Year 3 Friday 25th June 2021 “Forgive each other as Christ has forgiven you.” Colossians 3:13

What a lovely day we had on Wednesday when  the children made their First Reconciliation with Father Peter. They were a little nervous before hand but all children emerged like butterflies from the cocoon, looking sparkly and shiny and new. There were a lot of smiles, a few giggles and all children looking happy that they had made their First Reconciliation. When asked how they felt once they had celebrated this beautiful sacrament, one child commented that he felt “accomplished and blessed” another saying that they “felt like the guilt had been lifted and taken away”. Everyone agreed that there had been nothing to worry about and said that they would not be worried about going to confession again. At the end of the day we had another little celebration with a few nibbles just to mark the occasion. Thank you for returning the slips about First Holy Communion, if you have not yet returned the slip expressing a wish for your child to take part in the Sacrament of Holy Communion in September, please return by Monday. Many thanks.

We hope that you enjoy the little video of photos below showing the children celebrating their first Reconcilation.

This week in Maths we have been looking at direction and angles. The children have had lots of fun turning clockwise and anti-clockwise and working out which way to turn. Have you ever stopped to wonder how many angles there are in different letters? We had great fun working out which letters had 4 angles. We have continued to delve into the poem of the Spider and the Fly. We have been investigating vocabulary this week. We have looked at the story of the Good Samaritan in RE and thought about what God would want us to do. In Science the children have been investigating the strength of magnets. We have been thinking about the different relationships that we have in RHE. Another little video for you to watch of some of the things that we have been up to this week. We hope that you enjoy it.

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Let’s Celebrate:

This week we celebrate Connor-Sean (again), Owen (again), Evan and Christian who have reached their 100% reading target this week. Well done children, I have reset your targets and I know that you are all going to keep on trying so that you can get there again.

We have also celebrated more pen licences this week—well done to Nicola, Anncia and Evan. They are now able to use a pen in their written work. Well done - keep up the lovely handwriting.

This week we our certificates have been awarded to Georgia and Anncia.                

Georgia receives a Lizzy Ladybird certificate for her efforts to improve. You are being really focused, brave and enthusiastic with your learning Georgia and you are trying so hard to keep improving with your work, especially with your maths. What a star you are being. Well done! Well done also to Anncia who receives a Sadie Spider certificate for being so resilient with her learning. You just keep on trying and trying and trying Anncia and we are so proud of you and everything that you do. Well done and keep up the good work.

Jacqui’s Marvellous Manner went to Betsy. Role Model of the week went to Evan. Well done children we are so proud of you.

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Things to Note:

• Hopefully the children will be able to celebrate their First Holy Communion on either 11th or 18th September.. Please can you make sure that the form attached to the letter that came home last week is returned to school by Monday. Many thanks. Thank you to all those who have returned them already. 

• PE on Fridays is outdoor PE this term so please make sure that the children have trainers and their PE kit. Many thanks. (Monday and Tuesday outdoor PE lessons will continue as normal.) No ear rings please. Thank you.

• We have a sweatshirt that ha been left in class with no name in it. Please let us know if you think it is yours. Thank you. Please also can you check that clothes are labelled so that we can return items quickly - we know sometimes the names do fade in the wash.! Thank you

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 We hope that you all have a lovely weekend.

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

Year 4 homework to be handed in by Thursday 30th June

Online homework this week.

Maths

IXL units U6 U11 and U12 - Data and Graphs. Also please continue to practise your TT Rockstars for 5 minutes daily.

English

Task 1

I have set 1 piece of homework on Purple Mash to answer questions about the story below - parts 1 and 2 Watch and enjoy the videos - then go on purple mash to answer the questions fully - in sentences.

Task 2

Create a magical object

Your mission is to invent a magical item. You can make it or draw it—and bring it on Tuesday.

It may belong to your character you have been given in class. Or it could belong to any of the Viking gods, goddesses, giants etc.

This could be anything as long as you are prepared to explain:

Who does it belong to?

What can it do?

Where is it found? Hidden?

How would you describe it?

Here are some ideas: feather, stone, cloak, apple, potion, bag, box, ring, necklace.

 

Spellings this week

purpose straight surprise therefore pressure peculiar heard important interest consider

My spelling group, don’t forget to practise the spellings from your sheet completed in class.

Music

Don’t forget to go on Charanga to do your recorder homework!

Year 6 Home Learning - Wednesday 23rd June 2021

English - Read chapters 19, 20 and 21 of The Wizard of Oz

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The Play - Do you know all of your lines and song lyrics? Start gathering bits for costumes, I will be putting a list on the website on Friday.

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The History of Blackpool

What can you find out about Blackpool Tower? Complete the To Do on Purple Mash.

Create a fascinating factfile poster that looks at its history and key information about Blackpool Tower now.

Year 4 blog. "There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude - a quiet joy."

There has been so much to be thankful for this week! On Wednesday the children took part in their sports day. Wow - they gave it their absolute all! Our wonderful Year 6 helpers timed each event, to see which house won. Although it was sad not to hear parents cheering and supporting, you will be happy to know that the children did it for you! Children were even cheering for the other teams and cheered Year 3 on when watching their sprint event! Here are some pictures and there will be a video on the main blog page. It was lovely gathering as a whole school (socially distanced) to find out the results. It has been such a long time since we have all been together!

