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Year 4 Blog Friday 12th January 2024
Date: 12th Jan 2024 @ 8:15am
Happy New Year to you all and welcome to your Friday 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.
Spellings
The spellings this week all end with -ing, -ed, -er or en.
forgetting excelling excelled regretting regretted
upsetting beginning beginner recapping recapped
travelling travelled traveller forbidden forbidding
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 11’s.
For example, start at 0 and count up to 132 and back again
0 11 22 33 etc 132 121 110 etc
For example, start at 59 and count up to
59 70 81 etc 158 147 136 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
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.
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge
- A times tables challenge based on the 11 times tables
- A telling the time challenge
In English, we started our new novel – The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips. We used words to describe Lily’s character, and planned and wrote a diary extract.
In Maths, we learnt how to divide by 10, and described the effect of dividing a 2 digit number by 10. In addition, we revised reading and writing time on analogue clocks.
In RE, we read the story of the Wise Men from Matthew’s Gospel and talked about the symbolism of their gifts.
In Geography, we learnt about the different stages of rivers and their features.
We started our new topic ‘photo editing’ in Computing. We learnt how to rotate and crop pictures using the BeFunky app.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 4 Team
Year 3 Blog - Friday 12th January
Date: 12th Jan 2024 @ 8:11am
Happy New Year and welcome to the Spring term.
We have had a lovely first week back with a mix of new topics, tricky learning and great playtimes with our friends again!
Home Practice
Make sure you keep reading regularly and changing your school books. Mrs Lancaster and Mrs Woof have been very impressed with the progress in everyone's reading. Keep asking your VIPER questions to improve understanding.
For your Sumdog practice we have set 2 maths challenges. These each have 100 questions and should only take 15 - 30 minutes to complete. There is also training for times tables, counting and number fluency that your child can access at any time. We advise the children to do a little every night to build up fluency in number. The challenges are on division and the 3 and 4 times tables.
Your spellings this week are on how we use an apostrophe to contract words. Next week we will be revisiting possessive apostrophes and trying to use these in our writing accurately.
can't it's don't I'm you've didn't you're we'll couldn't wouldn't haven't aren't
This week in Year 3
In English this week we have been reading Michael Morpurgo's The Butterfly Lion. We met the main character Bertie and learnt how he befriended a little lion cub. We have written some great character descriptions and recounts of the story so far.
Our maths learning has been very tricky this week as we have been introduced to new strategies to help divide by grouping. Everyone has improved their understanding with this. Just keep practising your times tables - fluency in tables will benefit you when meeting more complex learning.
This week we started our gymnastics topic. We recapped our travels and balances from Year 2 and learnt how we can transition from travel to balance and back again. We also discussed the word trust and worked in pairs to evaluate our routines. Have a look in our gallery.
We also started our new Art learning this week. We will be exploring storytelling through drawing and making. We met the illustrator Inbal Leitner who talked to us about how she creates her own sketchbooks. We had a go at exploring our own ideas related to our new novel, The Butterfly Lion, drawing animals, the compound and the waterhole.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 5 Blog Friday 12th January 2024
Date: 9th Jan 2024 @ 2:33pm
Happy New Year.
Welcome to your Friday Blog.
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Find the meaning of new words and try to use them in your own sentences.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. Please use your favourite strategy and Sumdog to practise every day.
centre bicycle calendar peculiar woman women suppose quarter century unfinished undone unable unlikely
Counting
Count out loud in:
0.3s from 0.3 to 3.6 and back again 0.3, 0.6, 0.9, 1.2, ...
0.4s from 0.4 to 4.8 and back again 0.4, 0.8, 1,2. ...
0.6s from 0.6 to 7.2 and back again 0.6, 1.2, 1.8, ...
Times Tables
Please practise the 12x tables or your own individual target.
Sumdog
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Challenge
Maths Competition - individual
Reminders
Year 5 will have PE on a Friday for this Half Term. Children will need spare shoes and socks for cross country.
Please start to collect materials for our art project this half term, we will be making a model set for the chocolate room in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. You might want to start collecting:
Fabric
Cardboard
Plastic
Chocolate and sweet wrappers
Cocktail sticks or lollipop sticks
Maths
We have been learning different methods to multiply and divide.
