Abington Park Museum

Last week, on Wednesday, we went to Abington Park Museum. It was all about Tudors. We went into our House Groups and did many different things, such as cooking. We had a lot of fun there and we found out many things, for instance, only poor people ate vegetables. Rich people did not eat vegetables at all. Rich people ate lots of meat, which was served on silver plate with expensive decorations.

RM Maths

Hi, it is EN here to tell you about the amazing RM maths. I have nearly finished the whole scheme! I just want to let you know that is a very clever thing and will really help you with your maths. When you get into year six you can go every morning! It is educational and fun!

Christmas Truffles

In Year 6, Wednesday this week we have been making Fairtrade truffles for Christmas as a gift for our family. As soon as we could, we put our truffles in the fridge to set but they weren't in for very long ,so our science teacher, Mrs Goodman, advised us to put them in our fridge at home for half an hour. Our families were able to enjoy the truffles that we made. They were very nice.

ingredients:

55g of cream cheese

55g of icing sugar

55g of crushed biscuits

30g of Fairtrade cocoa powder

It is nearly christmas! By EN

Hi it is EN speaking! Today is the first day of Advent. We have had all our of our first year six tests! I am enjoying PE, we are doing hockey and it is really fun good exercise! I have started the school netball team AGAIN! It is two weeks until we break up from school! I can't wait for Christmas!

Christmas

Hello, everybody and WOW it is nearly Christmas I can't for Santa to bring me lots of presents and singing Christmas carols. I might be spending the first week at my friends house BK it will be so fun. I have got so many best friends but my bestest he friend is BK because she is always there for me.

OO

Terrifying Test Week

This week , the whole of year six including Ms Keating's class have been doing tests for the past few days. We must say, it has been hectic and difficult for all in year 6, but we all hope that we have achieved our goals for the purpose of reaching our high levels in all of our core lessons which are Maths, English, Science and R.E. It is all over though and we recently received our test results and they are quite good because we are supposed to get these remarkable marks next year in, probably, March or April but so far they are really good test results especially for us because I am a level 4 so I am really pleased and so are all the teachers in the y6 group and for all the children who misbehave in class, learning does really pay off a lot so I do advise you to listen to whom you are being tutored by what you are being taught.

FINALLY!!!!!

Yes, the tests are over; we've been waiting for today. EVERYONE has got great results no matter what they got! Now we can finally we can sit back and enjoy because the pressure has been lifted. However, we have still got more work to complete for the rest of the year. So, much more of the working and less of the relaxing! So let party now before it's over!

Tests are over

Tests are over after 3 days and one day off. After a lot of tests and a lot of revising we moved up levels and sub-levels. After intense pressure our budens have been lifted. No more tests to bare. However we are still got lot of work to do. To do this we have to pay attention!

The beginning of y6

Finally we're in year 6. It is very hard and homework everyday. Some people don't hand it in but it's all good. We are learning new things and revising our earlier years. We are learning about pie charts in maths and our tests are next week. In literacy,we are writing school reports to practice our sats next week.

house group quiz

HOUSE GROUP QUIZ BY ABI, ALANA AND RYAN

At school we have four house gropes ;More,Becet,Alban and Fisher.Next week we are haveing a quiz ,its is against all the groups and also thert are 2 pupils from each year three to year six. Whoever gets the most points will win.

year 6 by BK

Hi, it's BK, what a great start to year 6! So loving the feeling of being at the top of the school. I hope I get picked to be a prefect because it is an amazing feeling and I can tell little children the right thing to do at all times.

starting y6 by EN

I have started year six!! and I'm really enjoying it!! We are writing autobiographies in English and virtual tours in ICT! I am in Mrs Keating's class and I am enjoying Activate [ an exercise programme .] I know there is so much more to come!

See you later!

EN

Blog Rules

Using Year 6 blog for the first time...
Please remember the rules -
1)Never give personal information away.
2)Don't use some body's else's name.
3)Don't cyberbully.
4)Don't say rude words on your post.
5)Save your work before you shut down.

First Term!

You know what they say. The first term is always the hardest, but not in our case! This term has probably been the best term ever! With Mr C, Mrs G, Mrs L , Ms K and last but definitely not least Mrs P leading the way down the never-ending path of education.

I'm going to miss St. Gregory's these past few years in this school have been a rollercoaster with things to do and places to see. But if your mind is set on something, never give up and then in a few years time you will see your beautifull work and will be very proud.
I.A

Year Six Leavers !!

