St Adrian's Catholic Primary School
To learn, to love, to live
Dear Parents,
Mrs Goldsmith has asked me to pass on the following message for year 5 guitarists:
Please remember to practise between lessons each week so that you can come to the next lesson best prepared to concentrate and learn and good progress can made.
Can parents please remember to sign the practice sheet or book when the practice has been completed.
Please remember to take the instrument home after the lesson (you will need this to practise).
Thank you
Mr Creaton
It was lovely to see you this morning and I hope those of you who came to the meeting found it useful. I appreciate that some parents were unable to attend to due to work commitments etc. To this end, I am placing a copy of the powerpoint presentation below which should have all the information.
Sadly, we live in a digital age and protecting ourselves from all manner of danger posed by the internet and social media is of high importance and this is especially true of our children who are most at risk and vulnerable. The last few slides provide some pretty stark warnings and dangers associated with Instagram, Whatsapp, Snapchat and TikTok (formerly Musical.ly).
Many of your children may have these apps on mobile phones ( or have friends with access to them on their phones). I urge you to use the slides to enable you and your children to make informed choices regarding these apps.
Mr King has also sent out information regarding e-safety.
We will be teaching your children about being safe on line through the year and intend to be hosting a workshop/ information evening for parents on this this subject . You will be sent details of this when they are available.
Kind regards,
Kevin Creaton
Dear Parents and Carers,
I hope that your child has had a not ‘too long ‘ break from school . The class seem focused and enthusiastic and everyone seems to have settled in well.
The Angelus:
The Angelus is a beautiful prayer, based on the Annunciation, which people used to say every day at noon and at six. We have have started to say this prayer in class every day at noon. If you would like to find out more about this prayer (and perhaps, pray at home), here are some links:
https://www.ourcatholicprayers.com/the-angelus.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3_IhW00mTU
In brief – our curriculum at the start of the year will be:
RE- Ourselves – there will be more on this in a separate post
PE is on Tuesday and Friday.
English – Journey ( a picture book as a writing and discussion stimulus by Aaron Becker)
Maths – Place Value
Humanities – Saxons and Maps and Settlements
Science – Earth in Space
Music – Living on a prayer !
Art – Objects and meaning using pointilism
Computing – On-line safety and programming ( We are Programmers module)
Homework- I do not intend to use a homework exercise book in order to minimise the amount of paper going to and from home. Most homework will be exercises on Google Classroom or using other web based applications.
Kind regards,
Mr Creaton
The PE and Sports funding spending outlines for year 2018-2019 are outlined in the document below:
The conditions attached to the PE and Sports Premium Grant can be found here:
This week’s home learning is located in the Year 5 home learning drop down menu on the right hand side of this page.
Dear Parents and Carers,
The English homework this week will be reading comprehension on evacuees and a Grammar sheet on word play.
For maths, everyone has been set some work on ‘mymaths’ ( fractions – Mr Creaton and Decimals- Mr Sallis)
Please complete the homework by Wednesday.
Children have been given hard copies of the English homework.
Thank you for your support,
Mr Creaton
Wednesday evening:
More fun in the sea:
Thursday Morning 7 am:
“Morning boys”
(No answer)
Louder- “Wake up boys.”
“Ugh Ugh”
Yes, its getting increasingly difficult to get the boys up in the morning, so soundly are they sleeping after a day’s activities. Today is surfing then Robin Hill then the Disco – I’m already toying with the idea of a sharpened stick for tomorrow’ early morning wake-up call.
We went surfing with the same company as last year (I-Surf) and once again, they totally engaged with the children bringing the best out of them. The children had a thoroughly enjoyable time.
After this it was off to Robin Hill where we had lunch, tried the 4 D Cinema and Swinging Galleon Ride.
Then came the maze challenge.
For the maze challenge, two groups of boys are pitted against two teams of girls and they race against the clock to complete the maze. Mr Creaton and Mr Sallis coaching the boys while Mrs Hawkes coached the girls. I’m informed that in the last 15 years, the boys’ teams have only beaten the girls once. How can this be? That question was soon answered when Mrs Hawkes drilled the girls with her pre-maze prep talk with the conviction and ferocity akin to that of an competitive/ambitious mother to her baton-twirling, 9 year old daughter just before entering a Texan Beauty Pageant.
The girls beat the the boys again.
But there was a twist….
How about Mr Sallis and Mr Creaton V Mrs Hawkes and Mrs Butterworth? Game on.
Mrs Hawkes and Mrs Butterworth emerged from the maze in self-congratulatory mode only to see that Mr Creaton and Mr Sallis had already finished 1 second earlier. After it had sunk in, Mrs Hawkes gave a perfuntory ‘Well done’ and then went strangely quiet. However, she was later to recover her voice:
“I wouldn’t say we let you win, but we weren’t really trying”
and:
“Besides, the girls were still the overall winners”
and:
“It’s not really fair and doesn’t really count because Mr Sallis had a height advantage”.
Better luck next year Mrs Hawkes!
There was still some time for an ice-cream and a ride on the toboggan run before catching the tractor ‘train’ back to the car park.
Its time to pack the bags and get ready for tonight’s dico.
As a footnote, all the staff and pupils would like to say a big THANK YOU to Vinnie, our coach driver from Welham Travel, for whom, nothing was too much trouble and who has been proactive in helping us at every turn.
Tuesday Evening
Just as some meals look really delicious but taste bland, the sea looked l as calm and inviting as a tropical lagoon but was freezing! However, our children are made of stern stuff and were determined to not let the opportunity pass.
Wednesday Morning
Not a boy was awake at 7am when they received the early morning call and there was a similar story with the girls. Breakfast soon put things right and we headed off for Black Gang Chine.
When we arrived, some of the children spied the silhouette of the Cliffhanger (roller coaster) and felt that the occasion was ripe for some bravado: ( (loud voices) “Is that it?” and :“I’ve been on much more scary rides on my (all-inclusive) holiday last year” – the boys in the party had suddenly developed a swaggering gait. However, the children were soon to learn that talk is cheap and once on board: the squealing began; their voices went from baritone to falsetto;the swagger replaced with a wobble. It was a similar story at the water slide- “Plughole”.
There was much for the children to do and it was great seeing them enjoy the simpler pleasures of mazes, adventure parks and slides – some of us even forsook extra time in the gift shop for a visit to fairyland.
We’ve worn them out again but, just in case there are any children out there planning to keep the adults and others awake tonight, its off to the beach again after supper.
The beach is just a short walk away and so we were able to play a couple of games of football on the beach.
Tuesday
Down to Alum Bay for our boat ride to the Needles followed by a chance to spend their allowance in the shops nearby.
The children were up by 7 am and ready for breakfast at half past. The children were well rested and ate heartily.
Carisbroke Castle- The weather was glorious as we played on the ramparts, wandered around the museum and keep and learnt about medieval weaponry and life in the castle in general
The needles.
After tea, it’s back to the beach (by popular request).
The themes of our next topic are inter-relating and reconciliation.
The Topic is called ” Freedom and Responsibility”.
The children we look at situations where responsibility has been given and how we are required to use our judgement and exercise our freedom sensibly.
In scripture , we will look at the Ten Commandments and discuss how rules give us the opportunity for choice and freedom.
How do the Ten Commandments contrast with the Beatitudes?
Finally, we will see how, when rules are broken, the need for forgiveness and reconciliation are paramount.
The Big Question for this topic is: How do rules bring freedom?
PRAYER:
God our Father, you have given us freedom in our lives.
With this freedom we can bring sorrow or joy to ourselves and to others.
Help us always to use our freedom in a responsible way.
We make this prayer through Christ our Lord. Amen.
FREEDOM & RESPONSIBILITY HOMEWORK TASK (For Monday 17 June)
Imagine you were asked to write a Class Charter of about five rules or guidelines.
Write and decorate your Class Charter .
Think about ( for discussion), why you chose these rules and guides and what actions should be taken if someone breaks the rules.