Year 3 Blog 16th September 2022

Date: 16th Sep 2022 @ 1:33pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

This week we have been working hard in all our subjects and are continuing to shine as juniors!

We have been enjoying The Twits and have been looking at speech in the story. This has helped us to write in full sentences, remembering to write one idea at a time. The children acted some scenes out and even wrote their own scripts. 

In maths we have been learning how to use a number line and partition to add and subtract 2 digit numbers. This has been tricky but everyone has worked hard and made super progress with this new strategy. 

In our PE we have been learning some new tactics and strategies to pass the ball in a game of netball. We explored bounce, chest and lob passes. Have a look at our gallery to see us in action.

In our Stone Age learning we have been asking some great questions about life in Stone Age Britain. We also had a go at telling some stories about ourselves through cave paintings. Have a look in our gallery here. 

Home Practice

Reading

Read every night for at least 20 minutes. Regular reading is a great habit to get into. It will make all the difference as your children move through the juniors, allowing them to access more and more of our curriculum.

Spellings

Your children will have brought home a spelling card with their spellings to practise.

We have been learning to apply our phonics knowledge to our spellings and finding patterns. Eg. If I can spell corn, I can spell born, torn, worn.

We have also added some ideas on how to practise these at home. They are also available on Sumdog, little and often is the key!

Maths

We have set two maths challenges this week on Sumdog. Please practise the two times tables to improve accuracy and recall speed. We have also set a challenge on reading and counting three digit numbers.

Please also practise counting regularly to build up number fluency.

Count forwards and backwards in 10s from any 3 digit number. 

Eg. 157, 167, 177,187, 197, 207

Have a lovely weekend

The Year 3 Team

Year 2 Blog Friday 16th September 2022

Date: 15th Sep 2022 @ 4:20pm

Year 2 have done so well over the last couple of weeks. They have settled in quickly, understanding all the rules and routines so well. We are really impressed with how much they love to learn and how hard they work during lesson time. We have had so many people on gold, double gold and even triple gold!

In English, the children have retold the story of The Bear and the Piano and written some of their own character descriptions. They have sequenced the Five Little Fiends story and focused on sentence structure. In Maths, they have worked with base ten, counters, arrow cards and straws to help them with their understanding of place value. We have started our new topic in RE – Beginnings. We read the creation story and thought about how wonderful our world is. In PSHE we are looking at – what makes a good friend? The children thoroughly enjoy PE and are showing strong fundamental skills.

Reading

In Year 2, children should read for at least 15 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

You could write down these new words in a word book and find out what they mean. It is amazing to see the list grow, something to be very proud of, especially when children realise how many more words they understand and can use!

Please date, sign and leave a small comment when you have read with your child and make it clear that you have finished a book, then we know we can change it. For Example - 14.09.22 Max’s Box. Read to page 6, really enjoying the book or good sounding out of tricky words or struggled with the word – because or finished the book. MG.

Reading books are changed every Wednesday. You will receive 2-4 books depending on their length, they should last the week, if you read a little each night. However, if you need to change a book at any other time, we will change it as needed.

Reading resources:

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read and really enjoy it.

If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’. You could also explore the rest of the site and read books from the Oxford Owl eBook library or listen to audio books.

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - https://www.literacyshedblog.com/uploads/1/2/5/7/12572836/ks1_reading_vipers.pdf

In addition to this, reading a good bed time story to your child is so worthwhile and really helps towards a lifelong love of reading.

Spelling

Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (23.09.22). A sheet will go home every Friday with the spelling list on. This is for home practise only and can be kept with you.

It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but also to call the words out and spell them out loud using the letter sounds or names. Learn them in a different order, not just how they appear on the list below.

You will have a Sumdog challenge on these words to complete by next Friday 23.09.22.

This week’s spellings:

boy                value

bird               draw   

third              saw

blue               looked

true                called

Maths

At home, count forwards and backwards in tens. Write them down as you say them and see what patterns you can spot. For a challenge count past 100, see how far you can go!

You will have a 10x tables, and place value challenge on Sumdog to complete by next Friday 23.09.22.

Sumdog

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Have a lovely weekend and remember school is closed on Monday 19th September - The Queen's Funeral. See you all on Tuesday 20th September.

Year 2 Team.

