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Puffins Week Beginning 28th February, by Mrs Shimmin
Date: 28th Feb 2022 @ 2:25am
Hello and Welcome to Puffins Weekly blog!
I hope everyone had a great half term break and did lots of fun things!
This week
Puffins will be listening to lots of stories ready for our world book day this week. Remember we will be celebrating it on Wednesday 2nd March so if your child wants to dress up as a character from a book, they can do that but if not, they can come in their own clothes instead.
We will be continuing to work hard on the school garden and planting out more seeds and seedlings this week. For science, we will be looking at life cycles. We will be ordering our caterpillars this week so that we can see a ‘real’ life cycle and release them as butterflies before the Easter holidays.
Keep those 2 litre plastic bottles only coming! We need 1500 altogether so ask all your family members, grannies, grandads, aunts, uncles, cousins and even neighbours to keep collecting for us. Puffins are really looking forward to getting the greenhouse built.
Please encourage your child to read a few pages of their book each night and it would be helpful to practice their times tables with them too. At the moment, we are working on 10’s, 2’s and 5’s. The websites below are great fun for Times Tables practice.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button/
Please remember to contact me via the school office if you have any questions.
Mrs Shimmin x
Swallows 7.3.22, by Miss Thwaites
Date: 27th Feb 2022 @ 8:07pm
Swallows Class blog
Friday 4th March
Top Table: Kenzie and Charlotte Praise: Arija
Welcome back! We hope you had an enjoyable half-term break and hope you are looking forward to the remaining weeks of the Spring term. This week, we have enjoyed a couple of RE days, focussing on Judaism, to complete our sequence of learning. The children have developed a good understanding of all areas of this religion. We also had a lot of fun on World Book Day, where we completed different, fun activities and it was a delight to see children dressed to celebrate the day! Thank you also to all parents that attended the Delamere talk, I hope it has reassured and prepared you and your child/children for the trip.
Week beginning 28th February 2022:
We will continue to complete our spelling tests on a Thursday and our times tables test will take place on a Friday.
Reminders:
Please note that our PE day this week are on Monday. Please come to school in your PE uniform as usual on this day.
This week
Parents evenings will be taking place 8th/9th March, you can book an appointment through school spider. This will be an update on your child's progress since our last conversation.
Homework
Read Write Inc
You will have noticed this week that your child may have changed RWI groups or come off the scheme to move on to Pathways to Read. If you have any concerns about how your child is progressing with their reading, please come and speak with me so that I can share more personalised strategies.
Reading
Please spend 10 – 20 minutes reading each day. This can be a combination of Read Write Inc and bedtime story books. Please remember the importance of your child listening to YOU read during this time too.
Spellings
For the next two weeks we are going to focus on spelling contractions. It is crucial that the children learn to join the letters accurately and where an apostrophe is the letters either side of it cannot be joined.
This week’s spellings to be quizzed on Thursday 10th March are listed in your blue reading diary.
Times Tables
Please complete your times tables work sheet for this week. Some children have now moved on to learning their 5 x tables! Well done! If you would like your child to progress quicker, please access times tables rockstars to support their times tables knowledge.
Please also use Hit the Button and choose the 5 x table facts to help prepare for our 5 x tables test which lots of children are now working on. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
If you have any worries or queries, please do not hesistate to get into contact with me.
Have a lovely, safe weekend!
Miss Thwaites and Mrs Elson
Goldfinches WB 28.2.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 17th Feb 2022 @ 6:37pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Another wonderful week! We have loved seeing the children use their knowledge and imagination to immerse themselves into the characters of Pompeii in AD79!
Friday Superstar: Harriet
Top Table: Tilly and Erica
This week:
Worship: We have listened to the story of the Good Samaritan and reflected on how we can look after all of our neighbours.
After Half Term:
TRIP DAY- Tuesday 1st March is our trip to Chester Grosvenor Museum. As part of the day will be outside, please ensure your child wears warm, comfortable footwear and warm tracksuit bottoms with their school uniform polo shirt and jumper. I would recommend a warm, waterproof coat, hat and gloves. Please send a snack and water bottle as well as either a packed lunch, or a pre-ordered school packed lunch.
World Book Day- Wednesday 2nd March. Your child can choose to dress up as a character from a book or wear their own clothes.
Writing: We have completed our wonderful Escape from Pompeii recounts this week. We will focus on poetry and will enjoy celebrating world book day.
Reading: We will enjoy poetry and will complete our reading about volcanoes.
Reading homework- There are more and more of my lovely flock of Goldfinches who are working hard to meet my challenge. I’m so proud of the reading you are doing regularly at home. Keep up the great work!
Spelling homework: This week’s spellings are words with the sound k spelt que:
Spellings: unique, cheque, antique, grotesque, boutique, picturesque, plaque, arabesque, mosque, opaque
Maths: Monday with Mrs Judge will be focusing on perimeter and Maths with Mrs Evans will continue with our new focus of multiplication.
Times Tables Homework:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples have another go playing coconut multiples 7x tables this week.
Use MATHSFRAME to begin to get used to the way the multiplication tables check will be carried out later in the year.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Try times tables memory to practise 9x and 7x times tables
https://www.timestables.co.uk/times-tables-memory.html
RE: We will begin our focus on Salvation in Christianity.
History/Geography: Our trip to Chester will immerse us into the world of Romans and we will reflect on our learning in our lesson later in the week.
PE: Monday and Friday- Mr Ault Hockey, Gymnastics and agility. Thursday- Swimming will continue until Easter.
Music: We will continue to learn Ukulele.
German: We will learn some classroom commands.
As always, please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like to discuss your child.
Have a lovely, restful and safe half term,
Mrs Evans and Mrs Judge
Toucans week beg. 28.2.22, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 17th Feb 2022 @ 5:02pm
Week beg 28th February 2022
Toucans have worked extremely hard this term and we wish them a restful and fun filled half term. I’m sure they will be very excited to return after their break to focus on their preparations for their SATs. But not to worry, we have plenty of other fun activities planned for our other subjects too! And we have our class trip to the Imperial Museum on Wednesday 16th March to look forward to.
