This week....

This week the children have been celebrating Harvest. We have been finding out about all the fabulous foods which grow on our planet, nurtured by the farmers. On Tuesday everyone gathered in our outside learning environments to say a big ‘thank you’ to God for creating earth and sending us the sunshine and rain so we can grow yummy food in abundance, we are so grateful.

The children have been singing and dancing to the Harvest Samba, it’s such good fun we thought you may like to join in at home? Click here to access the video and enjoy!

Also, the children have been learning the story of Little Rabbit Foo Foo by Michael Rosen. Everyone knows it off by heart and last week we made a stage in the garden and performed it for Reception. If you click on the button below you can join in at home!

As you are aware next week we break up for half term, time has flown and we have learnt so much! We are all so pleased with how the children have settled in to nursery, especially under such unprecedented circumstances, and this I feel is down to you. As parents I must say a big thank you for all your wonderful support, and for your hard work in preparing your children to start nursery, it has been very much appreciated by all the nursery team.

I hope everyone manages to have some family time together and the weather is kind to us all. In case of rainy days I will be posting a 'Let’s Learn at Home’ booklet with ideas and activities to enjoy at home. Watch this space!!!

Barbara

Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 14th October 2020

This is your final homework of this half term. I want to thank you for all of your efforts at home this half term. It has really made a difference to what we are getting through in class and the quality of learning that you are producing.

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Spelling: this is a revision week of all of the spellings that you have had this half term so far. There will be a 20 random word spelling test on all of the suffix work that we have completed. Make sure that you revisit the spellings on the home learning.

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Maths - this is to be completed over the half term holiday. Keep your maths ticking along!

C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7

These strands are all multiplication strands.

Do not forget Times Table Rockstars! I have had a look and some people have not been on for over 10 days!

Hit the Button - Division Facts

Use Hit the Button to practise those division facts.

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Geography - choose one of these Amazon Animals to research.

This is a task that I have set you on Purple Mash. Be creative with your presentation.

Jaguar, Pootoo, Red Eyed Tree Frog, Scarlett Macaw, Sloth, Emerald Tree Boa

You have a blank document that has been set for you on Purple Mash but this document to the left may help you.

Think about:

• The image of your animal.

• Introduction about them.

• Appearance.

• Habitat

• Diet

• Interesting facts

Year 3 home learning 9.10.2020

THIS WEEK WE ARE USING COMPUTER BASED LEARNING.

Please make sure that all homework is completed and submitted by next Thursday. Many thanks.

Reading:

Read at home every day. You can quiz during school time when a book has been completed.

(Parents: Don’t forget you can check on your child’s progress on Accelerated Reader -  this will let you know which books they have read and quizzed on and also their progress towards their reading target.)

Maths:

IXL maths using the IXL website.  Please complete units A1, A4 and L1

Spellings:

Please learn the spellings below ready for a spelling quiz in class next Thursday.

Don’t forget to find different activities from “Fun Ways to Learn your Spellings” sheet to help your child to learn their spellings.

The children should be able to write the spellings independently - this will need to be written clearly and correctly during the spelling quiz.

This week our spellings are a mixture of a spelling pattern and high frequency words.

caught     through     believe     although     rectangle     triangle     mumble     puzzle 

Computing:

This week we have continued to work on our typing accuracy using the whole of our hands, in our previous lesson we celebrated the children who had completed their typing homework from last time and awarded some typing superstars Bobby Bee learning points. Who could be our Bobbie Bees this time?

For homework this week I would like your child to practise at home by accessing Purple Mash and completing the 2dos on there. There is a worksheet to record their scores on (please record scores, not percentages) this will have been sent home today. Please complete the 2do to go with each box on the sheet and return this to school. There are eleven 2dos in total, ten of them can be played for just one minute by changing the time at the beginning of the game.

Please save the ones called ‘left hand keys’, ‘left hand keys words’ and ‘falling left hand keys’ until your child has completed all the ones on the worksheet first. Please play these three in the order written above, the falling keys ones has to be played for a minimum of two minutes rather than one. None of these games scores need to be recorded, unless you want to.

Please sit with your child throughout the games to remind them to use the correct finger and then all of their hand on the relevant games. Please can the children practise logging into the different computer based learning sites for themselves so that they are able to do it independently.

Have fun!

“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.” – George Sheehan

We are so proud of the children and their enthusiasm for learning. Keep up the good work children and keep trying. I know that we will succeed this year if you keep trying as hard as you are.

