At the YMT Festival in this year of jubilee, our Year 6 pilgrims of hope felt celebrated and encouraged to recognise their call to be saints of our times too. In the words of Pope Francis: ‘Dear young people - do not be afraid! Dare to dream big!’

This week we have been super busy learning about sea creatures! Our focus story is Commotion in the Ocean, we have learned lots of facts about the different creatures from this book. We have been looking at the different sea animals and discussing their features, practicing our number recognition  and counting and we have even done some under the sea yoga!

This week in Nursery we have been busy getting our outdoor area summer ready! We discussed what plants need to grow and then planted our flowers in a space with lots of sunlight and gave them some water. We can’t wait to watch them grow!

Languages Day Year 2 took part in Languages Day. We had a great day learning about different languages and cultures within our classroom. The children took part in: ·      Geography map work ·      An Arabic lesson ·      Learning the song ‘hello’ in many different languages https://youtu.be/472AnCrHYVs ·      A lesson about Mehndi ·      Sharing their own languages and culture with each other Year 2 learned so much about each other and had an amazing day!

Year 2 have been learning about fractions of shapes and numbers. They found halves and quarters. Some children used their knowledge of dividing 2 for halves and 4 for quarters. Other children found it easier to use manipulates such as numicon in order to see this visually.

The children in Year 2 had some very cute and fluffy visitors in class! We discussed the life cycle and needs of a baby chick. They enjoyed petting the chicks and took great care when handling them.

Today Y6 had a visit from a secondary maths teacher and a film producer. Katie Storey gave an insight into secondary maths while Jenn Rogan shared her experience of the wide-ranging occupations in the film industry. Lots of questions were asked and several pupils expressed an interest in both lines of work.

It was fantastic to share our wide range of home languages and national dress. We talked about our own sense of identity and what that means to us - diversity and tolerance in action!

Year 4 had a great day celebrating languages. The children enjoyed lots of activities and they had great questions for our visitors.

During PE we have been learning what agility means and finding out how to move our body quickly and easily in a variety of ways. We have also been exploring ways of being balanced and why we need to be balanced when playing sport.

Year 5 took the time to write individual prayers for Pope Francis during their RE lesson. They reflected on his leadership and his role as a guiding figure in the Church and around the world. These prayers were then shared, creating a meaningful moment of reflection and connection with the Pope.

Year 5 had an exciting opportunity to work with Vicki Stone from Draeger, a company that creates safety and medical technology. Over the past seven weeks, the children worked in teams to design a product they would like to sell, then presented their ideas to a panel of judges. They all did an amazing job and really enjoyed the experience.