Homework
Spellings for next week have been taken from a past SATs spelling paper
Spellings will be tested on Friday 4th March – suffered, typical, usually, cautious, essential, vague, adventurous, architect, descendant, inconceivable
Maths Homework in the CGP Maths book on Time and Money pages 57 and 58 and Times Tables Rockstars
Reading CGP book Test 5
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Set B Test 1
Curriculum
Maths – Percentages
History – preparing for our trip to the Imperial War Museum to get the most out of the visit
DT – we will be revising structures and electrical circuits – exploring different materials
RE – How Humanists contribute to modern society?
Music – Singing
Science – Investigating Animals including humans
PE day will be on Wednesday and Friday (Mr Ault)
Kind regards,
Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing, Mr Beswick
Swallows WB 28.02.2022, by Miss Thwaites
Date: 14th Feb 2022 @ 7:02pm
Swallows Class blog
Friday 18th February
Top Table: Isaac and Lukas Praise: Arnold
What a fantastic half-term we have had. Swallows have loved working with their student teacher, Miss Cooper and Miss Thwaites has loved her first half-term with Swallows class. It has been a priviledge working with the children and seeing how much progress they have made so far in such a short space of time. The children have produced some fantastic final writes based on our book 'The Dragon Machine'. The stories created have been exciting to read and the children have really shown off the skills they have developed. WELL DONE, SWALLOWS!
Week beginning 28th February 2022:
We will continue to complete our spelling tests on a Thursday and our times tables test will take place on a Friday.
Reminders:
Please note that our PE day this week are on Monday. Please come to school in your PE uniform as usual on this day.
This week
There is lots happening on the first week back after half-term.
Information for parents:
Fox Howl meeting will take place on 2nd March at 2:45pm.
World Book Day will take place on 2nd March where the children can come dressed up as their favourite character or in pj's.
We are going to spend a great deal of time focusing on Judasim by completing our learning over the duration of a few days. This will allow us the opportunity to fully emerse ourselves in our new whole-school project.
New story focus in Writing- Major Glad, Major Dizzy by Jan Oke
Homework
Read Write Inc
You will have noticed this week that your child may have changed RWI groups or come off the scheme to move on to Pathways to Read. If you have any concerns about how your child is progressing with their reading, please come and speak with me so that I can share more personalised strategies.
Reading
Please spend 10 – 20 minutes reading each day. This can be a combination of Read Write Inc and bedtime story books. Please remember the importance of your child listening to YOU read during this time too.
Spellings
For the next two weeks we are going to focus on spelling contractions. It is crucial that the children learn to join the letters accurately and where an apostrophe is the letters either side of it cannot be joined.
This week’s spellings to be quizzed on Thursday 3rd March are listed in your blue reading diary.
Times Tables
Please complete your times tables work sheet for this week. Some children have now moved on to learning their 5 x tables! Well done! If you would like your child to progress quicker, please access times tables rockstars to support their times tables knowledge.
Please also use Hit the Button and choose the 5 x table facts to help prepare for our 5 x tables test which lots of children are now working on. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
If you have any worries or queries, please do not hesistate to get into contact with me.
Have a lovely, safe weekend!
Miss Thwaites and Mrs Elson
Robins Week Beg 14th February 2022, by Mrs Rice
Date: 10th Feb 2022 @ 10:16pm
Hi Everyone
We have had a super week in Robins class this week. I have been really impressed with the children's atitudes to learning. They help each other, show kindness and have enjoyed working together as a team. We had an enjoyable rock hunt in our church yard as we explored the different rocks that the grave stones were made from. The children impressed me with their Science vocabulary such as permeable and erosion.
Next week, on Thursday 17th February we will be having a Forest Schools/History day outside. We will be making Stone Age houses from items found in the environment. Please send the children in wearing old clothes that you do not mind becoming dirty, wellies, clean shoes for inside, a warm waterproof coat and gloves.
Our Writing lessons will continue to focus on the Stone Age Boy story. We will be writing comparisons between nowadays and prehistoric times using compound sentences and conjunctions.
Mrs Rice's spelling group are looking at what happens to verbs that with an 'e' when the suffix 'tion' is added.
elation, vibration, location, education, hesitation, concentration, celebration, exaggeration
In Maths, we will explore addition and subtraction problems that involve us working systematically and logically. We will embedd our understanding of the column method of both addition and subtraction.
The children are totally immersed in our Iron Man story. They are making sensible predictions and showing sound understanding of the characters. Next week, we will continue to make inferences about the character's emotions and motives as well as exploring the impact of Ted Hughes' repeating phrases and powerful vocabulary.
In Science, the children will be investigating the permeability of rocks by making predictions, carrying out a fair test, making close observations and drawing conclusions based on their findings.
In RE, we will be learning about Jesus' disciples and the importance they have had on Christianity.
Please continue to read regularly with your child at home and spend 5 minutes daily learning their times tables.
As always, please come and see me if you have any queries or questions.
Many thanks
Mrs Rice
Toucans week beg. 14th February, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 10th Feb 2022 @ 5:34pm
Week beg 14th February 2022
It has been lovely this week to see Toucans interacting with their buddies. They have been helping them to develop their throwing and catching skills. Mr A has been so impressed that he has asked Year 6 to be involved with a PE session with Owls on Monday 14th February. Therefore, Toucans can wear their PE kits on Monday and Friday next week.
Homework
Spellings for next week have been taken from a past SATs spelling paper
Spellings will be tested on Friday 18th February – thumb, trouble, mixture, portable, dough, science, attention, obtained, weightless, council
Maths Homework in the CGP Maths book on Units and Conversions pages 55 and 56 and Times Tables Rockstars
Reading CGP book Test 4
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Test 4
Curriculum
Maths – Next week we will be working on Measures
History – children will complete an enquiry project in groups to find out about the changes and challenges that happened to lives during WW2
DT – we will be revising structures and electrical circuits – exploring different materials
RE – How Humanists contribute to modern society?
Music - Singing
PE day will be on Monday and Friday (Mr Ault)
Kind regards,
Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing, Mr Beswick
Goldfinches WB 14.2.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 10th Feb 2022 @ 4:38pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Another wonderful week and every Goldfinch impressed us with their enthusiasm in swimming!
Friday Superstar: Thomas
Top Table: Jessica and Violet
This week:
Worship: We have spent time learning about the importance of good Mental Health and staying safe online as part of e-safety day.
Next Week:
Writing: We are enjoying learning about Mount Vesuvius and the events in Pompeii. We will continue to use this for inspiration for our writing next week.
Reading: We are really becoming experts on volcanoes and will continue to enjoy building up a bank of vocabulary and knowledge next week.
