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Reception Blog - Friday 4th October 2024
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 12:58pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we have learnt the sounds p, i and n. We have talked about what sounds we can hear at the beginning of different words, like; pin, insect and noodle.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we have listened to the story of The Little Red Hen.
We drew the Little Red Hen and we created something new for her to bake.
Maths
We visited Numberland this week.
We built number 1’s garden and we found objects that are on their own to add to it.
Rosie Posie the Problem Pixie also paid us a visit to change the garden. We tried to spot what she had changed.
Have a look at the pictures here.
RE
We listened to the Creation Story this week and talked about all the wonderful things that God has created in our world.
We also visited Church to take part in the Harvest Festival.
Expressive Art and Design
We made pictures which included our own special people.
In Music we listened to the rhythm of instruments.
Understanding the World
This week, we discussed the five senses. We focussed on the sense of smell this week and what we use to smell with. Have a look at us using our sense of smell here.
Forest School
This week we played a game where we hid toys in the nature area. We were in teams and the team who found the most toys was the winner.
We also learnt how to tie knots in strawberry laces. We persevered and realised that the more we practise any skill, the easier we will find it. We made the strawberry laces disappear!
Then it was time for some child-initiated play. We were finding and cooking apples, finding snails and ladybirds, climbing and jumping as well as inventing our own games. We had a lovely review session at the end.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 4th October 2024
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 7:40pm
Home Practice
Sumdog challenge
Maths - Place Value - Representing objects
Sumdog log ins are in the front of your brown reading book.
Counting - Count in tens, forwards and back from 0 to 100.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
Our story this week was How to Grow a Dragon by Rachel Morrisroe. We’ve had lots of fun exploring the book, creating our own dragons and writing some amazing sentences describing them. The children couldn’t believe that Miss Fisher’s own dragon came to visit school!
Phonics
We have focused on our phase 3 and phase 4 tricky words. We practised writing them and wrote them in some super sentences.
Maths
This week in Maths, we started to learn about measurement and the different ways in which we can measure objects. We measured objects practically using cubes, and compared them using the words taller, shorter and longer.
R.E.
We continued to explore what ‘prayer’ means to Christians.
We wrote our own personalised prayer to God, which acknowledged His actions and purpose.
Science
This week, we focused on our sense of smell. We conducted a smelling experiment, guessing what was in the jars by using our sense of smell alone. The children pulled some funny faces as some of the smells were not very nice!
Computing
We continued to learn about different forms of technology. We identified the parts of a computer and compared them to a laptop. Then we had a go at dragging and dropping objects on the iPads and experimenting on the Paintz website.
French
This week in French, we recapped some greetings: bonjour, salut, au revoir, mademoiselle, madame and monseiur. Then we learnt bonsoir and à bientôt.
Forest School
What beautiful Autumn weather for our session. We harvested the seeds from the sunflower heads. We were amazed that one sunflower produces hundreds of seeds which we can plant next year.
Mr Corbett lit a fire for the Kelly Kettle, and we knew the water was boiling when we heard the whistle. We followed all the instructions to keep safe around the fire.
We had a lovely hot chocolate with marshmallows.
We also had time for our own learning - balancing, building, climbing, jumping, bug hunting and running were just some of the things we got up to.
Super teamwork, communication and resilience was shown.
Year 4 Blog - Friday 4th October 2024
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 1:19pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Discuss what you have read with an adult. Can you spot any co-ordinating conjunctions in sentences?
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
crystal gym hymn mystery myth
pyramid symbol syrup typical Egypt
bicycle cymbals cylinder gymnast gymnastics
oxygen crypt lyrics
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 3’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 36 and back again
0 3 6 etc 36 33 30 etc
Now try counting in 10’s from 268 to 428 and back again
268 278 288 etc 428 418 408 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.
TTRockstars challenge
- A ‘Battle of the Bands’ competition against Year 5 – please log on and have a go!
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge based on the words above
- A maths challenge based on the 3 times table which we have been revisiting this week
In English, we learnt the acronym FANBOYS to help us remember the 7 co-ordinating conjunctions. The conjunctions are For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. We then practised using these conjunctions in sentences. We hope to try and use more compound sentences in our independent writing.
In Maths, we used partitioning and number lines to help us add and subtract numbers when we needed to bridge 10 and 100. This was quite tricky, but with a bit more practise we hope it will become a little easier. In addition, we learnt how to measure and draw lengths as properties of 2D shapes, as well as how to measure in centimetres and millimetres.
In RE, we consolidated our learning of the words - virtue, faith, hope and love. We then read St John Henry Newman’s ‘Mission of my Life’, underlined our favourite line, and explained why we chose it. We also explained how we could relate it to our everyday lives.
In P.S.H.E, we discussed good and not so good feelings and how they can affect our physical state. We ordered sets of feelings based on their intensity.
In Art, we began to retell the story of ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’ through sketching.
This week, we also attended the Harvest Celebration in church on Friday afternoon. Thank you for your harvest gifts – these will be donated to a local food bank.
