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Date: 6th Jun 2025 @ 4:20pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
existence explanation familiar leisure foreign forty frequently lightning government harass hindrance marvellous identity immediately individual mischievous interfere interrupt language muscle
Counting
Count out loud in:
4s up to 104 and back again 0,4,8,12…
40s from 240 to 880 and back again 240,280, 320…
25s from 2150 backwards to 1800 2150, 2125, 2100…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Most of the class are practising divisions of tables that are 10x/100x larger.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on statistics - individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Please also continue to use the fluency booster on sumdog.
We have had another fantastic week of learning in Year 5.
To start the week everyone wrote about their perfect day, using all the writing skills that they have learned over the year. We have been also enjoying our new novel ‘Dear Olly’ by Michael Morpurgo this week.
In Maths we have been learning about the volume of 3d shapes and making cuboids. We have now moved onto statistics and reading data in various table formats.
In RE we have explored the bible and how it is made up of many books and in various languages.
We have also been practising for sports day and we had great fun doing outdoor gymnastics too!
The week has ended with a special experience; a careers day. The children got to speak to various adults about their jobs including the police, a surgeon, a film maker, a physiotherapist and an estate agent to name a few! We also finished our 3D houses in art and created little videos of our work. A great week of learning Year 5 – well done!
Golden stars this week
Maisie – star of the week
Milana – marvellous mathematician
Edison – super learner for a great effort with his writing
Freddie – superstar writer
Eliza M – bookworm for her poetry reading, writing and performing
Willow – special mention for being kind and helpful
Reception Blog - Friday 6th June 2025
Date: 6th Jun 2025 @ 2:04pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Welcome back to our last half term in Reception.
We have loved coming back to school this week and starting a our new topic - animals.
Phonics
Mrs Robinson's group have been revisiting the ar and or sounds.
Mrs Dixon's group have been revising our tricky words.
Drawing Club
In Drawing Club, we have been reading the story, Tiddler.
We have been designing our own fish to join Tiddler’s class and drawing him exploring the ocean.
Maths
We have been exploring money and different coins this week.
RE
We have been learning about looking after our wonderful world and everything in it.
As a class, we made pledges about how we would protect our world.
We wrote them on ribbon and attatched them to a tree in our school grounds.
If you see them, go and have a look! See the photos here.
Expressive Art and Design
We have been drawing self portraits this week.
Understanding the World
This week we have been discussing what maps are and how we can use them.
We made a map of our classroom.
We have also had a careers fair in school. We loved visiting the different adults and talking to them about their jobs. See the photos here.
PE
This week we took part in our whole school event of tough kidder, with every child completing the course! See the photos here.
We have also done some cosmic kids yoga.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Judah
Super Learner – Indie
Superstar Writer – Elsie, Thomas and Ariana
Bookworm – Stanley
Mathematician – Roman
Special Mentions - Evie E - for being spotted by Mrs Cookson for fantastic Football.
Year 3 Friday Blog 6th June 2025
Date: 6th Jun 2025 @ 11:21am
It’s been another busy and brilliant week in Year 3!
Home Learning
Reading – Please read every night for at least 15 minutes. Don’t forget to record it in your reading diary!
Maths – We’ve set two challenges on Sumdog this week. They focus on shape and fluency. The fluency challenge is table vs table. Good luck!
Spellings – This week’s spellings all have the ei and ey spelling patterns, making the /ai/ sound. Practise reading and spelling them at home:
vein, neighbour, sleigh, neigh, weigh, weight, neighbourhood, freight, eight, obey, bobsleigh, reign, beige
This week in Year 3
We have had a brilliant week in Year 3!
On Thursday, everyone was amazing at our Tough Kidder event – every single child completed the course with determination and big smiles. Thank you so much for all your sponsorship and support!
In English, we finished the beautiful book The Butterfly Lion. The children wrote some fantastic pieces, continuing to focus on making their ideas flow together smoothly. We were so proud of the creativity and thoughtfulness they put into their writing.
In Maths, we’ve been learning all about 2D shape. We’ve been spotting different angles and even drawing our own shapes accurately. Super shape learning all round!
In History, we delved deeper into Ancient Egypt and explored the fascinating process of mummification. We learned how the Ancient Egyptians prepared for the afterlife – and even renamed our tables to match jobs from Egyptian times!
In our myHappymind learning, we’ve started our Engage module. This part of the curriculum brings together everything we’ve learned so far and focuses on how we can use our knowledge and skills to engage with the world through goal setting. We’ve also been exploring the character strength of perseverance, closely linked to resilience. There’s been lots of thoughtful reflection as we look back over our learning journey.
On Friday, we had a fantastic Careers Fair! We met lots of people with interesting jobs, asked brilliant questions, and created some super presentations about what we’d like to be when we grow up. Check out our gallery.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Heidi
Super Learner - Albie
Writer of the week - Noah
Marvellous Mathematician - Violet
Bookworm - Daisy
Special Mentions -Alice and Violet for setting a fantastic example on our playground!
Have a lovely weekend and we’ll see you on Monday!
— The Year 3 Team
Year 2 Blog Friday 6th June 2025
Date: 5th Jun 2025 @ 6:50pm
Home Practice
Reading:
In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.
This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (13.06.25):
beautiful colourful careful grateful useful hopeful powerful cheerful peaceful awful
Sumdog:
Counting:
Count in 2s, 5s and 10s forwards and backwards to 100. See how fast and accurate you can get.
Look at how they relate to the 2s, 5s and 10 times tables.
Times Tables:
Our next quiz will be on Thursday (12.06.25)
We will quiz your knowledge of the 2 times tables in a muddled order.
English
This week we started our new book, Stella and the Seagull. Year 2 drew and wrote about the main events of the story in order on a flow diagram.
They noted down interesting vocabulary about Stella and the Seagull and used these words in their own sentences and wrote a fantastic diary entry about Stella's day.
We finished our shape work this week.
The children have been completing arithmetic and reasoning end of term quizzes.
R.E.
We learnt about how the Holy Spirit helped different people in the Bible, including Jesus, Mary, the Disciples and Saul (Paul).
P.E
The children have been playing mini games of rounders. We have got some great throwers, catchers and batters in Year 2.
History
We learnt about the first wooden castles - The Motte and Bailey Castle. Can you remember which part is the motte and which part is the bailey?
Year 2 found out about active listening and the checklist we can use to see that we are really listening carefully.
It is so important for our learning and for good relationships too.
Forest School
We went in our log circle area. We built dens, did some mud cooking, made daisy chains and played games.
Tough Kidda
What a fantastic afternoon, full of fun, excitement, music and energy.
Year 2 were amazing!!
Careers Fair
We went into the hall and met people with different jobs. There were police, a surgeon, an estate agent, a film maker , a costume designer and a surveyor.
We tried on some uniforms and asked really good questions.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Noa
Super Learner- Harrison
Superstar Writer- James and Leo
Bookworm- Devyn
Mathematician- Amelia F.
Special Mentions- Zack W. Dylan and Rowan for challenging themselves in Forest School
George for being a really good friend.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 6th June 2025
Date: 5th Jun 2025 @ 3:40pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Ordering numbers to 20
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week
Counting - Play the counting to 20 game with your family, see who wins!
Reading - Please try to read remaining books over half term.
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We wrote amazing fact files about David Attenborough and Eugenie Clark, two people who work hard to ensure that the animals on our planet are looked after.
We also wrote pledges on orange ribbon, describing how we can help the Earth.
Phonics
All of us have been recapping the phase 3 and phase 5 sounds ready for our phonics screen.
Some of us have continued to learn the different ways to make an or sound. We learnt oar in roar, our in pour, augh in taught and ough in bought.
Maths
We continued to share objects into groups. This week, we shared between three, four and fives different groups and some of us even began writing division number sentences!
R.E.
We focused on reciting the words of The Sign of the Cross. We also drew our own cross to represent Jesus Christ.
Science
We recapped the differences between evergreen and desciduous trees before going outside to see if we could spot any of them. We used their leaves to distinguish between them.
History
We matched up facts about famous explorers.
PSHE
We learnt about how to engage our brains by being calm and showing good listening. We learnt how to set goals so that we feel good when we achieve them.
We also started to identify how our needs change as we grow up. We compared babies to toddlers, children and adults.
Art
We sketched different minibeasts in our sketchbooks.
PE
We continued to practise our underarm throwing using smaller objects like beanbags and tennis balls.
Tough Kidder
We had so much fun during Tough Kidder!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Arthur
Super Learner: Seb
Superstar Writer: Jessie H
Bookworm: Harry
Marvellous Mathematician: Jaxon
Special Mentions: Bobby for being brave during Tough Kidder, Emma and Amelia for always concentrating on their morning work.
Please practise reading as many real and nonsense words as you can at home.
Past booklets can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/search/all?keywords=phonics+screening
Date: 5th Jun 2025 @ 12:55pm
Little Owls Week 1
WOW! We are amazed at how well every single one of you came into school this morning.
Everyone had a great time exploring the classroom and having a go at the different activities.
We read the story 'The Gruffalo' and sang lots of different nursery ryhmes.
The children had cucumber for snack today.
Reminders: If you have not returned your 'All About Me' poster please send it in next week, along with your permission slips for photos on the website and the pond.
We can't wait to see everyone again next week :)
Year 4 Blog Friday 6th June 2025
Date: 5th Jun 2025 @ 9:58am
Welcome to the first blog of this half term
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.
Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.
See if you can spot any speech – look carefully at the punctuation used.
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
fruit grammar group guard guide heard
heart height history imagine increase important
interest island knowledge learn length library
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 12’s and back again
For example, start at 12 and count to 144 and back again
12 24 36 etc 144 132 120 etc
Now try counting in 1.2’s and back again
1.2 2.4 3.6 etc 14.4 13.2 12.0 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
You can practise a similar Multiplication Tables Check on timestables.co.uk
If you practise for 5 minutes every night, you will see a big improvement in your tables fluency.
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
TTRockstars challenge
‘Soundcheck’ sessions
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A co-ordinates challenge
Our learning this week
English
In English, we read the story ‘Food Fight’. We then planned and wrote a perilous adventure about what Grape and Mushroom encountered on their way to the top of the fridge to ask The Big Cheese for advice.
