Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Skylarks WB 29.11.21
Date: 28th Nov 2021 @ 6:19pm
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog ?
We have had another super week of learning in Skylarks Class. The children have made myself and Mrs Judge very proud with their hard work and dedication to their learning.
Thank you to all of our wonderful Skylarks who are working so hard at home as well. We are very proud of you!
Next Week (W.B. 29.11.21)
In our English lessons next week, we will continue to explore our book ‘The Lost Happy Endings’ by Carol Ann Duffy and Jane Ray. During our lessons, we will be looking more closely at the characterisation of different characters. We will be focusing on how we can integrate dialogue into our writing to develop characterisation and advance the action.
In maths we will be starting to explore multiplication by learning about multiples, factors and prime numbers. We will also continue to consolidate our knowledge of the four operations through daily 4-a-day activities.
In science we will be recapping and reflecting on our learning from our ‘materials’ unit of work. We will think about the new knowledge we have acquired and will consider whether the questions we asked at the beginning of the year have now been answered through our investigations.
During our topic day, we will continue to work on our information leaflets about the Lion Salt Works. We will look at the process of making salt, the importance of the salt works and the effect the salt industry had on Northwich.
Our PE days this week will be Tuesday and Friday so your child should come to school in their PE kit on these days. Please remember PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/blue. On Thursday your child will also need to have their swimming costume and towel in a plastic bag.
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, Mrs Hulse and I will ensure that supervision is provided on a Wednesday lunchtime for your child to ask any questions or receive some support to complete their homework.
The children should complete pages 64 and 65 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 3rd December. This homework is looking shape.
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 3rd December will focus on words containing silent letter T:
fasten, listen, glisten, soften, castle, rustle, hustle, bustle
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x