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Date: 29th Jun 2023 @ 9:36pm
Well done to Year 5 for really giving your absolute all throughout this week! It has been as busy as ever and the time really is flying by with now just two and a half 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 school week started in the best way…with another school trip! This time our adventures took us not too far down the road to ‘Go Outside’ in Formby. We had an absolutely fantastic time in a range of survival, adventure and orienteering style activities. 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.
A firm favourite moment was our Maths related, ‘Pirate Game’ that was introduced to the children this week. There are so many rules that it would be difficult to outline just how it works here. However, the words lively, fast-paced and chaotic do spring quickly to mind. Such fun was had throughout and it was a joy to be part of a whole class game that was played with the right competitive spirit but also with plenty of humour, resilience and kindness. Well done for making it such a success! Next week’s Maths lessons will be game-based but will also incorporate some problem-solving tasks across a range of Maths topics too.
In Collective Worship, being the end of the month, we rounded up all of our learning on June’s monthly value of Koinonia. To support this, the children watched Lewis Capaldi’s Glastonbury performance from the previous weekend where, unfortunately, Lewis was unable to finish the set due to difficulties brought on by his Tourette’s. In an extremely powerful and moving moment, the watching crowd came together and took over the singing for Lewis to complete his final song. The children were even clapping (and singing) themselves in the classroom too! We connected this to our monthly value of Koinonia as it represented how the Glastonbury festival goers came together as one community and one voice for a shared reason.
On Friday, it was time for the Summer Fair! We had lots of fun using up our tokens across a range of different stalls and activities, even if the British summer weather did let us down. We also had the added bonus of meeting some of our soon-to-be Reception buddies as we accompanied our Nursery class around the Summer Fair. The children were very excited and proud to have this opportunity and they were excellent role models and a great support for some of our youngest children in the school. It is fair to say that we are already more than looking forward to becoming a full-time Year 6 and Reception buddy partnership from September!
Even with less than three 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. A Spelling Bee will take place during the week of Monday 10th July and the children will be quizzed only on words from the list that they have selected.
Date: 29th Jun 2023 @ 5:09pm
So much fun and games this week as we celebrated two highlight events of the year; Sports Day and our school Summer Fair.
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 continued our focus on Koinonia and recognised this value by working as a team to design our own marble mazes. Using straws and lots of tape, we created a marble track on the bottom of our upside-down tables and guided the marble from start to finish using great communication.
In Maths, we have been thinking about positional and directional language including forward, backwards, left and right and understanding the direction of a turn. We loved using Bee-Bots to reinforce our use of this language and move the Bee from one position to another. We have learnt how to find and record co-ordinates and even direct our partners over and under different obstacles using positional language. Next week, we are going to recap topics such as time, measurement and shape.
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.
We were bubbling with excitement during our Science lesson this week, as we made our very own bubble snakes. Experimenting with different approaches, we watched as our bubbles grew longer and longer and we even tried making rainbow coloured bubbles with splashes of food dye.
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.
After reaching the top of our Secret Student ladder, we were thrilled to bring our own games into school on Friday, to share with our friends to celebrate our incredible achievements. The excitement built through the morning with the anticipation of our school Summer Fair and WOW, wasn’t it just brilliant. Our arms were filled full of goodies, as we made our way around the many incredible stalls on offer. We are so thankful to the amazing Team TSP for making our afternoon so wonderful!
Have a fantastic weekend, Year 4!
Date: 29th Jun 2023 @ 1:04pm
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. Information regarding outfits will be shared next week, although this shouldn’t involve anything more than sourcing a t-shirt of a particular colour. Everything else will be purchased / sourced by the school.
A special ‘well done’ to all the boys and girls in Year 6 who wanted to represent the school in a final football match against Redgate Primary this week. Both Mr McCabe and Miss McVey were very impressed with the teams’ efforts!
We hope everyone enjoyed their secondary school transition day on Thursday and the TSP Summer Fair on Friday.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Date: 28th Jun 2023 @ 8:36am
What a spectacular week we have had in Year 1, full of laughter, fun and determination!
For the past few weeks, we have been gearing up for our favourite day of the year, Sports Day! We have been working hard to practice the different races, persevering when it got tough and working as a team as part of the three-legged race. On Wednesday, the rain held off and we pulled on our running shoes, giving the races our all. It was truly a wonderful afternoon, thank you to everyone who came to watch!
A huge thank you to Year 4 for letting us take part in their team building activities. Working collaboratively with them, we carefully navigated our marbles through their newly design marble mazes ensuring that no marbles escaped in the process! It was a lovely afternoon and we were so grateful for the invite.
The fun didn’t stop there though, with the Summer Fair on Friday, we have truly been treated this week! We had an absolute ball, stocking up on sweet treats and prizes nothing was going to dull our sparkle! A huge thank you to Team TSP for organising such a wonderful event.
