In design technology this week we will be starting our Christmas decoration project. Please support your child with finding recycled materials if necessary. They will potentially need small boxed (cat food box sized for example), so if you have any, please do send them in to school.

In English this week, we will continue our unit based on the Stone Aged Boy by Satoshi Kitamura. Using the text to help us, we will be completing our class debate. The children have worked hard to prepare their questions and counter arguments. From Tuesday onwards, we will begin planning a story based on the book.

In Whole Class reading this week we will continue with The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd. We will investigate the vocabulary and answer questions about the text, both as a class and individually.

In Maths this week we will build on the addition and subtraction unit, focusing further on subtracting across ten. Times tables will be an ongoing feature, with the children completing a times table challenge each week.

Mrs Banner will be teaching our RE on Friday, and will be continuing the Incarnation unit. Mrs Banner will also do a spelling test, computing and elements of the maths curriculum.

PE on Monday will be tag rugby, which the children are very much enjoying and swimming on Tuesday as usual. They will need full PE kit, swimming costume/trunks, a towel, swimming cap - this is required by the swimming pool, and goggles (although these are optional). There will also be occasions when we do additional PE sessions, so please can the children have their PE kit in school all week. Please remind the children to bring all their kit, including a towel!

Homework is issued on Tuesdays and due back the following Monday. Generally, your child will complete the homework which has been uploaded to the class website page. However, if your child is given a different set of homework (which will be in their Home Learning books), there will be no need for them to complete the uploaded sheets/online work too (although they are obviously welcome to do this as well). If you have any questions about this, please do email on the maple email address below.

Reading Records will generally be changed on a Monday and Thursday. We would still ask however, that children bring their reading books and Reading Records in to school each day and that they aim to read daily, ideally with an adult – details of this can then be recorded in the Reading Record. Homework will be sent home Tuesday, and is due back on the following Monday. 

I am always happy to answer any questions you may have, so please do contact me if you have any queries, using the class email address:

maple@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk

Best wishes

Mrs Smallcombe and the Maple Team