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WB 18.10.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 14th Oct 2021 @ 8:18am
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog ?
I can’t quite believe we are looking ahead to the final week of the half term. Time really does fly when you’re having fun. We have had another excellent week in Skylarks Class!
Next week (W.B. 18.10.21)
In our English lesson next week, we will be using our plans produced this week to help us write a sequence of diaries entries in role as Annie Edson Taylor. We will be recapping the mastery keys learnt in this topic and applying these in our writing (e.g. using paragraphs, using commas after fronted adverbial and writing for an intended audience/purpose).
In maths we will be looking at mental calculations and inverse operations. We will also be applying our knowledge and understanding of addition and subtraction to help use solve tricky problems.
In science we will continue our learning on soluble and insoluble materials. The children will work collaboratively to plan their own investigations to find out which factors affect the rate of dissolving. The children must choose which variables to keep the same and which to change, ensuring they plan a fair test.
In RE we will bring together all of our learning from our Discipleship topic to answer the following questions: How does the ‘Sermon on the Mount’ help people to follow Jesus? How does Jesus want Christians to live out each verse in their lives?
During our topic day we will begin to look at our Year 5 theme of ‘Identity’. We will be thinking about our own identity and the identity of Northwich by sharing what we know already.
Our PE days for the Autumn will be Thursday (Swimming) and Friday (Games) 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. On Thursday your child will also need to have their swimming costume and towel in a plastic bag.
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 12 and 13 of their maths book to be returned by Thursday 21st October. This homework is looking written addition and subtraction.
Please encourage your child to use column method which we have learnt 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 Thursday 21st October will be the next 10 words in the Y5/6 statutory word list:
available, average, awkward, bargain, bruise, category, cemetery, committee, communicate, community
Please remember that the words from the Y5/6 list are trickier than our spellings which follow a specific spelling rule. If your child is finding them really difficult, encourage them to focus on just 5 words to learn rather than all 10 ?
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ? Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks WB 11.10.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 7th Oct 2021 @ 7:57am
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog ?
Another super week of learning for Skylarks Class. I am so proud of the hard-working and enthusiastic attitude shown in our classroom every single day. Keep it up Skylarks!
Next week (W.B. 11.10.21)
In our English lessons next week, we will finish reading our book ‘Queen of the Falls’ by Chris Van Allsburg. We will use our retrieval and summarising skills to help us create a timeline of the whole story. We will then look closely at a range of diary entries to help us understand the features of them. This will help us as we plan and write our own sequence of diary entries to end this unit of work.
In our reading lessons we will read about more inspirational woman in our text ‘Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls’. We will continue to focus on drawing inferences, justifying our answers with evidence (E.g. inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives) and making comparisons within and across texts.
In maths we will be moving on to look at the formal written methods of addition and subtraction, to include 6-digit numbers. We will also learn how we can use estimation and rounding to help us check an answer.
In science we will be defining the terms ‘soluble’ and ‘insoluble’. We will then predict which materials will dissolve and which won’t before carrying out an investigation to see if our predictions were correct.
In RE we will continue to debate the point, ‘Are Jesus’ teachings from the Sermon on the Mount still important today?’ This week, we will record our responses in our book, giving evidence to support our opinion.
We will also have a computing day on Friday where we will continue to work on our ‘Keynote’ presentations about how computers impact our lives.
Our PE days for the Autumn will be Thursday (Swimming) and Friday (Games) 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. On Thursday your child will also need to have their swimming costume and towel in a plastic bag.
Next week we will have a one-off additional PE session on Wednesday 13th October (cricket) and so the children may come to school in their PE on this day.
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 11 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 15th October. This homework is looking at Roman numerals.
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 15th October will continue to focus on words with the -ible suffix:
invisible, edible, flexible, resistible, responsible, impossible, irreversible, convertible
Please encourage your child to learn the root word before adding the -ible suffix.
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ? Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks WB 4.10.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 30th Sep 2021 @ 8:10am
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog ?
This week Skylarks have continued to work exceptionally hard in all of our lessons. They have shown such enthusiasm towards everything that they are doing in school and I am sure you are enjoying hearing about their exciting learning when they arrive home.
I am looking forward to chatting with you tomorrow, Friday 1st October, during out Parent/Teacher phone calls. If you are having any problems booking your slot, please contact the office who will be happy to help.
Next week (W.B. 4.10.21)
In our English lessons next week, we will continue to explore our book ‘Queen of the Falls’ by Chris Van Allsburg. We will extend our learning on recount writing from last week’s lessons. We will first create our own story map which we will use to help us write a first-person recount of Annie’s journey along the river. We will also be consolidating our understanding of fronted adverbials and commas and will be applying these throughout our writing.
In our reading lessons we will read about more inspirational woman in our text ‘Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls’. We will continue to focus on drawing inferences, justifying our answers with evidence (E.g. inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives) and making comparisons within and across texts.
In maths we will consolidate our learning on place value by solving tricky reasoning and problem solving questions. We will then move on to look at the formal written method of addition to include 6-digit numbers.
In science we will use our investigation plans from the previous lesson to help us answer the question ‘Which material is most effective for the inner lining of a lunch box to keep it cool?’ After completing our investigation, we will choose an appropriate way to present our findings (e.g. table, bar chart, line graph).
In RE we will use our Christian values of respect and friendship to have a class debate. We will use our learning from our discipleship topic to help us debate the question, ‘Do you think Jesus’ teachings from the Sermon on the Mount are still important today?’
During our topic day we will extend our learning on rivers. We will recap the different features of rivers, before thinking about why rivers are so important (e.g. leisure, tourism, power, industry and transport).
Our PE days for the Autumn will be Thursday (Swimming) and Friday (Games) 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. On Thursday your child will also need to have their swimming costume and towel in a plastic bag.
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 10 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 8th October. This homework is looking at rounding numbers.
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 8th October will focus on words with the -ible suffix:
possible, terrible, legible, horrible, sensible, reversible, credible, visible
Please encourage your child to learn the root word before adding the -ible suffix.
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ? Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks WB 27.09.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 23rd Sep 2021 @ 8:00am
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog ?
We have had another fantastic week in Skylarks Class and the children have all blown me away with their knowledge of the Romans and keen interest to learn more! I can’t wait to continue to explore our topics further next week ?
Parent phone calls
Hopefully you have managed to book your Parents’ Evening phone call through school spider for next week. Skylark’s phone calls will take place on Friday 1st October. This will be an opportunity to discuss how the children have settled into year 5 and will give you the chance to ask any questions you may have. If you are having any problems booking your slot, please contact the office who will be happy to help.
Next week (W.B. 27.09.21)
In our English lessons next week, we will continue to explore our book ‘Queen of the Falls’ by Chris Van Allsburg. We will continue to work on our Newspaper reports from last week, before moving on to look at first-person recount writing.
In our reading lessons we will read about more inspirational woman in our text ‘Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls’. We will continue to focus on drawing inferences, justifying our answers with evidence (E.g. inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives) and making comparisons within and across texts.
In maths we will continue to focus on place value and will extend our learning to include numbers to 1,000,000. We will place these numbers on number lines, compare and order numbers and round to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 and 100,000. We will also continue to consolidate our knowledge of the four operations through daily 4-a-day activities.
In science we will continue our learning on thermal insulators and thermal conductors. We will become scientists and will plan our own investigation to answer the enquiry question ‘Which material is most effective for the inner lining of a lunch box to keep it cool?’
In RE we will continue to explore the book of Matthew. We will read a range of verses, considering the meaning of each and drawing out any advice given to Christians on how they should live.
