Read Write inc

This week we have concentrated on the sounds:

oi – spoil the boy

oy – toy for the boy

The children have continued to practise sounds from set 1 and 2.

You will have noticed as well as bringing home a school reading book the children have also brought home words that are linked to their group text.  These are for you to practise with your child and also give your child an opportunity to discuss the ditty or story they are doing in class.

Class 3 Weekly Update

English: We have continued reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and have been reading about when the children visit the factory and enter the chocolate room. We have done some writing imagining what the chocolate room is like and all the wonderful things you would find in there. We have also done some story writing this week, writing the story of what the children do during their factory visit.

The Year 2’s have also been doing some revision ready for SATS.

Maths: This week we have moved onto multiplication and division. We have done some work on fact families – finding related x and ÷ facts – e.g. 3 x 4 = 12, 4 x 3 = 12, 12 ÷ 4 = 3, 12 ÷ 3 = 4. We have also been comparing number sentences using the greater than, less than and equals symbols – e.g.             3 x 4 < 5 x 3.

The Year 2 children have been practising lots of different types of questions in preparation for their SATS.

Science: We carried out our ‘hard rock’ investigation this week where the children were testing to see how hard or soft a rock was. They were focusing on carrying out their test fairly and recording their results accurately.

Computing: We have developed our understanding of how to change backgrounds and control two characters within the computer programme Scratch.

PE: The children have continued with their games lessons this week.

RE: The children have been writing some poetry based on their understanding of what Christians believe about God.

Well done for another great week Class 3!

Class 2 Weekly Update

English: Yellow and Green group have been creating beach safety posters in English this week and Red and Blue group have been doing Read Write Inc.

Maths: We have been finding quarters of shapes this week, the children enjoyed drawing shapes on the playground and colouring in a quarter. The children have been looking at 1/4, 2/4 and 3/4 of shapes, leading onto finding quarters of an amount.

Science: This week the children were sorting animals into different categories e.g. mammals and non-mammals.

PE: The children have been practising and improving their bat and ball skills this week.

Art: In art, the children looked at the artist Natalie Pascoe. They then created their own seaside painting in the style of the artisit.

Spellings: To be tested on Friday 18th May 2018.

Spellings 11.5.18

Have a good weekend!

Miss Edwards

Class 2 Forest School

We had such a brilliant time in Forest School this morning, the weather was lovely, the children had lots of fun and we all made beautiful journey sticks!

Thank you to all the parents that have been involved with the Forest School sessions. The children have loved having you join us and it’s been lovely to watch you all getting involved with shelter building, bug hunting and making journey sticks.

 

Class 5 update

English

This week the children have been doing procedural writing.  They used ideas from ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’ and some further research to write instructions for how to build an Anderson Shelter during World War II.

Maths

This week the Year 5 children have been practising addition and subtraction of decimal numbers.

The Year 6 children have been doing some challenging problem solving involving all 4 methods of calculation.

History

The children have worked in small groups to research Winston Churchill.  They are going to use this research to make an exhibition about him to share with their classmates.

Science

The children have been writing up their findings from their most recent investigation and explaining what affects the size or length of a shadow.

Class 2 Weekly Update

English: At the beginning of the week Red and Blue group have been looking at beach safety posters and leaflets and have been making their own. Yellow and Green group have been doing Read, Write, Inc. At the end of the week we have all been looking at the novel Owl Babies and have been thinking about the story from the Owl Mother’s perspective.

Maths: This week in Maths we have been looking at halving objects/shapes and numbers. At the start of the week we were taping half of everything we could find in the classroom, a practical activity which all of the children enjoyed. Then we went onto drawing what half looks like and writing it. The children used a ‘Halving Mat’ to help them halve numbers, using objects such as cubes or counters. It has been a busy week of halving in Maths and next week we will go onto quartering!

Science: The children have been thinking about their senses this week. They had a lovely lesson smelling, tasting, feeling, hearing and looking at a range of materials.

History: We spent Monday afternoon looking at old pictures of the seaside. The children then made a mind map of all their findings to compare the seaside in the past to how seaside holidays are now.

PE: The children have continued to practise their ball skills this week.

Art: In Art, the children drew four pictures of a shell using different materials. They used pens, pencils, chalks and crayons to create their artwork.

Spellings: To be tested on Friday 11th May 2018.

Spellings 4.5.18

Have a good weekend!

Miss Edwards, Miss Neal and Miss Melville

 

 

Class 4 weekly update

English – Research into Stonehenge, then planning, drafting, editing a non-chronological report about Stonehenge.  At the end of the week the children published their writing in the form of leaflets. They spent some time on these and have produced some wonderful pieces of work, thinking carefully about layout and presentation.

Maths – Year 4 children have been using money to find totals, convert pounds and pence, ordering amounts of money and comparing amounts.  Year 5 children have been adding and subtracting decimals with a different amount of decimal places.

Topic – We looked at a range of Greek artefacts and buildings and discussed what they might have been used for.  Lots of great discussion in class about the children’s ideas and then we found out what they actually were.

Art – The children have made a great start making their Greek tragedy masks using papier mache – a very messy but fun afternoon!

Spellings – To be tested on Friday 11th May.

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Homework – Reading comprehension.

Have a lovely long weekend,

Mrs Thomas

 

Year 2 Homework

The Year 2 children have been asked to complete pages 30 – 33 of their Reading SATS Booster Book and pages 6, 7, 8 and 9 of their Maths Reasoning SATS Booster Book. 

This is due in on Friday 11th May.

Weekly News 04.05.18

Arthog Payment

The next payment of £50 for Arthog was due today and there are still a few outstanding payments. Please can you make payment by next Friday if you have not already done so. Thank you

BookTrust Survey – Class 1 parents

Please see a message below from The Book Trust Team.
Dear parent, tell BookTrust what you think about The Bumblebear book you received in this short survey bit.ly/Time2Read17 and you could win a selection of books for your child!  Many thanks, The BookTrust Team

 

Letters out this week

Year 6 school transport letters – please return to school by Wednesday 23rd May

Summer term diary dates – whole school and nursery

 

Have a lovely weekend.

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