Reading homework- There are more and more of my lovely flock of Goldfinches who are working hard to meet my challenge. I’m so proud of the reading you are doing regularly at home. Keep up the great work!
Spelling homework: This week’s spellings are from the Y3/4 statutory word list:
Spellings: guard, guide, heard, heart, height, history, imagine, increase, important.
Maths: Monday with Mrs Judge will be recapping perimeter and Maths with Mrs Evans will continue with our new focus of multiplication. We will solve addition and multiplication problems by investigating and exploring arrays.
Times Tables Homework:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples have another go playing coconut multiples 7x tables this week.
Use MATHSFRAME to begin to get used to the way the multiplication tables check will be carried out later in the year.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Try times tables memory to practise 9x and 7x times tables
https://www.timestables.co.uk/times-tables-memory.html
RE: We will discuss why it is important to belong to a community.
Science: We will learn about the components needed to make a simple working circuit and how to record this as a scientific diagram.
History: Our inquiry based lesson will use drama to explore the dilemma of people caught up in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the impact it had on the city of Pompeii.
Geography: We will continue to map the route the Romans took as their empire grew to include Britain. We will locate places of importance to the Romans- Kent, London, Chester, York and Bath.
PSHCE: Too Much Selfie isn’t Healthy is our Heart Smart focus.
PE: Monday and Friday- Mr Ault Team-building and Dodgeball. Thursday- Swimming
Music: We will continue to learn Ukulele.
German: We will recap our learning from this half term and write ‘all about me’
As always, please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like to discuss your child. Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Evans and Mrs Judge
Skylarks WB 14.2.22, by Miss Beattie
Date: 10th Feb 2022 @ 4:09pm
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog ?
What a super week we have had this week. I have particularly loved watching the children plan their own myths this week. It is clear they have thoroughly enjoyed our books inspired by Norse mythology this half term and they have really taken on board all of our learning. I already can’t wait to read our final stories next week.
Next Week (W.B. 14.02.22)
In English, we will be using our story plans to write our own myths which must include superhuman characters, appropriate settings and exciting quests. We will be aiming to apply all of our learning from this half term on relative clause sentences, using commas accurately and using dialogue to move the story along.
In Shared Reading, we will finish reading our book ‘Odd and the Frost Giants’ which the children have thoroughly enjoyed. Our focus next week will continue to be on making comparisons within the text. Will Odd manage to save Asgard from the Frost Giants?
In maths, we will continue to focus on written methods of multiplication. We will look specifically at the column method to multiply 4 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers. We will also consolidate our understanding of the four operations through daily 4-A-Day activities.
In RE we will continue with our humanism topic. We will be using all of new knowledge about humanism to help us decide how a humanist might react and what they might say in different scenarios.
In science we will continue to work on our science topic ‘Animals, including Humans’. We will recap our learning from last week on the life cycle of a butterfly, before moving on to look at the life cycle of a frog. We will then use a Venn diagram to compare the similarities and differences between insects and amphibians.
During our topic day we will be extending our knowledge past the Anglo Saxon era and will be considering what happened when the Vikings invaded Britain. We will learn about the Viking raids, Danelaw and Danegeld.
Our PE day for the Spring Term will be Friday so your child should come to school in their PE kit on this day. Please remember PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/blue.
Homework
In year 5 the children will be set a weekly maths homework that they should complete and mark at home using the answers in the back of the homework book.
If your child is finding the homework tricky, Mrs Hulse and I will ensure that supervision is provided on a Wednesday lunchtime for your child to ask any questions or receive some support to complete their homework.
The children should complete page 24 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 18th February. This homework is looking at written multiplication. Children are familiar with the column method which we use in school.
Please also encourage your child to read for 20 minutes each evening and practice their spellings/times tables. The following websites are both great for times tables practice:
https://ttrockstars.com/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Our spellings for the quiz on Thursday 17th February will be the next 10 words from the Y5/6 statutory word list:
Identity, immediately, individual, interfere, interrupt, language, leisure, lightning, marvellous, mischievous
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x
Starlings WB 14.02.22, by Mrs Esling
Date: 7th Feb 2022 @ 9:09pm
Can you believe we are at the end of another half term? Starlings class have been working so hard and they are definitely ready for a well-earned break. We hope you all enjoy a restful break with your little Starling next week. Thank you so much for taking the time to enjoy sharing stories with your Starling at home.
The children will continue to bring home a Read Write Inc book, a book bag book and a bedtime story each week. This provides them with a variety of familiar, new and challenging texts to read. Bedtime story books are to be enjoyed with an adult. Reading TO the children ensures that they experience the magic of a story coming to life and have a purpose and love of reading.
English
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This week in English we have been writing about how Mouse would feel when he came nose to nose with lion. We have been writing exclamative sentences to add drama to our writing
Maths
Starlings class are looking at numbers up to 20. This week we have learned how to use our number bonds to help with the subtraction of 1-digit numbers. We have developed our skills by applying our new knowledge to help us work out challenging word problems.
In Religion, we are looking at the wonder of God’s creation. We have already been out for a walk in the school grounds and explored the beauty of our outdoor world using our senses. In history, we are looking at some of the inventions in transport and looking at how vehicles have changed over the years and why. This past week we looked at ‘The Flying Scotsman’ and how its improved people’s lives
In Science, we continue to explore the topic of animals and humans. This week we have used our senses to spot signs of winter. We also discussed the appropriate clothing we should wear in winter.
Reading
Please spend 10 – 20 minutes reading each day. This can be a combination of Read Write Inc and bedtime story books. Please remember the importance of your child listening to YOU read during this time too.
RWI
Please refer to your child’s diary for information regarding the sounds that your child has been taught and also the titles of the books they will have at home.
Spellings
During the Spring term, our spellings will be focused on the Year One Common Exception words. These are words that the children will come across frequently in both their reading and writing. We will complete a spelling quiz in class every Friday. Please use your spelling whiteboard to help you to learn your spellings each week. We will write your child's score in their diary each week. This will be written next to the spellings they have been tested on that day. This will be on the page of the previous weeks.
This week’s quiz will be the 17th February.
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PE
Our PE days will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday so your child should come to school in their PE kit on these days. Please remember PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/blue. Can we also ask that your child has a drink bottle that is clearly named and contains only water. We also request that if your child wears trainers with laces they are able to independently retie them if they become undone otherwise can they please wear trainers with a Velcro fastening.
