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Date: 15th Sep 2023 @ 3:41pm
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What a fantastic week year 1 have had! We have had so much fun getting to know each other even more.
At the start of the week, in RE, we began our topic ‘Harvest’ and discussed how the food we eat comes from different parts of the world. We created our own pitta pizzas, using ingredients from all around the world. We investigated the packaging and discovered that some of our ingredients came from the Middle East!
We had an exciting day on Wednesday celebrating Roald Dahl Day. We looked at Roald Dahl’s life story, and discussed some of our favourite Roald Dahl stories! We decided that one of our class favourites is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory! We had so much fun looking at the Oompa Loompa song. We then created our own characters and designed individual gingerbread men.
We had the greatest afternoon learning all about the Circus! Taking part in an amazing art workshop, creating the most fantastic circus themed bunting. We are so excited to take part in more workshops next week!
Well done for all of your brilliant work this week Year 1, we are so proud of how much you are learning already! We hope you all have an amazing weekend, and look forward to seeing you on Monday!
Miss Law and the Year 1 team!
Date: 14th Sep 2023 @ 4:04pm
This week for RE, the children thought about what makes them special and unique. The children have enjoyed listening to a story called ‘You are very special’ and we talked about how God loves us all the same. The children then explored a ‘chatterbox’ of items where we explored different items that we may own which are unique to everyone. The children then made their own mirror and decorated it using different mark making techniques with crayons.
On Thursday we took part in an amazing circus themed art lesson with ‘Outline arts’. The children experimented with painting and mark making techniques using different materials. Then then were able to create their own art work which will be put together to make a circus tent! This will be displayed in the school hall along with the art work from the other classes. Thank you so much to Outline Arts for a fantastic workshop!
On Friday we celebrated ‘Dot Day’, where all the children came to school in their lovely spotty clothes. Together we read the story ‘The dot’ and discussed how we can all make our own individual mark. The children then created their own mark on a long piece of paper and we played a game of ‘find the dot’ by searching for circular items in our environment. The children then decorated their own dotty biscuit to take home. To finish a fun and busy day, our Year 6 buddies came to play with us. What a brilliant day we have had.
A poster containing 100 recommended reads for Reception children has been attached to this blog. By providing 100 quality texts at an age appropriate level, this list may be useful when choosing your child's next book. We hope it inspires the children to continue on in their reading journeys whilst further encouraging a lifelong love of books and stories.
Please can you ensure that your child has wellingtons and an all in one puddle suit in school so that they can access the outdoor area and Forest school.
Reminder
Tuesday 19th September - Individual Photographs
Wednesday 20th September – Reception phonics meeting - 3:20pm in the Reception classroom
Tuesday 26th September - Circus Event
Wednesday 27th September – Harvest WOW service @ St Peter’s Church 2pm
Date: 13th Sep 2023 @ 2:50pm
What a fantastic second week in the Year 5 classroom!
In RE, we started our new unit which is centred around the Bible. We learned the history of the Bible in our first lesson and how it is made up of up to 66 different books with many different writers. We then were tasked with navigating the Bible itself using the book, chapter and verse to find the scripture that was required. After a few quick practises, the children then completed a problem-solving task in which they were given a specific Bible book, chapter and verse and they had to find the animal mentioned in that section.
In our English work, we began our writing focus for this half term which is centred around the incredible (and somewhat bizarre) tale of Annie Edson Taylor in 1901. All that we know so far is that Annie is a school teacher who performed a daredevil stunt involving a barrel and Niagara Falls. We enjoyed using our inference skills to investigate a picture of Annie to attempt to predict what the story is all about. There were also some jaw-dropping moments as we explored some different daredevils, including Danny Macaskill and his BMX skills in the short film, ‘The Ridge’.
Our Maths lessons have involved lots of place value games to help improve and develop our knowledge and understanding. This has included place value bingo and some tense games of ‘Nice or Nasty’ where the Year 5 children were pitted against their teacher. The scores are tied at 1-1 with a Year 5 victory in game one which was met with many, MANY cheers! Next week, we will continue our focus on place value, extending to rounding.
Ahead of the arrival of the Team TSP Big Top Circus on Tuesday 26th September, we were treated to an art workshop from Jenny from ‘Outline Arts’. Each class in the school was given an art task that will come together to form a whole school display. Year 5 designed some circus animals and we’re already excited to see how the finished piece looks!
A poster containing 100 recommended reads for Year 5 children has been attached to this blog. By providing 100 quality texts at an age-appropriate level, this list may be useful when choosing your child's next book. We hope it inspires the children to continue on in their reading journeys whilst further encouraging a lifelong love of books and stories.
