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The Good Shepherd
Catholic Primary School
“I am the Good Shepherd; I know my own and my own know me”. John 10:14"
Year 4 - St John Bosco
The Ten Plagues - Now Press Play
We have been learning about Moses and the Exodus in religion. Here, using Now Press Play, we are taking on the role of a slave who lived through the ten plagues in Egypt and was freed by Moses. In the end, we were preparing for our extremely difficult journey through the desert to Midian, the land that God had promised us.
National Poetry Day
National Poetry Day took place on Thursday 7th October. Prior to this, we learned the poem ‘Instructions for Growing Poetry’ by Tony Mitton, putting actions to the poem which was performed in assembly.
On the day, we took part in an online interactive workshop which involved creating our own witches’ spells based on the witches in Macbeth. We all wrote our own poems, using what we had learned in the workshop. Some children also wrote their own poems at home or brought in one of their favourites to share with the class!
Black History Month
Pogo Certificates
Antoni, Grace, Ferdy, Austin and Henry receiving their Pogo Level 1 Certificate for jumping for 30 seconds. Leo receiving his Level 2 Certificate for jumping for 3 minutes! Well done!
Pogo - Week 4!
Mrs Lavelle Pogoing With Us!
Imogen Pogoing
Hanna Pogoing
Chloe M Pogoing
Box2bFit workshop
More Macbeth!
We have been studying the aftermath of Duncan’s murder and examining how Macbeth has changed from the valiant warrior we met in the beginning of the play. In many scenes, we have transformed into directors, deciding on stage directions for the play. We have realised that directing a show is much more difficult than we first anticipated
Researching our local area
We have been learning about spatial sense in Geography this half term. We have studied the globe and how lines of latitude and longitude help us to locate places on a map. Here, we are researching our local area, finding out which facilities nearby are useful to us. In our final lesson, we will be studying old maps and photographs of Askew road, discussing how and why it has changed over the years.
Music with Miss Beckwith
We have been enjoying our weekly music lessons with Miss Beckwith. This half term, we have been learning about music from long ago and how it was not written down. Through games, songs and chants we have realised how difficult that must have been for the composers!
Macbeth's Diary Entry!
We have now completed Macbeth’s diary entry, which told the story of the events leading up to and the night of Duncan’s murder. Our diary entries took us five days to complete:
- On day one, we acted out the events of that night, which helped us to understand the thoughts and feelings that must have gone through Macbeth’s head as he planned and committed the murder.
- On day two, we worked in groups to come up with some exciting words to describe Macbeth’s feelings throughout. We then planned our diary entry, sorting it into paragraphs.
- On day three, we completed our first draft, using our plan to help us write in paragraphs.
- On day four, we became editors, editing and improving our own work using a purple pen. We checked our grammar and punctuation errors and used a thesaurus to change some of our words to make them more exciting. We also used a dictionary to check the spelling of our words.
- On day five, we rewrote our diary entries as a final piece. We were really impressed with our pieces of writing!
Pogo Week 3
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Parliament Elections!
Today, our school parliament elections took place. We had to decide which of the four departments we wanted to join and prepare a small manifesto to share with our class. We then voted for a class member to represent us in each department. Best of luck to all of the candidates that took part!
The Human Body!
We have been studying the human body in science. Through experimentation with eggs, coke and vinegar, we have examined the effect that a sugary or acidic diet has on our teeth. We have also learned about the digestive system in detail, studying how food moves through our bodies. We used food bags and tights to show the movement of food through the digestive system, explaining what happened at each stage of digestion.
Place Value
We have been learning about number and place value in maths. In year 4, we learn about numbers as large as 10,000. The use of dienes blocks, number counters, number flippers and place value charts help us to see number in lots of different ways.
Macbeth
We have been studying the play ‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare. Through role play, we have gained an insight into the characters thoughts, feelings and intentions in the play. This week, we are building up to write Macbeth's diary entry, thinking about the events that happened leading up to and on the night of Duncan's murder.
Collective Worship
Each week, we take part in a collective worship. We light a candle and gather together to pray. We talk about the theme of the week, listen to a gospel reading and respond to it with relevant thoughts and ideas. Our collective worships are completely led by the children.
