It’s been great to see the children enjoying themselves in the sunshine outside this week, at last. We’ve had other welcome changes from routine and exciting events. Hot on the tails of the new listening post was the delivery of seven brightly-coloured beanbag cushions so the children can now sit in comfort as they giggle to Roald Dahl stories.
In another new project, after experimenting with stitches, the children planned their designs for their little pillows. They had great ideas, from Star Wars, to football, to playing cards.
On Wednesday we joined in the National Numeracy live stream doing a times table number roll and helped set a new world record for the number of participants. This is what we joined and watched – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhaAYFHE724 It was amazing to be part of something nationwide and we have learnt a new rhyme for times-tables.
The R E homework looks fantastic on the wall – every piece is different; and the children are enjoying appreciating each other’s and sharing how they chose to present their understanding. We have now started the new topic of Resolution and I’ll post the new home learning over the next few days
We started the new “Resolution” topic with role-play about a situation involving choices and consequences, which the children threw themselves into.
Our new book is “Flotsam”, a fascinating story about a boy’s adventures at the seaside. It’s being a springboard for fronted adverbials, powerful verbs and expanded noun phrases, which the children will weave into stories next week. The children are being adventurous in their use of language and we are also focusing on thoroughly understanding and using the basics of English – nouns, verbs, adjectives, conjunctions, prepositions, the core building blocks.
Next week we will be celebrating the Jubilee and we’re all looking forward to seeing the costumes people choose to wear on Friday.
Year 3 has been very excited this week as they have all used the new listening post for the first time. I’ll will include some photos next week! This was bought with the proceeds from the cake sale, so many thanks for your generosity. This means that at the daily guided reading sessions a group of six children can listen to a good-quality text together. Currently we have a CD collection of Roald Dahl animal stories, of which “Esiotrot” is one of the current guided reading texts. The children have suggested which other stories they would like to. MORE Roald Dahl stories were suggested and they certainly are good-quality, creative texts which extend children’s vocabulary, imagination and make them laugh! David Walliams was also a popular suggestion.
The children are engrossed in the current “Light and Dark” Science topic and use the topic vocabulary confidently. We are still debating how the moon isn’t a source of light itself, but reflects the light from the sun. We have different resources, such as access to the excellent “Explorify” website which Miss Bannams, the Science lead, told us about, to explore important questions like this in a variety of ways. This week the children made their own “light reflectors” and investigated which was the most reflective material to make a safe coat for night-time use.
The children completed their versions of a mystery story day. The task of writing a mystery story was challenging and the class has used the opportunity to experiment with language, such as expanded “noun sound” phrases – eg the squeaking of the metal hinges. They have incorporated similes, long sentences to build suspense, short sentences for dramatic effect and dialogue in their writing this week. Year 3 spend their writing sessions focusing well with presentation in their books really improving. The excellent level of effort they are showing always leads to progress and they should feel proud of how their writing is improving, like I do.
We started our sewing task this week, re-aquainting ourselves with the pleasures and pain of threading needles. Again, focus and team-work was seen round the classroom. If you do have any pieces of lightweight fabric to use in this projects (as per the mail), I would be very grateful to receive it.
Thank you for the RE homework this week. The range of ideas and presentation are fantastic. If you finish yours over the weekend, please do send it on on Monday. Also, if your child has the “Bingo” homework grid, please email or send it in for housepoints (as per the other email). Well done on those children who completed the MyMaths homework. The spellings and MyMaths for this week are both on Google classroom.
We started May with the beautiful Crowning of Mary. Year 3 drew very careful pictures of the saints for our contribution “Mary, Queen of All Saints”. We talked about saints important to us, such St Adrians and St Albans of course, British and Irish patron saints, St Nicholas and St Francis. Several children in the class reminded us they are named for saints, too.
We celebrated class worship in the hall at the altar of Mary. They children sang Ave Maria, with the harmony very nicely.
The flowers and plants the children brought in looked beautiful and really made it feel like spring could be here. We will continue to mark the month of May with activities.