Weekly Maths and English homework tasks will be uploaded on Mirodo (https://app.mirodoeducation.com/login) from next Friday (22nd September). Login details have been sent home with the children and we recommend that each family spends some time with their child before this date to ensure that login details work and to familiarise with the website. The children will also have the opportunity to try the website next week in class to ensure that they are confident navigating to the homework section. Going forward, homework will continue to be set in this way each Friday to be returned the following Wednesday. To confirm, login details have been sent home with your child and can also be found on Google Classroom.
Have a fantastic weekend everyone and see you Monday!
Date: 13th Sep 2023 @ 10:41am
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What a fantastic week we have had in Year 4!
Focusing on our Collective Worship monthly value of ‘Creation’ we created a 7 days of creation globe to represent the creations God made from light, to the sky, lands and sea to the moon. By day seven we realised that God has finished his work of creation and rested, making the seventh day a special holy day.
Our English focus book this term is ‘Gorilla’, written by Anthony Browne. Oh, how excited we were to discover the main character in the book was a big, hairy gorilla! We took the time to explore a range of different images used in the book and create expanded noun phrases to describe and specify the things we could see. Putting our thinking hats on to support us in comprehending emotions, we began to read a poem all about a silverback gorilla and explained how the author felt about gorillas. It was fair to say, our opinions of gorillas changed after reading the poem and we are all now HUGE gorilla fans. Next week, we will recall what makes an expanded noun phrase and begin to look at how we can use pronouns and adjectives to write about a gorilla, without using the word gorilla!
This week’s focus in Maths has been Place Value and showcasing what each number is worth, within a given number. We have been working hard to break down numbers into their thousands, hundreds, tens and ones, find numbers to 1000 on a number line and partition them using a part whole model. Next week, we will represent and partition numbers to 10,000 and find 1, 10, 100 and 1000 more and less.
We celebrated Roald Dahl day on Wednesday and we were inspired by the fantastic story ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’. In the story, George encapsulates our school value of Imagine and just like George, we are curious and creative too, so we created our very own marvellous medicine! We also continued our swimming lessons this week. We have been truly focusing on our school value of ‘Hope’ to have belief in ourselves that we are all fantastic swimmers.
With two weeks to go until the Trinity St. Peter’s Community Big Top Circus, we decided to look into a few of the performing acts. With out favourite performers being those who take on the Flying Trapeze, we made our own mini-me acrobats. We were also thrilled to be joined by Outline Arts who guided through an Art workshop to design a large drawing of silhouettes to form the crowds in the backdrop of our circus installation that will be proudly displaying in our school.
A poster containing 100 recommended reads for Year 4 children has been attached to this blog. By providing 100 quality texts at an age appropriate level, this list may be useful when choosing your child's next book. We hope it inspires the children to continue on in their reading journeys whilst further encouraging a lifelong love of books and stories.
Thank you for such a lovely week, Year 4. Have a restful weekend.
Reminders:
- Individual Photographs take place on Tuesday 19th September. Children should come to school wearing their uniform, not their PE kit.
- Swimming lessons take place every Wednesday afternoon.
- Spellings have been uploaded onto Google Classroom and can be found under the ‘Spelling’ section. Our weekly spelling test will take place every Thursday in class.
Date: 13th Sep 2023 @ 10:13am
Our second full week in Year 6 is now complete! A special 'thank you' to all the parents for purchasing leavers' hoodies for the children - they look great!
In RE, we started our first unit, ‘Life as a Journey’. To begin, we reflected on what we mean by the word, ‘journey’ and considered all the different ways we can define it. We then considered how our whole life is a journey and mapped out our life journeys so far. Over the upcoming weeks, we will be exploring the different journeys others take, including those of particular religions, race and heritage and hopefully making lots of thoughtful connections.
In Mr King’s Maths group, a significant amount of time this week has also been taken up by assessments as the children have had their first practice of sitting past SATs papers. They have shown great determination and resilience throughout this process and we have been very impressed with their efforts – especially since they have just come back from their summer break and there will be content in these papers which we have not yet covered! The children were fully aware of this and know that these assessments were just to determine their ‘starting point’ for the year, as we discussed in our ‘Y6 parent meeting’ last week. Mrs Martin’s group will complete the same assessment shortly; this week, they have revised previous year group topics such as ‘place value’ and played some ‘ice-breaker’ activities to get used to the new setting.
In PE, we have continued with dodgeball (please note: ‘Fitness’ lessons will start this half-term once the weather cools down!). We have played several variations of the game to support us with making improvements on dodging, throwing and communication. It’s safe to say that the children are still enjoying this game!
Following our PE lesson on Tuesday afternoon, we took some time to evaluate our handwriting and identify our areas for improvements. Within less than an hour, we had already seen some superb transformations…now we just need to keep up our efforts!