Oh my gosh, we are leaving on the 21st July. We all have mixed emotions, some scared, some nervous and some excited. We are going to a ranges of schools, the top 3 schools are Thomas Becket Catholic School, Northampton Girls School and Moulton Science School.

GD x

year six

OMG! It is year sixes last full week at st.gregorys r.c. primary school. So most of the year is going on a trip from friday-monday to Norfolk. Norfolk is a place were there are loads of activities. jca

Art Exhibition

St. Gregory's School recently hosted an Art Exhibition of the children's work, for parents. Have a look at the Year 6 display by clicking on this link below to look in the Google Gallery :-)...

Art Exhibition 22nd June 2011

6C Hazel Reed Artwork

6C produced some artwork on the theme of Hazel Reed. These were made using fabrics to show scenic landscapes in a variety of patterned contrasts.

Curves of Pursuit!!

In Year 6, we have been learning about Curves of Pursuit in maths. We have been doing patterns inside different regular shapes. Some of the children's work has been displayed outside in the corridor. Curves of Pursuit are great and past classes have really enjoyed drawing them. If anything, it's good practice at drawing lines and measuring carefully with a ruler!

Curve Stitching

Hey Everyone! In Maths we are doing stitching. First we drew the designs on paper. Then we got card and drew out the design and put holes through with a compass.

Year 6 going secondary school

My opinion about the hardest part of leaving your primary school to go to your secondary school is from being the highest year of the school to the lowest year of the school which is pretty scary when your used to being on top of the school to knowing there are children older than you in your new school. That could be very frustrating. jca

Take 1 and Action!

This week year 6 have been reading, writing and acting out the play, Macbeth. It's a tragedy play, set in Scotland. About a man who is noble, strong and brave. Driven by his wife, who became mad with power, he became evil, greedy and cold hearted.

Macbeth, as we learned, was a good man, then became to believe in the witches prophesy and a serial killer! After writing about the summary of Macbeth and lady Macbeth ( his wife) ,we moved on to acting ( the best part). I became one of the witches ( watch out!) and i know the word are old fashion but what the heck! This is what i had to say " Any one born from a woman shall not harm Macbeth" ( I thought everyone's born from a woman!) Then when I found out Macduff killed Macbeth it got all complicate but then I understood. (Macduff ain't born from no woman)

In this play I say there we lots of day dreaming, daggers in the air, a ghost and blood on your hands?

MK

Leaving St Gregory's

Soon Year six will be leaving St Gregory's as they will be moving up to secondary school. Some will be going to NSB, NSG, Lings Academy, Moulton, Thomas Becket and Kingsthorpe. A couple of people are excited whilst others are sad to leave, but also quite excited as they are starting a new adventure! The most scary thing I think that everyone is a bit scared of is being the oldest children in the school - turning into the youngest children in the school!

MHB

SAT's and moving school

Now Sat's is finally over (yes!!!) school is not as stressful, because we don't get as much homework as before. The science test B was very difficult compared to test A. I thought the maths test was not that difficult but towards the end it was harder.
In school we had to make a paper pulp with torn newspaper also put water in it. Then we put newspaper on a plastic small cereal type bowl. We used newspaper, water, a bucket and a bowl to do this. I found it fun when we made it however I did get wet at some times.
In I.C.T we are starting to use Skype and I find it quite fun. I co-incidentally went on my dad's Skype yesterday to talk to my cousins in London for 5 minutes. In the mornings year 6 are not allowed to go RM maths because year 5 are doing it.
I now know what school I'm going to and it's ... Thomas Becket. My mum and dad wanted me to go to NBS but I did not get in unfortunately. I feel nervous that I'm moving school but happy as well so I have mixed feeling. I'd just have to wait and see.

Internet safety

In school, for our I.C.T lesson we get to do skype. It is fun. Even though we all have a laugh it is part of our internet safety programme. We get to do web cam and talk on the microphone. It is really great fun, but we should be really safe about what we do on the internet because people could want to know our details and they would want to meet up with us. This is a really bad thing because if we meet up with them something really bad could happen!

SO! ... We should be S.M.A.R.T:

1. Safe - not giving out your personal details.


2. Meeting - people you have contacted could be very dangerous.


3. Accept - people you do not know could get you into serious trouble.


4. Reliable - people could be lying about what they are saying and their age and details.


5. Tell - always tell someone you know and that you can rely on.

These are the internet safety rules. Also never communicate with a stranger you do not know.

Paper Bowls

During a period of time, Year 6 have been making bowls with newspaper. This all started when we had to rip and tear pieces of newspaper and put them in a bucket in warm water to make it go mushy. Over the last few days the newspaper has been getting soggy. Although it looked disgusting it was fun!