During our topic day we will use our mapping skills to locate rivers in and around Northwich. We will then focus on developing our understanding of technical vocabulary needed to help us with our future learning on rivers. We will use our ICT skills to help us produce a river glossary.
Our PE days for the Autumn will be Thursday (Swimming) and Friday (Games) 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. On Thursday your child will also need to have their swimming costume and towel in a plastic bag.
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 9 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 1st October. This homework is looking at counting in powers of 10 (e.g. counting in jumps of 10, 100, 1000, 10,000, 100,000).
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 1st October will be the first 10 words from the Year 5/6 statutory word list:
accommodate, accompany, according, achieve, aggressive, amateur, ancient, apparent, appreciate, attached
These words are understandably more difficult than our spellings which follow a specific spelling rule. However, please remember that these spellings are set for both Year 5 and Year 6 children and so we have lots of time to revisit and revise them over the next two years. If your child is finding them really tricky, encourage them to focus on just 5 words to learn rather than all 10 ?
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks WB 20.09.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 16th Sep 2021 @ 7:42am
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog ?
The children in Skylarks Class have had another super week of learning. I have particular enjoyed hearing about their swimming achievements. Mrs Evans has been so impressed with the children’s effort and attitudes during their lessons. Keep it up Skylarks!
Next week (W.B. 20.09.21)
In our English lessons next week, we will continue to explore our book ‘Queen of the Falls’ by Chris Van Allsburg. We will first be looking at letter writing, taking account of audience and purpose. We will also consider our first impressions of different characters, as well as the impressions the characters may have of each other. We will then use this to help us write a newspaper report prior to Annie’s daredevil feat.
In our reading lessons we will read about more inspirational woman in our text ‘Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls’. We will focus on drawing inferences and justifying our answers with evidence (E.g. inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives). We will also make comparisons within and across texts.
In maths we will continue to focus on place value. Specifically, we will look at rounding numbers within 100,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000 and 10,000. We will also revise Roman numeral base numbers to help us write numbers to 10,000. We will also continue to consolidate our knowledge of the four operations through daily 4-a-day activities.
In science we will learn about thermal insulators and thermal conductors and will be developing our conclusion writing skills. We will look at a table of results showing the temperature of tea in different containers over a one-hour period, before concluding what we can learn from the table of results.
In RE we will be exploring the ‘Salt and Light’ verses from Matthew 5:13-15. We will read the verses together and draw annotated pictures to help us understand them better.
During our topic day we will use our mapping skills to gain a better understanding of where the Romans conquered when they first arrived in Britain. We will also look at how Britain changed once the Roman Empire arrived and the legacy the Roman Empire left behind.
Our PE days for the Autumn will be Thursday (Swimming) and Friday (Games) 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. On Thursday your child will also need to have their swimming costume and towel in a plastic bag.
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 8 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 24th September. This homework is looking at place value (ordering and comparing big numbers).
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 24th September will continue to focus on words ending with the silent letter b:
climb, subtle, bomb, lamb, doubted, plumber, crumbling, numbing
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ? Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks WB 13.09.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 9th Sep 2021 @ 8:18am
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Hello everyone and welcome to Skylarks first weekly blog! I will post on our blog each Thursday keeping you up to date with our learning for the week ahead. I will also post information about homework, weekly spellings and any other important information ?
The children in Skylarks Class have had a FANTASTIC first week back in school and I am so proud of how quickly they have settled back into school routines and how hard they are working.
Next week (W.B. 13.09.21)
In our English lessons next week, we will be delving deeper into our new book ‘Queen of the Falls’ by Chris Van Allsburg. We will find out more about the daredevil feat carried out by Annie Edson Taylor and will use this to help us write a first person recount from the viewpoint of one of the anxious bystanders. We will be focusing on using commas after fronted adverbials and organising paragraphs around a theme.
In our reading lessons we will read about more inspirational woman in our text ‘Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls’. We will focus on drawing inferences and justifying our answers with evidence (E.g. inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives).
In maths we will be focusing on the place value of numbers to 100,000. We will place these numbers on a number line and will compare them using more than and less than symbols. We will also continue to consolidate our knowledge of the four operations through daily 4-a-day activities.
In science we will begin to explore our new topic all about materials. The children will plan their own investigations to help them explore the properties of a variety of everyday materials.
In RE we will be thinking about what we already know about Jesus’ teachings. We will consider what the bible says about how Christians should live, which will lead us into our new topic about the sermon on the mount.
During our topic day we will explore the question ‘Why did the Roman Empire conquer Britain?’ The children will use their enquiry skills to find out more about the importance of trade, land, slaves, food and growing an army for the Romans.
Our PE days for the Autumn will be Thursday (Swimming) and Friday (Games) 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. On Thursday your child will also need to have their swimming costume and towel in a plastic bag.
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 7 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 17th September. This homework is looking at place value.
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 17th September will focus on words ending with the silent letter b:
thumb, numb, crumb, debt, doubt, limb, combed, tomb
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ? Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks WB 12.7.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 8th Jul 2021 @ 8:05am
Hello everyone and welcome back to our weekly blog ? I can’t believe that we are looking ahead to the final full week of the year!
Next week in our writing lessons we will be using research to find out more about Chris Hadfield. We will then group this information into themes before writing about him in the style of a biography.
In maths we will be focussing on writing decimals as fractions. We will also continue to consolidate our knowledge of the four operations through daily 4-a-day activities.
Throughout next week, we will be focussing our learning heavily on our topic and DT themes and will embark on two projects. First, we will think about how the Vikings would load and unload their boats and will then design and make a machine that uses a pulley mechanism that is fit for this purpose. We will then think about seasonality and the problems faced by the Vikings when their land was infertile. We will then taste, design and make our own healthy soup, focusing on developing skills such as measuring, peeling, chopping, blending and simmering.
On Friday 16th July, all children will enjoy a fun takeover day where they can come to school in their own clothes, have a PE slot with Mr Ault, enjoy time on a bouncy castle and have a special picnic lunch. Children should pay £2 on the school gate and all money raised will go towards new play equipment chosen by the children.
Head Student and Team Captains
Thank you so much to all the children who applied for one of the above roles, we are so exceptionally proud of them all and want to thank the children for putting so much time and effort into their presentations. Well done to our new head students (Bella, Robyn, Jack, Lauren) and tree team captains (Gabriel, Leyla, Scarlett, Cody) ?
Fishing
We have one more week of fishing left where the remaining children in Year 5 will have the opportunity to attend (weather dependent). Parents will be emailed the Monday before your child is due to go. Children should wear warm, comfortable clothes and appropriate footwear.
Our PE days are Thursday 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.
Homework
The children should complete pages 38 and 39 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 16th July. This homework is looking at ordering and comparing decimals.
Remember, if your child is unable to complete their homework at home, Mrs Hulse and I will ensure that supervision is provided on a Wednesday lunchtime so that they can complete it in school. During this lunchtime, any children who may be struggling on a particular question at home can also come to ask an adult for help.
Please encourage your child to read and practice their spellings/times tables in addition to their maths homework.
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 16th July will be the next 10 words from the year 5/6 statutory word list:
prejudice, privilege, profession, programme, pronunciation, queue, recognise, recommend, relevant, rhyme
If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks WB 5.7.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 11:18am
Hello everyone and welcome back to our weekly blog! We have had another super week of learning in Skylarks Class?
