Toucans W.B. 21.11.22

Date: 17th Nov 2022 @ 6:50pm

Welcome Back to Toucans’ Weekly Blog ?

Toucans have been really enthusiastic about researching an endangered animal this week in our English lessons which demonstrates their passion for conservation and protection of these vulnerable animal species. 

Praise: Mason J

Top Table: Brooke and Amelia

Next Week (W.B. 21.11.22)

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.
• On Monday (21st November), school photos will be taken. 
• On Wednesday (23rd November), we have our fundraising film night after school until 5pm. 

Curriculum:

In English, we will continue planning and writing our endangered animal leaflets containing elements of information, explanation, and persuasion. We will bring together all our learning so far to incorporate a range of writing features, such as modal verbs, adverbs, and use of parenthesis to incorporate extra information. In our shared reading lesson, we will explore the poem El Alamein by John Jarmain and focus on drawing inferences and making comparisons. 

In maths, we will continue with our 4-a-day arithmetic questions each morning to further practice our four operations. We will look at dividing a fraction by an integer, look at fractions of amounts, and finding the whole when given a fractional amount. 

In science, we will conduct a series of circuit investigations to explore what the effect is when adding extra batteries, components, and extending the length of wires. 

In our history/geography lesson, we will begin to learn about WW2. We shall explore a timeline of key events in early WW2 and use our atlas and map skills to understand which countries were involved in this conflict. 

In RE, the children will discuss the world that a range of Christian communities are trying to build from the research we have conducted over the last few lessons.  

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 22 and 23 of their maths homework book this week and return it to school by Thursday 24th November. The homework this week focuses on multiplying and dividing 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 25th November will focus on words containing ei and ie and will be: achieve, deceived, mischievous, niece, perceive, pieces, protein, received, relieved, shriek. 

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

Mr Corkill ?