Year 1 Blog - Friday 16th September 2022

Date: 15th Sep 2022 @ 10:35am

Welcome to your Friday blog!

All the children have settled in so brilliantly - we can't believe it's only been 2 weeks!

We have been extremely busy this week!

English

We have been learning through the stories of The Large Family. We have described the characters, made puppets, talked about the stories and written some sentences.

We will continue these stories next week. We are really enjoying the books - they are very funny!

Phonics

We have been looking at where all the children are up to with their phonics . They have all been trying really hard with their morning jobs as as soon as they enter the classroom. We have been looking at sh, ch, ee and ea, ay and ai.

Maths

We have started our Red Rose Mastery lessons and the children have been so engaged with their learning. They have been using practical equipment to make numbers up to 29 using 10s and 1s. they have used 10 frames with counters, bundles of straws and Base 10. We have also been counting in 1s up to 100 - making sure we pronounce the teen numbers correctly and 20, 30 and so on, twenty not twenny!

R.E.

This week we have learnt about our families and how each family is different. We listened to some music about being a part of God's family and drew a picture describing how God looks after us.

P.S.H.E.

We made our class rules together this week. We talked about how we should be looking after our classroom, and each other! Finally, we talked about how to be good listeners on the carpet.

P.E.

We continued to improve our fundamental skills. We focused on running fast, skipping and underarm throwing into hoops. We all worked very hard!

Geography

We talked about our journey from home to school. We drew our own map of our route.

Art

Last week, we learnt about the different sketching pencils that we can use. So this week, we practised using them to shade on a piece of paper. We saw the differences between the pencils and how some are darker than others.

Science

We talked about what is the same and what is different about humans and animals. There were some great contributions to the discussion.

Computing

We had so much fun in Computing! We learnt how to turn a laptop on and how to type using the keyboard. This was the first time that some of us had used a laptop too, so it was great to see the high levels of enthusiasm! See the pictures here.

French

In French, we recapped numbers and colours and how to say our name and how old we are. We listened to a story in French about a birthday party and sang some familiar songs. 

Outdoor Learning

We have loved our learning outside. We collected leaves and other natural materials to make pictures. We also went on a walk to collect leaves and we matched them to colour cards. Finally this week we collected leaves and looked at a simple identification sheet to see if we could name the trees the leaves were from.

See our pictures here.

Music

 We did some singing outside and played some games together.

PLEASE SEND IN A NAMED PAIR OF WELLIES WHICH WILL BE KEPT IN SCHOOL

TRIPLE GOLD

Your child may come home and say they have been on 'Triple Gold'. This means they have been spotted 3 times in the same day following our golden rules. They then go to sign their name on Mrs Wood's door !

Sumdog challenges

Phonics - ch and sh words

Maths - Read and write numbers to 20

Count on and back from 0 to 20. Start at different numbers, for example 4, 5, 6, 7. Then 11, 12, 13, 14.

Practise quickly recalling number facts, for example 6 is 0+6, 1+5, 2+4, 3+3 ,4+2, 5+1, 0+6. practise for other numbers.

Year 5 Blog Friday 16th September 2022

Date: 14th Sep 2022 @ 6:11pm

Happy weekend everybody and welcome to your Friday Blog. 

Here is an update of our learning this week. Below is the Home Practice. 

Our learning this week 

We have had a wonderful and busy week in Year 5. 

On Wednesday we went for our first swimming lesson. We were put into groups and then all got the chance to wet the teachers with our best cannonball. 

We have continued to read our class novel 'Goth Girl.' We have met some very strange and interesting characters. We are currently working on our own gothic style story including our own setting and characters. Everybody has been trying really hard to make sure they include our Year 5 learning in their writing. 

In maths we have been comparing and ordering 6-digit numbers and numbers with 3 decimal places. We have used place value counters to help us with our learning. We even did a little bit of algebra in one of our lessons. Everybody has done so well. 

In geography we have been learning about the UK. We have been looking at the different counties of England, and have used the 8 compass points to describe their location. We enjoyed looking at maps online and in an atlas, and were proud to talk about where we have visited ourselves. 

We wrote some beautiful poems in RE about what makes us unique. We love the fact that everybody is different and has their own special talents and qualities. It was really nice to share our poems and learn new things about each other. 

We finished the week with science and the Golden Time we had earned throughout the week. We carried out various investigations in science to answer the question 'What is a force?' Check out our gallery to see us in action. 

Home Practice

Reading:

Read out loud to somebody at home for 20 minutes. Tell them what you have read in your own words. Talk about the different characters. 

Counting:

Count out loud in 6s from 0 to 72 and back again.

0, 6, 12, ...

72, 66, 60, ...

Count out loud in 1,000s from 23,401 (twenty three thousand, four hundred and one) to 33,401 (thirty three thousand, four hundred and one). 

23,401                      24,401,                         25,401 ... 

Count out loud in 10,000s from 196,612 (one hundred and ninety six thousand, six hundred and twelve) back to 96,612 (ninety six thousand, six hundred and twelve). 

196,612                        186,612                         176,612 

Times Tables:

Next week you will be tested on different times tables and then given your own individual times table target. 

Please practise your times tables ready for the test on Thursday. Hit the Button is a good website to use. 

Spellings:

Here are your new spellings. You have also brought home a paper copy to stick up and practise every night during the week. When you are writing out your spellings, it is important that you are writing in neat joined up handwriting. It is good practice and will also help you to remember the spellings. We will be practising and going over the rules next week in class. 

doubt          island          lamb          solemn          thistle          knight          thumb          numb         

autumn          whistle          debt               isle          knowledge       surprise        interest                   

Sumdog:

Please complete the challenges on Sumdog. 

There are two maths challenges and one spelling challenge. 

Have a fantastic weekend :) 

Online Safety Update

Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 5:42pm

With your children returning to school, it is a great time to review online safety in your homes and make sure we are all up to date with developments in the online world. At St Oswald's, all classes will be beginning their Online Saftety learning where they will learn all about safe practices online in the following areas. 

Self image and identitiy

Online relationships

Online bulllying

Health, Well-being and lifestyle

Online reputation

Managing online information

Copyright and ownership

We will blog regularly to keep you updated with developments in the online space, sharing platform guides and links to expert training for you to keep your children safe when exploring the internet. Below you will find a guide on some back to school online safety tips for children.

To access a huge range of information on the National Online Safety website click the link below and join our school online safety hub.You will get access to videos, training and guides to keep you informed of the best practices in keeping your children safe online.

http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb

Reception Blog Friday 9th September

Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 3:46pm

Wow! We have all settled into school extremely well and completed our first week of school.

A big well done to everyone in Reception for coming in by themselves, making new friends and joining in all the new routines.

Have a look at some of the things we have been up to.

Year 3 Friday 9th September 2022

Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 3:42pm

Welcome to the first Friday Blog of the school year

We have had a great first week back at school. Everyone has settled in so well and enjoyed all our learning this week. 

We have started our new story, The Twits by Roald Dahl. We wrote our own character descriptions and planned some pranks for our writing next week. Everyone is taking great care with their presentation and spellings.

In our maths we have been looking at 3 digit numbers and place value. Everyone has had a good go and joined in with our whole class discussions. Have a look at our learning here.

Mrs Quillliam kicked off our Science this year with a super outdoor session exploring plants around school. We will be learning about plants throughout the year, using our Nature Journals. Have a look at our gallery to see some of our fantastic outdoor learning. Next week we begin our topic on Health and Nutrition.

We also started our history topic, The Stone Age. We read some Horrible Histories and talked about when the Stone Age was and what it was like to live then. 

Thank you for attending our Meet the Teacher meeting on Thursday. We have attached the PowerPoint below.

Today, Fr Michael visited us and blessed us for the coming year. Everyone was very thoughtful and shared some lovely ideas.

We had a very special Golden Assembly as we took some time to pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We had a minute silence and said some prayers for the Royal Family at this difficult time. 

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Home Practice will begin from next Friday. Sumdog is still available and continue reading your new books!

Have a lovely weekend

The Year 3 Team

Year 6 - Friday 9th September 2022

Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 3:40pm

Welcome to the first of Year 6s weekly blogs.

Well done to all the pupils for completing their first week of Year 6. They have all been exceptional in transitioning into the routines and getting used to the expectations of this new year. Congratulations to everyone for receiving a leadership role, whether that be as school ambassadors, sports captains, eco team, reading ambassadors, school council, science ambassador, golden team or digital leaders.

Thank you to everyone who has worked hard to complete their summer holiday autobiographies. They read really well, with some becoming very brave to read it out loud to the class.