Next week in our English lessons, we will be focusing on summarising the story ‘The Darkest Dark’. We will create our own timelines of Chris Hadfield’s childhood, considering how he felt and acted at each point in his life. We will then work in pairs to choose and write about one key event in his life, applying all of our learning from this half term. We will focus on using effective vocabulary and varied sentences, including adverbial phrases, relative clauses and brackets to indicate parenthesis.
In our reading lessons will continue to read about the International Space Station and Astronaut Chris Hadfield. Our main focus will remain on how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning.
In maths we will continue our work on fractions. We will consolidate our knowledge of multiplying fractions, before moving on to finding fractions of amounts (e.g. 4/6 of 72). We will also continue to consolidate our knowledge of the four operations through daily 4-a-day activities.
In RE we will be writing a diary entry from a Christian point of view. In it we will explain the connection/differences between forgiveness and justice.
During our topic day, we will work collaboratively to research and compare the human and physical geography of a North American region with a European region that we have studied so far.
Transition Morning
Next week, the children will also spend time with Mrs Downing, Mrs Whittingham and Mr Beswick during our transition morning, which is a great opportunity for the children to ask questions and get to know their teachers ready for September ?
Head Student and Team Captains
On Monday 5th July, Skylarks will have the opportunity to apply for the above roles. They will be asked to present their application to the rest of the class, which will be recorded and shared with staff members too. Skylarks children and staff members will then vote in a secret ballot, before the results will be announced.
Fishing
We have two more weeks of fishing left where the remaining children in Year 5 will have the opportunity to attend (weather dependent). Parents will be emailed the Monday before your child is due to go. Children should wear warm, comfortable clothes and appropriate footwear.
Our PE days are Thursday 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.
Homework
The children should complete pages 32 and 33 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 9th July. This homework is looking at multiplying fractions.
Remember, if your child is unable to complete their homework at home, Mrs Hulse and I will ensure that supervision is provided on a Wednesday lunchtime so that they can complete it in school. During this lunchtime, any children who may be struggling on a particular question at home can also come to ask an adult for help.
Please encourage your child to read and practice their spellings/times tables in addition to their maths homework.
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 9th July will focus on words containing the ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ei’.
receive, deceive, conceit, conceive, seize, protein, caffeine, neither
If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks WB 28.6.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 25th Jun 2021 @ 9:30am
Hello everyone and welcome back to our weekly blog! We have had another super week of learning in Skylarks Class?
Next week in our English lessons, we will be focusing on inferring character’s thoughts and feelings. We will begin by completing a zone of relevance for the character Chris to help us gain a better understanding of how he might feel. We will then use these thoughts and feelings to help us write quotes that we imagine Chris might have said, as well as a recount of Chris’ life before and after the first moon landing.
In our reading lessons will continue to read about the International Space Station and Astronaut Chris Hadfield. Our main focus will remain on how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning.
In maths we will continue our work on fractions. We will consolidate our knowledge of subtracting fractions, before moving on to look at multiplying fractions. We will continue to consolidate our knowledge of the four operations through daily 4-a-day activities.
In science we will continue to explore Earth and Space. We will be making our own sundials and exploring how we can use the position of the sun in the sky to tell the approximate time.
In RE we will reading a Letter written by Paul in the book of Corinthians. We will explore what happens in the verse and will also reflect on what the passage teaches Christians today about forgiveness and justice.
During our topic day, we will become geographers and will use our map skills to help us explore the wider world, including North America. First, we will learn about the lines of latitude and longitude and will use these to help us locate the equator, northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, Arctic circle, Antarctic circle and the Tropics of Cancer/Capricorn. We will then use maps, atlases and globes to locate the countries and surrounding oceans/seas of North America.
Our PE days are Thursday 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.
Homework
The children should complete page 26 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 2nd July. This homework is looking at solving calculation word problems.
Remember, if your child is unable to complete their homework at home, Mrs Hulse and I will ensure that supervision is provided on a Wednesday lunchtime so that they can complete it in school. During this lunchtime, any children who may be struggling on a particular question at home can also come to ask an adult for help.
Please encourage your child to read and practice their spellings/times tables in addition to their maths homework.
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 2nd July will be the next 10 words from the Year 5/6 statutory word list:
muscle, necessary, neighbour, nuisance, occupy, occur, opportunity, parliament, persuade, physical
If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks W.B. 21.06.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 17th Jun 2021 @ 8:05am
Hello everyone and welcome back to our weekly blog! We have had another super week of learning in Skylarks Class?
In our English lessons next week, we will continue to explore our text ‘The Darkest Dark’ by Chris Hadfield. We will also read an accompanying book called ‘One Giant Leap’ and will use this text to retrieve and record factual information about the first moon landing. We will then develop these facts to create sentences with parenthesis (extra information or an afterthought usually marked off with brackets, dashes, or commas).
In our reading lessons will continue to read about the International Space Station and will focus our learning on how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning. We will also focus on differentiating between fact and opinion.
In maths we will be focusing on subtracting fractions, including improper fractions and mixed numbers. We will also use our knowledge of equivalent fractions to help us give our answers in the simplest form. We will continue to consolidate our knowledge of the four operations through daily 4-a-day activities.
In science we will continue to add to our knowledge of the solar system. We will make models to help us understand that day and night are caused by the rotation of the Earth, and that the Sun only appears to move across the sky.
In RE we will be learning about the connection between forgiveness and acting justly. We will think about the different verses we have read so far and will use role play to show how the pharisees and teachers of the law did not act justly and will make suggestions as to how they should have acted instead.
Our PE days will be Thursday 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.
Homework
The children should complete pages 48 and 49 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 25th June. This homework is looking at calculating perimeter.
Remember, if your child is unable to complete their homework at home, Mrs Hulse and I will ensure that supervision is provided on a Wednesday lunchtime so that they can complete it in school. During this lunchtime, any children who may be struggling on a particular question at home can also come to ask an adult for help.
Please encourage your child to read and practice their spellings/times tables in addition to their maths homework.
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 25th June will focus on words ending in the suffix -ence:
absence, evidence, independence, intelligence, silence, confidence, competence, magnificence
If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks W.B. 14.06.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 13th Jun 2021 @ 7:39pm
Hello everyone ?
Welcome back to our weekly blog! A great first week back for Skylarks Class. Our trip on Tuesday was fantastic and I’m sure the children have told you all about their new knowledge of Viking and Anglo-Saxon society. The children were a credit to themselves and Lostock ?
This week in our English lessons we will delve into our new book ‘The Darkest Dark’ by Chris Hadfield. We will focus on technical vocabulary and relative clauses and will use these to write a biography about Hadfield’s early life and a recount of one of his childhood events.
In our reading lessons will continue to read about the International Space Station and will focus our learning on how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning.
In maths we will continue to focus on fractions. In particular, we will learn how to add and subtract fractions including mixed numbers. We will also consolidate our knowledge of the four operations through 4-a-day activities.
During our topic day we will use our learning from our trip to Tatton Hall as well as further research to answer the enquiry question, ‘Were the Vikings ruthless killers or peaceful settlers?’
In science we will learn the name, size and position of each of the planets and will create our own labelled diagrams. We will also learn about the movement of the Earth and other planets relative to the Sun. Finally, we will discover that ancient astronomers believed in the geocentric model of the solar system, and the reasons why it was replaced by the heliocentric model.
In RE we will be learning about the difference between ‘forgiveness’ and ‘justice’. We will look at examples of both in the bible before debating whether forgiveness and justice can go hand in hand.
Our PE days will be Thursday 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.
Homework
The children should complete pages 30 and 31 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 18th June. This homework is looking at adding and subtracting fractions.
