Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Goldfinches WB 24.1.22
Date: 19th Jan 2022 @ 9:25pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Goldfinches have worked very hard this week.
Well done my lovely flock of superstars.
Friday Superstar: Tilly
Top Table: Gracie and Hannah
This week:
Worship: We have learned about Agents of Hope and the kindness people have shown- particularly during times of Lockdown and isolation. We have discussed how we can all be Agents of Hope. We have also shared ideas with Ethos group to help them write a new school prayer
Writing: We will learn about the present perfect tense and how to use it in our writing within the theme of Escape from Pompeii and recap the use of commas in a list of adjectives.
Reading: We will look at how different features of non-fiction texts help us to understand what we are reading: words in bold, labels, diagrams, captions, colour, headings and subheadings.
Reading homework- I have been so impressed with so many more Goldfinches recording their reading and sharing lovely little snippets of their reading with me. Keep up the great work.
Spelling homework: This week’s spellings are from the Y3/4 statutory word list
This week’s words: experiment, extreme, famous, favourite, February, forwards, fruit, grammar, group
Maths: We will continue to apply our knowledge of addition and subtraction to word problems. Mrs Judge will continue our work on coordinates.
Times Tables Homework:
Have a go at using 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 learn about what happens in a mosque.
Science: We will learn about the importance of a healthy and balanced diet and what each type of food is important for within our bodies.
History and Geography: We will use atlas and mapping skills to identify the countries and capital cities the Romans would have travelled through in order to conquer Britain.
PE: Monday and Friday- Mr Ault Team-building and Dodgeball. Thursday- Swimming
PSHCE: We will discuss marriage through reading our No Outsiders book ‘King and King’.
Music: We will continue to learn Ukulele.
German: We will learn the days of the week.
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