A-Life Mental Health and Wellbeing Workshop
The A-life mental health and wellbeing workshop came to visit this term. In the workshop, we learned practical ways to keep fit and healthy and discovered strategies to keep calm using the acronym 'GET CALM'. Can you remember what each letter stood for?
Get Giving
Get Connecting
Get Active
Get Learning
Get Mindful
Medium Term Curriculum Map - Autumn
Long Term Curriculum Map
Club 144’s Secret Meeting in Wendell Park...
We had another top secret meeting at the end of last term. What do you think they might have been doing?
Keep practising your tables so you can join Club 144 too!
Welcome back!
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2020-2021 ARCHIVE
School Musical 2021: The Little Mermaid
Now Press Play - Romans!
Year 3 and 4 Girls Football Tournament
Years 3 and 4 Cricket Competition
Years 3 and 4 took part in a cricket competition at Shepherd's Bush Cricket Club. The event was organised by Mr. Davis and Jonathan, our cricket coach. Well done to the green team who were victorious on the day!
Roman Workshop with One Day Creative
Watch Ferdy, Hosanna, Imogen and Austin in action!
Watch Felipe, Emi, Emilia and Henry in action!
Kew Gardens School Trip
Roman Projects
We have been learning about The Romans in History. Over half term, we created projects based on the The Romans. Here, you can see some of the children’s projects.
Summer Fair!
Luckily, we managed to have our annual summer fair at the Good Shepherd. We each received a set of tickets and could use them on activities and to win prizes! There were lots of fun activities set up for us throughout the day, like a super slide, hook a duck, a photo booth, a treasure trail and whack a mole. We could also cool down with an ice cold drink or an ice cream from the ice cream stall.
Club 144 Summer Meeting
What secret things were they up to this time?
Clue: There was lots of adding up of decimals and it was something to do with the European Championships...
Sphero Long Jump!
We have started to investigate how to get Sphero to ‘jump’ as far as possible. We tried different height ramps to see if the angle affected the distance. We predicted that Sphero’s maximum speed would be the best to choose.
Solving coding problems
We used pseudocode (simple notes to develop into full code later) to help us plan the code needed to make Sphero rebound between two walls continuously.
Plants, Plants Plants!
This half term Year 3 have been learning about flowering plants in Science. Our lessons included learning about pollination, germination, seed dispersal and water transport in plants. We took a trip to our local park, Wendell Park to explore the plants and trees there.
Ancient Egypt Projects!
We have been busy this half term working on our Ancient Egypt projects. We had three sessions to complete our projects, so it was important that we planned them carefully. In week one, we completed lots of research about the area we were interested in. In weeks two and three, we were busy working on our designs and creating information leaflets, posters and videos about the pieces of work we had completed. Please go to the Google Classroom page to watch the two films that two groups of pupils created.
Coding with Sphero
We started using the Sphero robots today! We found out how to wirelessly connect the robots to the iPads and how to calibrate and drive them. Using block code, we coded the Sphero robots to drive in a square shape. Some of us managed to use a loop to reduce the coding needed.
Skip Week Champions: Blue Team!
Measuring and recording time: speed bounce
We were measuring how long it took to do twenty bounces. We used seconds and split seconds.
World Book Day!
Today, we celebrated World Book Day. We all dressed up as our favourite book character and listened to some lovely stories throughout the day!
Christmas Fun Day!
To mark the end of this Autumn term and to thank the children for all of the hard work they have put in, we had a Christmas fun day. There were many fun activities set up on the day, like pin the nose on Rudolph, beat Santa in goals, tinsel pull, card games and hook a duck. We also got to decorate our own cookies and warm up with a tasty hot chocolate from Etain!
Christmas Craft Day
On the 3rd December, years 3 and 4 had their Christmas crafts day. We began the day by creating wooden Rudolph or Santa decorations to hang on our Christmas trees. We also created a class wreath for our door, had our photo taken for our 2021 calendar and made melted snowman cookies.
Club 144 Meeting: The Egg Drop Challenge!
We explored the physics of dropping an egg from a height of 3 metres. We worked out that we needed to:
Increase the time over which the egg was brought to rest.
Decrease the egg's velocity at the time of the crash.
Achille, Julione, Mason and Michael's team came second, and Dara, Jude, Michael and Ferdy's team came third. They succeeded in protecting their egg, designing a parachute with padding to absorb some of the force of the impact, but their eggs still did sustain some damage! Well done to them!
