Toucans: Blog items

Toucans week beg. 13th December, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 10th Dec 2021 @ 3:37pm

Week beg 13^th December 2021

Year 6 have been busy this week getting in the Christmas Spirit and preparing games for our Christmas Fair which will take place on Wednesday.

Please continue with reading at home next week and have a look on Twitter where we have posted some recommended reads for Year 6 which would also make some excellent gifts for Christmas.

Homework

We will not have a spelling test next Friday. The children have a copy of the Year 5/6 Statutory Words in their diaries and can begin to learn these in their own time. I have asked them to do this in a fun way by choosing a few at a time that maybe they think they’ll use in their writing. They could create a graffiti wall, rainbow words, paint the words with images, draw around the shape of the words etc.

Maths Homework – Key Stage Two Maths SATs Question Book and Times Tables Rockstars

Homework is page 25 Prime Numbers and page 26 Square and Cube numbers of the SATs book.

Curriculum

Maths – Next week we will continue to work on multiplying and dividing Fractions

History – children will be researching and presenting their findings on an aspect of World War 2.

RE – we will be researching different Christian communities and looking at how Christmas is celebrated around the world.

Art – Christmas crafts

PE day will be on Friday (Mr Ault)

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing and Mr Beswick 

Toucans week beg. 29th November, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 26th Nov 2021 @ 4:10pm

Week beg 29^th November 2021

The show will go on!! We have put all Hoodwinked play rehearsals on pause until January. Thank you for all the costumes, we will keep these safely in school. When we return after Christmas we will begin rehearsals again in school on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday afternoon.

Remember to encourage your child to read for 15 – 20 mins daily and to record their reading in their diaries. We have stapled a list of recommended books for Year 6 children in the front of their diaries and we would like them to read some of these throughout the year. We have a lot of these texts in our class library so the children can borrow them from school or they might find some at their local library. We have asked them to tick off the books that that they read on the list.

Homework

Spellings for next week will focus will focus on the sh sound ti or ci..  

Spellings will be tested on Friday 3^rd December – motion, spacious, station, delicious, especially, subtraction, politician, section, explanation, infection.

Maths Homework – Key Stage Two Maths SATs Question Book and Times Tables Rockstars

Homework is page 31 Comparing Fractions and page 23 Multiples Fractions of the SATs book.

Curriculum

Maths – Next week we will be working on multiplying and dividing Fractions

History – children will be researching and presenting their findings on an aspect of World War 2.

RE – we will be researching different Christian communities

Art – Christmas crafts

PE day will be on Friday (Mr Ault)

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing, Mr Beswick and Mr Corkill

Toucans week beg. 22nd Nov, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 18th Nov 2021 @ 4:19pm

Week beg 22^nd November 2021

A big thank you for all the wonderful costumes that you have sent in this week. The children are getting really excited about their play now. Still a long way to go until our opening performance and plenty to do!!

Remember to encourage your child to read for 15 – 20 mins daily and to record their reading in their diaries. We have stapled a list of recommended books for Year 6 children in the front of their diaries and we would like them to read some of these throughout the year. We have a lot of these texts in our class library so the children can borrow them from school or they might find some at their local library. We have asked them to tick off the books that that they read on the list.

Homework

Spellings for next week will focus will focus on suffixes.  

Spellings will be tested on Friday 26^th November – happily, copier, mysterious, spying, beautiful, beginning, trying, heavily, happiness, tries

Maths Homework – Key Stage Two Maths SATs Question Book and Times Tables Rockstars

Homework is page 29 and page 30 on Fractions of the SATs book.

Curriculum

Maths – Next week we will be working on adding and subtracting Fractions

Music – cello and violins lessons as well as learning to sing songs for our Christmas Production.

History – children will be researching and presenting their findings on an aspect of World War 1.

Science – Investigating circuits

We will spend our afternoons (Wednesday – Friday) rehearsing for our Christmas Production

PE day will be every Friday (Mr Ault) and also on Wednesdays when we are not focusing on our Production.