We were also very fortunate to have Father Michael visit our class with a special blessing. As a Faith in Action reminder, please do check the rota for when your child has been chosen to read in church. We also had a very special Golden Assembly as we took some time to pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We had a minute silence and said some prayers for the Royal Family at this difficult time. 

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This week in Year 6:

• We have improved our place value knowledge in Maths through identifying, comparing and partitioning whole numbers and numbers up to 10 million.
• In English we are reading ‘Aladdin’ by Phillip Pullman. The children have used clues to predict what this edition may be about and have written well as the new version of Aladdin.
• In Geography, our first lesson focused on using atlases to search for various cities around the world, and using coordinates to help others identify them.
• For RE, we have begun our first topic of ‘Loving’ and what the class believe unconditional love means to them.
• In PE, invasion games is our theme for the next few weeks, focusing on improving our throwing and catching skills and starting to develop advanced tactics to give an advantage for the attacking team. We have used the rules of Netball and Handball to explore this through.
• In Art, we have begun our sketching topic with our first self-portrait, focusing on the proportion to help it look more realistic.
• In French, we revised how to describe ourselves, ready to write next week.
• In Science, our new topic is called Classification. We searched the school grounds to identify trees. We learnt lots of new scientific vocabulary to describe leaves.

As mentioned during the ‘Meet the Teacher’ meeting on Wednesday, we are to start the Home Practice officially from next Friday.

However, there are two important points to mention this week:

1. Reading – your child will have received their first few books this week. Please encourage to read as often as possible, working up to 30 minutes a day. This will help greatly in all areas of the curriculum.
2. Spellings – your child will also come home with spellings this week. There is nothing to do with it other than practice a few before Monday. The learning of these spellings will begin on Monday, with a spelling test every Friday.

The slides for 'Meet the Teacher' presentation is attached to the bottom of this blog.

Have a great weekend Year 6!

Year 4 Blog - Friday 9th September 2022

Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 3:39pm

Year 4 Blog

Friday 9^th September 2022

Welcome to the Year 4 Blog.  We have had a fabulous first week back at school and the children have settled down very well to their new routines, teachers and learning.

Each week the Year 4 blog will include a brief summary of our learning and the children’s Home Practice to be completed during the week. Home Practice will start next Friday (16^th September 2022).

In the meantime, we have sent some spellings home tonight. We will discuss and investigate these words in depth on Monday.  However, please feel free to look at these words over the weekend. The children will be tested on these spellings next Friday (16^th September 2022). Please also continue to read with your child every evening.  You child will be given an individual tables target next week.

Here is a brief outline of our learning this week:

In English, we started our new novel Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. We made predictions about the book based on the cover and blurb.  In addition, we wrote reasons for and against sailing around the world.

In Maths, we learnt about place value especially tenths.

In Science, we went outside to look at the fruit, berries and seeds we could find on trees.  We drew pictures and described what we could see in our Nature Journals.

In PE, we practised throwing and catching skills and played mini games of netball.

In RE, we started our first topic about ‘Families’. We looked at a family tree and then drew a picture of our own families in our book. We also wrote what we enjoyed doing with them.  In addition, we reflected on the 70 years of service Queen Elizabeth has given and wrote very thoughtful and respectful prayers.

We also had a very special Golden Assembly in school as we took some time to pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We had a minute silence and said some prayers for the Royal Family at this difficult time. 

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Enjoy looking at the photos in the gallery which show the children walking around the school grounds and completing their Nature Journal.

Please remember your Meet the Teacher Meeting in the hall at 6.30pm on Tuesday 13th September 2022. We look forward to seeing you there.

Year 5 Blog 9th September 2022

Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 3:35pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog. 

We have had a wonderful first week in Year 5. We have worked hard, played hard and been kind to each other. We were delighted to earn 46 golden tokens for our hard work and teamwork which gave us 23 minutes of Golden Time on Friday afternoon. We played a team game outside called Kick the Can and then watched some children sing and do magic tricks. It was a fantastic celebration of all of our hard work throughout the week. It takes the whole class to earn the tokens so it is a real team effort. 

In maths we have been looking at 6-digit numbers and numbers with 3 decimal places. We have been using place value counters to make different numbers and have been solving problems involving the numbers. Everybody has done so well and tried their best!

