Merry Christmas!

My goodness, how the term has flown! I cannot thank you, the children and all the staff for making the All Stars Wraparound Care a huge success. We have had so much fun, both in the mornings and the evenings. From celebrating Divali to remembering the fallen for Remembrance. Christmas activities have been a plenty, ranging from making tree decorations, wreaths to decorating biscuits and writing letters to Santa, alongside and array of games. It certainly has been an action packed term! The children have been fantastic and we cannot thank them enough!

If you need to book your childs place for next term, please do so using the form on the All Star page. Place are going fast! We look forward to welcoming your children back on Monday 6th January for breakfast club.

Have a wonderful, magical, Holy Christmas

God Bles

The All Stars Team

“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” Michelangelo

I cannot believe we have arrived at the end of the second half term! What a wonderful term it has been, as we switched our attention to Design and technology and Textiles. We have had such fun exploring the techniques of applique and cross stitch, with the outcome of designing, planning and making a cushion using the techniques learned, within the design criteria. The children have been so resilient, as sewing is such a tricky skill to learn. Their patience and determination in completing the tasks has been so humbling. We would like to thank the parent helpers, who came in to share their skills with the class. I know that the children found it a wonderful and helpful experience. Thank you so much for all your assistance!

It has been an absolute pleasure working with your children and I cannot wait for the New Year, where we turn our focus to painting and mixed-media!

Have a wonderful, magical, Holy Christmas

God Bless

Mrs Mather

“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” Michelangelo

I cannot believe we have arrived at the end of the second half term! What a wonderful term it has been, as we switched our attention to Design and technology and structures. We have had such fun experimenting and exploring a range of techniques with a plethora of tools to create a model playground. From joining various materials using different techniques and resources to construct 5 different apparatus using three different structural methods. We have learned that a structure needs to be; strong, stiff and stable ( the three S’s) to be a viable structure, along with it being safe and aesthetically pleasing. I was blown away with the fact that some of their structures had moving parts, as this was not part of the design criteria To finish the term, the children grouped together and designed and made a Nativity Crib for each class in school. They were truly beautiful and the teachers were so touched by their gesture.

I cannot wait until the New Year, where we turn our attention to Painting and Mixed- Media.

Have a wonderful, magical, Holy Christmas

God Bless

Mrs Mather

We wish you a Merry Christmas....

It has been an even busier week than usual. The children are thoroughly exhausted from partying and enjoying all things Christmas.

This week we have made reindeer food, make crispy Christmas pudding cakes and decorated biscuits…mmmmmmm.

Take a look!

Christmas Party

On Thursday we put on our party clothes and joined in the fun along side KS1 and Reception. Such great fun! We even had a visit from a very special person. In the afternoon we had a movie (with popcorn) and continued the fun by playing pin the nose on Rudolf. FABULOUS!!!

A visit from Father Christmas

As always we had a special visitor join our party…yes you guessed, Father Christmas. Everyone was so very excited and he brought everyone a gift too!

It is with a heavy heart that we said goodbye to our wonderful Mrs. Shields today. She has been a huge part of nursery life and she will be missed massively. I am sure you will agree that she deserves a fabulous retirement…she has earned it, no more early starts Mrs. Shields!

A HUGE thank you from everyone, for all your support and hard work over the years.

On behalf of the nursery team, it just remains for me say a big ‘thank you’ to you, our wonderful parents and families, for trusting us with your most precious children; it is a huge privilege. Have a Happy and Holy Christmas, and we will see you on the 6th January 2025.

God Bless and keep each other safe

Barbara, Michelle, Emma, Steph, Justine and Frances.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 13.12.24- 'Pilgrimage is a journey with the purpose of finding something that matters deeply'

7 down, 1 to go! We are finally coming to the end of our longest (yet favourite) half term of the year. In a rush to get our final English and Maths units completed before we enter Christmas memory week, we have been working hard with planning/writing our legend story and drawing/measuring angles in Maths. We ended our week with lots of Christmas spirit with our second ever Christmas Bake Off along with our nativity pilgrimages. The morning was a sugar filled morning with lots of fantastic bakes and cakes on show- we can’t thank you enough for all of the effort and love you have put into these. With lots of judging and tasting, we can say that Matilda won the Year 5 Bake Off with John- Paul coming second in both the Year 5 Bake Off and the family bake- well done you two!

In the afternoon, we took our Year 1 buddies on our nativity pilgrimage around the school to gather together in prayer and worship to reflect on the story of the nativity and to share this together.

On Wednesday, Mrs Tierney and Mrs Carter took the class outside for the afternoon for all things forest school. The children got to use their bulb planting skills from our previous eco trip to help spring our garden ready for the new year. The children also got to combine forest school with the festive spirit by making willow stars as a memento to take home.

