St Joseph's

• Ingleborough Hall.ppt

Absolutely amazing work from these 12 children. In Autumn term, we created mechanisms for a moving sail on a Viking Ship. The Christmas holiday challenge was to create the frame of the ship using different materials. Take a look at the outstanding job they've made!

• Y5-6 Autumn 1.docx
• Y5-6 Autumn 2.docx
• Y5-6 Spring 1.docx

Home learners: Each day is clearly marked with the day work should be completed. Ensuring home learning is complete allows a smooth transition after any absences. The Maths documents are for Y6 Maths group taught by Miss Collier (me). I appreciate this may be a difficult time for some families, however your continued support is valued. Thank you.

• Monday/Thursday - RE PPT
• Monday - RE Objectives
• Monday - French Task
• Monday - French PPT
• Monday - Literacy PPT
• Monday - Literacy Worksheet
• Monday - Maths PPT
• Monday - Maths Worksheet
• Tuesday - Literacy PPT
• Tuesday - Literacy Worksheet
• Tuesday - Maths PPT
• Tuesday - Maths Worksheet
• Wednesday - Literacy PPT
• Wednesday - Literacy Worksheet
• Wednesday - Maths PPT
• Wednesday - Maths Worksheet
• Thursday - RE Passage support
• Thursday - RE Bible References
• Thursday - Literacy PPT
• Thursday - Literacy Worksheet
• Thursday - Maths Challenge
• Friday - Literacy PPT
• Friday - VIPERS text
• Friday - VIPERS Worksheet
• Friday - Maths POST assessment
• Friday - Maths PRE assessment

Home learners: Each day is clearly marked with the day work should be completed. Ensuring home learning is complete allows a smooth transition after any absences. The Maths documents are for Y6 Maths group taught by Miss Collier (me). I appreciate this may be a difficult time for some families, however your continued support is valued. Thank you.

• Tuesday - Morning Arithmetic
• Tuesday - Maths Document 1 - Pre Assessment
• Tuesday - Maths Document 1 - Arithmetic Refresh
• Tuesday - Spelling Homework
• Tuesday - Literacy PPT
• Tuesday - Literacy Model Text
• Wednesday - Literacy/History PPT
• Wednesday - Literacy/History Worksheet 1
• Wednesday - Literacy/History Worksheet 2
• Wednesday - French PPT
• Wednesday - French Worksheet
• Wednesday - Maths PPT
• Thursday - Literacy/History PPT
• Wednesday - Maths Worksheet
• Thursday - Morning Arithmetic
• Thursday - Literacy/History Biographies
• Thursday - Literacy/History Storyboard
• Thursday - RE pre-assessment
• Thursday - RE objectives
• Thursday - RE PPT
• Thursday - RE resource
• Thursday - RE resource on virtues
• Thursday - Maths PPT
• Thursday - Maths Worksheet
• Friday - History
• Friday - Maths Homework
• Friday - VIPERS text
• Friday - VIPERS task
• Friday - Literacy PPT
• Friday - Literacy Worksheet
• Friday - Maths PPT
• Friday - Maths Worksheet

Please find all the spellings covered by the end of Spring, Week 2. These spelling rules should be continuously recapped to embed learning. A resource document is also provided for different activities.

• Unit 1 - Silent b.docx
• Unit 3 - able.docx
• Unit 5 - ibly and ably.docx
• Unit 2 - ible.docx
• Unit 4 - Silent t.docx
• Unit 6 - ent.docx
• Unit 7 - ence.docx
• Unit 8 - ei.docx
• Unit 9 - ance, ant, ancy.docx
• Unit 11 - tious.docx
• Unit 10 - shus spelt cious.docx
• Unit 12 - cial or tial.docx
• Orange Word List.doc
• Spelling Resources.pdf

Musical bumps, movie, dancing and more...!

Our DT this week involved making a mechanism. We used our measuring skills, our NEW sawing skills, our gluing skills and our mechanical skills! Our Christmas project challenge is to make the cam and follower mechanism into an actual VIKING boat. Competition Time!

Hanna was nominated for the school 'Virtue Cross'. Hanna is a role model of the virtue 'hope' because she always guides and supports others through their work, giving them 'hope' to achieve. Nominated by Isabelle.

Thank you to the parents that attended one of our two reading sessions. We understand it was a quick tour of our reading progression in year 5 and 6, however hopefully the documents below will support you further. If you did not manage to attend one of our meetings, please use the documents provided for guidance including the powerpoint from the evening. Any further questions, please do not hesitate to send an email. Thank you.

• Literacy VIPERS Reading Progression.docx
• Vipers Style Book Review Y5 and Y6.docx
• Literacy Parent Meeting.pptx
• Y5 and 6 Books.pdf

In St Margaret's class, we dressed up as one of someone we believe is an 'everyday' hero...

With great pleasure, I announce that our two school council members are Sammy and Zac!

During our science topic this half term, children developed their knowledge and understanding of properties and materials. In our topic, we explored our learning through a range of activities and experiments. This included a class experiment on solubility and a group experiment on conductivity.

Our Geography topic this half term involved understanding of the resources distribution. rnrnThe case studies included: recognising different settlements using Leeds; identifying economy developments using Salford Media City; exploring trade links using Liverpool Docks and understanding renewable and non-renewable sources using Fraisthorpe Wind Farm. Throughout the topic, we ensured we used our map skills to support our learning.

In Year 5 and 6, we have been using our body language and hand gestures to support our French conversations. Successfully, we have learnt to greet, introduce ourselves, ask how others are feeling, give instructions and learn about school in French.