I'm sure I will have some more Year 3 members of Club 144 for the next meeting!
Now Press Play
We have been using our new resource 'Now press play' to actively engage with the topics we are learning about. Each child wears a set of wireless headphones and is sent on a journey to explore a topic. In the above lesson, we completed the Stone Age Experience. We followed the day of a stone age boy and his family hunting.
Half Term Projects!
This half term we have been developing our instructional writing and its uses in Literacy, Geography and Physical Education. Our half term project was to create a board game or set of top trump cards accompanied by instructions. We then all had the opportunity to trial and test each other's games in class.
Carnival Day - Celebrating Black History Month
While black history is celebrated year round, Black History Month is marked annually. It recognises and values the inspirational individuals and events that have shaped the black generation. During Black History Month, we remember and celebrate the important people from the past and also those who contribute to and help our society today. As as class we learned about Claudia Jones. Claudia Jones was an equal rights activist and was the founder of Notting Hill Carnival. We decided to host our own carnival, by making our own masks and wearing outfits that were worn in Notting Hill Carnival itself.
Scratch Coding Projects
We've been using Scratch online to complete different coding projects. So far, we've made a chatbot, animated eyeballs and a boat race game.
Cross Curricular PE
During our first term back to school we are doing OAA in PE. We used our subject knowledge from our Geography and Math lessons to help us complete the team building activities.
Coding with Beebots
Year 3 have been starting to code using Beebots. We thought about the sequence of commands we needed in order to complete each of Mr. Davis' tricky challenges!
Beach Day!
Here at the Good Shepherd, we recognise that coming back to school was not easy for a lot of children. To acknowledge this, we held our very own beach day on Monday 14th September. We put our curriculum subjects aside for the day and celebrated coming back to school. The day was full of fun and laughter in the sun. As some pupils said, 'It was the best day ever!'.
Welcome back, Year 3!
2019 - 2020 ARCHIVE
Lauchie's home video - The Great Fire of London
Well done to Lauchie and family for creating this super video.
Dear Parents,
I would like to take this opportunity to say well done to all of the Year 2 children for their amazing home learning projects over the half term.
They were all so unique and interesting. For this reason, we will be holding an exhibition displaying all of the children's hard work both at home and in school on Friday the 14th of February at 2 pm.
See Lauchie's wonderful home video inspired by The Great Fire of London below as taster of what's to come.
Kind Regards,
Miss Twomey
Home learning w/b 16-12-19
Dear Parents/Carer,
It has been a very successful half term with each child making fantastic progress on their learning journey.
Thank you so much to everyone that contributed to our classroom reading corner by donating bean bags, baskets and artificial grass, the children LOVE it!
Thank you also to everyone who sent in any Julia Donaldson books from home. The children really enjoyed sharing their favourite stories with their friends, creating; different story endings, story maps, character descriptions, book reviews and learning about the author and her style of writing.
Please inform me if you are still missing any Julia Donaldson books and I will have another look for them.
Wishing everyone safe travels, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year!
Best wishes,
Miss Twomey
Home Learning w/b 18-11-19
Dear Parents,
Please see attached this weeks spelling list, spelling words where the <ch> sound in the word makes a /k/ sound. Please see your child’s book bag for a comprehension text on 'Remembrance Day'. Finally, log onto Mathletics (login can be found stapled to the front cover of each child’s reading record) account to accesses this week's assigned math homework.
Have a lovely weekend,
Miss Twomey
Home Learning 15/11/19
Home learing w/b 28/10/19
The cello and violin tutors at The Good Shepherd.
Dear Parents/Carers,
Wishing you all a wonderful half term with a few photos included showing some of the fun activities your child took part in this week. Please be aware, if I have shaded over your child's face it is only because I have not been permitted to put your child's picture on our website.
Activities included:
Ella's Kitchen visitor
Pirate day
Golf lessons
Music demo from the violin and cello tutors.
Kind Regards,
Miss Twomey
W/B 14-10-19
Dear Parents/Carers,
To celebrate all of the children’s hard work this half term, we will be having a pirate day on Friday the 18th of October. The children will dress up as pirates and will take part in fun activities related to the topic.
Please encourage your child to make their costume out of recycled material if they don’t already have one.
Throughout the week, could I also request that you send in any old boxes or plastic bottles as we will also be building ships.