Partition to multiply:
64 x 4
60 x 4 = 240
4 x 4 = 16
64 x 4 = 256
Known facts:
1,200 ÷ 4
12 ÷ 4 = 3
120 ÷ 4 = 30
1,200 ÷ 4 = 300
English
We started our new class novel Street Child by Berlie Doherty.
We have been carrying out research about the Victorian times to help us understand the novel.
RE
We started our new topic all about our mission and life choices. We started by learning about inspirational people. We watched this video all about Thomas Barnardo and spoke about what made him inspirational.
History
We continued with our learning about Anglo-Saxons. We learnt that Britain used to be split into seven kingdoms each with its own king and government. We located these kingdoms on a map.
Year 1 Blog-Friday 12th January 2024
Date: 9th Jan 2024 @ 10:56am
Welcome to your first blog of 2024.
Home Practice
Phonics - oe words OR y (igh sound) words OR ear words
Maths - Sequencing
Counting - Practise counting in 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s, forwards and backwards from different numbers. For example, start at 20 and count in 5s to 50: 20, 25, 30...
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
This week, we have been learning all about Traditional Tales. We looked at their different features and chose our favourite tale.
We then read The Three Little Pigs. We talked about which features can be found and made a storyboard.
Phonics
Some of us have been revising oa as in boat and learning oe as in toe.
Some of us have been learning that y can make different sounds: igh in cry and ee in funny.
Maths
We have been learning about money. We identified coins up to 20p. We have also been practising writing the days of the week and the months of the year.
R.E.
We have been learning about Jesus being presented at the Temple when he was a baby. We listened to a Bible passage about Simeon and Anna and used speech bubbles to show what they said when they saw Jesus.
Forest School
We went for a walk up to the pond to see what changes we could spot.
We also made bubble wands out of willow and showed great perseverance when blowing bubbles.
Year 2 Blog Thursday 21st December
Date: 21st Dec 2023 @ 2:07pm
Welcome to our last Blog of the term!
On Monday, we watched the All Hallows Roadshow in Church. We saw lots of performances, including singing, dancing and playing instruments.
On Tuesday, we watched the Year 6 children lead the Christingle service in Church.
On Wednesday, we had a special assembly for Mr Mears before he leaves for Australia. We wish the Mears family well with their next adventure.
On Thursday, we had our last golden assembly of the term.
Well done to the 4 STARS : Lottie, George, Emilia and Lewis.
We have had a great term in Year 2 with lots of brilliant learning - well done everyone.
Have a lovely Christmas and New Year and we will see you on Monday 8th January 2024.
The Year 2 Team
Year 5 Blog Thursday 21st December 2023
Date: 21st Dec 2023 @ 1:16pm
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all
Home Practice
Have an amazing happy time with family and friends.
Reminders
PE will be on a Friday for the 5 weeks after the Christmas holidays.
Please bring in spare shoes and socks for Cross Country.
We have had such an exciting week.
On Monday we watched the All Hallows roadshow where we saw lots of children performing our favourite Christmas songs.
On Tuesday we went to church for a Christingle service led by Year 6.
On Wednesday we enjoyed our Christmas lunch in our Christmas jumpers. We also had a farewell assembly for Mr Mears.
On Thursday we LOVED our Australian themed celebration day for Ollie. The effort made by everybody was super!
Reception Blog - Thursday 21st December 2023
Date: 21st Dec 2023 @ 12:37pm
We have had a great week!
On Monday, we watched the All Hallows Roadshow in Church. We saw lots of performances, including singing, dancing and playing instruments. On Monday afternoon we enjoyed our stay and play. Please see the photos here
On Tuesday, we watched the Year 6 children lead the Christingle service.
On Wednesday, we had a special assembly for Mr Mears before he leaves for Australia and then Year 5 came to read their poems to us.
On Thursday, we had our last golden assembly of the term.
We just want to say a big well done to every child in Reception for a brilliant first term in school.
They have all been amazing learners every day.
We hope that you all have a great Christmas with your loved ones and we will see you in January!
The Reception Team
Date: 21st Dec 2023 @ 11:23am
Welcome to the final blog of this term
We've had a lovely last week of term in Year 3!
On Monday, we were visited by the All Hallows Roadshow in church.
On Tuesday, we attended the Christingle service beautifully led by Year 6.
We had a special assembly for Mr Mears on Wednesday. We all made a card to wish Mr Mears and his family the very best for their new life in Australia.
On Thursday, we had our final Golden Assembly of the term.
We also spent the last week creating some super Christmas cards and 2024 calendars, using some of our new art and DT skills. We hope you like them.
We would like to wish you all a happy and peaceful Christmas.
Over the holidays, remember to keep reading.
Thank you for all your kind gifts and messages.
We'll see you all again on Monday 8th January 2024
The Year 3 Team!
Year 4 Blog Thursday 21st December 2023
Date: 20th Dec 2023 @ 8:34am
Welcome to the final blog of this term
We've had a very busy last week of term!
On Monday, we were visited by the All Hallows Roadshow. They entertained us with singing, dancing and playing musical instruments.
On Tuesday, we attended the Christingle service in church. This was beautifully led by Year 6.
We had a special assembly for Mr Mears on Wednesday. We wish Mr Mears and his family the very best for their new life in Australia.
On Thursday, we had our final Golden Assembly of the term.
Thank you for all your kind gifts and lovely messages.
We would like to wish you all a happy, peaceful and relaxing Christmas.
Please remember to keep reading.
We look forward to seeing you all again on Monday 8th January 2024
The Year 4 team
Year 1 Blog- Thursday 21st December 2023
Date: 19th Dec 2023 @ 11:16am
We have had a really exciting week.
On Monday, we watched the All Hallows Roadshow. There were many amazing performances of singing, dancing and playing instruments.
On Tuesday, we went into church for the Christingle service which was beautifully lead by Year 6.
On Wednesday, we had a special assembly for Mr Mears before he leaves for Australia.
On Thursday, we had our last golden assembly of the term.
Have a happy and holy Christmas and New Year.
Thank you for all your great support.
Keep reading!
Year 6 Blog Thursday 21st December 2023
Date: 19th Dec 2023 @ 9:42am
Our last week in December has been very exciting:
On Monday, we had a visit from All Hallows who gave super Christmas performances of dancing and singing. It was so nice to see past St Oswald’s pupils showing off their talents.
On Tuesday, Year 6 prepared and led a wonderful Christingle in church.
On Wednesday, it was Christmas jumper day, the school sang carols to the parents and we ate a delicious Christmas lunch.
Also on Wednesday, we said goodbye to Mr Mears after 13 years at St Oswald’s during a special assembly. We wish him all the best on his new adventure in Australia.
Finally, on Thursday, we had our final Golden Assembly of the term!
Home Practice
You will have also noticed that there is no Sumdog being set for the Christmas break so you can have a rest and come back fresh and ready for the exciting learning in January!
BUT please keep reading as much as possible!
Year 2 Blog - Friday 15th December
Date: 15th Dec 2023 @ 1:09pm
Thank you for coming to see our Nativity.
The children loved performing to you all in Church.
Home Practice
Sumdog Challenge Maths - addition and subtraction
Counting - Practise counting in 2s, 3s and 10s, forwards and backwards from different numbers.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
This week we wrote about the class elf, the Nativity story and read Christmas stories.
Maths
We learnt more about addition within 100 this week as well as our number bonds to 20.
R.E.
We listened to scripture which told us about Mary's Song to God and the visit of Angel Gabriel. We then re-told the Nativity story and drew beautiful pictures. We also wrote our response for our 'Preparation for Advent'.
Art
We created our printed Cristmas Cards - they all look great.
Forest School
We chose our own learning; there was shelter building, mud cooking, worm hunting, twig crafting, imaginative role playing and leaf identifying. We found some snails and wanted to find out if they were hibernating.
Dogs Trust
We had a lovely visit from Sam who taught us 5 rules about how to be safe around dogs and how to treat them well so that they have a happy life.
Rock Steady
We had a great assembly on Friday. We watched and joined in with Jacob as he played the drums, bass guitar and a keyboard.
Reminders
Please see the letter your child has brought home today from Rock Steady if your child would like to join the rock band.
Christmas jumper, lunch and post day - Wednesday 20th December
Break up for Christmas - Thursday 21st December at 1.30pm
Have a lovely weekend
Reception Blog - Friday 15th December 2023
Date: 15th Dec 2023 @ 12:44pm
Thank you for coming to see our Nativity. The children were fantastic and we are very proud!
Phonics - We revisited the sounds and tricky words we learnt this term.
Maths - We practised counting to and from 10, and we made 10 using different practical equipment.
Drawing Club- We learnt about the Christmas Story. We then drew our favourite picture from it.
R.E.
We learnt about the Three Kings and how they heard of Jesus' birth. We then made our own gifts for baby Jesus.
Understanding the World
We had a visit from the Dogs Trust. Sam taught us how to be safe around dogs and how to treat them well so that they have a happy life.
We had a great assembly on Friday. Jacob came from Rock Steady and we joined in as he played the drums, bass guitar and a keyboard. If you would like your child to join up please see the letter your child has brought home today for more details.
Expressive Art and Design
We made our junk model toys and evaluated them by saying what we liked about them.
Forest School
We made a story stick by knotting and tying ribbon. We attached a bell onto the stick by using a wire. We used our imagination to say what out stick could do!
Finally, as part of the Co-op campaign, each child in Reception has come home with a reflective arm band tonight. This is for safe walking in the dark.
Year 6 Blog Friday 15th December 2023
Date: 15th Dec 2023 @ 8:21am
Welcome to our Year 6 weekly blog.
Home Practice
Reading – Please read for up to 30 minutes a night and complete your reading task.
- You may change your book any day between Monday and Wednesday
Maths challenges:
- Counting:
- This week we counted in decimals steps
- Draw a line with some marks on it
- Start with these numbers: 13.06 and 27.873 and count back 10 times then back up in 0.3s:
13.06, 13.36, 13.66, 13.96, 14.26, etc
and in 0.03s:
13.06, 13.09, 13.12, 13.15, 13.18, etc
- Number facts:
- Please continue to learn your numbers facts, 9 + 7 = 16, 5 + 11 = 16.
- This will help with questions with different powers of 10:
- 90 + 70 = 160, 900 + 700 = 1600, 0.9 + 0.7 = 1.6
- 09 + 0.07 = 0.16
- Sumdog (Lancashire Sumdog Winter Wonderland Contest)
This week’s Sumdog contest is once again against Year 7 from All Hallows. Try your best to get as many questions completed before next Thursday 21st. The questions will be based on your Sumdog level and will vary across many topics.
REMINDER:
- Bring in spare trainers and socks for our last cross-country session next week.
On Wednesday, we celebrated a special Robinwood assembly for Year 5. We shared our favourite activities, named the challenges we overcame and showed our Robinwood video.
On Thursday, we had a visit from the ‘Dogs Trust’ who came in to talk about how to keep safe around other people’s dogs.
On Friday, we had a visit from ‘Rock Steady’. Jacob, the performer, showed us how to play drums, guitar, bass guitar, electric keyboard and how to use our vocal chords to combine into a rock band.
- In Maths, we learnt how to find percentages of numbers. Percent is defined as ‘out of 100’ and they are very easily related to fractions. We used hundredth fractions and bar models to help us solve questions.
- In English, following a visit from Year 3 last week who showed off their amazing writing of the wordless book, ‘Journey’ by Aaron Becker, we decided to return the favour. Year 6 created their own version of the wordless book, ‘Quest’, which is the sequel to Journey and showed our super writing on Friday. You can see the pictures here.
- In RE, we wrote a Christmas prayer related to what Christians expect at this time of year.
- In Design and Technology, we began our final design for our Christmas tree decoration using thread and needles. It has been great to see everyone develop their stitching skills this week. Check out the final pictures here.
- In Science, we learnt about the digestive system and how food travels from our mouth, through the oesophagus into the stomach, through the intestines and out as a stool.
- In Art, we learnt about Kate Deciccio, an activism artist. We were inspired to create our own activism art in the bold and colourful design of Romero Britto.
Have an amazing weekend!
Year 3 Friday 15th December 2023
Date: 15th Dec 2023 @ 8:17am
Welcome to your Friday blog
What a busy week we've had in Year 3! Santa Dash, stop motion animation, a visit from the Dogs Trust and an amazing workshop with the Rock Steady music company.
Home Practice
Keep reading every night with an adult or on your own. Talk about what you have read and explore new books, magazines and newspapers.
We have set two Sumdog challenges, one is practising division and the other is based on your times table target. We have seen a big improvement in fluency with times tables this week. Keep up the good work!
Your Spellings this week will have the dis prefix
dislike disuse disown disarm dismay disconnect discover disagree disappoint disappear disengage displease disinfect disable
Reminders
On Wednesday, we are having our Christmas Jumper day and our Grand Christmas post!
This week we have enjoying our Postbox mystery and used the story to write some brilliant newspaper reports. DIAMONDS STOLEN BY ALIENS!
In maths we have learnt how to use grouping to solve division problems. We noticed that our answer was always how many groups there were.
We also developed our own stop frame animations using toys from Reception. Have a look in our gallery.
In history we learnt how people in the Neolithic period started to farm and rear animals. We also learnt why they built stone circles - to track the seasons to help them grow their crops.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 team!
Year 5 Blog Friday 15th December 2023
Date: 14th Dec 2023 @ 4:59pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Talk about your impression of each character.
Spelling
Everybody has brought home their own spellings this week. Please practise using one of the strategies we have used in class. One of the favourite strategies was trace, copy, replicate.
There is also a Sumdog challenge to practise the words you need to know by the end of Year 5.
Counting
Count out loud in:
12s from 0 to 144 and back again. 12, 24, 36, ...
9s from 0 to 108 and back again. 9, 18, 27, ...
6s from 0 to 72 and back again. 6, 12, 18, ...
Times Tables
Please practise the 12x table or your own individual target.
Sumdog
Times Tables Challenge
Spelling Challenge
Maths Competition
Reminders
On Thursday 21st December we will be having our Australian themed celebration. Children are invited to come in Australian themed clothing. Please see the letter brought home last week for more information.
After Half Term, children will need spare shoes and socks for cross country in PE.
Maths
We learnt about multiples, factors and common factors.
12 is a multiple of 4.
4 is a factor of 12.
3 is a common factor of 12 and 15.
English
We used The Highwayman poem to create our own booklet, we also created some artwork to go with it.
RE
We learnt about Advent and Christmas for Christians and created posters.
PSHE
We started our new topic - What decisions can people make with money?
We spoke about:
Ways to spend money
Ways to earn money
Ways to save money
Influences
Have a super weekend.
Year 4 Blog Friday 15th December 2023
Date: 14th Dec 2023 @ 4:44pm
Welcome to your Friday 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.
Spellings
The spellings are from the Year 3 / 4 list.
address decide answer describe believe
perhaps disappear continue suppose though
thought important different February height
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 11’s.
For example, start at 0 and count up to 132 and back again
0 11 22 33 etc 132 121 110 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target to help you learn them and become more fluent.
You can practise your tables on Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
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.
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge – based on the Year 3 / 4 spellings listed above
- A times tables challenge based on the 11 times tables
- A multiplication and division challenge - based on the 3, 4 and 8 times tables
In English, we learnt what alliteration meant (the repetition of a sound at the beginning of two or more neighbouring words). We then wrote a poem which included alliteration.
In Maths, we learnt the formal written method of division – chunking. We practised the chunking method when there was no remainder left, and when there was.
In RE, we discussed the meaning of Advent (Advent means arrival) and how Christians prepare for Jesus’ birth during Advent. In addition, we learnt about Gaudete Sunday which is the third Sunday of Advent (Gaudete means rejoice) and listened to Philippians 4: 4-9 which reminds us to be joyful at this time.
In Science, we looked at diagrams of circuits and decided whether a circuit was complete or incomplete. We then made the circuits and explained why they would or would not work.
In our PSHE lesson, we identified situations as inclusion or discrimination and then produced our own Clips video on the ipads to explain / show the difference.
This week we were also:
- involved in the Santa Dash - many thanks for all your sponsor money
- visited by the Dogs Trust - Sam and Duke taught us how to keep ourselves safe around dogs
- visited by Rock Steady - a rock band who will be providing 'Rock band' tuition after February half term (a letter has been sent home today)
Have a look at the DT gallery of our finished ‘Iron’ models.
Have a relaxing weekend
The Year 4 Team
Year 1 Blog- Friday 15th December 2023
Date: 12th Dec 2023 @ 5:27pm
Thank you for coming to see our Nativity. The children all performed beautifully-there was great energy in church!
