Year 6 have just come back from an exciting trip to Alton Castle. It was a fantastic and amazing place and it is definitely the place to go for a retreat. It ia jam packed with fun, activities and prayer. Some of the great activities were trekking along the country side, getting muddy and a lot of exercise. We also did an adventure course swinging on zip wires, crawling in underground tunnels and having to trust your partner. There was a lot more but I can't write it all now as I.C.T club has finished, but don't worry there will be an update next week. By Amy bailey

Sacrament of Reconciliation

On Sunday children in Class 3B and 3J received the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Father Dennis and Father Barry helped the children through this Sacrament and everyone said it was a very moving/peaceful celebration.

We are now looking forward to making our First Holy Communion and have begun emailing children at Holy Souls School who are also in Year 3...hopefully we will find out lots of interesting information about each other.

Last Wednesday, the parents and children in Year 3 attended a Sacramental Preparation meeting at school. The parents met Mr Hughes in the hall and discussed what they remembered about the time they received the Sacrament of Reconciliation and how we can say sorry to each other in our families. They then joined the children in Class 3b and 3J to take part in a Sorry Circle. Everyone thought carefully about what they wanted to say to each other and the candle lit prayer time was a lovely occasion for everyone involved.

We are now all looking forward to our Mass of Preparation with Year 6 on Sunday 8th February at Saint Edward's Church.

Class 3B

Year 6 Maths

Recently, we have been doing 'Brain Gym', where we do exercises, all to music, like drawing figures of 8 in the air with our hands, balancing on one foot and right elbow to left knee etc. Since September, we have covered ordering, multiplying and dividing decimals, fractions, probability and handling data. We spent quite a time on each, making sure we understood everything fully. Our maths lessons really help us to learn as best we can and Mr. Silverton is a great, and funny, teacher though sometimes he does like to talk!

Here is a recent maths question we looked at. Mr. Silverton has a weekly question. Can you work out the answer?

A snail climbs a 10m high wall to reach a tasty lettuce leaf. It can reach a height of 3m an hour, but then has to rest for an hour, during which time it slides down 2m. How long will it take our speedy snail to reach the the top of the wall and its tasty lettuce leaf?

Trips, SAT's and getting ready for Christmas

Year 6 has been really exciting so far.We have all worked as a big family.Yr 6 and Yr 3 have been paired as Faith friends;it's a friend which helps you to prepare for First Holy Communion or Confirmation.In Yr6 you are one big family and help each other,working as a team and going to Alton Castle in February.This week and last week we have been practising our words for the Christmas Play.We've had papers for SAT'S!Our great teacher announced this morning that we still have more practise papers to go.(Oh no !)

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Year Six

I am in Year Six, it has been quite hard this first term; extra homework and challenging lessons. I want to support all my friends doing Confirmation this year. In February we are visiting Alton Castle to have fun but most importantly, we are preparing ourselves for the Sacrament of Confirmation . The trips like Harvington Hall and Black Country Museum have been great fun and enjoyable but remind us about what it was like for the people back in those times and their working conditions. Did you know that 400 years ago priests were not allowed to celebrate Mass and that being a priest drastically reduced your life expectancy? We found secret priest hiding holes and squeezed into one or two to see what it would have been like for Jesuit priests who were staying at Harvington Hall. We also had a very special Mass in the beautiful chapel. All of Key Stage 2 will be walking up to church this afternoon to run through the Christmas Production, Home for Christmas. We have been learning songs and thinking about what it would be like to be homeless at this time of year.

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Year Six First Term

This year in Year Six we are preparing for our Confirmation; both classes are looking forward to it! over the last few weeks we have been on some trips to help us grow and develope our faith.we all been paired up with year 3 as faith friends. we are both in a very important year as year 3 take there frist Holy communion and year 6 celeabrate confirmation.We both help each other to grow in faith.This year we will vist Alton Castle as a retreat to help us grow in faith and become like Jesus.