Category: Our Classes

As part of our science curriculum in January, we are going to be exploring evolution and inheritance. The children have been asked to bring in pictures from home of their parents and grandparents so that we can make comparisons and look at different features that the children could have inherited. For this, I have asked children to bring in a picture of either parent as a baby/child and a more recent photo of said parent (both parents if possible). If children are able to bring in pictures of grandparents, this would give them the opportunity to take their inheritance even further back.

I have informed children that I am happy for them to bring in the photos before the Christmas holidays and I will keep them in school, or they can bring them in on the first day back: Tuesday 9th January. They must have their pictures for this lesson.

The children performed brilliantly in the Christmas production A present for the baby.  You should be very proud of them!

Monday 18th December: please send in a present for your child’s kriskringle on Monday.

Tuesday 19th December: details of what you can contribute as part of our end of term celebration have been sent home with your child.

Wednesday 20th December: we look forward to sharing our end of term mass with you on Wednesday at 9am.  Children should come into school in party clothes (please make sure that children are still warm, as children will go out to play as normal), ready for their Christmas lunch.

Thursday 21st December: during our end of term celebration in class, children will have a special snack time, during which they will exchange gifts and sing Christmas songs together.   Christmas holiday starts at 1.30pm!

Today, the Y6 prefects received their certificates for their First Aid Training.

Well done!

This week, as part of their learning in Design and Technology, the children have been making Christmas decorations.

To start the week, they worked in pairs to weave ribbons and create huge baubles, which can be seen hanging in the classroom.

Next, the children carefully measured pieces of paper to make strips that could be joined together and made into paper chains.  Building on from last week’s learning, they made sure that their paper chains included both a colour and number pattern.

The week ended with the children reading and carefully following instructions to make lanterns to decorate the class Christmas tree.

These creative activities have developed the children’s English and Maths skills as well as improved the accuracy of their cutting.  The decorations look wonderful as does the whole classroom as we share our Christmas preparations together this Advent.

We look forward to seeing you in school next week when the children perform their Christmas play, A present for the baby.  Bring your child into school at 6.30pm on Thursday 14th December ready for their evening performance, which will start at 7pm.  Please ensure that any requested clothes for costumes  are brought into school by Monday at the very latest.

Have a wonderful weekend.

This week, the children have been developing their understanding of patterns, focussing on creating and continuing patterns that are not just colour based, but also include changes in quantity, size or shape.  The children have been encouraged to name the repeating pattern once, rather than read what they have created over and over again.  This is trickier than it sounds and the children have worked hard on their repeating patterns.  This learning will help the children as they begin to explore patterns in numbers later in the year.

The children created patterns on their Christmas decorations and these can be seen on the class display in the main hall.