Home Practice
Phonics - ch words OR ew words OR ur words
Maths - Quarters
Counting - Practise counting in 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s, forwards and backwards from different numbers. For example, start at 20 and count in 5s to 50: 20, 25, 30...
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
We read the story 'Harvey Slumfenburger's Christmas Present'. We talked in partners about all the different ways that Father Christmas travelled to deliver Harvey's present. We then drew pictures and labelled them.
Phonics
Some of us have been revising oo as in zoo, ue as in glue and we learnt ew as in screw.
Some of us have been learning that the ch digraph can make a variety of sounds - ch in church, c in chorus and sh in chef.
Maths
We continued our fractions learning by exploring quarters. We made quarters using coloured paper and identified quarters in shapes.
Click here to see some photos.
R.E.
We recognised how Mary and Elizabeth waited for the arrival of their babies. We acted out the sharing of the good news.
DT and Art
We printed our Christmas card and made our mechanism so that it could move. Some of us made a slider card and some of us made a lever card.
Forest School
We chose our own learning; there was shelter building, mud cooking, worm hunting, twig crafting, imaginative role playing and leaf identifying. We found some snails and wanted to find out if they were hibernating.
Dogs Trust
We has a visit from Sam. She taught us how to be safe around dogs and how to treat them well so that they have a happy life.
Rock Steady
We had an amazing assembly on Friday. We watched and joined in with Jacob as he played the drums, bass guitar and a keyboard. We nearly lifted the roof off with our singing! Please see the letter your child has brought home today for more details.
Year 2 Blog - Friday 8th December 2023
Date: 8th Dec 2023 @ 12:56pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 15 minutes and discuss the book with an adult.
Please 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.
Handwriting
Please write the following words to practise your joined up lead-ins.
the and it he she into
Can you write each word in a sentence?
Counting
Count out loud in:
1s from 0 to 100 and back again 1, 2, 3, 4………
2s from 0 to 24 and back again 0, 2, 4, 6, 8………
Sumdog
Statistics and Times Table Challenge
Reminders
Santa Dash is next week – remember your sponsor forms and Santa hats.
Yellow Hamper – Year 2 are still collecting for the Yellow Hamper. If you have anything to donate please bring something in by next Friday. Thank you.
Nativity is Tuesday 12th December at 2pm and 6.30pm.
Maths
We have been learning about fractions. This week we have been finding a half and quarter of shapes and objects.
English
We have been reading The Grinch and other Christmassy stories.
We have been writing about the Year 2 Elf this week and everything that he has been up to.
RE
We have been learning about how we can prepare for Christmas as a Christian. We have written beautiful songs to God like Mary did when Angel Gabriel told her the news that she was going to have a baby. Father Michael came to visit us on Friday and shared a prayer about Mary.
Science and PSHE
This week in Science we have been learning about healthy eating. We sorted foods into the correct proportions and designed our own healthy lunch.
Forest School
We made a Christmas decoration using a piece of willow. We made it into a triangle shape and fastened it together with wire. We persevered as sometimes tying the knots was tricky. While we were making our decorations, Mrs O'Neill boiled water in the kelly Kettle to make hot chocolate.
Year 6 Blog Friday 8th December 2023
Date: 8th Dec 2023 @ 8:19am
Welcome to Year 6's weekly blog.
Home Practice
Reading – Please read for up to 30 minutes a night and complete your reading task.
- You may change your book any day between Monday and Wednesday
Spellings
- Sumdog (A2 wk 6 silent letters)
- guide, history, knee, know, lamb, often, parliament, recognise, rhyme, sign, separate, surprise, vegetable, weight, wrong.
Maths challenges:
- Counting:
- This week we have been mainly counting in fractions.
- Draw a line with some marks on.
- Start with these numbers: 6 1/7 and 13 2/6 and count back 10 times. Then count back up in sevenths:
6 1/7, 6, 5 6/7, 5 5/7, 5 4/7, etc
and in two sixths:
13 2/6, 13, 12 4/6, 12 2/6, 12 11 4/6, etc
- Number facts:
- Please continue to learn your number facts eg. 9 + 7 = 16, 5 + 11 = 16.