We hope the children are looking forward to Robinwood. We have answered lots of the children’s queries regarding Robinwood in class; groups and timetables will be shared with them next week. Please ensure you have a luggage label to attach to your child’s luggage on Wednesday; there are extra labels in class and in the school office. Souvenir orders should have now been sent in so please do not make any orders next week. If your child requires any medication for the trip, please try to ensure this is handed in to Mr King prior to Wednesday morning.
A poster containing 100 recommended reads for Year 6 children has been attached to this blog. By providing 100 quality texts at an age appropriate level, this list may be useful when choosing your child's next book. We hope it inspires the children to continue on in their reading journeys whilst further encouraging a lifelong love of books and stories.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Date: 12th Sep 2023 @ 4:40pm
What a fabulous week we have had, the children are really settling into the environment and enjoying making new friends.
On Monday the children started Forest school with Mrs Bevin. They took their seats around the ‘fire circle’ and talked about the Forest School rules. The children learnt how to leave the fire circle safely and also the calling sound used for the children to listen out for when exploring, this indicates a return to the circle.
On Thursday, we were visited by ‘Out line Arts’ who came to work with the children in preparation for our Circus day in a couple of weeks. The children enjoyed taking part in ‘popcorn’ craft. Their pictures were amazing and we can’t wait for you to see them displayed. Thank you to all involved and those who helped.
On Friday, we celebrated ‘Dot Day’ and the children looked amazing wearing their spotty clothes! They enjoyed making their own mark using a variety of different media for example paint, crayons, chalk and pencils and were very proud to display it in our very own art gallery. The children also took part in lots of spotty activities including hunt the spot and playing with the parachute. They even took part in singing ‘The Dot’ song and having a try at copying the actions.
A poster containing 100 recommended reads for Nursery children has been attached to this blog. By providing 100 quality texts at an age appropriate level, this list may be useful when choosing your child's next book. We hope it inspires the children to continue on in their reading journeys whilst further encouraging a lifelong love of books and stories.
We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday.
Mrs Molloy, Mrs Bevin and the Reception team
Reminder
Tuesday 19th September - Individual Photographs
Wednesday 20th September – Nursery Welcome meeting 3:30pm Nursery Classroom
Tuesday 26th September - Circus Event
Wednesday 27th September – Harvest WOW service @ St Peter’s Church 2pm
Date: 12th Sep 2023 @ 1:47pm
We have certainly been busy this week in Year 2, full of laughter and excitement!
We streamed in Phonics again this week, reading given books whilst also developing our writing style. We focused on using the correct punctuation in sentences, including capital letters and full stops, as we all as using a wider range of vocabulary.
In Maths, we continued to develop our understanding of Place Value. We started the week by identifying the tens and ones in various representations. After, we used place value grids to partition larger numbers using on knowledge of tens and ones, breaking the numbers down into small numbers.
In PE we loved starting out new ‘Fundamentals’ topic which saw us developing our running skills. We focused on running in different ways; on our heels, with straight legs and with large steps, and identified which way felt not only ‘better’ but also allowed us to move more quickly without getting tired. We developed this further by identifying how to move our body when sprinting, using bent fast arms, as well as high knees. Later in the week, continued to focus on out ball skills focusing on different ways of stopping a ball in order to always remain in control.
We started our topic ‘Craft and Design: Map it Out’ in our Art lessons and using a variety of mediums, we created a map from our house to school. To add detail to our maps, we explored pressure and applying more pressure to add outlines and details.
Our week ended with a bang however, and we were delighted to take part in an ‘Outline Art’ workshop in the build-up to our visit from the circus. The team helped us create our own pop-up characters, adding vibrant colours to make it exciting just like the circus will be!
Reminders
- On Wednesday 27th September, parents are invited to the KS1 workshop which will focus on reading fluency. Please click the link on the letter to sign up!
- Our PE days are Mondays and Wednesdays, please come to school in your full PE uniform.
Date: 8th Sep 2023 @ 3:55pm
What a fantastic first week in Year 3! We are so proud of all your achievements this week.
This focused on our class routines, and rules with a special focus on kindness and its importance. To do this, we created posters for our friends, which showed what can do to be kind to each other. These posters were then discussed as a class and were pleasantly surprised that most of the posters have the same ideas! This linked nicely to our school value 'Nurture', agreeing that we should always 'Choose Kind' with not only people in our class but the wider community.
We absolutely loved our first gymnastics lesson which focused on travelling. In groups we created a routine, demonstrating the different ways we can move across the maps, ensuring that we were mirroring out partner. We discussed the importance of pointing our toes in certain positions, and, how we must travel in the same direction, so we don't crash!
In Maths, we put our Place Value skills to the test, connecting our learning back to Year 2, to play a tricky game of 'Snakes and Ladders'. Working in pairs, we had to solve questions, working out the answers, to ensure we moved up the board!
Please make sure you are following our school twitter account, @Year3TSP, where we will share updates throughout the day. Please also see the 'Successful Start' PowerPoint for more information about the coming year!
Date: 8th Sep 2023 @ 3:43pm
Wow what a fabulous week we have had! Reception, you have all been superstars. We are so proud of how well each and everyone of you have settled in this week.
We have had so much fun exploring our indoor and outdoor area and making lots of new friends. We read a lovely story called ‘The great big book of families’ and we talked about who lives in our house at home. The children then enjoyed drawing pictures of their home and family.
We had a very exciting surprise from a new friend who had visited our classroom. A little bear had left a note and a bag of clothes. He wanted us to pick a name for him and some clothes for his arrival next week. The children cannot wait to meet their new class bear, Topsy.
On Friday, the children had a fabulous afternoon playing outside with their Year 6 buddies. We can’t wait to have more fun with our Year 6 friends.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and see you all next week.
Miss Dalley and the Reception team
Reminders:
Friday 15th September – Dot Day – Children to come to school wearing something spotty, no school uniform needed this day.
If you have not done so already, please can all children bring a pair of wellingtons and all in one waterproof suit to keep in school.
Date: 8th Sep 2023 @ 3:16pm
What an amazing start to our new school year! We have had the most wonderful few days getting to know Year 1 and our new classroom.
We have been getting settled into Year 1 by exploring our emotions, focusing on the film Inside Out! We have discussed what the emotions can look like, how they make us feel, and times when we have felt them. We have considered ways we can support each other as a class to deal with such emotions. We talked about how we go through all of the emotions throughout a week in school, with some of us having a lot of fear at the beginning of the school week, to now at the end of the week, feeling lots of joy! We understand that this is all part of starting a new class and we have lots to be excited about. We focused on our school values ‘nurture’ and ‘serve’ as the children discussed how they can spread kindness to support each other as a class team.
We have had a fantastic start to PE, focusing on fundamental skills, and practising our balancing and jumping skills in particular. We have also focused on how our bodies move differently when we change speed, we have had so much fun testing out different ways to travel around the track: like a penguin, a toy soldier, and Sonic the Hedgehog!
We have especially enjoyed our new outside area, as we have explored the different areas filled with lots to play with! We have spent time in the lovely sunshine, especially enjoying our musical area where we have performed lots of songs and dances.
It has been a pleasure to welcome the children this week, we look forward to making our learning journey an enjoyable and exciting year. Don’t forget to follow our Twitter account @Year1TSP to see our highlights throughout the week.
Well done for all of your hard work this week year 1! We hope you have a lovely weekend, we look forward to seeing you all again on Monday!
Date: 8th Sep 2023 @ 12:21pm
What a brilliant start we have had to Year 6!
It really has been fantastic to see all the children return to school with such excitement and enthusiasm. They have all settled in so quickly, there has been plenty of laughter and the ‘Year 6’ team spirit is evident already!
The main focus of our learning this week has centred around our class novel, ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar. The children have enjoyed the story so far and have shown a good understanding of the text as we have had breaks for discussions. We have even been able to make a start on understanding how to write down answers to more in-depth question using a ‘Point, Evidence, Explain’ strategy. As the book mentions ‘yellow-spotted lizards’ frequently, we used this as an opportunity at the end of the week to practise our sketching skills in an Art lesson, working on our fine motor skills before creating some excellent drawings of a lizard’s eye. Well done, Year 6!
Throughout the week, the children have also enjoyed watching several videos that demonstrate our school values. So far, we have watched a variety of clips that have reminded us to be kind to ourselves and others, and also to have perseverance when faced with a challenge as that’s when we experience the greater sense of achievement. Thursday’s videos were particularly interested as the children watched two experiments that demonstrated ‘herd mentality’ and the ‘bystander effect’. We discussed how these situations may arise in Year 6 and how it is important to have self-belief and trust our gut instincts.
On Thursday morning, the children found out that they would be visited by one of Formby High School’s Spanish teachers, Mrs Gibbons. She delivered a lesson to the children on pets, as per our Y6 Curriculum Overview. The children are very fortunate that – going forward this term - Mrs Gibbons will be leading their weekly Spanish lessons at this time.
To ease ourselves back into Maths lessons, we have taken part in a variety of games to revise our number facts and times tables. Chanting, ‘quick fire’ throwing and catching, speed challenges, Blooket quizzes and ‘shoot out’...the children have enjoyed a variety of fun ways to learn.
Perhaps the highlight of the children’s week came on Friday afternoon when they were able to meet their Reception buddies. No doubt the children will have told their parents all about it this evening, but it truly was lovely watching the children get to know each other and spending time together doing various activities. The Year 6 children are already very excited to see their new friends very soon…despite being worn out from all the running around after them! Be sure to check out our Year 6 Twitter page to see pictures of all the children.