Kind Regards,
Miss Twomey
Please find attached, home learning for the week beginning 7-10-10
Dear Parents,
Please find attached above the children's home learning for the week beginning 30-9-19.
Can I request that all parents make sure not to put your child's hair in a tight bun on PE day (Wednesday) as the children are struggling to do forward rolls with them in.
Have a lovely weekend,
Kind Regards,
Miss Twomey
Week 2 Autumn 1 Home Learning
Dear Parents,
Please find attached above this weeks home learning. Please remember to help your child practice there new spelling list (week 2) over the weekend and during the week. Spelling tests will always be held on a Friday and home learning will be due in on Thursday each week.
Please make sure your child has their name on every piece of clothing including tights etc.
Kind Regards,
Miss Twomey
Dear Parent
I am writing to update you on routines which will be continuing throughout the academic year.
Children’s books will be changed daily if your child has read, this could change throughout the academic year to three times a day depending on time restrictions. In saying that, I do not expect your child to read every day, a minimum of three times a week is appropriate.
Home learning will be given out every Friday and will almost always link to what your children have been learning that week. Your child’s Mathlethics log in has been stapled onto the inside of your child’s reading record, please use this throughout the academic year to reaffirm what your child is learning in school as it all links to the curriculum.
I have included a spelling list as part of your child’s home learning and we will have a spelling test every Friday. The word list is subject to change depending on how difficult or easy your child is finding the words, however, you will be informed if this ever happens.
If you wish to speak to me privately at any point throughout the academic year please do not hesitate to make an appointment or send your child in with a note and I will arrange the quickest possible time available.
It has been a pleasure meeting you all and teaching your children here at The Good Shepherd.
Warmest Regards,
Miss Twomey
Year 2 Curriculum map Autumn term
Homework Friday 13th September 2019
Welcome to Year 2 2019 - 2020!
Year 1 2018 - 2019 archive
Our half term in review!
Hello everyone! Here is a round up of everything Year 1 were getting up to during the term!
History: We were learning about Parliament and Prime Ministers. We learnt about the important roles and jobs in Parliament. We studied Simon De Monfort and Robert Walpole, who had integral roles in the history of parliament and prime ministers. We went on an incredible trip to the Houses of Parliament! We went to the Education Center and watched a movie about King John, The Magna Carta, Simon De Monfort, The Suffragettes and all the way up to our current parliament and prime minister. It was really interesting! We then went on a guided tour of the Houses of Parliament! We even saw a replica of the Magna Carta! We met a Lord, called Lord Roberts in the House of Lords. We also had the pleasure and amazing experience of seeing the Speaker, John Bercow- he even said 'You are very welcome here today!' We all felt so special! It was a fantastic trip and we all really enjoyed it!
PE: We had a particularly active half term aswell! We had cricket lessons with Jonathan every Wednesday morning and we loved it! We also had a workshop called A-Life in school. We did lots on work on healthy eating an looking after our bodies! Today we did a fitness workshop which was really fun - and tiring!
Reading: We have been very busy readers this term aswell! We finished our class story book, we were reading The Wizard of Oz during fruit time every day. We loved listening to the story - Miss O'Leary even put on funny voices for all the characters! We have been reading every day during , D.E.A.R time ( Drop Everything And Read). This is a special time when we read together as a class! We love reading!
DT Project Ideas
Teddy is home, back with Flo and ready for an adventure! I wonder where Teddy is off to today!
Teddy is all set for Ireland! Have a wonderful Easter everyone!
Chick update- 8am Saturday
Our chicks were up chirping bright and early this morning! Miss O’Leary is just about to change their brooder, set out some new bedding and give the chicks some breakfast!
Have a fantastic sunny Saturday , Love from , The Chicks x
Chick Update Friday 8:30pm
Our wonderful chicks are ‘egg-hauseted’ after their busy week! Miss O’Leary has taken them home for the weekend to look after them, and they’re just about to go to bed! Check back in the morning to see what time they wake for breakfast! Fingers crossed they won’t be up at the crack of dawn!
Our weeks in review- Spring part 2
We have been very busy in Year 1 lately! Apologies for the delay in posting updates- here is a quick over view 
Science workshops: We were so lucky to have not one but two super workshops organised by Miss McDaid for science week! We made slime with Sublime Science, and we had a mystery to solve with a Forensic Science workshop.
English: We had great fun dressing up for World Book Day. We even had a special visitor- a famous illustrator! Tony De Saulles is the illustrator behind Horrible Science books and even wrote a series of books called - Bee Boy! Tony gave us a fantastic workshop about how to draw our own illustrations.
EGG-CITING NEWS: As you may be aware, we have 10 new members of our class - our wonderful chicks! Ten eggs arrived in an incubator on Monday. On Tuesday we started to see some cracks and saw that the chicks were 'pipping' and starting to hatch. On Wednesday morning when Miss O'Leary came into school , she was shocked to see 5 beautiful fluffy little beings! Five chicks hatched on Wednesday followed by the 5 other on Thursday. We have had a fantastic time learning about chicks, and observing the changes in the chicks over the last few days! Miss O'Leary has put a link to some fun resources which you can look into at home! Keep an eye on the class page to see some updates over the weekend!
I've also attached some phonics and examples of Mental maths tests to practice at home below.
Have a fantastic weekend everyone!
Miss O'Leary
Mental Maths Practice
Chick Things!
Our weeks in review- Spring 2
Hello everyone! Miss O'Leary has had some catching up to do with our reviews! We have been extremely busy the last few weeks so check it out!
Sublime Science: We recently experienced a Sublime Science workshop! Miss McDaid organised for us to have a fun filled science afternoon. We learned about different scientific concepts, such as how sound travels, how air can be manipulated and how combining different substances can cause a reaction ( we made our own sweets!)
World Book Week: We had a fun filled book week last week to celebrate world book day! We had a book swap, dressed up as our favorite character and had a fantastic book themed lunch, which Mrs Henbrey organised!
PSHE: To mark Mental Health Week recently, Nurse Lisa came to school and spoke to us about how we can be 'bucket fillers'. A bucket filler is someone who fills up their own 'bucket' or somebody else's , to make that person feel good! We read a story with Nurse Lisa and spoke about the different ways we can fill buckets!
ICT: We have been very busy in Year 1 with computing lately! We were coding 'spirited ' and using algorithms to move the object! We also published some pieces of writing using J2 write, a program especially for younger coders like us!
PE: We have had some exciting PE lessons lately! We played football ( soccer as Ms O'Leary calls it) and practiced skills like dribbling, shooting and passing. In gymnastics we have been working on our agility skills, balancing on beams and climbing. We've also practised our teamwork skills using a parachute!
Sorry for the delay in recent reviews but hopefully we are back on track! I have attached some links for songs and games online below if you want to check them out!
Have a fantastic week,
Miss O'Leary 
Mental Maths
Our week in review- Monday 29th January -Friday 1st February
We have been busy preparing our masterpiece for the Spring Ball this week -take a look at everything we've been up to!
Religion: Today we celebrated the feast of St Brigid. We read a story about her cloak that could grow to cover enough land so she could build a church! We learned that she is the patron saint of the sick and poor in Ireland. We also weaved a cloak just like hers using paper!
Art: This week we have been busy creating a wonderful piece of art work for the auction at the Spring Ball. Our piece is inspired by artist Leonid Afremov and is titled 'Big Ben, London'. We decided to call our piece of art 'A London Dream'. A lot of hard work and patience went into our piece of art, which Miss Kennedy helped us to draw!
Cookery: In cookery this week we made homemade pork sausages. We mixed together mince, apples and garlic. They were delicious! We also made some mini pizzas!
Maths: In maths this week we have started to learn about length. We discussed what instruments we use to measure- like rulers. We went around the classroom practising our measuring skills!
That's all for this week! Check out the pictures below to see our week in photos!
Have a wonderful weekend, and for anyone attending our Spring Ball , we hope you have a fantastic time!
Miss O'Leary
Spanish Songs
Our week in review- 21st -25th January 2019
We had a fantastic week in Year 1 this week- take a look!
ICT: This week we became coders in Year! We were learning about algorithms and now know that an algorithm is a set of instructions. We made an algorithm to give instructions to a rocket ship so it could visit each planet in the universe. We used a program called J2 code.
RE: This week we listened to and acted out the story of the Presentation. We made a link to how Joseph and Mary brought Jesus to the temple to be blessed by God, and how our families brought us to Church to be baptized when we were babies too!