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing, Mr Beswick and Mr Corkill

Toucans week beg. 15.11.21, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 11th Nov 2021 @ 4:46pm

Our rehearsals for Hoodwinked are well under way and thank you for encouraging your child to learn their words at home. We are also sending home the words for the songs that we will be singing as we won’t be able to display the words on the night so need to learn the words asap.

Please speak to us if you are struggling to get a costume put together just speak to us. Costumes are due in school on Wednesday 17^th November.

Remember to encourage your child to read for 15 – 20 mins daily and to record their reading in their diaries. We have stapled a list of recommended books for Year 6 children in the front of their diaries and we would like them to read some of these throughout the year. We have a lot of these texts in our class library so the children can borrow them from school or they might find some at their local library. We have asked them to tick off the books that that they read on the list.

Homework

Spellings for next week will focus will focus on suffixes.  

Spellings will be tested on Thursday 19^th November – admitting, forgotten, beginner, regretted, forbidden, beginning, stoppable, wettest, preferred, referring

Maths Homework – Key Stage Two Maths SATs Question Book and Times Tables Rockstars

Homework is page 16 Written Divisions and page 17 Multiplying and Dividing by 10, 100, 1000 of the SATs book.

Curriculum

Maths – Next week we will be looking at Fractions

Music – cello and violins lessons as well as learning to sing songs for our Christmas Production.

History – children will be researching and presenting their findings on an aspect of World War 1.

We will spend our afternoons (Wednesday – Friday) rehearsing for our Christmas Production

PE day will be every Friday (Mr Ault) and also on Wednesdays when we are not focusing on our Production.

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing, Mr Beswick and Mr Corkill

Toucans week beg. 8.11.21, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 4th Nov 2021 @ 5:27pm

Week beg 8^th November 2021

We have been really impressed by the positive attitudes shown by all the children this week. They have clearly worked hard to learn their lines for our production already. This is great as it means we can focus on the acting and singing in school.

If your child does not know their lines please encourage them to learn them this week. Also if anyone is struggling to get a costume together please don’t panic but just speak to us. We want to keep all costumes as simple as possible and we will add props in school so it will be clear who is who!

For homework, we will set another 2 pages in their Maths books this week, please see below. We would also like them to log onto Times Tables Rockstars at least 3 times a week for 15 mins. They have their log in details in the front of their homework diaries if needed.

Remember to encourage your child to read for 15 – 20 mins daily and to record their reading in their diaries. We have stapled a list of recommended books for Year 6 children in the front of their diaries and we would like them to read some of these throughout the year. We have a lot of these texts in our class library so the children can borrow them from school or they might find some at their local library. We have asked them to tick off the books that that they read on the list.

Homework

Spellings for next week will focus will focus on suffixes.  

Spellings will be tested on Thursday 12^th November – gently, simply, wriggly, beautiful, thoughtless, powerful, definitely, judgement, immediately, laziness

Maths Homework – Key Stage Two Maths SATs Question Book and Times Tables Rockstars

Homework is Order of Operations page 20 and page 21 of the SATs book.

They have been doing this Maths work in class this week so just remind them of BIDMAS – brackets, indices, division, multiplication, addition and then finally subtraction when working out the problems.

Curriculum

Maths – Next week we will be looking some more  at the order of operations.

Music – cello and violins lessons as well as learning to sing songs for our upcoming Harvest festival

History – children will be researching what happened during the War of the Roses.

We will spend our afternoons (Wednesday – Friday) rehearsing for our Christmas Production

PE day will be every Friday (Mr Ault) and also on Wednesdays when we are not focusing on our Production.

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing, Mr Beswick and Mr Corkill

Toucans week beg. 18th October, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 14th Oct 2021 @ 8:33am

Week beg 18^th October 2021

The children are all beginning to get excited about which parts they will play in our Christmas Production ‘Hoodwinked’. I have been delighted to see how enthusiastically they are reading their scripts. This week we will hold the auditions so that the children will have their parts sorted before half term and can begin to think about their costumes. The aim is that they will learn their lines over half term so we can begin rehearsals the first week back.  