We know that many children are excited for our school residential to Robinwood in Wrexham in a couple of weeks. We hope you found Thursday’s parent meeting useful and have received all of the resources via School Spider. Please also ensure you have visited the Robinwood website and read all the information given, including their FAQ page, which should answer any further questions you may have.
Our first set of spellings have been shared on Google Classroom and the children will be tested next Thursday. Maths and SPaG homework will commence after the Robinwood residential.
In terms of Year 6 reading, the children will have daily opportunities to read, either independently, in a group or as a whole class. Those children who receive their ‘home reading books’ from school will also still be listened to individually every week by an adult. However, it is really important that the children are encouraged to read daily at home and with an adult if possible. If you are struggling with book choices, please refer to the recommendations listed on our ‘Learning at Home’ page, or let us know and we will be able to offer suggestions.
Thank you to everyone for making the start to this academic year so wonderful. We hope you all have a great weekend and we look forward to seeing you all next week. We are certain it is going to be action-packed!
Date: 7th Sep 2023 @ 10:22pm
Wow, our first week in Year 4 has been full of smiles, joy and laughter. We have had so much fun finding out about our new class and catching up with our friends and teachers.
We started the week with a Year 4 favourite, as we took part in our first book tasting session. We were delighted to indulge in a range of book from our class library to decide which of our ‘courses’ we would like to read first in class. It got a little messy practising our handwriting, as we used shaving foam to practise forming different letters. We were sure to make our capital letters bigger and taller than their lower case forms.
It was important that we took the time this week to be kind to ourselves and reflect on how great we are. Using mirrors that we had designed full of all the things that make us so special we stopped to look at what we love about ourselves. The classroom later filled with anticipation when we found out that the teachers in the room were going to give us an opportunity to see who their favourite pupils were... little did we know that we would be staring back at our own reflections when we peeped inside the box.
In Maths, we reminded ourselves how we can use arrays to support our knowledge of multiplication. In order to complete our buildings in our ‘Array city’, we painted an array to show how many windows each building should have, based on a given multiplication question. We also popped on a hat and high visibility jacket as we entered the Year 4 construction site. On the building site, we sorted through building materials to match the multiplication question located on our buildings to the missing part of the house.
Feeling like the weather was a little too hot for lots of running about at break times, we decided to make our own Adventure Path in our shaded area. Each group created an activity to complete as we ventured down the path. Our activities included jumps on lily pads, spins around the spiral circles and forming shapes to copy the shadows mirrored on the floor.
Connecting with our school values of Nurture and Enjoy, we wanted to ensure that everyone in our class has a very special day on their birthday. We set out a plan to make each and every child in Year 4 a birthday card so we can send our birthday wishes their way when their special day comes.
It has been a real pleasure to welcome the children back this week and we look forward to making our learning journey an enjoyable and exciting year. Don’t forget to follow our Twitter account @Year4TSP to see our learning highlights throughout the week and watch out for notifications on Google Classroom.
A reminder that our PE lesson will take place on Tuesdays and our swimming lessons will take place on Wednesdays. Weekly spellings will also begin to be posted every Friday at 3pm on Google Classroom.
For your reference, the Year 4 Successful Start PowerPoint is attached at the end of this blog, should you need to refer to it at any point.
Well done for all your hard work this week, Year 4! We can’t wait to see you on Monday! Have a great weekend!
Reminders:
- Children to wear PE kits every Tuesday for PE and Wednesday for swimming.
- Recorder lessons take place every Monday.
- To encourage the children to drink plenty through the day, we ask that children bring a water bottle to school with them.
Date: 7th Sep 2023 @ 9:54pm
What a fantastic first week spent with the brand-new Year 5 class team! The journey starts right here with plenty of learning, laughs and memory making to come. Bring it on!
Our school motto for this year is ‘Choose Wisely’ which encourages us to be the very best that we can be throughout this new school year. To explore this further, we used the book (and film), Wonder, as our stimulus. This led to a whole host of activities throughout the week, each of which were connected to this thought-provoking, heart-warming and inspiring story!
This has included delving into the mindset of different characters and considering how demonstrating our school values throughout different parts of the story really could have supported the main characters of Auggie, Via and Jack Will. Our discussions centred around Via and her challenge to remember to be kind to herself as well as to appreciate her opportunities; Auggie striving to show positivity and resilience to school life and Jack Will maintaining integrity and kindness to others.
Other activities have included some stunning Wonder based artwork, including a personalised piece bespoke to each child as well as a collaborative art activity where each child contributed a section to the overall piece. We also enjoyed lots of teambuilding activities within PE too. We really have achieved so much in our first week with plenty more learning to come.
Homework will begin for Year 5 children at the end of the following week. This will include a short Maths and English task. Spellings will also be set next Friday for the children to practise.
