“The World is Brighter with the Happiness of Children,” Mehmet Murat Ildan

Another happy week in Year 3, there has been lots of excitement with the start of Advent but there has also been lots of lovely learning and co-operating with others.

This week we are delighted to welcome a new member to our class. We hope that you and your family will be very happy as part of our class and school family.

This week in RE we have been looking at the Incarnation and also the birth of Jesus and the Shepherds’ Visit.  We have been reminding ourselves to carry out our Advent Promises and we have also been doing a daily act of kindness through out Advent calendar. We have also been practising our verses for our Christmas poem. In English this week we have written diaries as one of the cottars from the story of the Green Children. We have continued to practise writing what different people have said using inverted commas making sure that they are in the correct places. In maths this week, we have continued with our adding and subtracting and we have been bridging different hundreds. We have continued counting in tens and bridging those hundreds and we have been using bar models. In Science the children have continued with our topic of electricity and have been making and drawing circuits using bulb, motors and buzzers.

Let’s Celebrate:

This week our certificates go to Matilda and Alexander. Matilda you are always so focused and ready to concentrate on your work. You are such a Cooper Crab. You are also always happy to help others and you are a lovely work partner. Well done and keep up the good work. Alexander you have been so enthusiastic and eager to do your work this week. You have been buzzing with enthusiasm and have been super in maths and also when practising our Christmas Shepherd poem. Well done Alexander, I am loving your enthusiasm and want to see this continue.

We are so proud of Lily-Mae who received Jacqui’s Marvellous Manners this week. Well done Lily-Mae.

We are delighted that  Iris, Angel, Connor-Sean and Millie have achieved 100% of their reading target this week. Well done children. I am so proud of all the reading that everyone has been doing. You are all doing an amazing job. I know that there is another group of children who will achieve their target next week and I am sooooooo excited. Well done everyone.

Things to Note:

· Our class charity this year is Street Life. As a class, we have decided that we would like to do a Christmas Jumper Run on Wednesday 9th December. We will be doing laps of the field at regular intervals throughout the day. The children can come into school that day wearing their Christmas Jumpers, tracksuit bottoms and trainers. We would be delighted if the children could bring a donation of  £1 (as a single coin please so that they can be weighed rather than counted) on this day, which we will donate to Street Life.

· On Tuesday 15th December we will be doing our annual Danceathon. This year it will be slightly different as we will not be able to do our early morning playground dancing but we will be able to do our dances throughout the day as we usually do. Also this year we will not be raising money for school based projects but all money that we raise as a class will go to our class charities, so the money we raise as a class will go to Street Life. We are asking for £1 donation (single coin again please) rather than the usual sponsored event. Children are asked to wear their PE kits and trainers on this day.

· Our Party Day this year is on Thursday 17th December. Children can wear their party clothes on this day and can bring a treat (chocolate bar or a packet of crisps) and a drink (not fizzy please) for their snack on this day. This year our parties will be based in the classroom but we will be having lots of fun and playing party games. (Please remember that children will be playing out at playtime and will need their coats and sensible shoes.) We will also be enjoying our school Christmas dinner cooked by our lovely Jacqui on this day (or packed lunch if your child has packet lunches—maybe you could try to make this a bit Christmassy!! Thanks)

· Please can I remind you about the Home School Agreement form. If you have not yet completed this form please complete and submit it asap. We are still awaiting responses from a number of families. Many thanks.

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

Thank you for all your continued support and co-operation this throughout the term. 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 2 Home Learning Challenges - Friday 4th December

English

Please read for at least 10 minutes each day.

Please practise retelling our focus story ‘The Great Fairy Tale Disaster’ using the story map provided. See how many people you can amaze with how much you can remember. Don’t forget those story actions too!

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Spellings

Set 10 - could would should other brother mother

Words ending in -ing - baking  riding   making   shining  racing  smiling

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Maths

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Maths IXL

S.4
(Feel free to work through sections A-I)

English IXL

V.1 V.2

This week...

A big thank you to you all, we have received permission from everyone to post our Nativity on our webpage next week. This week we have been filming all the scenes both inside and in the garden as well as singing like angels around the Christmas tree! Next week, we are hoping Mrs. Gregan will help us to edit it.

I must tell you that the children have worked extremely hard by learning all their lines and songs; not to mention their acting skills. We are expecting a BAFTA at the very least. By using drama to depict the Christmas Nativity has given the children a practical understanding of the true meaning of Christmas. It is beautiful to observe the Christmas message permeate the whole of the nursery during our play and learning.

May I remind the children who are in on Friday the 11th; it will be Christmas hat day and we are asking for a £1 donation towards our collection for Brian House Children’s Hospice. Please don’t worry if Friday is not your child’s day, they can still get involved and donate £!, just wear a Christmas hat on another day.

The children have been telling us that they have been using the Purple Mash website at home. I am so please that you finding it a useful learning tool. Remember that you can save work into the trays in the Mini Mash playroom and we will be able to access your child’s learning here at nursery. We can’t wait to see what you are learning about at home.