Cookery: This week we were cooking like master bakers! We made some Irish soda bread, and we all mixed and kneaded the bread mixture. We also helped Etain to weigh out the ingredients! We are really enjoying cooking this term!
We are working so hard in Year 1 and are growing so fast! Miss O'Leary is incredibly impressed by everything we can do! :)
We're also working on something special for the Good Shepherd Spring Ball. We have our artistic hats on in class! Keep an eye out at the ball for a special master piece handmade by Year 1 ! 
Have a wonderful weekend,
Miss O'Leary
Our week in review - 14th January - 18th January 2019
Sorry about the delay in this review! We had very busy week in Year 1!
Take a look!
ICT: In ICT this week we worked in groups to create some cool images on Paint 3D. We practiced using the mouse pad, and learned how to save a file! Our typing skills are really improving! Check out what some of our class made below!
History: In History we have been reading a story about King John. In our opinion he was quite a naughty king! Ms Backshall has offered to come and teach us next week about the Magna Carta!
Maths: In Maths this week we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes! We went on a shape hunt around our playground and found some really cool shapes! Did you know the football we play with at playtimes is a sphere!
Cooking: This week in Cooking class we made, flatbread and sponge cake with jam in between the layers! It was so delicious! We also made an orange cake for the teachers in the staff room- Miss O'Leary said Mr Davis gobbled it all up!
Spanish: This week in Spanish we learned how to count! We also had a surprise visitor! Adriana's best friend from Spain came to visit! Ana was so nice and helped us to learn our numbers!
Garden: We have noticed some of the herbs and plants that were planted by some of our mummies are starting to grow! Our signs look great in the garden and they inform everyone on what plant is growing! A big thank you to everyone who was involved!
We had a great week! We started to do Mental Maths tests on Friday with Miss O'Leary and I have included the questions asked and also a brief summary of how to support your child at home! Each week I will upload the questions that were asked and a small summary of how to practice at home :)
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
Miss O'Leary
Our week in review- 7th January-11th January 2019
Happy New Year! Welcome back everyone, I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas break!
We have had a crazy busy week back in Year 1- take a look!
Feast of the Epiphany: Mrs Lavelle lead us in assembly this week to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany, when the three wise men traveled to see baby Jesus. They followed a star from the East and brought three gifts- check and see if we can remember the names of the gifts!
Spanish: We are extremely lucky in Year 1 this term as we have been given the opportunity to learn Spanish with Marcelo! This week we learned a song called 'Buenos Dias'. We love Spanish and cannot wait to learn more!
Cookery: We are super lucky to also start cookery in Year 1 this term! We are the first Year 1 class to cook in the school! Cookery will be on every Friday, and we go in groups of 6 and 7 for one hour with our cookery teacher Etain. Today we made Irish Soda Bread, Marmite Pasta ( which was delicious!) and an omelette! We loved learning about how to cook and we all said we would try these recipes at home! Over the weekend Miss O'Leary will try to upload the pasta recipe!
History: We have started a very interesting topic this term - Kings, Queens and Leaders. We have been discussing some of the key vocabulary for the topic and turns out we knew a lot of things already! For example we learned the word coronation and thought we had heard it before.... Then we remembered we heard it in the movie 'Frozen' because Elsa was preparing for her coronation day when she would get the crown!
We all settled back into our work really well this week and worked extremely hard! We heard all about Teddy's adventures in Ireland and all about the mischief he was up to!
Miss O'Leary will post some pictures over the weekend!
* clubs after school will be starting back this week*
*Spring Curriculum Map is on the website*
Have a great week everyone,
Miss O'Leary 
Marmite Pasta- Nigella Lawson
INGREDIENTS
Serves: 4-6
METRICCUPS
- 375 grams spaghetti
- 50 grams unsalted butter
- 1 teaspoon marmite (or more to taste)
- freshly grated parmesan cheese (to serve)
METHOD
- Cook the spaghetti in plenty of boiling salted water, according to the packet instructions.
- When the pasta is almost cooked, melt the butter in a small saucepan and add the Marmite and 1 tablespoon of the pasta water, mixing thoroughly to dissolve. Reserve ½ cup of pasta water; then drain the pasta and pour the Marmite/Vegemite mixture over the drained spaghetti, adding a little reserved pasta water to amalgamate if required. Serve with plenty of grated Parmesan cheese.