A further reminder that the PE days for Year 5 are on Thursday and Friday each week.
I hope the children have enjoyed this week as much as I have and well done to them all for working so hard and embracing their new classroom and year group. Have an enjoyable weekend and see you Monday!
Date: 6th Sep 2023 @ 2:07pm
Welcome back to school after a lovely summer break, it is so lovely to welcome new children to Nursery as well as welcoming back children who were with us last year.
This week the children have been enjoying settling into Nursery and exploring all of the exciting activities available to them and getting to know new friends. We are very proud of how well they have settled and the fun they have had. Well done!
It has been a lovely sunny start to the new term, we hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday.
Mrs Molloy Mrs Bevin and The Nursery Team
Reminders:
Friday 15th September – Dot Day – Children to come to school wearing something spotty, no school uniform needed this day.
Can you please ensure that all of your children’s clothes including shoes, water bottles, hats and bottles of suncream are clearly labelled.
Please can all children bring a pair of wellingtons and all in one waterproof suit to keep in school so that they can access the outdoor environment and Forest School whatever the weather.
Remember to follow us on X(Twitter) - @Nursery1TSP
Date: 5th Sep 2023 @ 9:49pm
What a brilliant, sunny start we have had to Year 2!
We have loved welcoming all the children back to school this week and have had so much fun whilst making the most of the sunshine. Each afternoon, we have ventured onto the field to play a range of team games as well as making use of the incredibly fun, Trim Trail. Working together, we have created our own games as well as playing the classic game, 'Duck, Duck,Goose' a firm favourite. We hope the sunshine stays so we can make the most of the weather in the coming weeks.
We hit the ground running with Maths, and began exploring our topic, Place Value. We explored numbers in different variations, identifying and writing down their numerals and words. After, we focused on counting large groups by grouping objects by grouping them in groups of tens. This supported us later in the week, when we were able to identify tens and ones in given numbers, using practical resources to help.
In English, we completed whole class Phonics, recapping previously taught sounds whilst focusing on developing our reading speed. Using this knowledge, and using images and drawings to support, we developed our writing style, starting by writing about our summer holidays and ending the week by describing a range of images. Next week, the children will be grouped based on their Phonics ability, and will complete work associated with their Phonics books.
As well as enjoying the sunshine this week, we have also been completing a series of activities linked to the story 'Can you build another me?' Using this book, we have explored what makes us unique, identifying our own likes and dislikes, as well as what we can and can't do. After we all decided on one thing we want to get better at before the end of the year, and planned exactly what we can do to achieve this. The fun didn't stop there though, on Thursday we got crafty, creating our own versions of ourselves! It was certainly messy but also a LOT of fun! On Friday, we painted our models, and were delighted when we were able to take them home!
Attached to this blog, you will find a copy of the 'Successful Start' Powerpoint, which was shared before summer. This Powerpoint is full of useful information for the year ahead.
For now, we hope you all have a restful weekend!
Reminders
- Children will not receive a reading book this week and will instead recieve a book based on their phonetical awareness. Please see School Spider for more information.
- PE days are Mondays and Wednesdays, please ensure children are in the correct uniform.
- Children can bring a healthy snack to school, however, please be aware that all children are provided with fruit and vegetables each day.
Date: 18th Jul 2023 @ 10:25pm
Well...the day has finally arrived! Today, we said our final goodbyes and finished our time here at Trinity St. Peter's.
Even in this final week, we have still been able to create some final memories of primary school. On Monday, we were able to have 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!
Throughout the week, we have had time to visit classes and teachers to get leavers’ shirts and books signed. On Tuesday afternoon, this provided the perfect opportunity to get the whole class out of the classroom (to visit their Reception buddies one last time) so that we could sneak Miss Browne back into school! The reactions of the children to seeing their Y3/4 teacher was fantastic! Please check our class Twitter page for the video / photos - including some class photos with all of their teachers from the past few years.
We concluded our short week with our Leavers' Service on Wednesday morning. This was perhaps more emotional than our leavers’ production with presentations, montages, speeches and one final opportunity for our pupils to show off their incredible voices as a class choir. There was not a dry eye in Holy Trinity Church!
There is not much left to write that has not already been said in class, at the production or in Church! Nevertheless, Year 6, you have been A-MAZ-ING. We have loved teaching you and watching you all grow as individuals and as a class. Bonds have been made for life and we can't wait to see you go onto achieve even more success and happiness in your secondary schools. We will miss you all.
Parents, we would like to thank you for the gifts and cards this week - never expected but always appreciated - and most of all, for your kind words. Your continued support has allowed the children to continue to thrive at Trinity St. Peter's in their final year.
Have an amazing summer, everyone!
Date: 18th Jul 2023 @ 7:28pm
Wow what an amazing year we have had in Nursery! This year has truely been filled with joy, laughter, and lots of fun!
As this school year draws to a close, please know how proud we all are of each and every one of the children in Nursery. We are immensely grateful to have been a part of their journey, and we are excited to see them continue to flourish throughout their time at Trintiy St Peter's. To the children who are moving to different schools, we wish you all the best in your new Reception class. You will all be amazing!
Thank you so much to you all for the incredible support you have given to us this year, this does not go unnoticed. We greatly appreciate all the lovely gifts, cards and messages we have received, we are incredibly greatful.
From all the Nursery team we hope you have a fantastic summer break! See you all soon!
Date: 18th Jul 2023 @ 6:04pm
That time has come. The end of our Year 5 learning journey. What a time we have had and it has truly been a pleasure to have taught this class throughout this academic year! They have brought so much laughter, creativity, hard-work and kindness, with so many moments that will live long in the memory. Thank you, Year 5! While the summer holidays soon await, there are just a few more things to first say…
Firstly, thank you for being such excellent babysitters when Myla visited. She loved her time in the class and this is because you were all so nurturing and lovely to her. This led to lots of smiles on her part (and mine) and it was a really proud moment to have introduced you all.
A sincere and heartfelt thank you to all families for the extremely kind messages, cards and gifts received this week. They are never expected but really do mean an awful lot. Thank you so much.
All that is left to say now is have a fantastic summer break – make the most of it! I wish you all the success in the world in Year 6 where I have no doubt that you will continue to flourish and shine even brighter. I’ll be sure to check in regularly too with Year 5 only being next door!
Have an amazing time and speak soon!
Date: 17th Jul 2023 @ 8:00am
And that's a wrap! What an incredible, busy and exciting year we have had together in Year 1. Your hard work and determination is a credit to you all, and for that, you should all be incredibly proud of all your acheivements. To the parents, we would like to say thank you for all your support over the year, it has been incredible and made such a difference to your little ones lives. From all of us here in Year 1, we would like to say thank you for your generours gifts, it is incredibly kind of you all. I am delighted to be taking you up to Year 2, and I cannot wait to see you florish. From all of us here in Year 1, have the most incredible summer holiday.
Date: 14th Jul 2023 @ 4:43pm
We cannot believe it is the end of summer term in Reception class and the end of our second year teaching most of the class.
We would like to say we have had a truly amazing year and are incredibly proud of all the children in Reception, each one of them have demonstrated our school values and are shining bright as they move into year 1.
A big thank you also for all your kind gifts and support this year, we hope you enjoy a well-deserved summer break and look forward to seeing everyone in September.
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
School Starts Monday 4th September 23
Date: 14th Jul 2023 @ 4:36pm
What an incredible last, full week, of term we have had! Where has this year gone?
We finished off our final Maths topic, Time. We explored the physical clock identifying the differnet hands and numbers on a clock whilst learning about reading time to the o'clock and half past. We enjoyed this topic as Miss Jones allowed us all to draw on the tables, but shhhh don't tell Mr Essary!
This week we had an absolute treat, when we had a visit from Active Sefton, who taught us all about the importance of eating heatllhy as part of our DT project. After, we desgined our own packaging and created out own delicious smoothies. They were incredible! As well as this were were fortuante enough to watch the Y6 Leavers Production. We laughed, cried and cheered to celetebrate the fantastic acheivements of the wonderful Y6 children. We wish all the children the best of luck in high school.
This week, the children also enjoyed a visit from Rob from Formby Library who informed the children about this year's Summer Reading Challenge. Very exciting! There are two ways you can take part in the Summer Reading Challenge:
- 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.
Please note, the in-person and online challenges are separate. Medals and certificates are only available via the library, for those taking part in the in-person challenge. We hope the children enjoy completing the reading challenge and this will be celebrated when we return to school in September.
In preparation for the next academic year, please see the Year 2 Successful Start PowerPoint and Virtual Classroom attached at the end of this blog.
Have a wonderful weekend, Year 1!
Date: 14th Jul 2023 @ 3:43pm
The final full week of Year 3 is now complete; we cannot believe how quickly the year has flown by. We are so thrilled with how much the children have flourished and we hope you enjoyed reading your child’s report last week which reflected this!
Here are some highlights from this week:
To start the week, the children enjoyed a visit from Rob from Formby Library who informed the children about this year's Summer Reading Challenge. The children were all very excited when they returned to class with many of them sharing how they hoped to complete the challenge. There are two ways you can take part in the Summer Reading Challenge:
- 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.
Please note, the in-person and online challenges are separate. Medals and certificates are only available via the library, for those taking part in the in-person challenge. We hope the children enjoy completing the reading challenge and this will be celebrated when we return to school in September.