After that, we had to put the newspaper on the bowls and cover it completely. A lady came in to help us and I enjoyed it. I was a bit worried because the newspaper was TOO soggy and it wouldnt stick to the bowl. I covered my bowl with the newspaper and lifted it up, but then afterwards it collapsed when i had put it back down again. Luckily it didn't take me long to re-do it.

We then took the bowls outside to let them dry quicker, it took a really long time and I had to be patient. My bowl is completely dried now. All I have to do is paint it my own colour and take it home to use when it is finally finished and dry!

Making Paper Bowls

Hi Everyone! We are making paper bowls this week. It has been so much fun. First we got as much newspaper as we can get. Then we put them in buckets and put water in. The newspaper went into a pulp. We then got clingfilm and covered the bowl with it. After we stuck the newspaper on top of the clingfilm. We left the bowls to dry. Later on in the week we are going to be painting them any colour we want. How fun!

By H.T.

It's the end of our St Greg's journey

SATS ARE FINISHED!


Going to Moulton, NSB, NSG, Thomas Becket, Weston Favell, Norhampton Academy and other schools to!
Lots to look foward too.
Yet there'll definitely be tears and cheers
If you are worried that most of your friends are leaving and you will not have many friends at your new school, they will be many like that and will want to make friends fast.

paper bowls

On Wednesday we amde paper bowls. We had to wrap the bowls in clingfilm then we had cover the whole bowl in paper pulp, let it dry and you have your own paper bowl you can paint the bowl and decorate it however you like.

C.G

Football Report

Footie Fun

In P.E we have been doing football. I have enjoyed playing matches and scoring goals. On Friday I was captain and my team won the first match, drew the second one and lost the last one. We really enjoyed the matches.

Paper Bowls

Last week on Wednesday, we had a visitor in to talk about how to reduce, reuse and recycle litter, paper. nearly all kinds of rubbish. Also after break we all made paper bowls. Firstly we had to bring a bowl, after we had to make, it was like paper mache, we made it by tearing little pieces of paper and then adding warm water and then we left it for 2 days (before the visitor came). Then we put that mache on our bowls (not leaving any holes) BUT before that we put on the plastic foil, finally we left it for few days for it to dry, lastly you have to gently take out the bowl. Here you go, paper bowl.

J.G

At school this week we made newspaper bowls in science it was so fun we had to put paper in warter and it all went spugey and when it was dry we put the mush on the bowles we got from home

Macbeth

In English, yr 6 have been learning about Macbeth and we have been acting, writing, and watching a DVD about Macbeth which, helps us perform our play! In 6c plays we have 3 witches, King Duncan,Macbeth,Lady Macbeth, Banquo and others in the background!

By Hij

Paper Bowls

At school, we made bowls out of newspaper. We soaked the newspaper in water and put clingfilm around the bowl. We then covered the bowl in the wet newspaper, we let it dry and now we have a bowl made out of recyclable newspaper. WH

Macbeth

In English, we are learning about Macbeth, a Shakespearian play. It is the only play that is set in Scotland, and it is a tragedy. We examined the play, and are now very good at it. Mr. Clowes has suggested that we recreate the play in acting. However, we are thinking of doing a very funny and witty version.

Skype

In I.C.T ( information, communication and technology) we have been going on Skype. We have learned how to talk to people over the Internet using Skype. We used video calls and just normal calls. Talking to our friends was fun, and making group calls was even more funner!





But aswell as video chatting with are friends we learned about the dangers about meeting people on Internet who we think we know but don't, also adding people we dont know.

Fairtrade Bunting Record

This school and many other schools in England have been taking part in a Guinness World Record attempt to make the longest ever piece of bunting.
Our target was to beat the largest bunting which was 2.696 metres.
With all of the buntings that schools in England did, we reached our target that was 4,350 metres (thats over two and a half miles!)

By AEJ

Fairtrade Bunting Update

St. Gregory's Primary took part in the Fairtrade Foundation World Record Attempt to make the longest piece of bunting - all Fairtrade decorated of course! Every class in every year group, including Nursery and Reception had a go at making some bunting which we hung up in school for the duration of our 'Fairtrade Fortnight' term.

All key stage 2 bunting was sent to the Fairtrade Foundation as part of their World Record Attempt. The fantastic news is that they achieved their target! The result has been submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records, more on that when the result comes in.

Well done to the whole school!!

From the Fairtrade Steering Group.

Read about it at the Fairtrade Foundation website.

