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Year 5 Blog Friday 10th May 2024
Date: 9th May 2024 @ 12:59pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Practise using different voices.
Read the Rain Player story attached to this blog.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
certain cemetery frequently purpose muscle soldier transferred preferred adorable century shoulder tolerable reliable sensible incredible
Try to use the strategy of splitting the words into memorable chunks.
For example,
Cemetery: cem-et-ery
Sensible: sens-ible
Counting
Count out loud in:
0.4s from 0.4 to 4.8 and back again. 0.4, 0.8, 1.2, ...
0.7s from 0.7 to 8.4 and back again. 0.7, 1.4, 2.1, ...
0.5s from 0.5 to 6.0 and back again. 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, ...
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars. Well done to Phoebe who was our rockstar last week.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – Dogs v Cats v Frogs
Spelling Challenge
It’s been a lovely week in Year 5 this week. We have only had four days in school, but have done lots of exciting learning.
In history, we started our new topic about Ancient Maya. We tried some of the food the Maya people used to eat including avocado, cocoa and corn. We thought about clues these foods gave us, such as the Maya people must have lived near rainforests and were gatherers. We also watched a video to introduce the topic.
We followed our history lesson with an art lesson. We read a story called Rain Player - you can read the story in the file attached to this blog. This story was set during the Mayan times. It tells the story of a boy who challenged a God to a game of pok-a-tok (similar to football) and won! We then used the illustrations from the book to create our own piece of art. They are all amazing!
You can see our art work here.
In RE we watched a video and read some scripture about the Ascension. We then retold it in our own words. We also attended Ascension Mass in church.
In maths we have been using our knowledge of multiplication and division to convert between measures.
1 kilogram = 1000 grams
1 kilometre = 1000 metres
1 litre = 1000 millilitres
Have a super sunny weekend!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 10th May 2024
Date: 8th May 2024 @ 5:41pm
Welcome to your Friday blog.
Home Practice
Phonics - ur words OR ear words OR a_e words
Maths - Halving shapes and amounts
Counting - Count in 2s, 5s and 10s starting at different numbers, 12,22,32 and so on.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
We have been learning through a new book this week: The Enormous Crocodile! We found out that the crocodile had secret plans and clever tricks. We identified his tricks, found adjectives in the story and we used the -er and -est suffixes in our writing. We wrote some brilliant sentences such as 'The Enormous Crocodile is the strongest' and 'Muggle Wump is smaller than Trunky the elephant.'
Phonics
Some of us have been revising oy as in toy and oi as in coin. We have also revised ir as in bird and ur as in burn.
Some of us have been learning the different ear spellings: ear in hear, eer in deer and ere in here.
Maths
We have been learning how to find halves of amounts by sharing. We have also been practising our counting in 2s,5s and 10s.
R.E.
We continued to read about Jesus' Ascension. We wrote speech bubbles for what was said by both Jesus and His disciples.
Art
We made our own feathers out of the craft materials that we have in the classroom. We used our imagination, creating different coloured and sized feathers.
Science
We went outside and found different leaves. We talked about how leaves are a part of the plant and how we can use the leaves to distinguish which plant it came from. We drew two different plants and labelled the parts.
Forest School
We baked bananas with chocolate buttons in them.Yummy !
We have been celebrating the month of May. We made willow crowns. We discussed which flowers we could pick. We practised our knot-tying skills.
Year 5 Blog Friday 3rd May 2024
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 3:30pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Look at different ways the author has started sentences.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
various disappear pressure vicious expectation innocent delicious incredible horrible occupy queue symbol forty identity develop
Practise every day using a range of strategies, for example:
Dot to dot
Look, cover, say, write, check
Trace, copy and replicate
Words without vowels
Pyramid words
Counting
Count out loud in:
10s from 25 to 125 and back again 25, 35, 45, …
100s from 301 to 1,301 and back again 301, 401, 501, ..
1000s from 7,983 to 17,893 and back again 7,893 8,983, 9, 983 …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars.
Sumdog
Maths Competition - PNE v Blackburn Rovers
Spelling Challenge
We have had a great week this week, made even better by a little bit of sunshine.
In English we continued reading our class novel Varjak Paw. We have been learning about subordinating conjunctions. We used this video to help us remember what a subordinating conjunction does, and some examples. Have fun singing and dancing along at home.
In maths we have been multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100 and using these skills to solve problems, including converting between measures such and centimetres and metres.
In RE we enjoyed re-enacting the conversion of Saul to Christianity. We thought about the feelings and experiences of the different people who were there.
We started our new geography topic all about Europe and Greece. We recapped the continents by singing our beloved continents song.
Have a super weekend!
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 1:11pm
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night.
Spellings – Spelling Quiz Tuesday 7th May
unwell unzip unhappy uncover unfair
uncertain unsafe unlucky unhealthy unwrap
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 2 times tables out loud forwards and backwards.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – worded division
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – common exception words
This week in Year 2
English
We continued our novel called 'Dear Earth' by Isabel Clara Anganuzzi. The children have written brilliant speech bubbles for how the Earth is feeling and the steps we can all do to help, created a poster to pursuade people to clean up the Earth and wrote an acrostic poem for Earth.
Maths
This week we have learnt how to solve multiplication and division worded problems.
RE
We learnt all about the Scripture from Saul. We re-told the story of Saul using pictures and captions.
Forest School
We made shelters and pretended a storm was coming! Superb team-work and problem solving. We are also becoming more proficient when tying knots.
Art
We explored acrylic paintings from famous artists including Van Gogh. The children re-created one of his paintings using two different mediums.
PSHE
In PSHE this week the children have looked at the roles of people who help us in our community. We have also had a big focus on taking time to write in our feelings book each day after dinner. Here the children can write down any feelings they have (good and bad).
Have a lovely weekend.
Reception Blog - Friday 3rd May 2024
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 12:48pm
Phonics
This week Mrs Stone's group learnt the sounds ow and ur. Mrs Robinson's and Mrs Cliffe's groups have been revisiting sounds already taught.
Drawing Club
We have been reading the story 'Am I yours?'
We drew the journey the egg went on and wrote about our drawings.
Maths
This week we have been learning about addition and subtraction.
R.E.
We continued to learn about Pentecost.
We talked about the coming of the Holy Spirit. What it was and what it might have felt like.
Physical Development
A big well done to all of the children on their first sports day!
Expressive Arts and Design
We made fossil pictures using sand, glue and pasta.
Understanding the World
This week we have been extending our vocabulary by learning the word extinct. We have been learning what this means and looking at animals from the past that are extinct, like; a sabre toothed tiger and a wooly mammoth.
We also had a fabulous walk to Longton Library this week. Nick read two stories to us about under the sea animals and we made our own crab!
Year 4 Blog Friday 3rd May 2024
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 8:45am
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
science scene abscess ascend descend
scissors scented crescent scientist muscle
scenery disciple discipline fascinated adolescent
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 9’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 108 and back again
0 9 18 etc 108 99 90 etc
Now try counting from 22 to 130 in 9’s. (add 10 then subtract 1)
22 31 40 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge based on the words above
- An adding and subtracting fractions challenge
TT Rockstars challenge
- A ‘studio’ session
In English, we revised instructional writing and labelled up a set of instructions. We then planned and wrote our own set of instructions to make a firework. We challenged ourselves to include interesting ingredients, time conjunctions and bossy (imperative) verbs. We have been very creative are incredibly proud of our instructions.
In Maths, we learnt how to add and subtract using different methods. First, we used a number line and ensured we bridged though a multiple of 10 efficiently. Then, we used a mental compensating strategy when the number we were adding or subtracting had a 9 in the ones place. In addition, we have been practising our tables in preparation for our Multiplication Tables Check at the beginning of June.
