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Year 2 - Spring 1 - Week 1

Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 2:48pm

What a great week we have had back together again after a wonderful Christmas break! We hope you have all had a lovely Christmas and New Year and look forward to another fantastic year making memories and learning lots! Year 2 have had a brilliant week, we have started Spring term with a bang, trying extra hard by pushing ourselves and practicing new skills. 

Please see our Y2 Curriculum Map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term.

Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning.

Upcoming Y2 events:

Parent Teacher Meetings: 4th , 5th , 11th, 12th February (more information to follow).

Finish for half term: Friday 14th February. 

Year 2 recorder lessons will take place every Monday, please ensure children come into school every Monday with their recorders ready for their lesson.

Our class trip to Martin Mere is on Thursday 16th January 2025.

Year 2 PE days are on Mondays and Fridays.

Please see our ‘Spring Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this term.

Year 5 - Spring 1 - Week 1

Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 1:02pm

Wishing you all a Happy New Year and all the very best for 2025!

It was great to welcome back the Year 5 children who were recharged and refreshed after an excellent (and lengthy) festive break spent with loved ones. It is fair to say that we made the most of this first school week of 2025 and it was great to be back together as a class team once again.

Please see our Y5 Curriculum Map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term.

Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning.

Upcoming Y5 events:

• Parent Teacher Meetings: 4^th , 5^th , 11th, 12th February (more information to follow).
• Final Year 5 swimming lesson: 12th February
• Finish for half term: Friday 14^th February. 

Please see our ‘Spring Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this term.

Reminders for this half-term:

• Maths and English Homework has resumed and has been set, as usual, via Mirodo on Friday 10th. This should then be returned on or before the following Wednesday (January 15th). 
• Spellings have been set from this week and the weekly test will take place next Friday (17th).
• PE lessons are Wednesday (Swimming) and Thursday (school PE).

Thank you!

Year 4 - Spring 1 - Week 1

Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 9:53am

A Happy New Year to you all! It has been a delight to welcome Year 4 back into the classroom this week and we sure have had kicked things off with a bang!

Please see our Y4 curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term.

Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning. 

Upcoming Y4 events:

• Parent Teacher Meetings – 4^th , 5^th  , 11th, 12th Feb (more information to follow)
• Friday 14^th February finish for Half Term

Please see our ‘Spring Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this term.

General Reminders for this half-term:

• Spellings continue to be written into spelling log books every Wednesday to be learnt at home. Log books should be returned to school each week for the children to record their new spellings to learn.
• Children who are reading on the school's reading book bands should ensure their book is read and returned to school on their reading day.
• PE lessons are Tuesday and Friday with the addition of a session with LFC every Thursday this term. Therefore, children should wear PE kit to school on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
• A small, healthy snack should be brought to school if needed.

Thank you!

Reception - Spring 1 - Week 1

Date: 8th Jan 2025 @ 2:17pm

Welcome to the new term in Reception! We have an exciting few weeks ahead, filled with learning, exploration, and discovery. As the season changes, we’ll focus on winter and the environmental changes that come with it. We’ll look at the weather, clothing, and how nature adapts during this chilly time of year. We’ll blast off into the universe as we learn about the solar system, space travel, and the history of space exploration, including the incredible story of Neil Armstrong. There will be lots of fun activities to help us explore the stars and planets! We will also be learning about Chinese New Year, exploring the traditions, stories, and celebrations associated with this time. In maths, we will focus on numbers 6–10. We’ll practice making pairs, combining two groups, one more, one less patterns and learning about number bonds. In RE, we will dive into the stories Jesus heard and told, exploring important lessons and messages through storytelling and discussion. In PE, our topic is gymnastics, where we will work on balance, coordination, and flexibility through exciting and energetic activities.

Please see our curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half term.

Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning.

Reminders for this half term:

• PE will continue on a Monday please can your child come to school wearing trainers on this day only.
• WOW Services – Wednesday 5^th February at 2pm in St Peter’s Church – All welcome
• Parent Teacher Meetings – 4^th , 5^th  , 11th, 12th Feb (more information to follow)
• Friday 14^th February finish for Half Term

Please see our ‘Spring Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this term.

Many thanks,

Miss Dalley and the Reception team

Nursery - Spring 1 - Week 1

Date: 8th Jan 2025 @ 11:33am

We hope you all had an amazing Christmas and New Year, we are full of excitement and looking forward to a fun filled, action packed half term!!! We have also welcomed some new children to our class; who have settled well and are making new friends. The children are going to continue to enjoy the visits to Forest school as well as learning about ‘Winter’ as our themed focus.

Please see our curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half term.

Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning.

Reminders for this half term:

• PE will continue on a Monday please can your child come to school wearing trainers on this day only.
• WOW Services – Wednesday 5^th February at 2pm in St Peter’s Church – All welcome
• Parent Teacher Meetings – 4^th , 5^th , 11th and 12th  Feb (more information to follow)
• Stay and Play Sessions for New starters - Oct to Jan - 12th and 13th Feb (More information to follow)
• Friday 14^th February finish for Half Term

Please see our ‘Spring Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this term.

Reception - Autumn 2 - Week 7

Date: 18th Dec 2024 @ 9:39am

What a fantastic half term we have had. Full of fun and laughter!

Our highlights include:

• The children have enjoyed listening to the story ‘The Gingerbread man’. The children were able to act out the story in the role play area, make gingerbread men, sequence the story and made a trap to catch the gingerbread men that ran away. What fun we had!
• The children enjoyed playing in the snow, making snowmen and snow angels, laughing and having fun with their friends.
• The children talked about their experiences of bonfire night. The children learnt about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot. Through stories, re-enactments and pictures the children discovered why we light bonfires and light fireworks to mark this event. We also discussed how to stay safe when going to firework displays.
• We talked together about Remembrance Day. Through simple and thoughtful discussions, the children began to learn about why this day was important and why we wear poppies.
• In RE we discussed special people in our community. We had a lovely visit from Dr Ryan and Dr Cosgrove at Formby GP and Lilly from St Peters church who talked to us about their important roles. – post office
• As we moved closer to Christmas we talked about the Nativity story and the birth of Jesus. The children took part in their own Nativity performance as a class for all their loved ones to come to see.
• As a school, we celebrated Kindness week. We joined together with our Year 6 buddies to make woollen hearts with a kind message attached. We then delivered them around the school to spread kindness.
• In our recent maths lessons, Reception have been learning about the numbers 4 and 5. We had lots of fun exploring these numbers through games, discussion and group work. The children enjoyed exploring ‘Anno’s book’ where the children were able to use their counting skills, we went on a shape hunt to look for shapes in the environment with 4 sides and began to look at number bonds to 5.

Please see attached the virtual classroom which identifies the books and themes that we will be focussing on next term.

Thank you so much for all of the lovely cards, gifts and Christmas wishes. We are all extremely grateful! Have a lovely Christmas and New Year and see you all soon.

Miss Dalley and the Reception team

Reminders:

• Return to school Monday 6^th January 2025
• PE will continue on a Monday please can your child come to school wearing trainers on this day only.

Year 2 - Autumn 2 - Week 7

Date: 17th Dec 2024 @ 4:39pm

What a brilliant way to end 2024 and celebrate an incredible term with our wonderful Year 2 class!

We have been so impressed with the achievements of the children, week after week. As the term comes to an end, it’s a great time to reflect on how far they’ve come.

Our highlights this term include:

• Creating our very own Tudor style houses from scratch in History and DT
• Learning all about the Great Fire of London
• Focusing on Shape in Maths
• Learning all about the good news of Christmas in RE
• Watching the incredible Team TSP Firework event
• Completing the Santa Dash
• Having so much fun at the Christmas Extravaganza 
• Having a surprise visit from Santa and even his elves!
• Our fantastic and extremely memorable adventures at Laurel's Wood
• Filming for our Kindness Video and carrying out our Kindness Week project, giving back to those less fortunate children in our community in support of Children in Need
• Visiting Liverpool Cathedral for a beautiful advent service

A huge thank you for the gifts and well wishes, we are very grateful!

Our Virtual Classroom for the Spring term is attached, should you wish to complete any additional home learning over the festive break.https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nI0Z6WuHfy1Vg4Ws7WkEVEISLoLu_DFyfbOXgEZBYos/edit#slide=id.p

It has been a wonderful to count down to Christmas with you all, Year 2. You have made December such a magical experience for us all and we cannot wait to welcome you all back in January. We wish you a very happy Christmas and a safe and enjoyable festive period. See you in 2024!

Reminders for next term:

• PE days will continue to be every Monday and Friday
• Recorder lessons will begin on the first Monday back, please ensure children have recorders with them for their lesson
• Children should bring in a small healthy snack 
• Children should come into school with correct uniform every day, please see uniform policy for details

Year 3- Autumn 2- Week 7

Date: 17th Dec 2024 @ 4:12pm

Another fabulous half term in Year 3 and Christmas is nearly upon us! We have had a wonderful time celebrating together, with the TSP Extravaganza, Santa Dash, Father Christmas in his grotto, Christmas Dinner and Advent Service at Liverpool Cathedral.

Our other highlights from this term include:

• The amazing Firework display, by Team TSP
• Kindness week, where we planted trees from The Woodland Trust and baked scones for Southport Soup Kitchen
• Filming for our Christmas Kindness Video
• Taking part in TSP election week
• Outdoor Classroom Day
• Creating delicious vegetable tarts in DT
• Superb performances from our Rock Steady bands
• Introduction to our History topic of 'The Stone Age to Iron Age'
• Fun science lessons learning about forces and magnets
• Learning Spanish animal nouns through songs, games and actions

Reminders for next term:

• PE days are Monday and Tuesday with the addition of Thursday for this term due to LFC coming in to deliver a session each week. PE kits to be worn Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
• Drumming lessons will begin after Christmas. These will take place during normal lesson times.
• Spellings will continue to be logged every Wednesday and recapped during our speed spell quiz the following Monday
• Our Stone Age workshop is on Wednesday 8th January. Thank you for your support in sending in contributions. Please see the information on Spider if you still need to do so.

From the Year 3 Team, we have thoroughly enjoying working with you this term and are looking forward to the exciting plans for the Spring Term. Thank you so much for the cards, gifts and well wishes. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Year 6 - Autumn 2 - Week 7

Date: 16th Dec 2024 @ 4:07pm

..and that's a wrap for 2024!

It certainly has been a wonderful term and this latter half-term has been packed with highlights, plus plenty of festive fun. Here’s a look back at just some of the magical moments we’ve shared:

•    Writing: We wrote a diary entry linked to our focus text, ‘Star of Fear, Star of Hope’ by Jo Hoestlandt, as well a Christmas-themed instruction text on how to ‘steal Christmas’ like The Grinch!
•    Reading: After finishing ‘Holes’ by Louis Sachar, we started a self-help book called ‘Dare To Be You’ by Matthew Syed. Following a thorough discussion and investigation into several story books, we have also chosen ‘Skellig’ by David Almond as our new class novel.
•    Maths: Aside from all the competitive games and activities, we have focused primarily on arithmetic objectives in lessons this term. The children should be very pleased with their much-improved scores in SATs arithmetic papers!
•    History: We continued our learning about the World Wars, focusing this half-term on how the two wars impacted Formby. Particular highlights included a visit from John from Formby Civic Society, who shared his extensive knowledge with us, and our weekly trips to Formby Luncheon Club to interview its members.
•    Kindness Project: We took part in a range of activities that reminded us of how we can be ‘kind to ourselves’- including meditation and mindfulness practice!
•    Music: We have now concluded our weekly brass sessions with Mrs Hughes from Sefton Music Services. Thank you to Mrs Hughes for all her support.
•    Christmas Carol Service: Some our Year 6 pupils brought Christmas cheer to our local community by supporting St Peter’s Christmas service at St Joseph’s Care Home.
•    Supporting the School Community: Many of our pupils have relished the opportunities to support the rest of the school in various ways, including narrating Reception’s Nativity and WOW services, helping to run stalls at The Christmas Fair and in their leader roles such as Kindness Committee and Digital Leaders.
•    Festive Fun: We had a great time filming our latest Kindness Video, enjoying Party Day, a Santa Dash and celebrating with a Christmas Extravaganza.

Reminders for next half term:

• There is no set homework for the Christmas holidays – except for revising the last weekly spellings set, which will roll over to January.
• The Year 6 Virtual Classroom has been updated and attached to this blog and it includes links to websites and resources. Pupils can find their individual passwords on last year's Year 5 Google Classroom. Don’t forget the 'Practice' section on SATs Companion, where children can choose topics to practise in Maths, Reading, SPaG, or Science.
• PE days are now as follows: Wednesday and Thursday.

The Year 6 team have thoroughly enjoyed the academic year so far and are looking forward to another great term in January. 

Thank you to all those parents who sent in gifts - including the class collection - and well wishes this week. It is never expected, but always appreciated! We wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Christmas holiday.

Thank you once again and we will see you all in 2025!

Year 1 - Autumn 2 - Week 7

Date: 11th Dec 2024 @ 2:21pm

What a brilliant way to end 2024, and what fun we have had so far! 

