Whole School Mass
On Wednesday, the whole school attended the first Mass of the year.
It was a proud day for some of the members of Year 6 as they performed admirably in helping Mrs McCaul set up church ready for us and then giving readings and performing the bidding prayers.
The rest of Year 6 were…
Posted by /blog/author/dthompson/page:2 on 15 September 2022
Category: YEAR 6 BLOG
First Week in Year 6
It has been a great week back at school and we have loved being in Year 6.
We have enjoyed being able to sit on benches during our assemblies, being given more responsibilities around school and some of the stunning starts to our learning.
In RE this week we went outside onto the…
Posted by /blog/author/dthompson/page:2 on 9 September 2022
Category: YEAR 6 BLOG
Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
To celebrate the 70 years the Queen has been on the throne, 5B made some Union Jack bunting and learnt some interesting facts about Her Majesty’s reign.
Posted by /blog/author/dthompson/page:2 on 27 May 2022
Category: YEAR 5 BLOG
Blessed Sacrament 4 - 2 Sherwood
On Tuesday night, the boys of the Blessed Sacrament football team made their way over to Corpus Christi to play their cup quarter final match against Sherwood Primary School.
It was a tough game where the after Blessed Sacrament took a 2-0 lead, Sherwood came back into the game and scored…
Posted by /blog/author/dthompson/page:2 on 27 January 2022
Category: HEADTEACHER'S BLOG
Mayan Trading in 5S
In 5 Sacrament, as part of our history topic we have been learning about the Ancient Mayans. This week we focused on how trading was an integral part to the survival of the Mayans.
We investigated what items they would have traded and then created our own market place and attempted to…
Posted by /blog/author/dthompson/page:2 on 12 January 2022
Category: YEAR 5 BLOG
Art Exhibition
This week in 5S, we have been preparing for the art exhibition which is going to show case the amazing art work that we produced a couple of weeks ago.
In Year 5, we were inspired by Jackson Pollock and created some amazing street art with a twist. Our pieces are called ‘Caught in the…
Posted by /blog/author/dthompson/page:2 on 26 November 2021
Category: YEAR 5 BLOG
Ukulele in 5S
This half term in year 5 we will be spending some time with a specialist teacher to develop our skills in playing the ukulele.
Last week we learnt how to hold the ukulele correctly, the names of the strings and how to play the A chord.
This week we are learning all about major and minor…
Posted by /blog/author/dthompson/page:2 on 12 November 2021
Category: YEAR 5 BLOG
Andy Warhol Inspired Pop Art in 5S
All this term we have been investigating the work of pop artists and specifically the work of Andy Warhol. We have looked at the techniques he used and have attempted to use them to create our own piece of pop art.
We took an everyday item and tried to produce a copy of it 4 times. We then…
Posted by /blog/author/dthompson/page:2 on 18 October 2021
Category: YEAR 5 BLOG
Online Safety in 5S
In our computing lessons this half term our focus is on online safety. This week we have been discussing the idea of digital manipulation. We investigated the reasons why this can be positive for some people but also how it can have a negative effect too. The children learned that any picture…
Posted by /blog/author/dthompson/page:2 on 24 September 2021
Category: YEAR 5 BLOG
First Full Week in 5 Sacrament
It has been a very busy week in 5 Sacrament this week! We have got our all routines in place and have been working very hard.
- In RE, we learnt about how God called Moses in the story of Moses and the Burning Bush from the Old Testament.
- In PE, we have continued to work on our throwing…
Posted by /blog/author/dthompson/page:2 on 9 September 2021
Category: YEAR 5 BLOG
First Day Fun in 5 Sacrament
During our first day back after the summer holidays, 5 Sacrament participated in a PE lesson where we worked on our ability to work in a team. We had lots of fun trying to solve a series of challenges that Mr Thompson set us.
Posted by /blog/author/dthompson/page:2 on 2 September 2021
Category: YEAR 5 BLOG
A special delivery!
This half term we are going to be learning all about growing and life cycles.
We have had a very special delivery of caterpillars! They are only tiny at the moment but we will keep posting lots of pictures so we can look at how they grow and how they change over the next few…
Posted by /blog/author/dthompson/page:2 on 17 April 2020
Category: NURSERY BLOG