Not quite time to celebrate, (shake head and wag finger from side to side)

Light candles one by one, (put 4 fingers up, one at a time)

Till Advent time is done. (wave hands, palm down)

Day by day we work and pray, (put fist on top of fist, back and forth)

To prepare for Christmas day! (give yourself a hug)

As a group we will be reflection on:

How we can get ready at home?

How we can get ready at school?

How we can get ready for Jesus?

Don’t forget to join us at our family Mass this Sunday at Our Lady Star of the Sea church. We would love to see you all there.

Emma’s blog

Hello everyone.

What a wonderful week of fun and learning we have had.

We have had so much fun this week in PE with Mr. Murray. He has been teaching us how to bounce a large ball, and throw it up into the air without letting it roll away. We dropped the ball from our hands, letting the ball bounce at our feet before trying to catch it. As you can imagine, balls were flying everywhere! Mr. Murray also asked the children to run around the outside of a big circle, and he would shout out 'change' and the children had to turn and run the other way…very confusing. Mr. Murray made it tricky by randomly shouting ‘change’, the children loved the challenge.

To continue our learning thread about our body, and to link numbers 1 and 2, we have been looking at pictures of everyone’s eyes and mouths (and other body parts, have we got one or have we got two?). We showed the children pictures of just the eyes and mouths of the friends and nursery ladies, we had to work out who was who. It was very tricky. We talked about how some things are the same, and how some things are different, for example, different/same coloured eyes or different shaped mouths, different skin tones and how we all have one nose and two eyes etc.

We have been very busy rehearing for our Nativity. The children have worked so hard, and we are looking forward to performing it to you all next week.

Here is a story about the Nativity. Click here. 

Have a lovely weekend. Rest up, ready for our big performances next week.

Emma 

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog 

We have had such a busy week as we have enjoyed singing our Nativity songs ready for next week. We can't wait to join Reception in telling the very special story of the first Christmas. We have loved seeing all your photos of the travelling nativity that you have shared with us. Thank you so much for taking care to send it back to nursery the next day. This means we can make sure every family will have a turn before the end of term.

We have been busy little elves this week but sorry, it's all top secret at the moment. You will just have to be patient and wait and see what we have been up to.

We have also continued learning about our bodies. This week we have learnt about our lungs. We watched a video about a little boy with asthma and it explained how our lungs work. Click here.

We then did a painting using our lungs, not a paintbrush. We used straws to blow the paint.

We have included some photos of the hail storm we had last week as we were too late to include them in the blog.

See you all next week and have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

Christmas Cards

As in previous years, and in our ongoing commitment to look after God’s wonderful earth, we ask that the children do not send cards to everyone on nursery. If they would like to make one at home to send to everyone at nursery that would be fabulous!

Christmas Party

Key Stage 1 and Foundation Christmas party is being held on 19th December 9.30-11.30 am. All the children are invited to join us but if it is not your child’s usual session could you please arrange for them to be collected at 11.30 am. We will be baking a special birthday cake for Baby Jesus to eat at the party!!! Mmmmmmm!

Visit to Clarence House care home

On Wednesday 11th December we will be visiting Clarence House Rest Home. We will be joining Reception (in two small groups) to take some cards and decorations we have made to help spread some Christmas cheer. We may even sing a couple of our Christmas songs.

If you do not want your child to take part in this visit could you please let me know a.s.a.p.

Lastly, I thought I would just mention that after years of Nativities, it helps the children if they do not see you in the audience. If you sit where you can see them and they can’t see you it will limit the chances of them getting upset or distracted. Thank you.

I hope to see you all at Family Mass on Sunday.

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

Year 5 Homework due Thursday 5th December

Essential Homework

• Reading- 20 to 30 minutes a day at home.

• Times Tables- 5 minutes per day.

• Spellings- to complete the sheets in their books and 2 trail spelling tests

1. angle

2. shape

3. diary

4. perhaps

5. sentence

6. grammar

7. weight

8. crowd

9. window

10. swallow

11. accompany

12. conscience

13. exaggerate

14. government

15. temperature

Mrs Barker’s group

1. cure

2. crunch

3. fruit

4. angle

5. shape

6. diary

7. perhaps

8. sentence

9. grammar

10. window

Christmas Concert Practice

We have been practicing for our KS2 Christmas Concert, which will take place on Monday 16th December.

Maths

This will be on IXL to cover the two topics that we have been doing this half term.

• R1- Compare money amounts

• V1- Acute, Right, Obtuse or Straight angles

Year 6 Weekly Blog - “Hope is being able to see that there is light desipte all of the darkness" Desmond Tutu

It is hard to believe that we are now coming up to the first week of Advent, the week of Hope. After a turbulent year which we see daily through the news, there is comfort to be found when we pause to read, pray, and reflect over the course of the Advent season in which we eagerly anticipate the celebration of Christ’s birth. The first Sunday of Advent gives us the opportunity to centre our thoughts on hope.It's a beautiful chance to remember the hope God offers our world, and what He's given us through Jesus. We will be celebrating advent alongside our Reception buddies on Thursday 12th November at church. Please, if you are available, it would be lovely for you to walk down with us and join us in prayer. We will be setting off from school at 9:10 ready for mass at 9:30am.

Hope, this week, has been at the forefront of our liturgies and RE lessons, as we continue our unit of work on Justice and the refugee crisis. We have now moved on to the study of significant people that have stood up to these injustices and the hope this gives us for a better world.

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DANCE FESTIVAL INFORMATION

Wow what a show our dancers put on this Tuesday- we are so proud of them! We had a great day at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, for the annual Fylde and Wyre Dance Fesitval. The children were fantastic ambassadors of Our Lady’s from start to finish. They worked together so beautfully to perform a fantastic dance, with such enthusisasm and commitment. Thank you also to all our parents for coming to watch and support us. What an experience to perform to a large audience on such an iconic stage- a memory some of our dancers will never forget!

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Delving deeper through talk …

Who was Oscar Romero? How did he stand up to injustice?

Helpers in the mornings:

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

Pippa Arthur Elsie Luke
 

Leading Learners

Well done to Riley and Rafe this week.

Rafe- refelctive learner - Rafe you never stop learning! There are times when you could sit back, relax and let the learning wash over you, but you never do. You seize every learning opportunity and see every lesson or feedback as a chance to challenge yourself and take your learning to the next level.

Riley- determined learner- We have been so impressed with how determined you are being in class! You are focused in getting the work completed, independent and trying your hardest in all of your learning!

Intentional and Prophetic butterflies

This half term we will be on the lookout for all the children that are intention in their actions. Children who make conscious decisions for the greater good. We will also be spotting children who are prophetic, who choose the right decisions with integrity and who display them publically. These children are the role models of the school. This week we thank Cora for being intentional and prophetic to help others.

Lunch Time Awards …

Marvelous Manners awards … Cora

Role Model of the week … Niamh

Reminders

Notices

• Please see year 6 homework section to learn the songs ready for our Christmas concert.

• We are out and about a lot next week, walking to church. Please could you make sure children have a warm coat and hat each day to keep warm.

• We have decided as a school not to send individual Christmas cards to each other, but to instead put this money towards a chairty of your choice. Children can if they wish, write one card for the whole class.

  Our Christmas performance is in church on Monday 16th December at 2pm and 6pm.

  We close for Chrsitmas at 2pm on Friday 20th December

  Wednesday 18th December Key Stage 2 Christmas party. Children can come to school in party clothes and sensible shoes. They can bring a non-fizzy drink and a small snack such as chocolate or a packet of crisps.

• Christmas Bake Off will take place on Friday 13th December. The day will be all things cake, cake sales and Christmas jumpers!

Have a lovely weekend with your family.

