Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Skylarks W.B. 9.11.20
Date: 5th Nov 2020 @ 8:11am
Hi everyone and welcome back to our weekly blog 😊
I hope you all had a restful half term and enjoyed spending time together at home.
The children have had a great few days back in school!
Next week in our writing lessons we will be putting ourselves into the shoes of a spectator who watched Annie Edson Taylor carry out her daredevil stunt at Niagara Falls. We will plan and write our own first-person account of that day, using photographs to help us visualise what we might see, hear and feel. We will also complete a character profile for Annie herself, drawing inferences about her thoughts, feelings and actions.
In maths, we will continue to consolidate our knowledge of column method for addition and subtraction. We will also use rounding to help us estimate and check our answers.
On Wednesday, we will be reflecting on Remembrance Day. We will gain an understanding of why it is celebrated and use this to help us write an acrostic poem. We will also visit the Cenotaph as a class to lay our Remembrance Crosses that we have made.
In our reading lessons next week, we will begin to explore our new text ‘Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls’ which we will be using for the whole of this half term. We will be focussing on drawing inferences based on information stated and implied, including characters’ thoughts, feelings and motives.
Our first spelling quiz will take place next Friday 13th November. Your child will stick their spellings into their diary tomorrow (Friday) so that they can practice them at home. The children will also practice applying this spelling rule in school during our focussed spelling lessons.
Our spellings for the quiz will look at words with the silent letter b:
thumb, numb, crumb, debt, doubt, limb, combed, tomb
Parents Evening phone calls will take place next week, Wednesday 11th November (for Skylarks Class). If you haven’t already, please log on to School Spider to book your appointment time. If you have any problems doing this, please contact the school office who will assist you.
On Monday 16th November, we will be holding our school council election in Skylarks Class. If the children wish to be considered for school council, they should prepare a short speech to present to their classmates explaining why they want to represent our class. We will then hold a vote to elect two children.
Our PE day is still on a Monday so please send your child to school in their PE kit on this day.
I look forward to speaking to you all next week during our Parents Evening phone calls 
Miss Beattie