In maths this week, we have been solving problems and explaining our reasons. We have also been adding and subtracting. In English, we have read the fable of the Crow and the Fox and thought about the different characters and their feelings. We have been gathering wonderful vocabulary to use when we write next week. We have continued written complex sentences and also looked at the determiners a or an. In RE, we have thought about the Church family and about our parish and diocese. We have also looked at the Rosary and how October is a special month for the Rosary. We will be saying the Rosary throughout the month of October, maybe you could try this at home too. In Science the children have  been classifying vertebrates and invertebrates and researching bones to answer questions. A great week of learning children, well done.

Let’s Celebrate:

This week our certificates go to Christian and Owen.  Christian receives a Bobby Bee certificate for his enthusiasm during learning. You are trying so hard Christian and you are so excited about all of your work. It is so lovely to see your hand up so often and how you are so enthusiastic about answering questions. (You have great typing skills too.) Well done! We know that you are going to have a brilliant year if you keep this up.  Owen receives a Co-operative Roger Robin certificate, you have been a super learning partner this week Owen. Thank you. You are always so enthusiastic and focused in class too and you love to share your thoughts and ideas. Well done. Keep up the good work.

We are also delighted that Evan, Leo and Franek have achieved 100% of their reading target this week. Well done boys. This is fabulous news. We have reset their targets and all of them are determined to try to reach them again before half term. I am sure that by next week we will be celebrating a number of other children who will have reached their targets too. Well done children - remember READ, READ, READ—it takes you to exciting places!!!

We are also celebrating lunchtime role model of the week in our class this week. Well done to Edi. It is wonderful that you are setting such a good example.

Things to Note

Please make sure that you look at the home learning page for this week’s home learning. Please make sure that this is completed by next Thursday.  This week’s learning is COMPUTER BASED. Many thanks.

Please make sure that children have a coat for playtimes and also a jumper or a cardigan for class time as the weather is getting colder but we are having windows open for ventilation.

Thank you for all your continued support and co-operation this week. Another successful week!

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and have a chance to share some time together as a family.

Take care and stay safe

The Year 3 Team      Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson, Miss Woodrow and Mrs Mather.

Contact us at:

l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk

Year 4 blog "It is our faith that activates the power of God."

It has been a truly delightful week of learning in Year 4. Children are so settled and are maturing before my very eyes! We have done so much in one week!

We have enjoyed drawing conclusions from our many plant experiments in class and also learning about Biomes in Geography. This helps us practise our location skills and we are getting better at knowing which continents different countries are in.

We have been busy finishing off our Place value in maths and this week, we learned about negative numbers! Now we have moved to addition and subtraction. However, there is going to be a big emphasis on learning those times tables in Year 4 alongside all maths work. This week it is the 4x and next week it is straight onto the 8x table!

In English, we have started ‘The Pied Piper’ and children have been asking questions, reading different versions and making predictions. We have also been collecting lots of exciting vocabulary to use eventually in our own fairy tales on the same theme. The children’s enthusiasm has been off the chart!!

On a similar theme, in RE this week we did the story of Moses and the Exodus. Children became newspaper reporters and wrote about the ten plagues. We had a meaningful discussion about slavery and why it was so terribly wrong. We always bring everything back to our mission statement, ‘You are precious in my eyes,’ and children understand that every human being is equally precious - and deserves to be treated as a child of God.

Children have loved trying out our new trim trail this week too! They have been so lovely cheering each other on to complete the monkey bars!

Next Tuesday will be our Reconciliation Session. It would be lovely if you could spend some time reflecting with your child on this and talk about the wrong choices they sometimes make. It is such a good opportunity to grow as a person. I always say it is like a weight has been lifted from your shoulders when you experience the power of God’s love and forgiveness.

Let’s Celebrate!

This week, our French stars were Jess and

Miss Forster and Mr Nay picked Saul and Jess for PE stars this week - super effort from both!

A Clara Clownfish certificate went to Julia for being a real pattern-spotter and noticing grammar that we have been learning in her reading book!

A Sadie Spider certificate went to Kiefer for trying so hard to get lots done and considering his learning so carefully.

Notices

In readiness for our upcoming Holy Communion, we are starting to prepare children for this and have completed a session today. They will come home with books to share and fill in with you (see homework) Also, please return any outstanding Holy Communion letters.

Since we cannot meet for parents’ day I will be sending a simple mini report out for your child to let you know how they have been getting along and also some examples of their fantastic work!

Have a lovely weekend everyone. God Bless,

Mrs Lyons, Miss Forster, Miss Edmondson and Mrs Mather

Year 4 Home Learning to be completed by Thursday 15th October

Mainly online homework this week

Spelling

I have set you a game 2do on Purple Mash - a quiz on our spelling patterns this week - ‘ture’ and ‘sure’ Make sure you do your very best on this.

also

The 6 Year 1/2 spellings to learn are:

cold, old, told, both, only, most

The 6 Year 3/4 spellings to learn are:

peculiar, strange, surprise, earth, early, heard

Holy Communion

On Tuesday, we will be making our Reconciliation. Have another run through of this and practise your prayer.

However, to be ready, we have also started our Holy Communion sessions this week. Children have brought home a book, “Called to his Supper.” Over the next few weeks, they will complete sections of this at home. This week please share and complete together p1-p20. Bring in for next Thursday.

Maths

This week, it is all about learning the 4 x table. We have been practising it in class. The best way to learn tables is as follows:

1. Learn how to count in 4’s. Do whilst marching, clapping, do slowly, build up and get faster. Write out all the multiples of 4 -eg 4,8,12,16 etc up to 12x4

2. Learn the key facts which are 1 x 4, 2 x 4, 5 x 4 and 10 x 4. All other facts can be worked out from those. eg 9 x 4 is 10 x 4 - 4. Also write out the 2xtable and compare. It is DOUBLE the twos! The more patterns we can see - the better!

3. Begin to recite your 4 x table - one four is four, two fours are 8, three fours are etc. The following song is lots of fun and really works if you learn it off by heart:

4. Practise as much as you can! The school have now bought into a great platform which is lots of fun - Times tables rock stars! Children all have a username and log in stuck into their little green reading book logs. Click the link below, add the school name or postcode and aim to practise little and often - eg 10-15 mins per day. Really use this program to your advantage to become a times tables ROCK STAR! The more you practise - the better you get!

Recorder

Go on Charanga and practise Abi’s Blues - including the little section where you need to improvise. Can you now confidently play B and A? Don’t forget to sterilise your recorder and bring it in for Monday.

What to expect, when?

The purpose of this booklet is to help you as a parent find out more about how your child is learning and developing during their first five years, in relation to the EYFS (The Early Years Foundation Stage Framework (EYFS) sets out the learning and development stages for children as they grow from birth to five years). Children develop more rapidly during the first five years of their lives than at any other time. This booklet has been written to help you know what to expect during these vitally important years by focusing on the seven areas of learning and development which are covered in the EYFS.

Click on the button below to find our more.

Let's get moving!

I came across this leaflet for ‘top 10 tips for movement. I thought you may enjoy having a go at some of the activities at home!

Click on the button to download the PDF.

Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 7th October 2020

Spellings - these are more suffixes.

careless, flavourless, hopeful, deceitful, meanness, lateness, achievement, definitely, thoroughly, pitiless, beautiful, merriment, laziness, speedily, simply

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Maths - this week we have been working on our formal multiplication method. Have a go at the questions that are stuck into your book. If you need another copy, click on the button below.

Don’t forget Times Table Rockstars!

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Geography - Deforestation in Brazil

This is a huge global problem, but more so in Brazil! Can you research this topic using the websites below and collect facts and figures in your homework book.

Think about:

What is deforestation? What are the effects of deforestation? How much of the Amazon is being lost to deforestation? Facts and figures surrounding deforestation.

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Science - Electricity at home

What electrical items have you got at home? Have you got something that you think everyone else might not have?

Take lots of photos of the electrical things in your house and make a pic collage. You can use an app or make it on a document. Email it across when you have finished it.

Welcoming our New Councillors

What excitement this week for our new class councillors when they had a surprise visit during their lessons from Miss Hornby and Mrs Webster (who were wearing masks) to present them with their smart councillor badges. Everyone looked proud and confident as they received the badges, together with a huge round of congratulatory applause from their classmates.
Despite these extraordinary times, councillors are putting their heads together with their classes and thinking of a project they can achieve within their classes, to help enrich our school family with generosity and gratefulness - there are so many possibilities.

Although our meetings may now have to take place remotely we have great hope for the year ahead.

Here are some of the things our councillors said they were looking forward to:

‘ I want to make the school an even happier place.’
‘ I am looking forward to helping my classmates.’
‘ I am looking forward to asking lots of questions.’
‘ I want to help guide people to make the right choices.’
‘ I hope to keep the school community full of friendship.’
‘I just want to look after everyone.’

 We are all looking forward to working together.