Last week, all of Key-Stage Two took part in drama and poetry workshops to investigate the people of the First World War and their stories. During the sessions, the children created scenes from different poems: some written to encourage men to fight in the war, such as, ‘Who’s for the Game?’ by Jessie Pope and […]
Read MoreKS2 Times Table Rockstars Challenge Results
We are incredibly proud of the children at St Catherine’s Primary School, as our school came 875th (out of 3937 schools) in the recent England Rocks TT Rockstars tournament. The competition was fierce with 171,027,491 questions answered collectively by 704,979 pupils from 3,937 schools and 82,483 classes around the country. Our school statistics were astounding. […]
Read MoreYear 3 Weekly Update – 18/11/22
Dear Parents and Carers, Spellings: superlatives retakerereadreappearretrymisbehaverebuildmistakemishearmiscalculatereplay Times tables This week, please could you practise the 4 times tables with your child. Last week’s Times Tables Rockstars challenge was Year 3 against Year 4. Year 4 unfortunately won so we have set another challenge for this week, boys vs girls! As always, this ends on […]
Read MoreKS2 Hidden Figures Assembly and Workshop – Black History Month
On Monday, KS2 enjoyed an energetic and inspiring assembly to celebrate Black History Month led by Big Foot Theatre Company. We were introduced to various significant British Black people who had helped shape our history and perhaps are not as well-known as some of the more famous faces! Did you know that four Roman Emperors […]
Read MoreYear 3 Prehistoric Event
Today Year 3 took part in the Museum of London’s prehistoric event. During this time, they saw a range of artefacts from the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. First of all, they had to work out what each artefact was. Then, they had to put the objects in chronological order. Following this, they […]
Read MoreYear 3 Weekly Update – 11/11/22
Dear Parents and Carers, Spellings: superlatives easyeasiereasiestsmellysmelliersmelliesthappyhappierhappiestbossybossierbossiest Times tables This week, please could you practise the 4 times tables with your child. Last week’s Times Tables Rockstars challenge was Year 3 against Year 4. Year 4 unfortunately won so we have set the challenge again for this week, ending on Sunday. Maths This week, we […]
Read MoreYear 3 Weekly Update – 04/11/22
Dear Parents and Carers, Class photos – Please note that the class photos for 2022/23 are taking place on Thursday 3rd November. Please ensure that your child comes into school in their uniform with their PE clothes in a bag. Spellings: homophones grategreateightateweightwaitsonsunbreakbrake Times tables This week, please could you practise the 4 times tables […]
Read MoreYear 3 Weekly Update – 21/10/22
Dear Parents and Carers, Year 3 Prayer service and Harvest Festival The Year 3 Prayer service and Harvest Festival were wonderful celebrations of the children’s learning over the past half term and it was wonderful to see so many parents in attendance. Spellings: There are no spellings to learn over half term. Please continue to practise […]
Read MoreYear 3 Weekly Update – 14/10/22
Dear Parents and Carers, Year 3 Prayer service We look forward to welcoming parents to our Prayer service tomorrow (Wednesday 12th October) about the Christian family. The children have all worked extremely hard and cannot wait to perform in front of you all. Spellings: Statutory spellings veinreinstraightgreypreyobeytheyweighsleigheight Times tables: This week, please could you practise […]
Read MoreYear 3 Weekly Update – 30/09/22
Year 3 Prayer service We are now preparing for our prayer service on 12 October 2022. All of the children have been given a role, speaking or acting, and lines are being sent home today. Please encourage your children to practise their lines, so that they know them off by heart. Spellings: Statutory spellings imaginenaughtypeculiarstrangedifficultordinarycaughtfavouriteheart […]
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