Miss Jones and the Year 1 team are incredibly proud of the hard work and determination that the whole of Year 1 have shown over the last term. The jump to KS1 can be tricky but the children have taken this within their stride. As the term comes to an end, we would love for the children to reflect proudly on all of their acheievements and to look forward to a very busy and exciting 2025!

This half term has been packed with highlights, plus plenty of festive fun. Here’s a look back at just some of the magical moments we’ve shared:

• Kindness Project: Year 1 filled the local community with kindness by spreading their kindness stones, near and far! The aim of this project was to put a smile on someone's face even just a little one! 
• Festive Fun: We had a blast filming our Kindness Video, enjoying Party Day, a Santa Dash and celebrating with a Christmas Extravaganza.
• Nativity: The children worked incredibly hard to not only learn their lines but also a variety of songs and dance routines. We are so proud of how each and every child stood up with confidence in front of not one, but two, audiences. A massive well done, Year 1!
• History: We boarded the Titanic and explored the causes for its demise. We learnt about what life was like on board for  variety of people and how, nowadays, things are different! We cannot wait to attend out workshop in the new year! 
• DT: We investigated ships and created our own versions of the Titanic! 
• Science: We have been exploring Autumn this half term as well as materials. We identified what different objects were made of around the classroom. 
• Maths: We focused on our Place Value and Addition and Subtraction this term securing our understanding within 20. In addition to this we explored both 2D and 3D shapes! 
• Phonics: We have all worked incredibly hard over the past term to develop our phonetical awareness and have worked hard to read our books confidently whilst developing fluency. 

With all of this and more—including visits from Christmas Elves—it’s safe to say this term has been unforgettable! 

From all of us here in the Year 1 team, we would like to say a huge thank you for our wonderful gifts. You have been extremely generous. 

Until then, enjoy the holidays and get ready to step into Christmas!

Reminders for next half term:

• Our school trip to the Titanc workshop has been rearranged for 15th January. All information remains the same.
• PE days will remain the same: Wednesday and Friday.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Year 5 - Autumn 2 - Week 7

Date: 11th Dec 2024 @ 10:38am

What a brilliant way to wrap up 2024 and celebrate an incredible term with our wonderful Year 5 class!

We have been so impressed with the achievements of the children, week after week. As the term comes to an end, it’s the perfect time to reflect on how far they’ve come. Here’s to an exciting 2025! First though, it’s time for a well-deserved Christmas break filled with laughter, relaxation, and cherished moments with loved ones.

This half term has been packed with highlights, plus plenty of festive fun. Here’s a look back at just some of the magical moments we’ve shared:

• Writing: We completed twisted fairytale stories inspired by our focus text, The Lost Happy Endings;
• Book World Cup: The children explored 32 book titles, front covers, and blurbs, voting round by round until we crowned our new class novel;
• Reading: Our Book World Cup Champion, Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford, has captivated us, alongside Hansel & Gretel by Neil Gaiman;
• PE: Jenna Rice from LJMU introduced gamification to our lessons, keeping us active and engaged with innovative activities;
• Music: Finlay Gordon from Liverpool Cathedral Choir has been leading our vocal coaching sessions and we have continued developing our Clarinet skills with Mrs McCardle;
• Christmas Carol Service: We brought Christmas cheer to our local community with a beautiful carol service at Halcyon House.
• History: We delved into the fascinating Maya Civilisation, exploring their number system, writing, calendar, and more.
• DT: We investigated motorised products, learned how they work, then designed and created our own Electrical ‘Doodler.’
• Maths: BIG Maths and Arena games on Times Tables Rockstars have sharpened our fluency, with many improved scores—though no one is quicker than their teacher…yet!
• Kindness Project: We spread joy in Formby Village by displaying inspirational posters and messages of kindness around the community.
• Festive Fun: We had a blast filming our Kindness Video, enjoying Party Day, a Santa Dash and celebrating with a Christmas Extravaganza.

With all of this and more—including visits from Christmas Elves—it’s safe to say this term has been unforgettable!

Let’s see what 2025 has in store for us…

Until then, enjoy the holidays and get ready to step into Christmas!

Reminders for next half term:

• There is no set homework or spellings for the Christmas holidays. However, the Year 5 Virtual Classroomhas been updated and attached to this blog. It includes links to websites and resources. Pupils can find their individual passwords on Google Classroom. Don’t forget the Practice section on Mirodo, where children can choose topics to practise in Maths, Reading, SPaG, or Science.
• PE days will remain the same: Wednesday (Swimming)and Thursday.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Year 4 - Autumn 2 - Week 7

Date: 10th Dec 2024 @ 9:05am

Christmas is nearly here and the New Year will soon be upon us. It might be time to part ways for now, but we look forward to the incredible learning and memorable experiences we will share together in the year to come in Year 4.

