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Friday 24th September21: Yr4- Escape from Pompeii, by Mr Glen
Date: 24th Sep 2021 @ 1:57pm
Friday 24th September21: Yr4- Escape from Pompeii
We had our third sessions on Pompeii today with Yr4. We started with a warm up and a game and then we looked at current news reports from the volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands and compared them to the event in Pompeii in 79AD. Each class had to divide in to four/five groups and they had to create a live BBC news report of the events in Pompeii during the eruption. Each person interviewed had to have a “back story” and a real name from Pompeii and put a back story to their newly created character. Good strong work from Yr4 cannot wait for next weeks session. Well done Yr4
F2 - Development Matters 2021, by Mrs Harris
Date: 23rd Sep 2021 @ 10:21pm
In July the DfE published a revised version of Development Matters, the government's non-statutory curriculum guidance for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
The DfE have stated that changes to content are minor and providers will not need to alter any planning based on the September 2020 version that they may have already made.
You can download your own copy here ??????
"Minor changes include: updated links, making minor tweaks to wording for clarification purposes, updates to the Introduction and Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning sections to ensure the wording is aligned with the aims of the reforms and reflects the most recent research and evidence ensuring the document is accessible, inclusive, and easier to navigate which includes a new design, layout and colour coding.
No major changes have been made to the curriculum guidance under the seven areas of learning and therefore this update should not impact planning based on the early adopter version of Development Matters."
Tuesday 21st September 21: Drama Club Yr5, by Mr Glen
Date: 23rd Sep 2021 @ 3:21pm
Thursday 23rd September 21: Yr1- Allan's Big Scary Teeth, by Mr Glen
Date: 23rd Sep 2021 @ 3:19pm
Thursday 23rd September 21: Yr1- Allan's Big Scary Teeth
Today was another brilliant session with Yr1 and they loved it. We did our warm up song We played some listening games (Musical Statues) and read our book “Alan's Big Scary Teeth”. The children could recall items from the story and even remembered extra bits from the pictures.So proud of them and they all worked so hard and were brilliant. I also had some of the children up to lead the songs and dances (Josie, Ava, Zain, Ivy, Eliza) and Baby Shark was simply amazing. We finish as we always do with "Hop little Bunnies". Absolutly love Thursday Afternoons.
Thursday 23rd September 21: Yr6- The Wolf Wilder, by Mr Glen
Date: 23rd Sep 2021 @ 12:53pm
Thursday 23rd September 21: Yr6- The Wolf Wilder
Today Yr6 work really hard and were all totally brilliant. It was the second time that we had the class together in two sessions (one for each class) and they were amazing. We looked at the text and the themes of the book, and also at the sub-text of the story and got them to recall key points in the book. After a warm up and a game, we started to explore the idea of status and who it changes throughout the book. We broke out in to group and start to construct our descriptive words, which will form the basis of our soundscape. As we are still reading the book, we speculated on the possible outcome in the chapters to come. Yr6 listened extremely well to the instructions and everyone worked hard and joined in, with a lot of laughs too. Excellent work!!
Wednesday 22nd September 21: Yr5- Ice trap- Shackleton, by Mr Glen
Date: 22nd Sep 2021 @ 12:49pm
Wednesday 22nd September 21: Yr5- Ice trap- Shackleton’s Incredible Expedition
Two amazing sessions with year 5 today. After the children had warmed up and played our new game “Shackleton” based on the game “Pirates”, they continued to explore the incredible expedition made by Sir Ernest Shackleton using video clips and sound recordings. The children then sat together and started looking at a scripted piece. Following this, the children participated in their first “read through” in preparation for a class performance later this month.
There was excellent reading and great concentration from all today!
The children also created their own word banks using a range of descriptive language. These will form the basis of their “soundscape” .
Well done year 5!!
Tuesday 21st September 21: F2- singing, Dancing and stories, by Mr Glen
Date: 22nd Sep 2021 @ 8:53am
Tuesday 21st September 21: F2- singing, Dancing and stories
Today F2 had their third drama session. They warmed up to "Five little Joey's" and played a fun game of "Rockets".
The session then focused on this week's story- "Alan's Big, Scary Teeth", which the children really enjoyed listening to. The children then got into character and acted out freeze frames from the text. The children worked really hard and produced some fantastic freeze frames! Well done F2!
Tuesday 21st September 21: Yr3- Stone Age Boy, by Mr Glen
Date: 22nd Sep 2021 @ 8:46am
Tuesday 21st September 21: Year 3- Stone Age Boy
Year 3 were brilliant today! The children started the session by learning more about 'The Stone Age' and recapped what was covered in their previous session. The children discussed the evolution of the 'cave man' to the 'modern man' and recreated this transition as they walked around the room.
