Year 5 Eco Trip to Hope Park- Thursday 9th November

On Thursday, we will be going to Hope Park in the morning to plant bulbs as a part of our eco duties. Children are to come to school in their school polos, with their PE hoody, some tracksuit bottoms, an old pair of trainers and a waterproof coat. Everyone will need to bring their school trousers/skirts, along with their school shoes in a separate bag for our assembly later that afternoon.

Year 5 Weekly Blog 03.11.23- Success is steady progress towards ones personal goals'

For what felt like longer than a week, we are back in school after half term and back straight into our learning. It was brilliant to see the children again, some looking very bronzed after their week abroad, and it was brilliant to see them just jump straight back into their learning. We have started many new topics across our curriculum so the children have been full of curiosity as they tackle many new tasks.

In English, our topic is myths and legends. We have been exploring some popular legend stories such as ‘The Loch Ness Monster’ and ‘George and the Dragon’. We have compared different legend stories to other books/films that relate to these and made connections between them.

In Maths, we are continuing with our topic of place value but have been exploring the world of decimals. W have been looking at tenths and hundredths and the value of these compared to the values we already know- such as ones, tens, hundreds etc.

As the weather continues to pour down, we were left with no choice but to have another indoor PE lesson. Some improvisation left us with some table tennis, HIIT stations and just dance.

Let’s Celebrate

Layla and Rafe for being focused and enthusiastic learners: As we have started the new half term, your focus has been super sharp during every subject we have covered this week, You are showing that you are really determined to learn and improve and you do this with such excitement towards your learning.

Brilliant job!

Erin for being a faithful learner: You haver not just been faithful this week but in everyday during our morning and lunchtime prayer. You are solemn, deep and respectful during our prayers and you really take that time to reflect.

Notices

  • Year 5 Assembly- Will take place on Thursday 9th November. The children will be performing the assembly twice, starting at 2:10pm and 2:35pm. If you haven’t done already, please can you bring in a coloured tie for which ever side you are on (red or blue).


  • Data Sheets- Please can all data sheets be brought back in ASAP. These were sent out earlier this week in a large envelope.


  • Football Tournament- The A Team have a football tournament on Tuesday. Details are available on the sports page.


  • Rememberance Poppies- We are still collecting home made poppies for our chapel display. These are to be water proof as they are to be hung up on the outside of the chapel.


  • Dance Festival- Will take place Monday 13th November. More information is available on the sports page.

This week...

I hope that everyone has had a lovely half term break and has managed to get some family time. Thank you to those who have sent in photos of their adventures.

What a soggy week! It’s been so wet nobody has wanted to play in the garden, we had to wait for little glimmers of sunshine and then race outside!!

We have devoted this week to firework safety and colour. The children have made the most wonderful splatter pictures using paint and also using a computer programme.

We watched a short video which told us about Guy Fawkes making a bad choice and Bonfire Night Celebrations Click here to watch.

Emma’s Blog

Hello everyone. Welcome back. I hope you all had a wonderful half-term 

After our rest we have got straight back to growing our brains and this is what we have been up to. 

We have been learning about why we celebrate bonfire night and have talked about being safe when going to see a bonfire. To link in with our leaning, the children have had so much fun creating their own firework pictures by using watered down paint colours and flicking their paint brush onto paper whilst making the sounds of fireworks. There has been a lot of sparkles thrown in there too. The children have been busy making some fabulous sound's and art work.

We have also linked this in with looking at the 3 primary colours; red, yellow and blue, and talking about how the colours make new colours by mixing them together.  

You could make your own colour wheel spinner at home and watch how all the colours mix together when you spin yours. Its so much fun to make and watch.  

Here is a link to have a go at home:

This week we have started a new sound 't,d s'. As the children practice writing this sound, we say, 'slither down the snake'.

We have also moved on to learn a new number, 3. As the children learn to write 3, we say, 'make a curve just like me, then one more and you've got 3'. This really helps the children to understand how to form the numbers and letters.

As the cold weather is here, it's that time of year for coats, hats, gloves and scarfs. If you could please ensure you put their names inside their items as this will help the children to recognise their name and help to build their independence (as well as helping us of course!) this would be really helpful, thank you.

Enjoy and stay safe if you are attending any bonfires this weekend and see you all on Monday. 

Emma

Michelle’s Blog

Hello everyone and welcome back after our half term break. 

