Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Goldfinches WB 14.2.22
Date: 10th Feb 2022 @ 4:38pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Another wonderful week and every Goldfinch impressed us with their enthusiasm in swimming!
Friday Superstar: Thomas
Top Table: Jessica and Violet
This week:
Worship: We have spent time learning about the importance of good Mental Health and staying safe online as part of e-safety day.
Next Week:
Writing: We are enjoying learning about Mount Vesuvius and the events in Pompeii. We will continue to use this for inspiration for our writing next week.
Reading: We are really becoming experts on volcanoes and will continue to enjoy building up a bank of vocabulary and knowledge next week.
Reading homework- There are more and more of my lovely flock of Goldfinches who are working hard to meet my challenge. I’m so proud of the reading you are doing regularly at home. Keep up the great work!
Spelling homework: This week’s spellings are from the Y3/4 statutory word list:
Spellings: guard, guide, heard, heart, height, history, imagine, increase, important.
Maths: Monday with Mrs Judge will be recapping perimeter and Maths with Mrs Evans will continue with our new focus of multiplication. We will solve addition and multiplication problems by investigating and exploring arrays.
Times Tables Homework:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples have another go playing coconut multiples 7x tables this week.
Use MATHSFRAME to begin to get used to the way the multiplication tables check will be carried out later in the year.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Try times tables memory to practise 9x and 7x times tables
https://www.timestables.co.uk/times-tables-memory.html
RE: We will discuss why it is important to belong to a community.
Science: We will learn about the components needed to make a simple working circuit and how to record this as a scientific diagram.
History: Our inquiry based lesson will use drama to explore the dilemma of people caught up in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the impact it had on the city of Pompeii.
Geography: We will continue to map the route the Romans took as their empire grew to include Britain. We will locate places of importance to the Romans- Kent, London, Chester, York and Bath.
PSHCE: Too Much Selfie isn’t Healthy is our Heart Smart focus.
PE: Monday and Friday- Mr Ault Team-building and Dodgeball. Thursday- Swimming
Music: We will continue to learn Ukulele.
German: We will recap our learning from this half term and write ‘all about me’
As always, please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like to discuss your child. Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Evans and Mrs Judge