: Blog items
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 4:26pm
And that's it, our penultimate week is over, only one more week left of Year 2!
In English, we finished off reading our story, Grandad's Secret Giant, focusing further on developing our understand of the formation of letters and diary entries. We loved writing our final letter to Grandpa. Next week, will focus heavily on transition into Year 3.
In Maths, we finished off our final topic of the year, Position and Direction. We focused on describing turns as well as giving instructions to our friends giving them specific commands whilst using mathematical terminology. Next week, we will consolidate our learning from the year through a range of fun activites.
To finish off our Young Leaders Award, we completed our final step - Action. We decided that it would be a lovely idea to celebrate our Year 6 children on the success of their SATS results. For this, we made the children cakes and sandwiches, serving them juice at the same time in the hall.
In PE, we focused on developing our team-building skills whilst playing a game of rounders on the field. The weather has been perfect or lots of fresh air!
- You can join at Formby Library and take part in person. The librarian will give you a collector folder, stickers, and other special rewards, and help you find books to read.
- Or, take part online by signing up here. Set a reading goal and log your books on your profile. When you reach your goal, you will unlock a virtual badge and certificate. Link: https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/join-in
Reminders
- Children will finish next Friday, 19th June at 1pm prompt.
- Children need to bring their water bottles and hats to school each day, where possible, to protect them from the sun
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 3:48pm
For RE this week we have continued to talk about special times especially those while we have been in Reception. The children have enjoyed practicing singing, learning lines and creating paintings to talk about at our final wow service, we can’t wait to see you there!
Continuing with our ‘Superheroes’ theme, we talked about the importance of superheroes fuelling their bodies before saving the day! We discussed how it is important to have a balanced diet and to think about healthy choices. Leading on from this, the children were able to taste a variety of different fruits. It was lovely to see the children having a try, even if they were a little unsure as to whether they would like it.
In D&T, Reception have been using their design to create their own boat. They experimented with different materials and joining methods to achieve the end result. Amazing work everyone!
We also discussed with the children 5 things they would like to do together before the end of the term. As you can imagine the children had quite a long list and some of the ideas we were not able to quite carry out! After a vote the children settled for a final 5, you will have to keep a watch on our twitter page to see what these ideas are!
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and see you all next week!
Miss Dalley and the Reception team
Reminders:
Please send into school a clearly labelled sun hat and sun cream
Wednesday 17th July – Final WOW Service of the year – 2pm @ St Peter’s Church
Friday 19th July – School finish for the Summer 1pm
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 8:19am
A very active week in Year 6!
On Tuesday, our final primary school trip took place as we ventured to Alton Towers! The children had been very excited in the build-up as we discussed how the day would work, looked at the theme park map and watched videos about particular rides. We went on some rides as a class (The Rapids, The Runaway Mine Train) but also split into groups at various points to allow us to go on the types of rides we wanted. Despite limited time at the park, we were able to get on several other rides in groups, including Galactica, Wicker Man and Oblivion – as well as take part in water fights and visit the aquarium! All in all, a successful day! Check the Year 6 Twitter page for all the pictures.
Production rehearsals have continued with the script now being finalised and all children happy with their roles. We have focused on stage directions and transitions this week and we have just about sorted where we need to be and when! Children should now be bringing in their additional clothes for the production so dress rehearsals can start next week.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Date: 4th Jul 2024 @ 10:21am
It has been as busy as ever in Year 4 and we are certainly making the most of our time together before the Summer Break.
In order to understand our new monthly value of responsibility, we recorded all of the responsibilities we hold both in school and at home. We connected our statements to forma chain and recognised that if we don’t uphold our responsibilities, this chain will break.
After receiving a letter from a curious caver, we set to the task of researching facts to form a reply to the many questions the caver has asked. He claimed he had tripped on a stalactite, but we know that can’t be possible as they are located on the cave ceilings!? But don’t worry, we explained in full detail that this couldn’t have been the case and in fact, it may have been a stalagmite he tripped on.