Mrs Harrison, Mrs Webster and Mrs Carter

Year 3 Homework- Wednesday 27th November

Spellings

This weeks focus words ending with ‘ure’. Spelling quiz will be on Monday 2nd December

1. nature

2. picture

3. mixture

4. feature

5. vulture

6. scripture

7. fracture

8. puncture

9. furniture

10. adventure

Key Stage 2 Carol concert

Below is a link to the words of the songs we are practising for our carol concert and a video of the first 3 song to practise singing along with.

Reading
Please try to read for 10-15 minutes at home each day - the children have made a great start and are already moving up our target board.

Purplemash
Purplemash log ins are in the front of homework books. Each week I will set ‘2dos’ link to our learning in class.
Optional homework has been set on speech marks and reading comprehension on fossils.

TT Rockstars & Numbots
Please keep logging on, practising times tables and number skills makes a huge difference. Can you recall number facts speedily?

Autumn Term Optional Homework

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Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 5th December

Christmas songs

Please learn the last 2 Christmas songs below.

There is a copy of the words below as well as our videos.

Reading

So many of you have already met your target this half term! Some of you are on your way to meeting it twice over for 100 housepoints! Keep reading!

Maths

Please complete TT rockstars each day

Spelling

In your best handwriting, follow the instructions on the sheet. Rhis week is slightly different as we will be focussing on the spelling of homophones for our really tricky and selling rule sectons. Please complete the usual sheet and the ‘mark the teacher’ sheet and task.

Optional Home Learning this half term

Here are some exciting tasks linked to our learning this half term which you may choose to do. Look out especially for pyramid building in history!

Year 6 Home Learning 28.11.24

Homework should be completed and brought back to school for the following Wednesday

Maths- Please keep going on TT Rockstars- 5 minutes every night! In your books please also complete the maths questions that are stuck in. We have been doing this in class, so the children should be able to have a good go at this!

English- Please complete the reported and direct speech worksheet in your books.

Spelling - Please complete the spellings rules sheet in your books- we will practice these throughout the week in class but you also need to practice them at home ready for our quiz on a Thursday!

Christmas songs

Please learn the next 2 Christmas songs below.

You have a booklet with the words to all songs in your bag - please keep at home to practice and do not lose it.

There is also a copy of the words below as well as our videos

OPTIONAL HOME LEARNING FOR THE HALF TERM TO ENHANCE OUR CURRICULUM

Year 4 Weekly blog Friday 22nd November "Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord."

What a busy but lovely week we have had! we are well under way with our Christmas preparations for our carol concert in church and we have been doing so much exciting learning!

Our RE lessons this week were firstly focused on John the Baptist and understanding why he was important. We then looked at how he linked to another prophet Isaiah - in prophesying Jesus’ coming. This led us beautifully to start thinking about the season of Advent and what it entails.

Our Science this week was all about evaporation. Excitedly, the children made a puddle outside and even in this cold, it had evaporated within 1 hour! We carried out an experiment in class to see if water would evaporate more quickly if it was in a container with a larger surface area.

Maths has seen us solve one and two step problems using bar modelling and our understanding of measures. Children are more readily able to convert now between eg m to km or g to kg. We are now moving onto numbers to 10,000 comparing and ordering them.

In English, we have finally finished our novel. It was bittersweet and all children have now quizzed on this book which gave them some major Accelerated reader points!

Here are a few photos of our week:

CONVERSATION STARTERS:

1. What is evaporation? Can you think of any examples in nature?

2.My Happy Mind - this week, you can talk about Which strength would you like to build further?

Let’s Celebrate!

This week, our learning certificates are as follows:

Lettie received a Sadie Spider certificate. You are such a hard worker Lettie which really showed in your persuasive letter! You were brilliant with maths problems too this week!

George L also received a Sadie Spider certificate. You have become such a good listener and you have become so much more productive too! I can see you striving to get better and better!

Our virtues this half term are intentional and prophetic - intentional in choosing right choices and standing out for what is good. This week Mia-Grace received our star. You are always so willing to help out everyone Mia-Grace. You just love to give to others.