What a better way to end the term than with a celebration of our amazing Christmas Service performance. We are so proud of each and every one of you. You were truly remarkable and gave TSP the best Christmas send-off possible.

Other highlights we have taken from this term include:

• Watching the incredible Team TSP Firework event
• Completing the Santa Dash
• Having lots of fun and games at the Christmas Extravaganza 
• Having a suprise visit from Santa and even his elves!
• Our fantastic and extremely memorable adventures at Laurel's Wood
• Filming for our Kindness Video and carrying out our Kindness Week project, giving back to those less fortunate children in our community in support of Children in Need
• Reading and writing about the adventures of Leon in the place between and connecting the story with our own experiences of the circus
• Exploring the legacy the Romans left and Boudicca's revolt
• Learning all about the digestive system and the different functions of our teeth
• Mastering our times tables through song, pattern spotting and games
• Understanding the importance of Road Safety and who our safety heroes are!

A huge thank you from all in Year 4 for the gifts and well wishes sent our way, we are truly grateful!

Our Virtual Classroom for the Spring term is attached, alongside a wealth of resources on our class Google Classroom, should you wish to complete any additional home learning over the festive break.

It has been a delight to count down to Christmas with you all, Year 4. You have made December such a magical experience for us all and we cannot wait to welcome you all back in January. From us all here in Year 4, we wish you a very happy Christmas and a safe and enjoyable festive period. Keep shining like the stars that you are! See you in 2024!

Reminders for next term:

• PE days are Tuesday and Friday with the addition of Tursday for this term due to LFC coming in to deliver a session each week. PE kits to be worn Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
• No Music lessons take place this term. Recorder lessons have now finished for the year.
• Spellings will continue to be logged every Wednesday and recapped during our speed spell quiz the following Monday

Nursery - Autumn 2 - Week 7

Date: 5th Dec 2024 @ 7:44pm

What a fabulous end to an amazing Half term!

• The children enjoyed the story ‘Kipper’s Birthday’, we talked about how we prepare for birthdays and what we do to celebrate birthdays at home. The children spent some time writing party invitations, making cakes from the playdough and even the home corner was set up for a birthday party. The children especially enjoyed it when we created a sweet treat to share together.

Other Highlights include:

• talking about their experiences of watching fireworks and discussing different traditions they may have and enjoyed making firework pictures.
• ‘Remembrance Day’ and why we celebrate it. The children also took part in a 2 minutes silence where they had time to think about and remember all of those who were injured or died at war.
• World Nursery Rhyme week. They enjoyed singing different Nursery Rhymes and then completing various activities linked to them.
• A flurry of Snow, the children had such a wonderful time playing in the snow and exploring the garden area. What a magical time was had!
• Baking mince pies, making cards and decorations for our family.
• Learning about the meaning of Christmas and how it is a time we celebrate Jesus’ birthday. The children also enjoyed attending our Christmas WOW service where they gave another fantastic performance of a couple of their songs from the ‘Sing-a-long’.

Please see or updated virtual classroom attached to this blog if you would like to explore any of the themes we will be exploring after the half term.

We would like to thank you all for your kind wishes, cards and gifts and we wish you and your families a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.

Reminders:

• Return to school Monday 6^th January 2025
• PE will continue on a Monday please can your child come to school wearing trainers on this day only.

Year 1 - Autumn 2

Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 3:51pm

As our Year 1 children returned from a well-deserved week’s rest, we were thrilled to welcome them back and hear all about their family time and activities. As we begin this new half term, we are excited for the many learning opportunities (and Christmas festivities) that await!

Please see our Y1 curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term.

Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning. 

Upcoming Y1 events:

• 27/11 - Titanic Museum Trip
• 9/12 - Nativity (9:30am)
• 10/12 - Nativity (2:30pm)

Please see our ‘Autumn Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this half-term.

General Reminders for this half-term:

• Reading books need to be in every Friday to be changed. Books will not be handed out unless the previous book has been returned. 
• PE lessons are continuing on a Wednesday and Thursday. Full PE uniform should be worn, if children are wearing leggings they need to be grey. 
• A small, healthy snack should be brought to school for the children, if they wish. However, they are provided with fresh fruit and vegetables every day. 