Have a relaxing weekend
The Year 4 team
Year 6 Blog - 4th October 2024
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 11:43am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!
Thank you for all the Harvest donations – our box was overflowing in class! Year 6 have worked hard to be a part of the Harvest service at church today. All of the children sang and read beautifully – well done Year 6!
This week in Year 6
English
In English, we have started our new topic all about the novel ‘Wonder’ by R J Palacio. We have worked hard to use our inference and retrieval skills while reading the story together. In class, we have also explored formal and informal letters by writing in role. We researched what Treacher Collins syndrome is, a condition that the main character, August, was born with in the story.
Maths
This week, we have learned lots of strategies for multiplication. We have learned how to partition to multiply whole numbers and decimals and we have also used the grid method to multiply four digit numbers by one digit, and numbers with two decimal places by one digit.
RE
In RE, we have explored the signs and symbols linked to Baptism. We have also shared John1:1-5 16-18 and thought about what the words from the scripture meant. We were inspired by the scripture to reflect on the question: "How can I live as a light for others, sharing the grace of God that I received in Baptism?"
Topic
For Geography this week, we researched all about the four highest peaks in the UK. We learned that the four highest peaks in the UK are: Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike, Snowdon and Slieve Donard. We worked hard to create leaflets to explain all about where the mountains are located and how tall they are!
In Music, we continued to explore the music of John Williams, listening and appraising the score from Jaws. We also played the glockenspiels and learned the theme from Jurassic Park.
In Science, we completed an investigation to determine if micro-organisms are alive. We were able to determine that yeast, and micro-organisms, are alive because we could observe them respiring. You can see our investigation on the class galleries!
Home practice
Please complete the following tasks by next Wednesday:
Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen.
Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling -
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competition |
conscience |
conscious |
convenience |
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correspond |
criticise |
curiosity |
definite |
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desperate |
determined |
develop |
dictionary |
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disastrous |
embarrass |
environment |
equip |
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especially |
exaggerate |
excellent |
equipped |
Please practise the following spellings this week, which are from the Y5 and Y6 spelling list.
All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday.
Maths Challenges:
Sumdog
Counting: Practise counting in your multiples!
Choose a times table. How far can you count in multiples of that number? Can you count backwards as well as forwards?
Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!
Multiples: This week's learning is to practise questions multiples and factors, which will help Year 6 with their multiplication work in class. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Maths Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills that Sumdog has given them.
Have an amazing weekend Year 6!
Year 2 Friday Blog- 4th October 2024
Date: 1st Oct 2024 @ 5:36pm
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (11.10.24):
he, she, no, so, my,some,our, pull, put, push
Sumdog: Complete the 'Adding multiples of 10 ' challenge.
Counting: At home, play the 'follow me' game that you learnt in class. Count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards.
English
This week we wrote sentences about Plop. We pretended to be Plop. We are trying so hard to form our letters with lead-ins.
We wrote a book review.
Phonics
We have been revising eigh as in eight, ey as in grey, a as in apricot and ea as in steak.
SPaG
We have been learning about conjunctions (joining words) and writing sentences including... and, but, because, so. The children are trying to use them as often as possible in their own writing.
Maths
The children have been adding/subtracting a multiple of 10 to/from a 2 digit number, 26+20 or 41-30. We have also worked on number bonds to 10 and 100.
RE
This week, we have read Psalm 139 together. The children learnt that a Psalm is a bit like a song or a prayer. They responded to the Psalm with their own art work in the style of Eva Crawford.
French
Year 2 have been drawing leaves - Fir, Birch, Hazel, Willow, Sycamore and Oak. First they used pencil, then oil pastels. Next week, we will paint over their oil pastel leaves using water colours to see the effect.
Geography
The children know the seven continents and five oceans so well now. During our lesson, we looked at the continent of Asia in more detail.
Forest School
Mrs Wood gave every class a bag of daffodils and we planted ours today.
We had a great time in the log circle area- building dens,making obstacle courses, cooking with apples, climbing, balancing, jumping and finding creatures.
We have been using leaves as our inspiration in our art work and we found some of the leaves outside.
Science
We learnt about food chains and drew our own.
Thank you for all your generous Harvest gifts.
Year 5 Friday blog 27th September 2024
Date: 27th Sep 2024 @ 4:09pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
dragged dragging stopped playing stopping speedily sadly played completely usually
finally frantically comically supporting supported creatively happily working worked
accidentally
Counting
Count out loud in:
Odd numbers to 31 and back again 1, 3, 5, …
30s from 0 to 330 and back again 0, 30, 60,90, …
12s from 0 to 144 and back again 0,12,24,36, …
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 William who was our times table rockstar last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – individual
Spelling Challenge
We have had a wonderful week in Year 5.
In English we have done lots of challenging and enjoyable writing. We wrote a persuasive letter from the queen of Narnia to the children. Everyone worked very hard on this. We also spent time learning about and using adverbs and adverbial phrases.
In Maths we have been continuing with rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1,000 and 10,000. We have also been practising ‘what is 100/1.000/10,000/100,000 less than’, using 6 digit numbers.
Our topic in RE this week was all about making the right choices in life so that we stay close to God, our families and friends.
In music we have been listening to jazz music and trying to identify instruments. The children enjoyed learning about Louis Armstrong and his trumpet.
In French the children celebrated European day of Languages and found out about the benefits of learning other languages from Europe.
We conducted another experiment in science this week relating to friction. We measured the newton force required to move shoes along different surfaces. The children worked really well as young scientist explorers.
Finally, in art the children once again showed their creative side by creating drawings on maps. Well done Year 5.
Year 1 Blog Friday 27th September 2024
Date: 27th Sep 2024 @ 3:50pm
Home Practice
Sumdog challenge
Maths – Place Value - counting larger groups
Counting - Count in 2s from 0 to 20.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
Our story this week is Dogger by Shirley Hughes. The children have written a character description of ‘Dogger’ using adjectives.
Phonics
Sounds this week are: y, x, z, zz, oy, ir, ue, aw
Maths
This week in Maths, we have continued our understanding about place value. The children have practically made numbers using base ten, tens frames and cubes.
R.E.
The children have explored what ‘prayer’ means to Christians.
Children have highlighted words they like from the creed and created beautiful art work to go with the prayer.
Science
This week in science, the children learnt about senses.
The children explored what senses are and which body parts we use for each one.
French
Forest School
We used the leaf cutters to make leaf confetti and used wool to wrap sticks. These activities develop our fine motor skills. We also used the digging tools safely and lots of apples were found which became some interesting dishes in the mud kitchen. Great teamwork was shown by all. We passed the hedgehog around at the end and made a comment about the session, if we wanted to.
Year 3 Friday Blog 27th September 2024
Date: 27th Sep 2024 @ 3:39pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
We have had a lovely week in Year 3. We've been very impressed with everyone's super listening!
Home Practice
Keep changing your books regularly and read for at least 15-20 minutes every night!
Well done to everyone who completed their Sumdog challenges and even had some time to practise on the Sumdog Training. Three new challenges have been added today. Remember, little and often every night will benefit your children with their learning in school.
Try and do a little counting at home as well. This will promote number fluency and understanding. There are lots of counting games here at ictgames.com that we use in school. You will also find lots of counting songs on YouTube.
We have given out your home spellings to practice for next week's test. In our spelling lessons this week we have been revisiting our spelling strategies. We have been breaking our words into syllables to help us spell more accurately and using what we already know to spell new words.
Your spellings this week all cover the long ow/oa/o_e sounds. Good luck!
This week in Year 3
We have been looking at descriptive writing this week. We visited the Twit's home and garden and wrote some fantastic descriptions. Everyone has been trying to improve their handwriting and presentation, remembering to write on the lines and form our letters correctly. It makes a huge difference when our writing looks beautiful! Amazing effort everyone!
In Maths we have been learning how to measure in mm and cm. We also learned about the perimeter of shapes and how to measure this. Super maths Year 3!
In Art we looked at chiaroscuro, which is an Italian art form exploring light and dark. We used our sketching pencils to create depth and form in our pieces.
In PE we practised our throwing and catching as well as feinting passes as part of our invasion games topic. We learned lob, chest and bounce passes and discussed when was best to use each.
In Forest School this week some of us had a go at stick wrapping with wool. This activity is very good for mindfulness and for developing our fine motor skills. We also tried to light a fire with the flint and steel again- some of us lit it first time which shows brilliant skill development. Eveyone's participation in the session was superb and we had a lovely review time at the end.
Next week we are celebrating harvest and are collecting food items to donate to the local food bank. Thank you for all the donations so far!
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 4 Blog Friday 27th September 2024
Date: 27th Sep 2024 @ 3:36pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Discuss what you have read with an adult. Look up any words you are unsure of in a dictionary.
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
kindly slowly loudly comically crossly
quietly angrily happily sleepily hesitantly
gently simply humbly nobly sarcastically
basically quickly dramatically frantically worryingly
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 5’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 60 and back again
0 5 10 etc 60 55 50 etc
Now try counting in 50’s from 50 to 600 and back again
50 100 150 etc 600 550 500
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.
TTRockstars challenge
- A ‘studio’ session – please log on and have a go!
Why not challenge someone else in Year 4 to a ‘Rock Slam’. This is a competition and you can set a score for them to beat. You don’t need to be online at the same time.
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge based on the words above
- A maths challenge based on adding and subtraction 1, 10, 100 and 1000
In English, we analysed the features of an informal letter. We then planned and wrote our own letter from Michael to his best friend Eddie which outlined the countries he had visited and the adventures he had had during his sailing trip around the world.
In Maths, we consolidated our learning about rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100. In addition, we practised adding and subtracting 1, 10, 100 and 1000 to different numbers. We then used what we had learnt to add multiples of 10 to 3 digit numbers eg 342 + 250. See the pictures in our gallery which demonstrate how we answered these using place value counters.
In RE, we talked about how Abraham is a model of prayer and how we can use prayer in our everyday lives. We also discussed and wrote definitions of the words - virtue, faith, hope and love.