Flute stars this week: Lettie and Fletcher

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

Lunchtime awards:

Role model: Nathan

Marvelous Manners: Alice

Notices

Christmas Parish Pantomime We are going to our parish panto - Ali Baba on Friday 6th December. Please could you pay £5 on parent pay?

Christmas songs Year 4 did brilliantly again this week in their singing! On the homework are the next 3 songs to practise for our Carol concert which is in church on Monday 16th December at 2pm and 6pm. Please encourage them to practise again this week

Own Clothes Day: To celebrate the arrival of December and the festive period, then children can wear their own clothes and also bring in a bar of chocolate into school for £1. This will take place on Friday 29th November.

• Christmas Bake Off: Last year went so well, we just had to do it again! All things Christmas with cakes, bakes and jumpers on Friday 13th December.

Have a lovely weekend

Mrs Lyons and Mrs Carter.

Year 6 Weekly Blog - 'Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.'

In this week’s liturgy, we reflected on the gospel and the word ‘king’. Jesus refers to His Kingdom not being of this world. We reminded ourselves of our previous RE topic of where the Kingdom of God is and what it looks like. We shared how God’s kingdom is within each of our hearts, and we have to let this Kingdom shine through. We then discussed what Jesus was like as a king and how we can be kings today- what type of leader would He want us to be?

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And in the blink of an eye…another week in Year 6 has passed. From the minute that the children walk into class in the morning to the moment that they walk out of the door, they are constantly learning and challenging themselves to be the best that they can be. It really astounds me just how much work that the children have completed. As we approach Advent, and the birth of Jesus Christ, we continue to strive to be Intentional and Prophetic in our actions, which are our two virtues this half term. Today, we made our advent promises ready for the whole class display, thinking about the ways we can prepare ourselves and our hearts ready for the birth of Christ.

Learning is always fast paced in Year 6 and this week has been no exception. This week in Maths we have been adjusting the calculations to be more efficient and accurate. We have been analysing our class novel and creating a toolkit ready for our writing next week. In science, we have looked at anomalies in data and learning about why these may happen. This half term, our RE topic is such a reflective unit of work, as we ask the children to reflect on the injustices within our world today. They are often surprised that some of the situations still occur. We spent today reflecting on a poem about the plight of refugees in our world. Why not read the poem and see what you think?

They have no need of our help
So do not tell me
These haggard faces could belong to you or me
Should life have dealt a different hand
We need to see them for who they really are
Chancers and scroungers
Layabouts and loungers
With bombs up their sleeves
Cut-throats and thieves
They are not
Welcome here
We should make them
Go back to where they came from
They cannot
Share our food
Share our homes
Share our countries
Instead let us
Build a wall to keep them out
It is not okay to say
These are people just like us
A place should only belong to those who are born there
Do not be so stupid to think that
The world can be looked at another way.

Now read the poem backwards. What a powerful poem with a really significant meaning. The discussion around this and the empathy the children showed was so humbling, what a group of compassionate children you have. Following this lesson, the children have started to write their own poems about refugees.

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DANCE FESTIVAL INFORMATION

The time is here and we have now finished our dance, we are so excited to share it with you all. Here are the arrangements for next Tuesday …

Costumes should now be at school, left at school ready for rehearsals on Monday and to take to the Winter Gardens on Tuesday- this will avoid any left behind on the day!

We will leave school at 1pm by coach to the Winter Gardens, where 3 members of staff will be taking the group and staying with them in to the evening. The children will be there all afternoon, to allow time to practice and go through the show. Therefore, they will need to bring a packed lunch for their evening meal. Snacks throughout the event are welcomed, but please no sweets/ chocolate and no fizzy drinks, although one juice is permitted. As it is a long afternoon, with waiting time, please feel free to pack a good book, any homework to complete and maybe a puzzle/ colouring book to keep them busy (no electrical devices or anything of value). Children will not be able to see any of the audience before or during the show.