Remember, if your child is unable to complete their homework at home, Mrs Hulse and I will ensure that supervision is provided on a Wednesday lunchtime so that they can complete it in school. During this lunchtime, any children who may be struggling on a particular question at home can also come to ask an adult for help.
Please encourage your child to read and practice their spellings/times tables in addition to their maths homework.
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 18th June will be the next 10 words from the year 5/6 statutory word list:
identity, immediately, individual, interfere, interrupt, language, leisure, lightning, marvellous, mischievous
If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks W.B. 7.6.21 (After Half Term), by Miss Beattie
Date: 26th May 2021 @ 9:19pm
Hello everyone
Welcome back to our weekly blog ? I can’t quite believe we are at the end of another half term in school and what a fantastic half term it has been!
Important Reminders:
This Friday 28th May, the photographer is in school. As this is our PE day, please send your child to school in full school uniform with trainers on their feet.
On Tuesday 8th June Skylarks are going on their trip to Tatton Old Hall to find out more about the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. Please make sure your child is in school promptly on this day. They must wear full school uniform and bring a raincoat with them. They must also bring their lunch in a disposable bag as all rubbish will be thrown away after eating (the children will not be bringing a bag or lunch box with them on the trip).
Please call the school office before half term if you have any questions or queries regarding this trip.
Learning after half term:
When we return to school after half term, we will be looking at our new text ‘The Darkest Dark’ by Astronaut Chris Hadfield. We will begin by using clues to predict the text, before using pictures from the book as a stimulus for writing a setting description.
Our reading lessons will also focus on a new text ‘Exploring Space’. We will begin by reading about the International Space Station and thinking about how the text is organised and structured using different features (e.g. headings, subheadings, fact boxes, etc.)
Our space theme will continue in our science lessons where will be exploring our new topic ‘Earth and Space’ in more detail. We will use a model of our solar system to help us understand that it has 8 planets. We will also look at the position of the sun and Earth to help us explain the concept of day and night.
In maths we will continue to develop our understanding of fractions. We will look more in depth at the relationship between fractions and division, and will also order and compare fractions based on their size.
As part of our topic work we will be using our trip to Tatton Old Hall to expand our knowledge and understanding of the Anglo-Saxon and Viking periods. Our topic day when we are back in school will focus on Viking artwork which we will analyse to help us find out more about their identity. We will then use our sketching skills to replicate this style of art.
In RE, we will continue to explore our theme of ‘Forgiveness’. We will listen to The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant (Matthew 18:21-28), before looking at modern-day scenarios where would should show mercy to each other.
Our PE days for the last summer half term will be Thursday and Friday. 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.
Homework
The children should complete page 29 of their maths book to be returned by Friday 11th June. This homework is looking at ordering fractions and the children will need to use their knowledge of finding equivalents to help them.
Remember, if your child is unable to complete their homework at home, Mrs Hulse and I will ensure that supervision is provided on a Wednesday lunchtime so that they can complete it in school. During this lunchtime, any children who may be struggling on a particular question at home can also come to ask an adult for help.
Please encourage your child to read and practice their spellings/times tables in addition to their maths homework.
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 11th June will look at the suffix -ent:
confident, absent, different, patient, magnificent, efficient, decent, intelligent
Have a fantastic half term everyone. Remember to show our Christian values in all that you do ?
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks W.B. 24.05.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 24th May 2021 @ 2:31pm
Hello everyone
Welcome back to our weekly blog ?
This week in our Writing lessons, we will be using our carefully thought out plans to write our own narrative based on ‘The Hunter’. I am so excited to read the children’s stories and I know I am going to be super impressed with their use of engaging vocabulary, relative clauses and adverbs for possibility. Why not ask your child what each of these features are?
In maths, we will continue to look at fractions. This week, the children have shown a great understanding of equivalent fractions and converting between improper and mixed number fractions. We will consolidate our understanding of these concepts next week, and will also move on to look at number sequences and comparing/ordering fractions.
In science we will be looking at our new topic ‘Earth and Space’. We will begin by asking questions about the theme, before sharing any prior knowledge we may have.
Our music lesson this week will be very exciting as the children will be using their bows for the first time. The children have shown such a keen interest in our violin and cello lessons this half term and have made great progress so far.
Our PE day this half term is Friday. Your child should come to school in their PE kit on this da/y (Cricket will resume on a Thursday after May half term).
Homework
The children should complete page 28 this week, to be returned by Friday 28th May. This homework is looking at equivalent fractions which we have been learning about in school this week.
Remember, if your child is unable to complete their homework at home, Mrs Hulse and I will ensure that supervision is provided on a Wednesday lunchtime so that they can complete it in school. During this lunchtime, any children who may be struggling on a particular question at home can also come to ask an adult for help.
Please encourage your child to read and practice their spellings/times tables in addition to their new maths homework.
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 28th May will be the next 10 words from the Year 5/6 statutory word list:
Existence, explanation, familiar, foreign, forty, frequency, government, guarantee, harass, hindrance, hinderance
If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks Blog - WB 26.04.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 22nd Apr 2021 @ 2:10pm
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog ?
I hope you all had a wonderful half term. It was lovely to speak to so many of you today during our parents evening phone calls. If you have any further questions or concerns please do not hesitate to get in contact.
The children have had a super week back in school. I have particularly loved their enthusiasm for our new Writing topic based on the book
Skylarks W.B. 29.03.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 25th Mar 2021 @ 10:14am
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog 😊
We have had another fantastic week in Skylarks class. I am so proud of how hard the children are working!
Next week in English, we will be using our plans from this week to write our own story beginning and build up. We will be focusing on building tension and developing characterisation through our vocabulary choice.
In maths, we will continue to focus on multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1000, as well as continuing to practice long multiplication.
In RE, we will start our new topic about ‘Humanism’. We will begin by asking our own questions about Humanism, before finding out about the 5 main themes by listening to the story ‘Here we are’ by Oliver Jeffers.
In Science, we will be recording our results from last week’s investigation where we tested the solubility of different materials. We will present our results using a bar chart and develop our conclusion writing skills.
On Thursday, we will celebrate World Book Day with a variety of fun reading tasks. Children are invited to come to school in their pyjamas on this day 😊
Our PE days this half term are Thursday and Friday. Your child should come to school in their PE kit on these days.
Homework
Maths homework will resume after the Easter holidays.
Please encourage your child to read and practice their spellings/times tables for 5-10 minutes every day.
Our spellings for the quiz on Thursday 1st April will be the next 10 words from the Year 5/6 statutory word list:
competition, conscience, conscious, controversy, convenience, correspond, criticise, curiosity, definite, desperate
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
If you have any questions of queries please do not hesitate to contact me via the school admin email address or telephone 😊
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks W.B. 22.03.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 18th Mar 2021 @ 12:43pm
Hi everyone and welcome back to our weekly blog 😊
Another great, hard-working week in Skylarks Class!
Next week in English, we will be comparing the three different characters from our story ‘The Lost Happy Endings’. We will then plan our own story beginning and build up building tension and developing characterisation through the vocabulary we use.
In our reading lessons, we will be focussing on the authors choice of language. We will evaluate the vocabulary used in our ‘Hansel and Gretel’ text and identify the figurative language.
In maths, we will be revising how to multiply and divide by 10, 100 and 1000, as well as continuing to practice long multiplication.
In Art, we will be looking at the artist Mark Wiggin and analysing his use of colour and texture. We will then use his work as inspiration for our own piece of art, which will be displayed around school.
Our PE days this half term are Thursday and Friday. Your child should come to school in their PE kit on these days.