Lunchtime Certificates

Role Model of the Week- Teddy

Marvelous Manners- Amelia

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 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. We will also be having a film afternoon on this day so the children can bring in a drink and a small bar of chocolate.

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

This week...

An emotional week for everyone as we journey to the stable. The children have been very reflective as we went on our Advent pilgrimage around school. Each station held a piece of the Christmas story which the children were able to describe beautifully.

We also visited the worship area where we discussed the Nativity scene and the Advent wreath. We now have two candles lit, one for ‘hope’ and one for ‘peace’.

Our visit to Clarence House Care Home

On Wednesday along with Reception we visited Clarence House Rest home to deliver cards and gifts to the residents who were so appreciative and touched by such a kind gesture. We also sang the songs from our Christmas Nativity…there was not a dry eye in the house!!

Michelle’s blog

Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog 

This week we have enjoyed a trip to visit the residents at Clarence House, where we sang our nativity songs. We hope they enjoyed it as much as we did 

Our learning has continued as we have met number block number 3

We discovered that ‘3’ is everywhere. The 3 little pigs, 3 Billy Goats Gruff, 3 bears and even 3 sides in a triangle. We watched a story about the 3 bears here and discussed all the bad choices Goldilocks made. Click here to watch.

We then had a space hopper race, 1,2,3, go!

In the garden we went on a number hunt to look for number 3, we found lots!!

Why don't you have a number hunt this weekend 

Have a lovely weekend 

Michelle 

Emma’s blog

Hello everyone,

I can't believe we only have one week left at nursery before we break up for Christmas. How time flies when we are having so much fun.

 This week, we have been having a go at writing our new letter sounds, i, n, p, g, o. We used the RWI rhymes to help us to write the sounds, using our duck fingers to hold the pen in the correct way. This helps the children to control the pen when forming the letters, as it’s very tricky. All of the children had a really good go. Well done.

We have also been growing our brains learning about shapes. The children have been recognising that there are shapes everywhere around nursery. The children even made shapes using their hands which is very inventive. Here is a shape game for you to play at home. Have a go at feeding the monster the correct shapes. Click here and have fun! 

Lastly, I just wanted to say how proud we were of the all the children on Wednesday. We went to visit Clarence House care home. The children showed such kindness towards the residents, and really enjoyed talking to them. It was lovely to see. 

Have a wonderful weekend. I am looking forward to seeing you all on Monday for our last week before we break up.

Emma  

Shapes, shapes everywhere.

This week we started to explore shapes. We discussed what makes them special. Is is their sides, corners or curves. We watched short song to help us remember….it even sang about a dodecagon. We counted twelve sides!!!! Click here and here to find out more at home. Enjoy finding shapes around the house, the garden and even when you are out and about. They are absolutely everywhere!!

Meet number 3 - 3 is one more than 2 click here

Three arrives with a bang- and a song and dance about her favourite number 1,2,3, Everybody look at me.

One two three does magic tricks with apples to show the others who goes first, who’s biggest and how to surprise your number friends. Click here.

We are learning:

To count to 3

To compare numbers 1, 2 and 3- bigger and smaller

To order numbers 1-3

To know that 3 is made of 2 and 1

To write number 3- make a curve just like me, then one more and you’ve got 3

Bake off Day

A big thank you to everyone who sent in cakes for our bake off day. We really enjoyed sampling them. The school was full to the brim with cake!!

Worship

We visited the chapel to see the last part of our Advent pilgrimage to the stable. We found an empty manger. We talked about the feeling inside of all of us as we patiently wait for the arrival of Jesus on Christmas Day.

Next week…

KS1 Christmas Party is on Thursday 19th 9.30-11.30, and everyone is invited to join us. If it is not your child’s usual session you can drop them off at 9.30 and collect them at 11.30…exhausted! Dust of those dancing shoes children it is always a noisy but fun couple of hours.

KS2 is holding their Christmas Carol Service on Monday 16th December at church at 2.00pm and 6.00pm. It is always a beautiful service and well worth attending. It fills your heart with the spirit of Christmas. I hope to see you there.

On Friday 20th December school and nursery will close at 2pm for the Christmas holidays.

Keep a look out for your Christmas Taskmaster activity sheet…for those quiet moments!!!!!

Have a lovely weekend and I will see you all on Monday.