Following this, we retold the story from The Big Cheese’s point of view!
Maths
In Maths, we consolidated our learning about coordinates.
We then extended this learning to translate points from one co-ordinate to another on a co-ordinate grid.
We also learnt what is meant by the term ‘area’ (the amount of space taken up by a 2D shape) and how to calculate it.
RE
In RE, we talked about why the Pope is described as ‘the servant of the servants of God’.
In order to do this, we needed to understand the role of the clergy within the church and how the church is structured.
PSHE
In PSHE, we learnt what makes a good friend, how friends can help us solve problems, and why it is important to show gratitude to friends.
Science
In Science, we recapped the different types of teeth and their functions.
We then looked at the structure of a tooth and discussed which parts can become damaged with plaque or tooth decay.
We also set up an investigation to find out how different liquids could affect our teeth, using boiled eggs!
Music
In Music, we sang in groups and put actions to our songs – we were able to input our own ideas.
We also practised pentatonic singing and listened and repeated songs as accurately as we could.
Have a look in our gallery at some pictures.
History
In History, we learnt about life in Sparta and Athens.
We compared these two city states and then decided where we would rather live, based on our historical knowledge.
Art
In art, we sketched 'fine' and 'rough' nests.
Have a look at the photos in our gallery.
Laudato Si Pledges
This week, we also shared Pope Francis’ letter - Laudato Si.
Each class, including Year 4, then wrote pledges about how we can work for the common good and look after our world.
Our pledges were then tied to trees in school.
Have a look at Year 4 hanging up their promises in our gallery.
Tough Kidder
On Thursday afternoon, we took part in Tough Kidder.
Wow – what a fabulous afternoon – please have a look at our pictures in the gallery!
Careers Fair
On Friday morning, we went to a careers fair in the school hall.
We met a variety of adults with different jobs and asked lots of questions!
There are some pictures in our gallery.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Sidney
Super Learner: Willow
Superstar Writer: Tiffany
Bookworm: Mark
Marvellous Mathematician: Emma
Special Mentions: Ada-May, Trudy and Alana
The Year 4 team
Year 6 Friday Blog - Friday 5th June
Date: 5th Jun 2025 @ 7:54am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
All of Year 6 have had a busy first week back in school. All of the children have been working hard at rehersals for our production. Year 6 have also helped to run the tough kidder this week. Well done for all your hard work Year 6!
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have been exploring the graphic novel 'The Arrival'. We have used our inference skills this week as there are no words in the text! We have written a narrative based on an image from the story, a diary entry in role as the protagonist and created a backstory for one of the characters who moved to the city.
RE
In RE, we have started our new topic 'Dialogue and Encounter'. We have learned what the common good is and created shields to represent the principles of Catholic Social Teaching.
Topic
In Science, we have started our new topic all about evolution! We have learned about adaptation in plants by researching different plants and finding out how they are adapted to their environment.
In History, we have continued our topic all about WW2. We have learned how Hitler rose to power.
In Computing, we have been investigating how to use spreadsheets and how to add a formula to a spreadsheet.
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 11/06/25.
Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen.
Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling -
Please learn these words ready for our test on Friday.
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observant
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observance |
expectant |
hesitant |
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hesitancy |
tolerant
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tolerance |
assistant |
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assistance
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substance |
reliance |
defiance
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reliant |
defiant
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sustenance
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vacancy |
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vacant |
infancy |
elegant |
elegance |
Homework -
Homework for this half term will be more topic based. Today, the children have brought home their homework choices for the half term. Each week, the children should choose one homework activity from the sheet and return this to school by Thursday. Each Friday, there will be time to share the children's work in class. The homework activities are also attached to the blog this week.
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Maizie
Super Learner - Walter
Superstar Writer - Ava M
Bookworm - Zofia
Marvellous Mathematician - Isla
Special Mentions - Ishan and Issac - for helping to blow up the footballs.
Phoebe - for always listening and working hard!
All of Y6 - for helping at Tough Kidder!
Have a great weekend Year 6!
Year 5 blog Friday 23rd May 2025
Date: 23rd May 2025 @ 3:59pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Reading
Please keep reading over the holidays and remember to fill in your vocabulary book!
English
We have now completed ‘The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane’. We have been writing as Bryce and discussing the love and loss Edward has experienced.
Maths
The term has ended with the children developing their skills in geometry and particularly enjoyed making 3 D shapes from nets.
Well done Year 5!
Science
This week the children have been experimenting with different materials to find the most suitable material for a raincoat. Our investigations into materials will continue next half term.
RE
Finally, we have spent time delving into the lives of Mary and St Francis of Assisi, in order to explore discipleship in life. Year 5 then wrote about how they could use their gifts in life, to be a good disciple.
Golden awards
Star of the week - Libby
Super learner - Eddie
Marvellous mathematician - Henry
Superstar writer - Alfie P
Bookworm - Zachary M
Special mention - Holly P
Year 5 have once again been fantastic this half term - thank you to all of you! We will see you back in school on Monday 2nd June 2025
Year 4 Blog Friday 23rd May 2025
Date: 23rd May 2025 @ 8:40am
Welcome to the last blog of this half term
Home practice
Reading
Please keep reading for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Try and use lots of expression in your reading and different voices for the different characters.