Mad Science

Mad Science Presentation in school

A few weeks ago a man from Mad Science arrived at our school to show us many wonders of science and he gave us leaflets to ask us if we wanted to join the after school club. Click on the link to see the pictures.

Lucy's here!

On Tuesday Lucy came to talk to us and answer are questions about Ghana. She travelled from England to Ghana to find what it's like in a different country. She has helped incredibly with our education in geography and many other subjects .We have seen her in person and we were all exited and pleased to see, Lucy not just from a photo but real life!

Lucy had talked to us about the school she had been working in and how we should appreciate what we have in school because Ghanaian schools ain't as lucky as us; we should not take things for granted. She talked about what her house looked like ,we were all astonished by what we saw and know i know why she asked us to guess what her house looked like (before she explained,) it was not poor and a place with less fancy things it was a big house a lovely big house!

She showed us dresses that the Ghanaian made for they were very lovely and made of fine material they were soo beautiful I wanted Lucy to go back to Ghana and get one for me!

And if you are reading this Lucy thank you for everything I will appreciate my school more!

MK

Hi everyone. Your wondering about sats aren't you? Well. There not that bad , in fact they there to help you out! so don't think about them, just think about how in a week they will be over.I know that I worried so mch about the sats, that I didn't want to come to the school let alone the building but to know there is a party on friday makes me feel better.

Thanks bye L.K

SATS

This week year six have been doing their SAT'S. On Monday we done an English reading test. On Tuesday we did our long and short writing test . On Wednesday we did a mental maths test and test A with no calculator, and today (Thursday) we did test paper B of maths. On Friday we have test A and B for science.
At 12:00 pm on the Friday we year six are having a picnic on the field to celebrate the end of our SAT'S week.
JCA.

SATS Week

This week we are having SATS. We have already done all of the english tests and all of the maths tests. Tomorrow we are doing 2 science tests. I think that the maths tests are the easiest but the science tests might be easy as well. Also tomorrow we are having a party to celebrate the end of SATS. All of us have to bring in food and drinks. I have to bring in drinks. We are going to have so much fun!


By H.T.

Paper bowls

Next Wednesday we are making paper bowls. We have to bring in newspaper, a plastic bowl and a bucket. First we put some paper in a bucket, then we add water to the paper in the bucket mix it together. We layer the paper on the bowl and let it set and there you have your own paper bowl also you can paint the bowl when it is set.

skip hop

When we first found out we was going to do skip hop I was terrified because i simply couldn't skip properly, but on the day, I was surprised wit myself I was brilliant I could skip, that was definitely a day to remember so that's why I thought to spread the news never say never, never say you can't do there's a time for everything! JCA.

The Fun Run

Today we are having a fun run for the charity Change the Unchanged, this is were we build houses for the children of India. KS2 have to do a minimum of 10 laps and we get to wear fun clothes such as tutus, hula skirts and fairy wings. Also the top three people who raise the most sponsor money will get a prize, our target is £1500.00. This means every person only has to raise £4.00 which we can easily top.

My Parrot Manic Day

It was perfectly normal day until I came out of school.

I had asked my brother where mum was and he said there was a parrot trying to land on a teacher heads and then it landed on the fence. She had gone over and told the parrot to step on her hand and it did as my mum said. We took it home in a big box and asked a friend to bring her extra parrot cage round as she had a spare one. We phoned every pet shop in Northampton and there was nothing we looked on nearly every parrot or lost pet site but nothing was to be found the one the person from the parrot society called and said that they found the owner, me and my brother were gutted we loved the parrot. The owners came round and they were really nice people. We still miss Liala ( parrot ).

Fairtrade Fortnight

Fairtrade Fortnight 2011

Click on the link above to view the album.

On 1st March we had a Fairtrade sale where we bought Fairtrade chocolate, drinks and many more fairtrade stalls selling other things! We had our photo taken for the Chronicle and Echo newspaper. This is because our school was participating in Fairtrade Fortnight. We also had a Big Brew where we gave Fairtrade coffee and tea to the parents to see if they liked it so if they liked it they could buy more Fairtrade coffee and tea.

By Amenda & Harshita

Skip Hop!