Once the show has finished, children will then go backstage to collect their belongs and then we will take them to our school’s pick up point outside Toyland Toyshop on Church street, so please meet us there. You will not be able to take your child until the end of the show, due to safeguarding and as it is etiquette to watch the other performers as they have watched you. Once the show has finished at the collection point, please make sure you tell us when you take your child, to ensure a safe transition as it does get very busy! I will have all mobile contact numbers in case there are any problems, so please ensure you have your mobiles with you on the night. Please fill in the form below to let us know who will be taking your child home on the evening:

Doors open to the public on the evening at 6pm- make sure you have your tickets. The anticipated finishing time is 9:30pm.

Children can wear their PE kits this day. Please make sure you pack plenty of water and if your child needs an inhaler, please ensure they have this. We will also do hair in the afternoon, so pack a brush!

Any questions or queries about the event, please just email.

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Delving deeper through talk …

What is justice? What injustices are there in a world?

My Happy Mind…

What character strength do you want to use more of next week?

Helpers in the mornings:

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

Liam Bella Sophia Michael
 

Leading Learners

Well done to Arhtur and Benjamin this week.

Arthur- resileint and creative learner - This week you have been so determined to work hard and do the very best you can. We can see how determined you are at being focused, listening carefully and ensuring you are on task at all times. Well done Arthur, we are proud of you and your hard work.

Benjamin- focused Cooper Crab- Benjamin you have such a positive attitude to your learning. Whatever the lesson, you work hard and produce high quality work.

Intentional and Prophetic butterflies

This half term we will be on the lookout for all the children that are intention in their actions. Children who make conscious decisions for the greater good. We will also be spotting children who are prophetic, who choose the right decisions with integrity and who display them publically. These children are the role models of the school. This week we thank Liam for being intentional and prophetic to help others.

Lunch Time Awards …

Marvelous Manners awards … Liam

Role Model of the week … Gabriella

Reminders

Notices

• Please see year 6 homework section to learn the songs ready for our Christmas concert.

• Costumes for the dance festival need to be kept in school please.

• Tuesday 26th November - Dance Festival- more information on this event will be on the blog next Friday

• Own Clothes Day: To celebrate the arrival of December and the festive period, then children can wear their own clothes and also bring in a bar of chocolate into school for £1. This will take place on Friday 29th November.

• Christmas Bake Off will take place on Friday 13th December. The day will be all things cake, cake sales and Christmas jumpers!

• KS2 Christmas Concert: This will take place at Church on Monday 16th December. The children will perform the concert twice at 2pm and 6pm

Have a lovely weekend with your family.

Mrs Harrison, Mrs Webster and Mrs Carter

This week...

A big thank you to everyone who managed to come along to our parent drop in session on Tuesday. It was so lovely to see you.

This week we have started to make our Advent Prayer Station. Advent Stations are a prayer journey that helps us prepare for Christ's birth. Our contribution to the whole school will be Mary setting out on the journey to Bethlehem.

The Travelling Nativity is still winding it’s way towards your home, everyone will get a turn before we break for Christmas.

Meet Two!

Another one

One discovers it’s tricky to play tennis when you’re the only block in the world. She bumps into a magic mirror and meets another One- and they join forces to make Two. Click here to watch.

Two

Two finds a pair of magic dancing shoes and shows One that everything is better with 2, singing, counting things that belong in pairs. Click here to watch.

We learnt:

• Counting to 2

• The ‘Twoness’ of two

• How to write two- one curve down is what to do, then straight across to make a two. Have a go at home but don’t forget the duck fingers!

Read, Write Inc.

This week we started to learn the next five sounds from Read, Write Inc. Speed- set 1. i, n, o, p, g.

Click on the links below to watch Geraldine the Giraffe explore the sounds.

‘i’ click here

‘n’ click here

‘o’ click here

‘p’ click here

‘g’ click here

Keep a look out in your child’s book bag to have a go at writing the sounds. The sound mats we sent home before half term will help you out and as always don’t forget your duck fingers!