Swallows WB 14.02.2022, by Miss Thwaites
Date: 7th Feb 2022 @ 2:38pm
Welcome back to Swallows Class blog
Friday 11th February
Top Table: Jayden B and Tommy Praise: Amber
A very big thank you for all parents taking the time to discuss with me about their child on Tuesday, this week. I thoroughly enjoyed sharing their achievements with you all. Thank you for your continued support!
We have had an enjoyable week in Swallows. The children have loved working with Mrs Elson this week to explore all the techniques they have been learning to develop in art to create fantastic final pieces based on the ocean the Titanic crossed. The children have worked so well to support each other and provided good feedback to their chosen partners to support them in improving their piece. The children focussed on a piece of artwork created by the famous 'Hokusai' called 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa'.
New APP alert:
To support your child in their maths, knowing their number bonds to 10, addition and subtraction, then I believe this app is ideal. There is an app that has been developed by White Rose Maths called 1-Minute Maths. This app provides hints which are visuals to support your child if they are struggling. The app is completely FREE and just a few minutes a day could benefit your child hugely.
https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/1-minute-maths
Week beginning 14th February 2022:
We will continue to complete our spelling tests on a Thursday and our times tables test will take place on a Friday.
Reminders:
Please note that our PE day this week are on Monday. Please come to school in your PE uniform as usual on this day.
This week
This week, we are very excited to write our final stories that we have rigorously planned this week. The children have chosen and created new fictional creatures like mermaids, robots and fairies. They have either kept our main character of George the same or chosen to change him. They will spend 2-3 days writing their final pieces and ensuring that they have spent time editing and improving their pieces of work. I am so excited to see what they can do and cannot wait to read them. The children have loved this unit of work based on 'The Dragon Machine'!
Homework
Read Write Inc
Please see your child's diary for their reading/sound focus.
Reading
Please spend 10 – 20 minutes reading each day. This can be a combination of Read Write Inc and bedtime story books. Please remember the importance of your child listening to YOU read during this time too.
Spellings
During the Spring term our spellings will be focused on the Year Two Common Exception words. We are recapping these from the Autumn term to ensure that the children are secure in how to spell them. These are words that the children will come across frequently in both their reading and writing. We will complete a spelling quiz in class every Friday. Please use your spelling whiteboard to help you to learn your spellings each week. We will write your child's score in their diary each week. This will be written next to the spellings they have been tested on that day. This will be on the page of the previous weeks.
This week’s spellings to be quizzed on Thursday 17th February are listed in your blue reading diary.
Times Tables
Please complete your times tables work sheet for this week. Some children have now moved on to learning their 5 x tables! Well done! If you would like your child to progress quicker, please access times tables rockstars to support their times tables knowledge.
Please also use Hit the Button and choose the 10 x table facts to help prepare for our silver 10 x tables test which lots of children are now working on. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
If you have any worries or queries, please do not hesistate to get into contact with me.
Have a lovely, safe weekend!
Miss Thwaites and Mrs Elson
Goldfinches WB 3.2.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 3rd Feb 2022 @ 8:19pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Gorgeous focus and concentration this week!
Friday Superstar: Destinee
Top Table: James and Jake
This week:
Worship: We have celebrated Chinese New Year and had the chance to reflect by making our own lanterns. We shared and compared a bible story and modern story about forgiveness.
Next Week:
Writing: we will build up our understanding of the present perfect tense, expanded noun phrases and the use of paragraphs to write a recount of the events in Pompeii in AD79.
Reading: We will answer retrieval questions, choose a section of the Volcanoes book to read and make up our own questions for.
Reading homework- Well done to all of the children who are working hard to meet my challenge. I’m so proud of the reading you are doing regularly at home.
Spelling homework: This week’s spellings are a revision of words with double consonants in the middle. Have a go at playing the double consonants game!
This week’s words: shattered, giggly, collector, wettest, fitter, travelled, fizzing, stopped, planning, terrify
Maths: Monday with Mrs Judge will be learning about fractions of Kilometres and Maths with Mrs Evans will continue with our new focus of multiplication. We will recap multiplying by 1 and 0 and move on to multiplying by 10 and 100.
Times Tables Homework:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples use coconut multiples to have a go at 7x tables this week.
Use MATHSFRAME to begin to get used to the way the multiplication tables check will be carried out later in the year.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Try times tables memory to practise 9x and 7x times tables
https://www.timestables.co.uk/times-tables-memory.html
RE: We will learn about how belonging to a community is important to Muslims.
Science/DT: We will tinker with and explore what components are needed to make a simple working circuit.
Computing: In our e-safety lesson we will learn how to keep our data private and learn how to choose sensible passwords. Tuesday is National Online Safety day where we will have a visit from PCSO Phil.
History: We will place the stages of the Roman Empire on a timeline.
PE: Monday and Friday- Mr Ault Team-building and Dodgeball. Thursday- Swimming
Music: We will continue to learn Ukulele.
German: We will learn the seasons of the year.
As always, please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like to discuss your child. Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Evans and Mrs Judge
Skylarks WB 07.02.22, by Miss Beattie
Date: 3rd Feb 2022 @ 4:33pm
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog ?
We have had a great week in Skylarks Class. It has been wonderful to see the children so engaged in their learning, especially during our work on the Anglo Saxons. The children worked so beautifully together to research our enquiry question ‘How did the Anglo Saxons change Britain’s identity?’
Next Week (W.B. 7.02.22)
In English, we will be planning our own myths based on our book ‘Arthur and the Golden Rope’. We will use what we have read to plan our own heroes, villains, settings and quests before sequencing the main events in our own innovative plots. We will be using everything we have learnt this half term to help us with the planning process.
In Shared Reading, we will continue to read our book ‘Odd and the Frost Giants’. Our focus next week will continue to be on drawing inferences and making comparisons within the text. We will use our inference skills to decide how characters feel before comparing these feelings to those of different characters.
In maths, we will be looking at written methods of multiplication. We will be learning how to use the grid method as well as the column method to multiply 4 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers. We will also consolidate our understanding of the four operations through daily 4-A-Day activities.
In RE we will continue with our humanism topic. We will be thinking about the different celebrations that humanists hold throughout the year, focussing specifically on humanist naming ceremonies.
