Yesterday we celebrated the Ascension of Our Lord. Although we were not able to go over to church, to celebrate this Mass, Fr Jim brought the Mass to us! He live streamed the mass over to school so all classes were able to watch and take part, from our classrooms. It was such a lovely moment, as although we were all still in our classrooms, in our bubbles, it really brought us all together again, through worship. In RE, and through our shared worships in class, we have been looking at the various ways we can be Jesus’ witnesses today, and continue the work that Jesus’ Apostles started. Whether it be through thought, words or actions, there are so many ways we can continue to spread the love of God, on earth today.

Here is what else we have been up to…..

In Maths, we have been looking at some reasoning style questions, reminding ourselves how to convert between measurements, translate/reflect shapes, find the mean and lots more.

In English, we have looked at relative clauses, active/passive voice and the subjunctive. We have also continued with our reading comprehension, putting our inferential skills into practice!

This week we combined computing with science. The class researched the topic of ‘refraction’ and they have made PowerPoint presentations, with their partners. We will be presenting these in our Science lesson on Monday!

‘Mock’ tests….

This week, the class have had a go at some ‘mock’ SATs papers. They have done GPS, Reading and Maths papers. The official SATs are not taking place this year (and rightfully so!) because of the disruptions to the school year…they were actually timetabled to take place this week! Instead, I am giving the class some practice papers to have a go at, which will help towards my overall teaching assessments, at the end of the school year. They will not, however, be the only thing I use to determined these end of year assessments. I have to say I am bursting with pride at how well they have all done on these tests. They have tried so hard this week, and every single one of them has given it their all…what more can I ask for!?