In P.S.H.E, we described appropriate ways to say no to a friend and discussed how we can be assertive. We then acted a scenario out with our partner.
In Science, we worked in our groups to create a poster about an animal's features and any extra information about their habitat, nutritional group, or animal type. Have a look at our gallery.
In Geography, we learnt about the ‘water cycle’. We learnt some new words which describe what happens to water during this cycle eg. evaporation, condensation, precipitation and ground water.
This week, we also planted some bulbs in the nature area. We are looking forward to seeing them blossom in spring. You can see some pictures of us planting them in our gallery.
Have a super weekend
The Year 4 team
Reception Blog - Friday 27th September 2024
Date: 27th Sep 2024 @ 8:34am
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we have learnt the sounds s, a and t. We have talked about what sounds we can hear at the beginning of different words, like; spaghetti, ant and table.
RE
We have learnt all about the Bible this week.
This week we have made some special bookmarks for our blessing in Church.
Expressive Art and Design
We have been making our own Autumn leaves by cutting and tearing paper.
We have made our own rainbows to decorate our classroom.
We had Music with Mrs Campbell. We have categorised groups of instruments.
Understanding the World
This week we have continued to talk about Autumn, especially as we have had so many lovely treasures coming in from your Autumn walks.
We carried out a colour experiment using skittles and water. First, we predicted what we thought might happen, then we waited and watched as the colours slowly merged into the water. We used some amazing vocabulary to describe what we could see (fizz and dissolve). See the photos here
In French, with Miss Whiting we celebrated European Day of Languages. In the lesson we shared what other languages we might know or want to learn. We then identified ways which we can celebrate other languages and cultures, including learning new words, tasting their food, practising languages we know. To finish the lesson, we learned ways to say hello and goodbye in other European languages.
Physical Development
This week we have continued with our dough disco and pen disco to help strengthen our hand muscles.
In PE this week we have practised throwing and catching.
Forest School
We had a brilliant session in the muddy nature area. We used the cutters to make leaf confetti and some of us tried stick wrapping with wool. Both of these activities are really good for developing our fine motor skills. We had a lovely review session at the end when we were invited to say one thing we had noticed, learnt, discovered or someone we had played with.
We have also put the information from our Parent Curriculum Night. Thank you to everyone who has attended. To see the slides please click here.
Year 6 Blog - 27th September 2024
Date: 26th Sep 2024 @ 1:31pm
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!
Thank you for all the Harvest donations that have been brought in this week! We are still collecting donations for the food bank next week.
This week in Year 6
English
In English, we have completed our work on the Nowhere Emporium this week. The children all worked hard earlier in the week to describe a wonder for their stories. All of the children have used their knowledge and skills from the topic to create their own independent stories about a new wonder.
Maths
This week, we have learned about lots of strategies that we can use to solve addition and subtraction questions. We have worked hard on a range of number line strategies, such as compensation and bridging. Year 6 have also used a formal method to add and subtract whole numbers and decimals.
RE
In RE, we have shared Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ and thought carefully about what message he taught us in this letter. We have recognised that we are stewards of creation and that we need to look after our beautiful word. Year 6 worked hard to create some amazing posters to show how we should look after creation, making links to Laudato Si’ and the second story of creation.
Topic
For Geography this week, we explored what the climate of a mountain is like. We discovered that mountains often have their own climate and learned about how the weather on a mountain can be very unpredictable!
In French we celebrated the European day of languages and learned all about why it is important to speak different languages. Did you know only 25% of the world population speaks English?
In Computing, we learned how computers communicate with each other. We had to research the different IP addresses of websites and learned how a DNS server acts like an address book for computers.
Home practice
Please complete the following tasks by next Wednesday:
Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen.
Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling -
Please practise the following spellings this week, which are from the Y5 and Y6 spelling list:
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accommodate |
accompany |
according |
achieve |
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aggressive |
amateur |
ancient |
apparent |
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appreciate |
attached |
available |
average |
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awkward |
bargain |
bruise |
category |
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cemetery |
committee |
communicate |
community
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All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday.
Maths Challenges:
Sumdog
Counting: Which is quicker, counting up to 30 in ones or counting up to 300 in tens? Why?
Which is quicker, counting up to 40 in ones or counting up to 4,000 in hundreds?
Which is quicker, counting up to 10 in ones or counting up to 1,000,000 in hundred-thousands?
Which is quicker, counting up to 20 in ones or counting up to 140 in sevens?
Which is quicker, counting up to 25 in French or in English?
Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!
Maths Practise: This week's learning is to continue to practise questions on addition and subtraction. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Maths Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills that Sumdog has given them.
Have a wonderful weekend Year 6! 
Year 2 Blog- Friday 27th September 2024
Date: 25th Sep 2024 @ 5:41pm
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (04.10.24):
of, says, your, me, we,
there, love, one, ask, pull.
Sumdog: Complete the 'Addition/Subtraction within 20' challenge.
Counting: At home, count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards.