In Maths, we have been collecting data and representing the data on a bar and line graph. We have considered the increments the graph scale should go up in and even used a key to distinguish between two sets of data represented on our graphs.
To continue our focus on sound, we took to the challenge of creating absorbent boxes in Science. After using a diamond 9 to predict which materials would be the most and least absorbent, we selected our top 3 and took to sound proofing our boxes.
Have a brilliant weekend, Year 4. See you on Monday!
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 9:39am
What a fabulous week!
We have enjoyed re-capping phonics sounds already learnt and then learning the new sound ‘c’. For Maths we have enjoyed exploring shape and recapping the similarities and differences between squares and rectangles and exploring the properties of circles and triangles. The children then enjoyed creating pictures using the different shapes.
This week the children enjoyed setting up a hair-dressers, they spent time washing and styling hair for friends and staff alike. There was great fun had and the children have suggested a pamper day, which we will be busy planning over the next few days.
Continuing with our theme ‘Toys’ the children have spent some time exploring old and new toys. The children spent some time exploring old toys and then using their observational skills they enjoyed paining, drawing or collaging their own pictures.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Nursery team
Reminders:
Please send into school a clearly labelled sun hat and sun cream
Wednesday 17th July – Final WOW Service of the year – 2pm @ St Peter’s Church
Friday 19th July – School finish for the Summer 1pm
Date: 2nd Jul 2024 @ 12:56pm
Well done to Year 5 for giving your all throughout this week! It has been as busy as ever and the time really is flying by with now just under two weeks of this school year remaining. Here are some highlights from the many different things that we have managed to fit into this week…
Our English lessons this week focused on letter writing. The children were tasked with planning and drafting a letter to their buddy and their families to tell them all about themselves, our school and their new role as a Year 6 buddy in September. The children put such thought and care into this writing and are looking forward to writing up the final versions next week.
The children also enjoyed a visit from Josh from Formby library who informed the children about this year's summer reading challenge. We hope that the children will be able to enjoy the reading challenge over the summer holidays and celebrate this with us when they return to school in September.
Our Maths learning focused on calculating intervals of time and then using these skills to interpret and later create our own TV channel schedules. The children enjoyed this opportunity to take up the role of lead producer of a television channel and having the power to decide which of their favourite shows were on at different times of the day. Next week’s Maths will incorporate a revision of different concepts explored throughout this term. Please see previous blogs for an outline of the different areas that we have been learning in previous weeks.
Even with just two weeks of the school year remaining, there really still is so much more to cram in. We will be sure to make the most of it. Enjoy your weekends and see you on Monday!
Reminders:
-As mentioned in last week’s blog and on Google Classroom, for the remaining weeks of Year 5, the children have been set a spelling challenge. The aim is to learn as many words as they can from a list of common exception words. The list is available on Google Classroom and the children should pick a list that they feel best challenges them.
-The final homework of Year 5 has been set and should be completed on or before Wednesday 10th July.
-Please also remember that the Year 5 ‘Virtual Classroom’ is always available and has been re-attached to this blog for ease. This includes links to a variety of websites and resources. All pupils' individual passwords can be found on Google Classroom. Don't forget, there is also the ‘Practice’ section on Mirodo where the children can choose any topic they wish to practise for Maths, Reading, SPaG or Science.
Date: 30th Jun 2024 @ 2:10pm
Only two weeks left, and what fun we have had!
In English we continued with our story and started by writing a letter to the giants, from Billy’s point of view, apologising for his reaction. After, we created our own cinquains about the giant, as well as important people in our lives!
In Maths, we began our topic on Position and Direction. We explored how objects and people move in specific ways using mathematic terminology such as clockwise and anti-clockwise. Using this language, we moved various objects and mapped out where objects would end up accordingly. Next week, we will finish this topic and will consolidate our learning.
This week, we focused on the difference between the seaside now, and in the past. We learnt about how people dressed in the past, as well as some of the past times people used to enjoy!
This week we finished off our last topic in our Young Leaders Award: Action. We came up with a plan to celebrate and help our school community. Watch this space!
