What a sad way to start our new term! This week our liturgies have been centred around the passing of our church leader, Pope Francis. What a remarkable leader he was and we keep him and his teachings at the forefront of our minds and actions. We have opened a book of condolence for both staff children and parents to contribute. We have also spent some time this week reflecting on our centenary statue of Our Lady of Lourdes. Thinking and reflecting on the prayers we wants to send to Jesus her son. The children spent some time Thursday afternoon responding to this, creating mosaics of Mary…
Wow what a start to the summer term! We have all come back so well rested and ready to take on the challenges of the term! We have shown so much focus, bravery, reflection and most of all resilience this week! We could not ask the children to work any harder.
What have we been learning this week?
Learning has been full on and fast paced this week. I am so impressed by the attitude of the children and their desire to make progress.
English - This week we have received feedback on our Friar Laurence discussion writing from before half term, before focusing on our next writing task on a topic that the children feel extremely strongly towards (as you can imagine)…should the school day be lengthened? The children have learnt to be extremely balanced in their arguments, ensuring that they include modal verbs, debate language and conditional sentences!
Maths - We have enjoyed maths this week, it has been challenging but we have been up for it! We have thrown oursleves in to looking at how percentages and fractions can help us to interpret pie charts and have look at the language of ratio and proportion- apooraching some very tricky word problems!
With a bank holiday coming up, and only a few weeks to go until May, every day is crucial. Please ensure that your children are in school on time to maximise every learning opportunity.
Delving deeper through talk …
What have we learnt about the pope and what legacy has he left behind?
With only two weeks to go until SAT’s, what do you want/ need to work on in this time to feel ready?
Curious and Active stars
This half term we will be on the lookout for all the children that are curious in their , finding God in all things. Those who are active, who use their learning for the common good. Those who learn through actively engaging through probing, seeking, asking, challenging and questioning until the truth is plain. These children are the role models of the school, who drive their own learning and who have the wisdom to know when and how to apply one’s learning. This week we thank Gabriella for being both curious and wise.
Leading Learners
Well done to Ola.
Ola, wow have you been reflective this week. You have took on feedback and this has driven you to produce your best work and all with a smile on your face! You are so resilient and focused on your learning. You are trying your hardest and even when you have come across challenges this week, you haven’t given up. Keep up with your positive approach!
Helpers in the morning
This week we have the following children helping to take the younger children to their class:
Erin Arthur Millie Ben B
PGL Residential
Not long to go until the residential now- very exciting! Today the children have received the kit list, to show what they need to bring. Please note that children will all need a pillow, with a pillow cover, and a duvet (with cover) or sleeping bag as the bedding is not provided. You may notice that they have given the option of sending pocket money- I feel £10-£20 is a bit excessive. Therefore, I felt it best to attach the gift shop price list, so that you can see what you may want to purchase beforehand and send the exact money accordingly. Please note, this is NOT a necessity, the children will be far too busy to be concerned with shopping!
Notices
Please make sure homework is completed and returned on the correct day.
Just in case you want to do a little extra work on spellings- here is the predictions for the SAT’s spelling which I have based the homework round for the next couple of weeks …
For Year 6 art lesson in a couple of weeks, children will need to bring in a shoe box or a cardbaord box with a lid on to make their memory boxes. Can we start bringing them in please- thank you.
Have a lovely weekend.
I will see you on Monday.
Mrs Harrison, Mrs Webster and Mrs Barker