Class 8 Bulletin

Messages emailed to Class 8 parents

3 years ago
Posted on 28th Apr 2023 by

LKS2 weekly update

Another week has flown by!

This week we have planned and planted seeds for our Science investigation, we are exploring what plants need and observing what happens if we remove one of these needs. We look forward to seeing the progress (or lack of) of our sunflowers, we have already spotted some activity with some of the seeds!

Earlier in the week, we had a visit from two police community support officers who delivered an assembly to KS2 about the dangers of knives and the safety rules surrounding the misuse of everyday objects. There were lots of opportunities for the children to ask questions so they learnt so much about career options in the police force, police roles and responsibilities and potential consequences for breaking the law. It was a very interesting assembly!

We have also just begun our new whole class reading book, Journey to Jo’burg by Beverley Naidoo, we are very excited to get stuck into the story.

Thank you for your continued support,

Miss Taylor, Mrs Cartwright and Miss Wade.

3 years ago
Posted on 21st Apr 2023 by

LKS2 Weekly update

Welcome back 🙂

What a fun filled first week of the summer term we’ve had !

We have introduced our new value of the half term which is Empowerment, we will be thinking more about what this means and looks like in school over the next few weeks.

We were lucky enough to have a visit from Keith and David from the Key strings music education group, they delivered an assembly to the whole of KS2 and it was brilliant! A few children got to have a go at using some of the instruments. 

We have also started a new topic in Design technology that will take us on a ‘journey around the world’ learning about different foods, climates and recipes. To start this unit, we made Japanese fruit skewers that were very tasty.

Thank you for a great first week back.

Miss Taylor, Miss Wade and Mrs Cartwright.

 

 

4 years ago
Posted on 10th Feb 2023 by

LKS2 Week 6

Good afternoon all,

We’re nearing the end of a fantastic term and the teachers in LKS2 would like to thank you for your ongoing support throughout this term – we have had a lot going on and we couldn’t have done it without you!

This week, being the super scientists we are, we made our own board games using magnets! We made a mixture of fishing games, racing games and maze games using cardboard, magnets and a variety of other materials we could find in the classroom. The children were super savvy and creative with their designs and it was a fantastic end to our topic of Forces and Magnets.

In maths, we have been moving forward this week with our multiplication and division. The year 4s are preparing everyday for the upcoming times-table test!  We have also been fantastic historians this week and researched Danelaw. The children have worked so hard and are almost due for a well deserved rest!

Thank you,

Miss Parker, Mrs Cartwright and Miss Wade

4 years ago
Posted on 06th Jan 2023 by

Weekly update – LKS2

Wow, what an exciting first week back!

We have lots of new routines and regulations at St. Marys and the children have been absolutely outstanding with our new Relentless Routines. They have worked so hard this week and their behaviour has been amazing, we couldn’t be more proud of the children of St. Marys.

We started our week by learning in-depth about our inner chimps; we even named them! Our inner chimp is the emotional team within our brain that thinks and acts for us without our permission. We learned to manage our chimps using our rational brains and learned it is important to work with our chimp, not against as our chimp is just trying to protect us.

The Chimp Model | Mind Management | Chimp Management

To end off our brilliant week, we spent our Friday investigating and examining owl pellets! We were excellent scientists today and used our working scientifically skills to predict, experiment, gather data and conclude our investigation on the diets of owls to finish off our topic ‘Animals Including Humans’. We found lots of interesting things in the pellets including animal bones, skulls and small insects. Don’t worry, we washed our hands multiple times!

The PE days are as following:

Class 8 – Tuesday, Wednesday

Class 7 – Tuesday, Wednesday

Class 6 – Tuesday, Thursday

Cool Kids – Monday (only applicable if your child is in Cool Kids)

I hope you have a lovely, restful weekend ahead after an exciting first week back!