Spellings
As it is half term, there are no spellings this week.
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 9’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 108 and back again
0 9 18 etc 108 99 90 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please keep practising your tables over half term.
We will be taking part in the Multiplication Tables Check when you return after the holiday.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
You can practise a similar Multiplication Tables Check on timestables.co.uk
If you practise for 5 minutes every night, you will see a big improvement in your tables fluency.
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
Sumdog challenges
- There are no Sumdog challenges as it is half term.
Our learning this week
In English, we read ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’. We wrote an argument between the yellow and the orange crayon using speech bubbles.
Following this, we wrote the dialogue using inverted commas (speech marks). We thought of lots of different word to describe how the crayons spoke to each other (eg growled, roared, questioned etc).
In Maths, we learnt how to describe and plot coordinates.
We extended our learning to complete a polygon on a coordinate grid. We were required to plot specified points and draw sides to complete a given shape.
In RE, we explored the text of the Apostles’ Creed and the meaning of the words.
In addition, we discovered what is meant by the term church and explained what the 4 marks of the church are.
In Science, we created booklets about how we can take care of our teeth and keep them healthy.
In PE, we practised our over arm throw in pairs. We then practised batting and put the 2 skills together with a game of cricket.
You can see some pictures in the gallery.
This week we were also lucky enough to have a cricket session provided by Lancashire Cricket.
First, we practised throwing and catching a ball then bowling to a partner. Following this, we played mini games of cricket.
We all had great fun and enjoyed honing our cricket skills.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Josh W
Super Learner: Alfie
Superstar Writer: Willow and Caleb
Bookworm: Amelia and Caleb
Marvellous Mathematician: Ada-May
Special Mentions: Evangeline, Archie P and Milo
Have a super half term
The Year 4 team
Reception Blog - Friday 23rd May 2025
Date: 22nd May 2025 @ 3:41pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
Mrs Robinson's group have been revisiting the igh, long oo and short oo sounds.
Mrs Dixon's group have been focussing on the er and air sounds.
Drawing Club
In Drawing Club, we read the story, Snail and the Whale.
We have been drawing pictures of an underwater cave and writing about it.
Maths
We have continued to count to 20.
We have been measuring lots of items and using the correct vocabulary to describe them.
RE
We celebrated the story of Pentecost and discussed all of our learning from this half term.
Expressive Art and Design
We have been painting our favourite things that we have learnt in reception.
PE
What a fantastic sports day we had! A big thank you to everyone who came and watched.
A video will be loaded to St Oswaldstv very soon!
We have also taken part in a whole school cricket day, which was fantastic! See the photos here!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Noah H
Super Learner – Judah
Superstar Writer – Zara
Bookworm – Evie E and Ariana
Mathematician – Connall
Special Mentions - the whole of Reception class, for a fantastic first sports day!
Year 3 Friday blog 23rd May 2025
Date: 22nd May 2025 @ 1:52pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Happy Half Term
Keep up with your regular reading over half term and Sumdog is still available for fluency and times tables practise.
This week in Year 3
We’ve had another fantastic week of learning in Year 3, full of teamwork, creativity and brilliant effort across the board.
In English, we read the part of The Butterfly Lion where Bertie becomes a true hero, saving the men in his regiment and receiving the Victoria Cross. We worked on retelling this exciting section of the story, focusing on writing our ideas in the right order and making our writing flow smoothly. Some brilliant storytelling on display!
In maths, we’ve been busy solving multiplication and division problems. The focus this week was on choosing the most efficient methods, and everyone showed great reasoning and confidence when explaining their choices. Well done, mathematicians!
Our RE learning took us deep into the mystery of the Holy Trinity. We explored how the Trinity has been represented in artwork and then created our own artistic interpretations using fidget spinners to represent the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. They look fantastic – check them out in our gallery.
In PE, we’ve started getting ready for Sports Day. We worked hard on our athletics skills and showed brilliant persistence in all of our activities. We also had a great session with the South Ribble coaches and put our cricket skills to the test. You can see us in action in the gallery!
In music, we had loads of fun working with boomwhackers. We’ve been learning how to play a melody and even started composing our own pieces in small groups – lots of great teamwork on show.
This week in History we have been learning all about Egyptian Gods. We used our models to explore their features and researched their roles in Egyptian life.
We also enjoyed our Wonderful World Assembly this week, where we read the story of Mama Miti, a woman who planted trees across Kenya to protect the environment and help her community. This tied in beautifully with our science topic on plants and our PSHE learning about shared responsibility. A lovely message for us all to take away.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Rowan
Super Learner - Noah
Writer of the week - Archer
Marvellous Mathematician - Georgie
Bookworm - Evelyn
Special Mentions -Bobby, Hunter and Rowan for taking good care of our playground. Thank you boys!
Have a lovely half term break
The Year 3 team
Year 6 Friday Blog - 23rd May 2025
Date: 22nd May 2025 @ 7:48am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have been inspired by the book Wizardology this week! We have researched different immortal objects to create a page that would fit inside the book. We have also created our own immortal objects and thought carefully about how they would work and if they have any curses!
