This term Year 1 children are learning programming skills in computing. Today they created instructions (an algorithm) for BeeBots and tried to move them around various maps by visiting different destinations.
Just a reminder about the competition to design a cardboard tube book character. Bring in your creations from Wednesday next week ready for judging on Friday!
Seven Trent came in to teach us all about what should go down the toilet. We loved the song at the end. Thank you Beth.
This week was National Storytelling Week, an annual event organised by the National Literacy Trust.
This fantastic annual event is a joyful celebration of the power of sharing stories. Stories teach us about the world, they allow us to step into someone else’s shoes and feel empathy, they help us to relax and escape and they can help develop essential literacy skills.
To celebrate and acknowledge the week the children of All Souls’ embraced storytelling by visiting other year groups to share stories and read to each other.
Year 6 visited Reception to read to their Prayer Friends:
Year 5 shared stories with Year 1:
Year 4 spent time in Year 2 reading and telling stories to each other:
Year 2 were also very lucky to have Lilah and Macie from Year 6 visit them as VIP readers on Friday afternoon.
Everyone had such a lovely week telling stories and spending time with others from across school, we hope it has encouraged the children to share stories with those at home!
Today we have celebrated St Philomena’s birthday – We discussed how her feast day is on the 10th of August when we are on our Summer Break so we are celebrating today.
We reminded ourselves of St Philomena’s story and the icons associated with her. We learnt about St Philomena’s cords which are worn by Catholics as a belt as a sign of honour to St Philomena. We tested our resilience and learnt a new skill to create our own!
We spoke about how St Philomena is often pictured with an anchor, arrows and lilies. We decided to make our own lilies using our handprints to display on our prayer area and use as part of a special art project.
It was time to head out side and work together as a team to create a collaborative piece of art using natural materials. We collected a range of materials and then decided which would work in the best position to create the anchor shape. We added on two arrows and finished off our art work with some of our handmade flowers. We were so proud of our work and loved showing some of our parents at home time.
Wishing all of our children and families a very
‘Happy New Year!’
May our Lord fulfil all your new year wishes and keep you and your family healthy and happy.
All the staff of All Souls’ x
Wishing you all a blessed Christmas.
Thank you for all of our lovely cards, kind words and generous gifts.
All the staff of All Souls x
A huge congratulations to the ‘all star’ cast of the Twinkly Nativity who provided audiences with 2 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ performances of their nativity performances!
We are so proud of the children in Year 1 and 2 for their nativity performances, they were all shining stars! It was a pleasure to see the children’s confidence grow from first run through to the final performances. They worked hard to learn the Makaton signs to accompany the songs throughout the play. We spoke about those that use Makaton and how this benefits their lives.
Well done Year 1 and Year 2!
Year 1&2 had a wonderful time today exploring and experiencing the story of Christmas. They enjoyed dressing up and completing crafts to support in their experience.
All of the school staff were very proud of how the children behaved and contributed during the session and also received several compliments from the staff and visitors at the Cathedral.
They even had lots of the public stop to listen as they sand some of their Christmas Nativity songs.
Well done children!
Year 1 and 2 had a great time at the flicks!
The children walked beautifully ALL the way to the Skydome.
We stopped off for lunch just before the film. The children were very well behaved and were complemented by the Skydome staff on their tidying up after lunch and lining up in the corridors.
We all loved the film and all super stars during the film too!