We continued our reading journey in Phonics, exploring new text and developing our writing. We continue to be proud of all the children and their determination to achieve. Next week will be our final week of streaming children for this academic year, this is to allow Miss Jones to reassess all children ready for September. Therefore, can we ask that all books are returned to school by the 14th July.
In Maths, we started exploring the concept of money. We started by discussing the value of various coins and recognising, using subitising, their worth. This allowed us to understand the concept of needing more than one coin for various amounts and how we can use different variations to create the same denomination.
Unfortunately, we will be saying goodbye today to the wonderful Miss De Haro who has been supporting us in class over the past 12 weeks whilst completing her PGCE. The children have loved having her in class an we have had many wonderful memories with her that we will cherish forever. We know that wherever she goes next, she will succeed and wish her the best for the future!
Reminders
- It is incredibly warm at the moment; please can we ask ALL children to have a water bottle and hat with them each day.
- Please can we ask that all books are returned to school by Friday 14th July.
- PE days are Tuesday and Wednesday.
- School will close for summer on Wednesday 19th July at 1pm.
Date: 27th Jun 2023 @ 2:26pm
What a fabulous week we have had, the weeks really are flying by!
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. They have been able to also think about healthy and unhealthy food; the children sorted a variety of different foods as talked about why we need to eat lots of fruit and vegetables and not as many sweets and sugary drinks. The children have also talked about the different activities they would like to take part in for our superhero dress up day!!!!
We hope you enjoy visiting our summer fair, look out for us on the bouncy castle!
We wish you all a lovely weekend
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
28th June – 4th July - Scholastic Book Fair
Wednesday 5th July – Super hero dress up day
Wednesday 12th July – Final WOW service 2pm @St Peter’s Church
Friday 14th July – Team TSP Break the rules Mufti day
Wednesday 19th July – School finish 1pm
Date: 23rd Jun 2023 @ 10:42am
What another great week Year 2 have had!
In Maths we continued our topic of ‘Geometry’ where we looked at ‘Position and Direction’. We described our movements by looking at language such as ‘anti-clockwise and clockwise’ ‘left and right’ as well as ‘forwards and backwards’. We then tried to direct each other around the room to an end point using this language, realising how important it was to tell them turn the correct way. We even got to use ‘Beebots’ to travel around the classroom, making sure we ended up in the correct place by being super careful when giving our directions.
We finished our book ‘Grandad’s Secret Giant’ in English and had a great class discussion talking about the message of the story and how it’s important to think how our actions make others feel, just like when Billy ran away from the giant. Then we made our own brochures trying to entice people to visit ‘Gableview’. We used our imagination to think what we would want the town to have and included these in our leaflets.
In Science, we continued to explore our topic of ‘Little Masterchefs’ We recapped the Eatwell Plate discussing what each section/colour represented and what foods went in each. We then discussed our favourite pizzas and how they fit into each Eatwell Plate section. We were shocked to discover that a well-topped pizza ticks all the boxes! We designed our own pizza, thinking about what toppings we want on it for our own when we go to Sorrento’s next week. All this pizza talk made us hungry!
Have a lovely weekend, Year 2 !
Reminders:
- PE lessons take place every Monday and Wednesday this term.
- Please can you ensure that children are sent to school with water bottles, hats and sun cream.
- Sports Day – Wednesday 28th June
- Under the Sea performance - Wednesday 28th June
- Summer Fair – Friday 30th June
Date: 23rd Jun 2023 @ 10:26am
We are roughly half-way through our final half-term at Trinity St. Peter’s!
Throughout the week, we have continued with our revision of Maths topics via ‘whodunit?’ challenges and general revision packs. While the weeks are becoming busier with production rehearsals, we want to ensure that the Year 6’s knowledge is still being retained.
Wednesday was ‘Thank a Teacher’ Day and the Year 6 children were instrumental in organising this for the whole school. Prior to the day, the children planned activities that could take place, thinking about how they could work logistically and what they needed to know in advance. On the day itself, the children were then very busy, dropping off individual cards to each member of staff – including office and kitchen staff and Mr Essery – as well as breakfast, snacks and afternoon treats! The children were also armed with a variety of room sprays, fans and moisturisers to offer to staff throughout the day. It all went down very well and the TSP staff were very grateful to the children! Then, as a final celebration for everyone, the day concluded with a special guest: Alex Ander, a very comical magician!
On Thursday, 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 set ourselves a challenge to all attempt Wicker Man when we first got there – before deciding if the ‘big rides’ were for us or not – and we are so proud to say that the class faced their fears and went on it! Well done, Year 6! Following this, we went on some rides as a class (The Rapids, The Runaway Mine Train, Thirteen) 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 and Oblivion. All in all, a successful day! Check the Year 6 Twitter page for all the pictures.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 7:55pm
Another week complete in the Year 5 classroom!