English
We have started learning through the story of The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark. The owl is called Plop. We wrote sentences to describe him, using adjectives and connectives.
In pairs, we discussed why he might be afraid of the dark and wrote some possible reasons for this.
Phonics
We have been learning ui as in fruit, u-e as in rude and u-e as in cute.
SPaG
We have been learning about proper nouns, common nouns and adjectives. We have also been learning about how many syllables are in a word.
Maths
The children learned how to add a 1 digit number to a 2 digit number, 26+4. we have also been learning about subtraction.
We have been counting in 10's.
French
PE
The children have really improved their under arm throwing and catching. They have played various mini games and learnt about the importance of dodging to get away from a defender.
RE
The children have completed their Noah's Ark puppets which they will use to act out the story. We also read the story of God's Rainbow which explains God's promise, love and faithfulness.
Forest School
This week we used the leaf cutters to make leaf confetti. Some of us practised tying knots and stick wrapping. We found a lot of apples and spent time collecting them, which required our problem solving skills, washing them and cooking with them.
Thank you for sending in donations for Harvest.
Year 5 Friday blog 20th September 2024
Date: 20th Sep 2024 @ 4:26pm
Happy weekend 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.
accommodate achieve ancient attached awkward accompany aggressive apparent
available bargain according amateur appreciate average bruise category cemetery committee
Counting
Count out loud in:
50s backwards from 500 500,450,400 …
20s from 0 to 450 and back again 0, 20,40, …
2s from 50 to 99 and back again 50,52,54,56 …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. Every pupil has been given their tables target
to practise at home.
Sumdog
Maths - number ordering
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Rockstars
Tables challenge
We have had another great week in Year 5.
In English we have all been creating great questions to ask the class about The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, as well as practising writing direct speech and using modal verbs.
In Maths we have been learning about place values, including numbers with decimals. We have also been re-capping where large numbers sit on a number line. Year 5 have once again put 100% effort into this.
We continued to follow the life of Moses in RE this week by learning about the time that he heard the ten commandments from God. As a class, we have been discussing their meanings and how they apply to us today.
In Art the children have created their own fonts in typography using inspiration from mechanical items and nature.
We were able to play full games of netball in PE this week and the children were able to demonstrate both their passing skills as well as practise their shooting. The sun shone and everyone tried so hard which was great to see.
After last week’s delve into gravity in science, this time we discussed other forces at work on our planet. We went on to experiment with magnets and discover how useful magnetic force is in our world. Well done Year 5.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 20th September 2024
Date: 20th Sep 2024 @ 1:07pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice this week
Counting - Count in 10s from 0 to 100.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
Sumdog challenges
Maths – Place Value - counting objects
Our learning this week
English
Our story this week is another book from the series of The Large Family. We read the story ‘Mr Large In Charge'. The children have written sentences about the jobs the whole family do to help Mr Large.
Phonics
Sounds this week are: j, v, w, ay, ea, ou, ie
Maths
This week in Maths, the children have explored numbers up to 20.
The children have been learning about how many tens and ones in a number.
R.E.
The children have written a creation poem.
The children talked about all the wonderful things God created.
Science
We learnt about our body parts. We drew around each other and labelled each part together.
PE
In PE this week, the children have been learning kicking fundamental skills.
We learnt how to control the ball close to our body and kick at a target.
Forest School
We had a discussion about the seasons and how we are moving into Autumn. We hunted for leaves in our log circle area. We found leaves of many shapes, sizes and colours. We stuck them onto paper and made a crown. We then played some games which showed fabulous imagination and creativity, 'I am the king of nature', I am Lady Leaf, were just some of the things we said! At the end of the session we played a game called Swap the Log.
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 1 team
Reception Blog - Friday 20th September 2024
Date: 20th Sep 2024 @ 12:47pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Communication and Language
This week we have been taking part in listening games.
We had French with Miss Whiting. We practised saying Hello again and we learnt Goodbye!
Personal, Emotional and Social Development
This week we have revisited the colour monster. We sorted the colours whilst talking about the feelings of each colour and discussing times we may have felt this way.
Expressive Art and Design
We have continued to explore primary colours, but this week we have been mixing them to see what colours they make. See the gallery here.
We had Music with Mrs Campbell. We listened to music from other countries.
Understanding the World
This week we have been learning about the season of Autumn and what happens in our world when this season arrives. The children have loved exploring our outdoors to create our Autumn tray. We also made leaf rubbings with the items we found!
Drawing Club
This week we have been listening to the story of the Three Little Pigs.
We drew pictures of who we live with in our houses.
Physical Development
This week we have introduced our dough disco and pen disco to help strengthen our hand muscles.
Forest School
We played a game in our nature area. Someone hid a toy whilst everyone else closed their eyes. We then had to find the toy. The person who had hidden it shouted ‘hot’ if we were near to the toy and ‘cold’ if we were far away from it. We had a discussion about the seasons and how we are moving into Autumn. We went on a leaf hunt and threaded our leaves on a skewer. We were really good at noticing different colours, shapes and sizes.
