The Eyes of the World on are Us!

The last couple of weeks I have chosen Pope Francis quotes as the titles of the blogs. Pope Francis really does articulate the importance of taking care of our world better than any other. He uses Christ’s examples to highlight the reasons why we need to ‘protect God’s creation’, and this has never been more relevant. This week our Head Boy and Girl braved the elements (it was pouring it down!) and represented our school as part of the CAFOD campaign ‘The Eyes of the World’. I was so proud to see them take our art work and gather with other schools to highlight the dangers that Global Warming is posing on our planet and the adverse effects it has on our world, particularly the poorer countries (who, ironically, contribute the least to problems leading to Global Warming!). Well done Isabella & Declan (and Mrs Hodgekiss) for having Our Lady’s voices heard on this matter….

Here’s what else have been up to…

In Maths we have been focusing on mental strategies for subtraction and the addition and subtracting of decimal numbers, including amounts of money.

In English we have been using Usain Bolt’s biography to retrieve/infer information, identify relative clauses and plan for our guided write. We have now completed a class plan on Usian Bolt, ready to start our guided write: a biography. This is a great opportunity for us to share ideas and model a high quality biography, before we write one independently.

In RE we have continued to look at the life of Maximilian Kolbe and how he selflessly lived his life fulfilling Christ’s missions. We have had in depth discussions about where he got his courage from and how he used his gifts for God.

In Science we have continued to look at the different parts of the circulatory system and today we even made models of this. We will now be looking at heart rate and planning an investigation on how different physical activity can effect our heart rate.

In History we have focused on the key events and dates of the Battle of Britain, looking at the chronology of these events.

In our Sports4Champions PE lesson this week, we did fruit tasting! We were given the opportunity to sample a variety of fruits; some of which we had tried before and others we tried for the first time!