We completed our Design Technology project centred around ‘Building Bridges’. As always in DT, we worked through each of the crucial stages: Research --> Design --> Make --> Evaluate. Following our learning about various famous bridges from around the world and their differing structures and features, the children were tasked with researching a bridge that most interested them. Then came the design phase before the actual construction commenced! There was plenty of innovation and creativity on display in the bridges that were constructed and, crucially, most met the design criteria. Following our constructions, it was time for the all-important necessary safety tests. Some bridges were not so fortunate here and crumbled (literally) under the pressure of these tests! We enjoyed this project and it was great to observe the teamwork between pairs and the imagination put into the final bridge designs and constructions.
We have also continued our Geography focus related to Japan, which included learning more about the capital city of Tokyo. We also focused on the human geography of Japan in one lesson before moving onto physical geography aspects in another.
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, badminton and more. Great fun was had as many children got involved with a different sporting activity during their free time.
In Maths, we have focused on converting measures, including kilograms to grams, centimetres to metres and millilitres to litres. Next week’s lessons will involve problem solving using the four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Reminders:
-KS1 & KS2 Sports Day on 28.6.23 (pm).
-Scholastic Book Fair (after school) on 28.6.23 to 4.7.23.
-Team TSP Summer Fair on 30.6.23 (pm and after school).
Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 4:14pm
The weeks are flying by in Nursery, we are having so much fun!
This week we started our new theme ‘Under the sea’. The children were left a very special gift of new sea creatures and divers for our water tray and a new ‘under the sea’ story book. Using ‘Commotion in the Ocean’ as a stimulus, we looked at the different sea creatures that we could see and identified their features. The children then enjoyed making their own jelly fish in the creative corner. In the home corner, the children have also enjoyed acting out being by the seaside, making ice creams, relaxing on sun loungers, or going for swim. We have had so much fun!
Nursery learnt about the importance of staying cool in the hot weather. We worked together to make some shade over our sand area and enjoyed playing under it. We then played parachute games together outside.
On Friday, Caroline came into Nursery for Godly play. Caroline discussed the Pretzel prayer and how when you look at a pretzel it can remind us of crossed arms in prayer. Thank you for a lovely session Caroline!
We hope you have a lovely weekend and see you all next week.
Miss Dalley and the Nursery team.
Please can you ensure that your child has sun cream applied before they come in.
If your child has a discussion book, please can you make a little comment in the book each week when you read with your child.
Reminders:
Wednesday 28th June – Nursery Sports Day @ 9am on the school field.
WOW service 2pm @ St Peter’s church
28th – 30th June – Scholastic Book Fair
Friday 30th - June School Summer Fair
Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 1:36pm
We've had fun in the sun again this week and have absolutly LOVED it! This weather certainly brings out the best in us.
With only four weeks left, we have got a lot to cram in!
In Maths, we continued with our Place Value topic with a specific focus on numbers beyond 50. For this, we had to connect our learning back to Autum Term, using our understanding of numbers bonds to 10 and one more and one less to solve some tricky questions. As well as this, we learnt about the value of the two digit numbers themselves, recognising tens and ones within given numbers. All this learning had to end with an exciting game of Place Value Bingo! A highly competative version we must say!
Our Phonics lessons got underway again this week after having a week off due to the Phonics Screen Check. This meant that all groups started new books, recapping previously taught sounds, red words and green words with a focus on reading speed and pace. After, we all created an excellent piece of writing on the chosen book.
This week, we have also been completing a series of assessments this week in the afternoon. The focus of these assessment are for staff to understand what the children need more support on. These assessements are not shared with parents and are just for teachers.
In PE, we continued to practice for our upcoming sports day which will take place next Wednesday. Our focus was to continue to practice our team work skills for the three legged race as well our sportsmanship for the individual races. PE didn't just stop there though, as it was National Sports Week this week, we got the equipment out at break time, playing tennis, hula hooping and skipping!
On Wednesday afternoon, we had the most wonderful surprise, a magician came to visit! We were amazed by his wonderful performance which saw members of our class get involved. We loved having a good giggle with him and the rest of the school. Thank you so much to Mrs Pringle for organising such an incredible treat!
Reminders
- Sports Day is next Wednesday 28th June between 1pm and 1:30pm. Please ensure that all children bring a hat to school this day as well as an additonal water bottle, where possible.
- Summer Fair will take place on Friday 30th June, the children will attend the fair with their classes first, they will need to be picked up from their class door before returning to the fair with their parents, should parents wish too.
- It is incredibly warm at the moment, please can we ask ALL children to have a water bottle and hat with their each day.
- School will close for summer on Wednesday 19th July at 1pm.
Date: 20th Jun 2023 @ 1:19pm
Well we can’t believe how quickly the weeks are flying by!!
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.
We continued with our theme of ‘Superheroes’. This week we have loved the story of ‘Supertato’ and on Monday we discovered some frozen peas 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 Tuesday, we received a parcel and letter from Supertato with his book for us to read.
What a wonderful time we had at Martin Mere, the children were absolutely amazing and such a shining example for our school. The children were so excited to go on the coach and have been excited for weeks. On arrival; our first stop was to take part in a ‘Pond Explorers’ workshop, here we used nets to see what we could find living in the water. We then had time for our wild walk and then we were off to lunch followed by a minibeast hunt! The children loved exploring the play area before it was time to head back to school! We are sure the children slept well because we certainly did!!
Enjoy the weekend and see you Monday!
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
Wednesday 28th June – Reception Sports Day @ 9.30am on the school field.
WOW service 2pm @ St Peter’s church
28th – 30th June – Scholastic Book Fair
Friday 30th June School Summer Fair
Wednesday 5th July – Super hero dress up day
Date: 20th Jun 2023 @ 10:21am
This week has flown by! It must be all the excitement leading up to our fantastic Summer term events.
In our RE lesson this week, we unpicked the Lord’s Prayer to comprehend the meaning behind the prayer and the terminology used. We identified that the Lord’s Prayer is a Christian prayer which Jesus taught his disciples to say. The prayer begins by making it clear who people are praying too because Christians believe that God is the Father of everyone.
Our focus in Maths this week was symmetry. With the knowledge that a line of symmetry is a line that cuts a shape exactly in half. This means that if you were to fold the shape along the line, both halves would match exactly. We then moved onto finding symmetry with coloured squares and completing half of a given image. Next week, we will focus on interpreting graphs and reading statistical information.
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.
Connecting out understanding of symmetry in Maths, we explored the design features of the Taj Mahal. Using half of an image outlining the Taj Mahal building, we then created the basic structure of the building on the other half of the blank page to create symmetrical artwork.
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.
Thinking like a Historian, we examined how the Vikings tried to take over the country and explored how close they got. We grasped that Vikings kept coming to Britain for almost 300 years first as raiders then as conquerors. We identified a period of time when the Vikings were successful and another when they were not. Using terms such as raiders and settlement, we discussed the importance of the Danelaw as an area of Viking settlement and analysed turning points in the Viking’s fortunes.
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.
Reminders:
Sports Day – Wednesday 28th June
Summer Fair – Friday 30th June
Date: 18th Jun 2023 @ 2:06pm
An exceptionally hot week, for an exceptional class!
We wanted to start of by first explaining how proud we are of all the children in Year 1, who this week completed their Phonics Screen Check (unbeknown to them!). The children all worked hard to read, segment and blend the words back together and regardless of whether they 'pass', we are proud of all the hard work they have put in this week, and throughout the year! Keep shining Year 1, in everything you do.
In Maths, we completed the first of our termly assessments, and the children worked, again, extremely hard with this. They will complete their second assessment next week along with two reading assessments. In additon to this assessment, the chidlren started our new topic, Place Value to 100. The children worked hard to put their prior knowledge to use, connecting their learnnig back to our previous place value topic to remind them of the number order and the value of tens and ones. They will continue with this topic next week.
In PE we practiced for our upcoming sport day, which will take place on Wedneday 28th June, working together and supporting each other in each activity such as the three legged race, which proved trickier than we thought especially if you were teamed up with Miss Jones!
On Friday, we had an extra specail treat, when Mrs Molloy brought in her garden sprinkler! We LOVED running through it too cool down, which was made even better when Miss Jones handed out the ice pops! From all of us here in Year 1, we hope you have a delightful weekend and enjoy this incredible weather!
Reminders:
- PE lessons take place every Tuesday and Wednesday this term.
- Please can you ensure that children are sent to school with water bottles, hats and sun cream.
- Reading books should be returned every Friday morning ready to be swapped.
Date: 16th Jun 2023 @ 1:34pm
The sun is hot, hot, hot but that hasn’t stopped Year 2 from their work! We have had such a great week.
In Maths we continued our topic of ‘Statistics’ where we explored various ways of recording data. We recapped ‘Tally Charts’ and ‘Block Diagrams’ whilst introducing ‘Pictograms’ as well. We discussed the importance of including a key and how this key shows us what number each symbol represents. We then started our new topic of ‘Geometry’ starting with looking at ‘Language of Direction’ and exploring all the different ways we can describe direction e.g., above, below, between, right and left.
We continued reading our book in English, ‘Grandad’s Secret Giant’. We discussed and inferred how Billy and the Giant were feeling through certain situations, putting ourselves into their shoes (or rather big boots) to see how they felt. We continued to find loads of similes throughout the story, getting really excited when we discovered them.