Year 3 Friday Blog 20th September 2024
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 5:33pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
We have had a brilliant week in Year 3 with lots of learning in the sun!
Home Practice
Continue with your daily reading. The children are really enjoying picking their own books and changing them lots. 10 minutes every night will make all the difference.
On Sumdog this week we have set a times table challenge on the 3 times tables. A little practice with these every day will help your children become fluent in their number facts.
Continue to practise your counting. This week, try counting forwards and backwards in 5s from any 2 digit number. Can you spot a pattern?
We have also set an addition and subtraction challenge. This is to practise the learning we have done in school over the past few weeks.
Your home spellings this week are the days of the week and months of the year. We will test the children on these on Friday.
This week in Year 3
In English this week we have been really working on our think pinks. These are the individual writing skills your children are working on to improve their writing. We have loved reading The Twits. We have written in character this week and acted out some scenes from the story.
In maths we have learning new strategies to add and subtract within 100. We learned how to use partitioning and a number line to solve our problems. Super maths Year 3!
In Forest school we explored our nature area and noticed the changes that have happened since July. We played some fantastic games which showed super creativity and imagination. Mrs Marshall is our Forest School helper, and it was her first session with us this week. Some of us had a go at lighting a fire with the flint and steel. It's harder than it looks but quite a few children managed it and were pleased with their achievements- great determination was shown.
In Geography this week we learned how to use atlases to find settlements in the UK. Everyone showed great place knowledge and talked about some of the places they have visited. Check out our gallery.
In music this week we were sorting our musical instruments. We also listened to the carnival of the animals and tried to spot the animals from their instruments.
In Science we were looking at the human body. We learned the names of a lot of bones and we learned what the bones are for, support, protection and movement.
In swimming we used our noodles to help us to swim all around the pool by ourselves. Simon was very impresssed!
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 team
Year 4 Blog Friday 20th September 2024
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 5:02pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Discuss what you have read with an adult. See if you can spot any nouns – do they have capital letters or not?
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
minute natural naughty notice occasion(ally)
opposite ordinary particular peculiar perhaps
material possible medicine potatoes popular
often pressure position probably possess(ion)
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 2’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 24 and back again
0 2 4 etc 24 22 20 etc
Now try counting from 25 to 41 and back again
25 27 29 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.
TTRockstars challenge
- A ‘garage’ session – please log on and have a go!
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge based on the words above
- A maths challenge based on ordering and comparing whole numbers
In English, we wrote reasons for and against sailing around the world. In addition, we collected words to describe Michael’s character. Information about Michael's character could have been written down in the novel, or inferred – that is, we could work it out from the evidence.
In Maths, we learnt more about place value. We learnt how to compare and order both whole and decimal numbers, and how to round numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.
In RE, we acted out the story of Abraham and Sarah. Following this, we retold the story in our own words ensuring we included some important vocabulary, eg covenant and trust.
In PE, we practised our chest pass, bounce pass, overhead pass and shooting skills and then applied these skills to a game of netball.
In Science, we grouped animals in a variety of different ways, for example as vertebrates or invertebrates / as fish, amphibians, retiles, birds or mammals.
In Art, we created our own scenes and then sketched them. We also gave them a title. Please have a look in our gallery.
Have a relaxing weekend
The Year 4 Team
Year 2 Blog Friday 20th September 2024
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 3:29pm
Year 2 have had another fantastic week, filled with lots of interesting and enjoyable learning.
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (27.09.24):
house, school,once, come,they,
by,here,friend, go, be
Sumdog: Complete the 'one more/less than' challenge.
English
We have continued our learning through the story of Burglar Bill. He wrote us all a letter. As they were all different, they told us lots of information. We used this information to write a character description of him. We also planned an alternative ending to the story and wrote it. We have been using connecting words and adjectives to make our writing even better.
In handwriting we have been learning how to form our letters with lead-ins.
Phonics
We have been revising oo as in zoo and ew as in brew and y as in happy.
Maths
The children have been learning how to work out one more/less than and ten more/less than a given number. We have also been comparing two numbers and deciding which is the greatest or which is the least.
R.E
We re-read the story of Noah's Ark, focusing on the rainbow being a sign of God's promise (covenant) never to send another flood again. The children made their own rainbows and Noah's Ark puppets.
History
Year 2 are thoroughly enjoying learning about The Great Fire of London. We compared London today with London back in 1666 and learnt where the fire started and how it spread so quickly.
Geography
The children have already learnt most of the continents and oceans of the world and really enjoyed looking at their location on the map.
Forest School
We went on a scavenger hunt to find natural objects. We then displayed them on a log-we showed lots of creativity. We then had time for our own learning-we invented games, found plenty of apples, did some wood carving with stones, tried to make a whistle, spotted patterns in the tree stumps, found creatures, problem-solved and practised balancing.
PLEASE ASK YOUR CHILD TO PUT THEIR READING BOOKS IN THE RED BOX ON MRS DEIGHTON'S TABLE WHEN THEY HAVE ALL BEEN READ. THANK YOU.
Year 6 Blog - 20th September 2024
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 11:03am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!
