Art News… Week Three
The weeks are flying by as we are now deep into our topics, enjoying the use of the school field and the feeling that our lives are slowly returning to some sort of normal.
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Art News… Week Three
The weeks are flying by as we are now deep into our topics, enjoying the use of the school field and the feeling that our lives are slowly returning to some sort of normal.
In Art…
Read moreThink of at least 5 excellent questions about rocks and record them in your homework book.
Go to the beach. Find 6 rocks that are different from each other and bring them home.
Can you order them from a) roughest to smoothest
b) smallest to largest
c) dullest to shiniest?
Complete observational drawings of the rocks and annotate/label with words which describe them.
Can you have a go at identifying some of your rocks? This can be tricky so do not worry if you cannot. Use the internet to research them.
Begin to notice different types of rocks around you. What rocks are buildings made of? Walls? What else can you see made of rock? What type of rock do you think it is?
All children to complete sheet given out of homophones we learned in class - do your best handwriting. You may want to do your handwriting exercises first:
Spellings
White group - the homophones from the sheet - make sure you know their distinct meanings:
except, accept, affect, effect, who’s whose, aloud, allowed, whether, weather
Green group - said again beautiful excitement finally surely lovely should could would
Please complete the sheet given out in homework books.
Don’t forget to keep going with TT Rockstars!
Each day of the week has been jam packed once again with super learning here in Year 2! We have been celebrating lots of star readers as more and more of the class are getting 100% on their quizzes. The children have now come to realise that taking their time whilst reading really helps with their understanding. It’s been so lovely to see so many proud faces as their quiz scores have popped up on the screen. Children who get three 100% quizzes in a row then become our star readers and are able to read in our class tent during whole class reading time … I think we’re going to need a bigger tent!
Read moreSpelling - ance ending words.
Learn these words throughout the week ready for your quiz and dictation next Tuesday.
IXL - This week we have been working on angles and measuring angles. Can you complete the following strand?
Y.5 - Find a missing angle - vertical angles
RE - Saul becomes Paul
In RE, we are starting to look at the Christian Community after Jesus ascended to heaven. Following on from our work on the difference between a disciple and an apostle, we will be looking at Peter and Paul. For homework, I would like you to focus on Saul - Paul.
Use the two links to support you and any other research that you can find to produce a story board on how Saul changed to become Paul. You have 6 boxes on Purple Mash to use. Think about the images that you would include (you could use Storyboard That).
I am looking for detail in your boxes that tell the story of how Saul became Paul. Think about the language and the punctuation that you would need to use.
The excitement levels were high this afternoon, when we discovered a visitor in our shed! A wasp has been very busy making a nest. The children were full of some brilliant questions, I have asked them to research wasps and write down one fact and draw a picture with a label.
I have added a sheet on the button, you can print or create your own.
As always please let the children write as independently as possible using the sounds they know. Some words might look strange to me and you but they will be phonetically correct!
Over the next few weeks we hope to improve our hopping. Have fun with this at home, lots of hopping games. Please see the picture and video below for some top tips! https://kiddo.edu.au/skills/hopping
Thank you and have fun,
Miss Lavelle
Home learning is set on a Friday and is due by the following Thursday. Home learning will alternate between being online and in their home learning book. Please ensure children stick their learning into their books.
Read moreThere’s never a dull moment in Year One and this week certainly hasn’t disappointed!
Read moreWe started the week retelling the story of the Three Little Pigs, then on Wednesday what a surprise we had, when a wolf knocked on our door.
Read moreAnother week of super heroes! The children continue to use their imagination and to explore open ended objects, media and materials to support their play.
This weeks mission with Super Croccy was to find baby spider. He kept running away and hiding from mummy and daddy spider. The children had to use their special powers to find him. Sometimes it was in some very unusual places.
Here’s a websites that give ideas for fostering imagination
The Imagination Tree click here
You will be pleased to hear that the Sports Day t-shirts are well underway, well done Clare! They all look fabulous.
The children have continued with their exploration of number six. We have been learning how to mix things up with a dice! Click here to watch.
Here’s and activity to do at home; Maths in the Bath.
Location: Bathroom Materials needed: Your hands.
Aim: This activity will help your child to understand that there are 4 fingers and 1 thumb (5 digits) on each hand and to recognise 1,2,3,4,5 digits without counting.
Ask your child to look at your hand and ask them: “How many fingers am I showing you?” If your child doesn’t say the number just tell them you are showing 4 fingers. Show your child 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 digits in random order. Can your child recognise automatically the number of fingers without counting? If your child doesn’t answer or gives a wrong answer just tell them the correct number without counting.