In science we will be thinking about our science topic ‘Animals, including Humans’. We will be looking at the life cycles of amphibians and insects, before using a Venn diagram to compare the similarities and differences between these groups.
During our topic day we will continue to develop our understanding of the Anglo-Saxon era. We will be investigating the ancient Anglo Saxon burial site Sutton Hoo and the artefacts that were found here. We will ask and answer our own questions to help us understand what we can learn from these artefacts left behind.
Our PE day for the Spring Term will be Friday so your child should come to school in their PE kit on this day. Please remember PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/blue.
Homework
In year 5 the children will be set a weekly maths homework that they should complete and mark at home using the answers in the back of the homework book.
If your child is finding the homework tricky, Mrs Hulse and I will ensure that supervision is provided on a Wednesday lunchtime for your child to ask any questions or receive some support to complete their homework.
The children should complete page 25 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 11th February. This homework is looking at written division. Children are familiar with using the bus stop method which we use in school.
Please also encourage your child to read for 20 minutes each evening and practice their spellings/times tables. The following websites are both great for times tables practice:
https://ttrockstars.com/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 11th February will continue to look at words ending in the suffix –ent:
Urgent, dependent, obedient, violent, silent, innocent, frequent, ancient
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x
Toucans week beg. 7th February, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 3rd Feb 2022 @ 4:32pm
Week beg 7th February 2022
Lots of great writing this week be our lovely Toucans. They have written a number of letters and diary entries based on our book The Selfish Giant. Good understanding of personification shown by all.
Homework
Spellings for next week will focus will focus on Plural Nouns
Spellings will be tested on Friday 7th February – yourselves, knives, bookshelves, loaves, tornadoes, thieves, potatoes, wolves, buffaloes, geese
Maths Homework in the CGP Maths book on Equivalent Fractions and Decimals pages 37 and 38 and Times Tables Rockstars
Reading CGP book Test 3
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Test 3
Curriculum
Maths – Next week we will be working some more on Percentages
History – children will complete their work on Air Raid Shelters by using their Computing skills to present their work
DT – we will be revising structures and electrical circuits – exploring different materials
Music - Singing
PE day will be on Friday (Mr Ault)
Kind regards,
Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing, Mr Beswick
Puffins - Week commencing 7th February 2022, by Mrs Shimmin
Date: 3rd Feb 2022 @ 2:28pm
Hello and Welcome to Puffins Weekly blog!
Friday Superstar: Harrison
Top Table: Shayne and Josh
This week Puffins have had a great time making a start on our school garden. We have been digging the big mound of earth at the front of the woodland. We were filling the wheelbarrow and emptying it onto the outer areas where we have decided to grow wild flowers to attract bees and butterflies.
Next week
Puffins will continue with their hard work in the mornings and enjoy the school garden project in the afternoons. Afternoons in the school garden will also incorporate Science, Geography, Art, DT and PHSCE. We found lots of different creatures living in the soil and many insect larvae so we will be taking photographs and researching them on the internet. We will be looking at life cycles and also finding out what would be the best plants to grow to attract insects and wild life into our school garden.
With our school garden project continuing every afternoon, please remember that they will need their wellies and warm clothing for their outdoor learning. Wellies can be kept in school if need be.
Please encourage your child to read a few pages of their book each night and it would be helpful to practice their times tables with them too. At the moment, we are working on 10’s, 2’s and 5’s. The websites below are great fun for Times Tables practice.
https://ttrockstars.com/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button/
Please remember to contact me via the school office if you have any questions.
Mrs Shimmin x
Starlings WB 07.02.22, by Mrs Esling
Date: 1st Feb 2022 @ 7:55pm
Thank you so much for taking the time to enjoy sharing stories with your Starling at home. If your child has received new books for Christmas that you think other children will enjoy please do let me know and I will try and order them for the class
The children will continue to bring home a Read Write Inc book, a book bag book and a bedtime story each week. This provides them with a variety of familiar, new and challenging texts to read. Bedtime storybooks are to be enjoyed with an adult. Reading TO the children ensures that they experience the magic of a story coming to life and have a purpose and love of reading.
English
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This week in English we have been using our skills to find words in our class text with the suffixes -est, -ing, -ed and -er. We have then used these words in our writing when we write a diary entry n the character of Mouse.
Maths
Starlings class are looking at numbers up to 20. This week we have learned how to use our number bonds to help with the addition of 1-digit numbers. We have then progressed on to subtraction.
In Religion, we are looking at the wonder of God’s creation. We have already been out for a walk in the school grounds and explored the beauty of our outdoor world using our senses. In history, we are looking at some of the inventions in transport and looking at how vehicles have changed over the years and why. This past week we have researched George Stephenson and discussed how important his invention of ‘The Rocket’ has been and the impact it has on our lives today.
. In Science, we continue to explore the topic of animals and humans. This week we have discussed what we would like to find out ourselves. So far, we are going to research why some people have allergies and what is the fastest animal on earth?
Reading
Please spend 10 – 20 minutes reading each day. This can be a combination of Read Write Inc and bedtime story books. Please remember the importance of your child listening to YOU read during this time too.
RWI
Please refer to your child’s diary for information regarding the sounds that your child has been taught and also the titles of the books they will have at home.
Spellings
During the Spring term our spellings will be focused on the Year One Common Exception words. These are words that the children will come across frequently in both their reading and writing. We will complete a spelling quiz in class every Friday. Please use your spelling whiteboard to help you to learn your spellings each week. We will write your child's score in their diary each week. This will be written next to the spellings they have been tested on that day. This will be on the page of the previous weeks.
This week’s quiz will be on the 11th of February.
Slumber ignore brave happy unhappy
PE
Our PE days will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday so your child should come to school in their PE kit on these days. Please remember PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/blue. Can we also ask that your child has a drink bottle that is clearly named and contains only water. We also request that if your child wears trainers with laces they are able to independently retie them if they become undone otherwise can they please wear trainers with a Velcro fastening.
Swallows WB 7.2.2022, by Miss Thwaites
Date: 31st Jan 2022 @ 3:50pm
Welcome back to Swallows Class blog
Friday 4th February
Top Table: Layla and Luciana Praise: Albie
We have had an enjoyable week in Swallows. The children have loved working with Miss Cooper to complete their music lessons where they have been learning to use the glockenspiels alongside singing the song 'I want to play in a band'. The children have been delving deeper into their geography by locating the countries where the Titanic departed and stopped at before sinking. The children have revisited their prior learning to answer more in depth questions. In Computing, the children are working hard to programme and debug systems, using the knowledge they have developed over the past few weeks in relation to algorithms.