Here is Oxford Owl website for more information. Please focus on the sounds we have covered at nursery, we need to walk before we run!

Emma’s Blog

Hello everyone,

 The cold weather is definitely here now, but that doesn't stop the children playing and learning outside. We are starting to have a go at zipping or buttoning our coats up by ourselves. We know it can be tricky, but by having a go, it is a step closer to them putting their coats on independently. Here is a video you can watch together and practice. Good luck. Click here.

To continue with our learning thread about our bodies, we have been looking at why it's important to wash our hands before eating, after using the toilet, or just when our hands are dirty from doing everyday activities. This is to help the children understand the importance of keeping our hands free from germs. We did an experiment where I used a bowl of water and sprinkled pepper on the top to represent the germs, then by adding washing up liquid on our fingers (which represented the soap on their hands), the children dipped their fingers into the water. The pepper (germs) moved away from their fingers which we told them was like when you have washed your hands using soap and warm water, all of the germs go away. It's amazing to see, so have a go at home. Here is the video about germs. Click here. and here.

Have a fabulous weekend everyone. Wrap up warm when your out and about, and I will see you all on Monday. 

Emma 

Michelle’s Blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog 

This week we have taken some time to consolidate some of our previous learning. We have continued to learn how to care for our teeth in our very own dentist. We have explored and discussed which foods are good choices for our bodies and our teeth. I have been impressed with the children's knowledge about healthy eating. I'm sure you will be amazed with their knowledge too, if you ask your child which foods are bad choices and should only be eaten as treats occasionally.

This week we met Numberblock two. We have learnt that one plus another one is two. We have investigated and explored pairs of two. We had to sort out the washing, all the socks had got mixed up. The children worked hard to find the right ones to make a pair. This is a good game to play at home. Get them to match the socks after laundry day.

Another busy week and more planned for next week.

Have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

Parent information

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Another busy week and only one more before our Nativity. We can’t wait!

Have a splendid weekend everyone and see you all on Monday!!

Stay safe and God bless.

Barbara

Year 5 Weekly Blog 22.11.24- ‘ Once we realise we are children of the covenant, we know who we are and what God expects from us’

What a lovely (yet chilly) week it has been in Year 5. We are edging closer and closer to Advent and the weather has certainly arrived early, as seen in the pictures below. Our preparations for advent have been in full flow as we practiced more the songs for our KS2 Christmas Concert, along with preparing our advent station for whole school prayer and liturgy. Next week, we will be making our advent promises as we enter the final week of November!

Speaking of promises, we have delved into some of God’s most famous covenants that he has made such as his promise to Noah and Abraham. The children have been really focusing how both God and his followers showed signs of love, trust, faith and hope in their actions which led to their covenant being so strong and meaningful.

In Science, we have been looking at animal offsprings, in relation to our human timeline, and matching up the names of common animals to their offspring. Were there any names of animals offpspring that you did not know? Can you find out some more that we didn’t cover in the lesson and tell both your parents and your teachers.

In Maths, we have been deep diving into some money word problems and investigating how to tackle some tricky and complicated questions. The children have been able to apply their previously learnt methods to help find the answers to these questions such as column addition/subtraction, adjusting, partitioning and number lining.

In English, we have finished collecting our legends style vocabulary and have begun to read our chosen legend story- ‘The Legend of Gelert’. With us just finishing this story today, the children have been on a rollarcoaster of emotions throughout the read and have been able to express these emotions in their writing.

Conversation starters

• My Happy Mind: We put our memories to the test by trying to memorize all 24 character strengths and placing them into their virtues. How many of the 24 strengths can you remember?

• Geography: We have looked at biomes and climates to compare different environments of the world. One of the interesting discussions we had was about the difference between a warm and tropical climate. Can you remember what this was?

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtue star of the week goes to Louis. All three of your class teachers have spotted you this week Louis being so attentive towards other children in our class. You don’t choose to do this to be recognised or for appraisal, simply just to help others which is just lovely to see. Your calming approach to social situations is really appreciated by your classmates and also your teachers.

Sean for being a reflective learner: I have seen a big improvement since we have changed seats this week. Being able to sit next to your friends, while managing your distractions , can be really hard and this was something you have struggled with recently. However, I have seen a big shift this week and you have been eager to improve your levels of focus and attention to learning. Don’t let your standards drop.

Jacob for being a reflective learner: I have seen a big improvement from you Jacob in this past week. You have really been making some thoughtful decisions in how to apply yourself to both your learning and your attitude around the class. You have been trying and succeeding in taking care of your book presentation and also your responses to social situations. Keep this up!

My Happy Mind Champion of the Week- Seth

Lunchtime Certificates

Role Model of the Week- Toby

Marvelous Manners- Rose

Notices

• Eco Activity: On Thursday 28th November and Friday 29th November, our forest school team will be taking a group of children for some wood chipping. If your child’s name is on the list, they will need to bring some old clothes, waterproof coats and wellies/boots in a bag to get changed into. Group 1 will go on Thursday and group 2 on Friday.

  Group 1- Joseph, Ciaran, Rory, Lilly, Isioma, Rose

  Group 2- Teddy, Gus, Sean, Daisy, Tilly, Poppy

• Homework: Make sure to check the homework blog and make sure homework is handed in on time.

• Coats: Now the weather is starting to drop and we edge closer towards winter, can all children have a coat with them to make sure they are protected when out at break times.

• Travelling Nativity: Please enjoy the wonderful story of the nativity with your child when you receive this. This needs to be brought back into school the following day to allow another child to share this joy. You can take a picture of your child with the nativity and send me this via email.

• Own Clothes Day: To celebrate the arrival of December and the festive period, then children can wear their own clothes and also donate a bar of chocolate for the Christmas Raffle. This will take place on Friday 29th November.

• Christmas Bake Off: Last year went so well, we just had to do it again! All things Christmas with cakes, bakes and jumpers on Friday 13th December.

• KS2 Christmas Concert: This will take place at Church on Monday 16th December. The children will perform the concert twice at 2pm and 6pm.

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 28th November

Christmas songs

Please learn the next 3 Christmas songs below.

Yr4 are singing the Italian part of ‘The Prayer!’

You have a booklet with the words to all songs in your bag - please keep at home to practise and do not lose it.

There is also a copy of the words below as well as our videos.

I have added another copy of ‘The Prayer’ as the lyrics are wrong on the main booklet

Reading

Our book clubs continue to be such a success as we grow closer to our reading targets whilst having a lovely time reading! Keep it up Year 4.

Maths

Please complete TT rockstars each day

Spelling

In your best handwriting, follow the instructions on the sheets. Collect words like we did in class. Make it your aim to be a super speller.

Flute

This week, try doing a G with 3 fingers.

Optional Home Learning this half term

Here are some exciting tasks linked to our learning this half term which you may choose to do. Look out especially for pyramid building in history!

Year 5 Homework due on Thursday 28th November

Essential Homework

• Reading- 20 to 30 minutes a day at home.

• Times Tables- 5 minutes per day.

• Spellings- to complete the sheets in their books and 2 trail spelling tests

1. money

2. change

3. buy

4. learn

5. promise

6. group

7. reign

8. manor

9. hymn

10. choose

11. aggressive

12. competition

13. identity

14. profession

15. soldier

Mrs Barker’s group

1. cause

2. coin

3. raffle

4. money

5. change

6. buy

7. learn

8. promise

9. group

10. choose

Christmas Concert Practice

We have been practicing for our KS2 Christmas Concert, which will take place on Monday 16th December.

We have practiced the next three songs in our booklet;

Below are also the lyrics of ‘The Prayer’ as they are wrong in the booklet.

Geography

To complete their Biomes Research Project which is stuck in their books.

The children have been given 3 different biomes and will have to collect research for each of the four categories.

The children have made notes to help them with their research.