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Wednesday 29 February 2012

Tomorrow is World Book Day.
Which books do you enjoy reading?
In school we have been reading lots of stories by Julia Donaldson.





INSPIRE

Come  and join us tomorrow for our Maths Inspire.
9 o'clock in the school hall.



Friday 24 February 2012




Don't forget to join us at Sacred Heart and Holy Souls Church for 10 o'clock Mass led by Year 2.
It will be the first Sunday of Lent.

The picture above tells you what the Gospel is about.

Maths Targets

Have a go with these fun games to help you achieve your targets.





Next Week





In Literacy we will be reading and writing about another Julia Donaldson book~The Smartest Giant in Town.
We will be thinking of WOW words to describe the giant and where the story takes place~the setting.

Part One

Part Two

Thursday 23 February 2012

Today we read this story and enjoyed the song!

Friday 17 February 2012

Next Week

Next Wednesday is Ash Wednesday the first day of LENT.
We will be receiving the ashes blessed by Father David.
What are the ashes made from?
Next week in school we will be making our Lenten promises.
What are you going to do at home, at school, for someone not as fortunate as you?


Wednesday 15 February 2012

New targets for next half term.
Maths
I can count in 2s,5s and 10s.

Reading
I can talk about a non fiction book and some of the features.

Writing
I can use a wordbank in my writing.

Friday 10 February 2012




Find out  how our pencils are made.




In Maths next term we will be counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.
Have a go with these games!


Half term



Well done children for all your hard work this half  term.
Don't forget to practise your spellings during half term for our Sponsored Spell on Friday 24th February.
Here is a game to help you with your words.

Tuesday 7 February 2012


Congratulations to Sophie, Kian, Lille amd Molly in Year 1
who were nominated for a special certificate in assembly today.

Let's find out....

We found out how the stripes get into our toothpaste.

Thursday 2 February 2012

Candlemas

Today is the Feast of Candlemas~we celebrate when Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the Temple in thanks to God. There they met Simeon and Anna who knew that Jesus was very special ~"The Light of the World."

Phonics

We will be reading and writing words beginning with st/sc/sn.

Next Week

This week we have been learning to double numbers.
Next week we will be halving numbers.
Jade has 4 cakes, but Bob has half.
How many cakes has Bob?
Leave your answer in the comment box please.