Term 1 Week 3

This week, we would like you to have a go at the attached Maths activity. If you would like to check your answers we have also attached the answers to this post. 

If you need help with this activity, please contact us via email or come and see us in class. We would love to help!

Term 1 Week 3

In English this week we are focusing on creating sentences to describe the actions of characters from Aaron Becker’s Quest. First, we are going to generate actors and actions and create simple sentences. Next, we are going to explore how we can use adverbial phrases to add detail to these sentences.

In Maths, we are going to continue to expand our understanding of place value. We are going to explore how partitioning can be used in different ways and how we can use addition and subtraction calculations to record our thinking. Finally, we are going to think about how we can use the < > and = symbols to compare 1 and 2-digit numbers. 

In Science and Computing we are going to by exploring and using the main parts of a computer. In P.E. we are going to develop our football and gymnastic skills. We will also complete R.E and Design and the Arts lessons as well.

We are also hosting a ‘Meet the Teacher’ event on Wednesday 22^nd September at 3:05pm. We would love to see as many families as possible on Wednesday so we can meet properly and talk about what learning will look like in beech Class this year.

If you have any questions regarding this event or indeed any matter relating to your child’s learning, please do not hesitate to contact us directly using the class email address: beech@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk

Term 1 Week 2

In English this week we would like you to complete the attached worksheet in which you will need to think up and record interesting adjectives to describe a selection of noun phrases relating to a scene from Quest by Aaron Becker. 

Term 1 Week 1

In English this week we will start by writing a set of class rules. We will mind-map the types of behaviour that we would like to see from Beech pupils this year. We will then learn about what we need to include to make grammatically sound sentences. Next, we will use and apply this understanding to create our class rules for the year. Finally, we will turn our attention towards the book ‘Quest’ by Aaron Becker. We will familiarise ourselves with the book, develop our prediction, inference and deduction skills and then turn our attention towards using the book as inspiration for our own written descriptions. We will also read a number of other books selected to engage and inspire the class including The Tin Forest by Helen Ward.

In Maths this week, we will focus on revisiting the concept of place value for the numbers 0-20. We will represent these numbers in a variety of different ways including numerals. words, numicon, counters and number-lines. Next, we will extend this understanding to the numbers from 1 to 50 with a focus on number lines and number tracks.

In R.E. we will explore the concept of creation and begin to explore the Christian story of creation. In Science and Computing, we will explore and recognise the uses and features of information technology in the world around us.

We will also complete P.E and Design and the Arts lessons as well.

If you have any questions relating to the information in this blog or indeed any mater relating to your child’s learning, please do not hesitate to contact us via the class email address: beech@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk

To keep you busy over the Summer Holidays, we have set you these challenges.

• Challenge 1: Try to read 5 different books by the same author. e.g. Julia Donaldson.
• Challenge 2: Bake a cake.
• Challenge 3: Dance with members of your family.
• Challenge 4: Paint with your feet.
• Challenge 5: Play hop-scotch.
• Challenge 6: Design a boat and see if you can make it float.
• Challenge 7: Use chalk to make a picture outdoors.  
• Challenge 8: Make your on water wall using old plastic tubs and bottles attached to a fence.
• Challenge 9: Go to the seaside and build a sand castle.
• Challenge 10: Play ‘What’s the Time Mr Wolf’.
• Challenge 11: Use masking tape to make a town for your toy cars to drive around.
• Challenge 12: Have a paper aeroplane competition.
• Challenge 13: Play a board game.  
• Challenge 14: Get an adult to put objects in a bag and use only your sense of touch to work out what it is.
• Challenge 15: Use a torch or lamp to draw your silhouette.  
• Challenge 16: Decorate cupcakes.
• Challenge 17: Measure how much rain falls every day for a week then draw a graph.  
• Challenge 18: Draw around yourself and other people to make life size drawings.
• Challenge 19: Make a book which has a pop-up part inside.
• Challenge 20: Use your toys to print with in paint. e.g. dinosaur feet.

If you manage to complete any of these challenges and would like to share them with us, send your pictures or work in to the Summer Challenge email address:

summerchallenge@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk

Sign up for this year’s Tunbridge Wells Library Summer Reading Challenge.  

Children can join at any currently open library in the district (Cranbrook, Showfields and Southborough) or online at:

www.summerreadingchallenge.org.uk

Also, your teachers have set you 10 St Barnabas Reading Challenges to complete over the Summer Holidays.

• Challenge 1: Dress Up

Dress up like a character from a favourite story. What can you find around the house to help make your costume? Get in to character and act out part of the story. Try to keep the story going and make up your own parts of the story for the characters that you are playing.

• Challenge 2: Retell It

Pick a story that you know really well. Learn the main parts of the story so that you are able to retell it in your own words.

• Challenge 3: Change a Character

Pick a story that you know really well. Change one of the characters to turn it in to a new story. For example, you could take The Tiger that Came to Tea and turn it in to The Spider That Came for Supper.

• Challenge 4: Change the Ending

Pick a story that you know really well. Change the ending to turn it in to a new story. For example, you could take We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and make it so they invite the bear in at the end.

• Challenge 5: Get Creative

Get inspired by a book you have read. Create a drawing, sculpture or piece of artwork inspired by your book. 

• Challenge 6: Compare It

Find a well-loved story that has recently been turned into a T.V. programme. The Gruffalo, Zog, The Snail and the Whale, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt or The Tiger that Came to Tea. Read the book and watch the T.V episode. How were they similar? How were they different? Which did you prefer? Why?  

• Challenge 7: Write to a Character  

Pick a favourite character form a familiar story. Write to them. You could write a formal letter, a note to pass under their door, an email or even a text/WhatsApp message. It is up to you. Imagine that they received you message. What do you think they would write back?

• Challenge 8: Turn it into a Comic

Pick a story that you know really well. Draw pictures and use speech bubbled and captions to turn it into a comic strip.

• Challenge 9: Take it Outside

Pick a book that you love. Pick a setting from the book and take it to a real life location to read. For example, take The Gruffalo to a deep dark wood or The Snail and the Whale to the seaside.

• Challenge 10: Make a Book Nook

Make a special place in your house to read. Make it a cosy and snug space place to read on your own or with an adult.

If you manage to complete any of these challenges and would like to share them with us, send your pictures or work in to the Summer Challenge email address:

summerchallenge@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk