Term 3 Week 4 – overview

 

We made an excellent start to ukulele lessons last week.  The children have really impressed Mr Lawrence with their continued commitment.

 

We are looking forward to a session run by Drama Hut this week.  The theme is above and below the canopy in the rainforests.  This will lay foundations for some of our English and topic work next term.

 

Spelling and grammar – We will be learning and practising a selection of homophones this week.  In grammar we will be moving on to recognising direct speech.

 

Our maths lessons will see us dividing numbers by 1 and 0, 1 and themselves, multiplying and dividing by 3.  We will also continue to work on fluency in times tables.

 

In English we will be learning how to use rhetorical questions, emotive language and exaggeration as persuasive devices.  This will prepare us to become skilled at using these techniques to write a letter about plastic pollution in the oceans.

 

We will be continuing with chapters 6 and 7of The Boy Who Grew Dragons for whole class reading.

 

In RE we are continuing with our unit on Gospel.  We will be learning about the story Jesus told about the Good Samaritan as told in Luke’s account of the Gospel.  We will be thinking about the hidden meaning of this story and why Jesus told it

 

PE is now on FRIDAY MORNING with Mr Luckhurst.

 

Reading records have been sent home with most children choosing a book from the selection in class.  All children have an additional book in their tray for reading sessions in class.  Please could we have reading records in school to be checked on a Wednesday morning.  

 

Homework will be issued this Thursday and is due in on the following Monday.

Please contact me if you have any queries using the class email address:

 

chestnut@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk

 

Have a lovely week!

 

Best wishes,

Mrs Barter