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St Mary's Catholic Primary School

Working Together for the Good of Each Other

Kelly Holmes Class

Welcome to Kelly Holmes Class!

Miss Wade

Mrs Todman & Mrs Halloran

Our classes this academic year are named after athletes. Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE, OLY is a retired British middle distance athlete. Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1,500 metres events and won gold medals for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

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Summer 1: Be Creative like a spider

Lego Builders in our Computing lessons - following a set of instructions from Miss Wade to ensure the correct outcome.

We loved comparing Victorian toys to toys that we play with today!

Spring 2: Be curious like cat

Stations of the Cross: a St. Mary’s exhibition...

Life skills! Food preparation & handling in Holmes Class

We love using instruments to help us play to the beat!

Using numicon to make representations of numbers to 30

Counting in 2s

In RE we have been listening to the story of The Good Samaritan. We spoke about what it means to be a 'Good Samaritian' and that loving your neighbour means loving everyone, that way that God loves us.

Thank you so much to all the lovely parents/guardians in Holmes class for attending our first Book Nook session!
The children really enjoyed sharing their favourite books with you and reading with you!

World Book Day 2023

'Reading is dreaming with eyes open'...

Making sculptures from natural resources, wool and play doh!

Rock painting in Holmes class as part of out Earth Art project.

In Maths we have been looking at place value to 50. Today we used art straws to make groups of ten to help us with our counting in 10s.

Spring 1: Be knowledgeable like an owl

STEM CHALLENGE in Holmes Class!
We have been set a task in our class this week from no other than Jack (he is good friends with Miss Wade apparently!)

Jack wanted us to design, make and evaluate something that would safely bring the golden egg down from the top of the beanstalk. We followed these steps:

- Initial discussions about what materials to use

- Designing and labelling our model

- Gathering of materials

- Making our models

- Testing our models

- Evaluation

We have loved becoming inventors for the day!

Mental Health Week 2023 in Holmes Class

The theme for this Children's Mental Health week is 'Time to Talk' and that is why Holmes class created an environment where talking is always welcome. The children took part in different activities that encouraged them to talk; creating gratitude flowers, making friendship bracelets for their peers, sharing and enjoying shared stories between teachers and their peers including popular fables and quite simply, just chatting with their teachers! Something that is often missed but incredibly vital. What a beautiful session.

We have been looking at Families & Celebrations in our RE lessons this half term. One particular celebration we have been looking at is the Sacrament of Baptism. We had the pleasure of attending Church to listen to Father Michael tell us all about this special celebration. We even got to pretend we were taking part in a Baptism ceremony!

We have been naming and sorting 3D shapes in Maths!

Happy Chinese New Year!

Thank you so much to Samuel's mum for our lovely gifts!

In Music this half term, we are looking at pulse, pitch, and different styles of music, for example, Baroque which the children are loving. Next week, we're looking at classical music!

We have been looking at pronouns in our English lessons, ahead of writing our own story next week!

Creepy Crawly Roadshow!

Just look at how brave the children are...

In PE we have moved on to our Robots topic. This week we have been looking at different movements including different heights and ways of traveling.

Autumn 2: Be reflective like a chameleon

WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Today the children have the opportunity to role play the nativity story. The children were able to ‘interview’ the shepherds and discuss how they felt when they first heard the news, from Angel Gabriel, that the Son of God had been born. Some children were able to identify that the Angel Gabriel told the shepherds first because they were normal people, just like us! We also spoke about what gifts they would have bought Jesus, like wool to keep them warm in the stable!

Congratulations to our new Eco-Warriors, Buster & Roman.

They have been voted by the whole class to represent Year 1 at the upcoming Eco-Warrior meetings!

Thank you so much Lancashire Library Services for coming in with some Christmas books and reading to our Year 1 children.

Our Advent Promises!

Today we became History Detectives!

We used clues to figure out when the Great Fire of London was and how it started.

The children worked in groups, with their adult and came up with some incredible ideas!

We even spoke about whether we thought it was accidental or on purpose - an interesting discussion in Holmes Class!

Ordering objects from greatest to smallest in Maths.

Using Purple Mash to sort objects into different groups.

Fine motor activities using chunky chalk!

In our Maths lessons, we have been looking at repeated patterns. Today, we made our own necklace with our own patterns on!

Today we listened to the story Rama and Sita, in our English lessons.

We made our own bridges, like Rama did in the story. We used these to help us re-tell the story.

Autumn 1: Be positive like a giraffe

Explorer Day with Adrian Hall (…an actual explorer!)

We really put out Map skills to use today, travelling North, South, East and West to find the hidden flags. We have a lot of children that feel inspired to become explorers and travel the Arctic now!

African Art Week!

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Holmes Class Weather Report!

We have been learning all about different types of weather and climate in our Geography and Science lessons. In our final lesson, we put together a class weather report!

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The Bird Man

The children had a lovely visit from the Bird Man today! They found out all about different birds, including what makes them so unique. They even had the chance to hold them. We saw an eagle, a peregrine falcon, a barn owl and a hawk!