Throughout the weeks, St.Gregory's have been attending "skip hop," we learnt all kinds of techniques about skipping, with our coach, Johnny. Everyone enjoyed the company of Johnny and had an amazing time! I found it quite difficult and enjoyable at the same time because, i had learnt things that I never seen before... Like, skipping with your hand holding your leg and jumping over the rope. Also, I think it was for the benefit of us learning new things and becoming fit. The next thing we had to do was, that we had to jump in the middle of the skipping rope while it was swaying, pay attention to the cross on the floor and jump through it, but at the same time we had to run through it, and jump.. So it was quite tricky.

http://www.skip-hop.co.uk/skipping-c148.html

By Anelise B

Sporty Greg's

Here is a round up of our school sports news

Year 5 and 6 football team:

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  6 league fixtures attended and held weekly, won all games


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  attend local league winners, play off finals, finished runners up


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  attend countryregional play off finals -exit in semi-final, first loss of the season


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  attend fair play regional play off finals, exit in group states

Tag Rugby:

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  Finished runners up in league states


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  play off finals qualifys for next stage


• 
  
  attend county finals

Sporty girls sports day:

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  reached finals of girls football finish runners up


• 
  
  achieved 4th position in tag rugby tournament


• 
  
  participated in basketball tournament

Netball Team:

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  play leugue games and qualified for the play off finals


• 
  
  exit play off finals in group states

Sporty St.Gregory

St. Gregory have been a sporty bunch, excising and keeping fit starting from year 1 to 6 these have been our recent events:

• Multi-sport yr6 The Academy


• Year 1 and 2 Gymnastics @Lings forum.


• Year 5 and 6 sport shall athletics @Lings forum


• Year 3 and 4 Gymnastics festival @Lings forum


• Year 5 and 6 Gymnastics @ Lings forum


• Year 3 mixed football @ The Goal Centre


• Year 3 mixed football Centre The Goal Centre


• Year 1 and 2 Gymnastics @ Thorplands Primary


• Year 3 Gymnastics @ Woodvale Primary


• Year 5 and 6 Cross country


• Year 5 and 6 Gymnastics @ Becket


• Year 4 Multi sports @ Becket


• Sports Extra multi step dance with year 5


• Skip a hop day


• Fun run.

MK

letters from Ghana

Letters from Ghana

When year 6 were raising money for Ghana we recieved letters from the children that came from the school in Accra. When we got them we couldn't read them very well because they normally speak and write in Ghanian but, there where lovely pictures and a nice border around it. We got letters from Ghana because Lucy went to Ghana and helped in a school in Accra.

African Masks

In Year 6, we are presenting African Masks in our Display in the Topic, "Africa" We are learning about Africa in Geography, English and History, I really enjoy learning about the different Cultures and Traditions and comparing them to England. I am also very intrested into the WildLife, I love Nature and WildLife and wouldn't mind experimenting being in a Safari surrounded by all sorts of WildLife.

AfricanMasks/

Others suggested that they love the texture and the amount of effort the artist puts into it. I particularly like the "Punu Mask" and the "Woyo Mask" becuase it's amazingly colourful and enthusiastic.

AB, 6c

Lenten Project!!!!

This year we are doing a 'Lenten Project'. This Easter we are raising money for the charity 'Reaching the Unreached' (RTU). This charity was founded in 1975 by Brother James Kimpton in rural Tamil Nadu.Initially it provided foster family care for orphaned children in India. Now 'Reaching the Unreached' serves the poor of its area in many different ways including providing a secure and loving enviroment for over 700 children through its children's villages.
One of their projects is to build houses in villages in India. £750 buys a solid cement block house with a cooking oven, bathingplace, electricity, and basic household essentials.
Our aim is to raise £1500 to build 2 houses.
Foundation Stage are selling cakes which have been huge success in the past.
We are also holding a Fun Run/Walk for Foundation and Key Stage 1 on Monday 11 April and Key stage 2 on Tuesday 12 April.

Skip-Hop

Skip-Hop is a children's programe that helps children become healthier by skipping at school. In our school every child has a chance to do the workshops, and every year group does the activity on a different day of the week. It has been very exciting for many people who did not know how to skip before, but some of our school pupils are very good at this sport as they proved in our school assembly on Friday.

SATS

SATS are looming and everyone is worried about them. SATS, if you didn't know, are tests that yr 6s do about 3 months before we go to secondary school to show the teachers at our new schools our standard of working progress each year. We have done our 'mock tests' just to get us ready. We got good scores; 80% of yr 6 got level 4 and above and 20% got 4 and under. Level 4 and 5 is about right for this year group

Lent

The word 'Lent' comes fromthe Anglo Saxon word meaning Spring or Springtime. Lent is a very special time in church year and lasts for forty days, just like Jesus spent in the wilderness where he went to fast and pray. The Sundays in Lent are not counted in the 40 days because they are always a day of worship. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and will end 40 days later on Holy Thursday, which is sometimes called Maundy Thursday. Above all, Lent is the time we spend preparing ourselves for Easter.

