Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Toucans week ending 6.11.20
Date: 5th Nov 2020 @ 5:03pm
Week ending the 6th November
It was lovely to see our children back after a restful half term. This week we have been preparing for Remembrance Day by decorating crosses. We have been doing lots of work around this as it is the beginning of our Conflict topic. Over the next few weeks we will be finding out more facts about World War 1.
Homework
The children will now receive a copy of their weekly spellings in their diaries on a Friday and I will also put them on our weekly blog. Spelling tests will take place on a Friday starting on Friday 13th November.
Also on Friday, the children will receive a CGP Maths books which they will use weekly to complete a Maths activity. Each week the children will have 2 pages to complete. I will tell the children and we will also include these on our weekly blog. The children can mark their own work at home (answers are in the back of the books). However, we would still like them to bring in their books every Thursday to check that they have done the homework and if they need any help with particular questions, Mr Beswick will be able to work with them before we return the books to the children on the Friday.
Spellings to be tested on Friday 13th November
Words ending in ed, ing, est, er
asking, jumped, fastest, hunter, shouted, nearer, lightest, yawning, sprinting, rusted
Maths Homework
Pages 2 and 3 Ordering Numbers, due in on Thursday 12th November
Curriculum
In Maths we will be looking at the properties of numbers and will begin our coverage of fractions.
In English we will be editing and using ICT to publish our information texts on Black heroes.
In RE we will start our new topic on Christian Community. We will look at how Christians worship and how they come together as part of a community.
In Science, we will continue with our topic Light exploring sources and how light travels.
Home Reading
Thank you to everyone who has been reading at home. We have had lots of diaries signed and consequently the children have been receiving their first raffle tickets for our reading draw.
We have been enjoying quiet reading time in class this week so the children have the opportunity to immerse themselves in their new books.
Our PE day is Friday so please send your child to school wearing their PE kit on that day. Mr Ault will also be running an after school club for Year 6s after school on a Friday.
Kind regards,
Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing and Mr Beswick