We have had individual and sibling pictures taken today, with everyone looking very smart in their autumn uniforms. They should take a couple of weeks to come back to us, if you would like to order any. Letters for bikeability and a taster day at All Hallows have also been handed out this afternoon.
This week in Year 6
English
In English, we have continued with our work on 'The Nowhere Emporium' by Ross Mackenzie. We read the story 'The Wonder' in class to inspire us to think of our own wonders that we could incorporate into our Nowhere Emporium stories. We were able to gather and use some amazing higher level vocabulary to apply to our fantasy story writing!
Maths
This week we have completed our Place Value topic and begun to learn about the four operations, starting with addition and subtraction. We have been learning about the mental and written strategies that we can use to help us add and subtract numbers, such as partitioning using a number line.
RE
We have continued with our 'Creation and Covenant' topic in RE this week and have been learning about the meaning of the second story of creation. We shared the next part of the story together, where Adam and Eve are tempted to eat from the tree of knowledge, and used watercolours to paint our favourite part of the story!
Topic
For Science this week, we have learned how to classify leaves. Together, we gathered leaves from our forest school area and investigated how to classify them like Scientists. We enjoyed gathering our samples and sketching them in our Science books! You can see us working hard on our galleries.
This week in PSHE, we discussed what makes a positive and healthy friendship. We imagined that we had to give advice and provide a solution to some friendship problems in our lesson.
In Geography, we researched how mountains are formed. Did you know that there are five different ways that a mountain can be formed? We presented our research as some amazing posters!
Home practice
Please complete the following tasks by next Wednesday:
Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen.
Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling -
Please practise the following spellings this week, which are homophones and other words that are often confused:
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device |
devise |
license |
father |
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prophesy |
licence |
farther |
prophecy |
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morning |
mourning |
principal |
principle |
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precede |
proceed |
profit |
prophet |
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wary |
weary |
aisle |
isle |
All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday.
Maths Challenges:
Sumdog
Counting: This week we have had to count powers of ten for our place value work. Try to count in powers of 10 (1000, 10,000, 100,000 etc). You could do this out loud or write it on a piece of paper.
You could draw a numberline, like we have done in class this week. Can you count up and down in powers of ten? How far can you go? Challenge yourself by choosing different starting numbers and practising your exchanging.
Times Tables: This week I would like the children to practise their 7, 8, 9 and 12 times tables. There are 100 questions to answer on Sumdog!
Place Value: This week's learning is to practise questions on addition and subtraction. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Maths Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills that Sumdog has given them.
Have a wonderful weekend Year 6! 
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 9:26am
With your children now back in 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 guides on new devices and WhatsApp.
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
Year 5 Friday blog 13th September 2024
Date: 13th Sep 2024 @ 4:26pm
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.
said with because went like water people children asked school thought
friends house through each different something
Counting
Count out loud in:
10s back from 249 249, 239, 229 …
25s from 0 to 450 and back again 0, 25,50, …
3s from 0 to 99 and back again 0, 3, 6, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. Every pupil has been given their tables target
to practise at home.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – individual
Spelling Challenge
We have had a wonderful week in Year 5.
In English, we enjoyed reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe together. There were some super written summaries of the opening chapters by Year 5. It’s been an impressive start!
In Maths, we learnt about place value, including tenths, hundredths and thousandths . Everyone has been trying so hard with this.
We started our topic of Creation and Covenant in RE this week by learning about Moses and the burning bush. We talked about God calling to Moses and the task that he asked him to do.
In Art, the children enjoyed learning about typography and they created some of their own unique designs. Their natural creativity really shone through.
PE has been enjoyed by all with the whole class demonstrating great ball skills in netball. Despite the erratic weather, everyone
persevered which was great to see.
In Science, we started a new topic; forces. The children performed experiments with different objects to see if they dropped to the floor at the same rate. It was wonderful to see everyone so engaged in this task.
Year 3 Friday Blog 13th September 2024
Date: 13th Sep 2024 @ 3:41pm
Welcome to your Year 3 Blog
We have had a great first week in Year 3! We have been very impressed! Everyone has settled into the juniors and remembered all our new routines.
Home Practice
Everyone has been given a reading book this week. Read a little every night, 10-15minutes. The regular routines for home practice will set your children up well for all future learning they meet. Little and often is the key!
We have set three Sumdog challenges, two maths and one spelling. Have a go at these. Try and do a little every night.
Do a little counting practise at home too. A little counting everyday has a big impact on your child's knowledge and understanding of the number system. This can be done with counting games such as counting tennis where you take turns, 1,2,3, where you say 1,2 or 3 numbers in a sequence and the winner reaches a target or just by singing some of our counting songs. Here is one we sang this week to practise your 3's.
Your spellings have also been sent home with some suggestions for practice and an activity to have a go with. This doesn't need to be handed in.