- This will also help with questions with different powers of 10:
- 90 + 70 = 160, 900 + 700 = 1600, 0.9 + 0.7 = 1.6
- 09 + 0.07 = 0.16
- Sumdog (Times Tables A2 wk 6)
- Sumdog (Add and subtract fractions A2 wk 6)
- For this week’s challenge, most of the questions will have ‘bars’ to help you add and subtract. Try not to guess the answers, but look for patterns – most of the questions are very similar. If it becomes too tricky, please let me know.
REMINDERS:
- CHRISTMAS HAMPER – This year, our class are collecting ‘PINK’ items to create a Christmas hamper. You can bring in biscuits, drinks, chocolates, etc. Thank you to everyone who has brought in items already. We have one more week to collect.
- PE - Bring in your spare trainers and socks for our cross-country session next week.
- DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY - Next week we will be continuing with our design and technology project, ‘sewing’. I have enough felt, ribbon, thread and needles for everyone, but if you wish to decorate it further with your own felt, thread or even buttons then you may bring them in on Monday 11th (You do not have to go out and buy anything – this is just in case anyone has items in their house they would like to use to enhance their Christmas tree decoration.)
- Monday 11th December is also our PTFA Sponsored Santa Dash, so you may wear a Christmas hat, Santa beard or even a full Santa outfit, if you wish. Please send your sponsor money in an envelope.
On Thursday, we had a very special performance of the Snow Queen by the Quantum Theatre. Thank you to the PTFA for funding the event!
On Friday, we had a visit from the South Ribble Sports Coaches who led a ‘Dance Festival’ for every class in the school. You can see our dance moves here on our St Oswald's TV
In Maths, we have been learning how to find fractions of numbers using bar models. We created two bars: one for the whole and one for the fraction. As an example, to find ¾ of 264, we would find one quarter of 264, which is 66. Then we need three of these, so 66 x 3 = 198.
In English, we learnt how to use emotive language and wrote a diary entry in role. We discussed the impact of word choice and how to use show not tell to describe our emotions.
In RE, we wrote a diary entry from Mary’s perspective about her expectations of becoming the mother of Christ.
In Design and Technology, we began our project - sewing a Christmas tree decoration. We evaluated last year’s work, designed our own decoration, and practised two types of hand sewing techniques: running stitch and overstitch.
In Art, we learnt about Romero Britto. He is a Brazilian artist, painter, serigrapher and sculptor who combines elements of cubism, pop art and graffiti painting in his work. He is know for using vibrant colour and bold pattern as a visual expression of hope and happiness.
Have a super weekend everyone!
Year 3 Friday 8th December 2023
Date: 8th Dec 2023 @ 8:00am
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
This week everyone has changed their book at least once. The reading bug is alive and well in Year 3!
Continue with your regular home reading and make sure you explore new authors, there are some fantastic new books out there.
For your online practice, we have set 2 multiplication challenges. Everyone was given their own times tables target to practise this week (check your Sumdog challenge). Make sure you know them inside out!
Keep up with your counting practice. It will help with your times tables recall. x3,x4,x8
Your home spellings this week all end with -ly. We explored this spelling pattern this week and tried to use more -ly words in our writing.
completely, bravely, slowly, quickly, unusually, carefully, finally, totally, weekly, vividly, truthfully, successfully
Reminders
Next Wednesday is our final swimming lesson. Steve has been so impressed with the progress everyone has made and will treat us to a fun swim! Please don't forget your swimming kit!
Our annual Santa Dash is on Monday. Bring a Santa hat or costume. (We will have some spare)
In English we started our new novel, The Post Box Mystery by Robert Swindells. This is a classic mystery novel and the children are really enjoying it so far.
In maths we have been using the grid method to solve missing number problems and word problems. We have seen an improvement in the children's times tables speed and accuracy. Well done Year 3!
On Thursday we were treated to a live production of the Snow Queen. The children were stunned by the show. A brilliant theatre experience!
In history this week we have been using evidence and our interpretation skills to find out what the people in the paleolithic and mesolithic ages ate. We also created our own cave art using collage and stencilling skills. Have a look in our gallery.
On Friday we had our very own dance festival at St Oswald's! Check out our gallery. The video should be on StOswaldsTV soon!
Have a great weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 5 Blog Friday 8th December 2023
Date: 7th Dec 2023 @ 1:05pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Look at how speech is punctuated.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. Some of them are homophones, this mean they sound the same but have different meanings. You need to know how to spell these words as well as their meaning.
led lead steel steal alter altar allowed passed
aisle bridal bridle occupy occur opportunity parliament
Counting
Count out loud in:
3s from 0 to 36 and back again 0, 3, 6, ...
