Toucans week ending 12th March

Date: 11th Mar 2021 @ 7:45am

Week ending the 12^th March 2021

It has been wonderful this week welcoming back everyone into our class. The children have been busy re-establishing routines, spending time with their friends and settling down to lessons! We have enjoyed National Science Week and have been finding out about famous scientists, carrying out investigations and creating our own inventions.

Here are some Science video clips the children may like to watch again at home.

Listen to ‘The Crayon man’ - the true story of the invention of Crayola crayons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYkqCILYib4

Watch video about the invention of the Mars rover ‘Perseverance’.  The mission took place in February 2020 and aimed to discover whether there had ever been life on Mars before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z541nQlGoc0

Watch the mission trailer which shows you the Entry, Descent and Landing procedure the rover followed as it approached Mars:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tITni_HY1Bk

What is an invention?

Watch video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

Virtually explore Mars using the following website (‘real-time simulation of Perseverance’s landing’): https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mars/overview/

Homework

The only homework we want our children to be doing at the moment is reading and spellings.

Spellings for next week will focus on the rule – the ‘sh’ sound spelt ‘si’ or ‘ssi’

Spellings will be tested on Friday 19^th March – expansion, comprehension, tension, permission, admission, profession, possession, discussion, revision, collision

Curriculum for week beg. 15th March 2021

Maths – Fractions

We will continue to look at dividing fractions, finding fractions of amounts and solving fraction problems.

English – The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde

We will be exploring formal and informal language, examining word choices and describing settings, characters and atmosphere.

RE – Understanding Humanism

We will be learning about the knowledge and beliefs of humanists. Focusing on the importance of ‘happiness’ to them, celebrations and ceremonies that they have and their Golden Rule.

Geography – Mapping Skills

Using maps and atlases to locate places in the UK, Europe and worldwide.

History – World War 2

We will explore key events from World War 2 and focus on one to research in a group and present our findings to our classmates.

Science – Light

We will focus on completing the objectives that we missed out on during lockdown that we needed to finish from before Christmas.

PE days will be Thursday (cricket) and Friday (Mr Ault).

Toucans can also attend Mr Ault’s after school club on Fridays.  

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing and Mr Beswick