St Adrian's Catholic Primary School
To learn, to love, to live
The week has flown by but the class have coped very well and got straight back into the thick of things! We’re very pleased to welcome Mrs Bryant who is in on Monday and Tuesday with Mr King for the rest of the week as normal.
Science was particularly fun this week as we experimented with how exercise affects our body. We also celebrated two more children turning 7 🙂
As part of their English and Geography learning, the children all wrote thank you letters on their first day back at school and then posted them at the local post box. The children had to follow directions, including using the words left and right in order to get there. The children learned that they can identify their left hand by looking for the L for Left. This only works, if the children remember to look at their finger nails too!
Please continue to use the words left and right with your child as these directions are very easily confused! When we returned back at school, the children drew and labelled a map of their route, something that they thought very carefully about.
I would like to say, ‘Thank you,’ to the parents and pupils of Year 5 for all the generous gifts.
You are all very kind and I am very grateful. I hope you had a lovely Christmas and are enjoying your break.
Happy New Year. – Mr Bedford.
I would like to say, ‘Thank you,’ to the parents and pupils of Year 6 for all the generous gifts.
You are all very kind and I am very grateful. I hope you had a lovely Christmas and are enjoying your break.
Happy New Year. – Mr Bedford.
Dear Parents,
This has been a very busy time in school, no doubt mirroring your own preparations for Christmas at home.
Christmas dinner at school was a wonderful occasion with the children all sporting their hand-crafted hats to add glitz and glamour.
I have not set any formal homework for the children as such, but would like them to read as much as possible ( school scheme books as well as any books of their own choosing) and keep their reading logs up to date.
Additionally, my maths group (no pun intended) have been given a list of questions which were similar to those in a recent assessment. I have indicated the questions which they found difficult. At your own discretion, you may choose to work with your child on some of these areas during the course of the holiday.
Finally, Mrs Finnie, Mrs Binks, Mrs Wastell and I would like to thank you all so much for all the very generous gifts and cards – they are very much appreciated.
Wishing you all a happy and holy Christmas,
Mr Creaton
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!