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Painting the Last Supper in Year 4 and 5
Date: 27th Feb 2025 @ 2:34pm
In our Religious Education lesson we described what happened at the Last Supper and why it was significant. We talked about how the events of the Exodus where celebrated each year in Jesus' life but why this time was different. We talked about how he introduced something quite new as he blessed, broke and passed the unleavened bread to everyone, telling them it was his body and then the cup of wine saying it was his blood and that it would be shed, be sacrificed, for everyone and that he asked that they repeat his actions in memory of him.
We then looked at different artists representations of the Last Supper and talked about the similarities and differences of these. We then talked about these and used some of these ideas and techniques when we created our own representations of the Last Supper using water colours.
Date: 27th Feb 2025 @ 2:26pm
Year 4GS loved welcoming some of our parents in for a special maths hour for NSPCC number day. They all looked absolutely fantastic in their numbers! It was a fantastic way to raise money for NSPCC, have fun with maths and involve our adults.
We had a carousel of activities which included multiplication games, multiplication and division colour by number, the multiplication check, multiplication flowers and NRICH problem solving activities.
All of these activities helped us develop our mathmatical knowledge. It was a great chance to show the grown ups what we have been up to in school and even test them on their multiplication skills!
Date: 27th Feb 2025 @ 2:20pm
Year 4 and 5 have been practising sketching mini-beasts for our final piece. We looked at the different shapes and discussed how we could draw these. We then looked at the different colours and shades and thought about how we could recreate these in our final piece.
Here are some of the things the children had to say:
"I loved being able to see the insects so close!"
"I didn't realise there were so many different colours."
"It made me feel calm and relaxed."
Y1 Parent Celebration of the Word - Galilee to Jerusalem (12th February 2025)
Date: 19th Feb 2025 @ 2:17pm
Year one loved celebrating our branch 'Galilee to Jerusalem' with our parents and the children from Reception and Year two.
We acted out two of our favourite pieces of scripture from Luke's Gospel, about 'Jesus and the Little Children,' and 'The Presentation of the Lord.'
The most important message that we were able to share with everybody, was about Jesus being like a light for the world.
Our dance to the song, 'Here I Am to Worship' helped us to show this and so did the beautiful candle holders we had made to take home to our families with tea lights glowing inside.
We also shared what we had learned about the Christian Feast of Candlemas which takes place each year.
The happiest parts of our celebration, were inviting everyone to sing 'Share the light' and 'Love like Jesus did' with us. We were so pleased to see and hear some parents and children joining in too - thank you!
Praying together was so special and we are excited for the next time we will do this together.
Here are some of the things that our parents said after the Celebration:
"Children you really helped me to think about the love of Jesus - thank you."
"I enjoyed everything about the worship but especially the singing."
"The message that I experienced was that we are all blessed."
"Children continue to pass the word."
These are the words that were used to describe how our Celebrtaion of the Word made our parents feel: happy, humble, proud, lovely, together, amazing, joyful, thoughtful, emotional and blessed.
Recycle 4 School fundraiser for Nugent Care - February 2025
Date: 18th Feb 2025 @ 5:24pm
A huge well done and thank you for all of the donations we have received for our recycling fundraiser project.
On Wednesday the 12th of February, the RE Ambassadors helped to load the van which came to collect our donations - weighing in at 139kg!
We are proud to have worked together with the children to promote recycling, helping to educate them about living sustainably.
The proceeds from our collection will be donated to our chosen local charity, Nugent Care, after half term.
Nugent help to care for, educate and protect vulnerable children, young people and adults and we are so happy to support them.
We look forward to continuing to work hard to recycle with the children and of course working with Nugent Care on future projects.
Rainbow Unit- Spring term Week 6
Date: 14th Feb 2025 @ 3:32pm
Last week of half term! Last week of our animals topic!
All the children have made lovely animal paintings using their handprints! These are displayed in their learning journeys.
The blue class have took part in some sensory ice play, trying different ways to release the animal from the ice! They have also been doing sorting and organising of animals!
The yellow class have been taking part in lots of fine motor activities, including making animals with the peg boards. The children have completed the animal jigsaws whilst making animal sounds and naming the animals!
We hope you all have a happy and safe half term!
We will return on Monday 24th February 😊
The SEND Team
P.S. Happy Valentines Day! ❤️
NSPCC Number Day in Year 1 - 7th February 2025
Date: 12th Feb 2025 @ 10:38pm
The children loved welcoming some of our parents in for a special maths hour this morning and proudly wore their number outfits!
It was great to raise money for the NSPCC and also to have fun with numbers.
Our carousel of activities included emoji code breaking, secret picture calculations, dice - more/less game and the cube game.
All of these helped to develop our counting and calculation skills.
It was also a good chance to show our grown ups the type of equipment we use in school to help us with maths.
Date: 12th Feb 2025 @ 1:55pm
In RE this half term, the children in EYFS have been leanring all about The Magi. We have listened to the story in the Bible and made star headbands to help us remember.
Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem. Soon afterwards, some men who studied the stars came from the East to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the baby born to be the king of the Jews? We saw his star when it came up in the east, and we have come to worship him.”
When they saw the star, how happy they were, what joy was theirs! It went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. They went into the house, and when they saw the child with his mother Mary, they knelt down and worshipped him. They brought out their gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh, and presented them to him.
Date: 12th Feb 2025 @ 1:50pm
The children in EYFS have had lots of fun exploring numbers up to 20 this half term! We have some great mathematicians here at St Basil's!
EYFS - Communication and Language Stay and Play
Date: 12th Feb 2025 @ 1:42pm
Communication and Language - Stay and Play!
The children in Reception really enjoyed having our grown ups come to stay and play! The children were able to complete activities with a grown up based around speaking, listening and attention skills.
Thank you to all of the adults who came!
Date: 12th Feb 2025 @ 1:35pm
Our new English text this half term is, A Walk in the Woods. The children have really enjoyed finding out about all of the different seasons. We were able to go outside and explore to see if we could find any signs of Winter.
The children have talked about their favourite season and have created some beautiful art work to go on their Proud Peg!
Date: 12th Feb 2025 @ 1:30pm
The children in EYFS have really enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year this half term. We have opened our very own 'Chinese Resturaunt' roleplay area within the classroom.
The children were able to make paper chains and snake masks to celebrate! They have joined in with some Chinese New Year traditional dancing and have watched lots of videos of street parties and festivals! The children have mostly enjoyed experiencing the taste of China! We have tried some traditional chinese food including, noodles, prawn crackers and rice.
"So yummy!" - Ivy
"I like to make noodles with my Dad at home." - Tommy
"I like the sweet and sour sauce!" - Rylee
"It's the year of the snake!" - Bayen
Y5 CG - Geography land use walk
Date: 12th Feb 2025 @ 7:57am
Y5 CG walked around the loca area to identify different types of land use that they have been learning about in Geography.
M-R B- The most used type we seen was residential
LW- There's a nice big park which is classed as a recreational
AS- The shops, barbers and dentist are all classed as commercial
Rainbow Unit- Spring Term Week 5
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 3:01pm
Another busy week for the children in the Rainbow unit.
This week the children have enjoyed building, drawing, looking through our books and completing our matching animals activities. We have also seen lots of children growing confidence when taking part in sensory circuits and becoming more independent when completing the different activities within our session.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend,
The SEND team
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 2:07pm
On Thursday children from 5JS plannd and delieverd a Celebration of the Word for Upper Key Stage 2. This celebration was all about our own personal mission. Here in the picture the children are sitting in a semi circle as planned by the children in 5JS. The Worship table was put togther throughout different stages of the worship with all of the children participating in responses when the cross, candle and Bible were added.
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 10:57am
This morning, Y5CG have taken part in a carousel of maths activities and games covering the various topics we have covered so far. Parents were invited to take part in the morning to work along side and join in with the different acitvities.
Y5 CG Celebration of the Word- The Presentation of the Lord
Date: 5th Feb 2025 @ 4:10pm
This weeks Celebration of the Word was The Presentation of the Lord. The pupils shared a beautiful Celebration of the Word through reading scriptures, leading prayers and songs.
Date: 5th Feb 2025 @ 3:59pm
Year 3 have enjoyed being a part of the Altru Drama workshop. Following the KS2 performance, year 3 had the opportunity to work with the performers in a more initmate setting. They delved deeper into online safety and took part in various drama activities and games around this issue.
KS2 Altru drama Online Safety performance
Date: 5th Feb 2025 @ 3:50pm
This afternoon, KS2 watched a fantastic Altru drama performance based on Online Safety. They enjoyed learning about how to use internet safely and the do's and don'ts when online.
Y5 CG Cheshire Fire Service visit
Date: 4th Feb 2025 @ 12:51pm
Y5CG received a special visit from the Cheshire Fire Service. They learned all about how to stay safe during a fire at home and what they should and shouldn't do. They also were lucky enough to try out the smoke tent which simulates how smoke rises and how difficult it is to see in this situation.
AS- It was really difficult to see in the tent if you were stood up, we had to crawl out to stay safe.
JM- It's scary how quick a fire can start and spread.
Date: 4th Feb 2025 @ 12:41pm
Y3 had lots of fun learning about magnets. They took part in a practical were they tested and identified materials that are magnetic and non magnetic.
EW- I learned that not all metals are magnetic.
PH- Most items are not magnetic, the only ones that are megnetic are a type of metal,
Date: 4th Feb 2025 @ 12:37pm
Y3 have been working hard to improve their tennis skills and have been progressing each week with harder and more advanced activities.
Extra Curricular - Mini Vinnies Sponsored Danceathon
Date: 3rd Feb 2025 @ 3:56pm
Mini Vinnies held a sponsored Danceathon this week to raise some money for our next event.
With the funds we raise we are aiming to buy some prizes that we can take to our local residential home and play bingo with the residents.
KS1 Child led Celebration of the Word - Justice (January 2025)
Date: 1st Feb 2025 @ 8:38pm
This week, children in Year One helped to plan our celebration of the Word for Reception and Year two.
We enjoyed reflecting on what we have learned about Justice and reminding each other how important this is.
The scripture from Micah 6: 6-8 is becoming a real favourite for the children, particularly because they love singing about it!
"The song was my best bit today!" - Harry
"It's all about being fair." - Delilah
"We should always share." - Clay
"I liked sitting in a semi circle for this celebration." - Kit
"We should have put our Justice sign on the table too!" - Meredith
Rainbow Unit- Spring Term Week 4
Date: 31st Jan 2025 @ 2:43pm
We went to the animal fair… 🎶 🎵
This week we have sang lots of animal nursery rhymes and songs to the children!
Adults are using makaton when singing the songs, the children are intrigued 😊
In both classes, we have introduced some new non-fiction books that the children are really enjoying! 📚
Have a lovely weekend!!
The SEND Team