Last week, year 3 completed the daily mile like other children did. Here they are enjoying the feel-good effect of exercise and exertion.
We are continuing to explore the feelings and events of The Pentecost. The children were thinking and writing about what the disciples would have felt after the Holy Spirit passed over them. They are developing a clearer understanding of how to answer the big question “What’s the use of energy?”
Last week we explored what the experiences of Resurrection and Ascension may have been like for Jesus’ followers by “hot-seating. ” A disciple kindly came to visit us and we asked him and her questions about their emotions and reactions at the events. Here is one of the followers answering questions.
We saw a few pieces of RE homework today, where the children have thought deeply about the subject and used the symbols of the dove and the flame to illustrate their work. Well done and we look forward to seeing more next week.
The children are improving, daily, to say the time correctly. The challenge this week was to say the same time in different ways – eg 11.43am, 11.43 in the morning, 17 minutes to twelve in the morning, 17 minutes before 12 am. An interesting question discussed was – Is twelve o’clock at night am or pm?
We all continue to be intrigued by the mysterious illustrations in “The Mysteries of Harris Burdock”, experimenting with different words and phrases to write alternative titles and captions for chosen pictures.
It’s great to see the children, coatless, racing around on the field. Let’s hope this sunny weather continues. Have a lovely weekend.
.. with a shout ! Year 3 – or Raven Tribe – marched enthusiastically into Celtic Harmony this morning. They had to shout their name to make sure they travelled safely back to the prehistoric times as they passed through the gates. And what a world of Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages awaited us! The setting is beautiful and peaceful, with artefacts galore and scenes and buildings recreated as they would have been in prehistoric times; and everything explained in detail and with good humour by our educator guide for the day, Fei.
Events which took place over nearly 100, 000 years were put into context by creating a timeline with objects. We then went into the woods and watched Fei do some flint knapping and then the children made their own “soap arrows”. They were also very excited to see Fei showing us a long and a shorter spear as well as a stone axe. Fei was very impressed by the class’s knowledge that obsidian is the sharpest stone known. The class’s understanding and knowledge of the period generally was impressive.
The children then helped Fei rebuild part a wattle fence which had come down. He was able to jump up and down on the fences built by Raven Tribe so their weaving must be good!
Lunch was outdoors and everyone ate heartily. After lunch the children became completely engrossed in making clay coil pots, which will be dry enough to take home on Friday or Monday. We were also treated to different (replica) prehistoric pots with their different features explained well by Fei.
Lastly, the children learnt about prehistoric farming and the hugely significant change from hunter-gathering to farming methods of getting food. They used stone querns to grind grain and then mixed flour with water to make Neolithic-style bread. There was definitely no danger of putting on weight from bread in the New Stone Age. The effort and time needed to make the flour are huge and the resulting amount of flour tiny. The children’s opinions are below, but this was my favourite part of the day, because of the amazing team-work and co-operation the children showed. The relatively small space was a hive of activity with every child happy engaged in the tasks, problem-solving, communicating and completely focused on carrying out what had been asked.
After these four highly enjoyable activities, we came back to the twenty-first century and walked back down the lane – just slightly slower than the first time- back to the coach and then school. I think everyone will be sleeping well tonight. Possibly including the fantastic, committed Mums who came to help. Thank you so much as without your commitment, learning like this wouldn’t be possible. The children were a credit to the school. It is really marvellous to be back to learning in as many different ways as possible.
When back at school, we reflected on what we had seen and done that day; and specifically what we enjoyed most. Maeve – “I liked the dough balls best. I liked making them and squashing them. They felt really squishy. ” Several other children agreed with this. Austin liked the weaving which “used all your strength”. Like many other children, Aiden enjoyed making the clay pots best of all. Jack B said, “Doing the pattern was really good.” Gabriel couldn’t choose one thing because he loved all the activities. Darragh said “It was really fun when you went in the roundhouse”. We agreed that what made the activities special was the fact that we did them in authentic locations. The roundhouse were the clay took place had a (small, raised and enclosed) fire so you really got an idea of what it was like to live stone-age style. Mrs Porter knew we’d returned from the trip because she could smell the smoky smell coming from the classroom! Some children, like Aidan, would’ve liked a go at other activities we saw evidence of, like the den-building.
