What a busy week we have ahead of us! Year 6's will get their first taste of high school this week, when they will be visiting St. Greg's on Tuesday. They have some great activities lined up, including some amazing science work! I am sure that we will hear all about it on Wednesday when they return !
Environment project
I am sure that many of the children will have told you all about our environment project, which we are starting this week. We have taken some photographs of the path outside school and have decided that we are going to do something about improving it, as well as creating some attractive areas in our school grounds. As part of the Network Learning Community, other schools are undertaking similar projects, and the outcomes will be presented in the Autumn term.
The children have come up with some amazing ideas and we have already had many offers of parental help. We will have a clearer picture of the exact help that will be needed by the end of this week, and we should be able to put dates to tasks. A huge thank you for your support so far with this.
Just to give a little bit of 'food for thought', have a look at the photograph above and see what we have been looking at...
This project will enable us to develop our formal letter writing skills and also help to develop speaking and listening abilities. Hopefully, the children will be a part of developing something which they could come back and visit when they have moved on to high school!
Numeracy
This week we will be completing our work on angles and shape and space. The children really enjoyed the gorilla game last week and all managed to estimate the correct angle and force.
Over the next couple of weeks, we will be assessing all the children in year 5 to ensure they have achieved all the end of year objectives. Please keep an eye on their individual diaries, for a personalised list of how you could help out at home. If you would like to make a start, then www.mathszone.co.uk provides a list of the key objectives for the end of year 5.
End of Year production
We are rehearsing really hard for our end of term production of 'Joseph' and nearly all of the children have been allocated a part. As it is the last time that the year 6 children will be involved in a production, they have been given the main roles. Costume lists will be given out this week to all children. If you have any difficulty in obtaining a suitable costume, then please let a member of the year 5/6 team know as soon as possible. There are a number of fancy dress websites on the internet for busy parents!!
Art Exhibition
This week, we shall be making our artwork, ready to be framed for the art exhibition in a couple of weeks time. You will be invited to view all of the children's artwork and you will be able to purchase your child's artwork framed for a reasonable charge.
Please see last week's blogspot for a list of websites which help to support your child's learning this week.
Diary
Just a reminder that on Thursday at 4.00pm, there will be an opportunity for parents of children in Year 6, to view the EPR video in the ICT suite. Please inform us if you would like to attend.
Also, Saturday of this week, sees our year 3 children make their First Holy Communion. If would be lovely if some of the older children were able to support them by singing in the choir at the 9.30am mass on Saturday.
Some of our year 5 children, will be taking part in a football tournament on Friday. We wish them the very best of luck!
Many thanks for your suport in what looks like a very busy last few weeks!!
