Term 1 Week 7

In English this week, we are going to focus on writing pieces of first-person, descriptive writing. We will be putting ourselves into the position of a boy called Toby, who we have read about in the book Toby and The Great Fire of London. We have already gathered ideas as to what Toby might see, smell, hear and feel on the first night of the fire. We have also already collected adjectives to describe these ideas. Now we are going to use Thesauruses to expand our range of descriptive vocabulary. We are also going to use a range of different prepositional and verb phrases in order to create descriptive sentences. Finally, we are going to consider how we might use interesting ways of showing and telling our audience how the character is feeling.

In Maths, we are focusing on expanding our addition and subtraction skills. We will practise our counting skills and then use them to help us count over 10s barriers to solve tricky calculations. We will also explore how we can use our knowledge of number bonds to solve these calculations with greater efficiency.

In Science and Computing we are exploring the role that IT plays in school and the wider world. We are going to use our computing skills to create a representation of a 17^th Century house which demonstrates our historical understanding.

We will also complete P.E., R.E. and  Design and the Arts lessons this week.

If you would like to know more about these activities or need any help or advice with your home learning, please do not hesitate to contact us via the class email address: beech@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk  

Term 1 Week 6

This week we would like you to think about Fact Families. Start by watching this learning video: 

Aut2.5.1 - Fact Families on Vimeo

Now look at this picture of a Bar Model:

Can you generate 2 addition and 2 subtraction calculations which fit into this fact family? 

Can you create your own bar model and fact farmily calculations. 

If you need any help with this activity, please do not hesitate to contact us via the class email address: beech@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk

Term 1 Week 6

This week we would like you to complete this activity involving place value grids. 

Here is a learning video which might help you: 

Aut2.3.2 - Using a place value chart on Vimeo

We have also attached the answers to this blog post so you can check your own work. 

If you need any help with this activity, please do not hesitate to contact us using the class email address: beech@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk 

Term 1 Week 4

This week we have set 2 Place Value activities for you to complete on MyMaths:

If you need any help or advice, please do not hesitate to contact us using the class email address: beech@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk

Term 1 Week 4

In English this week we are going to focus on using conjunctions to create compound and complex sentences. We will take some of the simple sentences that we created last week and consider how the and/but/so/because conjunctions can be used to add additional clauses in order to add detail to these sentences. Next, we will use these skills to write short paragraphs detailing the events of parts of the ‘Quest’ narrative.

In Maths, we are going to focus on using and applying our understanding of place value to solve problems involving the <> and = symbols. Next, we are going to use our understanding to solve a series of reasoning problems.  

In Science and Computing, we are going to explore the role that Information Technology plays at school and indeed in the wider world.

In R.E. we will continue to focus on Creation and in P.E. we will continue to develop our Gymnastics and Football skills.

In Design and the Arts, we will continue to work with clay to create sculptural forms.

If you have any questions or would like more information about any of the activities that we have detailed in this post, please do not hesitate to contact us via the class email address: beech@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk