Category: Our Classes

What a wonderful start to the school year! The children have settled in brilliantly by coming in enthusiastically in the morning and getting straight on with their ‘Busy Fingers’ activities and listening really well when it is carpet and learning time. I can tell that we will have a very successful year ahead of us!

Starting from next week, the children will benefit from the split classes for both English and Maths in which they will either be taught by Mr King or myself. This will be discussed in more detail at our ‘meet the teacher’ morning on Monday 10th September from 9:00am-9:30am. This will be a great opportunity to hear about all of the exciting learning we will be doing in Year 1, plus the logistics of the split classes.

There will be no formal homework set for this week as the children are still settling in, but I have sent home the children’s new reading records today along with the last word strip that they were on. Can I please ask that these books are read, read and read again in order for the children to gain the confidence that they need to read aloud and to revise the key sounds that they know. I will look to change the books next week.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mrs Teixeira 🙂 

It is great to see all of the children back at school after the long summer holidays and full of enthusiasm for the term ahead. 

Everyone has worked really hard this week as we have been settling in to the new school year and preparing ourselves for the start of our split English and maths groups on Monday. Our groups provide a fantastic opportunity for the children to benefit from learning as part of a small class, taught by either Mrs Butterworth or myself.  

I have been really pleased to see how well the children have come into school each day prepared for the lessons ahead. Next week, the children will need to remember their PE kits for Monday and swimming kits for Tuesday. If anyone has their reading record or school reading book at home, I would be very grateful if you could bring it in. 

On Thursday, 20th September, from 9:00 until 9:30am, we have our ‘meet the teacher’ meeting . This is a chance for parents to hear about learning in Year 4 and I look forward to meeting you all then. 

Class of 2018 

I wanted to wish you all the best of luck for starting your new schools next week! I know you will all be brilliant and make your parents proud.

I also wanted to say a big, big thank you for your kind cards, gifts and words received at the end of last term – it meant a lot!

Good luck and God bless. 

Class of 2019

Welcome to Y6!

I hope that you all enjoy the last few days of your holidays and are ready to start the new year refreshed and raring to go! A quick reminder about bags – we only have small lockers in Y6 which have to fit in your school and PE bags along with any extra-curricular sports bags you may have so I would encourage you to use a school book bag rather than a large backpack. 

Science
For our first topic ‘Evolution and Inheritance’ I ask that all children bring in some photos for part of an investigation. I am looking for one photo of a parent when they were young and a photo of them now – children are welcome to bring in photos of both parents. If you do not have access to these, photos of grandparents are also fine. I would ask that the photos are of individuals rather than groups shots as they will be looking closely at facial features. The children will not be bringing these photos home as they will be analysed in their class books so can you please either send in photos that you don’t mind the children keeping, or photocopy/scanning photos (in colour if possible). 

Children will need to have these in school by Monday 10th September.  

See you all next week. 

Today, the children got to show off the toys that they have been making as part of the their DT topic. Along with the Reception children, we gathered in the hall for a morning of games. The aim of the children’s project was to make a gender neutral toy, appropriate for a reception child and made from as many recyclable materials as possible.

Some comments from the Reception children:

“I liked seeing the racing cars.”

“I liked all of the colourful toys.”

“I liked that they are all different.”

“I liked the learning bus as it teaches us whilst having fun.”

“They made them with lots of different materials.”

“I liked seeing what they do in Y6.”

 

 

I just wanted to say congratulations to the Y6 children on their outstanding performance last night. I thought they did themselves and the school proud. Thank you for working so hard to make the production such a succes s.

Mr Bedford and I would like to extend a huge WELL DONE to the year 6 children on their SATs results. They worked extremely hard and this effort paid off. They should be very proud of themselves, as we are.

 

Year 5 summer week 14

Dear Parents,

Your child was given their school report today and I hope you find it informative.  For my part, although reports are never easy to write, my task was made considerably  easier because there were so many positive things to say about this class.

Mr Bedford, Mrs Butterworth and I would like to congratulate the children on all their hard work and progress. We are very proud of them.

At this time of year, we feel that the homework should be looking towards year 6.  So we are not setting a formal homework but, instead,  want the children to read through their reports carefully and identify what areas they need to focus on. They should then develop their own ‘action plan’ to prepare them for life in Year 6.

Have a great weekend,

Mr Creaton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year 5 summer week 12

Dear Parents,

Here is a few things we have been up to over the last couple of weeks.

Visit to Nicholas Breakspear:

We had a great time at Nicholas Breakspear and got a real taste of life at secondary school experiencing lessons in English, Science, Maths and RE and History.

Science – Environments:

We were able to enjoy the sunshine and make the most of investigating various habitats around the school.

 

St Michael’s:

Another visit; another excellent school.  We had a science day at St Michael’s and enjoyed making rockets, using Bunsen burners and experimenting with acids and alkalis.

 

Back at St Adrian’s, we continued our habitats and life-cycles work by dissecting and identifying parts of a flower and the fruits they produce.

 

Note to parents – I am sure that you are aware that in a few months you will be visiting secondary schools with a view to securing a place for your child in year 7.  Where you choose will be a complex and personal decision based on what you feel will be best for your child. For what it’s worth, I was very  impressed by St Michael’s and many of you will be familiar with it.  Perhaps off the radar for some of you is Nicholas Breakspear. I thought it had a lovely, calm atmosphere.  If you had not considered either of these Catholic schools, I urge you to pay them a visit as well any other school on your list.

 

Have a great weekend,

 

Mr Creaton