We all enjoyed meeting Gerald, who is the resident pheasant, not a wild cockrel as originally thought. He is really very striking.
A great day was had by all; and everyone is looking forward to more enrichment days like this!
Today Year 3 learnt and recorded their learning about St George, as Friday was very busy with the Science workshop and Earth Day. We decided that St George must be very significant because so many countries have him as a patron saint, due to his huge courage in refusing to renounce his Christian faith when in the Roman army. That was the “real” St George. We also learnt about the story of St George and the dragon and considered the theory that dragons are not real and, instead the George represents good and the dragon evil with, of course good winning.
The children taught each other all about the different aspects of the stories of St George. They were put into groups and each group learnt about the same part of the story – eg the “real ” St George, or which countries have St George as a patron saint. They then returned to their normal tables and shared what they had learnt with the rest of the table. They class are very good at sharing learning by talking with each other.
The summer term has got off to a great start, with new topics and active learning today. The children are clearly interested in the world around them, making a good start to our Geography topic about Europe. We all also started learning about Pentecost – with a theme of Energy – and the RE home learning is on the website. The new books are being distributed and enjoyed. Even more arrived during the Easter holidays – thank you so much again for your generosity. These new books form the class library, from where the children can choose freely. The reading books are matched to year group expectations. It’s fantastic that we now have many more Copper and Topaz books to choose from so the children are able to broaden and deepen their reading skills. Please remember to return these books promptly so that as many children as possible can benefit from them. Thank you. Spelling homework is on Google classroom and the test of these words will be next Wednesday. And don’t forget about Times Tables Rockstars – an incredibly effective way to learn those essential times table facts off by heart.
Today was all about Science. We kicked off the new “Light and Dark” topic with a workshop from STEMPoint, who run educational sessions on Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths topics. The class talked about sources of light, the revolution of the earth around the sun, how we need light to see and that the absence of light is darkness.
Several Mums were very generous with their time and came to help at the workshops. Thank you so much as without your help we couldn’t provide enrichment opportunities like this.
Some of the photos aren’t worth showing as some activities were done in the dark! E
This tent lets in light and so it’s easy to find something in there….. With the cover, the tent is in darkness and sight isn’t possible. You need to use your sense of touch to find something….
Everyone make a kaleidoscope and did a variety of “hands-on activities.”
The children experienced the complete absence of light in the tentIn another dark tent, the children used different sources of light to see the different effects they could makeThe periscopes, to see things from a different perspective, were very popular.These look very dramatic! They were fibre-optics in amazing fluorescent coloursThe children experimented with shadow puppets. The could also see how the size of 3D shapes changed according to the distance of the light. The shadows haven’t come out very clearly in the photos.
As it is Earth Day, we learnt about the “greenhouse effect”, how it is essential for human life on the planet but also how the temperature has risen too much. We did a class investigation today – the photo is below. The cling-film on one jar represents the earth’s atmosphere. We took the temperatures of the air in the jars and put them in a warm place and took the temperature regularly. The children’s prediction was correct in that the temperature in the jar with the cling- film rose more and stayed high, compared to the other one.
“Earth” with an atmosphere and without an atmosphere
We watched a video about the greenhouse effect and sequenced pictures and captions to show understanding. The children also wrote something they’d learnt on post-its. Their engagement and understanding was excellent and they have a good knowledge of the steps we all need to take to try and halt/reverse the overheating resulting from the greenhouse effect – using cars and appliances less figured highly.
It’s been a great first week back. Have a lovely weekend, before more exciting learning next week.
The RE topic for the first four weeks of the summer term in year 3 is Pentecost. We will learn about the Ascension, how Jesus promised his disciples the Holy Spirit and how the Holy Spirit was spread amongst His followers. We shall explore how the Holy Spirit inspires Christians, spreading energy; and how the Gifts of the Holy Spirit help Christians lead good lives and serve others. A new way of living was established after Pentecost. Reflecting deeply and carefully about this topic will help children understand how their daily lives are influenced by the Holy Sprit and scripture.
These are the key words and themes of the topic: fire, warmth, wind, energy, power, gifts, Holy Spirit, Rosary, Glorious Mysteries, Pentecost
In Luke, 4: 18-19, we are reminded of how we should use the Gifts of the Holy Spirit to serve others and our community:
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favour.”
The Catechism of the Catholic Church emphasises our share in this Pentecostal gift:
“Those, who with God’s help, have welcomed Christ’s call and freely responded to it, are urged on by love of Christ to proclaim the Good News everywhere in the world. This treasure, received from the apostles, has been faithfully guarded by their successors. All Christ’s faithful are called to hand it on from generation to generation, by professing the faith, by living it in fraternal sharing, and by celebrating it in liturgy and prayer.”
(CCC Prologue )
Prayer and Reflection
Father, pour out your Spirit
upon your people,
and grant us
a new vision of your glory,
a new faithfulness to your Word
and a new consecration to your service,
that your love may grow among us,
and your kingdom come:
through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
(Prayer of preparation for Vatican II)
Home Learning
Think about the Gifts of the Holy Spirit:
Wisdom – that is the gift to be sensible and not to jump to conclusions but be thoughtful.
Understanding – enables people to be compassionate and to take time to find out and be able to appreciate what is happening.
Counsel – means using wisdom and understanding to come to a good decision about something.
Fortitude – there are times when everyone needs to be brave in standing up for what they believe to be right and holy.
Knowledge – without knowledge you cannot make right judgements or have an understanding. It takes practice to have true knowledge.
Piety – this is about reverence and respect for God, for one another and for oneself.
Fear of the Lord – this gift enables people to recognise the awe and wonder of God and be amazed by the love and goodness of God.
R E Homework
Create a montage or picture to depict one, some or each of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Show, through words or pictures or both, how the gift is used by believers today to serve others. You may want to quote from the scripture we will be reading at school to show how people are inspired by the Holy Spirit to use and share these Gifts.
Matthew 28: 1-10, John 16: 5-7, 1 Corinthians 12: 4-8, 11, Acts 1: 6-11, Acts 2 1_18, 43
You could draw your ideas, or create a collage, or use another medium to represent your ideas. You could include symbols of the Pentecost on your piece of work – flame, wind, a dove, the colour red.
We look forward to seeing your individual pieces of learning, which are due in by Wednesday 11th May.
Easter has been celebrated in many different ways this week. Year 3 have joined in the whole-school events, including the Stations of the Cross and celebration on Wednesday. Well done to Sophia and Pauric who were the Easter Art winners in year 3. The children loved seeing the chicks, which as well as being very cute are symbols of the New Life of Easter, represented by Jesus. We hope you like the Easter cards the children have brought home. In RE, throughout the week, the children have been reading the scripture and exploring the feelings of the different characters’ from their various points of view. Here are the children role-playing scenes from the Garden of Gethsemane. Can you see who is playing Jesus saying, “I left you for one hour and you could not stay awake…” and who are the soldiers coming to arrest Jesus; and who is playing Judas identifying Jesus to the soldiers? The children thoroughly enjoy role-play and are very good at showing emotions in a “tableau”. Today the children considered the ultimate sacrifice Jesus made, for love; and what they can do, for love. Tomorrow they will play the parts of journalists interviewing witnesses of the events all those years ago.
We have continued to explore ways to add and subtract money. The children have been very adept at applying calculating methods – such as using number bonds to 10/100, partitioning and compensating – to money. If you have any opportunity to use money over the holidays, that would be really useful, as would using analogue clocks to tell the time.
