St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Nursery

Feast Day: 3^rd November   

''Everything, even weeding or scraping vegetables and looking after the sick could be a prayer if offered to God''

How can you help?

•  Listen to them reading daily, ask them about the story and characters

•  Practise counting, Maths games

•  Practise their spellings with them

•  Talk to them about what they have learnt

•  Help them to become more independent by encouraging them to stand in the line on their own before school and say good bye to them there, in the playground

•  Try to ensure they get a good night’s sleep

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http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/numeracy.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/den/den.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/

http://www.ictgames.com/caterpillar_slider.html

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http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm

http://nrich.maths.org/public/index.php

http://www.ictgames.com/

In Art, we have been learning about the artist William Turner. We used one of his paintings as inspiration for our own paintings. It was called The Snowstorm. We used large paper and experimented drawing and painting on a big scale. We had a great time!”

“We learnt about the artist J.M.W. Turner in Art and found out how he sketched and painted. We looked at his sketches and his painting 'Snowstorm'. We learnt that J.M.W Turner was unusual in that he enjoyed painting outside, which not many people did when he was alive. We decided that we would paint outside too and use our sketching and paint mixing skills to paint our own pirate ships. We saw how big some of Turner's paintings are and used large paper to understand how this can be different to sketching and painting in our sketchbooks. The children were very proud of their work.“ Miss Fulker

“In Geography, Year 1 have been learning about India and in particular, a village called Chembakolli. We have been using our knowledge of Newbury to compare it to Chembakolli. We have been comparing the physical and human features as well as comparing our school and a school in Chembakolli. To help us to learn more about India, some children brought in some artefacts and information about India. It was great for the children to share their experiences of India. They were very knowledgeable!” Miss Fulker

“This week, we made animal masks using all the techniques that we learnt last term. We created texture using paper. We curled it, ripped it, cut it and folded it to make our animal masks 3D. We used our knowledge of mixing colours to make sure that the animal prints that we made were the right colour. We also thought about the pattern on the animal and tried to create that pattern on our masks. I was very impressed with all of the children's effort. Well done!”

Miss Fulker