Homework
Maths homework will resume after the Easter holidays.
Please encourage your child to read and practice their spellings/times tables for 5-10 minutes every day.
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 26th March will continue to look at words containing the suffix -able:
Adaptable, predictable, knowledgeable, beatable, comfortable, reasonable, available, fashionable, miserable, believable
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
If you have any questions of queries please do not hesitate to contact me via the school admin email address or telephone 😊
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks W.B. 15.03.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 11th Mar 2021 @ 12:40pm
Hi everyone 😊
Welcome back to our weekly blog where you can keep up to date with Skylark’s learning in school, homework and class announcements.
Skylarks have had a wonderful first week back in school. It has been lovely to see their smiling faces and hear our classroom full of laughter again.
This week, we have started our new book ‘The Lost Happy Endings’ by Carol Ann Duffy and Jane Ray in English and have made predictions based on the front cover and considered the new character we have been introduced to. In maths we have been learning about multiples, factors and prime numbers. We have also continued to consolidate our knowledge of long multiplication from our home learning.
We have also celebrated British Science Week this week by finding out about famous scientists, carrying out experiments and creating our own innovations. The children might to explore the following website more at home to further our learning about the Mars Rover in school: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/mars/overview/
Next Week (W.B. 15.03.21)
Next week in English, we will continue to explore our new book ‘The Lost Happy Endings’. We will be developing our writing through shared and guided writing to describe both characters and settings.
In our reading lessons, we will use our ‘Hansel and Gretel’ text to identify the common themes in fairytale stories.
In maths, we will be learning about square and cube numbers, whilst also continuing to practice long multiplication.
In RE, we will finish our topic on ‘Incarnation’ by recapping the titles given to Jesus and discussing whether they are still helpful for Christians today.
In Science, we will continue to learn about ‘’Materials and their Properties’. We will carry out an experiment to determine which materials are soluble and which are insoluble.
Our PE days this half term are Thursday and Friday. Your child should come to school in their PE kit on these days.
Homework
Maths homework will resume after the Easter holidays.
Please encourage your child to read and practice their spellings/times tables for 5-10 minutes every day.
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 19th March will look at words containing the suffix -able:
Understandable, breakable, suitable, enjoyable, noticeable, changeable, adorable, reliable, enviable, bearable
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
If you have any questions of queries please do not hesitate to contact me via the school admin email address or telephone 😊
Miss Beattie x
Skylarks Home Learning 05.03.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 4th Mar 2021 @ 10:55am
Friday 5th March 2021
Good morning Skylarks and happy Friday 😊
You’ve done it Skylarks!!! Today is our last day of remote learning! I can’t express how proud I am of you. Your dedication and enthusiasm towards our remote lessons has been amazing and I have loved catching up with you all on zoom each morning. However, I am so glad to be welcoming you all back into our classroom on Monday!
I can’t wait to see you all on our final zoom this morning. Don’t forget you can wear your favourite party outfit, costume or silly hat/prop to celebrate the end of our remote learning journey 😊
Well done superstars - we couldn’t be prouder of the amazing children we have at Lostock Gralam and don’t forget to tell your adults that we think they are superheroes too!
Science
Our science lessons on forces continue today where we will be thinking about which factors affect an object’s ability to float. You can find the lesson here:
You can download the accompanying worksheets from our blog, however this is not essential. You can simply record your responses/answers on some paper.
Introductory Quiz:
Final Quiz:
Worship
Click on the link for Mrs Powell’s worship today:
Reflect and return to school task:
Today we would like you to reflect on the last 8 weeks of remote learning and to think ahead to your return to school. There are some lovely activities below to help you to do this. You might want to print them from the attachment called ‘Back to School Resources’, or you might want to create your own doodles in your own style.
If you want, you could play this lovely relaxing music whilst you create your ideas today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2UEqBdU7go&list=RD-j2uKUK5P10&index=2
A printable version of this task is attached to our blog!
This next activity might help you to zone in on your feelings and share your thoughts about Lockdown.
A printable version of this task is attached to our blog!
Have an AMAZING last day of remote learning and a fabulous weekend! I can’t wait to see you all on Monday!!! 😊
Love from Miss Beattie x
Skylarks Home Learning 04.03.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 3rd Mar 2021 @ 1:25pm
Thursday 4th March
Good morning my lovely Skylarks and happy Thursday 😊
Today is our final full day of remote learning lessons, as tomorrow we will be reflecting on our time spent at home and preparing for our return to school on Monday. You have all been absolute super stars over the past 2 months and you should be so proud of all that you have achieved. I can’t wait to welcome your smiling faces back into our classroom on Monday morning!!
Please see below for today’s remote learning tasks and clubs.
Please remember that I will be available on our discussion/homework area throughout the school day to help you and provide feedback on your work.
Don’t forget to bring your favourite book along to this morning’s zoom meeting if you would like to share it for World Book Day!
In tomorrow’s zoom you are invited to wear your favourite party outfit, costume or silly hat/prop to celebrate the end of our remote learning journey 😊
Maths
Multiplication: For your maths lesson today, please see the PowerPoint attached. Just click on the little speaker icon on the PowerPoint page to listen. Today, we are going to continue to focus on multiplying a 4-digit number by a 2-digit number. We will complete the remaining questions from yesterday’s lesson, including the challenge.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the maths lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Times Tables
This week I would like you to practice any tables that you still find tricky up to 12 x 12. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of this number? Do you know the division facts? Why not use TTRS or hit the button to help you:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Spelling Lesson
Please view the spelling lesson at the following YouTube link:
Today we are going to take part in a spelling lesson where we will revisit and revise the spelling rules below using different activities/games.
- Suffix -able (e.g. suitable)
- Silent letter t (e.g. listen)
- Suffix -ably (e.g. understandably)
- Suffix -ibly (e.g. incredibly)
- Suffix -ent (confident)
- Suffix -ence (e.g. evidence)
- ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ei’ (e.g. receive)
Reading
It would also be super if you could spend 10-15 minutes each day reading your school book that you have taken home or another book you have been enjoying at home.
This week’s author of the week is Dominique Valente. At the link below, you can get lost in the world of Starfell! Listen to an audiobook of the first in the series, Willow Moss and the Lost Day and watch an exclusive video with the author to find out more about the books and her best writing advice.
https://library.thenational.academy/step-into-a-magical-world-with-dominique-valente/
I have also attached the final online issue of ‘First News’ for you to enjoy at home.
Remember to continue writing in your reading diary and get an adult to sign in, then we can collect our raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Why not tell me what book you are reading over on our discussion?
World Book Day 2021
Today is World Book Day, which we would normally celebrate in school. However, as a school, we have decided to postpone our celebration of this annual event until we have everyone back in our classrooms. This will now take place on Thursday 1st April and we will be asking you all to come to school dressed in your pyjamas to enjoy a day full of reading!
However, I have attached some fun World Book Day activities to our blog that you might want to take part in today. Remember to also spend some time snuggled up with your favourite book 😊
Worship
This week for our signing worship, we will continue to learn/practice how to sing and sign ‘Our God is a Great Big God’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGYVhGWlRhA
Foundation Subject Clubs
Please find the links below for this week’s clubs. You may choose which club you take part in each day.
Geography
Here is the link to this week’s club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osF2A7u1LeE
Please also look for the Geography Club Resources which are attached to the blog.
