Pope Francis announced the beginning of the Year of St. Joseph on 8th December 2020, which will run until 8th December 2021 . Today is also the Feast of St. Joseph, an opportunity to reflect on the the 150th anniversary of St. Joseph being declared patron of the universal church.

This week, being Shakespeare week, we have begun to explore A Midsummer Night's Dream which will be our English focus for the next few weeks. Eventually we will perform a small section to share with the RSC who will then combine our section with other schools across the country to create a larger performance. So watch this space in June for the final performance piece!

We were privileged to watch a hi-tech exploration of the play live from the RSC. I have included a link to an article in the Guardian which reviews the performance for you to read if you are interested.
However, it was a unanimous vote that we much prefer to see the real actors!

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/mar/17/rsc-a-midsummer-nights-dream

The children have been amazing and I will share their performance soon!

Follow this link to Class DoJo to see some pictures of the children enjoying the live streaming from the RSC…

https://teach.classdojo.com/#/classes/5efb2e0f8c046623fbe854b7/story

Ducklings in School!! …

Thank you to Year 5 for sharing this video with us of their ducklings that they currently have in their classroom. The ducklings are named after characters from A Midsummer Night's Dream voted by the children.

Follow this link to have a look…

https://animoto.com/play/4SaVDEXQ1zy0Z7SNoay0cg

Our Learning this week…

In Maths, we have been continuing to explore multiplication and division. We have been practicing a range of methods to use in division, including the place value chart method and the part whole method. The children have had the opportunity to discuss their preferred strategies and use this within a variety of contexts.

In English, the children have been immersed into Shakespeare, focusing on the fantastic play of A Midnight Summer Night’s Dream

In RE, we have been finding out more about the events of Holy Week, this week we have explored the Garden of Gethsemane, considering Jesus’ arrest and the betrayal of Judas.

Reading Records and Reading Books…

Just a reminder, please can children bring in their reading book and record everyday. Many thanks

Spellings and Times Tables…

The children will be having a spelling test and times tables test every Friday Morning, the spellings have been sent home today. The times tables for this week is x6, they could also use TT Rockstars to practise.

Awards…

Golden Award winner this week… Sam McDermott - well done!!

Enjoy the weekend

Mrs Parker, Mrs Ormerod and Mrs Debowska.