We also had another fantastic week with Kate from Kate’s Krystal. We continued to focus on our self-worth and confidence. These sessions have been fantastic, and we have loved every minute of them!
Reminders
- Please remember hats, sun cream and water bottles where possible.
Date: 30th Jun 2024 @ 2:10pm
Another busy week for us here in Year 2!
In English, we continued reading our story and focused on writing in the past tense. This week, we took on the role of Billy and wrote several diary entries about his experiences both on his scary boat trip and also when he saw the giant for the first time!
In Maths we finished off our topic on statistics creating and interpreting a range of pictograms. To consolidate our learning, we solved problems from a range of graphs. Next week, we will start our final topic: Geometry. In this unit we will focus on position and direction.
Wednesday was certainly a highlight of our week! Our annual sports day took place in blistering heat and with a huge crowd of proud parents! We are so proud of each and everyone of you, showing perseverance and team work when encouraging your friends!
On Friday, we finished our final DT topic of the year: Moving Monsters. We started by investigating different levers and leverages and how they can be used to move various items such as hole punches and scissors. After, we designed our monsters, adding detail before cutting them out and connecting them with levers and paper fasteners. We had some fantastic creations, we hope you enjoy them too!
Reminder
- PE days will continue to be on a Monday and Thursday each week.
- Please, where possible, can we ask that children have hats, sun cream and water bottles.
Date: 28th Jun 2024 @ 3:40pm
What a fun filled week we have had in Reception, enjoying the sunshine.
For RE this week we have started a new theme all about special times. We began our session thinking about what we mean by ‘special times’, the children talked about holidays and birthdays. We then began to reflect on our school year and the special times we have had together. The children have made a list of their favourite special times and we will then talk about these in our final WOW service.
On Wednesday we had the best time for Sports day, we were glad the rain stayed away and we could take part in our races! We are very proud of them all and their sportsmanship.
Continuing with our ‘Superheroes’ theme, the children have enjoyed re-telling the story of ‘Supertato’ using a variety of different vegetables. As a class we then thought of different ways we could catch the Evil pea to stop him causing any more mischief. We fed the ideas back to Supertato and sent him on a mission. When we came back in the morning, Supertato had caught the Evil pea using cellotape! The children then had a go at writing speech bubbles for what the Evil pea may be saying now that he’s trapped.
As part of our D&T ‘making boats’ topic, we started to explore waterproof items and items that sink or float. As a class we tested different household items to see if they were waterproof and then categorised them. We then looked at items that sink or float and discussed what the best materials would be to use to make our own junk model boat.
We wish you all a lovely weekend
Miss Dalley and the Reception team
Reminders:
Wednesday 17th July – Final WOW service 2pm @St Peter’s Church
Friday 19th July – School finish 1pm
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 9:47pm
What a wonderful week we have had. We are getting closer to the end of Year 1, and have loved getting prepared for Year 2 this week!
In Maths this week we continued our topic 'Money'. We focused on counting coins and notes. We enjoyed solving real life problems.
In RE we made links to world faiths by comparing Jesus' life to ours. We discussed how Jesus was Jewish and explored the practices he would have followed.
We were proud to take part in Sports Day on Wednesday! We absolutely loved having our grown ups there to cheer us on as we raced alongside each other. We had so much fun in the sun and loved showing off our skills!
Our highlight this week was getting to see our new Year 2 classroom ready for next year. We were very excited to test out the classroom and enjoyed asking questions about school life next year.
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 12:03pm
So much fun and games this week as we celebrated Sports Day!
To kick start the week, we considered how religions carry out their prayer. After identifying that prayer mats are used inside mosques, we considered what our prayer mat might look like using symbols and colours special to us.
We have continued to be inspired by the story ‘Blue John’ when writing and have loved delving into the four chapters we have read so far. We considered what we might see and hear if we were the child dancing in the cavern with Blue John and incorporated the use of similes to describe what our senses would experience. Later, we moved on to creating an explanation text to outline how Blue John was created using Geographical vocabulary associated with the aspects of a cave.
In Maths, we recognised the difference between quadrilaterals identifying what parallel lines and the name of 3D shapes. We focused on how many faces and edges 3D shapes have before moving on to look at interrupting pictograms.
We also enjoyed a visit to the Scholastic Book Fair this week and were delighted to find some fantastic reads to go back and purchase.
What a fantastic Sports Day full of laughter and smiles! Thank you to everyone who attended and made it a day to remember. We truly had the best time racing and the joy on our faces was clear to see.
Of course, another highlight was our return visit to Laurel’s Wood. We were delighted to return and learn more outdoor skills whilst putting those we learnt last time to good use. We were thrilled to be able to build different types of dens and even toast marshmallows on a fire!
Have a lovely weekend, Year 4!
Date: 27th Jun 2024 @ 9:05am
Our production rehearsals have been going well. The children have been given specific roles now, although this is still only an early draft and additional lines will be added in as we continue to rehearse for those children who want larger roles. Parents, please ensure you have read the messages sent on School Spider regarding clothing and tickets.
We were treated to a very special assembly this week led by Sumdog! After all these years of playing and enjoying the app, it was fantastic to have the team in to share new features and projects they are working on. We particularly enjoyed Strawbees, which saw us constructing various shapes and mechanisms – while also working on our resilience and teamwork.
On Wednesday, we had our final ‘Sports Day’ at Trinity St. Peter’s. We wanted to have a strong emphasis on our value of ‘Enjoy’ and not take it too seriously. We agreed that if we were losing, we would ‘lose in style’ – just as long as it didn’t affect anybody else in the race who may still be trying to win. There was a great atmosphere throughout and we all had a great time taking part in the different races. Perhaps the highlight was our parents’ three-legged race. Lots of laughter…and lots of competitive parents! We were very impressed with those children who managed to complete the lap with neither of their feet ever setting foot on the grass!
We also enjoyed hearing the children’s stories about their transition days to their secondary schools on Thursday. Not long to go now!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Date: 24th Jun 2024 @ 3:55pm
What a fabulous week we have had, enjoying the sunshine!
It was so lovely this week when we were able to welcome parents to school to watch the children’s sports day! Nursery enjoyed every minute demonstrating their running and jumping skills, we also enjoyed an ice lolly when we returned to class.
We have enjoyed re-capping phonics sounds already learnt and then learning the new sound ‘o’. For Maths we have continued to explore number to 5, we have had to add numbers to five asking ‘How many altogether’ and also ordering numbers to five identifying when there was a number missing and what number this was!
The children who will be moving to Reception in September have begun their transition and spent time in the Reception with their new teacher Miss Dalley. They enjoyed exploring the classroom and spending time with their new teacher.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Nursery team
Reminders:
Please send into school a clearly labelled sun hat and sun cream
Wednesday 17th July – Final WOW Service of the year – 2pm @ St Peter’s Church
Friday 19th July – School finish for the Summer 1pm
Date: 24th Jun 2024 @ 3:14pm
Wow! How we have managed to pack so much into just one school week really is quite incredible and we have an absolute abundance of highlights to share.
Our Maths lessons have involved calculating time intervals. Next week, we will continue this focus and start to build our own TV timetables, applying our mathematical knowledge. Another highlight in Maths this week was our fantastic visit from the Sumdog team, which is a popular Maths practice app we use in school. The assembly celebrated the children's achievements on the app, particularly highlighting that both Year 5 and Year 6 have won regional and national contests this academic year. We also had the chance to take part in our own class contest as well as meeting the actual Sumdog who joined us outside!
Not only that, Sumdog team also introduced us to their sister company, Strawbees, an engineering toolkit aimed at children that enhances problem-solving skills through building, creating and learning. We had the chance to try out some of their materials in a fun workshop with lots of cross-curricular links.
Sports Day also arrived on Wednesday and, in glorious conditions, the children competed brilliantly in the: Flat Sprint, Speed Bounce and Obstacle races. Well done to our race winners as well as each child for having the courage to take part and give their individual best!