Some activities to keep busy before back to school!
Christmas Day!
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope everyone is having a wonderful day Santa Claus visited Teddy last night but Teddy has been up to his old tricks this morning, and has made a mess with his wrapping paper! Such a naughty Teddy!
Christmas Eve!
Teddy is very excited in Ireland tonight! He's just back from Christmas Eve mass, where we watched our priest light the final white candle to celebrate the birth of Jesus! Teddy has said his prayers and is snuggled up, ready to go to bed! I hope everyone in Year 1 is in bed early and ready for Santa Claus tonight! 🎅🏻
Our week in review- 17th- 21st December.
We have had a fantastic final week in Year 1! We have been very busy with lots of fun activities to help us finish off the term- check it out!
Carol service: On Tuesday afternoon we were very lucky, as we made it to church to watch the KS2 children practice and prepare for their carol service. We listened to them sing some wonderful hymns, and even heard a few musicals performances!
Christmas lunch: On Wednesday we celebrated Christmas with a fantastic school lunch. We had turkey, roast potatoes, brussel sprouts, 'pigs in blankets', vegetables, and even some pudding and mince pies as a treat. We had a fantastic time!
VIP visitor: We has a special visit from Santa Claus, he said that we have all made the nice list but that we all need to stay on our best behavior until Christmas. Santa has given on our behalf, some wonderful gifts to children, who don't have a lot at Christmas, such as Fantastic Football, the gift of reading, and Trees For Life, through the CAFOD organisation. Our class are very proud of this gift.
We have had a great term this year and have learnt so much! I am so proud of each and every one of the fantastic pupils in Year 1!
On behalf on Adrianna and myself, I would like to thank everyone for the thoughtful and beautiful gifts at Christmas! I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas, I 'll be updating our page throughout the term with some pictures of Teddy, and some fun activities to keep little ones busy!
Have a wonderful break,
Miss O'Leary
Teddy is on his way home! Merry Christmas everyone!
Our Week in review- 10th-14th December 2018
Oh what a wonderfully busy week we have had here in Year 1 this week! Take a look at what we have been up to 
Religion: In Religion this week we have been learning about Mary and Joseph's journey to Bethlehem where baby Jesus was born! We discussed what a baby needs and compared what a baby needs and receives today when they are born to what Jesus had when he was born! We created a fantastic display about the greatest story ever told.
English: In English this week to tie in with our Show and Tell topic- we discussed the season of Winter! We read a story called 'Stick Man' by our favorite author Julia Donaldson. In the story we saw how the stick man went on a journey and we could discuss and identify what season it was from the illustrations.
Art:We have been working really hard on finishing our snowman crafts! Take a look at our *work in progress* !
Nativity: A huge congratulations to all the children involved in our KS1 Nativity- it was an incredible performance! Year 1 sang their song extremely well and looked very 'angelic' on stage!
PJ Day: We had a lot of fun today raising money for the Baron's Court Project! We all wore our pj's to school including Miss O'Leary!! We had a lot of fun playing outside with our Teddies in the afternoon- our class Teddy loved having lots of new friends to play with for the day!
That's all for this week! I have linked some vocabulary to help with this week's RE homework about the Nativity story. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Miss O'Leary
Our week in review Monday 3rd- Friday 7th December 2018
This week has been very busy as we prepare for our KS1 Nativity! Take a look at everything we've been up to!
Maths: We have been working on number patterns in Maths this week. Mr Davis came and visited our class during the week and worked with some children to make towers using number patterns.
Art: We created some wonderful snowmen using cotton wool and some ribbon! We discussed Winter and even made a brand new display about our new Season!
Show and Tell: We had some really great pieces for show and tell this week! We had a pretty big Christmas card, a story board of the Nativity, and some lovely figurines!
Advent Liturgy: On Tuesday afternoon Mrs Moore- Jaunaii led our KS1 Advent Liturgy. We are learning about Advent in school! We will all know what candle to light in Church this Sunday!
Thank you to everyone for returning the Angel costumes for the Nativity! We are really looking forward to it in Year 1!
** REMINDER: KS1 Nativity @ 1:45 pm- hope to see you there!**
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Miss O'Leary
Our week in review 26th-30th November 2018
This week has been very exciting in Year 1- take a look!