Once again it has been a delight to see all the Maths homework completed on time and to a high standard.

For homework, we will set another 2 pages in their Maths books this week, please see below. We would also like them to log onto Times Tables Rockstars at least 3 times a week for 15 mins. They have got their log in details in the front of their homework diaries and they also all logged on in class today so that we know they will be able to this by themselves at home.

Homework

Spellings for next week will focus will focus on suffixes.  

Spellings will be tested on Thursday 21^st October – trader, making, grimy, persuaded, creating, appreciating, observant, fading, creation, famous

Maths Homework – Key Stage Two Maths SATs Question Book and Times Tables Rockstars

Homework is Written Multiplication and Division page 14 and page 15 of the SATs book.

Remember you will be set 2 pages to do weekly which you can mark yourself using the answers at the back of the book.

(Maths homework will be set on a Thursday and if the children could bring their books back into school for the following Wednesday so we can check them that would be great. If they are struggling with anything, please don’t hesitate to send the book back sooner and we will do some extra work with them in school)

Curriculum

Maths – Next week we will be looking at the order of operations.

RE – We will finish our unit of work on Diversity by celebrating how we are all different but should be treated equally.

Science – Light -

Music – cello and violins lessons as well as learning to sing songs for our upcoming Harvest festival

History – children will be researching what happened during the War of the Roses.

PE day will be on Wednesday (Cricket Coach) and on Friday (Mr Ault). Children can come to school wearing their PE uniform on these days.

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing, Mr Beswick and Mr Corkill

Toucans Week Beg. 11th October, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 7th Oct 2021 @ 4:27pm

Week beg 11^th October 2021

This week we have begun thinking about our Christmas Production. We have been reading the script Hoodwinked (Robin Hood). Next week the children will tell me which parts they would like to audition for and then we can get the parts sorted before half term. This means we will be able to send home scripts with lines to learn over half term and suggestions for costumes so these can be put together. Keep an eye on our weekly blog for more updates.  

Once again it has been a delight to see all the Maths homework completed on time and to a high standard.

For homework, we will set another 2 pages in their Maths books this week, please see below. We would also like them to log onto Times Tables Rockstars at least 3 times a week for 15 mins. They have got their log in details in the front of their homework diaries and they also all logged on in class today so that we know they will be able to this by themselves at home.

Homework

Spellings for next week will focus will focus on words ending in the letter string - ough

Spellings will be tested on Friday 15^th October – thoroughly, borough, although, doughnut, plough, drought, boughs, thorough, ploughing, ploughed

Maths Homework – Key Stage Two Maths SATs Question Book and Times Tables Rockstars

Homework is Written Adding and Subtracting and Written Multiplication page 12 and page 13 of the SATs book.

Remember you will be set 2 pages to do weekly which you can mark yourself using the answers at the back of the book.

(Maths homework will be set on a Thursday and if the children could bring their books back into school for the following Wednesday so we can check them that would be great. If they are struggling with anything, please don’t hesitate to send the book back sooner and we will do some extra work with them in school)

Curriculum

Maths – Next week we will be looking at factors, multiples and prime numbers.

RE – We will continue with our research to find out how different religions celebrate the birth of a child.  The children will use their ICT skills to create a word document to share their findings with the class.

Computing – the children will be using their logos that they made in their lesson with Mr Corkill last week to do some branding this week.

Science – Light

Next week we will be measuring shadow and find out how shadows change.  

Music – cello and violins lessons as well as learning to sing songs for our upcoming Harvest festival

PE day will be on Wednesday (Cricket Coach) and on Friday (Mr Ault). Children can come to school wearing their PE uniform on these days.