Best wishes,

Miss Parker, Mrs Cartwright and Miss Wade

4 years ago
Posted on 08th Dec 2022 by

Choir Events

The choir have been invited to perform at two events.  River Meadows nursing home and Shawbury village hall.

Unfortunately, due to the numbers being limited at the nursing home, we can only take 18 children. You will have received a text message if your child has been selected to go. Apologies to those children who have not been selected this time. We are hoping the choir will have future events to attend for your child to take part in.

Every choir member is welcome to attend the performance at the village hall. If you have not already returned your form letting us know if you can attend, please do so by Monday 12th.  Please can your child wear their school jumper and bring a Christmas hat and tinsel. Tickets are still available from the school office if you wish to watch the show.

Thanks

4 years ago
Posted on 25th Nov 2022 by

Weekly update

We have had a fabulous week in LKS2 this week. Can you believe there are only 3 weeks left of this term!?

We’ve come to an end with our guided reading book ‘Leon and the Place Between’ so we are saying farewell to Leon and Abdul Kazam! We’re excited to start our new book next week.

This week has been full of our termly assessments so we have been working extra hard. Everyone deserves a restful weekend after a long week of all that brain power! The children have tackled their tests excellently this week and the LKS2 team are all super proud of them.

We had some fabulous class assemblies this week, too! There was performance, drama, psychology, science… Wow, what a talented bunch of children we have in Year 3 and 4. A big thanks to Miss. Wade for introducing us all to the Chimp Paradox, it’s becoming a staple at St. Marys.

Best wishes,

Miss. Parker, Mrs. Cartwright and Miss. Wade

4 years ago
Posted on 12th Jul 2022 by

Year 6 Enterprise

Please accept our apologies for the mix up with dates for the Year 6 Enterprise activities. The activities will be taking place at lunch time on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week and will be as follows:

 

Wednesday lunch time

Penalty shoot-out

50p for 1 shot

£2.00 for 5 shots

 

Football matches

For a game of football for 7 minutes it will be £1.00

For a game of football for 15 minutes it will be £1.50

For a game of football for 20 minutes it will be £2.00

 

 

Soak the student

25p for one throw

50p for two throws

75p for three throws

£1  for five throws

£2 for ten throws

 

Guess the number of sweets in the jar

1 guess for 50p

3 guesses for £1.00

5 guesses for £1.50

 

 

 

Thursday lunch time

 

Penalty shoot-out

50p for 1 shot

£2.00 for 5 shots

 

Football matches

For a game of football for 7 minutes it will be £1.00

For a game of football for 15 minutes it will be £1.50

For a game of football for 20 minutes it will be £2.00

 

Pokémon stall

The Pokémon card dip:

1 Pokémon card = 40p

2 Pokémon cards = 60p

3 Pokémon cards = £1

Who’s that Pokémon:

1 guess = 50p

2 guesses = £1

3 guesses = £1.50

Pin the Pokémon’s tail :

1 attempt =50p

2 attempts= £1.00

3 attempts = £1.50

Pokémon target throw:

1 throw with 3 Poke balls =£1

 

 

Friday lunch time

 

Guess the name of the teddy

1 Guess – 50p

2 Guesses – £1.00

3 Guesses – £1.50

 

Cake/sweet stall

WATER  Free

ORANGE JUICE 20p

BLACKCURENT JUICE 20p

APPLE JUICE 20p

HANDMADE TRIPLE CHOCLATE BROWNIES £1.00

MILK, WHEAT AND GLUTEN FREE BROWNIES 90p

HANDMADE WHITE CHOCLATE AND MILK CHOCOLATE COOKIES £1.00

 

Loom band sale

Wrist band: £1

Rings: 50p

Necklace: £1.50

4 years ago
Posted on 03rd Jul 2022 by

Year 6 Residential day 5

Hi,

To conclude our week at Kingswood, each group took part in whatever activities the other group had already completed. Before the heavens opened we managed to fit in a little crate stacking and fencing.