Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
Please continue to read regularly at home and sign the challenge boxes, just a reminder it is one box per day.
Don’t forget you have the QR codes for the RWI videos these are great to practise their sounds at home.
Our spelling test will be on Friday 15th March.
This weeks spellings are:
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
Please continue to read regularly at home and sign the challenge boxes, just a reminder it is one box per day.
Don’t forget you have the QR codes for the RWI videos these are great to practise their sounds at home.
Our spelling test will be on Friday 8th March.
This weeks spellings are:
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
It has been a busy week, so I would like the focus to be on reading. I am so pleased that all the children have an enjoyment for reading. They are excited to read in school and are enjoying their reading challenge. Please keep it up. Just a reminder it is one box per day.
Spellings will be given out next week.
We started our unit on grouping and sorting, I have set 4 2dos we did these today in school and the children enjoyed them so you can do them together at home. This will help us to continue to practise our computing skills.
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
The children are excited to start the reading challenge just a reminder it is one box per day. This will enciuarge the children to read regulary and it will help develop their fluency.
The QR codes are great too there are videos to help your child practise their sounds, If you need the code again let me know.
In the lead up to Lent, we have been thinking about how we can support others in our local community. It has become an Our Lady’s tradition to make and swap Lenten boxes. This year, each Year 1 child will make a Lenten box that they will give to their buddy in Year 4. Year 4 will also be making a Lenten box for Year 1.
We kindly ask that these boxes are made during the half term break and brought back to school by Wednesday 21st February. Year 1 have brought home a note today in their reading folders to give them some ideas for decorating the Lenten box for their buddy.
Once swapped, these Lenten boxes can be used to collect donations for acts of kindness.
Have a lovely half term break
Miss Drummond
Please keep reading as much as possible and please can you ensure that your child’s reading folder comes in to school every day. As we aim to listen to all children read to an adult at least once a week, change their books and quiz. We are aiming to develop fluency so keep reading little and often. Please can you sign in their reading record if you have read at home.It helps us when we are quzzing and changing books.
It’s our big spelling test, these consists of all the words we have learnt so far:
Our spelling test is on Thursday 8th February.
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
I would like you to focus on reading and spellings this week, it makes a huge difference if you can read regularly at home. The children are becoming more confident recognising their sounds. You can watch the RWI videos that are in your child’s reading folders, email me if you need the QR codes again. This will help them consolidate their sounds and then they can apply their knowledge when they are reading, you can play games like can you find any words with the ‘ay’ sound in your book etc. This extra reading will help them become speedy readers.
Please keep reading as much as possible and please can you ensure that your child’s reading folder comes in to school every day. As we aim to listen to all children read to an adult at least once a week, change their books and quiz. We are aiming to develop fluency so keep reading little and often.
It’s our big spelling test, these consists of all the words we have learnt so far:
As there are 22 spellings our test will be on Thursday 8th February this should give you enough time to practise.
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
Please keep reading as much as possible and please can you ensure that your child’s reading folder comes in to school every day. As we aim to listen to all children read to an adult at least once a week, change their books and quiz.
This half term our topic is materials, can you go on a material hunt at home and find objects made from glass, metal wood and plastic? You can write, draw and label or take photos. I’m excited to see what you find, please return your homework book by Thursday 25th January so I can mark your books.
It’s our big spelling test, these consists of all the words we have learnt so far:
As there are 22 spellings our test will be on Thursday 8th February this should give you enough time to practise.
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
Please keep reading as much as possible and please can you ensure that your child’s reading folder comes in to school every day. As we aim to listen to all children read to an adult at least once a week and change their books and quiz.
Please complete the 2dos set by Thursday, Log in cards are stuck in the front or back of your child’s yellow reading record.
For the bubble challenge this is how it should look:
any problems please email me.
Our spelling test will be on Friday 19th January please practise these at home:
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
My most important homework is to be kind to each other, be grateful and enjoy your time together :). The children have worked so hard this half term we are so proud of their progress, make sure you have fun and rest up.
Have a lovely Christmas break
Miss Drummond
The children have worked so hard this week, it has been very busy. They are very tired rest up and enjoy your weekend together they deserve it. Due to the busy week all books may not have been changed we are going to quiz next week and change books/word sets before we break up.
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
LEARNING THE SONGS
We are practising these songs regularly in school but it would really help if you can practise them at home too, we have been learning some actions see if they can remember them. The songs are easy to remember and very catchy - I hope you enjoy singing along too! The Lyrics are attached too so you can practise together.
We understand in the run up to Christmas it is very busy but if you can please read as much as possible at home. Books should have been changed today, due to the cake sale and our nativity practise a few may have been missed so I do apologise if yours has not. I will check all the books on Monday
Please continue to practise logging on and off Purple Mash.
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
Next week we will start our Geography topic, we will be looking at our local environment and our home addresses. Thank you for those who have already, if you haven’t please could you bring in a stamped envelope with your child’s name and address on by Monday.
LEARNING THE SONGS
We are practising these songs regularly in school but it would really help if you can practise them at home too, we have been learning some actions see if they can remember them. The songs are easy to remember and very catchy - I hope you enjoy singing along too! The Lyrics are attached too so you can practise together.
Please keep reading at home books have been changed today. Please can you ensure that your child’s reading folder comes in to school every day. As we aim to listen to all children read to an adult at least once a week and change their books.