Thank you!

Year 5 - Autumn 2 - Week 1

Date: 7th Nov 2024 @ 9:19pm

As our Year 5 children returned from a well-deserved week’s rest, we were thrilled to welcome them back and hear all about their family time and activities. As we begin this new half term, we are excited for the many learning opportunities (and Christmas festivities) that await!

Please see our Y5 curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term.

Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning. 

Upcoming Y5 events:

• 27/11 - Tax Workshop (in school)
• 27/11 - Swimming Lessons start at Formby Pool

Please see our ‘Autumn Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this half-term.

General Reminders for this half-term:

• Spellings, Maths and English homework will now resume until the end of term;
• PE lessons are continuing on a Thursday and Friday this half-term. Please remember that children should not be wearing designer branded PE items of clothing and shorts should be of an appropriate length;
• As of Wednesday 27.11.24, Year 5 PE lessons will be Wednesday (Swimming) and Thursday (school PE);
• A small, healthy snack should be brought to school for the children, if they wish.

Thank you!

Year 2 - Autumn 2 - Week 1

Date: 7th Nov 2024 @ 3:21pm

Welcome back!

We have lots of exciting new topics to look forward to this half term. Please see our Y2 curriculum map for an overview of what we will be learning.

Upcoming Y2 events:

• Kindness Week WB 11.11.24

Please see our ‘Autumn Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this half-term.

General Reminders for this half-term:

• Reading books should be returned to school each Thursday ready to be changed and sent home Friday.
• PE lessons are on a Monday and Friday
• Children are welcome to bring a small, healthy snack to eat at morning break.
• Reminder that children should be wearing their full Winter uniforms now.

Thank you!

Year 3 - Autumn 2 - Week 1

Date: 7th Nov 2024 @ 11:37am

Welcome back!

We have lots of exciting new topics to look forward to this half term. Please take a look at our Y3 curriculum map for an overview of what we will be learning.

Upcoming Y3 events:

• Kindness Week WB 11.11.24
• Woodland Trust tree planting around school (November)
• 27/11 - Tax Workshop (in school)

Please see our ‘Autumn Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this half-term.

General Reminders for this half-term:

• Spelling log books should be returned to school each Monday for the children to record their new spellings and learn at home.
• PE lessons are continuing on a Monday and Tuesday.
• Children are welcome to bring a small, healthy snack to eat at morning break.
• Reminder that children should be wearing their full Winter uniforms now.

Thank you!

Reception - Autumn 2 - Week 1

Date: 6th Nov 2024 @ 3:41pm

We’ve got a very exciting half term as we lead up to Christmas! The children will be busy practicing for their Nativity play, bringing the story to life on stage. We will also be reading the tale of ‘The Gingerbread man’, sparking imagination and story telling skills. In RE we will be learning about special people in our community and why their role is important. We will also be celebrating Kindness week, exploring ways to show kindness to one another. It’s going to be a fabulous half term, filled with fun and festive cheer!

Please see our curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half term.

Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning.

Reminders for this half term:

• PE will continue on a Monday please can your child come to school wearing trainers on this day.
• WOW Services – Wednesday 6^th November and Wednesday 11^th December at 2pm in St Peter’s Church – All welcome
• Reception Nativity performance 9th December at 1:30pm and Tuesday 10th December at 9:15am - information to follow
• Wednesday 18^th December finish for Christmas 1pm

Please see our ‘Autumn Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this half term.

Nursery - Autumn 2 - Week 1

Date: 5th Nov 2024 @ 4:32pm

We hope you all had an amazing half term break and are ready for the excitement and fun that this next half term has to bring!!! We have also welcomed some new children to our class; who have settled well and making new friends. The children are going to continue to enjoy the visits to Forest school as well as looking forward to the Christmas activities and of course our very special Sing-a-long.

Please see our curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half term.

Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning.

Reminders for this half term:

• PE will continue on a Monday please can your child come to school wearing trainers on this day only.
• WOW Services – Wednesday 6^th November and Wednesday 11^th December at 2pm in St Peter’s Church – All welcome
• Nursery Christmas Sing-A-Long Thursday 12^th December 9:15am  further information to follow
• Wednesday 18^th December finish for Christmas 1pm

Please see our ‘Autumn Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this half term.

Year 6 - Autumn 2 - Week 1

Date: 5th Nov 2024 @ 2:33pm

Welcome back!