Stay safe and God Bless

Barbara

Year 5 Homework- Due Thursday 19th 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. Christmas

2. concert

3. choir

4. calendar

5. heart

6. occasion

7. judge

8. charge

9. bridge

10. sponge

11. especially

12. leisure

13. parliament

14. relevant

15. suggest

Mrs Barker’s group

1. wrong

2. snack

3. trip

4. Christmas

5. concert

6. choir

7. calendar

8. heart

9. occasion

10. page

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;

R6- Price lists

V7- Draw angles with a protractor

Year 4 Weekly blog Friday 13th December 'We are invited to make a pilgrimage into the heart and life of God'

We have had a really interesting and varied week in Year 4. On Thursday afternoon, children were so reflective as they took their Year 3 partner on a little pilgrimage around school to visit our nativity stations. This was beautiful and allowed them to lead worship of the events of the nativity story.

In our RE lessons this week, children have been learning all about the Jesse tree and what it represents. They have been encouraged to reflect on the nativity story in all of our practises at church.

In English this week children have been very excited to compose their own versions of the Pied Piper fairy tale! Each day they have included a new grammar skill in their story. They are absolutely brilliant!

In History this week, we reflected on whether King Tut’s grave should have been disturbed - and thought about the benefits for history. We also mummified someone - see pictures below! Children then worked hard to explain this process in detail.

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.

What can I say about today? THANK-YOU for all your wonderful contributions - I have never eaten so much cake in my whole life! They were simply stunning! Here are some pictures of our adventures.

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

CONVERSATION STARTERS:

1. Can you tell your parents how bodies were mummified? Don’t do it while they are eating their tea!

Let’s Celebrate!

Flute stars this week: Alana and Joseph

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

Lunchtime awards:

Role model: Lena

Marvellous Manners: Heath

Notices

Christmas carol concert is Monday 16th December at 2pm and 6pm. Please can children come to church at 5:45pm in their full school uniform. They can leave their coats with you and come straight to the altar to get ready.

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. No nuts please.

We break up on Friday at 2pm.

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Mrs Lyons and Mrs Carter.

Year 6 Weekly Blog- 'Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day'

As we move towards the third week of advent, it seems unbelievable that we have nearly completed our first full term together in Year 6. As I reflect on how much the children have grown, learnt and enjoyed every experience in Year 6, it seems only fitting that the third candle of advent represents JOY. It reflects the joy that comes through Jesus’ arrival, and through the salvation he has gifted us and as we continue to approach Christmas Day, our joy grows more and more. We had such a beautful time with our Reception buddies at mass on Thursday, celebrating advent.

Thank you to the following children for such a beautiful liturgy on ‘peace’.

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This week we have had a wonderful week of learning and practice for our Chrsitmas concert next week. The children are speaking out beautifully in church and singing their hearts out- we can’t wait for you to see it.

This week we have started to look at biographies in English and pull out its features. We have collected biographical language, looked up any unfamiliar words and looked at the importance of using choronogy. In computing we have been looking at networks and looking at how we use the internet. In Science, we have been looking at the circulatory system and the main components that move the blood around the body. We even worked in groups to create a circuit to show this. Here is just a snapshot of our week…

What a fantastic (extra) art lesson we had with Mrs Mather this week. Our stables are starting to take shape and look truly beautiful, the other classes are going to LOVE their new stables!

Christmas Bake Off…

Wow what an amazing selection of cakes, brownies and cookies! So much effort has gone in to each and every one of them and they look FABULOUS, never mind taste FABULOUS!! Thank you to all the effort you have gone to, to make our ‘Bake Off’ extra special! The judges found it incredibly hard to decide on the winner, look how tasty they all look …

Well done to our ‘Bake off’ winner! A BLUE velvet cake, with delicious Lindt chocolates to top it off- yummy!

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Lunch Time Awards …

Marvelous Manners awards … Benjamin

Role Model of the week … Rose

Helpers in the mornings:

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

Pippa Ola Rafe Riley

Reminders

• 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.

Have a lovely weekend with your family.

Mrs Harrison, Mrs Webster and Mrs Carter

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 19th December

Christmas songs

Please have one last push on songs from the last three homework pages!

Spelling

This week we have our normal spelling sheets, with some homophone work included on them. These are the trickiest ones we have learned so far -so please practicse.

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 3 Homework- Wednesday 11th Decmber

Spellings

This weeks focus is apostrophes to show contractions.

1. I’ve

2. won’t

3. we’ve

4. she’ll

5. haven’t

6. wouldn’t

7. shouldn’t

8. can’t

9. aren’t

10. hadn’t
    

Key Stage 2 Carol concert

It’s less than a week until our Christmas Concert, we’ve been to Church this week to rehearse and the children sound amazing. Any extra practise this week would be wonderful. Below is a link to the words of the songs we are practising for our carol concert and a videos of the songs.

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.

Autumn Term Optional Homework

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