Our learning continues this week as we have been exploring colour. We  learnt that there are 3 primary colours as we watched this video 

We have been very artistic as we have painted our firework pictures using florescent paint. We also made firework pictures on the interactive white board, trying to fill all the space with colour. We then learnt how to stay safe around fireworks, bonfires and sparklers. Remember sparklers are not recommended for young children.

We have worked really hard this week learning to write the number 3. We used the interactive white board as well as really long lengths of paper on the floor. If you are practising at home remember it's " make a curve just like me, then another one makes a 3". We have also explored how 2 plus another 1 makes 3 and have used our fingers to show this.

In PE we have continued to practise our hopping and our jumping as we had to collect different colour cones. We also wowed Mr Nay with our ball control as we rolled them along the floor to hit the cones. He could tell we have been practising.

We have also been practising our independence skills by putting our coats on and trying to do the zip up. Any practise that you can do at home getting dressed independently will benefit your child immensely.

Finally, we have met 2 new letter sounds this week 's' ‘d’ and 't'. As well as learning the sounds we are also learning how to write them. We are remembering to use our 'duck fingers' when writing.

Have a safe bonfire weekend and we will see you next week

Michelle

Worship

On Wednesday we celebrated All Saints Day. First of all we had to find out what a Saint was. Click here to find out.

We all decided that it would be a good idea to try to be a Saint for the Day. It’s really tricky, we really wanted to be more like Jesus. We are going to try every day.

Travelling Nativity

Starting next Thursday each child will be coming home with a Travelling Nativity sack. It contains Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus along with a book about the birth of Christ. We want every child to have the opportunity to take this special sack home so your child will only be able to have it for one night. It is important to return the sack the following day to ensure nobody misses their turn. Thank you as always for being so understanding.

If you visit the school blog on the main page Mrs. Gregan will tell you more.

Read Write Inc.

If your child is learning to read at school with Read Write Inc. Phonics, they will be at one of the following stages: We are following Stage 1

Learning Set 1 Speed Sounds

These are the Set 1 Speed Sounds written with one letter:

m  a  s  d  t  i  n  p  g  o  c  k  u  b  f  e  l  h  r  j  v  y  w  z  x

These are the sounds written with two letters (your child will call these ‘special friends’):

sh  th  ch  qu  ng  nk  ck

Check if your child can read these sounds. Make sure they say sounds like ‘mmm’, not letter names like ‘em’. Watch the Sound Pronunciation Guide video to help you. Click here

If your child is learning Set 1 Speed Sounds, help them to:

  • Complete the Speed Sounds practice sheets for the Speed Sounds they have learnt.

  • Scroll down to the bottom of this page until you reach the Speed Sounds practice sheets Click here. This is a wonderful webpage but remember we are only learning at Stage one.

    This week we have been learning these sounds only m,s,t,a,d. If you could focus on these sounds that would be a great start. Remember ‘duck fingers’!!!

    I am sending home a Read Write Inc word mat and a Speed sound chart so that you will be able to follow our sequence of learning at nursery.

Maths Mastery

This week we met Number Three!

We have:

  • found out that 3 is one more than 2

  • been counting to 3

  • comparing numbers 1,2,and three -’bigger’ and ‘smaller’

  • ordering numbers 1 to 3

  • found out that 3 is made of 2 and 1

Three arrives with a bang and a song and dance about her favourite number:1,2,3, Everybody Look at Me. Click here to watch.

We have also been writing number three. Here’s the rhyme, try and have a go at home.

3 Make a curve just like me, then one more and you’ve got three!! Good luck

Christmas Nativity

This year the Foundation Stage Nativity is as follows.

Dress rehearsal for the whole school 5th December

Parents performances will be on the 6th and 7th December. These are a ticket only events with an allocation of 4 tickets per family over the two performances.

As I receive more details I will let you know….keep watching the blog!

Remembrance Day Poppies

Sticker poppies are now on sale in nursery. Please send your donation in if you wish to help the Royal British Legion Charity.

Lastly, I am hopeful for a brighter weekend but as yet it is not looking too promising. Try and have a lovely weekend whatever the weather. If you are having fireworks at home or attending an organised event please keep safe.

God Bless

Barbara

Year 5 Homework- Thursday 9th November

Assembly Practice

All lines to be fully rehearsed by Monday- will be practising without scripts.

Focus on fully remembering our prayer and the lyrics to our song.

