St Oswald's Catholic Primary School: Blog items
Year 1 Blog- Friday 28th June 2024
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 4:49pm
Welcome to your Friday blog.
Home Practice
Phonics - ow and ou words OR high frequency words OR ch words (revision)
Maths - Addition questions
Counting - Count in 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards, from different starting numbers.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
This week we started learning about a cat called Hamish who lives with Mr and Mrs Grinling. Hamish is a lighthouse cat and he gets up to many adventures. We wrote about where Hamish went when he ran away from home. We also made a poster to alert everyone that Hamish was missing.
Some of us pretended to be Hamish and wrote a diary entry from his point of view. We also wrote a set of instructions identifying how to look after a cat as Hamish believed that he was not being looked after properly!
Phonics
Some of us have been revising ou as in sound, ow as in owl and learning ough as in drought.
Some of us have been learning the different s spellings: ss in pass, se in mouse, ce in dance and sc in science.
Maths
We have been learning about place value. We used the Base 10 equipment to make the numbers. We found 10 more and 10 fewer.
We then started to solve some addition and subraction number problems. We used part-whole models to help us solve the problems.
R.E.
We continued to learn about being a good neighbour. We listened to different stories from the Bible surrounding Jesus performing miracles. We described how He was being a good friend and neighbour to all, no matter what they looked like.
Science
We continued to learn about seasonal change and this week we focused on Autumn. Some of us made some amazing seasonal art using either chalk or paint.
Forest School
We got the blankets out and spent some time looking up at the leaves and the sky. We also listened to all the different sounds we could hear.
Super Learning Day
We all had a great day and took part in 7 exciting learning sessions from natural art to festival dancing and bowling.
Dance From The Heart
What a performance on Wednesday morning! A super effort by everyone.
Year 6 Blog Friday 28th June 2024
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 11:25am
We had a really fun week, fantastic effort Year 6.
Home Practice
Reading
Please enjoy reading a good book for up to 30 minutes every evening.
Spelling
When reading, if you come across any new words that you don’t understand, ask an adult or look them up in the dictionary.
Building up your vocabulary knowledge is really beneficial, so make a list of good words that you could use in your own writing.
Maths
Counting/Number Games
Have a go at this difference game!
Sumdog
You have a mixed times table/division facts challenge on Sumdog to complete.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
If you would like to do a bit more work on your times tables, Hit the Button is a great game to play.
Follow this link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Times Table Rock Stars is another great way to practise your times tables.
Follow this link: https://ttrockstars.com/
Reminders
Wednesday 3rd July - All Hallows Transition Day (more info to follow).
Saturday 6th July - Summer Fair.
Thursday 9th July - Bugsy Malone Perfomances at 10am, 2pm and 6.30pm.
Thursday 11th July - Y6 Bikeability.
Tuesday 16th July - Y6 Leavers Assembly (9.15), Mass (6.00pm) and Party (6.45-8.30pm).
Wednesday 17th July - Liverpool Retreat Day.
Thursday 18th July - Y6 Bikeability.
Friday 19th July - School closes at 1.30pm for the Summer Holidays!!
In English, we are still enjoying our novel The 1000 year old Boy by Ross Welford.
In Art, we started a mini-project where we will be making shadow puppets. We created visual notes to help gather our ideas, made a short storyboard and drew our puppets in preparation for making them next week.
In History, we learnt about what happened in the years leading up to WWII and about what Germany is like now. We sorted some European countries into a table, deciding if they were democracies or dictatorships.
PE - we enjoyed a game of rounders.
In Music, we sang the songs for our Bugsy Malone production. You will find them in the documents at the bottom of the blog dated 24th May (paper copies were also given). Please keep learning the words thoroughly!
Drama - We spent a lot of time rehearsing and singing the songs. It's going well!
Forest School
This week we made s'mores. We remembered how to keep safe around the fire and we were invited to toast our marshmallow. We then sandwiched our marshmallow in between some biscuits and chocolate buttons. We also made some stick art using wool and pipe cleaners. Some of use had a go at lighting a fire using a flint and steel.
#30 Days Wild
Year 6 Team.
Date: 26th Jun 2024 @ 12:52pm
This week we got to watch the whole school perform their 'Dance from the Heart' dance.
We then came back into our classroom from more choosing time, the children enjoyed playing in our new beach and camping role play areas.
Our story this week was 'Giraffes Can't Dance' - We all had a go at the gummy bear dance together.
The children had tomatoes for snack today.
Next week: We will be splitting into our Key Worker Groups for circle time to share our 'All About Me' posters and to get to know each other even better.
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 4:00pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Keep reading your school books for at least 15 minutes a night.
In maths practice counting forwards and backwards. See our previous blog posts. Everyone is showing great improvements with their knowledge of the number system. Keep it up!
On Sumdog, have a go at the challenges. We have set a times tables and a multiplication challenge.
Your spellings this week are...