We continued our giant exploring in Art where we created our very own dream jars from the BFG. We added lots of colour, sparkles and of course all our dreams! Not only this, but we created paper versions as well, creating gorgeous dream jars through watercolours and then writing our dreams and wishes for the future. We have some very ambitious dreams, which we are sure everyone will achieve no problem.s
In Science, we continued to explore our topic of ‘Little Masterchefs’ We explored the Eatwell Plate discussing what each section/colour represented and what foods went in each. We talked about how important it is to have things in moderation and the bigger a section is, the more of it we should eat. In History, we researched seaside holidays from the past and discussed how they are similar and different to the seaside holidays we have now.
Reminders:
- PE lessons take place every Monday and Wednesday this term.
- Please can you ensure that children are sent to school with water bottles, hats and sun cream.
Date: 16th Jun 2023 @ 9:48am
A busy week with lots of sunshine!
Throughout the week, we have continuing 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. The children have been very enthusiastic about it all and it was great to see so many asking for bigger speaking roles. We have already nearly learned one song we will be performing at the end of term and once again, the children’s efforts have continued to impress. 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.
In Maths, we were visited by Mrs Bennett from Formby High School. She led an activity on symmetry, where the children had to design masks for a display. Not only did the children need to think about the symmetry of the shapes they used to create their masks…but also the use of colour too! It was trickier than we thought!
As scientists, we revisited our Space topic from Year 5. The children were asked to recall what they could remember about the sun and moon before being given the question, “Why do they appear to be the same size in the sky?” They learned how the sun and moon appear the same size because the sun’s diameter is about 400 times greater – but the sun is also about 400 times farther away. To demonstrate how this works, we were set the task to take photographs with our friends, using distance to manipulate the final images. The results were great! Check out our Twitter page to see them.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Date: 16th Jun 2023 @ 8:12am
We have had so much fun in the sun this week!
This week the search began for our missing sand. After seeing our ‘Missing sand’ poster, Mrs Meredith kindly came down to Nursery as she thought she had found our missing sand. In her hand was a bag that said ‘yellow’ on it. The children each lifted up the bag to see if the contents were heavy or light. We then opened it up to see what was inside! Unfortunately, it wasn’t our sand, it was just shredded paper! Never mind, the search continues!
On Tuesday, we gained some new tadpole friends in Nursery. The children have been learning about the life cycle of a frog and we can’t wait to see the tadpoles grow. On Thursday, Fred the frog left a challenge for Nursery to find the missing pieces of his jigsaw in the outdoor area. We followed the clues and then worked together to piece the jigsaw together. We discovered the jigsaw was an image of the life cycle of a frog and we discussed the different stages of growth and the change. Great team work Nursery!
Nursery have been very busy this week making tasty treats for their very special Dads and Grandads. We read a lovely book called ‘My Dad is brilliant’ and the children talked about why their Dad or Grandad is special to them. We hope you love the amazing cards and tasty rocky road that the children have made for you!
We hope you have a lovely weekend and Father’s Day celebration on Sunday. See you all next week!
Miss Dalley and the Nursery Team
Reminders:
Please ensure all children have a sunhat, sun cream and a filled water bottle in their bag daily. Please can you ensure your child has suncream applied before they come to Nursery in the morning.
Wednesday 28th June – Nursery Sports Day @ 9am on the school field.
WOW service 2pm @St Peter’s Church
Friday 30th June – Summer Fair
28th – 30th June – Scholastic Book Fair
Date: 15th Jun 2023 @ 8:22pm
We’re not quite sure we really believe that it is Friday already; this week has passed by in a flash!
In another week of glorious sunshine, our PE lessons involved Tri-Golf and Kinball. In Tri-Golf, the children honed their technique and skills before progressing onto designing their own golf course. Using a variety of obstacles (and their own creativity), the children were tasked with designing a golf course hole for their friends to try. In Kinball, it was all aboard the Kinball train as the children had to work together to ensure that the train didn’t run out of track on its journey. The children loved this mini-game and also a further teamwork-based activity which involved working together to move the Kinball down the line both efficiently and whilst maintaining full control. Great fun was had in both PE lessons and bring on next week!
We had plenty of mindful moments throughout the week too as the children, in one activity, followed a calm script to notice more about how they were feeling. We also focused on mindfulness of sounds by first paying attention to the environment around us before focusing in on a specific sound and following it for as long as we could.
In Art, we carried on with our Cityscapes focus as we painted our own cityscape silhouettes which replicated photos of different cities, either at sunrise or sunset. The children’s creations were carefully made and stunning to look at.
Our Maths lessons this week involved recapping our mathematical learning so far this year through some assessments. We are delighted with the children’s positivity, resilience, maturity and overall effort in completing these assessments to the best of their ability. Well done, Year 5! Next week’s Maths lessons will focus on converting measurements (ml to L and g to kg).
