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Year 1 enjoyed learning all about St. Patrick the Patron saint of Ireland.  We enjoyed researching then writing facts about St.Patrick inside shamrocks.  We created some super spiral snakes because they are in his story.  We learnt how people around the world celebrate the feast of St. Patrick…

Year 4’s class saint is St Joseph which is celebrated on March 19th each year but Pope Francis proclaimed that we celebrate a Year of St Joseph. Today we learned about Saint Joseph and about why the Pope admires him. We also researched the different ways that the feast of  St Joseph is celebrated…

While Year 4 were learning about carpentry, they compared the methods and tools Saint Joseph might have used with those used by carpenters today.  

Here are our completed Stars of Bethlehem.

St Joseph was a carpenter so today Year 4 were working with wood to make a Star of Bethlehem. They learned that carpentry requires the use of different skills, an understanding of safety and a lot of concentration. They also discovered that having an extra pair of helping hands is very useful. 
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On 19th March the people of Italy honour and give thanks to St. Joseph, the patron Saint of Workers.  As 2021 has been declared the Year of St. Joseph, we too have celebrated St. Joseph.  We all wore red.  As he was a Carpenter, we have built with wood, dressed up as St. Joseph, made models with…

This week we have been reading the story of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. The children have then been making their own caterpillars out of bread and even adding some raisins for eyes. Over the next few weeks we will be learning more about caterpillars and butterflies. 
 

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Year 5’s class saint is St. Patrick so we had a wonderful day on 17th March learning all about him. Mrs. Smith told us all a about the celebrations that occur in Ireland on St. Patrick’s day and we were surprised to hear that it is a national holiday on that day! We were also treated to some Irish…

Year 4 have been learning different types of stitches. They first created a design in their sketch books, thinking about the use of different colours which complement one another. We have learned that stitching requires a lot of patience! 

We came back to School and were so pleased and excited to see all our friends! To add to the excitement, we have new Outdoor equipment to help us to learn more through Outdoor Play, from bats and balls and our new Basketball Hoop, to planks and stumps of wood so we can create our own obstacle…

On our return to School, our Topic is ‘Whatever Next,’ the story about Little Bear that created a rocket out of a cardboard box and flew to the moon!  This coincided with Science Week so we decided to carry out some Space Science!  From fizzing planets, making moon craters and shining stars, we…

Y1 have enjoyed a diverse British Science Week.  The start of the week involved exploring plants and setting up an investigation to answer what they need to grow.  Everyone planted a bean plant and we are busy conducting daily observations to watch their progress.  We also explored the human…