8s from 0 to 96 and back again 0, 8, 16, ...
7s from 0 to 84 and back again 0, 7, 14, ...
Times Tables
Practise your tables target every day.
Make sure you know the square numbers up to 144 and the square root.
1 x 1 = 1
2 x 2 = 4
5 x 5 = 25
Sumdog
Spelling Challenge
Tables Challenge
Maths Competition in teams
Reminders
Everybody has brought home a letter about an Australian themed celebration we will be having in Year 5 on Thursday 21st December.
Start thinking about what you want to wear for the celebration.
Maths
We have been learning about multiples and divisibility.
A multiple is a number made by multiplying two whole numbers greater than one.
English
We have been reading The Highwayman poem.
We have been learning about famous highwaymen and finding the meaning of new words by exploring their context in the sentence.
RE
We have been learning about Advent. We talked about how Christians are waiting in hope during Advent for the coming of Jesus, and how we can use the period of Advent to do good deeds and remember Jesus.
All Hallows PE day
The children were fantastic taking part in various sports including football, dance, netball, handball, basketball, etc.
You can see our gallery on the Year 5 class page.
Reception Blog - Friday 8th December 2023
Date: 7th Dec 2023 @ 12:49pm
Drawing Club, Phonics and Maths
This week has been assessment week.
R.E.
We have been learning about the importance of the manger after listening to a different version of the Nativity story. We used the manger to role play the Nativity story.
Understanding the World
We discussed toys from the past and toys which we have now. We compared toys and recognised how they are similar and different.
Expressive Arts and Design
We had a whole school dance festival on Friday.
We had yoga with Hannah, we went up the snowy mountain and met the colour monster! Then we all learnt how to do Christmas tree breathing.
We designed our own toys, ready to make next week!
Forest School
We made a story stick by knotting and tying ribbon. We attached a bell onto the stick by using a pipe cleaner. We used our imagination to say what out stick could do!
Year 4 Blog Friday 8th December 2023
Date: 6th Dec 2023 @ 5:21pm
Welcome to your Friday 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.
Spellings
Here are your spellings for next week
caught experiment increase particular separate
certain extreme interest peculiar special
complete famous island potatoes thought
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 9’s.
For example, start at 0 and count up to 108 and back again
0 9 18 27 etc 108 99 90 etc
Times tables
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week. You can practise your tables on Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
Number facts
Please 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.
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge
- A times tables challenge
- A multiplication challenge
English
We retold a chapter of the novel in the first person – as if we were the Iron Man.
Maths
We consolidated our learning of the grid method and revised mental strategies of multiplication.
RE
We discussed how Christians prepare for the coming of Jesus in December.
History
We wrote about life in the Roman Army using historical vocabulary which we learnt whilst on our trip.
On Friday, South Ribble Sports Coaches visited and taught each class a dance. Have a look at our dance moves on St Oswald's TV.
Please look in our gallery at the pictures of our Reconciliation on Monday and Wednesday's trip to Lancaster City Museum.
It's the Santa Dash on Monday - remember to bring your Santa hat!
Please remember your cardboard box and any decorations your need for DT next Friday. Please don't bring these items in before Friday 15th December.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 4 Team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 8th December 2023
Date: 6th Dec 2023 @ 11:11am
Home Practice
Phonics - wh words OR ea (e sound) words OR oi words
Maths - counting in tens
Counting - Practise counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards from different numbers. For example, start at 20 and count in 5s to 50: 20, 25, 30...
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
We read the story of Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog. We have written sentences about the story.
Phonics
Some of us have been revising w as in win and learning wh as in whizz. Some of us have been learning ea in bread and the short uh in after.
Maths
We have been learning about fractions of a whole.
We have been counting in 2s, 5s and 10s from different starting numbers.
R.E.
We have recognised the importance of the advent wreath and the liturgical calendar.
Science
We have identified what animals need to survive.
Forest School
We made a Christmas decoration using a piece of willow. We made it into a triangle shape and fastened it together with wire. We persevered as sometimes tying the knots was tricky. While we were making our decorations, we made hot chocolate with marshmallows in the Kelly Kettle.