Class Blogs
Class-Blogs-25/26 (ID 1118)
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St Ceilia (Nursery)
St Ceilia (Nursery)
We became busy little gardeners! We learned all about how plants need soil, water, and sunshine to grow. We got our hands messy and helped plant some bulbs and seeds in our outdoor area. We are excited to watch them peek out of the ground when spring arrives! We learned that taking care of something small, like a seed, takes patience and love.
We took our mark making outside! Using chunky chalk, we drew huge, colorful pictures all over the ground—bigger than our tables! We used wet brushes and water to paint on the fence and explored making lines and shapes with sticks in the mud. It was messy fun, and we practiced making our scribbles and early letters in a new, exciting way!
We had so much fun exploring our fantastic outdoor space! We practiced our running and hopping skills, built tall towers with big blocks, and even went on a mini-beast hunt. We are learning how to share the big toys and take turns on the slide. Outdoor time helps us get our wiggles out and build strong bodies!
We worked hard as a class to make a big, bright, colorful banner to help tell everyone about our cake sale. We used paints, glitter, and big bold letters to make sure the sign was impossible to miss! We learned that by making a beautiful sign, we were helping to support people who are poorly. It felt great to work together as a team and share our kindness with others!
We welcomed Autumn! The leaves on the trees are starting to change to bright red, orange, and yellow! We went on a nature walk to collect crunchy leaves, acorns, and sticks. We used our nature treasures for art projects, making beautiful leaf collages. We also talked about how the weather is getting a little cooler, so we might need to wear our jackets and cozy hats!
We focused on what makes each of us special and unique! We celebrated our different families, favorite foods, and special talents. We talked about how it's wonderful that no two friends are exactly alike! We loved drawing self-portraits and sharing our favorite things with the class. We learned that being ourselves is the best thing we can be!
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St Rose (Reception)
St Rose (Reception)
We're so proud of the children in St. Rose; they've had a wonderful start to their school journey! Below is a quick snapshot of the amazing work they've been busy with.
We kicked off the term by learning all about Pattern in Maths! The children were busy spotting patterns in our environment and mastering key vocabulary like check, zigzag, wavy, and stripy.
We even explored different patterns using shaving foam for a sensory experience! We've also enjoyed creating our own patterns using a variety of materials, including these natural items we found locally.
To begin each day, we focus on strengthening those little muscles with fine motor skill activities. This important practice prepares their hands for writing and includes engaging tasks such as cutting, sticking, name writing practice, and threading!
What a wonderful start to the term! We've focused on settling in, forming new friendships, and building relationships with the class team. As you can see in these photos, the children are already having a fantastic time. Our dedicated "Explore and Discover" time gives them the freedom to make choices and follow their own interests.
Following our Autumn theme, we spent time observing the changes happening to the leaves outside. We looked closely at trees in our local area and studied photographs. We were fascinated by how some leaves change colour and fall to the ground during this season. Our challenge was to capture that beauty in Art, using a range of coloured paint to create our own Autumn trees!
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St Anne (Year 1)
St Anne (Year 1)
We have been working with food this half term for DT. We made dips and vegetables. We learned how to mash, mix and measure to make our dips. We also learned two techniques of cutting, they were the claw and the bridge methods. We used lots of ingredients; lemon juice, dill, chives and yogurt. We did a great job and we loved tasting them too.
St Anne Class loved taking part in the School Cross Country Event!
Check out our writing postures and tripod grips 🙂
As the leaves start to turn colour and Autumn settles in, St Anne have been busy exploring Mayow Park and their local area. We have looked at various maps and compared what was on the map to what we could see around us in real time.
It was nice to re-visit the playground too before heading back to school for lunch.
We did some writing in R.E. all about God’s Beautiful World.
We are learning how to use block colours to load our brushes and paint onto paper with care to keep colours apart.
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St Blaise (Year 2)
St Blaise (Year 2)
St Blaise enjoyed their Autumnal walk in God’s world. We mapped the physical features in class then compared them to what we can see in real life. Our planned route was quick and straightforward. We loved being in the playground and the weather was kind enough to allow us a picnic style snack time. It was such fun!
We have been busy designing and creating our own Pizzas. From working the dough to adding healthy toppings that have been designed to appeal to younger children. We certainly enjoyed taste testing these.
Why not try to make some at home!
