Robins week beg. 23rd Jan

Date: 19th Jan 2023 @ 5:45pm

Just a reminder about payment and ordering a packed school dinner, if needed, for our trip to Beeston Castle on Thursday 9th February. I went on a pre-visit last Sunday and it was very muddy on the path up to the castle hence why I have asked for wellies. It is also rather exposed around the castle so please ensure your child has warm clothes and a waterproof coat.  

In Writing this week we have been linking our work with our History unit on the Stone Age and have been writing about the activities that might have taken place at a Stone Age camp. Next week, we will be writing pieces of narrative from the point of view of the little boy in our beautiful class text Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura. 

In our Reading lessons we have been exploring the new vocabulary in The Iron Man by Ted Hughes and have been reading extracts with fluency and expression. We will continue to build on this next week.  

Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. 

Spellings for next week will focus on words with the suffix -tion. action, subtraction, injection, collection, attraction, correction, education, operation

Remember to have a go at this spelling game to revise spellings. 

https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

Here is a good website to play some Maths games that I'm sure the children will enjoy.

https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games

PE days for this term are Monday and Friday. 

In our Topic lessons this term we will continue to prepare for our trip to Beeston Castle on Thursday 9th February. 

In Geography this week we will be learning about where to find Stonehenge. We will also begin to look at the counties in the UK and some main rivers and mountains. 

In Art we will be learning how to print using polystyrene tiles. We will design fossil prints linked to our Stone Age work.  

In DT we will be learning more about the seasonality of food and how pizzas can be made all year around with toppings that are seasonal!

In Computing we will continue using the motion picture app - I Can Animate - and lego building skills to create our own movies.  

In Music we will be listening to and appraising different songs

Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,

Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor