Year 5 Weekly Blog 06.12.24- ' Peace begins with a smile'

A fast paced but enjoyable week in Year 5 as the first week of advent comes to a close. It has been very festive focused this week with KS2 taking their first trip to church to practice for our Christmas concert. A lot of patience was required with setting up everything but the children showed this in various stages of the morning. Our nativities in school have also started with our youngest children in nursery and reception retelling the wonderful story of the birth of Christ. Next week, it is over to KS1 before we finish our nativity story in song and scripture at church.

To bring in the second week of Advent, our second worship team of the month brought us all together for a session of reflection, calmness and prayer. Thank you so much to those children for their preparation and leadership throughout this.

In Maths, we are coming to the end of our money topic with us analysing and breaking apart some tricky wordy problems to calculate both change and the total money left over. We have also picked up our angles topic by using our foundation knowledge to label types of angles and using our reasoning to estimate the sizes of angles. Our final task was to measure our angles using a protractor- which the children have gained a really good understanding of using.

In Geography, we have finished our exciting topic of countries, cities, climates and biomes of the world. The children have enjoyed using their atlas’ to find places in the world (espeically in globle and our alphabet game). To finish off, we have delved into the human and physical features of the world on specific continents such as population, languages and

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? Our class record currently stands at 17.

• Geography: We broke our record on globle with 8 being our best score as a class. Have a go with your family members and see if you can beat this- tell me the mystery country too!

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtue star this week goes to William. You are someone who just lives in all of our virtues William. Such a gentle and kind lad who treats everyone just how he would like to be treated. Your loving nature is what makes you such a valuable classmate to everyone else and especially to your closest friends.

Louis for being a focused and enthusiastic learner: You have really enjoyed our geography unit this half term Louis. We have had lots of fun sharing our knowledge of the world’s countries, cities and flags. You have got struck straight into all of our inquisitive questions and our exciting research. Keep expanding that geographical knowledge.

Rose for being a focused and reflective learner: You really are the ideal learning partner Rose. Your patience is on another level and your closest friends really do appreciate this. Even when your learning partners are feeling distressed, your calming presence just instantly calms them down. We can’t thank you enough for this!

My Happy Mind Champion of the Week-

Lunchtime Certificates

Role Model of the Week- John-Paul

Marvelous Manners- Daisy

Notices

• 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.

• Christmas Cards: To keep inline with our eco responsibilities and to remain sustainable, could we ask not to bring whole class Christmas cards and instead the children make 1 card which is for the whole class. These cards will then go onto our advent worship table.

• KS2 Christmas Film Night: If you would like to watch a Christmas film after school, with your friends, with popcorn, hotdogs and hot chocolates, then head over to Mrs Gregan’s blog to book this.

• 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.

• KS2 Christmas Party Day: Wednesday 18th December

• Half Term: School will close at 2pm on Friday 20th December for half term. School will reopen on Monday 6th January.

Year 4 Weekly blog Friday 6th December, "Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful."

A busy but beautiful week! In our RHE lessons this week, we were learning we don’t have to be the same, like the same things or have the same strengths - we can appreciate each others’ differences. In RE children learned about the ancestry of Jesus and why we call Him the Son of David.

Maths this week has seen us grapple with rounding to the nearest 10, 100 or thousand.

In English this week we have been learning an oral retelling of ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin,’ and children have been practising both reading and grammar skills - such as being able to write dialogue, choose different sentence starts and infer meaning from the text.

In History this week, children have loved learning about the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb just over one hundred years ago. In fact many children are now selecting books about this from our class library. Our French unit on clothes has seen the children make clothes catalogues, describing what the models are wearing and attempting to make the adjectives agree with the noun, whether it be masculine, feminine or plural.

We have been in church for two rehearsals this week. Children have worked so hard to make something very beautiful. We can’t wait for you to see. More detail below about drop off times on Monday.

Here are some lovely pictures of this week’s travelling nativity..

CONVERSATION STARTERS:

1. Can you tell your parents how Tutankhamun’s tomb was discovered? Where do you think the tomb of Cleopatra could be?

Let’s Celebrate!

MASSIVE CELEBRATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN WHO HAVE MET THEIR READING TARGET THIS WEEK

Fletcher and Lettie Well done bookworms!

This week, our learning certificates are as follows:

Rodnie received a double whammy Cooper Crab and Sadie Spider certificate. You are so attentive and hard-working Rodnie - consistently so! This is why you do so well and you act on feedback too.

Alice also received a double whammy certificate - Kiki Chameleon and Cooper Crab. You carefully consider all that you do and have become such an attentive listener. This is allowing you to have so much success in your work!
Our virtues this half term are intentional and prophetic - intentional in choosing right choices and standing out for what is good. This week Phoebe received our star. You are so intentionally helpful Phoebe. You do not hesitate to notice when something needs doing and you just help humbly without letting everyone know. Thank you.