Next week we will be focusing on shape. If you click on the button below there are some activities for you do do at home! There are lots more activities on Purple Mash, why not explore!

Finally, have a lovely weekend and wrap up warm I believe it’s going to be rather chilly!!

Barbara

Year 4 blog: Angels descending, bring from above, echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

We have had such a busy week but very productive! Children have really enjoyed their turn on our trim trail when the weather has been fair. On Thursday, we had a lovely RE lesson all about angels. Children had many questions about them and also LOTS of theories too. We found evidence for them in the bible and then children wrote down what they believe about them.

We have finally met Charlotte, in our novel ‘Charlotte’s web. We had a fun lesson where we learned about formal and informal language, since Wilbur tries so hard to impress his new friend by speaking ‘poshly.’

RHE - Friendship

Following Wilbur’s encounter, we reflected on how to be a good friend. Wilbur feels friendless, since the other animals, for various reasons do not want to play with him. We talked together about how we could be better friends and what sort of things friends do. We have talked a lot in class about learning to trust each other and how to be a trustworthy, respectful and loyal friend to others.

In maths, we have begun our work on length and Perimeter. Science was great fun this week as children were given a mission - through discovery to find out how sound is made. They figured out, through many explorations that it is caused by vibration.

Christmas Craft Day today was such a success! It really did the children good to have some Christmas jollity and it was such a lovely atmosphere. Thank you so much for your donations. Children have all written a lovely Christmas card for a homeless person, which will be given to Streetlife before Christmas so they can add it to their gift boxes for each person struggling this Christmas.

Let’s Celebrate!

This week our learning certificates went to Lena who received a Bobby Bee certificate. You are always so enthusiastic Lena, wanting to answer every question and enjoying learning your learning so much! A Sadie Spider certificate went to Hollie-Rose for trying so hard and putting so much effort and detail in her work.

Recorder stars were Thomas and Kiefer

PE stars were also Thomas and Kiefer this week! Double win! You must have been trying so hard!

Notices this week.

You may have noticed a new ‘remote learning’ button underneath the ‘learning from home' button on the Year 2 class blog page. Please feel free to click on the button and have a look around. This is where tasks will be placed if your child is unable to access learning in school.

Please try not to bring in any unnecessary things from home. Water bottles, school bags and reading books are all that children should be bringing in. We ask that children do not bring in Christmas cards for each other as a precautionary measure.

Christmas Danceathon Day - Tuesday 15th December - This much anticipated annual event will return with a slight twist this year. The children can come to school wearing their PE kits and we will dance the day away to Christmas music when Miss Hornby sounds those school bells. Unfortunately there will be no gathering on the school playground to dance as a school community but we will dance our socks off in class! Again, donations of £1 for this event in the single coin.

Christmas Party Day - Thursday 17th December - This year we will be enjoying those Christmas party games in our classrooms. On this day, children can come to school in their best party clothes. A small snack of a chocolate bar or a packet of crisps with a drink (no fizzy please) can also be brought into school to be enjoyed after the party. We will also be enjoying a Christmas dinner for lunch.

We all hope you have a lovely weekend with your family. God bless,

Mrs Lyons, Miss Forster and Mrs Mather

Year 4 Homework to be handed in on Thursday 10th December

We Three Kings

Practise the words for the 1st verse, last verse and chorus - then the one for your king - Gold, Frankincense or Myrrh to know by Monday please - ready for our recording. If you have speaking lines, please learn by Monday

Recorder

Please practise We will Rock You and Silent Night ready for our online concert - to be recorded on Monday!

Spellings

2do set in Purple Mash - Words with s sound spelt sc

RHE

We spent some time this week discussing what makes a good friend. In our novel, Charlotte’s Web, Wilbur just wants a friend to be with. How can you be a good friend?

In your homework books, write and draw ‘A Recipe for a Good Friend.’

What does a good friend do? How do they treat others? Talk together about how you can be a better friend. Thank God for all your friends.

RE

We have learned this prayer, when we did a lesson all about angels this week. Please copy it in your book and you can say it at night! Please illustrate with a drawing of what you imagine an angel looks like:

Angel of God, my guardian dear,

To whom God’s love commits me here.

Ever this night be at my side,

To light, to guard, to rule and to guide,

Amen

Year 6 Weekly Home Learning - Wednesday 2nd December 2020

Spelling - tion. We are continuing to focus on suffixes. This week, all our words end in tion.

action, nation, potion, motion, section, station, fiction, caption, ignition, question, position, solution, education, formation, starvation.

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Maths - read these instructions carefully.

1. BODMAS - this task is set for you on Showbie or Purple Mash. It is the same task on both platforms. Choose one of them to complete the task on - or complete them on both if you want.

2. LONG DIVISION - this is on Purple Mash. Please complete it on here.

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English and Science - Science v Religion

Some people believe that the Theory of Evolution contradicts the Story of Creation. This is a challenging piece of homework that will make you really think. We have discussed this in class so think about what you need to include.

Can you log onto Purple Mash and complete the discussion text To Do which asks you to think of reasons for and against the Theory of Evolution. Remember to add detail - you will be using these for an Outcome 3 discussion text next week.

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Romeo and Juliet Potion - optional as discussed with your partner.

Can you bring your Romeo and Juliet potion to life at home? Make your potion and take a photo. This can be used in your Book Creator about your potion.

Be creative with your photography work and email me your photos that you want to use.

Reception Home Learning 27.11.20

Reading

Keeeeeeeeeep Reading!

Everyone should have a new set of word flashcards to practise with. If you do not have a set it is because the previous set wasn’t returned, please send them in next week and we can swap them over.

Homework Books

We have now learnt 26 different sounds which is AMAZING. I have slotted a sheet in the books of all the RWI rhymes to remember how to form the letters.

Please choose 10 letters and practice writing them on the lined page of your book. It is very important you start and finish in the correct place.

It might be a good idea to warm up those fingers with a dough disco.

Purple Mash

Enjoy exploring 2Beat to make a rhythm we can all join in with next week. We have been using 2Beat all week, so hopefully they will be able to show you what the different buttons do!

Please remember to click ‘save and exit’ and then ‘hand in’

Thank you and as always…enjoy!

Miss Lavelle

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

An exciting week preparing for the start of Advent. Rehearsals and filming are well underway for our Virtual Nativity. The children are loving saying and acting their scenes and as for the singing I have just one word…FABULOUS. All the nursery team are so proud of how each child has risen to their individual challenge. I am certain you will be equally as proud when you get to watch it.

I must remind everyone that I am still missing just a few consent forms (I sent these home last week). Sadly If I do not have everyone’s consent I will be unable to post the Nativity video. Please could you check that you have retuned the full completed form and returned it to nursery. Please note you will have to sign and delete as appropriate each consent box as the Nativity will include both images and video footage.

We have also spotted one of Father Christmas’s elves at nursery. He keeps hiding in very odd places! The children are enjoying finding him as their first job when they arrive at nursery.

On Friday everyone noticed that our Christmas tree had been put up during the night; we all think it was the elf.

Next week we will be designing our Christmas cards and maybe a few more surprises!

Finally

Within school and nursery we remain grateful that our current situation is one in which all of our classes have stayed open. We know that in working with you and together meticulously following the guidance in and out of school, we are all keeping each other safe. I know that this can feel confining at times and it would so easy to relax and forget why we are following all these procedures, but we must stay alert and keep following those safety guidelines. We so want everyone to ‘stay safe and stay well’.

As we head towards the end of term I know so many of you will want to thank staff, as you always do and we are so blessed to have such caring and appreciative parents. As we always say, your support is felt through your actions and encouraging words. Your biggest gift - the best one you could ever give to us -is entrusting your child into our care. Over the years, even though we always try and tell you how much a kind letter or words of thanks mean to us, some of you still like to bring in small personal gifts; these we never expect though of course we appreciate your thoughtfulness.

This year of course is so different to any we have ever known and in the current situation we really are unable to accept items brought in, so we have to ask you please would you be kind enough to not send gifts into school, we would be so distressed to appear ungrateful. We are so strictly following the guidelines which we’re applying to children and staff and we can’t break our own rules at this point. However, those of you who are determined to say thank you, please contribute to your child’s class charity, or to the Food Banks - these are such all such worthy causes and they are finding survival extremely challenging. Thank you for your understanding.    

Have a lovely weekend.

Barbara

Home Learning 27th November 2020

THIS WEEK WE ARE USING COMPUTER BASED LEARNING.

This week’s homework should be completed by next Thursday please. Many thanks.

Reading:

Read at home every day. You can quiz during school time when a book has been completed.  Are you nearly at your target? Could you read a little bit more this week and try to reach it before next week?

Please remember that you should all be selecting books from the class library within your ZPD to read at home and at school. You may also choose to read extra books from home but these should be within your ZPD please.

(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 any of the units E, F, G, H, I or J (addition and subtraction) How many of these units can you complete?

Keep playing the number bonds game on mathplayground to practise your number bonds.

https://www.mathplayground.com/number_bonds_20.html

Play Save the Whale. Finding the number bonds—how fast can you be?

Spellings:

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

said          cried          asked          eight         promise          replied          weight          mention  

They are all high frequency words. The first 4 are ones that they should know but often get wrong when they are writing.

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.

Purple Mash:

Use the 2Do that has been set to create different pages with characters who are talking to each other. Select the characters and give them a speech bubble each. Write what they say to each other. Underneath write what was said in a sentence using inverted commas to show what is being said. Don’t forget to write who said it and how it was said. (Remember a CL at the beginning of what is being said please. Also remember CL for names please.)