We have also been sure to take some pauses throughout this week and have remembered to be mindful and aware of our feelings. This connected to our collective worship of truthfulness in the sense that we remained true to ourselves.
The children also had the opportunity to spend some time with Mr King, their next class teacher, in the Year 6 classroom.
Have a fantastic weekend everyone and well done to the Year 5 children for really giving your all throughout this week!
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 3:41pm
We have had another fantastic week in Year 2, and we couldn’t be prouder of all you have done!
In Maths, we continued with our topic on Statistics, developing our understanding of tables and block graphs by both creating them and reading them to answer a range of questions. Next week, we will learn all about pictograms, creating our own and reading them to answer a range of questions.
In English, we continued with our story ‘Grandad’s Secret Giant’. We learnt how the giant had helped save them during a dreadful storm, imagining that we were Billy, we created a vivid diary entry about the frightening experience! The entries were full of exciting literacy features such as adjectives and conjunctions.
In Reading, we explored the Grimm’s Fairy Tale ‘The Shoe Maker and the Elves’, starting by exploring how the illustrations allow us to identify key events in the story before even reading it! After, we answered a range of literal and inference questions about the text. We cannot wait to find out what fairy tale is next.
As part of our Young Leaders Award, we looked at the word Perseverance and how this is a quality all good leaders, and as individuals, we should have. We learnt how Gracie, the character in our story, set herself her the challenge of tying her laces, and how with lots of practise and perseverance, she succeeded! To help us remember to keep going even when it get tough, we created our own ‘Stick with it sticks’. These beautiful creations will be a constant reminder to us!
All children showed this skill as part of our talent show prep, practising their various routines during the build-up the first round on Thursday. Here, the children took to the stage in front of their class performing a variety of skills from dance to football. Well done to everyone who took part and of course to the act that went through to the grand finale, in front of the whole school! Year 2 certainly do have talent!
All children were also able to show of these skills in during our PE lessons where they took their time to practise their team work skills as part of the three-legged race! We cannot wait for Sports Day next week for all our parents to see!
Reminders
- Sports Day is next Wednesday, 26th June
- Please can children bring in hats and water bottles each day due to the weather becoming increasingly warmer!
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 3:15pm
Another week gone, where is this year going?
In English, we continued our class book, ‘Zeraffa Giraffa’ by Diane Hofmeyr. We discovered that on arrival in Marseilles, France, decisions had to be made on how to get Zeraffa to Paris. This inspired us to work in groups to design and create a new invention to transport the 11ft giraffe 550 miles to Paris. We thought of some wonderfully imaginative ideas and then wrote a letter to Monsieur Stravganza to persuade him to accept our idea. We then read further into Zeraffa Giraffa’s journey down the River Nile and used pictures from the book to create freeze frames of the main events.
In Maths, we were introduced to the concept of angles for the first time. Drawing on our previous knowledge from Year 2, we described turns as quarter, half, three-quarter and full turns. We soon recognised angles as describing the size of a turn and understood greater angles as having made a greater turn. We practised making quarter, half, three-quarter and whole turns in clockwise and anticlockwise directions and in familiar contexts such as on a clock face or the points of a compass. We soon moved on to ‘right angles’ to describe a quarter turn and learnt the symbol for a right angle. We went on to recognise right angles in various contexts, including in the world around us and within known 2-D shapes. We concluded our learning this week by being introduced to the terms “acute” and “obtuse” to describe the angles. We know that acute angles are less than a right angle, and obtuse angles are greater than 1 but less than 2 right angles.
The sun finally made an appearance as we ended the week with our Science trip to Martin Mere and became plant detectives for the day. The children were able to explore the wetland habitats to identify a variety of wetland plants and the things they need to survive. They investigated the function of their different parts and discovered how some are specifically adapted to a wetland environment. The trip provided a deeper scientific understanding of the functions of different plant parts, exploring and classifying living things and recognising that environmental changes can sometimes pose dangers to living things.
Let's hope the sun keeps shining over the weekend :)
Date: 21st Jun 2024 @ 8:18am
What a lovely week we have had in the sunshine.
For RE this week we have enjoyed Caroline visiting us for Godly Play. Caroline continued with the theme of ‘Prayer’ and discussed the Pretzel prayer and how when you look at a pretzel it can remind us of crossed arms in prayer. Caroline then shared pretzels with the children as they all said a prayer together. On Wednesday we went to ‘WOW’ and after talking about the importance of prayer, three of the Reception children said a prayer. Thank your Caroline for a lovely service.
We continued with our theme of ‘Superheroes’. This week we have loved the story of ‘Supertato’ and on Monday we discovered some frozen vegetables in blocks of ice with letter asking us to help them escape! The children then enjoyed using warm water and salt to help the peas escape, the children had so much fun! The children have also enjoyed making pictures of the Evil Pea and writing wanted posters to help catch him. On Wednesday, we noticed that the evil pea had been up to more mischief. He had captured the vegetables and trapped them under a basket. The children continued the hunt for the evil pea, searching for clues in the outdoor area.
We have continued to practiced for sports day and cannot wait for everyone to watch it next week!
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and see you all next week.
Miss Dalley and the Reception team.
Reminders:
Please send into school a clearly labelled sun hat and sun cream
Wednesday 26th June – Sports Day
Date: 20th Jun 2024 @ 7:55pm
Another busy week in Year 6!
In Reading and Writing, we have started working on a unit of writing linked to ‘adventurers’ and ‘leadership’ and we have learned about a number of significant literary and real-life explorers such as Beowulf and Robert Falcon Scott. Our final task this week was to research somebody who we believe is a good leader. There was a wide range of leaders chosen, both real and fictional, from various time periods and areas of profession.
Wednesday was ‘Thank a Teacher’ Day and the Year 6 children were instrumental in spreading appreciation around the whole school. The children dropped off individual cards to each member of staff – including office and kitchen staff and Mr Essery – as well as refreshments and treats! A special ‘thank you’ to those parents who brought in gifts for the Y6 staff as well – not expected but very appreciated!
Throughout the week, we have continued to practise our drama skills, both in class and in the shade on the school field. We have discussed potential scenes we would like to do, as well as ideas for songs to perform. The children have then had time in groups to come up with ideas and perform in front of their peers, thinking carefully about stage directions and voice projection. We think it is going to be a great show! We have talked about how our parents will enjoy the show more if our plans and the final script are kept a surprise…so please do try and have some restraint at home and avoid asking your children about what they will be doing! We can however assure you that all the children will get the type of part in the show which they want.
Finally, we saw the return of ‘TSP’s Got Talent’ this week. Well done to all the pupils who performed in front of their peers – what a range of talents we have in Year 6! A special ‘well done’ to our Year 6, who went on to represent the class in the whole-school final on Friday morning.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Date: 19th Jun 2024 @ 11:53am
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A week full of memory making and learning highlights in Year 4!
‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ is one of the most famous fables and we loved revisiting the story this week to think deeper about our understanding of our Collective Worship value, Truthfulness. In RE, we reflected on times when we engage in prayer and the time it gives us to truly reflect and take a minute to ourselves. We discussed the places and times other religions pray, taking a closer look at prayer mats and the symbols we would include on our own mats.
In English, we continue with our story, ‘Blue John’. Before we started reading the new chapter, we explored our new STAR vocabulary, using our dictionaries to define the words and creating a glossary for future reference. We connected our learning with Geography, discovering new terms such as stalagmites and stalactites. Using Hot Seating, we explored the thoughts and feelings on the Queen of Darkness and used fronted adverbials to create sentences about her actions towards Blue John. Our learning then progressed to spotting features in explanation texts and justifying when a new paragraph should be used.
In Maths, we identified different sizes of angles recognising those that are obtuse, acute and right angles. We compared angle sizes in different shapes before identifying angles as turns.
To kick start our DT project, we conducted some product research with biscuit testing! After analysing the appearance and packaging of different biscuits, it was time to sample their taste and texture. We look forward to designing our own recipes and packaging for our own biscuit designs.
To celebrate National School Sport Week, our Sports Ambassadors devised a plan to set up different sporting activities on the playground for us to enjoy at breaktimes this week. From dodgeball to tennis, we spent our breaktimes playing with friends, developing our skills and enjoying time taking part in team games. We are thrilled to have been given the opportunity to grow in confidence and take part in sports we might not normally play.
The countdown is now on to Sports Day and we are looking forward to inviting our loved ones to come and watch us race next week! Have a great weekend, Year 4.
Date: 19th Jun 2024 @ 10:45am
WOW! What a wonderful week we have had in Year 1.
We began this week with our new Maths topic ‘Money’. We started by exploring various coins and discussing our prior knowledge of money and the value that it holds. We then matched the correct coins with their value. We then ordered the coins from smallest to greatest based on their value. We have made a great start to this topic and enjoyed making real life links within our learning.
In RE this week we immersed ourselves in a world like Jesus’. We built upon our knowledge of Jesus’ world in comparison to ours, by recapping what we already know. We then explored various elements of Jesus’ world such as food, we tried some of the foods Jesus and his friends would have ate. We then explored how children would have learned during Jesus’ life, we even had a go of learning without electricity! We thought about how difficult this must have been for people.
Our highlight this week was our school talent show, we had so much fun sharing our wonderful talents and showcasing our skills. We worked as a team as we supported our friends in achieving their best. I am incredibly proud of how much kindness you have all demonstrated this week. Well done Year 1.
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Date: 18th Jun 2024 @ 2:54pm
What a fabulous week
We enjoyed our WOW service where Caroline talked to the children all about Prayer We were also lucky to have Godly Play this week where Caroline talked to the children all about Prayer some more following on from the WOW service. Thank you for all your hard work and support.
This week, the children have enjoyed practicing for their Sport’s day next week. They have been practicing the following races - Egg and Spoon, Hurdles, Sack and Flat race. We will continue to practice over the next week and are looking forward to Sport’s day next week.
We have enjoyed re-capping phonics sounds already learnt and then learning the new sound ‘g’. For Maths we have enjoyed exploring number to 5, we have had to identify missing numbers on a number track and then also be able to recognise numbers that come ‘before’ a give number.
Our next theme is all about toys and we were very excited when on Tuesday ‘Fuzzy’ the teddy bear left us a secret note and a challenge to find clues around the classroom, when we found all of the pieces and solved the problem we discovered there was a picture with lots of hidden toys that we had to find. We also looked at pictures of toys within the classroom and discussed why we liked the toys and what material the different toys were made from! What a fabulous week and we are looking forward to exploring this theme more over the next few weeks
We hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Nursery team
Reminders:
Please send into school a clearly labelled sun hat and sun cream
Wednesday 26th June – Sports Day
Date: 18th Jun 2024 @ 10:15am
Another week complete in the Year 5 classroom!
The undoubted highlight of our week had to be our school trip! This time our adventures took us not too far down the road to ‘Go Outside’ in Formby. We had an absolutely brilliant time in a range of survival, adventure and orienteering style activities, with many children commenting how this was their all-time favourite school trip. A particular highlight was the Slip 'N Slide where the change of clothes definitely became a necessity! What a time we had and a really fantastic final Year 5 outdoors adventure.
In our new unit on 'Loss, Death, and Christian Hope', we have delved into different interpretations of God. The students have been introduced to complex theological language, learning terms such as God being supreme, omniscient, and omni-benevolent. This unit has sparked thoughtful discussions and deepened our understanding of these profound concepts.
This week was also National School Sports Week! To mark this event, our Sports Ambassadors helped to ensure that there was a different sport available for the children to play at breaktime and lunchtime. The sports included dodgeball, tennis, rounders and more. Great fun was had as many children got involved with a different sporting activity during their free time.