Thanks to FOSJ, Upper Key Stage 2 had a fantastic day den building even if some were very wet at the end!

During Harvest Festival week, St Margaret class developed their knowledge and understanding of Fair Trade. Fair Trade is a worldwide organisation that aims to ensure equality for workers, better working conditions, fair pay, opportunities for training, partnerships between traders, protecting the environment and developing the independence of developing countries to live happier and healthier lives. St Margaret class explored the term ‘co-operative’. Becoming ‘co-operative’ has enabled farmers in developing countries to positively grow. Farmers have learnt to work together, have been provided with education and developed the importance of understanding methods to support their businesses independently, allowing them to live higher quality lives.

• Spelling Resources.pdf

Year 6 have explored their understanding of the Islamic religion this week.

Today, the children worked extremely hard in pairs to create a presentation to understand an aspect of 'culture' for our three countries we are studying at the moment in Geography: Italy, the UK and Brazil.

Today, Year 6 had a wonderful time using their creative skills to make a whole class mosaic for St Joseph. Enjoy the pictures of our class working hard.

Fabulous outfits from our favourite books in Year 6!

A little message from me to my wonderful class on the 4th January 2021.

• Read me!

On Tuesday 1st December, Year 6 had a Victorian workshop. The children participated in a Victorian classroom, where the children followed a range of activities, including: using slates, chalk, slate pens, ink pens, abacus, charcoal drawings, explored with Victorian toys and games and more...

This week, the children in Year 6 have created their own Advent calendar with ideas about 'kindness' over the upcoming weeks. Each day has been designed by one of the children to represent how their actions can show 'kindness'. The children also reflected on their own behaviour and actions to create an Advent Promise, which has created our own class wreath.

WOW - Year 6 have truly progressed in their writing skills. This half term, Year 6 have been working on developing their diary entry writing as the character Jim from our book, 'Street Child'. The children are thoroughly enjoying our novel linked to our topic of Victorians. Overall, the children have written SIX diary entries each based on different parts of the story. Every single child has developed and shown improvements! Here are six examples of work. Diary 1 - Amber B, Diary 2 - Theo, Diary 3 - Isla K, Diary 4 - Michael, Diary 5 - Maeve, Diary 6 - Noah.

On Friday 27th November, Year 6 spent part of their 'Victorian Education' topic lesson experiencing a Victorian PE Drill. The children were brilliant and we really enjoyed this practical activity together.

On Thursday 22nd, those children who were able to be in school received their homework for the half term. Here is a copy of the Maths Booklet and 'The Baking Battle' reading challenge (Page 1-10) in case anyone requires an extra copy. All the work provided this half term includes only aspects of learning we have covered this half term. Good luck! Remember enjoy the half term and stay safe!

• Autumn Half Term Maths Booklet.pdf
• Page 1.pdf
• Page 2.pdf
• Page 3.pdf
• Page 4.pdf
• Page 5.pdf
• Page 6.pdf
• Page 7.pdf
• Page 8.pdf
• Page 9.pdf
• Page 10.pdf

Beautiful Handwriting...
Congratulations to all those children who have shown their wonderful handwriting this half term and received a handwriting pen. This includes: Alex, Annabelle, Jennifer, Maeve, Maisie, Frankie, Orla and Olivia! I'm excited to see who will be next, could it be you?

For homework this week, Year 6 were asked to explore their understanding of Harvest through links with famine and CAFOD. I was overwhelmed by the effort many children put in towards creating posters, poems, songs and more. To include all their effort, I combined a range of work together - everything was from someone's homework (some phrases were swapped from different pieces to edit others). Today - 22nd October - Year 6 performed their piece to the whole school and parents at the Harvest Festival on zoom!

• Harvest.pdf

This week (w/c 19th October), Year 6 have worked extremely hard to develop their knowledge of 'Light'. The class are able to describe: How we see! Reflection! Refraction! Spectrum of Colour! They even managed to complete a science investigation, thinking about different variables!

Super proud of Year 6's work these past two days. They've worked tremendously hard to understand the importance of editing and up-levelling their work. Well done!

Year 6 really enjoyed demolishing their cakes today whilst raising awareness for the charity Macmillan. Thank you for all the donations!

09.10.2020 - This week the children have explored their understanding of Haworth and Leeds further through a range of activities.

Please find below our newsletter for this half term which tells you what we will be covering until October half term.

• Yr 6 newsletter Autumn 1.pdf
• Autumn 2 2020 year 6.pdf

Today (2nd October 2020), Year 6 had a live stream mass with Father Peter. Frankie and Maeve had the opportunity to go to Church and read at the Mass.

Every half term, there will be new books in our favourite five section. Here we share our favourite five boxes with you. Take the opportunity to take a book from this section and have a read yourself.

In our second week back at work, our class focussed on the values of curiosity and faith. We used the book, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to support our understanding of virtues and vices. As a class, we wrote a speech to share with the school.

This half term, our RE topic is Called to Serve. These pieces of creative work simply had to be shared!

These first few weeks, the children have been exploring their understanding of vocabulary and are now beginning to up-level their work to create effective sentences!

This half term children have discovered the rhymes: Never Eat Shredded Wheat or Naughty Elephants Squirt Water to help them remember their compass points. The children have also worked extremely hard this work using Ordnance Survey maps with four-figure AND six-figure grid references! Well done Year 6!

VIPERS book reviews are a great way Year 6 are showing their knowledge about the text they've read. Here is a fantastic example from Jennifer!