We have started to read our class novel Goth Girl. We have identified the novel as a gothic style novel. We have looked at features of gothic novels including where they are often set, the different types of characters you would usually meet, and things that might happen in a gothic story. We have been looking at how the author develops the different characters and are working on developing our own characters. We have been looking at spellings with the letter string ough. Everybody has brought a spelling sheet home to stick up. We will practise these in school next week and everybody will practise writing them out at home too. 

Today we had a very special Golden Assembly in school as we took some time to pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We had a minute silence and said some prayers for the Royal Family at this difficult time. 

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We can't wait for another super week next week, and are excited to earn as many golden tokens as we can!

Well done Year 5. 

Have an amazing weekend! 

Year 1 Blog- 9th September 2022

Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 3:35pm

Welcome to your first blog of Year 1.

All the children came in looking so smart and ready to learn.

We have all been really golden !

Our learning has been great in English, R.E.,Phonics, Maths, Geography, History, French, Music, P.S.H.E., P.E. , Art, Outdoor Learning and Computing! Phew- what a lot of learning! From next week we will give you more detail about what we have been learning in each subject area. We will also set some Maths and Phonics challenges on Sumdog.

Today we had a very special Golden Assembly as we took some time to pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We had a minute silence and said some prayers for the Royal Family at this difficult time. 

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Please try to read every night- we change the reading books every Friday so please make sure the reading books and signed diary are in school on that day.

Please remember your Meet the Teacher meeting in the Hall on Tuesday 20th September at 6.30pm. We look forward to seeing you there !

Year 2 Blog Friday 9th September

Date: 9th Sep 2022 @ 12:49pm

Welcome back to a new school year. We hope you all had a lovely summer.

What a great first week back in Year 2! Everyone has settled in really well, the children are so enthusiastic about their learning and we have seen some great work.

Today we had a very special Golden Assembly in school as we took some time to pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We had a minute silence and said some prayers for the Royal Family at this difficult time. 

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Next week we will be sending home the reading books, spellings and you will find the home practice tasks on this blog.

We look forward to seeing you at 'Meet the Teacher' next Thursday 15th September at 6.30pm.

Have a lovely weekend

Year 2 Team

Year 6 Blog - Friday 22nd July 2022

Date: 21st Jul 2022 @ 11:37am

Welcome to our last blog of the year.

Year 6 have had a great final week with super performances on Monday and Tuesday for the Joseph production. Check out St Oswald’s TV to enjoy the performance again and again.

It was lovely for us all to gather together for the Leavers Mass on Wednesday, with special thanks to Father Michael for giving us his wishes of hope for the future.

The Leavers Assembly had a few parents in tears with great memories shared and excellent hopes and dreams – we cannot wait to see what your children achieve in the coming years.

On Thursday, we took a trip to the Liverpool Cathedral to complete our Faith in Action and to remember the time this class have spent together these past 7 years.

I have had an amazing time teaching you all and I wish you all the best at All Hallows’ and beyond.

Mr Mears

Year 3 Friday 22nd July

Date: 21st Jul 2022 @ 11:10am

Happy Holidays

We have had a brilliant last week to end our school year. We have created some more animations, using all our skills and creativity. We have also been reading the playscript of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. The children have loved finding out what happens to Harry after he leaves Hogwarts.

Over the holidays, continue to read every night and the Sumdog platform will remain open for practising all your maths and spelling.

Well done for an amazing year of hard work and lots of fun. You have done such a great job during your first year in the juniors and should feel extremely proud! 

We'd also like to say a massive thank you for all your support throughout the year. Your children have been amazing and have had a great year of learning experiences, making some wonderful memories along the way. We hope you all have a lovely summer break and enjoy the sunshine.

Year 2 Final Blog - Thursday 21st July 2022

Date: 21st Jul 2022 @ 9:08am

A massive well done to everyone in Year 2. You have all worked so hard and made great progress this year. We have thoroughly enjoyed watching you learn and grow. You are definitely ready for the juniors and the new exciting learning that will come in Year 3. Please read, read, read as much as you can and enjoy it. If you want to do some maths, there's always Sumdog training for you to do.

Have a fun, happy and safe summer holiday. 

Miss Gravili, Mrs Sheen and Mrs Whitworth.

