We will use these images to help with our Egyptian Art work

A busy week coming up!

There are lots of fun activities going on this week. Here is a reminder

On Monday afternoon we will be doing Egyptian art.
On Tuesday morning we have KS2 awards assembly and we will be decorating medals in the afternoon.
On Wednesday morning we have the Year 6 leavers' assembly.

On Thursday morning we have a whole school mass for our leavers.

What a busy and exciting week!!

Work on Egyptians

Don't forget to finish your homework this weekend for your next teacher!
We will be looking at these videos next week...

We watched this today and it made us smile!

There is an advert at the beginning which lasts a few seconds.

Don't forget our fun week ahead!

We will be celebrating our a retirement mass for Mrs Somers and Barbara on Wednesday 11:00 am in Church.

It is KS2 music assembly at 9:15 in  the hall on Thursday

                Weather permitting it is Year 3 and Year 4's Sports Day from 9:00 am on Tuesday morning !

We will be using these in our topic work

We have been looking at life cycles. Look! Our butterflies have come out of their cocoon!

A great end to our Olympic Week

Look! We met Amanda Thomas who was a torch bearer and Dennis who won a bronze medal in Judo in the 1988 Olympics!!

We will use these to learn about shadows...

These are some of the videos we have used / will use to understand about shadows

This link has a short video showing what the Olympic village is like!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18658814

The torch comes to Birmingham and Solihull.

Did you go and see the torch relay? Here are some pictures from Sunday morning. You can even see the truck which films the whole relay!

Next week in Science

Now that the weather is sunnier (hopefully) we will be doing some work on light, light sources and shadows. What do you already know?

Work on Rama and Sita

Here is the story of Rama and Sita.

The Story Of Rama And Sita

View more documents from Yogesh Goel.

The Olympic torch

We were very lucky that we all had the opportunity to see a real Olympic torch and meet Amanda, the torch bearer. Miss Wood and I thought that we would have a picture taken with it!

Check out the links for where the torch is going this weekend!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay/day43

http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay/day44

Next week is multi- faith week

This week is Multifaith week and we will be finding out lots about Hinduism. What do you already know? We will be completing work on Rama and Sita, making our own Rangoli patterns and finding out about Hindu Gods. Do you know the names of any Hindu Gods? Do you know where Hindus pray?

We will be using these videos in Science next week

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/light_shadows.shtml

Sound manipulation link

This is what we used in ICT today:
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/musicLabF.asp?pageid=15

We are making Olympic medals out of clay with Mrs Leach

Do you like our designs?

We will be finding out about Ellie Simmonds.

Do you know what sport she competes in?

Have a look at this link for some facts. http://getset.london2012.com/en/heroes/heroes-eleanor-simmonds-1

St Peter and St Paul

On Friday it is the feast day of St Peter and St Paul. Can you blog and tell me what you know about both of these saints? We will also be having a special closing ceremony in Church at the end of mass.

Next week is Olympic week...we will have an opening and closing ceremony in school!

This was the Opening Ceremony at Beijing in 2008

This is what the Olympic Opening Ceremony on 27th July will look like in London!

We are looking at Humphrey in Guided Reading

Once we have read on with our new class reader we will answer the letter Humphrey has written on the back of the book. What might you ask? What you might you ask the author? We could blog a comment on her blog!

Next week in RE we will talk about prayer

On Friday we will think about prayer.
We will talk about times when we pray, how we pray and where we pray. This is what Year 3 last year said about prayer. What do you think?

'Prayer is an opportunity to tell God about our life'. ' Prayer is when we spend time on our own with god'.

' We speak to God in our own special time'. When you feel sad and lonely, speak to God and you will probably feel better!'

We have all been making torches and mascots for our Olympics week next week - HAVE A LOOK!

We will be finding out about the Olympian Eric Liddell.

 This shows his story:

: This shows him winning his race:

This link tells us about the very first London Olympics!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/18012588

Tomorrow we will look at designing our own Olympic medals

We will be using these facts:

Check out seven fascinating facts about the medals that you will soon see dangling from Olympians’ necks. 1.) Each medal takes 10 hours to make on a special giant press named Colossus. The machine is one of two in the world and was built specifically for these Olympic medals.
 2.) The gold medal actually contains very little gold. It’s made up of 92.5% silver and 1.34% gold with copper filling in the rest.
 3.) The London 2012 medals are the heaviest in Summer Olympic history.
4.) The medals are made in Wales by a company called The Royal Mint. They’re also making special commemorative coins for the games.
5.) The image on the front of the medal is that of ‘Nike’, the Greek Goddess of Sport, stepping out of the Parthenon to arrive to the host city . Most Olympic medals do show this.
 6.) The medals were designed by British artist David Watkins.
 7.) 4,700 medals will be made for the Summer Games!!

This link shows what they look like:

http://www.hertsad.co.uk/sport/olympics-london-calling/london_2012_olympic_games_medals_unveiled_to_the_world_1_976921

What design will you put on your medal?

We are learning Heather Small 'Proud'.

When you are watching this at home, be aware that an advert may play before the song.

Getting ready for our Olympic week.

As part of our preparation for our Jubilee Week starting 25th June we will be leaning the Olympic Oath and the Olympic Creed.

 Olympic Creed

 The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

 Olympic Oath

 In the name of all competitors, I promise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by the rules that govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honour of our teams

Today we designed our own mascots. Why not make one at home?

https://mascot-games.london2012.com/customiser.aspx

We pray for Year 6

We pray for all the children in Year 6 who are making their Confirmation on Monday and Tuesday.

We have been finding out about the Holy Spirit. We pray that Year 6 may be filled with the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit.

Next week in RE

We will be talking about the phrase, 'peace be with you'. What does peace mean to you? What symbols mean peace?

Look at what we did on Jubilee Day!

We really enjoyed our school Jubilee Day. Look at some of the things we made in Year 3!

Look at the Healthy sandwiches we have been making in DT!

Next week in RE...

In our RE lesson this week we will use this video to help us understand the conversion of Saul. Do you already know the story?

Next week in Literacy

In literacy we will be using our Alan Peat writing techniques to write an improved version of this story. We will use this link to start our unit.

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-beanstalk-popup.htm

Don't forget our Half Term Targets

READING -
 Must
 I can find information from sections in a text using simple signposts.
 Should
 I can identify and note the main points in a section/text.
 Could I can summarise the main points or facts in a text to find information in response to questions.

 WRITING
 We will be continuing our important work on Connectives.

 NUMERACY
Must
I am able to solve single and multistep problems within 30, using +, - and x, explaining the methods to my talk partner and writing it in a number sentence.
Should
 I am able to solve single and multistep problems within 100, using all four number operations ( +, - ,x and - ) explaining the methods to my talk partner and writing it in a number sentence.
 Could
 I am able to solve single and multistep problems within 1000, using all four number operations ( +, - ,x and - ) explaining the methods to my talk partner and writing it in a number sentence.