My worries about Sats and secondary school

On May 9th we are going to have a test called sats and I am a bit nervous about it but I think I am going to get a good level in the test. then we are going to get our results and that level goes to secondry school. On September we are going to our new school. I hope I could make lots of friends and could get a good teacher.

lets go green for ghana!!!

It's Thursday and we are dressing green for Ghana to raising money for a school in Accra because it is St. Patrick's day. We had to bring in a pound if we dressed up because we want to help children that aren't as lucky as us.

Science Engineering

I went to Stanick Lakes on monday and made wind turbines and we also learnt about renewable energy and non -renewable energy . Such as, non renewable energy is oil, petrol and coal but the renewable energys are wind, water etc.

Mock SATS

Our SATS are in May so we know what the real things are going to feel like but they are a bit more tense. So far we have done all our Maths and English tests and we got good marks. We had to choose someone from school to win the simply the best award and then we had to write a guide about how to look after a made up pet called a Miptor, for Maths we did a tests with calculator and without a calculator. Can't wait until the real ones are over.



GD

St Patricks Day

On 17th March it was St Patricks Day. Year six had to dress up in green because they were raising money for Ghana for the school in Accra. We had to bring one pound if we dressed up, some people didn't dress up so they didn't donate money for Ghana. We want to help children that don't have anyone to look after them.

Letters From the Children in Accra,Ghana

As you know year 6 have been selling cereals to raise money for the school in Accra, Ghana.

In return, as a thank you, some of the children wrote letters to us, telling us what they like to play, what they like to eat and who their friends are.



Year 6K had a photo taken to show the children who we are.



We are also going to try and raise more money by making fruit salads and selling them for 20p. Hopefully this will help build another floor for a classroom.

Gymnastics

In St Gregory's Primary, 9 children were picked to do gymnastics at Thomas Becket sports school. We had 3 different activities with Thorplands Primary, Isaac won the 1st activity and Misha, Ellice and I won the 2nd activity. Thorplands and St Gregorys got certificates and the winners got individual certificates !
by HIJ

Moc SATS

6C following 6K are getting ready for the Mock SATs. Revising and learning on different things they're going to do in their real SATs. Mock SATs are practise SATs, they are just to see where the child is in his level and what he/she needs to achieve. For all the kids who are reading this there is NO need to panic - it's pretend SATs but keep on revising and listening in school!

By MK

Our Secondary Schools

Year 6 have got their result of which schools they are going to. Some children are going NSG, Thomas Becket, Moulton, NSB and Weston Favell. We are all excited about which school we are going to. I feel pleased because i am going to NSG, and some of my friends are going to. I feel a little bit sad because my little brother will be alone and he will miss me. By AS

Comenius

The teachers from our Comenius countries : Poland, Belgium, Italy and Greece are coming to this school. Children from Mr. Clowes' Class are making magazines about each of the countries( including us that is). There is also going to be a Culture Show on the 26 March. Each year group in key stage 2 are going to sing one of the country's National Anthem:
Year 6- Greek National Anthem
Year 5- Belgium
Year 4- Italy
Year 3- Poland

After the National Anthems everyone in the school is going to sing 'God Save the Queen'.

By Amenda Elizabeth Johnson

Plastic footballs

Year six were making footballs out of plastic bags. This lady came to us to talk about recycling, her name was Heather. After we made the footballs we tested them out to see which was the best one, we were put in to groups of 4 or 5. We had to kick the footballs 6 times. Only one person won out of each group the winners were Timi, Amanda, Harshita and Jakub.

fairtrade fortnight

It is Fairtrade fortnight for the next two weeks and year 6 are going to try to beat the world record for making the longest row of bunting. The world record to beat is 4,350 and everyone has to decorate a triangle shape piece of bunting with writing and a picture. I will be so proud if we break the world record for the longest piece of bunting. LETS DO THIS ST.GREGS!!

Fairtrade Fortnight

Fairtrade Fortnight begins this week, so this is a chance to find out about what Fairtrade is and what we can do to help. There will be an assembly and a chance for parents to find out more at the Big Brew. There will also be some activities in school. In the meantime, find out what you know about Fairtrade by trying out this quiz from CAFOD. Click on the link below to have a go!

Fairtrade Quiz

lego

this week we have been making lego models for science i made a machine with a mecanism called a pulley system and spur gear.

how you work it.

firstly you twist a pole,secondly it twists a set of spur gears,thirdly it pulls a pully system witch lifts up a block.

what will you make?

it was great fun

MAGAZINES

In Yr 6 we have started creating magazines for our Comenius countries. Our class has a couple of country's to choose from like:

• Italy
• Poland
• Greece
• Belgium
• UK

There are 6 groups with, 3-5 children in the groups,there are 6 group names:

• The Royals
• Maximus
• Olyumpus
• Ciao Italia
• Leopold
• Polska

We will finish our magazines just after half term and they will then put them on display or we will send them to the Comenius countries to see the difference between the UK and other countries!

Lego Machines

In 6K we are making Lego machines. We all made different machines. Me and my team were doing a machine that looks a lot like a twister but we didn't finish it yet. I worked with Maisie and Misha . Some people made a train or different exciting things. We had a lot of fun with the Lego machines some of us even found some Lego people to put on the machines, me and my team found two Lego people for our machine. We hope to finish it soon.

building lego models

In science we are building lego models, my team built a windmill and we had to and gears to make it move. To move the windmill, we had to a turn long lego piece and the two wheel with spikes (spur gear) rotated and that made the windmill rotate. IT WAS GREAT!!!

Lego Model

On the 9 of February Year 6 have been making 3D models from Lego they were very good and Ms Keating said it was fantastic. It took a lot of time to do it and also it was very hard because there were lots of parts and I (Jakub) did something wrong but I fixed it in 5 minutes! That's how hard it was, also I did it on my own so no one will interrupt. This is my model below, look at it and leave a comment.

Lego Machine Makers

6k and 6c have been making lego machines on wednesday 9th february 2011. Everyone worked really well and we really enjoyed it.

Why Should You Be Safe On Surfing The Internet?

Being safe on the Internet is highly recommended to young adults. However, you can surf the Internet and go online to speak to your friends, BUT is it really your friends? How do you know if it is, you should always ask if your online and speaking to your friends that it is really your friends. Ask questions about School and who's their best friend or teacher etc.

You shouldn't really tell anyone where your house is, or how old you are. You have to positive about surfing the Internet and being online.Being on the Internet and being online because, you don't know who's watching you/your profile or whatever you're on.

Click on Internet Safety Game, you'll be able to be a Internet Safety Game and hopefully you'll realise how important it is to be Online or on the Internet.

Anelise B

How to be Safe on the Internet ?

Being safe on the Internet is very important because if you give any of your personal information away anyone can find it and do things. Never put your photo on a site where anyone can see what you look like or were you live. This is because,people could come to your house and find you or ring you (if you put your phone number on).

This is why we are having an Internet safety day to tell us not to do this:

• give your photo away
• give your address away
• give your phone number away
• don't talk or meet up with anyone you don't know or don't go without telling somebody
• don't give any personal information away.

If you want some more information go to the thinkuknow website.

Geography-Lucy-in-Ghana.

Year 6 ,have been writing and asking questions to Lucy (Mrs Seftons daughter, teachers assistant), in Geography.

Mrs Sefton ( Lucy) is in Ghana for 8 weeks and she is helping children in schools. Also learning and experiencing Ghana to find out the answers to are questions. She has helped as allot to understand why and how the environment is. She has her own blog which we can go to and help us with are homework for Ghana.

We have asked questions like:

What kind of future will a child have. ( My question)

What is technology like in their houses etc.

MK

Culture Show

The Culture Show is back again!!! This time better than ever.

Children in the school that are from different countries are going to do dances, fashion shows and many many more! The Comenius countries: Italy, Poland, Greece & Belgium are coming to our school and we are going to show the Culture Show to them. At the show, food from the Philippines are going to be sold by Mrs. Council.

There is going to be a show on the 26 March, all parents are welcome to watch and even join in!! Have fun on the day!!

By Amenda Johnson

St. Francis Class Poems

Throughout this week our class have been writing poems this has been great, some people have written some excellent poems Mr.Clowes even said they were GCSE level our poems our now on display in our class.

Safer Internet Day

Please remember to stay safe online.

Visit the Thinkuknow website (click on the link).

Click on the information for your age or reference group.

Learn... Interact... Have a Voice... Enjoy it

Stay safe :-)

See the link list in the sidebar on the right for useful links about being safe on the internet.

Fernando's collage

I made an African collage out of African famous people and African patterns. I got photos of African patterns and African famous people the stuck them onto a card board paper. Ms Keating showed us some examples of some other collages which other children had made. I stuck a African map on the back of the collage with glue then I cut it out with scissors as a shape of a African map. After I had finished I showed Ms Keating she was really happy she showed the whole class.

Jakubs collage

I made a very difficult collage out of African animals theme, it was very difficult but I got on well. Firstly we all got pictures from the Internet and we printed them off. Next we brought them to class and show Ms Keating. After that we got our scissors and cut the pictures out. After that we got the card board and we stuck the pictures in overlapping order. When we finished Ms Keating said to leave it to dry, so we left it. After it was dry, we got the map of Africa and cut it out and stick it at the back of the collage, and after we cut the whole thing out and here we go my beautiful collage.

Holocaust Day (27th January)

Today is a sad day to the families who lost their relatives in WORLD WAR 2. In St.Gregory's Catholic Primary School this morning we all came together for a assembly about those families. So we said a prayer and lit a candle. Children and mothers new born babies gone dead. Some people was very successful and lived to tell the tale. We should all say a prayer for those families that had lost and those who were successful.



JCA.

New School Year

This term in most subjects, we have got new topic like in art we are studying African art and we are making clay masks and sculptures, the other class are making a teabag collage. Last week we made collages and painting; mine was a mother and a child. In English we are doing poetry so far we have looked at some poems and highlighted the important bits in that poem. We looked at 2 poems called 'Fog' and 'The sunflowers in the yellow room'. We had to work out what is was about it was very hard, but the 'Fog' one was quite easy. In History we are studying African history, particularly slavery.


GD :)

The Year 6's New African Topic!

In art 6C are making clay masks whilst 6K are making a tea bag display. In yr 6 we're doing different things based on different African themes, such as:

• Collages
• Clay Masks
• Displays
  
  We're also, learning about the African climates in Geography and in History we're learning about the African history and what happened when one of the World's first man settled into Africa and also the invasion! On another hand, what happened to them years and years before we were born even before WWI and WW2 .
  
  Year 6 are excited to start new topics based on African Art, Geography and History!
  
  By Helena

Holocaust

Today is the Holocaust Memorial day and we an assembly about it with Mr.Clowes and we said some prayers lately. Yr 6 have been studying WW2 and know all about the horrific acts; this is a very sad day remembered all over the world but it is also a celebration because this is the day that the biggest death camp in the world was liberated, many of the victims did not survive but there are still a few who lived to tell the tale.

If you want more information click here

RM maths

In RMaths it helps us focus on our maths and if we complete it then we go on to smart kiddies it helps us with all sorts of maths and mostly helps with:

. ADDITION

.SUBTRACTION

.DIVISION

.MULTIPLICATION

RMaths and smart kiddies gives a boost and helps us know what we need to know.

Thank you very much, Misha J

Hotshots

Hotshots is a club on in the mornings on Friday and Monday every week. I have been going to Hotshots for nearly 2 years and I am now a Senior. We have played a lot of tournaments and still play tournaments against other schools. There is another tournament coming up and I have confidence we will win. In Hotshots you can win player of the month and player of the year plus much more. We have played against the Arbours, Roade, Boothville, all at Danes camp.


D.L

report writing

In 6c we are writing about reports. Me and my partner are doing about crop creeps. That is about the 4 crop circles that appeared near a church in Puds Woods and Mr.Puds thinks it is the work of children in need and now we have to write it in a script style.

Year 6 News Reports.

6c have been working and thinking what to write for their news reports. Tension rises as they forget capital letters, comma full stop etc. etc. The writers try and please their teacher by using words like 'juxtapose' or 'overwhelmed' even 'incomprehensible'.

On January 20th 2011 the young writers plan out their reports and get ready to publish and put it on the wall for all to see. Some or all of them recorded it, and the CD was put in a bag and hanged on the wall.

We all heard our voices on the recorder and laughed at the different voices.

After this brilliant idea on recording, Mr.Clowes thought different. Instead of hearing it on the recorder he wanted to hear it by them reading it.

Mr.Clowes enjoyed the story's and was pleased with everyone, It all paid off.
Next is poems.
MK

netball tornament

St Gregory's netball team in yr 6 are great players such as :

• Helena
• Misha
• Anelise
• Maisie
• Favour
• Ciara
• Margrat
• Samantha
• Michelle
• Ini

Despite drawing all of our games St Gregory's netball team have managed to get to the final and will compete against other schools in March at the final ! :)

by Helena

new year

In year 6 we have started learning about Africa, our art work has been great with our watercolours. Also, the Comenius party are coming to our school we are learning all the national anthems so we can sing to them !!!!!!!! The Comenius party is a group of people from different schools around Europe.

In year 6 in English we have been writing reports on lots of different subjects, it's partly hard because you can't be opinionated. Also now we will be starting to do poems which will be very fun.

Also, I have recently been made a prefect and my duties are to keep everyone out of the corridors and to make sure everyone is quiet in assembly.