Year 4 Final Blog - Friday 22nd July 2022

Date: 21st Jul 2022 @ 9:03am

A final blog to wish each and every one of you a happy, restful and safe summer holiday.  We have had a fabulous year getting to know you and have loved teaching you. You will be just as amazing in Year 5, but please pop in and see us every now and again.

Keep reading as much as you can over the holiday.

Best wishes

Mrs Tipping and Mrs Dexter

Reception 21st July 2022

Date: 20th Jul 2022 @ 4:23pm

Wow what a year we have had. We've had the best time in Reception this year and have throughly enjoying teaching you all. 

We hope you all have an amazing summer holidays and enjoy lots of family time. 

Take lots of pictures with your finger puppets for your scrapbook for Year 1. Keep reading all your favourite stories and have a go at writing a little diary with something fun you have done. 

Here are a few pictures of our final week in Reception 2022. 

Thank you for all your support this year !!

From 

Mrs Stone, Mrs Robinson & Mrs Cliffe :) 

Year 1 Final Blog-Friday 22nd July 2022

Date: 20th Jul 2022 @ 2:07pm

We wish you all a happy and safe holiday. We have loved teaching you this year. Keep reading as much as you can and we will see you in September. 

Best wishes

Mrs Corbett, Miss Fisher & Mrs Anderson.

Year 3 Friday 15th July 2022

Date: 15th Jul 2022 @ 4:35pm

DT and PE Stars!

We have had a brillant week of learning this week. Thank you for all supporting our DT event. The children were amazing and had a fantastic time designing and preparing their very own afternoon tea. They showed off their DT skillls and enjoyed keeping you all busy with their active playtime.

This week we also finished Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The children have been emmersed in a world of wizardry of the last few weeks and created some stunning pieces of writing. Well done everyone!

In our Maths learning this week we have learned how to use partitioning to help us bridge 10 and 100. We also looked at using this strategy when finding the difference.

As part of our computing topic on animation, we have been creating some whiteboard animations. Keep and eye on our galleries for some of our creations. We have started to plan our own animations using toys, action figure, doll or lego. The children have been asked to bring in 2 'characters' to star in their animation. If these could be sent in by Wednesday as we will start filming that afternoon. If you don't have something, we can use some of the figures we have at school.

Home Practice

Continue to read regulary, especially over the holidays. A daily 10-15 minute read is the key!

Continue to access the training feature on the Sumdog platform for maths and spelling. A little practise everyday helps to embed learning and promotes fluency in both spelling amd maths.

Have a lovely weekend!

The Year 3 Team.

Year 5 Final Blog - 17th July 2022

Date: 15th Jul 2022 @ 3:46pm

Welcome to this week’s Year 5 class blog

This will be our final blog for this year, doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun! I would like to thank you for all your hard work and support this year, the children have been a pleasure to teach and I wish them all the best for next year. They are all ready to face the challenges of year 6 and I look forward to coming back and seeing them all at their production next year! Many thanks again, and a very fond farewell.

This week in year 5

In Maths, the children have worked on adding and subtracting decimals of different decimal places and have completed their final arithmetic quiz of the year! They have worked really hard to consolidate all of the strategies and knowledge gained over the year to show how much they have learnt. 

In English the children were challenged to write a short story with a build-up and dilemma, to show Mr Mears all that they have learnt this year.  They were given two photographs as inspiration and then planned and wrote a fantastic piece of work.  They did themselves proud.

In RE the children have continued to work hard on their stewardship topic and have shown outstanding understanding.  They are really learning to link the scriptures that we read to the learning taking place.

In PE the children had their last lesson practising net and wall techniques in tennis. They have really enjoyed this topic and they have improved their aim and power skills using good hand-eye coordination.

In computing, the children completed some online safety training, looking at commenting online.  They were given access to comments on seesaw and had to think carefully about comments they made on others work and the consequences of not being nice.  This was linked on online social media and the responsibility they have of using it appropriately in the future.

The children have been practising their singing for the Joseph show next week. They have the weekend to have their final practises at home and really learnt all the songs before the dress rehearsal on Monday and the live shows on Tuesday.  Please encourage them to practise at home.

The children had a great time on Wednesday at Tough Kidder.  I was told, “All the teachers join in!” Once I was wet through, I realised I had been duped! The children have been chatting about how fun it was all week and it really has been a highlight for them as we approach the end of their year 5 journey.