On Wednesday, the class enjoyed their trip to the British Music Experience in Liverpool. We started our day by taking a trip through music history starting with Vera Lynn during WW2 right through to Sam Ryder at Eurovision 2022. After lunch, we had the opportunity to tour the museum and visit the interactive music studio – which was greatly enjoyed by all!
In maths, the children created a range of 3D shapes using cotton buds and playdough. This was quite a challenge but the children showed great perseverance to build their models. They also constructed their own bar charts using interlocking cubes based on some in-class surveys.
In art, the children painted in the style of L.S. Lowry and created their own image of Trinity St Peter’s School, focussing on creating depth perception by changing size of buildings and people and by changing the depth of the colours they used. The children were delighted with their finished pieces of artwork.
A week of so many other highlights included the children having a glimpse into their futures as they had the chance to watch the Year 6 leaver’s performance which had everyone in fits of laughter. Well done Year 6!
In preparation for the next academic year, please see the Year 4 Successful Start PowerPoint attached at the end of this blog.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Reminders:
-School finishes for this academic year at 1pm on Wednesday 19th July.
Date: 14th Jul 2023 @ 2:03pm
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Just a quick message to say a big thank you! The joy and sheer love for learning Year 4 have brought to the classroom has been admirable. The memories we have made together and the laughter we have had along the way will be cherished by us all. Thank you to all the fantastic parents/careers who have supported us all this year. Your kind words of support and encouragement really have not gone unmissed. We thank you so much for all your thoughtful gifts and well wishes for the new year. We look forward to watching you all continue to grow as you head into Year 5. Love and big hugs from all in Year 4.
Date: 14th Jul 2023 @ 1:00pm
We finish our final full week of term with smiles on our faces with excitement and nerves for the new adventures to come, as we begin our transition into Year 3.
This week in English, we went on so many different adventures! First, we met The Snow Queen and discussed whether she was evil or good. We talked about all the different elements, watching the trailer for the new film ‘Elementals’ and then created our very own element king or queen, using amazing adjectives to describe them. Then, we met Paddington during the week. We listened to the crazy adventures he had to go through in order to get from darkest Peru to England. We then created our very own adventure for Paddington to go through.
In Maths, we became detectives and went on a mystery hunt! Each day, we were faced with a new mystery – the missing gnome, the winning kite and even Matilda’s chokey mystery. We had to solve a variety of questions such as fractions, time, addition, subtraction and more to work out clues that had been left. Based on the clues we solved, we could cross off our suspect list to find the person who had committed these crimes! We showed really amazing partner work, ensuring that we worked together to solve our clues.
What a delight it was to watch the Year 6 Leavers Production this week! There certainly were lots of tears of joy and sadness, as we sent our best wishes for their next steps into High School and thanked them for the memories they have helped us to make at TSP.
This week, the children also enjoyed a visit from Rob from Formby Library who informed the children about this year's Summer Reading Challenge. Very exciting! There are two ways you can take part in the Summer Reading Challenge:
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.
Please note, the in-person and online challenges are separate. Medals and certificates are only available via the library, for those taking part in the in-person challenge. We hope the children enjoy completing the reading challenge and this will be celebrated when we return to school in September.
To end the week, we had a very fun Friday where we got to eat our very own ice-cream cones, decorated with toppings and sauce!
In preparation for the next academic year, please see the Year 3 Successful Start PowerPoint attached at the end of this blog.
Have a fantastic weekend, Year 2. See you on Monday, for your very last few days in Year 2!
Date: 14th Jul 2023 @ 10:54am
Can you believe this was our penultimate week and final ‘full week’ at Trinity St. Peter’s?!
On Monday, we visited Formby High to compete in their annual ‘Maths Maze’ against other local primary schools. Our children competed in groups, taking part in a carousel of problem-solving activities and earning various points for each challenge - depending on their success rate and level of support required. At the end of the morning, each group’s points were collated and…we won! Two of our groups placed in the Top 3 with one group winning overall. Congratulations, Year 6! Even in the final week, we have still experienced academic success!
With our leavers’ production ready to go, we performed several times throughout the week for the rest of the classes. On Thursday night, we performed for the parents and we all had a great time! The acting, singing and comedy timing was all excellent and the children certainly did themselves and us proud. It was wonderful to watch the parents recalling some of the children’s core memories from primary school and laughing along to all the Year 6’s ‘inside jokes’. A special ‘well done’ to all the parents for showing ‘no shame’ and dancing along at one point too!
We hope all the parents and children enjoyed receiving their SATs results and EOY reports. Between those and Thursday’s performance, they have certainly had a successful week! We couldn’t be more proud.
Don’t forget that we will hopefully be having our re-scheduled Sports Day on Monday afternoon. You should have also received details this week regarding Wednesday’s Leavers’ Service at Holy Trinity Church via School Spider.
See you all next week for our final few days at Trinity St. Peter’s!