The week concluded with an exciting Friday involving the school talent show. We were so proud of all children who auditioned in class, simply for having the courage to stand up and showcase their skills in front of others. We were beaming with pride! Well done also to our winning act who performed beautifully in front of the school on Friday. Great entertainment all round!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Reminders:
-Please read the guidance on Google Classroom for a ‘spelling challenge’ that the children have been set for the remainder of this academic year.
-English and Maths homework will continue as normal for the time being on Mirodo as usual.
-Should the warm weather and temperatures continue, please ensure that children apply suncream in preparation.
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 3:55pm
What a busy week we have had!
For RE this week we continued to learn about our theme of ‘Prayer’. We learnt about how we can use our hand to help us to pray using each finger for a different meaning, for an example the thumb because it is closest to you when you look at your hands reminds us to pray for people we love. The children then enjoyed drawing around their hands and talking about the ‘five finger prayer’.
We are loving our theme of ‘Superheroes’. This week we watched a short film about 10 rules of a superhero, we then asked the children to think about if they could have a super power what their superpower might be and why they would like to have that power. The children described to their friends how they would use their powers, what fun we had!
We have also spent the week thinking about Father’s Day and the special father figures in their life. We made a card and a special gift to share with our Father’s / father figures and talked about what makes them so special.
On Friday we had a classroom full of Super Heroes. The children started the day by taking part in a super hero catwalk, they showed their costume to their friends and talked about their favourite superhero. The children also made their own super hero vest using fabric pens, I’m sure you will agree they looked amazing! The children then made their own obstacle course outside to show their superhero moves!
We wish you all a lovely weekend!
Miss Dalley and the Reception team.
Reminders:
Please send into school a clearly labelled sun hat and sun cream
Wednesday 19th June – WOW service 2pm @ St Peter’s Church
Wednesday 26th June – Sports day
Date: 14th Jun 2024 @ 8:19am
A fun-filled week in Year 6!
On Monday, the children had an ‘Art Day’, where they focused on caricatures. They created many different faces - using different techniques and styles – including celebrities, themselves and their friends. This was all leading to a ‘top secret’ project in the afternoon, which we cannot share on the blog! You can check out Twitter / X for some of the excellent celebrity caricatures created earlier in the day.
Tuesday and Wednesday saw the return of our mathematical / thinking project, ‘Washing Machine Madness’! Buying, selling, designing and marketing skills were all required for this task and once again, the children didn’t disappoint! There was lots of creative thinking as they adapted to the constantly changing financial market, negotiated prices and debated how to distribute resources. Well done, Year 6!
We also had several visitors / workshops this week to enhance our curriculum. On Wednesday afternoon, the children had a very informative Zoom session with Merseyside Police regarding online safety. They were also visited by the school nurse, who spoke to them about managing worries. Finally, we were treated to an incredible Music assembly with Rocksteady Music School, which even saw some of our teachers forming a band.
In anticipation for the rest of the children’s final half-term of primary school, we have also discussed our upcoming Alton Towers trip and how the day will look. We have also started thinking about the leavers’ production, but again…we’re trying to keep this a secret!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Date: 12th Jun 2024 @ 9:55pm
This week has flown by! There have been incredible efforts and you have all shone like superstars!
In our RE lesson this week, we explored more about Jesus' world compared to ours. We read the Bible stories 'The Good Samaritan' and 'The Nativity Story' to investigate the key differences between life then and now. We shared some brilliant ideas in our class discussion, by highlighting how babies were born when Jesus was alive, compared to now. We also discussed how people got around during Jesus' time, compared to now, we could see how much has changed, from travelling on donkeys to having multiple cars buses and trains.
In Maths this week we explored Place Value even further, we began counting up to 100 from 50. We used our understanding of Place Value within 50 to support our new learning. We used ten frames and part whole models to help us partition the bigger numbers into tens and ones.
We are delighted to announce that our Phonics Screening Check is over, I am incredibly proud of everyone's hard work. The determination in Year 1 has blown me away! A lovely restful weekend is very well deserved. Well done everyone!
A happy Father's Day this weekend. We hope you enjoy a weekend of making memories with your loved ones.
Thank you for all of the on going support at home, you all shined so bright this week!