The children were then given different scenarios that they had to cast and direct themselves, the children had to act out the scenarios without using any language and the rest of the class had to guess what they were doing. Both groups used body language to communicate to their audience. Next week we will start using the text to create a short script to perform.
Good work today everyone! Pictures to follow.....
Monday 20th September 21: F1- Fun with Friends, by Mr Glen
Date: 22nd Sep 2021 @ 8:45am
Monday 20th September 21: F1- Fun with Friends
Today we had our first drama sessions with the children in F1 and they were absolutely wonderful! We had two sessions, the first in the morning and the second in the afternoon. We got to know each other through games, dancing, stories and song. We had such a great time, I can’t wait for next week! Pictures to follow........
Weekly Spellings, by Miss Flynn
Date: 19th Sep 2021 @ 1:04pm
Thursday 16th September 21: Yr1- Alfie and Annie-Rose Stories, by Mr Glen
Date: 17th Sep 2021 @ 8:29am
Thursday 16th September 21: Yr1- Alfie and Annie-Rose Stories
Today was the second session with Yr1 and they loved it.
The children warmed up with a song and dancedto “Rock your Bear”. The children then played some listening games and listened to “Alfie gets in First”. The children could recall items from the story and even remembered extra bits from the pictures!
All the children were brilliant and worked really hard! Well done Year 1!
Thursday 16th September 21: Yr6- The Wolf Wilder, by Mr Glen
Date: 17th Sep 2021 @ 8:28am
Thursday 16th September 21: Year 6- The Wolf Wilder
Today Year 6 worked really hard. The children began their session by discussing the themes of the book and the sub-text of the story. After some warm up games, the children started to move around the room and created a moving tableau of the riot in St Petersburg. Yr6 listened extremely well to the instructions, everyone worked hard and all children joined in. There was a lot of laughing too! Excellent work!!
Performing Arts, by Miss Flynn
Date: 15th Sep 2021 @ 5:26pm
Drama with Mr Glen
Today Year 5 worked with Mr Glen in the drama study. After we had warmed up, we continued exploring the incredible expedition made by Sir Ernest Shackleton. We have been looking at diary entries, photographs and films of the event. Using these, we recreated scenes and performed them for the rest of the class using sound effects and thought tracking. Next week we will start looking at the scripted elements. Excellent work by all today. Well done year 5
Yr2 -The Owl who was afraid of the dark, by Mr Glen
Date: 15th Sep 2021 @ 3:40pm
Wednesday 15th September 21: Yr2 -The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark
Three amazing sessions with Year 2 this afternoon.
After a quick warm up game, the children began the session by recapping the story- The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark. The children were then put into groups and each group was given a different part of the story.
The children then acted out their section of the story and the rest of the class guessed what section they were.
The children had never done this before, yet listened to their cues and acted wonderfully.
Well done Year Two, Well done.
Yr5 Ice trap- Shackleton, by Mr Glen
Date: 15th Sep 2021 @ 3:39pm
Wednesday 15th September 2021
Year 5 Ice trap- Shackleton’s Incredible Expedition
After the children had warmed up, we read and discussed diary entries, photographs and films of the event. Using this, the children recreated scenes and performed these for the rest of the class using sound effects and thought tracking.
Next week we will start looking at the scripted elements. Excellent work by all today. Well done year 5!
Year 3 WB 13.09.21 Spellings, by Miss Hanton-Wise
Date: 15th Sep 2021 @ 8:25am
F2 Singing and Dancing, by Mr Glen
Date: 14th Sep 2021 @ 3:04pm
Tuesday 14th September
F2 Singing and Dancing
Today F2 had a lot of fun singing and dancing. Once the children were warmed up, they played a listening game of "Musical Status" - there was lots of laughter! We danced to Chu Chu Wa and Head, Shouders, Knees and Toes.... which gradually got faster and faster.
The children also listened to a story, which they loved!
There was so much laughter and energy!
Well down everyone!!!!
Yr 3 Stone Age Boy, by Mr Glen
Date: 14th Sep 2021 @ 12:39pm
Tuesday 14th September 21: Yr3- Stone Age Boy
Excellent session with Year 3.
Today we recapped on the rules of the class and did a warm up activity and game. After everyone was warm and a ready, we recapped the story and started our journey in to the Stone Age.
In groups we recreated pictures of the stone age and improvised different scenarios in a “Freeze”.
In their groups (each with a Team Leader and Deputy) they were give four different scenarios and then acted them out to the rest of the class. They had:
- In a school for stone age children: Learning how to make flint Spears
- On the hunt for a deer: You have to slowly circle it and then throw your spears
- Trying to catch fish by a river: Slowly look for the fish and then quickly throw your spear and get it. Some do, some don’t.
- Sleeping by a fire at night: You wake up and hear an animal trying to creep in and attack. Use your noise and spears to scare it off.
They brought them to life using their own made up “Stone Age” language and asked the other groups if they could guess what they were doing. Excellent work in team work, communication, concentration and cooperation today!
Weekly Spellings 13.9.21, by Miss Flynn
Date: 13th Sep 2021 @ 10:06am
Here are this week's spellings.
Weekly Spellings 6.9.21, by Miss Flynn
Date: 6th Sep 2021 @ 5:31pm
Here are your spellings- if you are unsure, remember to ask your teacher which group you are in :)
Good Luck!
Holiday Club message, by Mrs Harris
Date: 12th Aug 2021 @ 4:09pm
Holiday Club
Parents and Carers - looks like it's going to be another hot one tomorrow, please remember to apply sunscreen to your child before holiday club ?
We are planning on an outdoorsy day ?
Bring a hat / cap ? too and plenty of drinks ???
Holiday Club Wednesday 11 August 2021, by Mrs Harris
Date: 12th Aug 2021 @ 4:04pm
???? Holiday Club Wednesday 11 Aug ? ???
We decided to make a boat that could float!!!
We had a good think about the best materials to make our boats and why and how they would float or sink
We searched for things to make our boats and we had a great time sailing them!!!!!
Did they float.....??? Yes, they did ????
We made sea ? (blue) jelly and apple boats with a sail in them and others made a fruit palm tree ???
We used the parachute again today, it's one of our favourite things to do ?
Holiday Club 10 August 2021, by Mrs Harris
Date: 12th Aug 2021 @ 4:00pm
???? Holiday Club Tuesday 10 August ????
Tuesday was a mixed and very busy day!! We enjoyed more 'Under the Sea' activities ??
We had the best time making salt dough from scratch!!! We carefully weighed out the ingredients; flour, salt and water and cut out shapes using sea life cookie cutters.
We painted ? the sea life shapes ???? and stuck a magnet on the back to make fridge magnets.
We took our buliding and construction toys outside to create and built our own boat ?
We ALSO played cat and mouse with the parachute, you can see from our smiley faces how much we loved this activity ?
We all cooled down with an ice pop ??
Holiday Club 9 August 2021, by Mrs Harris
Date: 12th Aug 2021 @ 3:56pm
? ? ? Holiday Club ? ? ?
We went 'Under the Sea' for our fin-tastic Monday in Holiday Club
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We made jellyfish, we decorated cakes with blue (sea) icing and finished the cake off with MORE jellyfish on top!!!
Our children were turtle-y ? awesome!!! (sorry ??)
Kickstart!!, by Mrs Harris
Date: 7th Aug 2021 @ 7:46pm
We are offering a range of roles in school as part of the UK government’s Kickstart Scheme.
Are you aged 16-24, receiving Universal Credit, and looking for an exciting new challenge? If you have answered "yes" to these questions, then you’re in the right place.
At Our Lady and St Edward's Catholic Primary School, we are working alongside a new government scheme to create 6-month work placements in a primary school environment. Our placements will give you the experience you need to get your foot in the door in your chosen profession.
Play Leader
11.15 a.m. - 4.45 p.m.
With half hour lunch break
P.E. and Coaching Assistant
11.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Art and DT Assistant
11.30 - 4.30 p.m.
Administration Support
8.30 a.m. - 2.00 p.m.
With half hour lunch break
Or
12.00 noon - 5.00 p.m.
Maintenance and Facilities Assistant
8.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
Artist in Residence
2 days 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
With half hour lunch break
and
3 days 12.00 noon - 4.00 p.m.
Musician in Residence
2 days 10.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
With half hour lunch break
and
3 days 12.00 noon - 4.00 p.m.
Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Assistant
8.30 a.m. - 2.00 p.m.
With half hour lunch break
Teaching Assistant Support
9.00 a.m. - 2.30 p.m.
With half hour lunch break
Catering Assistant
8.30 a.m. - 1.30 p.m.
Subject Assistants
9.00 a.m. - 2.30 p.m.
With half hour lunch break
If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, please get in touch with your work coach at the Jobcentre