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing, Mr Beswick and Mr Corkill

Toucans Week beg. 4th October, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 30th Sep 2021 @ 5:12pm

Week beg 4^th October 2021

I can’t believe it is October already! It has been lovely chatting to parents this week to let everyone know how their child has settled into Year 6. Thank you for your continuous support in ensuring your child is settled and doing their best in school. We will continue to focus on handwriting next week so please encourage your child to use their joined handwriting when learning their spellings at home. 

Again it has been a delight to see all Maths homework completed on time and to a high standard. It was also lovely to hear so many parents say that they didn’t need to give their child any help with their tasks. I love to see and hear about this independence! We are also pleased to see the enthusiasm that the class are showing towards their reading at home. So many of them are recording their daily reading – 20mins – in their diaries independently. Thank you for your support with this.

For homework, we will set another 2 pages in their Maths books this week, please see below. We would also like them to log onto Times Tables Rockstars at least 3 times a week for 15 mins. They have got their log in details in the front of their homework diaries and they also all logged on in class today so that we know they will be able to this by themselves at home.

Homework

Spellings for next week will focus will focus on Suffixes

Spellings will be tested on Friday 8^th October – sprinting, shouted, sweetest, jumping, prouder, floated, rusting, hunter, yawning, asked

Maths Homework – Key Stage Two Maths SATs Question Book and Times Tables Rockstars

In school we have been Addition and Subtraction this week so the homework is Written Methods for Addition and Subtraction page 10 and page 11 of the SATs book.

Remember you will be set 2 pages to do weekly which you can mark yourself using the answers at the back of the book.

(Maths homework will be set on a Thursday and if the children could bring their books back into school for the following Wednesday so we can check them that would be great. If they are struggling with anything, please don’t hesitate to send the book back sooner and we will do some extra work with them in school)

Curriculum

Maths – Next week we will continue our work on the Four Operations by focusing on Multiplication and Division.

History – We will be finding out more about the War of the Roses and our War Artist – Paul Nash

RE – We will be focusing on our P4C question – If we are all different why should we be treated equally? We will also research how different religions celebrate the birth of a child.  

Science – Light

Next week we will continue finding out about light through a variety of investigations.

PE day will be on Wednesday (Cricket Coach) and on Friday (Mr Ault). Children can come to school wearing their PE uniform on these days.

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing, Mr Beswick and Mr Corkill

Toucans week beg. 27th September, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 23rd Sep 2021 @ 12:27pm

Week beg 27^th September 2021

Toucans have worked hard again this week. They have all amazed us with their positive attitude towards everything that they are doing in school, from learning to play cricket, playing their musical instruments, learning German and working so hard to improve their handwriting. We have spent a lot of time over the past couple of weeks to ensure everyone is joining their letters correctly. Please encourage your child to use their joined handwriting when learning their spellings at home.  

Again it has been a delight to see all Maths homework completed on time and to a high standard. We are also pleased to see the enthusiasm that the class are showing towards their reading at home. So many of them are recording their daily reading – 20mins – in their diaries independently. Thank you for your support with this.

For homework, we will set another 2 pages in their Maths books this week, please see below. We would also like them to log onto Times Tables Rockstars at least 3 times a week for 15 mins. They have got their log in details in the front of their homework diaries and they also all logged on in class today so that we know they will be able to this by themselves at home.

Homework

Spellings for next week will focus on words ending in shul spelt –cial or -tial

Spellings will be tested on Friday 1^st October – official, special, social, artificial, financial, essential, partial, confidential, initial, torrential

Maths Homework – Key Stage Two Maths SATs Question Book and Times Tables Rockstars

In school we have been applying our knowledge of Place Value this week so the homework is Mixed Practice page 8 and page 9 of the SATs book.

Remember you will be set 2 pages to do weekly which you can mark yourself using the answers at the back of the book.