Wishing you all an enjoyable weekend and thank you, Year 5, for all your hard work during a very warm week!
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 2023 @ 9:29pm
We hope you all had a fabulous weekend and are enjoying the sunshine!
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.
We have also taken advantage of the lovely weather this week and enjoyed lots of water play, watering our plants and cold ice pops for snack!
We wish you all a lovely weekend!
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
Please ensure all children have a sunhat, sun cream and a filled water bottle in their bag daily.
Wednesday 21st June – Class trip to Martin Mere
Wednesday 28th June – Reception Sports Day @ 9.30am on the school field.
WOW service 2pm @St Peter’s Church
Friday 30th June – Summer Fair
28th – 30th June – Scholastic Book Fair
5th July – Super Hero dress up day
Date: 13th Jun 2023 @ 10:15am
The sun might be shining, but the heat hasn’t stopped our productivity this week!
In RE, we discussed how we have all had opportunities to pray in many different ways, through our school assemblies, time in church and our own reflective time. We explained what prayer means to us and concluded that a prayer is an expression of belief and commitment. Using our handprints, we unpicked using our five fingers, five things we pray for including those who teach us, lead us, those who love us and those who are sick and weak.
This week we have carried out lessons to recap our learning and completed assessments to showcase our knowledge. The positivity and passion for learning that fills the room when the children are tasked with showcasing their thinking is incredible to see!
We are delighted to announce that our Multiplication Check is officially over and we couldn’t be prouder of the commitment and dedication the children have shown towards recalling their times tables. What a joy to hear from all of the children that the test ‘Really wasn’t anything to be worried about!’
In PE, we have been working hard to prepare for our up and coming Sports Day. From the egg and spoon race to the sack race, we smiled and laughed throughout as we raced our way to victory against our friends and even mastered a three-legged race. We cannot wait to show our parents and careers the races we have been practising in a couple of weeks.
For our History lesson this week, we thought about the perception people have of the Vikings and why this might be so. We unpicked different accounts of Vikings and noticed that they differed depending on whether they were written by a Saxon or a Viking. Later, we found that the Monks had lots of wealth giving them the ability to write their version of what happened to them and therefore, sheading a bad light on the Vikings.
Continuing with our focus on the wonders of bubbles, we investigated whether or not bubbles can change in size and the science behind why a bubble pops.
A week full of hard work and smiles, Year 4. Thank you for shined brighter than the stars in the universe!
Reminders:
- As the weather is becoming warmer, please ensure your child brings a sun hat, water bottle and sun cream to school.
- Children reading on the school book band should ensure their book is brought back into school to be changed on their reading day each week.
Date: 9th Jun 2023 @ 1:21pm
What a busy but fantastic first week back we have had! It was so lovely to see all the children back and enjoying spending time with their friends and hearing about what everyone got up to.
In Maths we started our new topics of ‘Statistics’ where we explored various ways of recording data. We looked at ‘Tally Charts’ where we discovered that after scoring four marks, we have to cross the gate to make it a group of five. We talked about how this makes it far easier to read than having to count loads of little lines. We even noticed the correlation between that, counting up in 5s and the 5-times tables. Not only this, but we explored ‘Tables’ and ‘Block Diagrams’ and deciding which way to record data we liked the best.
Our new book in English is ‘Grandad’s Secret Giant’ which generated some discussion about other various fictional giants such as the BFG. We started by creating our very own giants, making them as tall and as long as we could. Some of us decided to make them a friendly giant while others decided theirs would be the scariest. As a class, we discussed what a simile was and then used our new knowledge to describe our giants. Some of the similes we created were superb! ‘His hands were as big as rowing boats; his head was as big as a boulder and his feet were as wide as three double decker buses’.
In Science, we explored our new topic of ‘Little Masterchefs’ where we discussed what we thought a Masterchef was. We brainstormed with names like Gordan Ramsey and Jamie Oliver popping up. We then discussed what health and safety rules are needed in the kitchen when preparing and cooking food. Rules that we came up with included tying back your hair, washing your hands, washing fruit and vegetables and cleaning up any spillages. We even found out that chefs traditionally wore hats to keep their hair back but even better, the taller their hat, the higher rank they have in the kitchen!
We ended the week with an amazing visit from Simon Hunt who came to tell us all about and read his new book ‘Delilah Rose the Bogey Princess’ to us. We had an absolutely amazing time, from trying to reach our toes up to our nose to getting our finger ‘stuck’ up our noses. We felt loads of different emotions when reading the book - shocked, appalled, delighted and so many more! We absolutely loved it. We have been inspired to write our very own books and were in awe when Simon told us we are all already authors from the stories we write in school!
Reminders:
- PE lessons take place every Monday and Wednesday this term.
- Please can you ensure that children are sent to school with water bottles, hats and sun cream.