We will be having an extra session of PE this week, please ensure your child comes into school in their kit on Wednesday 9th February.
New APP alert:
To support your child in their maths, knowing their number bonds to 10, addition and subtraction, then I believe this app is ideal. There is an app that has been developed by White Rose Maths called 1-Minute Maths. This app provides hints which are visuals to support your child if they are struggling. The app is completely FREE and just a few minutes a day could benefit your child hugely.
https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/1-minute-maths
Week beginning 7th February 2022:
We will continue to complete our spelling tests on a Thursday and our times tables test will take place on a Friday.
Reminders:
Please note that our PE days this week are on Monday. Please come to school in your PE uniform as usual on this day.
This week
This week, we are going to be returning to the art techniques we explored in our art. We are going to focus on a piece of artwork created by the famous 'Hokusai' called 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa'. The children are going to be taking a few steps back and explore this great artist to find out the printing techniques used. We are going to create a double page about the artist noting down key facts and how his printing technique is unique. We are then going to create a double page to test and identify the tools and skills developed. Eventually, we will recreate a sea picture again improving on our first pictures to use our skills more methodically. We are then going to share our thoughts and wishes of other people's work to support them in improving their work further.
Homework
Read Write Inc
Please see your child's diary for their reading/sound focus.
Reading
Please spend 10 – 20 minutes reading each day. This can be a combination of Read Write Inc and bedtime story books. Please remember the importance of your child listening to YOU read during this time too.
Spellings
During the Spring term our spellings will be focused on the Year Two Common Exception words. We are recapping these from the Autumn term to ensure that the children are secure in how to spell them. These are words that the children will come across frequently in both their reading and writing. We will complete a spelling quiz in class every Friday. Please use your spelling whiteboard to help you to learn your spellings each week. We will write your child's score in their diary each week. This will be written next to the spellings they have been tested on that day. This will be on the page of the previous weeks.
This week’s spellings to be quizzed on Thursday 10th February are listed in your blue reading diary.
Times Tables
Please complete your times tables work sheet for this week. Some children have now moved on to learning their 5 x tables! Well done! If you would like your child to progress quicker, please access times tables rockstars to support their times tables knowledge.
Please also use Hit the Button and choose the 10 x table facts to help prepare for our silver 10 x tables test which lots of children are now working on. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
If you have any worries or queries, please do not hesistate to get into contact with me.
Have a lovely, safe weekend!
Miss Thwaites and Mrs Elson
Robins Wk Beg 31st January 2022, by Mrs Rice
Date: 28th Jan 2022 @ 12:15pm
Hi Everyone
This week we will be immersed in our two wonderful texts The Iron Man and Stone Age Boy to help us with our Reading and Writing lessons. We will be using the suffixes er/est to enhance our setting descriptions and learning how to write a speech sandwich! We will also be using our inference skills to explain a character's feelings and actions.
In Maths, we will be problem solving using a combination of addition and subtraction. We will consolidate our written methods as well as deciding which questions we could solve mentally. We will also continue to work on the rapid recall of our multiplication and division facts.
Mrs Rice's spellings this week are focusing on when the letter 'y' makes the 'i' sound. Our words are:
Egypt, gym, myth, pyramid, cymbals, mystery, myserious and syllable.
Mrs Brennan's spellings are focusing the suffix less and ness. Our words are:
fearless, foolishness, goodnesss, illness, sadness, endless, faultless
Our RE work will provide us with the opportunities to explore how other religions worship. We will learn about Judaism, Islam and Hinduism. We will then compare and contrast these religions.
Our Science work is focusing on rocks and soils. We will be exploring the properties of various rocks and classifing them based on their properties.
The children are really enjoying how our book area is organised into author baskets and have asked to vote for a new author to be added to our collection which is really exciting and a good example of the British Value Democracy. Please continue to read at home with your child for pleasure, as this enhances their imagination and vocabulary so much as well as being a wonderful relaxation time.
Thank you for your continued support. Please come and see myself or Mrs Brennan if you have any questions.
Love from Mrs Rice and Mrs Brennan xxx
Skylarks WB 31.01.22, by Miss Beattie
Date: 27th Jan 2022 @ 6:41pm
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog ?
Another super week for Skylarks class! The children have worked exceptionally hard in their writing lessons this week and I have thoroughly enjoyed reading their recounts. We also had a super topic day where the children were immersed into life as an Anglo-Saxon. We can’t wait to learn more!
Next Week (W.B. 31.01.22)
In English, we will finish reading our book ‘Arthur and the Golden Rope’. We will use what we have read to summarise the key events and create a timeline to show these. We will also spend time investigating the features of the story, such as using varied openers, dialogue, paragraphs and creating superhuman characters with magic objects. This will then help us plan and write our own myth over the coming weeks.
In Shared Reading, we will continue to read our book ‘Odd and the Frost Giants’. Our focus next week will be on drawing inferences and making comparisons within the text. We will use our inference skills to decide how characters feel before comparing these feelings to those of different characters.
In maths, we will continue to work on finding the area of shapes, in particular compound shapes. We will also solve some tricky investigation style questions which will require the children to apply their knowledge of both area and perimeter. We will also consolidate our understanding of the four operations through daily 4-A-Day activities.
In RE we will continue with our humanism topic. This week we will be exploring the key ingredient for happiness according to the humanist viewpoint.
In science we will be thinking about our new science topic ‘Animals, including Humans’. We will begin to look at life cycles, comparing the differences in the life cycles of mammals, amphibians, insects and birds. We will also compare the life cycles of animals in our own local environment with other animals around the world, suggesting reasons for similarities and differences.
During our topic day we will continue to develop our understanding of the Anglo-Saxon era. We will use a range of sources, such as books, the internet and artefacts to help us build knowledge?and understanding of the?Anglo Saxon?era and the impact it had on the British way of life.
Our PE day for the Spring Term will be Friday so your child should come to school in their PE kit on this day. Please remember PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/blue.
Homework
In year 5 the children will be set a weekly maths homework that they should complete and mark at home using the answers in the back of the homework book.
If your child is finding the homework tricky, Mrs Hulse and I will ensure that supervision is provided on a Wednesday lunchtime for your child to ask any questions or receive some support to complete their homework.