Flute stars this week: Ava and Louie

French star this week is Mia-Grace for an excellent clothes catalogue

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

Lunchtime awards:

Role model: George L.

Marvelous Manners: Alana

Notices

Christmas carol concert is Monday 16th December at 2pm and 6pm. We hope you can come to this beautiful event. Children will need to wear their full school uniform

Wednesday 18th December - Christmas party day! Come in your Christmas clothes!

On Thursday December 19th December we will have a DVD afternoon. Children can bring a small snack - like a chocolate bar or crisps and drink (non-fizzy) for the film.

• 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 Christmassy weekend!

Mrs Lyons and Mrs Carter.

Year 5 Homework due Thursday 12th 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. advent

2. altar

3. sing

4. extreme

5. ordinary

6. strength

7. camel

8. hazel

9. physical

10. tropical

11. available

12. desperate

13. harass

14. queue

15. restaurant

Mrs Barker’s group

1. pet

2. attend

3. bitter

4. advent

5. altar

6. sing

7. camel

8. hazel

9. small

10. skull

KS2 Christmas Carol Concert

We have now begun our concert practices on the altar at church- ready for the big night on the 16th December!

Please have a practice over the week/weekend, especially on the songs you are less familiar with.

Maths

Will be on IXL;

• R3- Add and subtract money amounts

• V8- Estimate angle measurements

Year 6 Weekly Blog - 'During this Advent season, I will keep alert and awake, listening for you.'

The second candle of advent represents Peace. This week our liturgy was centred around Peace, looking at what Peace looks like, how at times we can face storms in our lives but most importantly we can find peace in our lives, and look to God for our own inner peace. It was a beaitful reflection, where each child had a mission going forward of how they can be peacemakers, and they wrote examples on Angel wings which has been displayed in our class prayer corner. Many thanks to Mrs Webster’s artisitc skills …

Thank you also to our wonderful class members, who delivered a beautiful child-led liturgy on Forgiveness …

This week I feel we have well and truly started our nativity journey. On Tuesday, we were blessed to watch our youngest children perform on stage so beautifully- telling the story through song and movement, reminding us of the true meaning of Christmas. Then on Wednesday, the whole of Key Stage 2 ventured down to church to begin our concert rehearsal. As I sat there listening to the children sing their hearts out and say their lines with such confidence, I could not help but smile. Thank you to those that have practised their songs and words so well! Next week, we will be doing our final practises on Monday and Wednesday, so please can we make sure children know their words by then.

We have also met with our Reception buddies this week, where half the class took their partners around the school for the prayer pilgrimage, following a prayer map. The children went to each station, where they focused on each stations key message during advent. It was a beaitful and reflective afternoon, where the children got to listen to prayer and scripture…

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 Where has our learning taken us this week?

We have had a lovely week in class. Full of hard work, enthusiasm, laughs - We have completed all the work on our class novel, we can now just sit back, listen and enjoy hearing how the story unfolds- it has been very dramatic! A few gasps were heard in the classroom, as we are learning just what an evil character Vindictus Sharpe really is! This week the children have written their own flashback stories- I can’t wait to read them all! We have been coding in computing, listening to WW2 songs in music and much, much more!

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Delving deeper through talk …

How do nutrients enter our bloodstream? How do we get nutrients?

Helpers in the mornings:

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

Michael Niamh Ella Archie

Leading Learners

Well done to Erin and Dominic this week.

Erin, you are a delight to teach as you ALWAYS work so hard and do your best in any task we give you- you could get the certificate every week! This week, you have come back from being poorly, and you have been so engaged, offering ideas and thoughts during lessons, showing great enthusiasm in everything you have done!

Dominic, we can't begin to tell you how proud we are of you and how we love having you back in the classroom! We have been in awe of your whole approach to learning this week... You have given everything we have set you a good go, doing your absolute best, no matter how tricky it is, and all with such a positive ‘I CAN’ attitude.

Notices

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 Pippa for being intentional and prophetic to help others.

Lunch Time Awards …

Marvelous Manners awards … Arthur

Role Model of the week … Dominic

Reminders

• 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. Children will need to be at church for 5:45pm in the evening - in full school uniform please- no PE kits this day.

• 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

This week...

Another fabulous week at nursery!

Travelling Nativity

As in previous years our journey to the stable has been aided by our travelling Nativity. Everyone has truly embraced it’s meaning and has contributed wonderfully. Thank you.

I am sure that you will agree when I say how wonderful the Foundation Nativity was this week. I am beyond proud of all our children who sang so beautifully. Our children are a only three and four years old and for them to have the trust in us to perform like professionals…well I have no words. Truly magical.