Date: 8th Jun 2023 @ 8:38pm
Well, we are back…for our final half-term at Trinity St. Peter’s!
In Reading and Writing, we have been working on a unit linked to ‘adventurers’ and ‘leadership’ and we have learned about a number of significant literary and real-life explorers such as Beowulf, Charles Darwin and Robert Falcon Scott. Our final task this week was to write four paragraphs about a leader of our choice. There was a wide range of leaders chosen, both real and fictional, from various time periods and areas of profession. Volodymyr Zelensky, Emmeline Pankhurst, Captain America, Winston Churchill…the list goes on! All the children should have now uploaded their final pieces onto Google Classroom if any parents wish to have a read – we would highly recommend!
As linguists, we have moved onto a new topic in Spanish: ‘The Beach’. A very relevant topic indeed! This week, we learned new vocabulary linked to items you would take on a beach trip and practised writing / saying phrases and sentences to describe this.
In PE, the children were given the choice of what they would like to do as a class for Monday’s lesson. As this is the children’s last half-term in primary school, this is the time to make some final memories altogether and so we thought about the best possible games we could play that would encourage this. Games such as dodgeball, bench ball and rounders were discussed, but in the end, the vast majority voted on a whole-class game of ‘man hunt’! This was a great idea as the children have never played this as part of a PE lesson; usually it is reserved for break time. We played a few variations of the game, each time reflecting on what worked and how we could improve the next round. The children had a great time – especially as their running / hiding area was not limited to just the school field!
Thursday’s PE lesson with Mr Brindley saw the children practising their driving and chipping in golf. A special ‘well done’ to those children who represented the school in a golf tournament at Formby Hall on Wednesday afternoon; another great opportunity for our pupils, who made us all very proud.
Our week concluded with a visit from author, Simon Hunt. Simon is a teacher but also author of the story, 'Delilah Rose: The Bogey Princess' and (upcoming) 'Billy the Bottom Burping Pirate'. He delivered a great workshop to the UKS2 classes and kept the Y6 pupils back for a talk on aspirations. Thank you, Simon!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Date: 8th Jun 2023 @ 4:33pm
What a busy week we have had in Nursery! We hope you have all had a lovely half term break!
On Tuesday we hopped onto the coach and went off to Farmer Teds! We could not contain our excitement! The children took part in lots of different activities such as handling Guinee pigs, riding on mini tractors, visiting the minibeasts and even getting to stroke a snake! We then went on a very exciting tractor ride where we saw lots of ginormous dinosaurs. We gave a big ‘roar’ as we went past and the children enjoyed naming the different dinosaurs. We then watched the ‘sheep show’ where the Farmers told us all about the different sheep at the farm. One of them had the same name as one of our friends! What a fabulous day we had!
Following on from our trip, the children learnt all about where wool comes from. Kindly, one of the Farmers at Farmer Teds gave us some wool to take back to Nursery to handle and explore. The children recalled the process of how the wool is sheared from the sheep and how it can eventually be be used to make wool clothing such as socks, jumpers and hats.
On Wednesday Nursery could not believe what had happened! The sand had disappeared from Nursery. The children came up with many ideas as to where it could have gone or who could have taken it. We then decided to make a poster to help us find the missing sand and delivered it to each class in the school. I wonder where it could be!
We hope you all have a wonderful weekend and see you all next week.
Miss Dalley and the Nursery team
Reminders:
Tuesday 13th June – TSP Father’s Day Present Room
Wednesday 28th June – Nursery Sports Day @ 9am on the school field.
28th – 30th June – Scholastic Book Fair
Date: 8th Jun 2023 @ 2:02pm
We can’t believe it is here already…the FINAL half term of Year 5! Time certainly has raced by up to this point but we are not taking anything for granted as there is still so much left to achieve and plenty more memories to be made. For now, here are some highlights from a week where the sun and children alike were shining brightly.
With the start of June, we commenced our new monthly value focus of Koinonia. We learned how Koinonia can be translated from Greek into the words, ‘fellowship’ and ‘communion’. We extended this further to the sense in which koinonia means community and working together for the common good of other people. We will continue to built upon our understanding throughout the rest of this month!
In Maths, we have continued our focus on 3D shapes and their properties and progressed onto recognising different shapes from their various nets. Next week’s lessons will recap all of our learning so far this year through some assessments.
In our reading work, we have been reading ‘The Hunter’ by Paul Geraghty, which is the story of a little girl called Jamina who goes out into the African bush with her grandfather. Her dream is to be a hunter when she is older but, when she is separated from her grandfather, she finds a baby elephant whimpering besides its dead mother. As Jamina bravely helps the little orphaned elephant, we are eager to find out where this journey takes her.
