Mr Kerigan's Class: News items
Key Stage Two - Discovery news, quiz and 100 years since the end of World War One
Date: 1st Nov 2018 @ 7:13pm
See this week's news!
Now see if you can answer the questions in the quiz by clicking on Discovery
Date: 23rd Mar 2018 @ 4:06pm
Over the last 10 weeks the Year 5 children having been learning to play the trumpet and the tenor horn through the Trafford Music Service. Today was the big concert to show their family and friends what they had been learning and what they are now able to do including playing a wide collection of songs ranging from Batman to Salsa! The children absolutely blew us away with how far they had come through practise and perseverance! They showed themselves to be true examples of growth mindset by embracing the instruments and learning process to become extremely talented and professional performers in such a short amount of time. We are very proud of each and every one of you, well done!
Free the superheroes! Miss Carr's class
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 2:53pm
5 superheroes were trapped in a the ice!
As part of our Science Week activities we investigated how quickly ice melts. First we discussed what we thought would happen and made predictions. Some of the ice blocks were on the radiator in the classroom and some were in the middle of the room. We observed the ice blocks throughout the day and noted our findings. All of the superheroes were free by the end of the day!!
Miss Carr and Mrs Gerard's World Book Day
Date: 1st Mar 2018 @ 3:07pm
Year 5 have worked really hard to produce personalised books for the Year 1 children in our buddy class. We had a lovely time this morning reading the special books to our buddies!
Date: 27th Feb 2018 @ 10:24am
Debates with Miss Carr's class and our Year 1 buddies
Date: 8th Feb 2018 @ 2:50pm
Our School Council representatives have been working hard to prepare a debate on the topic of...
Should we have homework.
Our buddy Year 1 class - Mrs Gerrard/Mrs Burke's class came to join us and listened carefully to the debate.
Esta had some excellent points to make about how we should use our free time to join clubs and spend time with our families after a long day working in school.
Olivia argued that practising work independently at home that we have learnt at school with the teacher gives us more confidence and makes us happier to try new things. She said that we need to get as much time to practise school work as possible to get a good job when we are older.
The vote was very close
28 votes for YES we should have homework
27 votes for NO, we shouldn't have homework
After our careful listening and concentration we had a play outside with our buddies!
Guest speaker from a Code Computer Love
Date: 6th Feb 2018 @ 4:42pm
Today Year 5 & 6 were visited by Louis Georgiou from Code Computer Love. He talked about his digital agency including websites and apps that his company has designed. The children were quizzed about online safety and then were tasked with starting to design a new website.
Thank you Mr Georgiou for all your hard work today. The children really enjoyed your presentation and workshop today.
Date: 23rd Jan 2018 @ 8:08pm
Today, our Digital Leaders team attended a workshop at St John's RC Primary School. We met with 4 other schools:St Hugh's, St Elizabeth's, Holy Name and St John's to discuss our plans for the rest of the year.
We shared ideas about what we have already done and drew up an action plan of what we want to achieve.
Christmas Stockings Miss Carr's class
Date: 18th Dec 2017 @ 11:06am
We have been making Christmas stockings. Threading the needle and tying knots were the hardest things to do!
Digital Leaders: Staying safe online campaign
Date: 17th Dec 2017 @ 9:04pm
The Digital Leaders were sent out to hand out leaflets giving advice about staying safe online this Christmas.
We hope you all received your copy!
Well done Digital Leaders for being such excellent ambassadors.
Mrs Needham
Collective Worship - Miss Carr's class
Date: 18th Dec 2017 @ 11:09am
We planned our Advent Collective Worship
Date: 12th Dec 2017 @ 8:39pm
Miss Carr and Mr Blain’s class had the exciting opportunity to visit the Science department at Loreto. Mrs Manton explained that they would work on a project called ‘Shipwrecked’ where they had to complete a practical experiment separating sand, salt and iron. Firstly, they knew that iron was magnetic so they used a magnet to take the iron out of the mixture. Then they added water to the sand and salt mixture. They knew the salt would dissolve in water. Then they filtered their mixture to separate the sand from the salt water. Finally, they boiled the salt mixture to evaporate the water and they were left with salt. As the children finished their work quickly, Mrs Manton gave the children a demonstration of why fireworks are all different colours. She showed us that different elements turn different colours when placed into a flame. The children absolutely loved this and said it was the best part of the trip.
Thank you Mrs Manton!
Date: 12th Dec 2017 @ 9:04pm
Many children performed in a music concert to showcase just how much they have learned over the term. We were all blown away by the talent. Well done to all who took part!
Date: 29th Nov 2017 @ 8:28pm
Our Digital Leaders team has now been set up and is fully established. We have a group of 10 pupils from Year 5 and Year 6 who have been set the task of helping children in our school to stay safe online.
Our team consists of the following representatives:
Year 5 - Andrew, Franzi, Carmel, Alice and Lucas
Year 6 - Eva, Sinead, Victoria, Noel and Aaron
The first task the team were given was to design a poster about staying safe online. You may see some of these on the classroom windows and doors around the Year 5 and 6 corridor. Next, the leaders have designed a survey for their respective year groups and are currently in the process of getting these completed and analysed.
Keep up the hard work Digital Leaders!
Mrs Needham
Cyber bullying with Miss Carr and Mr Blain’s class
Date: 21st Nov 2017 @ 4:15pm
As part of Anti-bullying week, Year 5 looked at cyber bullying in computing lessons. We watched an emotional video from Britain’s Got Talent where two boys rapped about being bullied. We thought about what we can do if someone is being cyber bullied. Our task was to write a rap of our own giving advice on cyber bullying. Here are some of our raps.
Science Space Projects - Miss Carr's class
Date: 31st Oct 2017 @ 12:34pm
We have all produced Space projects as part of our holiday homework. Some people made space themed biscuits, some people wrote poems, made a collage or built a rocket! Take a look at our amazing creations!
Date: 18th Oct 2017 @ 9:19pm
Today we took part in the Trafford Tag Rugby Tournament. After playing 3 league games, with which we won 2 games and lost one, we progressed to the semi finals.
Hale Prep were the opposition, after a terrific match, unfortunately we lost 5-4. The children were excellent throughout and everyone had a fantastic morning.
Well done everyone!
Date: 5th Oct 2017 @ 12:59pm
We have painted abstract Autumn leaf pictures and investigated colour and tone using paint.
Date: 5th Oct 2017 @ 1:55pm
We have been exploring the song "Livin' on a prayer" by Bon Jovi.
We listened to the song and thought about the instruments we could hear, the vocals and how the song is made up. Then we learnt to sing along to the song. Yesterday we practiced playing along using glockenspiels.
Date: 1st Nov 2017 @ 6:12am
On the 6th October Year 1 and Year 5 came together to pray The Rosary. The children made the session very peaceful and prayerful and enjoyed the opportunity to share an activity.
100 Books to Read in Year 5 & 6
Date: 21st Sep 2017 @ 2:03pm
Reading gives your imagination wings! Let them transport you to new worlds and introduce you to amazing people who live exciting lives. Fly away with a good book!
The Year 5 & 6 children are being encouraged to embrace their love of reading by working their way through this list of 100 books. It has been wonderful to see so many children walking around with their head in a book. So many wonderful books to choose from, I wonder if anyone will manage to read them all! Once you've read a book from the list remember to tick your name off on the display that can be found in each of the Year 5 & 6 classrooms. How many will you manage to read this year?
Date: 5th Oct 2017 @ 12:53pm
We celebrated the life and work of Roald Dahl with lots of fun activities and tried to write our own stories based on Roald Dahl's stories.
The Elephant Thief - Author, Jane Kerr, comes to visit St Vincent's!
Date: 29th Jun 2017 @ 4:28pm
The Year 4, 5 & 6 children were delighted to get the opportunity to meet a real life author yesterday. Jane Kerr, a previous parent at the school, has written a top selling children's book about the exciting journey of a boy and an elephant travelling from Edinburgh to Manchester. As well as hearing the astonishing true story behind the plot of the book they were able to pick up some fantastic writing tips!
We even found out that one of our family's at the school are ancestors of the keeper, Lorenzo Lawrence, who was the real life companion to the elephant, Maharaja, back in 1872. Emma and Jane can be seen below having a special photo taken together to mark the unbelievable connection.
If Jane's visit captured the imagination of your child, 'The Elephant Thief' can still be purchased through school using ParentPay. She has also very kindly offered to visit again before the end of term to sign any copies bought from school or elsewhere.
Jane's visit has certainly inspired some of our children as they have already started writing the first chapter of their own books! Keep going, who knows what the future holds for our talented young authors!
Date: 9th May 2017 @ 2:56pm
On Monday, we were given the opportunity to meet Premier League referee Anthony Taylor at Altrincham Community Hall.
Anthony has been named as this years FA Cup Final referee and not only did we get to ask him lots of questions, he also brought the actual FA Cup Final Trophy with him!
As you can see it was a great experience for everyone and Anthony give everyone a real insight into life as a referee.
Date: 10th Apr 2017 @ 2:18pm
We really enjoyed performing our poems and listening to each other's. Some people had learnt very long poems!
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