DON’T FORGET

Reading books need to be returned to school by Monday 18^th July

Children need to bring in black leggings or black shorts for the dress rehearsal on Monday 18^th July.  Boys may wear their school shorts if they wish. They must be plain black without logos etc.  The children will be provided with a coloured t-shirt on Monday.  Please come to school in uniform as normal but bring black shorts or leggings with them.

Please can you send a carrier bag in with your child, with their name on so they can bring all their work home in it.

Over the Summer

Please remember to encourage your child to continue to read over the summer holidays and discuss with them what they have read.  Ask them to summarise what they have read, or ask them questions about the characters in the book.  These are skills that will help them hit the ground running next year.  There are lots of maths games online that the children can play during the summer.  If you type Topmarks maths into google and select key stage 2 games.  There are all different kinds of skills to practise, whilst having fun.

Sumdog has a challenge section where the children can undertake diagnostic challenges and then it will provide them with a range of challenges at their level to help them develop.  Feel free to access these over the holidays. 

Reception 15th July 2022

Date: 15th Jul 2022 @ 3:33pm

This week we have been learning all about going on a Safari. 

The children have written their own Safari Dairies about what animals they have seen and how the felt when they saw them. 

We have also really enjoyed joining in tough kidder, all the children completed the course and were very wet! 

We had a go at orienteering, we had to follow the maps to the different colour cones and work out the pattern. We did this really well in teams. 

Year 4 Blog Friday 15th July 2022

Date: 15th Jul 2022 @ 3:30pm

Year 4

Home Practice 15^th July 2022

Welcome to this week’s blog. Here’s what we have been learning this week ….

In English, we drew and labelled a picture of Bill’s playground using evidence from the text.  In addition, we looked at the features of a playscript. Following this, we wrote our own playscript using Chapter 3 of the novel and then acted this out.  

In Maths, we learnt different strategies for mental addition.  We practised these using a numberline. We also practised our tables playing different games in class.

In RE, we continued our topic, God’s people.  We learnt about the life of Oscar Romero and Saint Teresa of Calcutta and discussed what made these people extraordinary. 

During our PSHE lesson we learnt what ‘risks’ were and how to assess and manage risk in different situations. Following this, we discussed how we can be influenced by our peers and how to manage this influence.

In Science, we continued our topic of ‘Teeth and digestion’.  We revised the different types of teeth in our mouths and their function. We also set up an experiment to find out what damages teeth. We used boiled eggs and left them in different liquids to see what effect the different liquids would have on the egg shells. We are looking forward to finding out the results next Monday.  We also learnt the names of the basic parts of the digestive system, labelled a diagram and described how the digestive system works.

In Art, we sketched different patterns and shaded them in carefully.  We repeated the same pattern 4 times and and experimented using different grades of pencil. We were impressed with our sketches and how different pencils made different marks.

We also had great fun at the Tough Kidder event on Wednesday afternoon. Thank you for the sponsorship money, this is being put towards the firepit for our Forest School.

REMINDERS

Please:

• bring you PE kit back into school – you will need it next week.
• return all reading books by Tuesday 19^th
• bring a carrier bag into school on Monday for everything you will need to bring home next week.

DON’T FORGET SCHOOL CLOSES AT 1.30pm ON FRIDAY 22^nd JULY

Year 2 Home Practice Friday 15th July 2022

Date: 15th Jul 2022 @ 2:38pm

Another great week in Year 2, the children had so much fun at the Tough Kidder event. Thank you for sending in sponsorship money for that. The firepit will be a fantastic addition to our Forest School resources. We made fruit faces in D.T and the children were so creative. The best part was eating all the delicious fruit, pomegranate was a real favourite!

Reading

In Year 2, children should read for at least 15 minutes every night and talk about what they have just read. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Please try to continue to read throughout the holiday. There are some great reading challenges at the local library, so plenty of opportunities to borrow books, or try some of the books on the Oxford Owl link below.

Reading books will be collected in on Monday.

Reading resources:

Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read and really enjoy it.

Please access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’. You could also explore the rest of the site and read books from the Oxford Owl eBook library or listen to audio books.

Username: sto2

Password: 1234

Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - https://www.literacyshedblog.com/uploads/1/2/5/7/12572836/ks1_reading_vipers.pdf

In addition to this, reading a good bed time story to your child is so worthwhile and really helps towards a lifelong love of reading.