This week in Year 3
We are loving our novel 'Finding Alfie'. The main character is in France trying to find more clues as to who Alfie was. We have written some brilliant pieces including a letter home from Michael describing his adventure.
In Maths, we have been revisiting the grid method and number sequences. The progress everyone has made in maths this year is amazing. The mental maths and number fluency has really improved. Well done Year 3!
In Art, we have been using natural materials to make collages and pictures. Check out our gallery.
In PE, we have been learning new striking skills in our tennis topic. We practised 'catching' the ball on our racket and then passing it to our partners. We attempted some rallies and a bounce pass with the racket. Super PE!
We have also been practising our dance for the Dance From The Heart Roadshow which is coming soon.
Year 3's Seesaw will be open for the final 2 weeks of term. You will receive a QR code on your child's report to access their Seesaw learning from this year.
Have a great weekend everyone.
From the Year 3 Team
Year 2 Blog - Friday 21st June
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 3:59pm
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night. Children will get 10 house points for every book they read at home.
Spellings – Quiz on Monday 24th June
their believe accidentally actually bicycle
breath breathe build busy with
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 3 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – Telling the time
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – Common Exception words
This week in Year 2
English
This week we continued to read our novel 'Fantastic Mr Fox' by Roald Dahl. We described the characters and learnt about speech. We also also wrote brilliant speech bubbles for how Mr Fox was feeling.
Maths
This week we started our new topic about time. We learnt about minutes past the hour by counting in fives.
RE
We have written about people who help in our community. We all wrote about these people and we discussedthe importance of food banks, shelters and care homes.
Forest School
Science
We learnt about the life cycle of a bean plant.
Geograpghy
We identified the similarities and differences between rivers in Zambia compared to rivers in England.
Year 5 blog Friday 21st June 2024
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 3:55pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
descent principal bruise sacrifice existence disappoint disobey dissent principle misbehave inactive mislead incorrect country trouble
Counting
Count out loud in:
Square numbers from 1 to 144 and back again 1, 4, 9, …
25s from 0 to 450 and back again 0, 25,50, …
9s from 0 to 108 and back again 0, 9,18, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars.
Well done to Elliott and Max N who were our rockstars last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – individual
Spelling Challenge
We have had a wonderful week in Year 5.
In English, we wrote an opening chapter for a sequel to Varjak Paw. In addition, we all wrote about our own special place. This will be put on display for the rest of the school to see.
In Maths, we continued adding and subtracting multiple fractions with different denominators. Everyone has been trying very hard with this.
We learnt about Islam in RE this week. We found out lots of information about Islam and then created a factual poster which explained some of the beliefs and customs.
In Music, we practised singing the songs for Bugsy Malone. The lyrics to the song can be found on last week’s blog.
Finally, we all enjoyed visiting All Hallows for our taster day. We were all beautifully behaved and the staff were so impressed. We all took part in a PE lesson, explored the school, met Helen the chaplain and took part in some performing arts. We also loved our All Hallows school dinner!
Reception Blog - Friday 21st June 2024
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 2:33pm
Phonics
This week Mrs Stone's group have revisited all phase 3 Phonics sounds.
Mrs Robinson's group have started to learn Phase 4. We have been tuning into the penultimate consonant in words, for example must (st), went (nt) and chimp (mp).
Mrs Cliffe's group have been revisiting igh and tricky words.
Drawing Club
This week we have been watching clips from Roadrunner.
We designed our own super-fast friend for roadrunner, and thought of a new way to capture the coyote.
Maths
This week we continued to make different amounts with money.
R.E.
This week we continued to learn about being a good neighbour.
We discussed what we remembered from the story of the Good Samaritan and we drew our own pictures of us being kind to others.
PSHE
This week, as part of transition to Year 1, we thought about different questions to ask the teachers.
Physical Development
This week we completed obstacle courses and team games.
Expressive Art and Design
We continued with our matchbox art this week, adding the different parts, like sand, the sea and sea animals.
We started a whole class collage of a London cityscape.
Forest School
We learnt about the summer solstice. This means that in the northern hemisphere, where we live, the sun is at its highest point in the sky. It's also the longest day of the year - and the shortest night.This day falls on Saturday 22nd June. We made sun decorations using wool.
Year 4 Blog Friday 21st June 2024
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 8:48am
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Can you use different voices for the different characters? Think about how they might speak.
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
fury furious envy envious courage
space spacious fame famous courageous
danger dangerous poison poisonous humour humorous
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 8’s
For example, start at 8 and count to 96 and back again
8 16 24 etc 96 88 80 etc
Now try counting in 0.8’s
For example, start at 0.8 and count to 9.6 and back again
0.8 16 2.4 etc 9.6 8.8 8.0 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
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 words above
- A maths challenge to consolidate our area learning
TTRockstars challenge
- A ‘garage’ session
In English, we planned, drafted and published a piece of writing called ‘My Special Place’. This was a descriptive piece of writing and has been displayed in school.
