We have had an incredibly busy term and I was still cracking the whip on the last day of term. Having said that, there has always been room for our daily music ‘ bangers’ and the usual Christmas time activities.
It’s Christmas and I can’t bring myself to set an official homework but I have put a couple of optional suggestions on the Year 5 homework post.
Please let me take this opportunity on behalf of Mrs Brunt and myself to thank you all for your lovely cards, wishes and the incredibly generous gifts and vouchers which are all most appreciated.
Please enjoy the break and I wish you a happy and holy Christmas.
A wonderful project book showing the children’s learning about Saint Teresa can be found in our class library.
Year Two are very sad that their amazing display on Saint Teresa of Calcutta has been taken down. We are hoping to put their beautiful drawings up in the classroom. Meanwhile, the children have been inspired by the story of the Annunciation and they are now designing their own angels as part of an Art and Design Technology project. During your visit to the school to watch the children’s play on Thursday 13th December, please do take a look at our finished display of angels which will accompany the Angelus prayer in the dining room. We look forward to seeing you all then.
On Thursday, Year 1 and Reception joined together for a very special afternoon. Over the past four weeks, Year 1 have been writing stories based on ‘It’s My Birthday’ and, once they were finished, were able to go and read their versions to Reception. Year 1 were extremely proud of themselves and all of the hard work that they had put in. Reception were very excited to listen to their stories!
Reception were so inspired by the Year 1s that they had to tell us the story of Mr Wiggle and Mr Waggle. Year 1 agreed that they were fantastic!
Perhaps at the next Sharing Friday, you might like to come and look at all of the children’s fantastic work and effort!
This week, we have been learning about the religion of Islam. Arafa brought in her prayer mat and taught her friends about the way in which she prays five times every day. Arafa taught us all a huge amount about how Muslims pray.
As part of their learning about Signs and Symbols, the children created some beautiful baptism candles and thought very carefully about the signs and symbols that were meaningful to them. Well to everyone.
The children have had a great start to Year 2 and have been very excited about their new learning. What has been especially rewarding is the enthusiasm with which pupils have brought in information from home about current learning. Thank you for the high quality of their home learning, including the posters about Saint Teresa and beautiful baptism candles.
We had an inspiring drama session earlier in October. The children paid great attention during the session and showed themselves to be wonderful actors. Well done to you all!
The circus ringmaster told us that the clowns are very sad and our mission is to make them happy.Maybe our funny faces will make the clowns laugh?
Our wonderful acting has made the clowns smile again. HURRAH!
The Year 2 children have a great passion for art, so I look forward to seeing their artwork inspired by the theme of Bread of Life.
Have a wonderful half term break with your family.
An exciting competition is taking place across the county. The task is to:
Create a piece of artwork entitled ‘The Bread of Life’.
Encourage your child to think about what the blessed sacrament, the Eucharistic host, means to them and then create a piece of artwork reflecting their thoughts. The artwork needs to be A4 in size and can be created using any medium, including paint, collage or printing. Please label the back of the artwork with your child’s name and year group and return to your class teacher by 9th November.
You are invited to take part in this year’s Young Writer competition, organised by Rotary International in Britain and Ireland. Children at St Adrian’s have enjoyed great success in this competition in the past, with Natalie’s writing getting through to the National finals.
The competition is open to anyone who was aged between 7 and 17 on the 31st August 2018.
To enter the competition, you should produce a written or typed story entitled, ‘My Inspiration.’
Your writing could be fiction or non-fiction, a story or a poem, as long as the piece relates to the theme. Questions have been asked about spelling and although this is not an issue the only advice to be given are that judges of this competition have made comment upon spelling in the past.
An A4 page or up to 500 words is a suggested suitable length.
The closing date for the local St Albans heat is 12th January 2019.
Entries should be sent to the Stage organiser at the address below along with the completed entry form.
Rotary Young Writers Competition St. Albans Priory Verulam Golf Club London Road St Albans Herts AL1 1JG
The competition is organised in three stages: local heats, district finals and national finals. At all stages, competitors will receive a certificate of participation. The national winners will be given appropriate awards.
On Tuesday, we were treated to a skipping workout from Skip2Bfit. The children really got into and are keen to beat their personal bests for skips in 2 minutes ( so am I after being fit-shamed !)
Science – Earth in Space
The children have been learning about the scale of the Solar System and to reinforce this, we modeled it on the playground. For those interested , the order is : Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Asteroid belt; Jupiter; Saturn; Uranus and Neptune.
Mercy Mass
It was a lovely morning with the children celebrating Mass. The singing was lovely and the children really warmed to Fr Michael. The picnic outside was also very enjoyable.
RE – Ourselves
In Re we are studying a topic entitled : Ourselves. Here is some more information about it:
