Toucans W.B. 14.11.22

Date: 10th Nov 2022 @ 3:41pm

Welcome Back to Toucans’ Weekly Blog ?

Toucans have really impressed me this week with their magnificent mathematics skills whilst they have been solving problems involving adding and subtracting fractions. Well done, everyone!

Praise: Amelia

Top Table: Finley and Abi

Next Week (W.B. 14.11.22)

Reminders:

• PE will continue to take place on both a Monday and a Friday each week, so please send your child into school wearing their PE kit on these days. PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/navy.
• Next Friday (18th November) the children can come to school wearing their own clothes for a donation to Children in Need. As this is one of our PE days, please ensure that clothing is suitable for exercising in with Mr Ault. 

Curriculum:

In English, we will be investigating a model report on an endangered animal to understand the writing features and sections of text involved. We will also be looking at researching our own endangered animal to gather facts and information that will later be used for our final writing pieces. 

In maths, we will continue with our 4-a-day arithmetic questions each morning to further practice our four operations. We will look at multi-step problems involving fractions before moving onto multiplying fractions by an integer or another fraction.

In our history/geography lesson, we will investigate how WW1 came to an end and create a newspaper front page outlining the reasons why and how this conflict ended. We will also discuss the significance of WW1 and its lasting impact.

In RE, the children will continue to research a local, national, and global Christian community and examine the similarities and differences between these communities. 

In PSHE / RSE, the children will be discussing the factors of a healthy relationship and marriage. 

The children will continue to be rehearsing for the upcoming Christmas production of Matilda each Thursday and Friday afternoon. 

The children will continue to have a weekly German lesson with Mrs Judge on a Tuesday afternoon. 

Homework:

Children in Year 6 will be set a weekly maths homework that they should complete and mark at home using the answers provided in the back of their homework book. If your child is finding the homework challenging, I will ensure that supervision is provided one lunchtime each week where your child can ask any questions or receive the support they need to complete the homework.

Children should complete pages 20 and 21 of their maths homework book this week and return it to school by Thursday 17th November. The homework this week focuses on adding and subtracting fractions to consolidate the classwork we have completed this week. 

Please also encourage your child to read for 15-20 minutes each evening and practice their spellings and times tables. Children need to record their reading in their homework diaries/planners. This really will help them with their reading speed and stamina. 

The following website is great for times tables practice: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 18th November will focus on words containing silent letters and will be: autumn, climbed, column, doubting, guessed, guidance, knight, knowledgeable, rustled, whistle. 

Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact!

Mr Corkill ?