Or
Maths in Steps
Location: Anywhere Materials needed: Your feet.
Aim: This activity will help your child to count up to 20 steps correctly and to use words such as, more, same, and fewer.
Ask your child to walk from one side of the room to the other. Then ask them “How many steps did you take?” Now you do the same. Ask your child to count your steps as you walk. Then ask them: “How many steps did I take?” Ask your child: “Are the number of the steps the same?”, “Who made more steps?”, “Who made fewer steps?”
Or
Scavenger Hunt
Location: Garden/Green Space/Park
Materials needed: Things you can find in the garden like leaves, stones, flowers, and feathers.
Aim: This activity will help your child to understand and solve additions up to 10.
Ask your child to find 2 groups of objects. For example: Find 5 leaves and 3 stones. How many do you have in total? Find 3 small stones and 1 big leaf. How many do you have in total? Find 6 green leaves and 2 brown leaves. How many do you have in total? What other examples can you think of? If your child counts incorrectly, put all of the objects in a line and count all of them pointing at each one.
Good luck and enjoy!
The children have been using bricks and soft shapes to construct dens (and to have a just a jolly good time). Some of their building defied gravity!
As always in nursery we have been extremely busy. We have been watering the garden, writing to the ‘Poggle’ and looking for ‘Smeech’ who came into nursery garden and left lots of litter! Poor Smeech now gets the blame for anything and everything. Nobody has seen him so we don’t know what he/she/it looks like!
On Wednesday afternoon we had an unexpected visit from the Fire Service…don’t panic all was well. One of the children’s daddy drives the fire engine so he stopped outside the nursery so we could all have a look! It was very exciting!
Last but not least here are some photos of everything else we have been doing at nursery. It’s no wonder we are tired by Friday!
Here are the plans for the next two weeks!
I do hope the good weather stays for weekend and we can all fire up the BBQs. Have a lovely and restful couple of days and we look forward to seeing everyone on Monday.
Barbara
The sun has shone, the laughter has flowed and the playground has never felt so alive.
Read morePlease make sure that all homework is completed and handed in by next Thursday. Many thanks.
Read at home every day. Make sure that you quiz when you have completed a book.
(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.)
TT Rockstars - please keep practising your tables facts. How fast can you get at these?
Spellings—children have been given a spelling sheet to practise. Please make sure that these sheets are completed using the look, say, cover, write, check method.
Can you find out some exciting facts about the Romans? See if you can find at least 5 facts that you didn’t know before and turn these into a true or false quiz on Purple Mash. Make sure that you remember to save this and hand it in too. I have added the blank quiz as a 2Do on Purple Mash.
The children should have finished their “Making Things Right” books. Please ensure that these are complete if they have not been able to complete these. Thank you.
It has been a week of many interesting learning opportunities in Year 4! We have begun our fantastic new novel, “The Firework Maker’s daughter in English. Already we are falling in love with it and have been practising all our Year 4 comprehension strategies. We also now have two ‘Dictionary Divas’ in class who always look up words for us. Each day becomes an opportunity to expand our repertoire of words we understand.
RHE
This week we have learned that sometimes our emotions can be confusing and complicated as we grow up. After collecting lots of different emotion words, children reflected on strategies they could use to help them deal with their own emotions in a healthy way. We learned that this is called our ‘Emotional Health.’
We also looked together at the poem above, ‘Leisure,’ by W.H Davies and talked about how good it is for us sometimes to just do nothing and appreciate the beauty around us!
Engagement in Science this week has been great! We have been learning about how water changes state and the processes of evaporation and condensation. We made our own puddle (called Bob) and drew round it all day, watching it shrink until it no longer existed because it had all evaporated into gas. We have carried out class experiments to discover how to speed up the process of evaporation and even today made it rain in the classroom! Now we are putting it all together to learn about the Water Cycle.
A beautiful class worship was carried out by Steph, Amber and Asher about God’s power in our lives. This was my favourite part of the week as it is so special seeing children leading us all in reflection.
Let’s Celebrate!
This week, Kai received a Tommy Turtle/Lizzie Ladybird certificate for having such a good go at everything and striving to get better. Asher received a Kiki Chameleon/Sadie Spider certificate for always giving his best and reflecting deeply on all learning.
PE stars this week: Jacob O and Isabella - super effort!
Music stars were Lena and Jack for excellent participation and listening.
Notices:
Nearly everyone has signed up for our Virtual parents’ meetings. I really look forward to touching base with you all and talking about how your child is getting along. Please sign up if you have not done so.
Who can predict this weather! One minute it is like the middle of Summer and the next day it is freezing! Whatever the weather, have a beautiful weekend and have some time to stand and stare!
Mrs Lyons, Mrs Mather and Miss Forster.
Another busy week of exciting learning in Year 3. In maths we have continued to learn about fractions. We have been finding fractions of amounts, comparing fractions and finding equivalents. In English there has been lots of reading and quizzing happening and we are so proud of how well the children are doing. We have been continuing our non-fiction topic all about the Roman Empire and learning about Julius Caesar. We have been picking out important facts and reading poetry too. We have also been continuing to practise our complex sentences using facts about the Romans that we have learned. The children have continued to be so enthusiastic when practising our Roman information and have been able to use this information during our lessons. In RE, we have been thinking about the resurrection and have written some lovely prayers. In geography the children have continued to explore the Arctic and have written information sheets. In science the children have been finding out all about magnets.
This week we celebrate Lily-Mae and Matilda. Lily-Mae receives an enthusiastic Bobby Bee certificate for her enthusiasm and excitement about her learning. You are so bubbly and full of ideas Lily Mae. It is a pleasure to have you in our class and you are always such a co-operative Roger Robin too. Well done Lily-Mae. Matilda you receive a Roger Robin certificate for being such a lovely learning partner and a kind and considerate member of our class. You are always so willing and enthusiastic to help others and we all really appreciate how kind and generous you are. Thank you so much.
We are also proud to celebrate Anncia who received Jacqui's Marvellous Manners this week and Christian who was Lunchtime Role Model of the week. Well done children.
Well done also to Owen who has achieved 100% of his reading target this week. You are doing a great job and I know that you love reading so much. Keep up the good work.
Please check the Home Learning page for this week’s home learning. Thank you.
Mrs Curtis has asked that the children bring an old white t.shirt for their work on textiles and printing for Monday. Please see Mrs Curtis’s blog too. Thank you.
As the weather starts to improve, please make sure that all sweatshirts/cardigans/tracksuits are labelled so that they can be returned easily if they are taken off and put down. Thank you.
Please can we also ask that all children have a water bottle so that they can have a drink during the day. If the weather is going to be sunny, please ensure that the children have suncream on for playtimes. Thank you.
I am looking forward to being able to share your child’s progress with you at our virtual parents meeting which takes place in May. Miss Hornby’s blog explains how to sign up for this. Please ensure that you have signed up. Thank you.
We hope that you all have a lovely weekend. Hopefully we will have some more of this lovely sunshine.
Take care and stay safe,
The Year 3 Team
Miss Brisco, Miss Edmondson and Miss Woodrow
Contact us at:
l.brisco@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk
k.edmondson@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk
This week’s home learning is online.
Read moreManage your time wisely and show your parents what you have learnt!
Read moreDo you know what the difference is between a disciple and an apostle? We have been exploring this very question this week in Year 6. Disciples are learners, listeners and followers; apostles are teachers, missionaries and guardians…but can you become an apostle without being a disciple? Do disciples always become apostles?
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Week Two
Art News… Week 2
Another fabulous week at school, the sun has been shining and the learning has been fun!
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Read moreHave a go at completing the experiment below practically with fizzy drinks. The question we are investigating is: Does gas have weight? Feel free to carry out the experiment shown or do your own simpler version. You do not need to fill out the detailed sheet shown in presentation. How will you make it a fair test? I have set a blank document on Purple Mash for you to add photos and type what you found out. How did you prove or disprove the question?
Complete the 2nd Purple mash task explaining the characteristics of Solids, Liquids and Gases.
Complete IXL unit BB5 and carry on practising TT rockstars.
Keep collecting words in your reading to add to your journal and make sure you understand their meanings. What book are you reading to challenge yourselves? You are all such good readers now!
Watch the above spelling rap for a bit of fun! We love Blazer Fresh!
Green group
because thought quite quiet since forest excited were across field
White group
medal, meddle, seen, scene, witch, which, bored, board, mist, missed
Play hangman with these words - or make your own word search containing these words. Make sure you know what these words mean.
Another week has whizzed by here in Year 2! Our classroom has been filled with so many Focused Cooper Crabs each day and the learning taking place has been amazing. I have even likened the children to juniors this week! The enthusiasm and determination they have shown has been unbelievable and I couldn’t be prouder.
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