The children can take the beautiful new books home now. I’ll send home a spring-themed bookmark for everyone tomorrow, so they have something to mark the page they are on without needing to fold the page/put something thick inside the book etc.It’s also useful to remember that carrying the water bottles separately, out of bookbags, is a good insurance policy to not spilling water over the bag’s contents, including the lovely new books.
From what the children say, there are lots of exciting things planned this holiday, from foreign holidays, to seeing family to having a fun time at home and the local parks. Whatever you do, I wish you a very happy holiday and holy Easter.
On Saturday, 2nd July, six of our pupils went to represent the school in the Annual Six-a-side Girls Football Competition. This is a competition aimed at Year 6 pupils but is open to all age groups and school sizes. Some large schools in the competition have around 90 girls to choose from to make their team. We were very much minnows in a pond full of sharks.
Our first match was against Alban City School. The girls fought hard with Ruby stepping up to take the goalkeeper role. She may be in Year 4, but Aoilbhe was not going to be pushed around whilst older sister Keeva ( our captain) marshalled the defence. Maddison was up and down the pitch shutting down opponents or supporting the attack. I thought we had signed Fred Astaire for a moment when I looked at wonderful, beguiling footwork from Jess. This was a really tight match but not as tight as the intricate angle with which Lara, teased home the winner ( one nil to St Adrian’s).
Our next match was against Samuel Ryder Academy. This is a much larger School and it showed. The girls fought valiantly, none more so than Lara, whose goalkeeping kept us in the game against the Ryder onslaught. We were two nil down but Ruby gave us a glimmer of hope when her rocket from the edge of the box could not , in spite of last ditched effort by the a Ryder defender, be kept from bulging the net. Alas 2 – 1 is how the score finished.
Our final game was against another large school and tournament favourites, Fleetville. Not only is this school bigger, but also, fielding year 6 girls, they were physically bigger as well and put us to the sword.
Our girls did us proud and , against the odds, managed to come third in our group. I couldn’t ask any more of them.
.Check out the new kit
District Sports
This Tuesday and Thursday was the district sports. Pupils fromYears, 3,4,5 and 6 took part in a mixture of track and field events.
Year 5 Netball
This week, our Year 5 netball team played against a Year 6 team from Bowman’s Green and came 2nd.
Year 5 and Year 6 Football Finals
Football Reports
Aidan and Patrick reporting – The Road to Colney Heath
Year 5 Six-a- Side Tournament (The Preliminaries)
Match report 1
St Adrians FC Vs Maple FC
St Adrian’s 2 – Maple 0
Kick Off
Aidan took the kick off passing out to Leo who later passed to Patrick ,whilst Aidan made a run through the middle but when the pass came, Aidan miss touched it. Moments later, Luca had a nice shot to make it 1-0. Maple took the kick off. Moments later Leo took the ball off the player and made a quick pass to Aidan who accidentally kicked the ground.
Half time
Substitutions: Melville – Dara and Michael – Luca
Straight away, Maple took a quick break away. But it was defended by Patrick’s great defending. Soon Patrick made a great ball to Aidan who shot but it was saved but not caught, so Leo could get the rebound to make it 2-0. Full time came just after Leonardo’s one in a million save to keep it 2–0.
Pundits preview
Hello Aidan, how do you feel about the game?
I think attacking is not that great but defending is brilliant because everyone is making an effort to keep a clean sheet. So overall a great performance by both sides.
Michael, do you think we can play better football?
Yes,maybe a bit more shots on target and also midfield need to drop a bit more.
Thank you Patrick reporting.
Match report 2
St Adrians Vs Colney Heath
7-0
Kick off
Michael passed it to Leo whilst Luca was running down the line to make an option for Leo. Then he made the pass to Luca who played it to Michael who had a clear open shot on goal to make it 1-0.
Colney Heath took the kick off ,Michael won it minutes later out-skilling the defenders to make it 2-0 .to St Adrian’s .