Song- ‘Count On Me’ by Bruno Mars

Prayer

Please help our world leaders and ourselves to make the right decisions (Red ties)

To keep our world safe and to make peace amongst each other (Blue ties)

We pray that the wars across the world come to an end. (Red ties)

That our world is kept safe by keeping it clean as we tackle climate change. (Blue ties)

And that us people, your creation, can find more peaceful ways of dealing with our differences. (Red ties)

May we remain hopeful that peace and good fortune will come good and that your faith fills the hearts of the world. (Blue ties)

Spellings

The first 6 spellings are new words that we have learnt this week. The last 4 are other tricky words that we have covered this year.

  1. rhyme

  2. rhythm

  3. symbol

  4. system

  5. forty

  6. curiosity

  7. appreciate

  8. invisible

  9. believable

  10. attached

Maths

Will be on IXL;

  • DD2- Model decimals and fractions

  • DD4- Place values in decimal numbers

Music- Clarinets

To practice;

  • Jingle Bells- E G C x 10

  • Dancing in the street- G G G A G x 5

Year 6 Weekly Home Learning 3.11.23

English - Reading - Read, read, read, read every single day for AT LEAST 30 minutes.

Please complete the comprehension sheet on ‘gaming’, remembering to aswer in as much detail as you can.

SPELLING: this week we are focusing on adding the suffix ‘er’. Once you have practised there is also a Purple Mash quiz set for you to test yourself at home. I have also set a 2Do on Purple Mash, where you will find some downlaodable flash cards, that may help you if you want to print them off:

Mrs Barker’s Spelling Group

Follow form give good great just

MATHS:

Let’s practice our arithmetic skills with short quiz!

SCIENCE:

Please research and create a one A4 page on the following, which can either be printed off or emailed to myself. Please make sure this is not stuck in homework books as it will be put in our Science books at school…

Year 6 Weekly Blog 'Faith makes all things possible; Hope makes all things easy; Love makes all things work'.

Welcome back to our second half term together and this week has certainly gone with a bang! We have completed so much work in every single lesson, I really feel like we are flying! Thank you to all those parents who saw me on parents’ day. I always enjoy celebrating the children and to share just how well they have settled in to Year 6. We cannot ask the children to work any harder than they are doing, they just need to work smart too and produce the best work that they possibly can. Always use the opportunity to showcase just what you can do!

Read more

A Team Football Tournament- Tuesday 7th November

The boys playing in the A Team have a football tournament on Tuesday 7th November at AKS. The first match will kick off at 1:00pm. Therefore, the children will go in for their lunch at 12:00pm and will need to be picked up at 12:30pm and taken to AKS. The tournament will run from 1:00pm-4:00pm.

The squad for the tournament will be;

Year 5 Year 6

Rex Barrow Owen Probert

Dominic Barrow Evan Probert

Ben Bonixo Stanley Boustead

Liam Fallows Connor Sean McGow

Archie Connor Dominic Vasquez

Year 3 Homework - Tuesday 31st October

Reading

Your reading targets have been reset. Please read for 20 minutes each day at home. Your ZPD’s have been updated - don’t forget to check your cards.

English

We have been looking at pictures from books and talking about what we can see - Remember ‘I can see…’ ‘Tell me more’
Look at the picture in your homework book, what questio0ns do you have about the picture? Use the question hand to help you. Remember capital letters and question marks.

Maths

We have been looking at 100! Can you split 100 into 2 equal groups? 4 equal groups? 5 equal groups?
Fill in the bar diagrams in your homework book.
Can you count in 10s to 100? Can you count back?

TT Rock stars

Please log on to TT Rocks stars and practise your times tables - We’re looking forward to moving your guitars along our TT Rock Stars display!

Spellings

Suffix ‘ion’
construction invention injection collection action hesitation location exaggeration concentration education

Your spelling quiz will be on Monday 6th November











School Photographs

On Monday 30th October, a photographer will be in school taking the annual photographs of the children. Those nursery children who are in on a Monday will be included in these during the school day.

If your child is not in nursery on a Monday, but you would still like them to have a photograph taken, please bring them into the school hall between 8.30am and 8.45am. The children will be able to have their individual photos.

“I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart.” – Vincent van Gogh

The artists in year 2 have explored and experimented different ways of drawing texture using different media one of these was charcoal, messy but amazing results, the children loved it. Then we looked at how our facial expression shows how we feel the most important parts are you’re eyebrows and your mouth, having that in consideration we created our own emojis and there were some extraordinary expressions! Following this we have created our own book and made up our own story and characters, this was so fun and the artists/illustrators have created some beautiful books.