The children should complete pages 50 and 51 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 4th February. This homework is looking at area which we have been learning how to calculate this week in school.
Please also encourage your child to read for 20 minutes each evening and practice their spellings/times tables. The following websites are both great for times tables practice:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 4th February will be words ending in the suffix –ent:
Confident, absent, different, patient, magnificent, efficient, decent, intelligent
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x
Goldfinches WB 31.1.22, by Mrs Evans
Date: 27th Jan 2022 @ 6:25pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
What wonderful enthusiasm you have shown in your learning this week!
Friday Superstar: Gabriel
Top Table: Connor and Yara
This week:
Worship: We have shared and discussed our school mission statement and the talked about the beautiful new bible quotes which are around school. Ethos group have also asked the class for ideas for our new school prayer.
Next Week:
Writing: We will learn how to use and punctuate direct speech, organise ideas in to paragraphs and write a diary entry from the point of view of Tranio (the main character)
Reading: We will read and record information from our non-fiction text: Volcanoes.
Reading homework- I have set Goldfinches a little challenge to try and fill up more of their diary pages with little and often reading at home. Please support your child to get into a routine of reading regularly at home and recording this in their diary.
Spelling homework: This week’s spellings are words with the prefixes il, un, in, im and dis
This week’s words: illegal, illogical, illiterate, unkind, unclear, incomplete, incorrect, impolite, disagree, dislike
Maths: Monday with Mrs Judge will be learning about Kilometres and Maths with Mrs Evans will move onto our new focus of multiplication. We will recap multiplying by 1 and 0 and move on to multiplying by 10 and 100.
Times Tables Homework:
Have a go at using MATHSFRAME to begin to get used to the way the multiplication tables check will be carried out later in the year.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Try times tables memory to practise 9x and 7x times tables
https://www.timestables.co.uk/times-tables-memory.html
RE: we will find out about how a mosque is an important part of the community.
Science: We will learn about the importance of a healthy and balanced diet and what each type of food is important for within our bodies.
Computing: In our e-safety lesson we will learn how to keep our data private and learn how to choose sensible passwords.
History and Geography: We will use atlas and mapping skills to identify the countries and capital cities the Romans would have travelled through in order to conquer Britain.
PE: Monday and Friday- Mr Ault Team-building and Dodgeball. Thursday- Swimming
PSHCE: Our Heartsmart focus is ‘Too much selfie isn’t healthy’
Music: We will continue to learn Ukulele.
German: We will learn the months of the year.
As always, please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like to discuss your child. Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Evans and Mrs Judge
Toucans Week Beg 31st Jan, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 27th Jan 2022 @ 4:12pm
Week beg 31st January 2022
Thank you to those parents who were able to join our SATs Zoom meeting on Wednesday. The PowerPoint is also on our blog for you now to view.
The children have worked hard this week during their booster sessions and we have been delighted to see how keen they have been to complete their CGP books.
Homework
Spellings for next week will focus will focus on Plural Nouns
Spellings will be tested on Friday 4th February – bonuses, addresses, boxes, wishes, matchers, peaches, dictionaries, identities, parties, coaches
Maths Homework in the CGP Maths book on Coordinates pages 78 and 79 and Times Tables Rockstars
Reading CGP book Test 2
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling Test 2
Curriculum
Maths – Next week we will be working on Percentages
History – children will be researching and presenting their findings on an aspect of World War 2. – focus on air raid shelters
DT – we will be revising structures and electrical circuits
Music - Singing
PE day will be on Friday (Mr Ault)
Kind regards,
Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing, Mr Beswick
Starlings WB 31.01.22, by Mrs Esling
Date: 25th Jan 2022 @ 10:03pm
Thank you so much for taking the time to enjoy sharing stories with your Starling at home. If your child has received new books for Christmas that you think other children will enjoy please do let me know and I will try and order them in for the class
The children will continue to bring home a Read Write Inc book, a book bag book and a bedtime story each week. This provides them with a variety of familiar, new and challenging texts to read. Bedtime story books are to be enjoyed with an adult. Reading TO the children ensures that they experience the magic of a story coming to life and have a purpose and love of reading.
English
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This week in English we have been writing statements about Lion and Mouse who are the two main characters in our class text. We have also been asking them questions and practising using a question mark.
Maths
Starlings class are looking at numbers up to 20. This week we have revisited our number bonds to 10 and then progressed t exploring number bonds to 20. Starlings worked together using the numicon to support their thinking.
In Religion, we are looking at the wonder of God’s creation. We have already been out for a walk in the school grounds and explored the beauty of our outdoor world using our senses. In history, we are looking at some of the inventions in transport and looking at how vehicles have changed over the years and why. This past week we have researched George Stephenson and discussed how important his invention of ‘The Rocket’ has been and the impact it has on our lives today.
. In Science, we continue to explore the topic of animals and humans. This week we have discussed what we would like to find out ourselves. So far we are going to research why some people have allergies and what is the fastest animal on earth?
Reading
Please spend 10 – 20 minutes reading each day. This can be a combination of Read Write Inc and bedtime story books. Please remember the importance of your child listening to YOU read during this time too.
RWI
Please refer to your child’s diary for information regarding the sounds that your child has been taught and also the titles of the books they will have at home.
Spellings
During the Spring term our spellings will be focused on the Year One Common Exception words. These are words that the children will come across frequently in both their reading and writing. We will complete a spelling quiz in class every Friday. Please use your spelling whiteboard to help you to learn your spellings each week. We will write your child's score in their diary each week. This will be written next to the spellings they have been tested on that day. This will be on the page of the previous weeks.
house mouse lion brave friend
PE
Our PE days will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday so your child should come to school in their PE kit on these days. Please remember PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/blue. Can we also ask that your child has a drink bottle that is clearly named and contains only water. We also request that if your child wears trainers with laces they are able to independently retie them if they become undone otherwise can they please wear trainers with a Velcro fastening.
Skylarks WB 24.01.22, by Miss Beattie
Date: 20th Jan 2022 @ 10:15pm
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog ?
What a busy week we have had in Skylarks class! This week we have been super story tellers, magnificent mathematicians and amazing artists. My highlight of the week has most definitely been seeing the children’s superb art work inspired by Monet and Turner. Well done everyone!