Advent Prayer Candles

Cut out a candle for each week of Advent.

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 Care 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.

Emma’s Blog

Hello everyone 

Firstly, I would like to say how proud I am of all the children working so hard to make our Nativity be so special. A big well done and thank for your support.

 Advent has begun and the children have been making preparations for Baby Jesus. We have decorated the Christmas tree. They have been hanging baubles, then (lots) of tinsel. It looks very sparkly.

The children also helped build a Nativity display. They chose where each person should go in relation to the stable. We noticed that we were missing the big star, so the children made a beautiful sparkling star. Our Nativity is now perfect.

We have all been so busy working hard, preparing something that is top secret, but you will find out soon!

The children continue to love dough disco, and we have started to have a go at our Christmas song. Here it is for you to enjoy at home, click here and have fun.

…and to all the children, look out for the cheeky elf in nursery next week!

 Have a fabulous weekend everyone.

 Emma 

Michelle’s Blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.

We have well and truly entered into the Christmas spirit as we have had a week of preparation for Christmas. We have entered the season of Advent and what a wonderful week it has been. We hope you all enjoyed the Nativity performances. We were so proud of all the children, we hope you were too.

Our Advent celebrations continued as we acted out the Nativity story, using the Nativity set in nursery. 

We have had lots of busy elves, making gifts, painting and making sure all our creations are ready to go home.

The children have enjoyed using their imaginations as they have dressed up in the Christmas dressing up clothes!

 There have been lots of Father Christmas's chasing the reindeer and Mrs. Christmas has been caring for everyone.

We are looking forward to next week when we can watch the rest of the school perform their Nativity plays.

Have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

Such a fabulous week at nursery. I think everyone deserves a rest this weekend…maybe even a treat!

Thank you for your wonderful support.

Stay safe and God bless

Barbara

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 12th December

Christmas songs

Please practise all your songs from the last three homework pages!

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

This week there is just our double sided homophone sheet - part 2, to mark the teacher.

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 5.12.24

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.

English- Please complete the jigsaw complex sentences within your books- which subordiating conjunction will you use to start your sentence?

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 go back to all of the previous songs and practice them and make sure you know your lines off by heart for next week. Thank you!

OPTIONAL HOME LEARNING FOR THE HALF TERM TO ENHANCE OUR CURRICULUM

Year 3 Homework- Wednesday 4th December

Spellings

This weeks focus is common exception words. Our spelling quiz will be on Monday 9th December

1. sentence

2. bicycle

3. address

4. heart

5. arrive

6. believe

7. Father

8. because

9. clothes

10. eight

Key Stage 2 Carol concert

Below is a link to the words of the songs we are practising for our carol concert and a videos of the songs, please keep practising at home.

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.
No optional purple mash homework this week - please practise our carol concert songs.

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 5 Weekly Blog 29.11.24- ' Advent is the time to welcome the Lord and to verifying our longing to God'

With what usually tends to be a slow month, November has flown by as we enter the first week of Advent. A month of celebration and togetherness but we start week by week with ‘Hope’. It was wonderful for our children to start our advent preparations with a beautiful liturgy this week, with some wonderful scripture and song choice. Moving forward, we made our advent promises on a nativity star in which we thought about how we can be hopeful this year and intentional towards God.

In English, we have been analysing our main character, Prince Llewelyn, in our legend story and looking how his emotions change throughout the story. We have then applied this to writing a diary entry as the prince himself.

In Geography, we have continued with looking into biomes and have used a map to compare these across continents of the world.

This week, we have also finished our last hall practice session for our KS2 Christmas concert as we have practiced all of our songs in our booklet. Now it is about transferring this onto the altar and getting off script with our songs. We will be walking down to church weekly now for our weekly practices so it is vital that the children have coats and gloves during these very chilly conditions. Two groups of children have also been battling conditions this week and have been putting in the hard yards during some woodchip manual work, in order to get our forest school up and ready. Both Mrs Tierney and Mrs Lavelle could not praise the children more on how hard they worked and how much weight of woodchip collectively they managed to get through.

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. If you could live in any part of the world, where would you live and why?

Let’s Celebrate

Virtue Star of the Week: Our virtue star this week goes to Tommy. You have such a sweet heart Tommy. You are such a valued member of the class and this week you have been so active around the classroom, always offering to help out with any of the adults’ tasks which has been so lovely of you. Your helping hand will be very much appreciated during this busy period of the year.

Daisy for being a determined learner: When it comes to independent writing tasks, you are a woman on a mission Daisy. You are so determined to make sure your work is of the highest quality and you take pride in your work. This has been seen this week as you have started your second book and we compared the changes in your handwriting since September. It was pleasing for me to see this and even more so for yourself. Well done!

Seth for being a enthusiastic learner: Both myself and Mrs Barker have seen a big improvement from you this week Seth. Your hand has been shooting up which shows your eagerness to contribute towards our learning. This has also been seen in your independent work as you have been working on managing your distractions. Keep this up!

My Happy Mind Champion of the Week- Poppy

Lunchtime Certificates

Role Model of the Week- Beth

Marvelous Manners- Seth

Notices

• 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.

• Christmas Cards: To keep inline with our eco responsibilities and to remain sustainable, could we ask not to bring whole class Christmas cards and instead the children make 1 card which is for the whole class. These cards will then go onto our advent worship table.

• 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.

  This will be the same on Friday 6th December but it will be bring a bottle. This can be a bottle of anything that could go into our hampers and considered a prize such as alcohol, bubble baths, sweets in a jar etc.

• KS2 Christmas Film Night: If you would like to watch a Christmas film after school, with your friends, with popcorn, hotdogs and hot chocolates, then head over to Mrs Gregan’s blog to book this.

• 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.

• KS2 Christmas Party Day: Wednesday 18th December

• Half Term: School will close at 2pm on Friday 20th December for half term. School will reopen on Monday 6th January.

Year 4 Weekly blog Friday 29th November, "Stay awake, praying at all times."

The children have been working so hard and learning so well this week in Year 4. During our Happy Mind session this week, they reflected in their journals on which strength they could grow and get better at - thinking of ways they could do this. In RE sessions the focus has been on preparing for Advent and understanding what it is. On Thursday, children made their Advent promises - their own gift to Jesus this Advent season.

Maths this week has seen us decompose all 4 digit numbers in different ways. Children have compared and ordered these numbers and are now learning to round to the nearest thousand, hundred or ten. They have really worked their socks off on this.

Our Science this week was all about condensation. Children learned that this is the opposite of evaporation and they observed a cold can of coke, which after a while began to form tiny droplets on the outside of the can in our warm classroom.

In English this week we have moved onto a unit about Fairy Tales. We are busy analysing different versions of the Pied Piper and using lots of our grammar skills to experiment with different types of sentence starts and description. WE will soon be writing our own fairy tale based on this. We have also started our new novel - The Butterfly Lion and children are already intrigued.

In History this week, children were interpreting evidence which told us about the everyday lives of Ancient Egyptians and their status in society. We have started studying our French unit on clothes where children are beginning to understand French masculine, feminine and plural noun agreement!

Add to this lots of singing for our concert and a cracking PE lesson on Tueday - and all in all it has been a really super week!

Here are a few photos showing our lovely worship led by these three children and also some children practising their ‘Going for Gold’ times tables facts:

Here some beautiful photos of our children enjoying their travelling nativity. Thank you for taking the time to reflect and to send these in.

CONVERSATION STARTERS:

1. Have a look around your house. Can you see examples of evaporation and condensation in action? Why is the ground frosty in the morning at the moment? When your kettle boils - can you see gas come out - or can you see liquid?

2.My Happy Mind - this week, pick a strength every morning that you wish to demonstrate that day. At the end of the day when you go to bed, think about if you used it well and how it made you feel.

Let’s Celebrate!

MASSIVE CELEBRATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN WHO HAVE MET THEIR READING TARGET THIS HALF TERM!

Bea, Hugo, Alice, Lena, Phoebe, Isaac, Martha, Ava and Albert. Well done bookworms!

This week, our learning certificates are as follows:

Jackson received a Clara Clownfish certificate. You are brilliant at noticing things Jackson. You are a pattern spotter! I think this is why you excel at French! I have noticed that you are increasingly intentional about paying good attention in class so you can be your best.

Alana also received a Lizzie Ladybird certificate. You are really listening to feedback and advice to improve your writing Alana. You seek to get better and you are so productive. You are helpful around class too!
Our virtues this half term are intentional and prophetic - intentional in choosing right choices and standing out for what is good. This week Joseph received our star. You are such a friendly person Joseph and you are intentional about making others happy. You are forming so many lovely relationships because you are so caring.

Flute stars this week: Alice and Martha

French star this week is Rosa for super understanding

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

Lunchtime awards:

Role model: George C.

Marvelous Manners: Anna

Notices

Christmas cards - please could we ask that children do not write individual christmas cards for members of the class? If they wish, they can write one card to the whole class which would be displayed in our worship area.

Updated Holy Communion dates are below. Please chek and if there is anyone else on the 10th who could swap to the 17th please let me know as we are still a bit top heavy on the 10th.

Mass in Advent. We are going to church next Thursday 5th December for Advent mass. If anyone would like to join us, we will be setting off at 9:00 from school

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 2 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

• 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.

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