RE
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In RE, we have thought carefully about the words that we associate with the resurrection. We have responded to our topic by creating a poem, letter or image to show what theresurrection means to us.
Topic
In PSHE, we have completed our My Happy Mind topic called Relate. We have learned how to actively listen and how our character strengths can help us resolve conflicts.
In History, we started our new topic all about WW2. We learned that before WW2 some countries were run democratically and that some were dictatorships.
In Art, we designed and created our very own chairs! We had to show resilience and think creatively to bring our designs to life.
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 4/06/25.
Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen.
Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling and homework will resume after the half term break.
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Phoebe
Super Learner - Alex
Superstar Writer - Walter
Bookworm - Edward
Marvellous Mathematician - Luke M
Special Mentions - Alex for helping to look after Y5's plants!
Have a brilliant half term Year 6 and a good break!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 23rd May 2025
Date: 21st May 2025 @ 4:25pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Halving
Phonics - High frequency words
Counting - Play the counting to 20 game with your family, see who wins!
Reading - Please try to read remaining books over half term.
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We looked at the story 'Dear Earth' and thought about how we can make the world a better place. We wrote a prediction about the story, described our earth and wrote a short poem.
Phonics
Some of us have learnt the dge digraph making the j sound in hedge and the ce digraph making a s sound in choice.
Some of us have been learning the different ways to make an or sound. We couldn't believe that there are ten different ways! We focused on oor in poor, ore in shore and al in walk
Maths
We identified halves of shapes and objects. We learnt to use the 'one for you, one for me' technique to share equally between two groups. We also used part-whole models to show this practically.
R.E.
We completed our Pentecost topic by learning how to spread the Good News, just like the disciples did. We created our own list of ways that we can help others.
Computing
We are becoming super coders! We learnt how to use a loop block to make our instructions more simple.
Geography
We sorted animals into their habitats, whether they live in a cold climate or a hot climate. We also talked about how animals can adapt to their environment.
PSHE
We thought about times where we have shown that we can relate to other people, through being kind and caring. We also thought about who we might need to relate to in our lives.
Art
We made our own birds! It was great to see so many different ideas.
PE
We had a fantastic cricket session with Dave. We learnt how to knock over wickets and how to use a cricket bat.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Harry
Super Learner: Honey
Superstar Writer: Hannah
Bookworm: Ella
Marvellous Mathematician: Faisal
Special Mentions: Rhodes for being so kind to everyone and Arianna for helping her friends.
Have a lovely half term! Please practise reading as many real and nonsense words as you can at home.
Past booklets can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/search/all?keywords=phonics+screening
Year 2 Blog Friday 23rd May 2025
Date: 20th May 2025 @ 9:57am
Home Practice
Reading:
In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.
This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (06.06.25):
couldn't wouldn't shouldn't haven't isn't I'll can't didn't they've you'll
Sumdog:
Counting:
Starting at 0, count in twos forwards and backwards to 100 and beyond if you want!.
Times Tables:
Great effort this week.
Our next quiz will be on Thursday (05.06.25)
We will quiz your knowledge of the 2 times tables in a muddled order.
English
This week we wrote our own versions of Snail Mail. We used envelopes and had some really great ideas. We carefully checked our spellings and made sure our book looked beautiful. We then went on a book tour and read our stories to the children in Reception, Year 3 and Year 4.
Maths
We have been learning about shape this week.
The children have named and discussed the properties of 2D and 3D shapes.
They used the following mathematical vocabulary, sides, edges, vertices, vertex and faces.
R.E.
May is the month of Mary.
We found out more about Mary in our Collective Worship, wrote prayer cards to her and decorated them beautifully.
P.E
Sports Day was a great success.
The children were amazing and did so well, they showed super skills and sportsmanship.
We also enjoyed a session of cricket with a visiting teacher from South Ribble. He commented on Y2's excellent throwing and batting.
Science
We came to some conclusions about the best conditions for beans to germinate and grow well.
We have brought some beans home to grow.
Forest School
We showed great teamwork when building our shelters. There was also excellent communication and resilience shown. We also had the wool out and super creativity was shown.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Charles
Super Learner- Grace
Superstar Writer- Wilbur
Bookworm- Amelia L.
Mathematician- Melodie
Special Mentions- Amelia C. for being a good friend.
Sam, George, Zack W. and Sam for great effort in the cricket festival.
Year 5 Blog Friday 16th May 2025
Date: 16th May 2025 @ 4:10pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
disappoint disagree misbehave mislead inactive incorrect illegal illegible midday impossible unable unaware government environment ancient curiosity twelfth neighbour
Counting
Count out loud in:
12s up to 156 and back again 0,12,24,36…
80s from 240 to 880 and back again 240,320, 400 …
50s from 2150 backwards to 1450 2150, 2100, 2050…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Most of the class are being tested on 10x/100x larger than tables.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on shapes - individual challenge
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Please also continue to use the fluency booster on sumdog.
We have had another fantastic week of learning in Year 5.
