Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Skylarks WB 5.12.22
Date: 1st Dec 2022 @ 10:32am
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog! ?
Another great week in Skylarks Class. We thoroughly enjoyed making our Christingles and visiting our lovely Church on Monday. The rehearsals for the Christmas production are also in full swing and we can’t wait for you to come and watch it next week.
Next week (W.B. 5.12.22)
Our Christmas Production ‘Matilda’ will take place on Wednesday 7th December at 1pm and 5pm and Thursday 8th December at 5pm. The children in Years 3, 4 and 5 will all be dressed as school children. Please send your child to school in full school uniform, including school shoes. The children will wear their school trousers or skirt for the performances and school will provide a shirt and tie for each child. If you have any spare white shirts at home (any size appropriate for Years 3-5) we would greatly appreciate any donations. Girls must have their hair tied back in a neat hairstyle and wear shorts/tights under their skirt.
In our English lessons next week, we will use our story maps from this week to help us innovate and plan our own traditional tales inspired by ‘The Lost Happy Endings’. We will then use these plans to begin to write our own story applying all of our learning from this half term.
In our shared reading lessons, we will continue to read ‘Hansel and Gretel’ by Neil Gaiman. We will be focusing on language and will evaluate the author’s language choice, including the use of figurative language.
In maths we will be moving on to learn about fractions; in particular equivalent 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 reflecting on our trip to the Lion Salt Works and will be using research to answer any outstanding questions we have about the Salt Works and the impact the salt industry had on Northwich.
Our PE days for Autumn Term 2 will continue to be a Thursday (Cricket) and Friday with Mr Ault 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.
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 19 and 20 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 9th December 2022. This homework is looking at factors and prime numbers.
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 9th 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