In Maths, we learnt that area is the amount of space taken up by a shape and that by counting squares we can find out its area. We the used this knowledge to find the area of rectilinear shapes by splitting them into rectangles.
In RE, we learnt about the Qur’an which is the Muslims’ most holy book. Muslims believe that it contains the actual words of Allah spoken to Muhammad by the angel Jibril.
In French, we continued learning words for the weather. We then linked these words to the type of weather we would expect in the 4 different seasons.
In Science, we investigated the relationship between volume and distance. We concluded that as the distance from the sound source increased, the sounds grew fainter.
Have a sunny weekend
The Year 4 Team
Year 6 Blog Friday 21st June 2024
Date: 20th Jun 2024 @ 7:12pm
Another busy week, great effort Year 6.
Home Practice
Reading
Please enjoy reading a good book for up to 30 minutes every evening.
Spelling
When reading, if you come across any new words that you don’t understand, ask an adult or look them up in the dictionary.
Building up your vocabulary knowledge is really beneficial, so make a list of good words that you could use in your own writing.
Maths
Counting/Number Games
Have a go at this tangrams game!
Sumdog
You have a mixed times table/division facts challenge on Sumdog to complete.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
If you would like to do a bit more work on your times tables, Hit the Button is a great game to play.
Follow this link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Times Table Rock Stars is another great way to practise your times tables.
Follow this link: https://ttrockstars.com/
Reminders
Tuesday 25th June - Open Morning.
Thursday 27th June - Super Learning Day and Talent Show evening.
Wednesday 3rd July - All Hallows Transition Day (more info to follow).
Saturday 6th July - Summer Fair.
Thursday 9th July - Bugsy Malone Perfomances at 10am, 2pm and 6.30pm.
Thursday 11th July - Y6 Bikeability.
Tuesday 16th July - Y6 Leavers Assembly (9.15), Mass (6.00pm) and Party (6.45-8.30pm).
Wednesday 17th July - Liverpool Retreat Day.
Thursday 18th July - Y6 Bikeability.
Friday 19th July - School closes at 1.30pm for the Summer Holidays!!
In English, we are still enjoying our novel The 1000 year old Boy by Ross Welford.
We wrote some excellent playscripts, a description about 'My Special Place', a biography about Charles Dickens and a short dialogue between a father and son, who were whalers.
In PE on Wednesday, we practised for Sports Day.
The Year 6 Sports Day was a great success today, everyone did so well.
In French, we continued preparing for our French cafe.
In Music, we sang the songs for our Bugsy Malone production. You will find them in the documents at the bottom of the blog dated 24th May (paper copies were also given out last week). Please keep learning the words thoroughly!
Drama - We spent more time rehearsing and singing the songs. It's going well, we are half way through the script now!
Forest School - another great session...
One group learnt about the summer solstice.During the summer solstice, the earth's axis is tilted at its closest point from the sun. This means that in the northern hemisphere, the sun is at its highest point in the sky. It's also the longest day of the year - and the shortest night.This day falls on Saturday 22nd June. We made forest eyes using yarns, beads and wool in sunny colours.
The other group learnt how to use hammers safely. They learnt how to safely hammer nails into a piece of wood then wrap wool around them to make a work of art. The children were very inventive and creative.We also used the Kelly Kettle to boil water for some delicious hot chocolate.
Well done to the Cricket and Netball teams who represented the school exceptionally well at the tournaments.
#30 Days Wild
Year 6 Team.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 21st June 2024
Date: 20th Jun 2024 @ 5:12pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home Practice
Phonics - ge and dge words OR ay words OR tricky words
Maths - Compare numbers to 20
Counting - Count in 2s, 5s and 10s, forwards and backwards, from different starting numbers.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
We have been writing about our special place. Everyone in school is writing about their special place. It will all be part of an amazing display of writing across the school. We have tried so hard to make our writing look beautiful on the page.
Phonics
Some of us have been learning the sounds, eigh as in eight, ey as in grey and a as in acorn.
Some of us have been learning and revising the different j spellings: j in jam, g in giant, ge in fringe and dge in edge.
Maths
We have been learning about place value. We have been comparing numbers on a number line, using the words 'most' and 'least'/'fewest'.
We have been using bead strings and base ten to help us with this learning. We have been counting in 2s and 5s.
R.E.
We have been learning about the difference between a cross and a crucifix. We talked about their importance to Christians and then we made our own crucifix collage. We also listened to some Gospel music, understanding and appreciating how music plays an important part in religious life.
Science
Some of us went on a walk around the school grounds to see if we could spot any signs of summer. We used our senses, making sure that we were quiet so that we didn't scare any wildlife!
Forest School
In one session we decided on our own learning. We made some delicious food in the mud kitchen, played hide and seek, climbed trees and used tools safely. We showed superb co-operation, teamwork, imagination and creativity.
We learnt about the summer solstice. During the summer solstice, the earth's axis is tilted at its closest point from the sun. This means that in the northern hemisphere, the sun is at its highest point in the sky. It's also the longest day of the year - and the shortest night. This day falls on Saturday 22nd June. We made sun decorations using yarns, beads, pipe cleaners, willow and wool in sunny colours.