Please continue to practise logging on and off Purple Mash.
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
We will be starting our Geography topic soon, we will be looking at our local environment and our home addresses, please could you bring in a stamped envelope with your child’s name and address on by Friday 1st December, thank you.
LEARNING THE SONGS
Mrs Hotchkiss has filmed the Year 2 children singing some of our songs today. The songs are easy to remember and very catchy - I hope you enjoy singing along too! The Lyrics are attached too so you can practise together.
Please keep reading at home books have been changed today. Please can you ensure that your child’s reading folder comes in to school every day. As we aim to listen to all children read to an adult at least once a week and change their books.
Please continue to practise logging on and off Purple Mash.
Our spelling test will be on Friday 1st December, please practise these at home:
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
As we have had such as busy week and you all worked so hard practising your lines and song for the assembly, my only homework is to read over the weekend. I will give out the next 6 spelling but our test will be on Friday 1st Decmeber.
Please keep reading at home books have been changed today. Please can you ensure that your child’s reading folder comes in to school every day. As we aim to listen to all children read to an adult at least once a week and change their books.
Please continue to practise logging on and off Purple Mash.
Our first spelling test will be on Friday 1dt December, please practise these at home:
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
Please can you continue to practise the lines at home, continuing to focus on using a loud, clear voice.
Please keep reading at home books have been changed today. Please can you ensure that your child’s reading folder comes in to school every day. As we aim to listen to all children read to an adult at least once a week and change their books.
Please continue to practise logging on and off Purple Mash.
Our first spelling test will be on Friday, please practise these at home:
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
We have enjoyed watching the assemblies this half term, ours will be on Thursday 16th November. I asked the children what they would like their assembly to be about and they said Mary Seacole. We have loved learning about her and are excited to share our knowledge with the whole school. I have sent home lines for you to practise over the holidays, I have highlighted their part and put the line before so they know when it will be their turn to speak.
Please can you also practise the song ‘He’s got the Whole World in his Hands’ we have been singing this in class with actions and I will put a link below to practise at home:
I have put some extra books in for you to read over the holidays. We have worked so hard this half term with our reading so please read as much as you can over the holidays to maintain this wonderful progress.
Please continue to practise logging on and off Purple Mash.
It would be lovely to hear about your half term holidays to share during snack and chat, so please draw some pictures, write a few sentences or stick pictures (or email to me) in your homework books.
Thank you for all of your support this half term.
Have a lovely half term break, the children have worked incredibly hard this half term so deserve a good rest.
Miss Drummond
Please continue to read each day, little and often is best to start, the you can build it up. Some of the children are starting to quiz on their reading books. Use the bookmarks to help ask different questions about the story, can your child retell the story? These will help them answer a few questions on the quiz :).
Please bring your reading folders in every day so we can listen to your child read and change books.
We have loved reading Supertato this half term. My homework challenge is to create your own Supertato characters and give them names. There is a sheet either stuck in their homework book or in their reading folder.
Please continue to practise logging on and off Purple Mash.
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
Please continue to read each day, little and often is best to start, the you can build it up. Some of the children are starting to quiz on their reading books. Use the bookmarks to help ask different questions about the story, can your child retell the story? These will help them answer a few questions on the quiz :).
My homework challenge is to do some research about Mary Seacole that you can share with the class. You can be as creative as you like, think about how you might display, present or share this research in class. You might want to build a model to help, you could draw a picture and write some interesting facts like a fact file, or you might even want to make a video like a news report!
Please bring your research into school on Monday
I am excited to see what you discover.
PLease continue to practise logging on and off Purple Mash.
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
What a great start to our reading, thank you for reading at home, please remember something is better than nothing and go at your child’s pace. We need to build up stamina start with a page then build up to more. If you have any questions or need any support please let me know.
Each class has been given a significant person to learn about over the next few weeks ours is Mary Seacole. My homework challenge is to do some research about her that you can share with the class. You can be as creative as you like, think about how you might display, present or share this research in class. You might want to build a model to help, you could draw a picture and write some interesting facts like a fact file, or you might even want to make a video like a news report!
Please bring your research into school by Monday 9th October (or if it’s ready before that’s fine too!).
I am excited to see what you discover.
We will be starting our Computing lessons over the next few weeks, as an ongoing challange please can you teach your child how to log on and off Purple Mash, this will save us a lot of time and help us start and complete our lessons. The log on cards are stuck in the front of their yellow reading record books.
Here is some more information about Purple Mash:
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
All the children now have reading books, I have also sent home a bookmark, these are to there to help support you, by giving examples of questions you can ask while reading.
The colour of the bookmark is not the RWI group your child is in, as all the reading schemes are different. However they link to the books they are reading, for example purple RWI will have blue bookmarks, green will have yellow.
Please read little and often, we want to encourage reading for pleasure, not turn reading into a chore. If you are finding that your child is reluctant to read at home or you have any questions please send me an email and we will come up with ideas to help support you.
From next week all children will be listened to in school by an adult.
My homework this week is to bring in or email me a picture of you when you were a baby please can this be done before Wednesday as it will link to our Science lesson.
We will be starting our Computing lessons over the next few weeks, as an ongoing challange please can you teach your child how to log on and off Purple Mash, this will save us a lot of time and help us start and complete our lessons. The log on cards are stuck in the front of their yellow reading record books.
Here is some more information about Purple Mash:
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Drummond
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