Term 6 Week 5

In English this week, we will start planning our letters to our Vietnamese pen-pals. We will analyse a modelled text and identify its key features. Next, we will plan out the information we want to tell them about ourselves and the questions we want to ask them. 

As part of our 'At Home and Aboard' topic, we will also be visiting the Amelia Centre. As well as touring the galleries and completing a scavenger hunt, we will also be completing object handling, sketching and designing activities.

Pupils will also have a chance to spend time in the fantastic new children's library. As part of the trip, pupils will be given the opportunity to receive their very own library card which would allow them to borrow books on future visits. If your child already has a library card, or if you do not want your child to receive a library card, please let us know via the school office.

We will also complete Spelling, Guided Reading, Number Fluency, RE, PHSCE and Design and the Arts activities as well. 

If you would like any more information about these activities, please contact us via the class email address. 

Term 6 Week 2

In English this week, we will be writing a recount of our trip to the park. We will use all the different techniques we focused on last week (the colour coded ones in the home learning books) to help create interesting and engaging pieces of writing. 

In Maths, we will be focusing on subtraction. First, we will make sure we have really mastered the expanded vertical method. Next we will explore how other techniques such as reduction and finding the difference can be used to solve some subtraction calculations effectively. We will come up with some generalised rules and post the on the maths working wall. 

We will also complete Number Fluency, Spelling , Guided Reading, PHSCE, PE and Art and Design activities. 

If you want to know more about any of these activities, please do not hesitate to contact us directly. 

Term 6 Week 1

In English this week, we are focusing on recount writing. We wil start the week by analysing a piece of recount writing that Mr M wrote about a holiday that he once went on. We will use a colour coded success criteria to work out exactly why it was such an effective piece of recount writing. We will then set about planning a recount of our class trip to the park. 

In Maths, we will focus on subtraction. We will pick out a particularly tricky type of subtraction calculations and then work on strategies for solving such problems. 

In Time and Place we are going on a school trip to Grosvenor and Hilbert park. We are going to explore the plants and animals in our surrounding habitats with a particular focus on adaptation. 

We look forward to as many families as possible visiting the garden and celebrating its opening on Friday!

Term 5 Week 4

I have attached a list of some of the tricky words that we have been focusing on over this term. 

Step 1: Read the list and make sure you can fluently read these words. Remember, they are tricky words so we don't want to be using our phonics skills to read them. 

Step 2: Underline any words which you struggled to read. Write them on flashcards and put them up in your room. Try and read them every time you see them. 

Step 3: Take the first 10 words on the list. 

door

floor

poor

because

find

kind

mind

behind

child

children

How many of these can you spell accurately? Get a member of your family to test you. 

Step 4: Make a list of the words which you struggled to spell. Practise spelling them regularly using the Read, Say, Cover, Write, Check technique. 

Step 5: When you are ready, move on to the next 10 spellings.  

EXTENSION: If you are looking for an extra challenge, can you use 1, 2 or even 3 of these words in a fully punctuated sentence?  

Term 5 Week 4

In English, we will revisit and make improvements to the excellent pieces of narrative writing that we completed last week. We will also focus on two new spelling rules and complete guided reading activities. 

In Maths, we are going to focus on addition and subtraction. We are going to visit all the techniques and strategies that we have learned so far and then use them to solve arithmetic and reasoning problems. We are also going to focus on Position and Direction. We will explore quarter, half and whole turns and create and interpret patterns made with shapes. 

We will also complete RE, PHSCE and Design and the Arts activtis as well. As always, if you would like to know more about any of these activities please do not hesitate to contact uas directly via the class email address.  

Term 5 Week 3

This week, we are going to complete our final piece of writing inspired by our class quest. We are going to re-write Chapter 6 in which our hero defeats the dragon and learns the location of Prince Paul. We will use and apply all the narrative writing skills that we have learned so far this year to make our writing as interesting and engaging as possible.   

In Maths, we are going to revisit and extend our understanding of multiplication, division and fractions. We will focus on interpreting questions, answering them efficiently and then checking our answers using a range of checking strategies. 

In Science, we will plan an investigation to explore the needs of green plants to grow healthily. 

We will also complete Spelling, Guided Reading, PHSCE, RE, PE and Design and the Arts lessons. If you would like to know more about any of these activities, please do not hesitate to contact us directly via the class email address.