Date: 19th Jun 2024 @ 4:09pm
Today we went on a little walk to see where the playground is and where we will be having our dinner when we start in September.
We met Mrs Speight - she is the cook who will make all our dinners for us. We then had more fun in the classroom making bear masks and playing in our outdoor area.
We read the story 'Goldilocks and The Three Bears' and sang lots of different counting songs.
The children had tomatoes for snack today.
Next week: We are going to watch the whole school perform their 'Dance From the Heart' dance on the playground.
Year 2 Blog - Friday 14th June
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 1:12pm
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night. Children will get 10 house points for every book they read at home.
Spellings – Quiz on Monday 17th June
accident address arrive believe answer
appear actual our because their
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 10 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – 3D shapes
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – Common Exception words
This week in Year 2
English
This week we read our novel 'Fantastic Mr Fox' by Roald Dahl. We also planned and wrote our 'Special Place' writing. The children have written some beautiful pieces of writing - well done Year 2.
Maths
This week we started learning about 3D shapes and their properties.
RE
We read scripture from Luke (10: 25-37) The Parable of the Good Samaritan. We reflected on the scripture and re-told the story .
Forest School
Science
We compared seeds and bulbs. We are learning about germination.
History
This week we finished our Kings, Queens and Castles topic. Next week we will start out new topic about technology.
#30 Days Wild
Please could you send a plastic yoghurt/milk tub in with your child - we are going to make some recycled bird feeders for 30 days wild.
Reception Blog - Friday 14th June 2024
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 12:45pm
Phonics
This week Mrs Stone's group learnt the ear, air and ure sounds.
Mrs Robinson's group have been revisiting all phase 3 sounds, ready for phase 4 to start next week.
Mrs Cliffe's group have revisited the ai and ee sounds.
Drawing Club
This week we have been writing all about a place that is special to us.
We have all written it beautifully, ready for it to be displayed in school for everyone to see.
Maths
This week we have been learning about money and counting out the correct amounts.
R.E.
This week continued to learn about being a good neighbour. We listened to the story of the Good Samaritan and discussed what happened in the story.
PSHE
This week, as part of transition to Year 1, we discussed what we are looking forward to learning when we move to our next class.
Physical Development
We had a theatre company visit school this week.
We all learnt a dance related to the Olympics.
Understanding the World
We sorted pictures of different vehicles that are on land, the sea, in the air and on tracks.
Expressive Art and Design
We started a new project, making our own landscapes. We decided to make an under the sea landscape. We looked at different pictures on the computer and made our own.
Forest School
In our session we learnt how to use a spade, a hoe and a rake safely. Then we decided on our own learning. We made some delicious food in the mud kitchen, played hide and seek and climbed trees. We showed superb co-operation, teamwork, imagination and creativity.
#30 Days Wild
This week we all took part in our 30 days wild activity. We explored our outdoors and collected items to make our own bookmark.
Year 1 Blog- Friday 14th June 2024
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 11:36am
Welcome to your Friday blog.
Home Practice
Phonics - aw words OR kn words (n sound) OR u_e words
Counting - See if you can measure different objects around your house, count in 2s, 5s and 10s on the ruler/measuring tape whilst doing so!
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
We continued our learning through the stories of Katie Morag. We wrote sentences about what mischief she got up to wth her big boy cousins.
Some of us also predicted the games that Katie Morag and her cousins could play next.
We are really trying hard to learn to spell more words correctly.
Phonics
This week some of us have been revising aw as in prawn and or as in thorn. We have also been revising all the split digraphs.
Some of us have been learning the different zh spellings: s in treasure and si in vision. We have also learnt the n spellings: kn in knew and gn in gnome.
We all completed our phonic screen.
Maths
We have been learning how to measure with rulers and metre sticks.
We have been completing assessments this week.
RE
We have been learning how to be a good neighbour to everyone in the world. We learnt about a little girl called Marie-Doriane who lives in Rwanda. We compared our lives to hers and talked about how we could help poorer countries.
We also were lucky to have Mrs Wilson come into class to teach us about the special jobs that she has in our Church. We quickly realised that she is a very good neighbour as she helps so many people (especially Father Michael!)
History
Some of us compared different famous explorers. We read about Neil Armstrong, Ibn Battuta, Charles Darwin, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sylvia Earle. We talked about how they all explored different places (some quite dangerous) and explained why they might have wanted to explore that place.
PSHE
We have been learning how to look after our environment. We made a whole class poster teaching others how to look after our world and then we talked about how we can make a difference, focusing on recycling. We sorted objects into recycling bins on Seesaw.
Forest School
We started our session with a colour hunt. We had to find something in the nature area which most closely matched the colour of our card. We found logs, leaves, bark and petals. Then we decided on our own learning. We made some delicious food in the mud kitchen, practised tying knots and climbed trees. We showed superb co-operation, teamwork, imagination and creativity.