We have been creating and using similes at the beginning of our sentences this week in English and we have used them in our re-telling of the novel. We have also written about the pros and cons of junk food for under 16’s. Some very interesting thoughts here!
In Maths we have been learning about perimeter and, once again, practising measuring angles using a protractor. We have now moved on to 3-D shapes and nets.
In RE we have explored and evaluated the key points of Our Lady’s life, including The Annunciation, the birth of Jesus and Pentecost. We have then discussed her discipleship and how she is an inspiration to us.
We have been spending time building our programming abilities in computing this week on code.org. The children are welcome to play some of the games available on this website at home, to further boost their skills.
The week has ended with us discovering facts about the Amazon river and the people that live along it. A great week of learning Year 5 – well done!
Golden stars this week
Florence – star of the week
Imogen – marvellous mathematician
Alfie G – super learner for a super effort with writing
Zachary M – superstar writer
Ronnie – bookworm for lots of reading
Darcey – for being a positive, helpful role model
Year 3 Friday blog 16th May 2025
Date: 16th May 2025 @ 2:29pm
It’s been another busy and brilliant week in Year 3!
Home Learning
Reading – Please read every night for at least 15 minutes. Don’t forget to record it in your reading diary!
Maths – We’ve set two challenges on Sumdog this week. They focus on multiplication, division, and times tables – perfect for reinforcing the grid method we’ve been learning in class.
Spellings – This week’s spellings all end in –que or –gue. Practise reading and spelling them at home:
league, tongue, antique, unique, mosque, fatigue, rogue, vague, intrigue, dialogue, analogue, argue, plaque, epilogue, plague, argue, torque, barbeque.
Counting – Keep counting too! Check out all our counting songs and videos on past blog posts to practise your 2s, 5s, 10s, and challenge yourself with 3s, 4s and 8s.
This week in Year 3
In English, we stepped into Bertie’s shoes from The Butterfly Lion, writing heartfelt letters begging not to be sent away to boarding school. We also worked together to write and perform playscripts retelling the magical moment Bertie first met the girl. The children really enjoyed bringing the characters to life and thinking carefully about dialogue and stage directions.
In maths, we have been getting to grips with the grid method for multiplication. Everyone showed great resilience breaking down larger numbers and using their place value knowledge to solve problems step by step.
In history, we compared life in Ancient Egypt to life in Stone Age Britain. We explored how the two time periods were different and learned all about Egyptian hieroglyphics. We even had a go at writing our own names using the ancient symbols!
Our new science topic on plants is off to a great start. We made our own mini books explaining the importance of plants, what they need to grow, and how they help our world.
In PSHE, we talked about shared responsibility. This led to a brilliant class discussion about the environment and how we can all play our part in protecting it.
We also had our fourth yoga session this week, focusing on confidence. We learned some tricky new poses and showed great balance, strength, and perseverance.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Violet
Super Learner - Alexander
Writer of the week - Hunter
Marvellous Mathematician - Lewis
Bookworm - Violet
Special Mentions - Jessica, Mia, Isla and Francesca for super playtimes all week. Well Done!
Have a lovely weekend!
The Year 3 Team
Reception Blog - Friday 16th May 2025
Date: 16th May 2025 @ 10:48am
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
Mrs Robinson's group have been revisiting the oa and igh sounds.
Mrs Dixon's group have been focusing on the air and ure sounds.
Drawing Club
In Drawing Club we read the story, Room on the Broom.
We have been drawing pictures of the witch and labelling her and we have drawn an animal that could join the witch on her broomstick.
Maths
We have started to learn numbers beyond 10.
This week it was the numbers 14,15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20.
We have been making them using lots of different equipment and investigating how many tens there are in a number.
RE
We listened to the story of Pentecost again and described how the disciples felt when the Holy Spirit came.
We talked about how we would feel and chose an emoji face to talk about.
Expressive Art and Design
We have listened to the story of the Kings Pants. We loved how the King had so many different kinds, so we have designed our own pair for him!
We have also been making our own watercolour planets. See the photos here!
Understanding the World
This week we have launched our mice!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Harriet
Super Learner – Isla-May
Superstar Writer – Darragh
Bookworm – Evie B
Mathematician – Thomas
Year 1 Blog - Friday 16th May 2025
Date: 15th May 2025 @ 4:49pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Arrays
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week.
Counting - Make an array and count each row/column in twos, fives or tens.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We read our new story this week: Someone swallowed Stanley. We made a wanted poster for Stanley and wrote sentences explaining how to look after our environment.
We also wrote a recount about our trip to Martin Mere.
Phonics
Some of us have compared the different aw spellings - aw in saw and au in haunt.
Some of us have been learning the different u spellings: u in umbrella and oo in shook.
Maths
We continued to make arrays to help us solve multiplication problem questions. We are so quick at making them now! We also learnt the difference between a row and a column.
R.E.
We discovered that different countries celebrate Pentecost in different ways. We focused on England, Italy, France, Ukraine and Vanuatu, and wrote Pentecost party invitations.
Computing
We learnt how to create instructions using positional language such as forwards, backwards, left and right. We used these to create simple code to help Scrat reach his acorn.