It sounds like all the children had an enjoyable October break. We are now looking forward to our ‘Autumn 2’ half-term, which is set to be full of learning, laughter, kindness…and Christmas festivities!

Please see our Y6 curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term.

Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning. 

Upcoming Y6 events:

• 27/11 - Tax Workshop (in school)
• 2/12 - ‘National Child Measurement Programme’ - Y6 Visit from School Nurse
• 9/12 -  Y6 Choir visiting St Joseph’s Care Home
• 13/12 - Y6 Choir visiting Formby Luncheon Club

Please see our ‘Autumn Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this half-term.

N.B. Groups of Y6 children will also be visiting Formby Luncheon Club throughout the half-term (during school time) to interview members about their experiences of war. This is optional for children and all who want to participate will have the chance to do so.

General Reminders for this half-term:

• Spellings, Maths and English homework will now resume until the end of term;
• PE lessons are continuing on a Wednesday and Friday next half-term. Please remember that children should not be wearing designer branded PE items of clothing and shorts should be of an appropriate length;
• A small, healthy snack should be brought to school.

Thank you!

Year 4 - Autumn 2 - Week 1

Date: 5th Nov 2024 @ 10:31am

Welcome back!

It has been a delight to hear all the stories from the children's October break and we are now looking forward to our ‘Autumn 2’ half-term. The fetsive countdown is well and truly with us!

Please see our Y4 curriculum map for an overview of what the children will be learning this half-term.

Our current virtual classroom has been attached again to this blog, which includes links to a variety of quality websites, apps and resources to support the children’s learning. 

Upcoming Y4 events:

• 15/11 - Year 4 donations to Barnardos in support of Children in Need
• 27/11 - Tax Workshop (in school)
• 20/11 - Last swimming lesson
• 29/11 - Laurel's Wood Trip

Please see our ‘Autumn Diary Dates’ for all school events taking place this half-term.

General Reminders for this half-term:

• Spellings continue to be written into spelling log books every Wednesday to be learnt at home. Log books should be returned to school each week for the children to record their new spellings to learn.
• Recorder lessons continue every Monday afternoon.
• PE lessons are continuing on a Tuesday and Wednesday (swimming). Our last swimming lesson is 20th November and following this, our PE days change to Tuesday and Friday. Please remember that children should not be wearing designer branded PE items of clothing and shorts should be of an appropriate length;
• A small, healthy snack should be brought to school if needed.

Thank you!

Year 3 - Autumn 1 - Week 8

Date: 24th Oct 2024 @ 10:34am

Well, what a fantastic start to the year! We have been so busy that the time has flown by!

Here are some of our Year 3 highlights:

• Writing amazing narratives based on ‘Seal Surfer’ by Michael Foreman and publishing them into our author books.
• Investigating place value and learning methods for mental addition and subtraction.
• Learning about skeletons and muscles in Science.
• A visit from Rev Anne, Mark and Lilly, who talked with us about being called by God.
• A visit from Dog’s Trust to teach us how to be a dog’s best friend.
• New skills and fun in gymnastics and hockey.
• Using our new laptops for Coding Week and our Computing day learning about our online identity.
• Designing and creating our own chocolate bars for Roald Dahl Day.
• Making a sunflower for Hello Yellow Day

Reminders for next half term:

• PE days will continue to on a Monday and Tuesday.
• Please remember to bring spelling log books into school each Monday. They will be brought home on Wednesdays, with spellings that children have selected to focus on.

Reception - Autumn 1 - Week 8

Date: 23rd Oct 2024 @ 3:34pm

What a busy and exciting half term we have had in Reception class. It has been so lovely to see how well the children have settled in and been having lots of fun with their friends. We started the year with our ‘All about me’ topic where the children had the chance to explore their individuality and what makes them unique. We read a wonderful book together called ‘Our class is a family’, which helped us to understand the importance of friendship, kindness and supporting one another. 

