Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Goldfinches WB 8.11.21
Date: 4th Nov 2021 @ 7:07pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
A wonderful start by everybody to our new half term. I am so proud of how well the children have settled back in to the classroom routines and of how hard they are working.
Star of the week goes to: Gracie
Top Table award goes to: Frazer
Reminders:
As the weather is turning colder now please ensure your child has a coat in school every day.
Please remember that as part of our Healthy school policy the children should have water in the bottles they drink from throughout the day.
Worship: This week in worship we have learned about the importance decisions being made at the COP26 conference and have celebrated our love for God’s world and the winning video we made to show this.
Next Week:
Reading and Writing: This week we edited our Gorilla stories and then the classroom turned into a circus as we welcomed in our new book ‘Leon and the Place Between’. Next week we will continue to delve into the story whilst perfecting our use of simple sentences and expanded noun phrases
Reading homework- I am continuing to encourage the children to choose from a range of books around the classroom. We have just had a delivery of 50 of the top 100 recommended books for Year 4 as well as a lovely gift of books from Mrs Esling and her grown up children. So many choices!
Spelling homework: This week our new spelling rule is words with the ey, ei and eigh sounds:
This week’s words: grey, prey, obey, they, eight, eighty, freight, vein, veil, rein
Maths: This week we have learned about negative numbers and how to count on and back. We had great fun exploring perimeter on our maths day. Next week Mrs Judge will continue to explore shape and solving shape problems and Mrs Evans will continue to consolidate perimeter.
Times Tables Homework:
Try Hit the Button and choose the division 6x table facts to help prepare for our Gold x6 tables test which lots of children are now working on. The next times tables will be 9x tables.
Have a go at Tommy’s Trek to help practice your times tables. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/318/Tommys-Trek-Times-Tables
Science: We have begun our new Teeth topic by finding out which types of human teeth there are and having a tooth count of our own teeth. This week we will learn about the different types of teeth and their functions.
History and Geography: We will explore artefacts and discover what they can tell us about the Ancient Greek civilisation. We will discuss the difference between real and replica.
RE: we will be discussing the importance of Remembrance Day and why we have it.
German: we will learn how to introduce ourselves and take part in a mini-role play.
PE: Our Dance lessons on Wednesday afternoons will help us prepare for our Christmas play and Mr Ault will teach Netball on Fridays. Please remember to tie long hair back and remove earrings on PE days.
PSHCE: We will begin our new Heart Smart focus: Don’t forget to let love in.
Music: We are enjoying learning the words to the songs for Hoodwinked.
As always, please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like to discuss your child. Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Evans, Mrs Judge and Mrs Shimmin.