Toucans W.B. 17.10.22

Date: 13th Oct 2022 @ 2:54pm

Welcome Back to Toucans’ Weekly Blog ?

Toucans have had another fantastic week! The children have really impressed me with their amazing arithmetic skills, and their passion and enthusiasm for discussing trench warfare during our WW1 history lesson. 

Praise: Riley

Top Table: Izzy and Georgia

Next Week (W.B. 17.10.22)

Reminders:

• Our KS2 Harvest service will take place on Monday 17th October at St. John the Evangelist Church, Lostock Gralam, at 9:30am. Y6 will be performing the classic hymn ‘we plough the fields and scatter’ as a poem. 
• Parents’ Evenings will be held this week on both Wednesday and Thursday afternoon. All appointments are for 10 minutes to discuss how your child in settling into life in Y6. 
• PE will 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.

Curriculum:

In English, we will undertake a practice reading, spelling, and punctuation and grammar test this week to identify what the children know and any areas of development. 

In maths, we will continue with our 4-a-day arithmetic questions each morning, and explore using mental calculations and reasoning from known facts. We will also complete an arithmetic paper and two mathematical reasoning papers again to identify areas of strength and future areas of focus. 

In our history/geography lesson, we will continue to look at World War One and write a letter in role as a WW1 solider discussing life in the trenches. 

In music, the children will continue with their weekly ukulele lesson on Thursday afternoon. 

In German, the children will further discuss and describe pets and animals with Mrs Judge. 

In computing, the children will begin to create their own businesses through making a logo and creating a set of merchandise to promote their business idea. 

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 11 and 14 of their maths homework book this week and return it to school by Thursday 20th October. The homework this week is focusing upon division and BODMAS. The following website is great for times tables practice: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

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. 

Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 21st October will focus on words containing the ‘sh’ sound spelt ti or ci and will be: ancient, appreciate, calculation, competition, conscious, conscience, delicious, direction, especially, explanation. 

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

Mr Corkill ?