• One of the children’s favourite events this term was the teddy bear sleepover. After reading the story ‘Come to school too blue kangaroo’ we decided to invite our own teddies to come in to have some fun. Everyone brought their own teddies to school we made them sleep masks and tucked them up in bed. The next morning, the children found that their teddies had been in all sorts of fun places around the room. We had so much fun talking to our friends about what our cuddly friends had been up to.
• One of our highlights this term was when the children met their Year 6 buddies. This special friendship will continue throughout the year as we have more fun with them. The Year 6 children have been great role models, helping the children feel even more settled in school.
• We have been busy starting our phonics lessons, focussing on the initial set 1 sounds and building their early reading skills. The children have showed great enthusiasm for learning sounds, practicing their letter formation and their oral blending. It has been so lovely to see lots of the children transfer their skills into their independent writing.
• As the weather changes, we’ve embraced the season with the start of ‘Autumn’ topic, learning about the changes we see around us as the days get cooler. We’ve discussed the colours of the leaves, the chill in the air and the shorter days.
• The children have loved exploring the lives of owls such as what they eat, when they sleep and their different features. We then read a story called ‘Owl babies’ and explored the very normal feelings around separation and talked about worries when the children are in school and they miss their loved ones. We talked about how they will always come back to see us and find out about the lovely day we have had.
• This half term in RE, the children have been learning about how special and unique they are. We started by reading a story called ‘I am special’ which helped us talk about what makes each of us unique. After that we moved onto our Harvest topic, learning about what Harvest time is and why it is important. We looked at the globe to see where different foods come from around the word and the children had the chance to taste fruits from different countries. We then visited church, where we discussed the importance of helping those who don’t have enough food. 
• In Maths the children have been busy exploring a variety of key concepts through practical activities. We started by looking at matching, sorting and comparing, size and measure and a focus on the numbers 1,2 and 3. The children have been looking at 1 more, 1 less patterns and the composition of these numbers. 

What a fantastic half term we have had! We hope you all have a lovely break and see you all soon!

Miss Dalley and the Reception team

Reminders:

PE day is now on Monday. Please can your child come into school in trainers on this day. 

Reception's virtual classroom is attached to the end of this blog. This includes home activities that will link to next half term's learning.

Year 2 - Autumn 1 - Week 8

Date: 23rd Oct 2024 @ 8:15am

WOW, what a fantastic half-term we have had. We have enjoyed lots of new learning and had lots of fun! 

Our highlights include:

• This half term the children have particularly enjoyed learning about the Bible in RE. We explored the features of the Bible, such as the Old Testament and New Testament. We were so impressed by the story of Mary Jones and her incredible journey to get a Bible. We were lucky enough to have a visit from Rev Mark and Julie, where they shared a fantastic retelling of the story of the Bible, from the very beginning to the end.
• In our Collective Worship, we have focused on Dignity and Respect, as well as Generosity.
• Maths - We have explored new methods this half term, using a partitioning technique to work out addition and subtraction calculations within 100.
• Science – We enjoyed experimenting why hygiene is important, we investigated why it is so important to wash our hands. We were fascinated by the impact soap has on germs!
• Music – We have loved learning all about folk music and how it was originally created and shared.

Reminders for next half term:

• PE days are going to be on a Monday and Friday.

I hope you all enjoy a lovely break! 

Year 5 - Autumn 1 - Week 8

Date: 22nd Oct 2024 @ 10:37am

The end of the first half term already! Time has absolutely raced by and it is more than fair to say that Year 5 have worked extremely hard and have already achieved so much.

We have had many highlights so far, including:

• In English, we completed our first Author Book work of this year based on our focus text, ‘Queen of the Falls’;
• We have been reading Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo), Cicada (Shaun Tan), Try (Emma Adams) and With You Every Step (Rob Burrow & Kevin Sinfield);
• Our visit to Jodrell Bank Space Observatory taught us even more incredible facts about the vast universe beyond our planet;
• Sports journalism sessions with journalist, Gareth Walker, from Literacy Kicks;
• Coding our own Space Shooter game with Jam Coding;
• Speed Stacking and Fitness Circuits in PE;
• Learning about ‘retrofuturism’ in our Art lessons and applying our own understanding to a range of pieces;
• Learning about the vast cultural differences and impressive physical geography of South America;
• Our Mathletes vs. Mathemagicians times tables battles
• BIG Maths and other Maths speed games including Blooket, our introduction to ‘Shootout’ and ‘Spin the Wheel’;
• …plus many more!

Let’s see what the next half term brings! In the meantime, enjoy the break, Year 5!

Some reminders for after half term:

• Spellings have been set as usual via Google Classroom and will be tested at the end of the first week back at school after half term.
• There is no set homework for next week, however the Year 5 ‘Virtual Classroom’ has been updated and attached to this blog, which includes links to a variety of websites and resources. All pupils' individual passwords can all be found on Google Classroom. Don't forget, there is also the ‘Practice’ section on Mirodo where the children can choose any topic they wish to practise for Maths, Reading, SpaG or Science.
• PE for Year 5 will remain on Thursdays and Fridays.