Once again Colney Heath took the kick off and ran clear but Patrick used his strength to knock him off the ball. Later Patrick played a great ball to Luca who had a smashing shot that could have broken the back of the net to make it 3-0.
Then 4-0. Then Melville scored a great bottom corner goal for 5-0
Half time
Substitutions
Aidan-Leo
Melville-Patrick
Straight away Aidan scored a goal through the keepers legs for 6-0
Then he hit the post to get the rebound to make it a whopping 7-0
Ouch that must of hurt for Colney Heath.
Pundits preview
What do you think about the game?
We’re through, come on! Yay.
By Aidan,Patrick and Michael
The road to Colney Heath
The Final Tournament Year 5 Six-a-side Tournament (The Finals)
We all thought we were going to win the 6 A Side Tournament because of our performance on wednesday but we didn’t realize that these teams have been training for years.
The first game unfortunately we lost 4-0 to Garden Fields.
But we didn’t give up. Then in the next game, Luca scored , but then they come back 1,1.
Then Michael scored the winner to win the game to make it 2-1.
In the 3rd game we drew 1,1 with a late equalizer and we all thought we deserved it. For us, we were quite unfortunate. We lost 2,0 to Killigrew and I think we stopped playing well as soon as we lost 4,0 to Garden fields. But this was the first tournament we have played and we think most of the schools have played a lot of tournaments before. We came 7th out of 10 teams but, if we won the first match, we could have come first place or at least 4th place. But our passing was a little bit bad at the first match and we were all doing our own thing and we did not have a plan. But we got better throughout the matches. We have very good players on our team but we didn’t work as a team but we will be better next time .
By Dara, Luca and Melville
The St Albans City Cup Semi Final and Final (Year 6)
The game had kicked off with Bowmans Green starting with intensity and giving us an indication of their style of football.It was going to be a tough match.
It was a balanced game,both sides having their share of chances and within the first five minutes Bowmans Green scored the opener.An exquisite threaded pass from the central midfielder to play the left winger in through on goal. 1 v 1 who would come out on top? Dylan,the great goalkeeper or number nine the wonderful winger?It was a brilliant finish and a well crafted goal from Bowmans Green. The crowd cheered loudly,leaping and jumping in exultation.
Not long after, Bowmans Green scored a second it was going to be tough to come back from this.The colossal central defender played a remarkable pass which went beyond everyone and perfectly dropped to number nine who took the ball astoundingly round our main goalkeeper James and shot as one of our solid defenders,Joe, desperately tried to stop the goalbound shot with a last ditch slide but was unable to keep it from out of the net.2- 0.
After half time Luke did some magical footwork, got round all the defenders and calmly slotted the ball past the Bowmans Green goalkeeper.It was a sensational goal! Some minutes had passed and some beautiful football from Paolo and Luke created a goal scoring opportunity which Paolo hammered in the net.2-2! We could win this
Extra time was a game of tennis back and forth but still no winner. Who would win? Penalties came along and St adrians took the first penalty. Paolo up first, to put St adrians in the lead, and he scored a world class penalty 1-0.Bowmans Green scored a decent penalty, unsavable for James.Next was our star sticker Luke who thumped his penalty into the back of the net. Bowmans Green missed their second penalty -unfortunate for them. Up next was Dylan to put us in the lead. A good penalty but a better save from the keeper.How did he keep that out?
2-2.Bowmans Green’s next pen was fantastically saved by James so it was still 2-2- this game was up for grabs.Theo took next and placed his penalty into the top right corner. It was 3-2 St Adrians.We could win.Bowmans Green scored their next penalty which made the score 3-3.Lewis up next to send St Adrians to the final of the district cup smashed his penalty into the side netting of the bottom left corner. St adrians to the final of the district cup!
It was an astonishing, neck – in – neck football match but St Adrains came out on top! Next is St Columbas in the final.Can we win that too?
Report by Theo.
The St Albans City Cup Final St Adrian’s V St Columba’s
We kicked off knowing what our job was. After a slow start from both teams, St Columba’s showed us what they’re made of and scored the opener 1-0 .
