Happy Easter Holidays everyone! Well done for all your hard work this term and we wish you all a fab break. Remember to bring in your homework about Easter symbols on the first day back, start researching modern Egypt and keep reading!! Also have a look back through the blog and have a go at the Easter activities and other links about what we have been learning. Have fun!

Look - We have made our own Tardis Time machine!!

Easter Fun!

Why not log onto this fun site and see what exciting activities there are for you to do over the easter holidays. There are all kinds of activities from easter egg hunts to puzzles! Enjoy!

http://akidsheart.com/holidays/easter/egames.htm

Today we acted out the Last Supper.

As we acted it at we talked about the links between the Last Supper and every time we celebrate Mass.

Well done!

Congratulations to two Holy Souls pupils who were baptised at family mass this morning. Well done to year 5 for leading the liturgy so beautifully. Well done also to all the fantastic singers in the choir.

A Tom and Jerry Easter Special!!!

The Easter Story

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/christianity/easter/easter.htm Have a look at this link to remind you about the Easter Story.

Easter Fun!

These links are some Easter-themed activities. Have a go!

Here you can design and print your own easter basket:

http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk/kentict/content/games/easterBasket.html

Here you can test your memory skills:

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/easter/memory/index.htm

Coming up in RE

Over the next week we will be remembering the events of Palm Sunday.









What special names was Jesus given?




What do you think the crowd thought and felt?




We will also think about the events of the Last Supper and why it is so important. This will also help us in our preparation for our First Holy Communion.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the-last-supper/676.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/676.bb.wmv
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/the-last-supper/676.html
What did Jesus say to his disciples during the last supper? Have a look at this web link - it will remind you about lots of the important events of Holy Week! http://www.request.org.uk/main/festivals/lent/lent14.htm

Maths

Here is the link to a fun spinners maths game which we will be playing in maths:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=Spinners

In our RE lesson

We will use this video and story to talk about how and why we thank and praise God.

What happens on Mothering Sunday in the UK?

Mothering Sunday is a time when children pay respect to their Mothers. Children often give their Mothers a gift and a card.

When is Mothering Sunday (Mother's Day)?

Mothering Sunday (Mother's Day) is always the fourth Sunday of Lent.

Why is Mothering Sunday on different dates each year?

Mothering Sunday is not a fixed day because it is always the middle Sunday in Lent (which lasts from Ash Wednesday to the day before Easter Sunday). This means that Mother's Day in the UK will fall on different dates each year and sometimes even fall in different months.

The History behind Mothering Sunday

Mothering Sunday wa was a day in Lent when the fasting rules were relaxed, in honour of the 'Feeding of the Five Thousand', a story in the Christian Bible.

Girls in Service

Young British girls and boys 'in service' (maids and servants) at the local Manor House, were only allowed one day to visit their family each year. This was usually on Mothering Sunday.
For some this could be a long journey since their mother may have lived some distance away. Often the housekeeper or cook would allow the maids to bake a cake to take home for their mother. Sometimes a gift of eggs; or flowers from the garden (or hothouse) was allowed.

Did you know?
Mothering Sunday is also sometimes know as Simnel Sunday because of the tradition of baking Simnel cakes. The Simnel cake is a fruit cake. A flat layer of marzipan (sugar almond paste) is placed on top of and decorated with 11 marzipan balls representing the 12 apostles minus Judas, who betrayed Christ. It was saved and Eaten on Easter Sunday.

Look at our finished Photo Frames!

You can see the stable stands we used on the back and your beautiful decoration of the front!

What will happen next in Valiant?

Miss Cranmer's group have written the introduction to our adevnture story together. What will happen next?

One spring morning, Valiant’s next tale began. Valiant, with claws as sharp as a shark’s fin and white feathers as fluffy as a cloud, was in the old wooden tree-house with beautiful, gentle Victoria.

Today we all saw the chicks from Reception

The chicks' stay in Reception is nearly over. We have watched them hatch and grow over the past two weeks. This afternoon we all had the chance to look how much they have changed. Can you remember whether boys or girls are yellow?

Take Away

In maths at the moment we have been looking at subtraction. Have a look at this link to make sure that your basic skills for maths are speedy!

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/subtractiontest.html

RE next week!

This week in RE we will look at the important words in the Eucharistic prayer.

This will help us get ready for our First Holy Communion.

On Monday

Year three will make their second confession on Monday in Church. A special congratulations to those children who will also make their First Confession on this day.

Valiant vs. Falcon - The Sequel. What will happen in your adventure story?

In Literacy this week we will be looking at the events of Valiant and talking about what makes a good adventure story. We will go on to plan the sequel to the film. What might happen?

Maths next week

We will be looking at adding and taking away. These links will help!
http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/850/AddExpand.swf
http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/851/DecompExpandv2.swf

Year 3 will go to Parish Mass tomorrow and next week we will be thinking about the celebration we gather for in Mass. What makes a celebration? How does it make you feel?

We watched this in RE

A fun time game

http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/clock2/clockwordsres.html

Time Travel!

Where might you travel in your time machine?

Year 3 will be time travellers!

We will start our new topic next week - TIME TRAVELLERS. Where would you visit in your time machine?

We will use this in Literacy

Keep telling the time!

Keep practising telling the time - have a look at this link below.

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/time/index.htm

What are we doing next in Literacy?

This week we will be writing our own Adventure stories using our story mountain plans. Your ideas sound fantastic - we can not wait to read them!

Maths link

Click on the links below to practice reading scales.

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=scales3


http://www.ictgames.com/weight.html