We had a great treat to end our week as we were visited by author, Simon Hunt who visited to share his love for storytelling, reading and writing with the children. We enjoyed listening to his story, ‘Delilah Rose the Bogey Princess’, and the opportunity to hear about how Simon's book came to be published as well as always remembering to dream big, inspired us even further. We will be sure to keep an eye out for any future books written by Simon!
A brilliant week and wishing you all a fantastic weekend. See you all on Monday!
Further information:
-We enjoyed welcoming Miss Fitzpatrick to our class on Wednesday following Mrs Guyers’ last day with Year 5 to start maternity leave.
-Brass lessons will continue to take place every Friday throughout this half term.
-Year 5 PE lessons will still take place on Wednesdays and Thursdays each week for this half term. Please ensure that your child attends school in their full PE kit on these days.
-Please also note that homework has been uploaded as usual to Mirodo as it will be each Friday throughout this half term. As previously, the homework will be set each Friday and should be completed on or before the following Wednesday.
-Weekly spellings have also been uploaded to Google Classroom, which will be tested next Friday (16th).
Date: 7th Jun 2023 @ 9:31am
We hope you all had a fabulous half term and all ready for a fun packed final half term in Reception!
For RE this week we have started to think about Prayer. We began our session thinking about when we pray and prayers that we knew. We then looked at lots of different objects we may use to help us pray, such as rosary beads and holding crosses. We talked about the Lords prayer and how he taught this to his special friends ‘The Disciples’ in case they did not how to pray or what to say.
On Monday we enjoyed our first visit of the half term to ‘Forest School’, we have so much fun and just love visiting our forest school site each week. This week we spent some time exploring the changes in the environment and then went on to use some of the natural resources around us to create faces on the trees, if you pass forest school see if you can spot any of the faces!
We were very excited to start our new theme ‘Superheroes’. The role play has been turned into a superhero headquarters, where the children have had the opportunity to dress up as a superhero and think about what the role of a super hero is. The children have enjoyed thinking about what makes a superhero and if they know any superheroes? The children also enjoyed thinking about if they were a superhero what super powers would they have and why? We look forward to seeing where our learning will take us!!!
As we finished for half term our caterpillars had changed into beautiful butterflies and out tadpole had grown legs and changed into a frog. The Birds nest has four chirping chicks in and we have enjoyed watching the parents gathering food and listening carefully to chirping they make!
We wish you all a lovely weekend and continue to enjoy the sunshine!
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
Tuesday 13th June – TSP Father’s Day Present Room
Wednesday 21st June – Class trip to Martin Mere
Wednesday 28th June – Reception Sports Day @ 9.30am on the school field.
28th – 30th June – Scholastic Book Fair
Date: 6th Jun 2023 @ 9:53am
The final term is upon us and we are delighted to be spending lots of opportunities learning and having fun in the sunshine.
With a focus on shape and space, it was time to recap our understanding of angles and how we can determine whether an angle is acute, obtuse or a right angle, focusing on 90 degrees as our guide point. With the help of Pac-Man and his right-angled mouth, we found the types of angles in the letters of our names and identified that a full 360-degree turn can be split into four lots of 90 degrees. Our attention then turned to comparing the sizes of angles, before identifying the different types of triangles. Next week, we will identify the names of quadrilaterals and make different 2D and 3D shapes using art straws to determine their properties.
Moving on from stories surrounding the wonders of volcanoes, we now delve into the depth of caves and caverns with inspiration from the wonderful book titled ‘Blue John’. The story sees us venturing down into the caves where the Queen of Darkness lives and we follow the adventures of her rare and precious baby, Blue John, who has been created using the blue of a glacier and the gold of the sun. Using the text, we discussed what stalactites are and used similes to describe how they grow. We used aspects of the text to correct the use of past tense and used commands to write a set of instructions.
We observed and investigated bubbles in Science, exploring whether all bubbles rise and if bubbles can change colour or shape. In Art, we remembered that the heaviness or lightness of the shading we use can change with the pressure of our pencil and/or making the lines and dots closer together or further apart. In PE, it was time to start preparing for our up and coming Sports Day by completing some speed running races to increase our pace and carrying out different obstacle courses to enhance our speed and agility.
Our History lessons this term all stem around our perspectives of the Vikings and the stereotypes we hold. We generated a range of adjectives and nouns used to describe Vikings and reinforce the chronology of the times of the first Viking raid using a timeline of events. In the role of Saxon spies, we draw from memory, a Viking ship and then posed questions to analyse its features. Next week, we will examine why Vikings have such a bad reputation.
A huge thank you to the incredible Simon Hunt who joined us this week to share the delights of his book which is titled, 'Delilah Rose: the Bogey Princess' and some wonderful and inspiring poetry.
An excellent week and we hope that the sun continues to shine long into the weekend. Enjoy and see you on Monday!
Reminders:
- Due to the sunny weather, please ensure children bring a water bottle, hat and suncream to school.
- PE days continue every Tuesday and Friday.