Then St. Columbus scored another goal ( 2 – 0 ). We really had to come back from this one now but it won’t be easy but we thought we could do it when Sonny ( our centre-back) scored a free kick from in line with the centre circle to make it 2-1. St. Columba’s scored another one when a former St Adrian’s student put the ball in the net with the very last kick of the game.
Report by Joe
Final Score St Columba’s 3 – St SAdrian’s 1
Our Year 6 Heroes showing their medals.
Kate Grey Visits St Adrian’s
At Assembly on Monday, as part of our role as Sports Ambassadors, we gave a talk to the school about the Daily Mile and upcoming visit from Paralympian , Kate Grey, on Thursday. When the big day arrived, the whole school was very excited to do the Daily Mile and hear the inspirational talk from Kate.
Kate was very kind and told us all about her life growing up after losing her arm to a sausage machine on her parents’ farm. She was only two years old at the time.
Instead of feeling sorry for herself, she said she saw it as a new challenge and did all sorts of sports and activities. In fact, the only thing she couldn’t do, was the monkey bars. When she went swimming for the first time at the age of 4, she found it difficult but was determined to get better while along the way, learning some important life skills and making new friends. She became so good that she represented GB at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics and won a Silver & Bronze medal in the World Championships in swimming. At the end of her talk, we then asked her all sorts of questions about her life journey.
She said how physical exercise had really helped her and that being active every day brings all sorts of benefits. She then led a warm up in the hall which was tiring but fun. Then the whole school went outside to run the Daily Mile (8 laps of our field) .
This week, schools all over Hertfordshire have been encouraged to do the Daily Mile. Quite a few of us realised that it is not as easy as we thought to run a mile but we are determined to get better with practice.
Kate helped us realise next time we have a challenge or think we can’t do something, we should remember what she said and never give up.
On behalf of St Adrian’s, we want to say thank you for coming to our school Kate Grey.
The Sports Ambassadors
Game on!
This week St Adrian’s were represented brilliantly by the girls’ football team at Skyswood. Both teams played with skill and great sportsmanship, with the final score 3-1 to Skyswood. Well done to the whole team.
Tuesday saw St Adrian’s attending the Oaklands Quicksticks Hockey event, for the first time. Two teams represented the school: the “Compete” team played 9 games and the “Aspire” team 8 games so it was a full day. Every child who attended showed energy, commitment, excellent sportsmanship and good humour. Not only did they all enjoy the hockey itself, it was also great fun to meet friends from other schools, compete against them and also compete against the schools’ neighbours, namely Mandeville and Prae Wood. Well done, all the year five pupils who attended. We are all very proud of the way you tried something new and represented your school so well.
It was wonderful to see so many important family at this morning’s assembly. Year 3 were very excited to perform the two poems they’d worked collaboratively to write. All the words and actions were their own and they listened and shared each other’s ideas, to come up with the final versions you saw today.
They have also been busy creating something else for the many Mums, Grandmas, aunts and important women in their lives, but that will be a surprise for the weekend.
We have started to learn about money – how you can make amounts differently and use different ways to add them up. Money is something which really benefits from practical use, for which there’s been little opportunity the last few years. So if there aren’t many real-life opportunities, playing at shop – or Monopoly, or the many Orchard Toys games which are available in all good charity shops – can be a good substitute. One question we answered this week was “Why is there no 79 pence piece?”
Spellings for homework are on Google Classroom. Please do let us know if you have any problems accessing it. There’s no printing or submission requirements – just information for you to use. If you’d like to send a message saying how you’ve got on, or any problems or queries, please do so.
The class library now has some AMAZING books in it. They will start to be sent home next week. A record book will keep a note of all books which go out and to where. It would be wonderful to keep the books rotating as much as possible, so as many children as possible can enjoy them.
I’m sorry – no photos this week. Last week looks like being busy and varied and I will look to post some then.
Have a lovely weekend and, in particular, Mother’s Day.