Your spellings this week are
house, glass, letter, skipped, puppet, door, duck, monkey, who, write, toy, tube, nurse, hair, eight, cakes, night, fruit, should, picture
This week in Year 3
In English this week we have started reading our class novel, The Twits by Roald Dahl. We read all about men with hairy faces, met Mr and Mrs Twit and read all about how they play pranks on each other. Everyone wrote some great pieces, describing the Twits and retelling their horrid tricks.
In Maths, we have been learning about the place value of three digit numbers. Everyone showed good understanding and asked great questions in our lessons.
We also continued our Art learning this week. We explored shape and space using charcoal and responded to different musical pieces to create our work. Have a look in our gallery to see some of our creations.
In our new Science topic we are exploring skeletons in animals and humans. We looked at a human skeleton and learned the scientific names for some of the bones in our body. We also learned that the human body has 206 bones and a newborn baby has more than 300! Here is some of the vocabulary we will meet in the coming weeks.
In PE we started our invasion games topic with some throwing and catching practice and some 4v4 netball games. Mrs Cookson was very impressed with out teamwork. Well done Year 3!
In Forest School this week we explored around the log circle. We discussed why some of the trees had been cut down. We found many creatures including slugs, frogs and spiders. Some of us invented our own games which showed great imagination. Obstacle courses were constructed and the best performers (decided by the course builders!) were presented with a trophy made from natural materials.
Thank you to all who attended the Meet the Teacher meeting on Tuesday. You will find the slides from the presentation attached below.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 Team
Reception Blog - Friday 13th September 2024
Date: 13th Sep 2024 @ 1:55pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Communication and Language
This week we have been taking part in circle times. During these we have been introducing ourselves to each other and learning each other's names.
We have also used this time to practise our Golden Rule about listening.
We also had our first French lesson with Miss Whiting. We all learnt how to say hello. We have said Bonjour a lot since!
Expressive Art and Design
We have been exploring the primary colours this week. We have been using different materials which were red, yellow and blue, and we made our own colour patch.
We had our first Music lesson with Mrs Campbell. We listened to different instruments.
Physical Development
We all went to the hall to get changed for PE!
We found our spot on the mat and focussed on keeping our clothes in our bags. Then we took part in some jumping games.
We have also been using beads to make necklaces to help our fine motor skills.
Forest School
We had a great first Forest School session. We got changed into our wellies independently and showed great listening which is always so important in school.
Mrs Cliffe will always be in the Forest School sessions with Mrs Corbett.
We explored our log circle area and showed great care for all the creatures we found.
We also played on the logs, balanced on them and jumped off them.
To finish we played a game of 'Swap the Log, swap logs if you have ...a pet dog, hearts on your wellies, walked to school today!
Year 1 Blog - 13th September 2024
Date: 13th Sep 2024 @ 1:04pm
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges will start next week once we have taught your child how to access Sumdog.
Counting - Count in ones forwards and backwards, from different starting numbers.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
All teachers, including Mrs Anderson, will be reading with the children so please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
Our story this week is all about a family of elephants called The Large Family. We read the story 'Five Minutes Peace' and wrote some super sentences identifying the different characters.
Phonics
We have been assessing the children's phonic knowledge ready for our phonics groups next week.
Maths
This week our learning has been about place value. The children have explored adding ones to groups of ten to make teen numbers.
R.E.
We have been learning about The Creation Story. We read the Bible and explored God creating our beautiful Earth.
Art
Our learning in Art this week has been investigating and drawing spirals, both in the classroom and outside on the playground.
Forest School
This week we explored our nature area and spotted all the changes since we were last in there. We picked some apples off the trees and baked them with cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar and butter. We watched Mr Corbett start the fire and we remembered how to be safe around it. We also had time for our own play and we showed great imagination, teamwork and resilience.
Meet the teacher
Thank you to everyone who came to our meet the teacher.
Please find our meet the teacher slides attached below.
Year 4 Blog Friday 13th September 2024
Date: 13th Sep 2024 @ 8:41am
Welcome to your first blog of this school year
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Discuss what you have read with an adult.
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Saturday Sunday January February March
April May June July August
September October November December month
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 10’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 120 and back again
0 10 20 etc 120 110 100 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.
TTRockstars challenge
- A ‘garage’ session
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge based on the words above
- A maths challenge based on recognising place value in 4 digit numbers
In English, we used the front cover of the class novel – Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo – to make predictions about the story. We also met the main characters and read the blurb on the back cover to see if our predictions were correct.
In Maths, we learnt the meaning of ‘place value’. We used part whole diagrams and partitioning and recombining numbers to help with our understanding of what each digit in a number represents
In RE, we started our new topic ‘Creation and Covenant’. We listened to the story of Abraham when God asked him to leave Haran and travel to Canaan, We considered the sort of person Abraham must have been, and how his faith, hope and love gave him the strength to do as the Lord had asked.
In Science, we recapped the definition of a living thing. We then discussed different habitats and the type of animal which would be found there.
In PSHE, we learnt the meaning of collaboration and how to work together as a team. Have a look at our pictures in the gallery.
In Art, we learnt about the work of Laura Carlin and Shaun Tan. We then practised our shading skills which we will be using over the coming weeks.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 4 team