PE
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Computing (KS2)
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Here is the link to the coding task you are asked to complete:
https://studio.code.org/s/minecraft/stage/1/puzzle/1
Craft Club
Follow the link to our craft club activities for this week:
Here are the music suggestion links referred to in our PowerPoint today.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWOV-B833IA – Violin covers Violin Playlist (covers)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ41RzuYsWU&list=PLWOkN4-8br9J4rfJ1So3xvg1PT5UOuFse – Ed Sheeran Piano Playlist
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVnsgxuEZaA&t=498s – Cello Playlist (covers)
German
Please follow the link to German club:
Have a great day Skylarks and remember that I am here if you need anything 😊
Love from Miss Beattie x
Skylarks Home Learning 03.03.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 2nd Mar 2021 @ 9:53am
Wednesday 3rd March
Good morning my lovely Skylarks 😊
I hope you are all well and feeling happy today. It has been lovely to see so many of you still engaging with our daily zoom sessions and school spider this week.
Please remember that I will be available on our discussion/homework area throughout the school day to help you and provide feedback on your work.
Please see below for today’s remote learning tasks and clubs.
Maths
Multiplication: For your maths lesson today, please see the PowerPoint attached. Just click on the little speaker icon on the PowerPoint page to listen. Today we are going to progress onto multiplying 4-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers using long multiplication.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the maths lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Times Tables
This week I would like you to practice any tables that you still find tricky up to 12 x 12. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of this number? Do you know the division facts? Why not use TTRS or hit the button to help you:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Writing
Great Gods of Norse Mythology: Again, please see the PowerPoint attached. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do. Today, we will be revisiting the text ‘Great Gods of Norse Mythology’ and creating our own true or false quiz using the facts from the text.
I have attached the whole text below which you will need to print or have opened for our lesson today.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the writing lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Reading
It would also be super if you could spend 10-15 minutes each day reading your school book that you have taken home or another book you have been enjoying at home.
This week’s author of the week is Dominique Valente. At the link below, you can get lost in the world of Starfell! Listen to an audiobook of the first in the series, Willow Moss and the Lost Day and watch an exclusive video with the author to find out more about the books and her best writing advice.
https://library.thenational.academy/step-into-a-magical-world-with-dominique-valente/
I have also attached the final online issue of ‘First News’ for you to enjoy at home.
Remember to continue writing in your reading diary and get an adult to sign in, then we can collect our raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Why not tell me what book you are reading over on our discussion?
Spellings
This week, I would like you to revisit the spelling rules we have learnt during our period of remote learning. Can you come up with your own spelling words for each of the rules below?
- Suffix -able (e.g. suitable)
- Silent letter t (e.g. listen)
- Suffix -ably (e.g. understandably)
- Suffix -ibly (e.g. incredibly)
- Suffix -ent (confident)
- Suffix -ence (e.g. evidence)
- ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ei’ (e.g. receive)
Story: You will find our story embedded into our Writing PowerPoint. Today we will begin to read ‘The Boy in the Dress’ by David Walliams.
Worship
Today for our worship I would like you to take part in a guided meditation on My Smiling Mind, just like we do in school.
Please take part in session 7: https://app.smilingmind.com.au/
Foundation Subject Clubs
Please find the links below for this week’s clubs. You may choose which club you take part in each day.
Geography
Here is the link to this week’s club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osF2A7u1LeE
Please also look for the Geography Club Resources which are attached to the blog.
PE
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Computing (KS2)
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Here is the link to the coding task you are asked to complete:
https://studio.code.org/s/minecraft/stage/1/puzzle/1
Craft Club
Follow the link to our craft club activities for this week:
Here are the music suggestion links referred to in our PowerPoint today.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWOV-B833IA – Violin covers Violin Playlist (covers)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ41RzuYsWU&list=PLWOkN4-8br9J4rfJ1So3xvg1PT5UOuFse – Ed Sheeran Piano Playlist
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVnsgxuEZaA&t=498s – Cello Playlist (covers)
German
Please follow the link to German club:
Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone 😊
Love from Miss Beattie x
Skylarks Home Learning 02.03.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 1st Mar 2021 @ 1:03pm
Tuesday 2nd March
Good morning my lovely Skylarks 😊
How are you today Skylarks? I hope you had a wonderful Monday!
It would be great to see you all on our zoom this morning. Please also remember that I will be available on our discussion/homework area throughout the school day to help you and provide feedback on your work.
Please see below for today’s remote learning tasks and clubs.
Maths
Multiplication: For your maths lesson today, please see the PowerPoint attached. Just click on the little speaker icon on the PowerPoint page to listen. Today, we are going to continue to focus on multiplying a 3-digit number by a 2-digit number. We will complete the remaining questions from yesterday’s lesson, including the challenge.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the maths lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Times Tables
This week I would like you to practice any tables that you still find tricky up to 12 x 12. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of this number? Do you know the division facts? Why not use TTRS or hit the button to help you:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Writing
Great Gods of Norse Mythology: Again, please see the PowerPoint attached. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do. Today, we will read about the final Norse god in our text, Loki and will consider our first impressions of him.
I have attached the whole text below which you will need to print or have opened for our lesson today.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the writing lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Reading
It would also be super if you could spend 10-15 minutes each day reading your school book that you have taken home or another book you have been enjoying at home.
This week’s author of the week is Dominique Valente. At the link below, you can get lost in the world of Starfell! Listen to an audiobook of the first in the series, Willow Moss and the Lost Day and watch an exclusive video with the author to find out more about the books and her best writing advice.
https://library.thenational.academy/step-into-a-magical-world-with-dominique-valente/
I have also attached the final online issue of ‘First News’ for you to enjoy at home.
Remember to continue writing in your reading diary and get an adult to sign in, then we can collect our raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Why not tell me what book you are reading over on our discussion?
Spellings
This week, I would like you to revisit the spelling rules we have learnt during our period of remote learning. Can you come up with your own spelling words for each of the rules below?
- Suffix -able (e.g. suitable)
- Silent letter t (e.g. listen)
- Suffix -ably (e.g. understandably)
- Suffix -ibly (e.g. incredibly)
- Suffix -ent (confident)
- Suffix -ence (e.g. evidence)
- ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ei’ (e.g. receive)
Story: You will find our story embedded into our Writing PowerPoint. Today we will begin to read ‘The Boy in the Dress’ by David Walliams.
Worship
Enjoy another Bible story from our friends at Open the Book, the parable of The Sower:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzK4NOPoyyg&feature=youtu.be
You will also find a document attached to today’s blogs with all of this week’s worships in one place 😊
Foundation Subject Clubs
Please find the links below for this week’s clubs. You may choose which club you take part in each day.
Geography
Here is the link to this week’s club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osF2A7u1LeE
Please also look for the Geography Club Resources which are attached to the blog.
PE
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Computing (KS2)
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Here is the link to the coding task you are asked to complete:
https://studio.code.org/s/minecraft/stage/1/puzzle/1
Craft Club
Follow the link to our craft club activities for this week:
Here are the music suggestion links referred to in our PowerPoint today.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWOV-B833IA – Violin covers Violin Playlist (covers)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ41RzuYsWU&list=PLWOkN4-8br9J4rfJ1So3xvg1PT5UOuFse – Ed Sheeran Piano Playlist
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVnsgxuEZaA&t=498s – Cello Playlist (covers)
German
Please follow the link to German club:
Have a great day Skylarks 😊
Love from Miss Beattie x
Skylarks Home Learning 01.03.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 28th Feb 2021 @ 4:51pm
Monday 1st March
Good morning Skylarks and happy Monday 😊
I can’t believe it is March already! I hope you all had a lovely weekend and made the most the sunnier weather. I am feeling very excited this morning because one week today we will all be back in our classroom together!!