(Maths homework will be set on a Thursday and if the children could bring their books back into school for the following Wednesday so we can check them that would be great. If they are struggling with anything, please don’t hesitate to send the book back sooner and we will do some extra work with them in school)

Curriculum

Maths – Next week we will continue our work on the Four Operations by focusing on Addition and Subtraction.

History – We will be finding out about the War of the Roses

RE – Our first unit is all about Diversity – appreciating the people all around us in the world today and celebrating their similarities and differences. This week we will be celebrating what makes us each unique.

Science – Light

Next week they will be looking at how light travels in straight lines and carry out lots of investigations

PE day will be on Wednesday (Cricket Coach) and on Friday (Mr Ault). Children can come to school wearing their PE uniform on these days.

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing, Mr Beswick and Mr Corkill

Toucans week beg. 20.9.21, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 16th Sep 2021 @ 5:29pm

Week beg 20^th September 2021

We are so proud of how well Toucans have settled into Year 6. They have been a pleasure to teach and we are delighted with their positive attitude towards learning both in school and at home.

We have been delighted to see that the children have been completing their homework as expected. Lots of great reading taking place every night. Remember 15 – 20mins and please encourage your child to record what they read in their homework diaries.

Lots of great scores last week with their first weekly spelling test which has shown that they have been working on these at home so thank you.

For homework, we will set another 2 pages in their Maths books this week, please see below. We would also like them to log onto Times Tables Rockstars at least 3 times a week for 15 mins. They have got their log in details in the front of their homework diaries and they also all logged on in class today so that we know they will be able to this by themselves at home.

Homework

Spellings for next week will focus on words ending in shus spelt -tious

Spellings will be tested on Friday 24^th September – cautious, infectious, ambitious, superstitious, nutritious, scrumptious, fictitious, infection, nutrition, ambition,

Maths Homework – Key Stage Two Maths SATs Question Book and Times Tables Rockstars

In school we have been exploring Place Value this week so the homework is Negative Numbers page 4 and Rounding page 7 of the SATs book.

Remember you will be set 2 pages to do weekly which you can mark yourself using the answers at the back of the book.

(Maths homework will be set on a Thursday and if the children could bring their books back into school for the following Wednesday so we can check them that would be great. If they are struggling with anything, please don’t hesitate to send the book back sooner and we will do some extra work with them in school)

Curriculum

Maths – Next week we will continue our work on the Four Operations by focusing on Addition and Subtraction.

History – We will continue to learn about the Battle of Hastings and think about why conflicts take place

RE – Our first unit is all about Diversity – appreciating the people all around us in the world today and celebrating their similarities and differences. We will be finding out more about the different religions in the UK     

Science – Light

The children have been revising what they know already about light before exploring our topic further. Next week they will be looking at how light travels in straight lines and carry out some investigations

On Friday the 24^th September we will have an ART Day focusing on the War Artist Paul Nash. The children will be developing their sketching and painting skills before producing a picture in the style of Nash to reflect the hardship of conflicts. We have their old art t-shirts from last year in school but you are very welcome to send in a fresh one if you wish.

PE day will be on Wednesday (Cricket Coach) and on Friday (Mr Ault). Children can come to school wearing their PE uniform on these days.

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing, Mr Beswick and Mr Corkill

Toucans Week beg. 13.9.21, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 9th Sep 2021 @ 8:13am

Week beg 13^th September 2021

We warmly welcome all our pupils to Toucans Class. They have all settled in well and are working hard already! Thank you for reading with your child at home as this will benefit them enormously. The children are expected to read every night for 15 -20 mins. They will also have weekly spellings and a Maths task which will reflect what we are doing in class for that week.

Homework

Spellings for next week will focus on words ending in shus spelt -cious

Spellings will be tested on Friday 17^th September – spacious, vicious, precious, suspicious, conscious, delicious, malicious, gracious, atrocious, ferocious

Maths – The children have all been given their own Maths book – Key Stage Two Maths SATs Question Book. They will be set 2 pages to do weekly which they can mark themselves using the answers at the back of the book. Maths homework will be set on a Thursday and if the children could bring their books back into school for the following Wednesday so we can check them. If they are struggling with anything, please don’t hesitate to send the book back sooner and we will do some extra work with them in school.

In school we have been exploring Place Value this week so the homework is Ordering Numbers pages 2 and 3 of the SATs book.

Curriculum

Maths – Next week we will continue working on Place Value – Rounding Numbers, Negative Numbers before moving onto the Four Operations the following week.

History – We will begin our Conflict Topic by finding out about the Battle of Hastings.

RE – Our first unit is all about Diversity – appreciating the people all around us in the world today and celebrating their similarities and differences     

Science – Light

The children have been revising what they know already about light before exploring our topic further. Next week they will be looking at how light travels in straight lines.

On Friday the 24^th September we will have an ART Day focusing on the War Artist Paul Nash. The children will be developing their sketching and painting skills before producing a picture in the style of Nash to reflect the hardship of conflicts.

PE day will be on Wednesday (Cricket Coach) and on Friday (Mr Ault). Children can come to school wearing their PE uniform on these days.

We are delighted to have the support of Mr Corkill (associate teacher) with us this year in Toucans.

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing, Mr Beswick and Mr Corkill

Toucans week beg. 5th July, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 1st Jul 2021 @ 4:25pm

Week beg 5^thJuly 2021

Transition day for pupils going to Rudheath Senior Academy on Tuesday 6^th July 9.30 – 2.30

Homework

Continue to just focus on Reading and Spellings alongside Times Tables Rockstars.

Spellings for next few week will focus on the Year 5/6 Statutory Words

Spellings will be tested on Friday 9^th July – variety, accompany, ancient, average, cemetery, conscience, criticise, develop, equip, excellent

Curriculum

Maths –Ratio and Proportion

History

We will continue to find out about the Ancient Mayan Civilisation and complete our Enquiry Project. Children are presenting their final piece as a poster or as a PowerPoint presentation.

RE – Sikhism

We will use I Pads and PicCollage to show everything that we have found out about Sikhism.     

Science – Electricity

We will finish off our work on electricity.

ART/DT – Mayan Masks and Temples to design and build

PE day will be on Thursday (Cricket Coach) and on Friday (Mr Ault)

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

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing and Mr Beswick

Toucans week beg. 28th June, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 24th Jun 2021 @ 3:37pm

Week beg 28^thJune 2021

Monday 28^th June – Tattenhall Centre

We are so excited about our upcoming visit for Toucans class to the Tattenhall Centre where they will have a fun filled day of outdoor adventure activities. To ensure the visit can go ahead, we have had to complete enhanced risk assessments with the Local Authority and Public Health; please can you make sure you read the Covid-19 information below.

As a reminder, the visit will include sessions ran by the centre staff on the low ropes, the zip line and a tree climbing activity. The children will need to be in school for a prompt departure by 9am so we are asking all children to arrive at 8:30am and will return later in the day. To celebrate the end of the school year, we are inviting the children to remain in school until 7:30pm where they will take part in team games led by Mr Ault and tea will be provided by school; we have also booked the ice cream van to come too! This part of the day will be fully funded by school.

On Monday, the children will need to wear old comfy clothes including tracksuit bottoms, trainers, and a water proof coat to enjoy each activity safely. Please ensure that you apply sun cream on your child before they come to school. Please also bring an additional water bottle for them to have throughout the day. The children can bring their own packed lunch with a drink in a carrier bag that we can dispose of, no packed lunch bags or boxes please.

Homework

Continue to just focus on Reading and Spellings alongside Times Tables Rockstars.

Spellings for next few week will focus on the Year 5/6 Statutory Words

Spellings will be tested on Friday 2^nd July – harass, individual, lightning, neighbour, parliament, profession, recommend, sacrifice, sincerely, symbol

Curriculum

Maths –Ratio and Proportion

History

We will continue to find out about the Ancient Mayan Civilisation

RE – Sikhism

We will use I Pads and PicCollage to show everything that we have found out about Sikhism.     

