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In our science work this week we were looking at how penguin’s feathers work. We learnt that penguin’s feathers are waterproof because of the oil they produce.We had a penguin outline and used a wax crayon to produce a wax coating. We then dropped water onto the penguin. We found out that the water stayed on top of the coating …

Today we listened to the story of Stone Soup and thought about the importance of sharing. We thought about all the times we have shared with others. Following our discussion, we decided to make posters asking for donations to the local foodbank. We talked about how if every child brought in one item, we could collect a total of 206 …

This week in Year 2, we have have been learning about instructions. We followed a set of instructions to make a paper plate fish. We have been looking at the features of instructions and ordered a set of instructions for Mrs Dickinson to make us some yummy toast and jam. We are now busy writing a new recipe for George’s …

On Tuesday it was Safer Internet Day. We talked about what happens when we post online.  We learnt that information put online about someone can last a long time. We looked at different scenario cards and discussed whether the information was or was not safe to post online and why.  

Our focus has been: ” We love because we are loved.” Our year 6 pupils who are taking part in the Faith in Action award have been exploring what it means to love one another and what it means to be loved by someone. We explored videos about this from CAFOD then listened to scripture from John’s Gospel (John 15:12-17) …

Thursday 2nd March is World Book Day. In school, we are continuing to encourage the importance of vocabulary, so like last year, we are asking the children to come to school dressed as a word. For example, they could come dressed in bright clothing to represent the word ‘vibrant’ or they could come with painted spots to represent the word …

Please see our first newsletter from our newly established Friends group. Don’t forget to get in touch if you’d like to be of help!

Step Up To The Plate Our brilliant Year 5 children learned all about global food poverty as part of some work about natural resources in geography. Using the CAFOD campaign for inspiration as well as Pope Francis’ Fratelli Tutti message, we thought about how imbalanced our food systems are where so much is wasted but 1 in 10 people go …

As we came to the end of our Special Books RE topic, we reflected on all we had heard and learnt,  As a whole class, we planned  a class liturgical prayer using the scripture from Mark’s Gospel; Jesus feeds 5000 which was one of the scriptures we had listened to and retold in our topic. In the story, Jesus showed …

SHOW YOU CARE, PARK ELSEWHERE! Harriet and Robbie, who are in Y6, have been working tirelessly to think of ways to help with the ongoing traffic issues we have at the end of the school day. They identified that cars are parking too close to the gates making it difficult for them to turn around without coming into the school …

Year 6 retold their favourite Old Testament Bible stories in RE and then, during buddy time, read their stories to their buddies.

A huge well done to our children who received certificates today. There were awards for great RE work, thoughtful writing and showing excellent Catholic values to name but a few. Congratulation to our Readers Of The Week too. They received a certificate and a prize from Mrs. Wilkinson. We also totalled up all of the house group points we had …

We are holding a drop in for parents to attend on Wednesday 8th February to help us to raise awareness during Children’s Mental Health Week. We would like as many parents as possible to attend.

Staff will be attending the funeral of Mrs Eadsforth tomorrow.  We ask that you keep her and her family – her husband, children and grandchildren – in your thoughts and prayers.

As well as celebrating achievements at school, we love to hear about achievements at home too. Will was excited to bring in his Beavers jumper, to show us all the awards he has achieved since joining . He has recently been awarded his bronze award. WOW! Well done Will. We are all super proud of you.

As part of our RE topic on celebrations we went to church to look for objects associated with celebrations in church. We then compared objects we might find at home compared to those we find just in a church.

In English we have been reading lots of Julia Donaldson books. This week we have been reading Stick Man, so we went outside to build our very own. We placed our stick men in a new home and used adjectives to describe where he was living. We had lots of brilliant adjectives and we can’t wait to use these in …

In this week’s spelling lesson, we have practised this week’s spelling rule and our common exception words using Spelling Shed. Remember we all have access to this at home using the login details in the front of our reading log.

We have been learning about Unity and Diversity as part of our work in RE.  We are all different but we fit together to make one amazing class! Have a go at our class jigsaw below by clicking the photo. 12PHOTO-2022-10-10-19-15-54 6 Pope Francis has asked all Christians to recognise that we are ‘brothers and sisters all’ – this is …

Accessing Google Classroom at home We have had some families unsure about how to access Google Classroom at home. Please see the following guide for accessing from a laptop / computer. Google Classroom is also available to download as an app on Apple and Android tablets and phones.