Next Week (W.B. 24.01.22)
In English, we will further explore our new book ‘Arthur and the Golden Rope’. We will start by using our story maps created last week to help us write a recount of Arthur’s journey across the sea to Valhalla. We will also be looking at how we can use adverbials to introduce new ideas and connect sentences/paragraphs.
In Shared Reading, we will continue to read our book ‘Odd and the Frost Giants’ which the children are thoroughly enjoying. Our focus next week will be on making comparisons within the text. We will compare and contrast the viewpoints of different characters, as well as how characters change throughout the book.
In maths, we will be exploring how to calculate, compare and estimate the area of different shapes, included irregular shapes. We will look at the multiplication method as well as counting squares to help us. We will also consolidate our understanding of the four operations through daily 4-A-Day activities.
In RE we will continue with our humanism topic. Our focus will be on the humanist view on why humans are special. We will explore the theme of curiosity which is a key strand in humanism.
In science we will be thinking about our new science topic ‘Animals, including Humans’. We will start our topic by researching David Attenborough and the work that he has done.
During our topic day we will start by placing the Anglo Saxon and Viking era on a timeline so that we can compare this to other periods of time that we have studied, such as the Romans. We will also play a Saxon Settlement game to help us understand where they came from and to, before locating and labelling these places on a map.
In DT, we will use what we learnt during our tinkering day to design our own mechanical system that uses a level and a pulley. It must help us answer the question “How did people in the past move things?”
Our PE day for the Spring Term will be Friday so your child should come to school in their PE kit on this day. Please remember PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/blue.
Homework
In year 5 the children will be set a weekly maths homework that they should complete and mark at home using the answers in the back of the homework book.
If your child is finding the homework tricky, Mrs Hulse and I will ensure that supervision is provided on a Wednesday lunchtime for your child to ask any questions or receive some support to complete their homework.
The children should complete page 23 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 28th January. This homework is looking at mental multiplication and division.
Please also encourage your child to read for 20 minutes each evening and practice their spellings/times tables. The following websites are both great for times tables practice:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 28th January will be the next 10 words from the Y5/6 statutory word list:
existence, explanation, familiar, foreign, forty, frequently, government, guarantee, harass, hindrance
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x
Toucans week beg. 24th Jan, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 20th Jan 2022 @ 4:38pm
Week beg 24th January 2022
We were delighted to see how keen the children were this week to complete their extra homework activities. Thank you for your support with this. We were especially pleased that the children wanted to do more!! We have said that they can complete more than one test in each of their books if they wish.
Just a reminder that our SATs information meeting will take place on Wednesday 26th January at 3:30pm.
We are still working with the children to ensure they all get the chance to have their pupil teacher meeting to tell us about how they are getting on and have a chance to share any targets that they or us want to work on together.
Our visit to the Imperial Museum Salford Quays has been postponed until after February half term due to Public Health advice. We are still waiting to hear back from the museum with a new date but we will let you know the new date when it is confirmed and the exact cost of the trip (approx. £10). You will receive an email about this with additional information as soon as possible.
Homework
Spellings for next week will focus will focus on spellings words ending in –ible and - able
Spellings will be tested on Friday 28th January – reliable, terrible, comfortable, visible, possible, responsible, suitable, adorable, visible, sensible
Maths Homework in the CGP Maths book on Coordinates pages 76 and 77 and Times Tables Rockstars
Reading CGP book Test 2 page 5 – 7
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling test 2 page 6 - 9
Curriculum
Maths – Next week we will be working on Decimals
History – children will be researching and presenting their findings on an aspect of World War 2. – focus on air raid shelters
DT – we will be revising structures and electrical circuits
Art – developing drawing skills using different implements
Music - Singing
PE day will be on Friday (Mr Ault)
Kind regards,
Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing, Mr Beswick
Swallows WB 31.01.2022, by Miss Thwaites
Date: 20th Jan 2022 @ 4:29pm
Welcome back to Swallows Class blog
Top Table: Owen and Ethan Praise: India
What a fantastic week we have had! We have been investigating the route which the Titanic followed and explored where the Titanic did not reach. During this time we recaped the continents and identified key oceans and countries. The children had great discussions and ideas about how travel has changed over the years, in particular, how planes and ships have enhanced travel.
New APP alert:
To support your child in their maths, knowing their number bonds to 10, addition and subtraction, then I believe this app is ideal. There is an app that has been developed by White Rose Maths called 1-Minute Maths. This app provides hints which are visuals to support your child if they are struggling. The app is completely FREE and just a few minutes a day could benefit your child hugely.
https://whiterosemaths.com/resources/1-minute-maths
Week beginning 31st January 2022:
We will continue to complete our spelling tests on a Thursday and our times tables test will take place on a Friday.
Reminders:
Please note that our PE days this week are on Monday. Please come to school in your PE uniform as usual on this day.
Next Week
Next week, we are going to be returning to the art techniques we explored in our art. We are going to focus on a piece of artwork created by the famous 'Hokusai' called 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa'. The children are going to be taking a few steps back and explore this great artist to find out the printing techniques used. We are going to create a double page about the artist noting down key facts and how his printing technique is unique. We are then going to create a double page to test and identify the tools and skills developed. Eventually, we will recreate a sea picture again improving on our first pictures to use our skills more methodically. We are then going to share our thoughts and wishes of other people's work to support them in improving their work further.
Homework
Read Write Inc
Please see your child's diary for their reading/sound focus.
Reading
Please spend 10 – 20 minutes reading each day. This can be a combination of Read Write Inc and bedtime story books. Please remember the importance of your child listening to YOU read during this time too.
Spellings
During the Spring term our spellings will be focused on the Year Two Common Exception words. We are recapping these from the Autumn term to ensure that the children are secure in how to spell them. These are words that the children will come across frequently in both their reading and writing. We will complete a spelling quiz in class every Friday. Please use your spelling whiteboard to help you to learn your spellings each week. We will write your child's score in their diary each week. This will be written next to the spellings they have been tested on that day. This will be on the page of the previous weeks.
This week’s spellings to be quizzed on Thursday 3rd February are listed in your blue reading diary.
Times Tables
Please complete your times tables work sheet for this week. Some children have now moved onto their silver challenge! Well done!
Please also use Hit the Button and choose the 10 x table facts to help prepare for our silver 10 x tables test which lots of children are now working on. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
If you have any worries or queries, please do not hesistate to get into contact with me.
Have a lovely, safe weekend!
Miss Thwaites and Mrs Elson