Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Skylarks WB 23.1.23
Date: 20th Jan 2023 @ 10:02am
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog! ?
What a great week we have had in Skylarks Class! The highlight has definitely been watching the children create their final pieces of artwork inspired by Monet and Turner. Their proud smiles at the end of the process were wonderful to see; they showed great perseverance.
Next week (W.B. 23.01.23)
In our English lessons next week, we will continue to read our new book ‘Arthur and the Golden Rope’ by Joe Todd-Stanton. We will be focussing on how to make our writing more cohesive by effectively using fronted adverbials. We will also focus on developing our vocabulary to describe the character Arthur, before writing a character description.
In our shared reading lessons, we will begin to read ‘Odd and the Frost Giants’ by Neil Gaiman. We will be focussing on drawing inferences such as characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives, as well as making comparisons.
In maths we will continue to focus on adding and subtracting fractions. We will also continue to consolidate our understanding of the four operations through daily 4 a day activities.
In our topic lesson, we will be using a range of sources including iPads, books and images to help us find out more about Anglo Saxon Britain.
In science we will continue with our new topic about Living Things and their Habitats. We will be learning about the life cycle of both birds and mammals and will compare them using a Venn diagram.
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 pages 34 and 35 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 27th January 2023. This homework is looking at adding and subtracting fractions.
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 27th January will be words containing the -ably suffix:
understandably, suitably, miserably, comfortably, adorably, reasonably, considerably, predictably
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x