Class 4 Update

We have begun our new novel study of ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ by Michael Morpurgo.  The children have written diary entries as the main character.  This week we are focussing on what life is like on a yacht.  The children will be writing ‘A survival guide for life at sea’ next week.

In maths the children have enjoyed learning about Roman numerals.  We are now going to be doing some work on the place value of decimal numbers.

In Science we have looked closely at flowering plants and their parts and done some water colour paintings of tulips.  This week Class 4 began their ‘River Rangers’ work with the Shropshire Wildlife Trust.  This will continue for 3 more weeks.  This week they learnt all about water as a precious resource.

In Geography the children have made models of the water cycle and they are going to be researching coastlines next week and doing some map work.

Spellings to be tested on Friday 10th May 2017

YELLOW

 

GREEN BLUE RED  
Maths

Literacy

Science

History

Geography

Computer

Assembly

Library

Registration

Junior

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopeful

Doubtful

Thoughtful

Thankful

Preventable

Washable

Manageable

Predictable

Childlike

Godlike

 

 

 

 

 

Scene

Seen

Serial

Cereal

Where

Wear

Tear

Tier

Knight

Night

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Psychology

Psychic

Psychotic

Psychedelic

Psalm

Pseudo

Pseudonym

Pneumonia

Pneumatic

Ptarmigan

 

 

Numbers everywhere

Today the children in Class 1 practised writing their numbers, some did a numberline all the way to 100!

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Class 3 Homework – Due in Friday 12th May

This week I have sent home some maths homework relating to column addition. We are due to revise both column addition and subtraction next week so revision at home will definitely help them with our lessons next week.

Below are copies of the homework should your child loose their sheet. They should remember which one they were given.

Sheet 1 – Column Addition using pictures to develop understanding (no carrying involved).

Picture Column addition (no carrying)

Sheet 2 – Column Addition with numbers (no carrying)

Column addition no carrying

Sheet 3 – Column Addition with numbers (with carrying)

Column addition with carrying

Feel free to support your child as necessary. In class we focus on using the correct place value terminology when using column addition. For example:

324

+542

We would say 4 add 2, 20 add 40 (or 2 tens add 4 tens), 300 add 500 (or 3 hundreds add 5 hundreds) – this reinforces to the children the place value columns each number is in to deepen their understanding of the method.

If you have any questions please feel free to pop in and ask.
Please can children hand in this homework by Friday 12th May.

Just a side note – some children requested two pieces of homework because they were unsure whether they could remember how to carry or not.  I have allowed them to have two but have made it clear they are not expected to complete both sheets, they can if they want to but they are only expected to complete one. I have explained that they may want to have a go at maybe 3 on the no carrying and if they are confident they can stop and have a go at the carrying sheet.

Class 3 Weekly Update

English: The children have continued to learn about persuasive writing in adverts this week. They have analysed some written adverts and have learned what a slogan and a logo is. They have designed their own slogan and logo for their chocolate/sweet product which they will use next week when creating their own poster advert.

Maths: We have continued our work on shape this week. The children have been investigating and solving problems to do with shape where they have been reinforcing their understanding of the properties of 3D shapes. They have spent some time interpreting 2D drawings as 3D models and have even had a go at drawing some of their own.

RE: We have continued with our ‘Salvation’ topic – continuing to think about how key characters in the Easter story will have felt at different points. The children have also discussed times when they have felt different emotions.

PE: The children have continued their swimming and tennis lessons this week. The children have really impressed me with their confidence at swimming with lots of children demonstrating key skills and a willingness to learn and demonstrate to others.

Choir: On Wednesday afternoon we had a choir workshop with the music teacher from Concord College. This was to prepare us for the upcoming competition in June. Children who are not involved in choir created a poster advert for Condover during this time.

Your child should have come home with a piece of maths homework this week, please see above post for further details.

Have a lovely weekend!

Counting on

The children have impresssed me with their adding skills this week.

 

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Gardening Party Saturday 13th May

Are you free for a few hours on Saturday 13th May?  If so, we would love you to join us at our next ‘all hands on deck’ gardening party!

We still have lots of planting to do, fences to be painted and play equipment to be reinstalled, as well as plenty of other jobs, so your help is much needed.  If you would like to take part in the event on 13th May, please could you sign the contact list in reception or speak to myself or one of the FOBS committee.  We would like to know who is coming so we can prepare the tasks and organise refreshments.

Even if you weren’t able to join us at our previous gardening day a few weeks ago, you may remember seeing the photos on the website and it really was a fantastic and very productive day for all those involved. We are hoping that this next event will help us finish as much as possible in the wildlife garden so that the children can start to enjoy it!

Thank you in advance for your support.

Weekly News 28.04.17

We’ve had a fantastic first week of term and the children have settled back into school quickly.  Welcome to George and Bella who have joined Classes 4 and 2 – we can see that they have already started to make friends and are sure that they are going to be very happy in our school.

Sainsbury’s Active Kids Vouchers

We are still collecting the Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers, if you have any at home.

Condover Trip – Lost Property

If your child brought anything home in their bag/suitcase by mistake that does not belong to them, please could you leave it at the school office. A Year 3 child mislaid an electric toothbrush and a water bottle.

Year 3/4 Swimming

As it is a bit of a rush trying to get back to school for the end of the day after swimming, it would be a great help if children could bring flip flops or slip-on shoes to wear for coming back to school. This will save a lot of time if children do not have to put on socks/tights and shoes at the end of the session. Thank you in advance for your support.

Year 6 SATs Booster – change of day

Year 6 SATS booster next week will be on Tuesday 2nd May due to the Bank Holiday. During SATs week, booster will revert to Monday and we will run a second session during SATS week if possible.

Clubs

Thank you for the positive response to the changes to clubs. Please could you ensure that all monies are in a sealed envelope labelled clearly with your child’s name, the amount and which club(s) the monies are for.  Ideally, monies should be sent in at the start of the week.

Hope you all have a good Bank Holiday weekend – see you on Tuesday!

Spellings to be tested on Friday 5th May

YELLOW

 

GREEN BLUE RED  
Terrible

Possible

Incredible

Suitable

Miserable

Invisible

Enviable

Responsible

Debateable

Questionable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affection

Affable

Afford

Attract

Attraction

Attend

Attain

Attempt

Attitude

Application

 

 

 

 

 

Rough

Cough

Plough

Enough

Tough

Trough

Brought

Drought

School

Cool

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choir

Chrysalis

Chrome

Chronic

Chronicle

Orchid

Archives

Headache

Christianity

Anchor

 

 

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