Spelling

There will be no spelling test next Friday.

Maths

You will have a times table challenge on Sumdog to complete by next Friday.

Sumdog

Log in at www.sumdog.com

Please could you remember to send a small cardboard box into school for our D.T project next week. 

Also, the children will be bringing their school exercise books home next Thursday. Please could you send a bag for life (carrier bag) for them to bring them home in.

Have a great weekend.

Year 2 Team.

Year 6 Blog - Friday 15th July 2022

Date: 15th Jul 2022 @ 12:35pm

Welcome to our Year 6 blog. This has been a very busy week:

• Rehearsals have been completed, with the inclusion of music, lights and the Year 5 choir. We are looking forward to everyone seeing our super performances next week.
• In Maths, we have been improving our calculation knowledge with quicker division strategies to help with large division questions.
• In English, we reminisced over the last 7 years to help us write about our memorable moments. Also, as we are about to leave primary school, we discussed our hopes and dreams for the future.
• In Music, we worked closely with Year 5 to add extra volume to our Joseph production.   
• In our last PE session, we gave the children the option of which sport they would like to take part in. They all chose invasion games, with football and dodgeball being the most popular. It was great to see everyone’s developed skills after a year of so much PE and sport.
• In Science, we were fortunate to have a zoom visit from Richard Butcher, a geologist, who taught us more about fossils and explained the various jobs that any budding scientist may want to explore: seismologist, palaeontologist and engineering geologist.
• Finally, Year 6 led an amazing Tough Kidder event. They set up, planned and executed a fun filled afternoon for the whole school, which ended in the teachers becoming very wet.

NEXT WEEK REMINDERS

Monday         Production for whole school (please remember your outfits)

Tuesday        Three productions for parents (10am, 2pm and 6.30pm – please be in school around 6.15pm).

Wednesday   Bring in a t-shirt or shirt for people to sign.

                     Please bring in a plastic bag for all your books.

                     Leavers Mass at 6pm, then fish and chip van at 7pm – finishes at 9pm.

Thursday      Leavers Assembly at 9.15am then visit to Liverpool Cathedral and Crosby Beach (please wear sun cream).

Friday           School closes for Summer 1.30pm.

Home Practice

Last time to rehearse these three tasks:

1. Final time to practise all the words from your script and any acting parts you have been given.
2. Perfect all the songs – all 14 are uploaded on a separate blog named, ‘Joseph production song lyrics 2022’.
3. French – final weekend to learn the song Je suis un enfant de paix on Youtube.

Year 1 blog-Friday 15th July 2022

Date: 14th Jul 2022 @ 4:05pm

Welcome to your Friday blog!

English

This week we read a story about Matilda and her dad who went on a great adventure and found some treasure. The treasure was unexpected!

We have been writing about the story and trying to remember all the things which make our writing beautiful.

Maths

This week we have been learning about halves and quarters. We have been finding halves and quarters of shapes and amounts. We have used cubes and Base 10 to help us.

R.E.

We continued to learn about our neighbours. We drew a picture of a good neighbour and wrote about how God loves our neighbour, just like we should.

P.S.H.E.

We talked about what these words mean and how we can help to look after our planet by doing them. We made posters about saving water, turning off electricity and using less packaging.

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Art

We made a whole class collage ready to be displayed in Year 2!

Geography

Miss Fisher took half of the class on an observation walk around school. They then drew a bird's eye view map of the infant building and surrounding outdoor areas. The second half of the class will be completing their map next week!

Tough Kidder

We all had a great afternoon doing Tough Kidder. We all got stuck in and very wet! Thank you to everyone who supported the event.

PLEASE SEND A CARRIER BAG WITH YOUR CHILD'S NAME ON IT NEXT MONDAY FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY WILL BE BRINGING HOME.

DON'T FORGET SCHOOL CLOSES AT 1.30PM ON FRIDAY 22ND JULY.

Sumdog challenges

Phonics - tricky words 7

Maths - finding a quarter

Count on and back in 2s, 5s and 10s. Start on different numbers. Talk about whether the numbers are getting bigger or smaller.

Practise quickly recalling number facts, for example 6 is 0+6,1+5,2+4,3+3,4+2,5+1,0+6. practise for other numbers.