It would be amazing to see you all on zoom this morning. You will find this week’s new meeting link and passcode in your emails or on our class discussion this morning.
Please see below for today’s remote learning tasks. Don’t forget you can also take part in a variety of new clubs across the week. Please see below for more details on what is on offer this week.
Please remember that I will be available on our discussion/homework area throughout the school day to help you and provide feedback on your work.
Maths
Multiplication: For your maths lesson today, please see the PowerPoint attached. Just click on the little speaker icon on the PowerPoint page to listen. Today, we are going to continue to look at column method or long multiplication and will focus on multiplying a 3-digit number by a 2-digit number.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the maths lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Times Tables
This week I would like you to practice any tables that you still find tricky up to 12 x 12. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of this number? Do you know the division facts? Why not use TTRS or hit the button to help you:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Writing
Great Gods of Norse Mythology: Again, please see the PowerPoint attached. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do. Today, we are going to be reading about the Norse God Thor. We will also revise what expanded noun phrases are and will be writing our own to describe Thor.
I have attached the whole text below which you will need to print or have opened for our lesson today.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the writing lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Reading
It would also be super if you could spend 10-15 minutes each day reading your school book that you have taken home or another book you have been enjoying at home.
This week’s author of the week is Dominique Valente. At the link below, you can get lost in the world of Starfell! Listen to an audiobook of the first in the series, Willow Moss and the Lost Day and watch an exclusive video with the author to find out more about the books and her best writing advice.
https://library.thenational.academy/step-into-a-magical-world-with-dominique-valente/
I have also attached the final online issue of ‘First News’ for you to enjoy at home.
Remember to continue writing in your reading diary and get an adult to sign in, then we can collect our raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Why not tell me what book you are reading over on our discussion?
Spellings
This week, I would like you to revisit the spelling rules we have learnt during our period of remote learning. Can you come up with your own spelling words for each of the rules below?
- Suffix -able (e.g. suitable)
- Silent letter t (e.g. listen)
- Suffix -ably (e.g. understandably)
- Suffix -ibly (e.g. incredibly)
- Suffix -ent (confident)
- Suffix -ence (e.g. evidence)
- ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ei’ (e.g. receive)
Story: You will find our story embedded into our Writing PowerPoint. Today we will begin to read ‘The Boy in the Dress’ by David Walliams.
Worship
Follow this link to watch Mr Cliff’s worship filmed in our church, St John’s, as he explains this special time of Lent in our Christian year.
You will also find a document attached to today’s blogs with all of this week’s worships in one place 😊
Foundation Subject Clubs
Please find the links below for this week’s clubs. You may choose which club you take part in each day.
Geography
Here is the link to this week’s club: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osF2A7u1LeE
Please also look for the Geography Club Resources which are attached to the blog.
PE
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Computing (KS2)
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Here is the link to the coding task you are asked to complete:
https://studio.code.org/s/minecraft/stage/1/puzzle/1
Craft Club
Follow the link to our craft club activities for this week:
Here are the music suggestion links referred to in our PowerPoint today.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWOV-B833IA – Violin covers Violin Playlist (covers)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ41RzuYsWU&list=PLWOkN4-8br9J4rfJ1So3xvg1PT5UOuFse – Ed Sheeran Piano Playlist
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVnsgxuEZaA&t=498s – Cello Playlist (covers)
German
Please follow the link to German club:
Have a wonderful Monday everyone 😊
Love from Miss Beattie x
Skylarks Home Learning 26.02.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 25th Feb 2021 @ 9:40am
Friday 26th February
Good morning Skylarks and HAPPY FRIDAY 😊
Well done on another successful week of remote learning. Only one more week to go before we are all back together in school! I can’t wait!!
It would be great to see you all on zoom this morning. You will find the link for the meeting in your emails or over on our class discussion.
Please see below for today’s remote learning tasks. Don’t forget to take part in any final clubs today too, as we will be posting new clubs next week for you to enjoy. Please remember that I will be available on our discussion/homework area throughout the school day to help you and provide feedback on your work.
Science
Our science lessons on forces continue today where we will be thinking about non-contact forces. You can find the lesson here:
You can download the accompanying worksheets from our blog, however this is not essential. You can simply record your responses/answers on some paper.
Introductory Quiz:
Final Quiz:
Times Tables
This week I would like you to practice any tables that you still find tricky up to 12 x 12. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of this number? Do you know the division facts? Why not use TTRS or hit the button to help you:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Writing
Great Gods of Norse Mythology: Again, please see the PowerPoint attached. I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do. Today, we will be applying all of our learning on relative clauses and vocabulary to write a short description about Odin.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the writing lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Reading
It would also be super if you could spend 10-15 minutes each day reading your school book that you have taken home or another book you have been enjoying at home.
This week’s author of the week is Jeremy Strong. You can read his book ‘Romans on the Rampage’ at the link below:
https://library.thenational.academy/head-back-to-the-roman-age-with-jeremy-strong/
Remember to continue writing in your reading diary and get an adult to sign in, then we can collect our raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Why not tell me what book you are reading over on our discussion?
Spellings
Have a go at reading, saying in a sentence and spelling words with the ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ei’. You could make your own spelling doodle and add to it throughout the week. I will add a new word each day and then on Friday we can have a little quiz.
Today’s word: neither
Previous words: receive, deceive, protein, caffeine
We will be having a mini quiz on these five spelling words at the end of our English lesson today.
Eco Challenges
You may remember before half term, Mrs Brennan asked for your help with our Eco campaign. You were all fantastic at making posters, designing logos and making projects out of plastic bottles. However, she still needs your help!
We still need as many children as possible to complete the following 2 tasks:
- Task 1: Carry out a 2-day single use plastic audit at home
- Task 2: Interview an older person to ask them about their thoughts on if the amount of litter is increasing?
There are templates attached to today’s blog to help you to complete these remaining tasks. If you could then leave your completed audits and interviews into school or email to admin that would be amazing and would really help towards our Eco-Schools Campaign.
Story: You will find our story embedded into our Writing PowerPoint. Today we will continue to read ‘The Boy in the Dress’ by David Walliams.
Worship
Please click the link below to listen to Mrs Powell’s Worship:
Foundation Subject Clubs
Don’t forget you can take part in our foundation subject clubs during the afternoons, after completing your maths and English lessons.
Please find the links below for this week’s clubs. You may choose which club you take part in each day.
Geography
Here is the link to this week’s club:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snSVQmiySzs
PE
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Computing (KS2)
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Here is the link to the coding task you are asked to complete:
https://studio.code.org/s/mc/stage/1/puzzle/1
German
Please follow this link for German club:
Craft Club
What could you create using a cereal box? Follow the link to our craft club activities for this week. Will you make a puppet theatre, a toy car, a marble run or your own musical instrument?
Here are the music suggestion links referred to in our PowerPoint today.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LR5n6QYRPU - Piano Covers Popular Songs 2020
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8NVwN0_mks – Disney Piano Covers
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dswwenF67GM – The Greatest Showman Piano Covers
I hope you all have a great weekend Skylarks! Stay safe and have fun 😊
Love from Miss Beattie x
Skylarks Home Learning 25.02.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 24th Feb 2021 @ 9:57am
Thursday 25th February
Hello Skylarks 😊
Happy Thursday everyone. I hope you are all well this morning and ready for another day of remote learning.
It would be amazing to see more of you on our zoom this morning. You will find the link for this week’s meeting in your emails or on our class discussion. Please also remember to upload your work to our homework area so that I can provide you with feedback and offer any help that you may need.