Other highlights this week include continuing our work on Road safety in RHE, where we learned about how to keep safe in a car and on a bike. We stressed the importance of wearing a helmet. We also practised our Green Cross Code. We have started our new topic in RE which is all about the church. We took apart the Apostles Creed to establish what catholics believe. We will be going over with the children, what to do at Holy Communion, next week. We also witnessed a lovely worship, lead by Abi, Harriet and Mason about worries.

In maths, children have been learning all about symmetry this week. In English, children have been busy writing their Viking non-fiction books. They are fantastic! We have also started our class novel, “The Snow-Walker’s Son’ which has some very spooky characters in it! Today, we learned about the nine realms that the Vikings believed in and next week, we will be delving into our Viking myths, to see what trouble all those Viking gods and goddesses got into, before writing our own stories.

Let’s Celebrate!

This week there were three certificate winners! We have two Roger Robins who really did stand out in their level of support to others and their good cheer when their team didn’t win. Well done Jess and James!

India has received a Kiki Chameleon/Sadie Spider certificate for putting so much effort and thought into her work. Well done all of you!

PE stars this week go to the whole class - you were all so superb in sports day! I was very proud of you!

Music stars this week were Olivia and Christian and James was our French star!

Notices

Today, the boys have come home with their ties for Holy Communion. Please keep them in a safe place ready for next week or following week.

Below is the information regarding protocols for Holy Communion - there should also be a letter in your child’s bag. Some children have also come home with bidding prayers to practise. They do not need to know them off by heart - a copy will be on the altar to read.

Year 4 will be having a Viking dress-up day on Thursday 8th July. Children can dress up as Viking warriors, gods, goddesses or any other character from the Viking world such as giants/giantesses. I will give you more ideas nearer the time. Children are loving this topic and even play it at breaktime!

Have a lovely weekend everyone. God bless,

Mrs Lyons, Mrs Mather and Miss Forster

Year 3 Home Learning Friday 18th June 2021

Reading:

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.)

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Holy Communion Prep:

Please complete up to p23—41 in the “Called to His Supper” workbook

Think about what you want to say when you make your first Reconciliation next Wednesday. Revisit p34 -37 of your Making Things Right book to prepare for Wednesday.

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Maths:

TT Rockstars - please keep practising your tables facts. How fast can you get at these?

IXL—please complete any multiplication and division units that have not been completed during the year.

Year 3 Friday 18th June 2021 Don’t practice till you get it right, practice till you can’t get it wrong. – McKayla Maroney

It was wonderful celebrating sports day this week. The children were super and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Working together as a team to earn points that we were then able to add to whole school total was wonderful and the children really tried to work together. Plessington were the winners for our class, followed by Marsden, Harcourt and then Bamber. When our points were added to the whole school total, the overall winner was Plessington followed by Harcourt, Marsden and then Bamber. It was sad that we could not invite you to celebrate with us but we hope that you enjoy the photos, in the little video below showing how much the children enjoyed themselves.

This week, we have continued to explore our poem of the Spider and the Fly and this is proving really popular and exciting. We have had great fun reciting the poem and using different voices for both the spider and the fly. Connor Sean and Tabby, you were absolute stars! Well done also to Charlie who enjoyed doing this so much he went home and performed for his family. We really loved the little video of you reciting it that you sent via email.  Thank you. In Maths we have revisited our addition and subtraction facts thinking about number bonds and strategies. We have continued to think about being a Christian in our RE and what Christians do to follow in the footsteps of Jesus. In Science the children have continued to learn about magnets and how they can be used as compasses.

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Let’s Celebrate:

This week we celebrate Franek, Max, Connor Sean,  Lily-Mae, Leo and Evan who have all reached their 100% reading target this week. Well done children, I have reset your targets and I know that you are all going to keep on trying so that you can get there again.

We have also celebrated another pen licence this week—well done to Iris. She is now able to use a pen in her written work. Well done - keep up the lovely handwriting.

This week we our certificates have been awarded to Harvey and Evan.                

Harvey receives an Enthusiastic Bobby Bee certificate for his enthusiasm and smiley face this week. You are trying really hard with your work at the moment Harvey and really bubbling with your enthusiasm and willingness to try new things and get involved with your learning. You are also showing how sensible and supportive you can be too. Well done Harvey.  Evan received our other certificate, a Resilient Sadie Spider. Evan you are always so brave and resilient and eager to find ways to do things that are tricky. You never give up and you just love a challenge. You amaze us all—well done!

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 Things to Note:

• Father Peter has arranged to come into school and celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation with the children next Wednesday—June 23rd. Please chat to your child about this and encourage them to think about what they are going to say. We will be talking about this in school too. Hopefully the children will be able to celebrate their First Holy Communion at the beginning of the Autumn Term. Please read the letter which has come home today and return the form to school by Monday. Many thanks.

• PE on Fridays is going to be outdoor PE this term so please make sure that the children have trainers and their PE kit. Many thanks. (Monday and Tuesday outdoor PE lessons will continue as normal.)

We hope that you all have a lovely weekend.

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