PSHE
We discussed how we can relate to each other and how sometimes it can be quite tricky to get along with everyone. We learnt a friendship song and identified ways to relate to people who are different to us.
Art
We made feathers using the materials available in the classroom. We used our art skills of ripping, tearing, cutting and gluing.
Martin Mere
We used our scientific knowledge to investigate plants and compare mammals. We also had fun playing on the playground.
A big thank you to everyone who came to watch our sports day! We appreciate your support and we are so proud of each child!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Faisal and Emma
Super Learner: Zac
Superstar Writer: Harry
Bookworm: Amelia
Marvellous Mathematician: Seb and Genevieve
Special Mentions - Luca, Reuben, Hannah and Izzy for their super coding!
Year 4 Blog Friday 16th May 2025
Date: 15th May 2025 @ 12:42pm
Welcome to your weekly blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.
Look up any words you are unsure of in a dictionary.
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
science scene discipline fascinate crescent fascinating
disciplinary disciple muscle scent scissors muscles
ascend isosceles scenario scientific susceptible transcend
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 6’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 72 and back again
0 6 12 18 etc 72 66 60 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
You can practise a similar Multiplication Tables Check on timestables.co.uk
If you practise for 5 minutes every night, you will see a big improvement in your tables fluency.
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
TTRockstars challenge
- A ‘battle of the bands’ tournament – Boys v Girls
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge based on the words above
- A classifying geometric shapes challenge
Our learning this week
In English, we perfected our speaking parts for our Parent Assembly.
We also wrote an article giving our opinion about whether junk food should be banned for all children under the age of 16.
In Maths, learnt the names of triangles (equilateral, isosceles and scalene) and used the terms regular and irregular.
In addition, we named different quadrilaterals based on their particular properties.
In RE, we explored the text of the Apostles’ Creed and the meaning of the words.
We also considered what taking our First Holy Communion means to us.
In PSHE, we learnt how to better understand our differences.
We discussed how we can use our strengths in different ways and how seeing things from a different perspective is a positive thing.
In Science, we recapped the digestive model from last week.
We then identified how our teeth have different jobs and help break down food.
In DT, we designed and created a product made out of felt.
We started by practising three different stitches (running, backstitch and overstitch).
Following this, we designed and created a useful item – for example, a purse, pencil case or glasses case.
We then evaluated our finished product by considering what went well and what we would change if we were to make the product again.
You can see some pictures of our finished products in our gallery.
Thank you for coming to our Parent Assembly – we hope you enjoyed celebrating with us.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday at the First Holy Communion Masses.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Mark
Super Learner: Spencer
Superstar Writer: Tiffany
Bookworm: Maisie
Marvellous Mathematician: Evangeline
Special Mentions: Sidney, Emma and Sam
The Year 4 team
Year 2 Blog Friday 16th May 2025
Date: 15th May 2025 @ 8:31am
Home Practice
Reading:
In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.
This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (23.05.25):
knee know knight knife knock knew knot knit knead knack
Sumdog:
Counting:
Starting at 0, count in fives forwards and backwards to 60.
This will really help with telling the time. You could also look at the clock and count in fives around the numbers on the clock face.
Times Tables:
Great effort in our quiz this week.
Next week, Thursday (22.05.25) we will quiz your knowledge of the 2 times tables.
English
We started a new book called Snail Mail. We had a great discussion about what snail mail is and the developments in technology which mean we can communicate with each other more easily and quickly.
We used the map from the book to find out where Tiger the snail visited. He sent a postcard from each country.
We used the atlases and globes to see where the places are and what the flags look like.
We then planned our own story which we will write next week.
Maths
We have been learning about time this week.
The children now know, five, ten, quarter/fifteen, twenty, twenty-five and half/thirty minutes past the hour.
You could look at the minutes to the hour (as above) and keep asking your child to tell you the time. It will really help them to become more familiar with all the times.
We used clocks to make the times ourselves and we went outside to make shadow clocks.
R.E.
We learnt about Saint Paul's story, he was called Saul at first.
The children sequenced the events themselves then illustrated their work beautifully.
P.E.
We have been preparing for Sports Day (19.05.25).
It's been great fun using the track and improving our athletics skills.
History
We found out more about Queen Elizabeth II and her favourite palaces and castles, such as Windsor and Balmoral.
Science
We had a good look at our beans and the different conditions are starting to have an effect on the germination and growth of the beans. We will bring them home next week and continue to grow them.
Forest School
We learnt about the flower moon which happened on Monday. A full moon happens once every 29 and a half days and May is when wildflowers start showing their beauty, so this Moon got the flowery title. We looked at pictures of the lunar cycle and then we made our own flowers out of natural materials.
Art
The children worked in groups outside to create mini tree houses using natural materials.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Felicity
Super Learner- Henry P.
Superstar Writer- Noah S.
Bookworm- Adam
Mathematician- Rowan
Special Mentions- Charlie, Henry Y. and Jonah for bring kind friends and playing well at breaktimes.
Year 6 Blog - Friday 16th May 2025
Date: 15th May 2025 @ 7:58am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
Year 6 have worked so hard on all their tests this week! All of the staff are really proud of their resilience and effort - well done Year 6 for completing your SATs!