Science: We had a special surprise this week when Miss McDaid, who teaches Year 6 came down to teach us a science lesson! Miss McDaid is an expert in science and is the science leader in our school- we are so lucky! We carried out an experiment to see how jelly changes from a solid to a liquid and sets as a solid when you cool it down! We really loved this lesson and the jelly was delicious!
P.E: On Wednesday we were practicing our balance skills in our P.E lesson! We practiced balancing on different pieces of equipment in our school hall. We love gymnastics!
Art:In art this week we made some wreaths just in time for the Christmas Fair! We used paper plates and tissue paper! We also created some signs for the Mary Garden. Some of our lovely parents were involved in tidying up the Mary Garden earlier this year and planted some wonderful herbs and plants! Next time you pass the Mary Garden you might see our lovely signs!
Sorry for the delay in uploading this week's review! I have left a link to our 2 songs for the Nativity below
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed the Christmas Fair!
Miss O'Leary
Our week in review 12th-17th November 2018
We have had a jammed pack week this week! We had an incredible performance, a wonderful assembly and a really interesting workshop in school! Check out what we've been up to below!
Maths: In Maths this week we have been focusing on subtraction, we know that when we subtract we are taking away a number, and we know that the answer will be smaller than the number we started with!
English:In English this week we spoke about and discussed World War 1. This was a very special week as we remembered those who died in the First World War. On Wednesday we participated in a Poppy Workshop where we learnt about the jobs women had during the war! We heard that women were train drivers, ticket collectors, shop keepers and bus drivers!
Sheku Kanneh- Mason: On Monday we were incredibly lucky as we had the pleasure of listening to a performance by the world-renowned cellist Sheku Kanneh -Mason! We had a wonderful afternoon listening to his performance with local schools and we wrote a card for Sheku to thank him for coming to see us!
Sorry for the delay in this week's review! Hope everyone had a lovely weekend!
Miss O'Leary
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Our week in review- 5th -9th November 2018
We have had a very busy week this week! We had a V.I.P visitor in our class on Friday, Miss O'Leary's sister! Take a look at what we were doing!
Maths: We were working really hard on subtraction stories this week, we even made up our own stories!
Science: We had a really fun science lesson today with Miss O'Leary's sister Claire! Claire helped us to test water-proof materials so we could make a raincoat for Teddy! Claire is studying fashion in University in Dublin, Ireland! We have some really cool pictures from today below!
English: In our Literacy lessons this week, we read a really interesting story, called , The Everywhere Bear. It was so similar to our class and our Teddy! We thought the author Julia Donaldson, had been spying on our class !!
Topic: I have linked a website to help with this weeks homework below , and also some resources to help with our RE and Art homework.
Have a wonderful week everyone!
Miss O'Leary
Our week in review 29th October- 2nd November
We've had a lovely week back in school after our half term! It was great to see so many excited faces on Monday morning! Take a look at everything we've been doing this week!
English: In English this week, we read the story 'The Tiger who came to tea'. It was a very funny story! We thought of alternative titles for it - The Penguin who came to a picnic, The Lion who came to lunch! Some ideas were fantastic!
Maths: In Maths this week we have been learning about subtraction. We made our own subtraction stories up today! Some were really clever! For example , there were 5 tigers on the safari, 3 went hunting and there was 2 left. ( 5-3=2)
Topic: As a part of Black History Month in October, we learned about Rosa Parks. We watched a documentary about her life, and about how she stood up and fought for her civil rights. We discussed discrimination in our class, and all agreed that a person shouldn't be treated differently just because of the way they look, or where they come from! We wrote about Rosa Parks in our books, it was a really interesting topic!
Golden Time: We had a very exciting and well suited Golden time treat this week! We get Golden time on Friday afternoons when we all reach our dojo point target as a class! This week we made hot chocolate and had mini marshmallows on top! We watched the story of The Tiger who came to tea, being acted out in a theatre! Check out our pictures below!
Finally we had a lovely day celebrating All Saints Day in school yesterday! Miss O'Leary was so sad to miss it! Everyone in class did a fantastic job in show and tell this week, discussing a saint they admired!
I have posted this week's tricky words list below, and just a reminder that Parent's Evening letters went home in book bags today, and slots will be given out on a first come first served basis :)
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend !
Miss O'Leary
