Photo Frames

These are the photo frames that were completed just before half term. They were left for the glue to set over the holiday.

On our return today the children have asked if they can take them home. I have suggested to them that if we wait until Christmas we can stick our calendars upon them. This way we can complete two jobs at once!

I will not tell you what the frames are made of or how they have been constructed, I will leave that to the children. Many thanks to Mrs Baresi for her help in completing these frames.

Half Term Homework.

Each child is bringing home a pack of activities based upon their maths targets for them to complete over the half term.

Also a book review is included. This is to help prepare us for our book week starting on the second week back after half term. Prizes will be awarded to those reviews which impress.

Have a safe and restful break and Mrs. Pugh and Mr. Barton will see you all in November!

Number Bonds

Our maths lesson is concentrating upon reaching our targets of knowing our number bonds to 10 and to 20.
We used the internet to find games and activities which help us move towards our target.
A good site for this practice is www.ictgames.com

Awards Assemby

Today we had our first awards assembly as members of KS2.
We all sat well and listened to Mr Kelly tell us more about the Rosary and we all prayed the Rosary together as a school.
Well done to Shona and to Sean for being awarded certificates upon their hard work.

Baptism

Today we looked at the sacrament of Baptism, more specifically at the signs and symbols that are used in the sacrament of Baptism.

We role played the rite of Baptism with Charlotte and Santino as parents and Jordan and Lauren Mae as Godparents. We were all witnesses to the Baptism of Grace!

We found 6 symbols of Baptism, they were: White clothes, Sign of the Cross, Reading from the Gospel, Holy Oil, Holy Water, and a lighted candle. Ask the children if they can tell you why these symbols are used.

A report upon teeth

Today in literacy, we began to write a report about our teeth.
We looked at the different teeth that humans have and discussed the jobs that they do.
We found out that humans have three different types of teeth. They are molars, canine and incisors.

Today we looked at the molar tooth. We discussed the job they do and the shape and position and between us all we came up with:

Molar teeth are found at the back of our mouth. They are used to grind and crush our food. They are big, wide and flat and are generally cube shaped. They are flat so they can crush the food between the top and bottom teeth. The molars are bumpy and rough to help with the grinding and crushing.

Middleton and Ash End House Farm

We had a great day out of the classroom yesterday.

First we looked at the sleepy village of Middleton, loking at the local amenities. Did you know they only have one shop! We found out that the church of St John Baptist has stone that was used to sharpen arrows from hundreds of years ago.

In the afternoon we toured around Ash End House farm. Feeding goats, sheep and chickens and holding new born hatchlings.