In our session we learnt how to use gardening tools safely. Mrs Corbett made a fire and we were so excited to see and hear the popcorn pop! Some of us had a go at lighting a fire with the flint and steel.
Dance
Lois from West End in schools theatre company came to teach us a dance all about the Olympics. We learnt it so quickly! Lois was impressed with all our sporty dance moves.
Year 4 Blog Friday 14th June 2024
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 8:43am
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Try and look carefully at the beginning of each sentence. What words do the sentences start with? Can you spot any subordinating conjunctions?
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
weather whether who’s whose medal meddle
missed mist there their they’re
aloud allowed groan grown
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 10’s
For example, start at 54 and count to 234 and back again
54 64 74 etc 234 224 214 etc
Now try counting in 0.1’s
For example, start at 2.5 and count to 4.2 and back again
2.5 2.6 2.7 etc 4.2 4.1 4.0 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
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 words above
- A maths challenge to plot coordinates on a grid
TTRockstars challenge
- A ‘studio’ session
In English, we continued reading our class novel, King of the Cloud Forests. We read about the interesting events at the beginning of Ashley’s journey and the one incident which was to change his life forever. We then planned and wrote a letter from Ashley to his father.
In Maths, we consolidated our learning about co-ordinates and extended it by completing 2 dimensional shapes on a grid. This week, we also learnt how to describe movements as 'translations' using the words left, right, up and down.
In RE, we discussed what ‘examine your conscience’ means. We also considered how we feel when we’ve done something wrong, what we might do next and why contrition is so important.
In Geography, we learnt about the Congo Rainforest, which is the second largest rainforest. We then continued working on our double page spread by adding more information and pictures to it.
In Music, we compared a ukulele to a banjo – although we thought they were quite similar, there were plenty of differences. We also practised playing the ukulele in time with each other.
This week we also had another super yoga session with Katie from South Ribble Sports Coaches. During this session, Katie taught us a variety of different balances and how to practise ‘rectangular breathing’. We also took part in an ‘Olympic’ themed dance on Thursday afternoon which we thoroughly enjoyed.
Next week, we will be completing a piece of writing called "My Special Place". We have already talked about this in class. Whilst at home, please also think about your special place in preparation for your writing in school. Remember, it could be anywhere - your bedroom, another room in your house, a place you have been on holiday, or somewhere you feel totally relaxed and can be yourself. Share some ideas with people at home if this helps.
Enjoy your weekend
The Year 4 team
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 8:08am
Welcome to your Friday Blog
This week we have danced, explored our grounds for colour and relaxed with another great yoga session with Katie!
Home Practice
We have been very impressed with all the book changing that has been happening again this week. We have seen lots of progress in everyone's reading. Keep it up!
On Sumdog this week we have set 3 challenges. If you finish or find them too tricky, you can access Sumdog Training which will set questions to practice weaker skills.
Your spellings this week are the next 20 statutory Year 3 spellings. Have a go and do lots of practise!
For your counting practice keep practising your 8s, forwards and backwards! Why not teach your family how to play 1,2,3?
This week in Year 3
This week we have really enjoyed the beginning of our novel, Finding Alfie by Michael Morpurgo. We have a lot of questions! We met Michael who has gone off to find out more about his Auntie Iris' long lost love Alfie. We wrote some amazing descriptions of the abandoned church and what we think Alfie might be like.
In Maths we have been learing how to use our number facts to help us add and take away using the column addition and subtraction method. We also revisited bridging through 10 when adding and taking away.
In RE we finished our Choices topic, revisiting some of our lessons and responding with our own Choices booklets. Everyone has had some very thoughtful ideas when exploring this topic. Well done Year 3!
In Art, we met Frances Hatch and explored some of her natural art. We also explored our grounds to find the colour palatte of our school. We created some natural paint and had a go at using these to paint our grounds.
We also had a brilliant session learning an Olympic dance. Check out our gallery!
Have a brilliant weekend!
The Year 3 Team
Year 5 Blog Friday 14th June 2024
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 7:37am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Next week we will be writing about My Special Place. If you haven’t already, please have a think about your special place at home in preparation for our writing in school. Your special place could be a room in your house, a place you have been on holiday, etc. You could share ideas with people at home and draw or look for pictures.
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
definitely mischief veil protein receive achieve ascent photograph peace alter telephone piece assent altar weigh
Counting
Count out loud in:
Square numbers from 1 to 144 and back again 1, 4, 9, …
7s from 0 to 84 and back again 0, 7, 14, …
12s from o to 144 and back again 0, 12, 24, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars.
Well done to Elliott who was our rockstar last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – boys v girls
Spelling Challenge
We have had a wonderful week in Year 5.
In English we have done lots of exciting writing. We wrote a descriptive piece about D Day, we planned our own sequel to Varjak Paw, and we wrote a performance poem about nature. We also learnt about D Day in our history lesson. We looked at some documents from the National Archive and then used them to solve clues and figure out the planning that took place for D Day.
In maths, we have been finding equivalent fractions and then adding and comparing fractions. This is tricky but everybody has done a fantastic job.
In RE, we continued with our learning about the Ten Commandments. We shared our ideas about which Commandment we think is the most important. We then read God’s People from the book of Isaiah. This scripture describes things that please God. We used the ideas to write own our instructions about living in God’s way. Here is the scripture we examined:
God says:
Be clear about what is right and what pleases me! Giving up things and putting on a miserable face does not impress me. What brings me joy is everything that brings freedom: a kindly word for someone who is worried; a helping hand for someone in trouble. When people share food with the hungry and help the homeless find shelter; if they give clothes to those in need and work at bringing happiness to their family and friends, I see my love growing in them. This is what pleases me, and they will become signs of hope for everyone, like a bright sunrise after a long dark night. (Isaiah 58: 3-8)
In music we practised singing the songs for Bugsy Malone. The lyrics to the song can be found on this blog.
Year 6 Blog Friday 14th June 2024
Date: 13th Jun 2024 @ 1:34pm
A great week, well done Year 6.
Home Practice
Reading
Please enjoy reading a good book for up to 30 minutes every evening.
Spelling
When reading, if you come across any new words that you don’t understand, ask an adult or look them up in the dictionary.
Building up your vocabulary knowledge is really beneficial, so make a list of good words that you could use in your own writing.
Maths
Counting/Number Games
Have a go at this game!
https://nrich.maths.org/factorsandmultiples
Sumdog
You have a mixed times table/division facts challenge on Sumdog to complete.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
If you would like to do a bit more work on your times tables, Hit the Button is a great game to play.
Follow this link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Times Table Rock Stars is another great way to practise your times tables.
Follow this link: https://ttrockstars.com/
Reminders
Friday 21st June - Year 6 Sports Day.
Tuesday 25th June - Open Morning.
Thursday 27th June - Super Learning Day and Talent Show evening.
Wednesday 3rd July - All Hallows Transition Day (more info to follow).
Saturday 6th July - Summer Fair.
Thursday 9th July - Bugsy Malone Perfomances at 10am, 2pm and 6.30pm.
Thursday 11th July - Y6 Bikeability.
Tuesday 16th July - Y6 Leavers Assembly (9.15), Mass (6.00pm) and Party (6.45-8.30pm).
Wednesday 17th July - Liverpool Retreat Day.
Thursday 18th July - Y6 Bikeability.
Friday 19th July - School closes at 1.30pm for the Summer Holidays!!
We are still enjoying our novel The 1000 year old Boy by Ross Welford.
We have written some great non-fiction, including an explanation of what climate change is and a persuasive piece encouraging people to act now to reverse the effects of climate change.
In PE, we practised for Sports Day, developed our tennis skills and played mini games.
In French, we created menus for the French cafe.
In Music, we are learning the songs for our Bugsy Malone production. You will find them in the documents at the bottom of the blog dated 24th May (paper copies were also given out this week). Please learn the words as soon as possible!
Drama - We have spent more time rehearsing and singing the songs. Next week the acting will really begin!!
Forest School - another great session. One group built obstacle courses and demonstrated them to the rest of the class.
The other group, learnt how to use hammers safely. Their activity was to hammer nails into a piece of wood then wrap wool around them to make a piece of art. The children were very inventive and creative, well done Year 6.
We enjoyed a great session all about transition to High School.
We also had a visiting dance teacher who helped us to create and perform a dance for the upcoming Olympics.
#30 Days Wild
Year 6 Team.
Date: 12th Jun 2024 @ 12:39pm
This week we explored our outdoor area in small groups. The children enjoyed jumping, climbing, balancing and digging and so much more.
All the little owls remembered how to sit beautifully on the carpet and had great listening ears for the register and storytime.
We read the story 'The Gingerbread Man' and sang lots of different nursery ryhmes.
The children had oranges for snack today.
Next week: We will be taking the children on a walk around to school to explore where they will be eating their dinner and playing at playtimes.
Year 3 Friday Blog 7th June 2024
Date: 7th Jun 2024 @ 1:00pm
Welcome back to our final half term in Year 3
This term we will be preparing the children for Year 4 and covering some fantastic final topics in Geography, RE, Art and DT.
Year 6 Blog Friday 7th June 2024
Date: 7th Jun 2024 @ 12:30pm
A very busy week but lovely to be back, well done Year 6.
Home Practice
Reading
Please enjoy reading a good book for up to 30 minutes every evening.
Spelling
When reading, if you come across any new words that you don’t understand, ask an adult or look them up in the dictionary.
Building up your vocabulary knowledge is really beneficial, so make a list of good words that you could use in your own writing.
Maths
Counting/Number Games
Have a go at this game!
Sumdog
You have a mixed times table/division facts challenge on Sumdog to complete.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
If you would like to do a bit more work on your times tables, Hit the Button is a great game to play.
Follow this link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Times Table Rock Stars is another great way to practise your times tables.
Follow this link: https://ttrockstars.com/
Reminders
Team photos next week, so please have PE kits in school every day!
Friday 21st June - Year 6 Sports Day.
Tuesday 25th June - Open Morning.
Thursday 27th June - Super Learning Day and Talent Show evening.
Wednesday 3rd July - All Hallows Transition Day (more info to follow).
Saturday 6th July - Summer Fair.
Thursday 9th July - Bugsy Malone Perfomances at 10am, 2pm and 6.30pm.
Thursday 11th July - Y6 Bikeability.
Tuesday 16th July - Y6 Leavers Assembly (9.15), Mass (6.00pm) and Party (6.45-8.30pm).
Wednesday 17th July - Liverpool Retreat Day.
Thursday 18th July - Y6 Bikeability.
Friday 19th July - School closes at 1.30pm for the Summer Holidays!!
In English this week, we have been enjoying our novel The 1000 year old Boy by Ross Welford. We have focused a lot on our writing in preparation for High School. The children have written some great pieces about their passions, challenges they have faced and special anecdotes.
In our Maths lesson, we did some applied Maths. Game Show Maths - Goldenballs and Countdown.
In RE, we re-wrote our information texts about Deacons and how they serve in the Catholic Church for a display in class.
In PE, we practised for Sports Day, worked on our tennis skills and played mini games.
In French, the children used the key phrases they had learned to write a script for the French Cafe session.
In Art, we sketched oak and silver birch trees, focusing on shading techniques.
In Music, the children are learning the songs for our Bugsy Malone production. You will find them in the documents at the bottom of last week's blog, please learn the words!
Drama - Year 6 will be spending a lot more time rehearsing for Bugsy Malone. They did so well in the auditions and with script reading.
Forest School -We had our first session. We learnt how to be safe around a fire. We learnt how to start a fire. Then, we made our campfire pizzas. We chose our favourite ingredients taking care that there was enough left for everyone. We watched them being fried on the fire. We had time for some exploring and then went back around the fire to make popcorn. We played some hide and seek games and then had a quiet reflection about what we had learnt, discovered or been surprised about.
We all thought the food was delicious!
#30 Days Wild
Year 6 Team.
Date: 7th Jun 2024 @ 9:22am
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night. Children will get 10 house points for every book they read at home this week!
Spellings – Common Exception Words reviewed in class so no spelling quiz next week
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 5 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – 2D shapes
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – Common Exception words
This week in Year 2
PE
We enjoyed a lovely yoga session on Tuesday with Katie from South Ribble.
English
This week we started our new novel 'Fantastic Mr Fox' by Roald Dahl. We wrote descriptions about the main characters and used dictionaries to explore new vocabulary will come across in the books. We also wrote a lovely piece of writing about the anniversary of the D-Day landings.
Maths
This week we started learning about 2D shapes and lines of symmetry.
RE
This week we started our new branch of learning called 'Dialogue and Scripture'. We read scripture from Luke (10: 25-37) The The Parable of the Good Samaritan. We explored the statement ' Love your neighbour as you love yourself' and wrote a reflection about 'who is my neighbour' in my own life.
Forest School
Geography
In Geography this week we learnt about human and physical features in Africa. We learnt some of the countries names from Africa and the flags associated with them.
#30 Days Wild
Please could you send a plastic yoghurt/milk tub in with your child - we are going to make some recycled bird feeders for 30 days wild.
Year 5 Blog Friday 7th June 2024
Date: 7th Jun 2024 @ 8:40am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
As part of a whole school project, we are going to be completing a piece of writing called – My Special Place. Please have a think about your special place at home in preparation for our writing in school. Your special place could be a room in your house, a place you have been on holiday, etc. You could share ideas with people at home and draw or look for pictures.
Please also bring your favourite fiction book into school next week to have a look at in our English lessons.
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes.
Please bring your favourite book into school on Monday – we are going to spend next week looking at how to write a good first chapter.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
necessary prejudice environment competition changeable dependable herd guessed aisle guest heard isle island compliment
Try to use the strategy of writing the words without vowels and then rewriting with the vowels.
necessary n_c_ss_ry
Counting
Count out loud in:
Quarters from 0 to 2 and back again one quarter, two quarters, three quarters, one whole, …
Fifths from 0 to 2 and back again one fifth, two fifths, three fifths, four fifths, one whole, …
Thirds from 0 to 2 and back again one third, two thirds, one whole, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars.
Well done to Elliott who was our rockstar last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – individual
Spelling Competition – individual
It has been a great week in school this week. It is clear that everybody is now getting ready for Year 6 – excellent role models at all times.
In English we finished reading our class novel Varjak Paw. We started to think about a sequel to the novel and are looking forward to writing the first chapter of our very own sequel.
In maths we have been using a protractor to measure and calculate angles. We recapped the names of different angles including acute, right angle, obtuse, and reflex.
