This week we explored temptation. We recognised that we feel temptation all the time and we even give into it. We related this back to Jesus’ temptation in the desert. He too felt these feelings - he was strong, prayed and kept his faith. What we know is that even when we do give into temptation and hurt ourselves and others God is there to catch us and forgive us! We also learned about individual guardian angels there at our side always.
Today we began to reflect on the Jubilee year, opening our hearts in 2025. This will be such a special year - a year full of forgiveness and pilgrimage. As a Catholic it is such a special time - but one so rare we need to embrace it!
GOING DEEPER IN CONVERSATION
Watch this film together explaining what a Jubilee year is - it will feel you with hope! Work out how old you will be when the next Jubilee comes
MAGIC MOMENTS OF LEARNING
We’ve been writing - such a lot of writing all about owls! This week Mrs Hotchkiss modelled and shared her ideas next week we’ll be independently writing all about Penguins! In maths we’ve been noticing patterns and using this to complete “intelligent practice” tasks for both addition and subtraction - not easy! Unfortunately, the weather has spoiled our bird counting plans - although we did do our best in the pouring rain on Thursday afternoon. Half of us counted, while the other half made bird feeders. We discovered that our skies and school garden is lacking small birds! We have seagulls, crows, pigeons and magpies - we saw one sparrow! In computing we continued to create branching databases and Miss Bassett is thoroughly enjoying the PE especially dance - where the story of the BFG is coming alive! In Geography we arrived in Kenya. We loved our Africa mapwork and we now know that there are 54 countries. We continued to build an “attitude to gratitude” as we studied My Happy Mind on Friday when the lovely Mrs Mather and Mrs Ely joined Miss Slater for the day!
LET’S CELEBRATE
This week our Virtue Star is George. So kind and endlessly supportive of all your your class mates. What a faithful friend!
Our Learning Award goes to Seamus - a focused and enthusiastic learner. You always know when things are going well - when a child asks for more work and is disappointed when the lesson ends - that was you this week Seamus!!!
Lunch time Awards :
Marvellous Manner: Leo P
Role Model of the week: Arthur
IMPORTANT REMINDERS
Tuesday February 4th Our Class Assembly 9:10 and again at 9:35 in the morning - we would love to see you!
Thank you for volunteering for the trip on the 12th!
MATHS MASTERY FOR PARENTS -We have become part of the Maths Mastery Parents Project with the Maths Hub. We are running fun maths workshops for parents in Reception Year 1 and Year 2. This project aims to enhance and further parental engagement in mathematics. We are inviting parents into school to learn games alongside their children - these games will then be taken home straight away and in the following weeks as part of each classes home learning. Please complete the booking form below and pop the date for your child in your diary:
Reception: Wednesday 9:00 -9:50 am 12th February
Year 1: Wednesday 9:00- 9:50 am 26th February
Year 2: Wednesday 2:10pm- 3:20 am 26th February
Have a lovely weekend