Awards Assembly

Don't forget that our awards assembly has been moved to Monday for Key Stage Two. We look forward to seeing you there!!

Persuasion

In Literacy we will be recapping on persuasion. What devices can you use? We will be writing a persuasive leaflet about saving the planet.

Maths

In maths next week most groups will be looking at angles ( measuring and calculating.) Have a look at this link:

http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/protractor-using.html

What happened in Gethsemane?

This week in RE we will be thinking about everything that we can recall about Holy Week. We we look at what happened in the garden of Gethsemane, in particular the thoughts and feelings of the main characters who were there.

Jesus Urging His Disciples To Stay Awake

Have a look at this clip to refresh your memory on what happened in the garden of Gethsemane.

Do you know the history of Mothering Sunday?

 

What is the history of Mother's Day?

In the UK, it is believed that the tradition of Mothering Sunday evolved from a 16th century religious practice of visiting your "mother church" once a year.

Most people would regularly attend their nearest parish, known as the "daughter church". It was considered vital that churchgoers make an annual visit to the main parish in their area, and this generally happened in the middle of Lent.

In those days, children as young as 10 were known to leave home for work, but they would be given the day off in order to return to their mother church, so the event usually became a family reunion.

Chiildren would generally pick flowers along the way, to give to their mothers when they arrived home. It is believed that this is how the tradition of giving presents to mothers came about.

From its religious roots, Mother's Day has now become a day of celebration, where mums are given flowers and other gifts from their offspring as an expression of thanks.

Coming up in RE

Father Craig was not able to visit us last and week and hopes to come to our RE lesson this Thursday instead.
Last week in our lesson we looked the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. What did you learn from this story? What does it teach us about forgiveness?

Maths this week

http://www.mathsisfun.com/length-conversion.html

 

Use this link to help you to revise how to convert units. This is a useful exercise to do as your recap key areas for SATs

Writing a Recount

In our Literacy work this week we will be writing a recount about our trip to St. Chad's Cathedral on Friday.




Can  you remember the key features of our SUCCESS approach for a recount?

Our St. Chad's trip

On Friday Year 6 will be travelling to St. Chad's Cathedral as part of our Confirmation preparation.




Why not have a look at the website before we go?

http://www.stchadscathedral.org.uk/

Coming up in RE

On Thursday, Father Craig is going to join us in our lesson. Fr Craig will visit year 6 and explain in detail the sacrament of Reconciliation. The examination of Conscience, the meaning of the word penance. The children will be given the opportunity to ask fr Craig questions about this sacrament.

In Maths

http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/introduction.html


Have a look at this link, particularly if you are in Miss Cranmer's Maths group. We will be looking at  formula next week!!

Next Week in Literacy

In Literacy next week we shall be writing a GUIDE. This is a form of explantion text. Can you remember the key features of an explantion from our SUCCESS approach?

Tomorrow we will receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation

      

      ‘The Sacrament of Reconciliation Walking with Jesus in 2014’

We will receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation and discuss the following in our prayer service:

Our Relationship with God is a two way thing. Sometimes we do things to avoid being a friend of God, we separate ourselves from God. We forget to pray or do not bother to.

Sometimes we do this with our friends and family. We expect them and want them to act and be different people.  We will listen to this in the Gospel in our prayer service about the transfiguration.

God loves us for who we are and wants us to be the best that we can possibly be.    

How can we try to do this during our Lenten Journey?

Science - Have a look at this link about forces.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/forces_action.shtml

Coming up in Maths

http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/theme_park_favorites/
http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/pie-charts.html



Have a look at these links on Pie Charts. This is something that we are looking over as part of our SATs revision.

Have a look at these literacy Grammar links!

http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Y4Spelling/tenses1y4.htm

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/prefixes-jw.html

http://www.manythings.org/wbg/prefixes-mw.html

 

Coming up in RE

            In our RE lesson this week we will be looking at the story of the lady at the well.       

Ash Wednesday

This Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for 2014. We will be attending mass at church and receiving the ashes on our forehead.


We will discuss the symbolism behind Ash Wednesday as look talk about how Jesus survived 40 days and 40 nights in the desert.


These links will help:

http://projectbritain.com/easter/ashwednesday.htm

http://request.org.uk/festivals/lent/2013/07/04/ash-wednesday/

http://request.org.uk/oldsite/main/festivals/lent/lent04.htm

http://request.org.uk/oldsite/main/festivals/lent/lent05.htm