Term 6 Week 3– overview

 

Reading challenge – we have made a visual display to track our home reading.  Each week when reading records are checked, every child who brings their record (completed with their weekly reading) they will earn a star.  Remember that 10 minutes reading each day makes a huge difference to overall literacy and especially expanding vocabulary!

 

Spelling and grammar – we are revising ‘ly’ spellings, adverbs and prepositions

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In English, we are continuing with our unit based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.  This week, we will be working on scene setting, expanding vocabulary using thesaurus and planning the narrative of our own stories.

 

In Maths we will be working on decimals, learning about tenths as fractions, as decimals and placing them on a number line.

 

In guided reading we will be continuing our new text, Varjak Paw by SF Said.  It is a mysterious tale set around a family of Mesopotamian Blue cats……

 

In RE our unit of focus is ‘What do Hindu people worship and celebrate?’  This week we will consider worship in a mandir.

 

Mrs Atkinson will be teaching Science on Monday afternoons.  This term’s topic is habitats.

 

In History we will be learning about the Anglo-Saxons.  This week we will be exploring aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture including poems, riddles and storytelling.

 

PE is on MONDAY MORNING with Mr Luckhurst.  Swimming is on Friday.

 

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 Wednesday 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