St Helen’s Catholic Primary School
Autumn 1 - History - Anglo-Saxons and Scots
This term our focus is History
Anglo-Saxons and Scots
Enquiry question:
Does the punishment always fit the crime?
Week/c Monday 16th October 2023
Thank you to all of you who came to Class 4's assembly for parents. The children did amazing and sang fabulously!
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Alfred song web.mp4
Our shadow puppet theatres turned out fantastically well. Inspired by the story, " The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs".
Week/c Monday 9th October 2023
PE stars this week are for playing fairly and supporting each other.
Week/c Monday 2nd October
This week the Y5 children who took part in the Bikeability course received their certificates and badges. Congratulations to everyone and stay safe on your bikes!
Art and Design
This week the children made a mouse puppet using a polystyrene ball, dowel, card and felt. The mouse was inspired by the story "The monster at the top of the stairs." They really enjoyed the work and did a brilliant job.
P.E. Stars this week ( chosen by the children ).
w/c Monday 25th September 2023
What a busy week we have had this week!
Exotic Animal Visit
On Friday the children had the met a number of different exotic animals.
Ramp it up
We had such a treat this week the Ramp it up team from Barnsley council came to school. We had the best time trying all the ramps on bikes and scooters.
Science
This week we have complete science investigations looking at magnets.
In R.E. this week, we listened to the advice St. Paul offered about how to live a good, happy and joyful life. With this in mind, the children have written some "Recipes for Good Living". What fantastic advice!
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recipe for living 005 web.mp4
Recipe for living 08 web.mp4
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w/c Monday 18th September
What a fantastic time we had at Leeds Armouries! the children absolutely loved the two workshops; The story of Beowulf and learning about history from an archaeological dig.
Reading Morning
It was so lovely to have so many parents for reading morning. We love to share our reading with our family.
w/c 11th September 2023
History
On Wednesday we spent the afternoon creating a human timeline of significant dates in British History.
Worry Workshop
On Wednesday Jade from Compass Be led a worry workshop for our class. The children were very responsive and they ended the session with a toolkit of strategies to help them when they may feel worried.
P.E. Stars
In basketball this week, the stars worked extremely with their partner and showed progress in their dribbling and protection of the ball. Well done to them all!
Basketball lesson - dribbling and protecting the ball.