Science – Electricity

We will finish off our work on electricity.

ART/DT – Mayan Masks and Temples to design and build

PE day will be on Thursday (Cricket Coach) and on Friday (Mr Ault)

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

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing and Mr Beswick

Toucans Week beg. 14th June, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 10th Jun 2021 @ 4:25pm

Week beg 14^thJune 2021

Homework

Continue to just focus on Reading and Spellings alongside Times Tables Rockstars.

Spellings for next few week will focus on the Year 5/6 Statutory Words

Spellings will be tested on Friday 18^th June – accommodate, amateur, available, category, competition, correspond, determined, environment, exaggerate, foreign

Curriculum

Maths –Algebra

We will finish this unit with some problems involving solving problems and then move onto Ratio and Proportion.

English – Island – A story of the Galapagos by Jason Chin

The focus will be on journalistic writing.

History

We will begin our study of the Ancient Mayan Civilisation

RE – Sikhism

We will explore objects and symbols that are important to Sikhs but also for us.    

Science – Electricity

Will focus on the components of a circuit and drawing the relevant symbols.

ART/DT – Mayan Masks

PE day will be on Thursday (Cricket Coach) and on Friday (Mr Ault)

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

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing and Mr Beswick

Toucans week beg. 7th June, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 27th May 2021 @ 4:02pm

Week beg 7^thJune 2021

Homework

Continue to just focus on Reading and Spellings alongside Times Tables Rockstars.

Spellings for next week will focus on the sh sound spelt si or ssi  

Spellings will be tested on Friday 11^th June – expansion, comprehension, tension, permission, admission, profession, possession, revision, collision, decision

Curriculum

Maths –Algebra

Solving equations, missing box problems, writing formula

English – Island – A story of the Galapagos by Jason Chin

We will draft and edit a discussion text based on this book and Jemmy Button.

Geography

We will be learning about Time Zones and finding out about the countries that make up South America.

RE – Sikhism

We will continue our study of Sikhism and find out about the values that Sikhs hold and compare/contrast these to our own.   

Science – Electricity

Will focus on the components of a circuit and drawing the relevant symbols.

PE day will be on Thursday (Cricket Coach) and on Friday (Mr Ault)

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

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing and Mr Beswick

Toucans week beg. 24th May, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 20th May 2021 @ 3:42pm

Week beg 24^th May 2021

Remember INSET on Monday 24^th May

Homework

Continue to just focus on Reading and Spellings alongside Times Tables Rockstars.

Spellings for next week will focus on the sh sound spelt ti or ci  

Spellings will be tested on Friday 28^th May – direction, explanation, competition, especially, appreciate, ancient, cautious, delicious, motion, subtraction

Curriculum

Maths –Algebra

Solving equations, missing box problems

English – Island – A story of the Galapagos by Jason Chin

We will draft and edit a discussion text based on this book and Jemmy Button.

RE – Sikhism

We will continue our study of Sikhism and find out about the 5Ks   

Science – Electricity

Will focus on the components of a circuit and drawing the relevant symbols.

PE day will be on Thursday (Mrs Whittingham) and on Friday (Mr Ault)

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

Kind regards,

Mrs Whittingham, Mrs Downing and Mr Beswick

Toucans class blog week beg. 26th April, by Mrs Whittingham

Date: 23rd Apr 2021 @ 4:22pm

Week beg 26th April 2021 

It has been a delight this week to have the opportunity to chat to parents about how their children are getting on in class. Welcoming Toucans back after the break this week has been lovely and we have had a busy week as usual! The children have been learning about a Leadership Award that they will be doing over this term that is run by the Archbishop of York Trust. 

Homework

Continue to just focus on Reading and Spellings alongside Times Tables Rockstars. 

Spellings for next week will focus on plurals. 

Spellings will be tested on Friday 30th April