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have explored a poem together called 'Ageing: A Reflection'. We have thought about how we might look different when we are 60 years old and imagined what our favourite achievements from our lives might be. We created our own poetry imagining what our favourite things about being an adult would be and what our favourite things about being 10 or 11 are!
Maths
This week, we have completed some outdoor revision by doing arithmetic orienteering. We also revised our reasoning so that we were really confident for our SATs tests!
RE
In RE, we have researched different saints and thought about how they were committed to their faith. We used our research to create a book inspired by the 'Little People Big Dreams' books. We also learned all about CAFOD and created posters and leaflets to explore how they help people and how faith underpins their mission.
Topic
In PE, we have played rounders and football and used our skills of teamwork!
In Art, we have continued to explore chair design and we have been inspired by design videos to look closely to sketch shapes and patterns.
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 21/05/25.
Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen.
Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling -
There will be no spelling test this week, as the children have worked hard on their spellings for SATs!
This week, there will be no set homework as the children need a well-deserved rest after their SATs tests!
Golden Assembly
There has been a big special mention for all of Year 6 in our Golden Assembly this week for their effort, resilence and hard work for their SATs this week. Well done Year 6!
Have a great weekend Year 6 and well done for this week!
Year 5 Blog Friday 9th May 2025
Date: 9th May 2025 @ 3:44pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
ought bought thought nought brought fought rough tough enough cough though although dough through thorough borough plough bough
Counting
Count out loud in:
8s up to 104 and back again 0,8,16,24…
60s from 240 to 720 and back again 240,300, 360 …
25s from 2125 backwards to 1925 2125, 2100, 2075…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Most of the class are learning square numbers for their test next week.
Sumdog
Maths practice based on fractions – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practice test on Sumdog.
Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.
We have had another great learning week in Year 5.
We continued reading our new novel this week – The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo. We wrote as Edward and blended action, feelings and description.
In Maths we learnt how to convert improper fractions to mixed numbers, as well as continuing to add and subtract fractions with mixed denominators. There has been a lot of great progress this week!
In RE we have continued to discuss and explore the meaning of confirmation and chrism, and how the Holy Spirit is linked to this. We also spent time learning about how the new pope would be chosen.
To celebrate VE day we all created our own Union Jack flags – it is trickier than you think!
The week ended with us discovering how the Maya civilisation lived. A great week of learning Year 5 – well done!
Golden stars this week
Ronnie – star of the week
Libby – marvellous mathematician
Sam – super learner - trying hard all week
Willow – superstar writer
Ebba – bookworm for lots of home reading
Holly P – special mention for super listening
Reception Blog - Friday 9th May 2025
Date: 9th May 2025 @ 11:45am
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
Mrs Robinson's group have been revisiting the ai and ee sounds.
Mrs Dixon's group have been focussing on the oi and ear sounds.
Drawing Club
In Drawing Club we read the story, The Smeds and the Smoos.
We drew the planet where they live and described it.
Maths
We started to learn numbers beyond 10. This week it was the numbers 11,12 and 13.
RE
We listened to the story of Pentecost again and described how the disciples felt when the Holy Spirit came. Then we talked about the fire and made our own fire hats.
Expressive Art and Design
We continued with our Art project about Imagination lands.
Our task this week was to add the drawings to them! They all look fantastic.
Understanding the World
This week we explored how rockets work and we prepared our rocket mice, ready to launch them next week.
Forest School
In our session this week we did some cloud gazing on blankets using our senses to really experience being outside.
We also used different shades of green ribbon and tried to find something growing in the nature area which really matched our piece of ribbon.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 9th May 2025
Date: 9th May 2025 @ 8:59am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Counting in tens.
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week.
Counting - We have been making groups of objects this week (groups of twos, groups of fives and groups of tens). Please practise this at home and count in your patterns.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We continued to read The Lumberjack's Beard. We made a story map together and re-wrote the whole story in our books.
Phonics
Some of us have been recapping phase 4 clusters at the start and end of words.
Some of us have learning the different ar spellings: ar in car, al in palm and a in rather. We also had the discussion about the south of England's pronunciation of bath and path.
Maths
We continued to solve different multiplication problem questions, this time using arrays. We used the maths resources to make our own arrays for each question.
We also completed lots of arithmetic questions. Most of us even got onto some arithmetic ninja challenge questions!
R.E.
We learnt about Pentecost and how the Holy Spirit came to the disciples. We identified the five main symbols of the Holy Spirit and made some beautiful artwork for the classroom.
P.E.
We have continued to practise for sports day this week!
Computing
We learnt how to log onto our new website: code.org. We started to learn how to follow simple coding instructions using a drag and drop motion.
PSHE
We continued to learn about how to be healthy, focusing on daily hygiene.
Forest School
In our session this week we did some cloud gazing on blankets using our senses to really experience being outside.
We also had a go at making shelters, we found some mini beasts, and we noticed new flowers growing.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Bobby
Super Learner: Jaxon
Superstar Writer: Faisal, Joshua I and Rudy
Bookworm: Honey and Arianna
Marvellous Mathematician: Lara
Special Mentions - All of Mrs Sheen's multi-skills club for showing their super tennis skills!