Please see below for today’s remote learning tasks.
Maths
Long multiplication: For your maths lesson today, please see the PowerPoint attached. Just click on the little speaker icon on the PowerPoint page to listen. Today, we are going to continue to look at how to multiply two 2-digit numbers, looking specifically at column method for long multiplication.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the maths lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Times Tables
This week I would like you to practice any tables that you still find tricky up to 12 x 12. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of this number? Do you know the division facts? Why not use TTRS or hit the button to help you:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Writing
Great Gods of Norse Mythology: Again, please see the PowerPoint attached. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do. Today, we will be focussing on vocabulary development. We will use dictionaries or the internet to define words taken from our text ‘Great Gods of Norse Mythology’.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the writing lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Reading
It would also be super if you could spend 10-15 minutes each day reading your school book that you have taken home or another book you have been enjoying at home.
This week’s author of the week is Jeremy Strong. You can read his book ‘Romans on the Rampage’ at the link below:
https://library.thenational.academy/head-back-to-the-roman-age-with-jeremy-strong/
Remember to continue writing in your reading diary and get an adult to sign in, then we can collect our raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Why not tell me what book you are reading over on our discussion?
Spellings
Have a go at reading, saying in a sentence and spelling words with the ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ei’. You could make your own spelling doodle and add to it throughout the week. I will add a new word each day and then on Friday we can have a little quiz.
Today’s word: caffeine
Previous words: receive, deceive, protein
Eco Challenges
You may remember before half term, Mrs Brennan asked for your help with our Eco campaign. You were all fantastic at making posters, designing logos and making projects out of plastic bottles. However, she still needs your help!
We still need as many children as possible to complete the following 2 tasks:
- Task 1: Carry out a 2-day single use plastic audit at home
- Task 2: Interview an older person to ask them about their thoughts on if the amount of litter is increasing?
There are templates attached to today’s blog to help you to complete these remaining tasks. If you could then leave your completed audits and interviews into school or email to admin that would be amazing and would really help towards our Eco-Schools Campaign.
Story: You will find our story embedded into our Writing PowerPoint. Today we will continue to read ‘The Boy in the Dress’ by David Walliams.
Worship
This week for our signing worship, we will continue to learn/practice how to sing and sign ‘This Little Light of Mine’:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFNzxn1rZ
Foundation Subject Clubs
Don’t forget you can take part in our foundation subject clubs during the afternoons, after completing your maths and English lessons.
Please find the links below for this week’s clubs. You may choose which club you take part in each day.
Geography
Here is the link to this week’s club:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snSVQmiySzs
PE
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Computing (KS2)
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Here is the link to the coding task you are asked to complete:
https://studio.code.org/s/mc/stage/1/puzzle/1
German
Please follow this link for German club:
Craft Club
What could you create using a cereal box? Follow the link to our craft club activities for this week. Will you make a puppet theatre, a toy car, a marble run or your own musical instrument?
Here are the music suggestion links referred to in our PowerPoint today.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LR5n6QYRPU - Piano Covers Popular Songs 2020
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8NVwN0_mks – Disney Piano Covers
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dswwenF67GM – The Greatest Showman Piano Covers
I hope you all have a wonderful day Skylarks. If you need anything at all, please don’t hesitate to get in contact 😊
Love from Miss Beattie x
Skylarks Home Learning 24.02.21, by Miss Beattie
Date: 23rd Feb 2021 @ 5:50pm
Wednesday 24th February
Good morning Skylarks and happy Wednesday😊
I hope you are all well and feeling positive today. It has been lovely to see so many of you back on our zoom calls this week and has definitely put a smile on my face!
Please remember that I am always here for you. Just stay behind after our zoom session if you have any questions and remember that I am available on our discussion/homework area throughout the school day to answer any questions and provide feedback on your work.
Please see below for today’s remote learning tasks.
Maths
Multiplication: For your maths lesson today, please see the PowerPoint attached. Just click on the little speaker icon on the PowerPoint page to listen. Today, we are going to continue to look at how to multiply two 2-digit numbers.
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the maths lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Times Tables
This week I would like you to practice any tables that you still find tricky up to 12 x 12. Can you say it forwards and backwards? Can you write out the multiples of this number? Do you know the division facts? Why not use TTRS or hit the button to help you:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Writing
Relative Clauses: Again, please see the PowerPoint attached. Like the maths, I have recorded the instructions so just click on the audio button to hear what to do. Today, we will continue to learn about relative clauses. We will be using our knowledge from yesterday’s lesson to write some of our own relative clauses based on our text ‘Great Gods of Norse Mythology’.
Here is the link to the video on relative clauses that you may want to watch again before today’s lesson.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zsrt4qt
If you cannot access the PowerPoint, please view the writing lesson at the following YouTube link:
If you are watching the lesson through the YouTube link, you may need to pause the video at appropriate times to give yourself time to complete the tasks.
Reading
It would also be super if you could spend 10-15 minutes each day reading your school book that you have taken home or another book you have been enjoying at home.
This week’s author of the week is Jeremy Strong. You can read his book ‘Romans on the Rampage’ at the link below:
https://library.thenational.academy/head-back-to-the-roman-age-with-jeremy-strong/
I have also attached the new copy of ‘First News’ for you to enjoy at home.
Remember to continue writing in your reading diary and get an adult to sign in, then we can collect our raffle tickets when we are back in school.
Why not tell me what book you are reading over on our discussion?
Spellings
Have a go at reading, saying in a sentence and spelling words with the ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ei’. You could make your own spelling doodle and add to it throughout the week. I will add a new word each day and then on Friday we can have a little quiz.
Today’s word: protein
Previous words: receive, deceive
Eco Challenges
You may remember before half term, Mrs Brennan asked for your help with our Eco campaign. You were all fantastic at making posters, designing logos and making projects out of plastic bottles. However, she still needs your help!
We still need as many children as possible to complete the following 2 tasks:
- Task 1: Carry out a 2-day single use plastic audit at home
- Task 2: Interview an older person to ask them about their thoughts on if the amount of litter is increasing?
There are templates attached to today’s blog to help you to complete these remaining tasks. If you could then leave your completed audits and interviews into school or email to admin that would be amazing and would really help towards our Eco-Schools Campaign.
Story: You will find our story embedded into our Writing PowerPoint. Today we will continue to read ‘The Boy in the Dress’ by David Walliams.
Worship
Today for our worship I would like you to take part in a guided meditation on My Smiling Mind, just like we do in school.
Please take part in session 6: https://app.smilingmind.com.au/
Foundation Subject Clubs
Don’t forget you can take part in our foundation subject clubs during the afternoons, after completing your maths and English lessons.
Please find the links below for this week’s clubs. You may choose which club you take part in each day.
Geography
Here is the link to this week’s club:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snSVQmiySzs
PE
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Computing (KS2)
Here is the link to this week’s club:
Here is the link to the coding task you are asked to complete:
https://studio.code.org/s/mc/stage/1/puzzle/1
German
Please follow this link for German club:
Craft Club
What could you create using a cereal box? Follow the link to our craft club activities for this week. Will you make a puppet theatre, a toy car, a marble run or your own musical instrument?
Here are the music suggestion links referred to in our PowerPoint today.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LR5n6QYRPU - Piano Covers Popular Songs 2020
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8NVwN0_mks – Disney Piano Covers
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dswwenF67GM – The Greatest Showman Piano Covers
I hope you all have a wonderful day Skylarks. If you need anything at all, please don’t hesitate to get in contact 😊
Love from Miss Beattie