Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Skylarks WB 20.3.23
Date: 16th Mar 2023 @ 5:23pm
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog! ?
This week we have been super busy in Skylarks Class. The children have been working very hard on their end of term assessments, they have enjoyed celebrating British Science Week and had a fantastic afternoon in Forest Schools on Tuesday. Some of our classmates, along with other children in KS2, have also represented our school in football and cross country competitions this week. Well done to everybody who took part.
Next week (W.B. 20.03.23)
Tomorrow, Years 5 and 6 will attend Wincham Primary School for an online safety workshop. Children may come to school in their own clothes for Comic Relief, however Skylarks Class must wear a school jumper for our trip out.
In our English lessons next week, we will begin to explore our new book ‘Malala’s Magic Pencil’ by Malala Yousafzai. We will explore what Human Rights are and discuss the specific rights that children have. We will then begin to read the book, discussing the themes and conventions along the way.
In shared reading we will begin to read our new text ‘Exploring Space’. We will be focussing on ‘Drawing Inferences’. We will use our visualising techniques to infer characters’ thoughts, feelings and emotions.
In maths we will be moving on to learn how to multiply fractions and mixed numbers by an integer. We will also consolidate our understanding of the four operations through daily 4-a-day activities.
In History and Geography, we will begin our new whole school topic on ‘Home’. We will discuss what makes a home special and the different types of homes in which people live in around the world.
In RE we will be exploring the difference between forgiveness and justice, before holding a class debate around the question ‘Can forgiveness and justice go hand in hand?’
In Science we will be comparing the life cycles of two different plants; one which lives in our local area and one which lives in the desert. We will use a variety of sources to answer questions about how the reproduce and what climate they thrive in.
In Art we will continue to explore the Viking ‘Jelling’ style to create a final piece of art using intricate and interlocking patterns. We will then evaluate our work.
Our PE day for the Spring Term will be a Wednesday so your child should come to school in their PE kit on this day. Please remember PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/blue.
Homework
In year 5 the children will be set a weekly maths homework that they should complete and mark at home using the answers in the back of the homework book.
If your child is finding the homework tricky, please do let Mr Beswick or myself know so that we can offer them support in school.
The children should complete page 26 of their maths homework book to be returned by Friday 24th March 2023. This homework is looking at written methods of multiplication and division.
Please also encourage your child to read for 20 minutes each evening and practice their spellings/times tables. The following websites are both great for times tables practice:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 24th March will be the next 10 words in the Year 5/6 statutory word list:
Identity, immediately, individual, interfere, interrupt, language, leisure, lightning, marvellous, mischievous
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x