In RE we have been looking at the Ten Commandments. We spoke about reasons why Christian’s still follow God’s Law so many years later. We also compared which of the commandments we all consider to be the most important.
In geography we examined different maps of Europe to learn about different countries. One map told us which countries have the highest annual income. We spoke about what it would be like to live in a country which has a high income in comparison to a country with a low income.
In PE we had a practice of the relay race ready for Sports Day next week. We also practised some tennis skills and played a really fun game. Everybody was so kind encouraging others.
Have a happy weekend.
Reception Blog - Friday 7th June 2024
Date: 6th Jun 2024 @ 4:18pm
Phonics
This week Mrs Stone's group have been revisiting the oi and ow sounds. Mrs Robinson's groups have been revisiting the tri-graphs air, ur and ear. Mrs Cliffe's group have been revisiting our phase 3 digraphs and tricky words.
Drawing Club
We have been watching clips from the TV show Wacky Races. We have loved this!
We have designed our own wacky car and refilling station and we have written about them.
Maths
This week we have been investigating the numbers 18 and 19 in more detail.
R.E.
This week we have been learning about being a good neighbour, which is one of the ten commandments.
We talked about what a good neighbour is and how we can be one.
We also sorted some pictures of how we can be a good neighbour with others.
PSHE
This half term we will be focussing on transition from the end of Reception to Year 1.
This week we talked about our time in Reception. We talked about what we remembered and looked at pictures and videos on seesaw.
Physical Development
We started our PE unit of dance.
We have all been moving as different animals, exploring the bottom, middle and top space and travelling to music.
Understanding the World
To start our new topic, we discussed what vehicles are. We then went onto our school car park and made a tally chart of the different vehicles that we saw coming past school.
We also started a new topic about London. We looked at a map of the UK and found where London is. We shared what we know about London now.
*If you have anything London related at home or you have been to London, please feel free to send them in with your child for our interests table.
Expressive Art and Design
We made a special card for next weekend, but it is a secret, we will bring it home next week!
Forest School
We went for a walk to look at all the different types of grasses and flowers growing. We picked a few and made a piece of natural art by weaving through card. We were so focused on our weaving and we concentrated really hard.
Year 4 Blog Friday 7th June 2024
Date: 6th Jun 2024 @ 3:59pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Can you spot any co-ordinating conjunctions in sentences?
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
centre probably separate library occasionally
peculiar straight remember possible question
famous difficult increase interest ordinary
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 7’s
For example, start at 7 and count to 84 and back again
7 14 21 etc 84 77 70 etc
Now try counting in 0.7’s
For example, start at 0.7 and count to 8.4 and back again
0.7 1.4 2.1 etc 8.4 7.7 7.0 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
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 words above
- A maths challenge to identify quadrilaterals and triangles
TTRockstars challenge
- A ‘garage’ session
Over the next couple of weeks, we will be completing a piece of writing called "My Special Place". Please have a think about your special place in preparation for your writing in school. Your special place may be your bedroom, another room in your house, a place you have been on holiday, or somewhere you feel totally relaxed and can be yourself. It could be anywhere! Try and share some ideas with people at home. If you wish you could draw a picture to help.
In English, we started our new class novel, King of the Cloud Forests by Michael Morpurgo. We were introduced to the main character, Ashley, and found out how he came to be living in China. This week, we consolidated our understanding of co-ordinating conjunctions and then tried to use these in our writing. We are getting more proficient at using these words to extend our sentences.
In Maths, we learnt the names of some quadrilaterals and how to recognise these shapes according to their properties. We also learnt what a diagonal is (a straight line which joins vertices of a polygon that are not next to each other) and how to draw them onto shapes. Our learning this week has also involved describing and plotting coordinates on a grid.
In RE, we started our new topic, Reconciliation – Building Bridges. We started by asking questions about our own and others’ experiences and feelings about what breaks and mends friendships. We decided that a friendship is like a bridge between people which needs to be strengthened, maintained and repaired.
In History, we discovered how Alexander the Great built his empire. We acted this out in groups and made a recording which showed what we had learnt.
In Science, we started our new topic, Sound. We completed a pre-assessment to see what we already knew. Then we listened for sounds in the classroom and outside. Following this, we discovered that vibrations cause sound and these vibrations can travel through solids, liquids and gasses. Have a look at us experimenting outside.
In PSHE, we continued our topic about ‘plastic pollution’. We learnt about the uses of plastic and how it has changed our lives. However, we also learnt that plastic finds its way into the sea and can pose a threat to marine life. Following this, we created our own poster to encourage readers to stop or limit their use of plastic.
This week we also had a super yoga session provided by Katie from South Ribble Sports Coaches. During this session, she taught us how to practise ‘candle breathing’. This helped us to relax and is something which we can continue practising at home.
We had a fantastic sports day on Friday! Many thanks for being such supportive spectators. Watch out for the video - coming soon to St Oswald's TV.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 4 team