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/kids-pizza-recipes
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St Martin de Porres (Year 3)
St Martin de Porres (Year 3)
We have been learning about Line in our art topic. Our final piece of work was to create a leaf print on a foam tile. We started by tracing the leaf design onto the tile and then we spent 2 lessons creating the line template. This was a lot of work! We loved the painting and printing process and we’re thrilled with our finished artwork.
Over the past few weeks, we have been learning to add and subtract using the column method. We have enjoyed learning this new skill and have been eager to show our new found understanding. We think we are really confident adding and subtracting, even when we need to make and exchange.
On Thursday 6th November the children ran in the school cross country. The energy was high and their resilience and determination was phenomenal. All of the children completed their 2 laps of the course. We were all incredibly proud of their efforts. Well done to all the children, especially our place holders.
On their return to school after half term, the children in Year 3 celebrated the Feast Day of St Martin de Porres. Year 3 is named after St Martin. He is the patron saint of mixed heritage, barbers, Public Health Workers and innkeepers.
The children really enjoyed their treats! It was a great way to start the new term.
Now that the children have entered KS2, they are able to nominate themselves for the various roles around the school.
One of these jobs is being a library monitor. We are very proud of our library and appreciate being able to read so many wonderful books.
Our library monitors have a very important role, ensuring that the books are signed out and returned using our book borrowing system, putting the books back in the correct location and keeping our library tidy.
Well done Orshena, Frederick, Shaneja and Joshua. You are all going to make fantastic library monitors this year.
In phonics we have been practising our syllabification skills and we have become quite good at it!
In this lesson, we looked at the word germination from our science vocabulary.
We found out that it is a noun and comes from the latin word germinationem, which means to sprout, put forth shoots.
The children looked at the various sound/ spellings in the word and identified which ones they might need help remembering. Once we had identified those sounds, we came up with a list of other words that contain the same sound/ spelling.
We came up with a great list and could have kept going!
This half term the children in St Martin class have been learning about plants. We conducted an experiment to look at water transportation.
Using sticks of celery and water coloured with black and pink food colouring, we left the sticks in there over a period of 6 days.We made predictions about what we thought would happen and then we wrote down our observations every couple of days.
On the sixth day, we cut the celery open to see if the coloured water had been absorbed and we discussed our predictions. I think we have some budding botanists in Year 3!
It was a very exciting few days waiting to see if our celery was going to change colour.
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St Joan (Year 4)
St Joan (Year 4)
In Science our topic is Living Thing including Humans. We have been looking at classification and why we classify things.
In RE we used drama to retell the story of Joseph from the Old Testament.
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St Bernadette (Year 5)
St Bernadette (Year 5)
Cam Toys
In English,St Bernadette Class have been reading ‘Tales from the Caribbean’. One story we particularly enjoyed was the Tale of Brer Anansi and Brer Snake. Here is a video of us acting out the story in class.
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St Bernadette Class worked very hard to learn their lines for their Class Assembly. They spoke clearly as they shared their learning with the rest of the school and parents.
St Bernadette class has been using manipulatives to get a better understanding of factors and multiples in maths. Our current topic is: Multiplication and Division and the children are using known facts (times tables) to help them to solve problems.
In St Bernadette Class, our writing focus is on Fables. The children created their own role play scenarios from the Story of Anansi and the Two Dinners and then used this to help write a retelling of the story.
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St Francis of Assisi (Year 5)
St Francis of Assisi (Year 5)
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These are their finished toys
St Francis is in the early stages of exploring, designing, and making cam toys suitable for younger children. Over the coming weeks, they will also evaluate the structures they create. They are learning to select and use a wide range of tools and equipment to carry out practical tasks; such as cutting, shaping, joining, and finishing and to choose from a variety of materials and components, including construction materials, based on their functional properties and aesthetic qualities.
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St Thomas Aquinas (Year 6)
St Thomas Aquinas (Year 6)
Year 6 had a fantastic day in central London visiting the Victoria and Albert Museum. The children had an opportunity to explore Art across the world including: Japan, Korea, South Asia and Europe. We focused on Italian Renaissance Art and also sketched our own drawings of the museums's replicas of Michelangelo and the 'School of Athens' painting. A lovely day, especially after 2 different members of the public commented on how well the children behaved and how pleased they were to see young children enjoying Art. Well done Year 6!