In RE, we learnt about Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus. We watched a video which told his story and then wrote about Paul’s character both before and after this event.
In Geography, we learnt about the 4 different layers of the rainforest – the forest floor, understory, canopy and emergent layer - and the vegetation / animals found in each. We then drew / coloured in the different layers and wrote our findings up.
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Have a lovely bank holiday weekend
The Year 4 team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 3rd May 2024
Date: 2nd May 2024 @ 5:08pm
Welcome to your Friday blog.
Home Practice
Phonics - g words (soft g sound) OR or words (er sound) OR ph words.
Maths - Subtract within 20 OR year 2 subtraction (some children have asked for trickier maths sumdog!)
Counting - Count in 2s, 5s and 10s starting at different numbers, 12,22,32 and so on.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
We have been learning through the story of 'There's a Tiger in the Garden'. We quickly realised that Nora was using her imagination whilst out in her Grandma's garden. We used different connectives to make our sentences more exciting and our own imaginations to think of new objects that Nora could come across.
Phonics
Some of us have been revising the soft c as in saucers the and the soft g in cage.
Some of us have been learning the different /er/ spellings - er in pepper, ir in third, or in work and ear in learn.
Maths
We have been learning how to add and subtract using part-whole models and 10 frames.
R.E.
We started our new Bible story about Jesus' Ascension. We talked about what Ascension means and drew a picture of Jesus rising up to heaven.
Geography
Some of us made some amazing fact files about a hot place in the world (The Sahara Desert). We used the iPads to find new information, we learnt a lot of new facts!
Forest School
We made shelters and pretended a storm was coming! Superb team-work and problem solving. We are also becoming more proficient when tying knots.
Sports Day
We are so proud of the whole class. Everyone worked brilliantly as a team and individually. Well done to Bede who won the Year 1 Sports Day!
A big thank you to everyone who watched, cheered and participated in the parent races.
Year 3 - Friday blog 3rd May 2024
Date: 1st May 2024 @ 2:53pm
Welcome back to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Well done to everyone who is continuing with their regular reading into the Summer term. 20 minutes every night with your school books will help improve comprehension and fluency.
We have set 2 maths challenges on Sumdog, one on multiplication and division and one on the x4 and x8 tables.
Practice counting regularly with your child as well. Regular reviews of the number system will help build understanding and number fluency. Sing our songs, play what comes next, count forwards and backwards in numbers and fractions.You can also use this arrow cards resource to help with your counting.
Your home spellings all have the ch spelling pattern. We have used new resources in our spelling learning this week. Scribble spellings, Spiderweb spellings and Snake Spellings are three fun ways to promote practise. You can find them below.
scheme chorus chemist echo character chef chalet machine brochure ache anchor chaos
In Year 3 this week
We have a very busy term of learning ahead! You can see all of our Summer topics on our class curriculum overview on the class page.
In English this week we have been enjoying our new book, The Deathwood Letters by Hazel Townson. The story is written in letter format, following the correspondence between Damien Drake, a young boy who lives with his family on a huge estate, Deathwood Hall, and Frankie, a girl who lives in a run down part of town. They strike up a strong friendship and we have noticed some strange goings on already. We have written some letters in reponse to the characters and used our new iPads to record our ideas before writing.
In Maths we have been learning about equivalent fractions, and how to add and subtract fractions from a whole. Everyone has shown great understanding and used what they already know about fractions to solve problems. .
In Art we have been exploring different ways to make animated drawings and puppets. Everyone has shown great skills in their making and evaluating this week. Have a look in our gallery.
In History we learned all about Ancient Egyptian society and the jobs people had. Have a look at some of our ideas in our galley. We also used AI to create pictures of all the different jobs in Ancient Egypt.
In science we set up our seeds experiment and have been monitoring them to see which ones grow the best. Below you will find all the learning we will meet in the coming weeks.
Have a lovely Weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 6 Blog Friday 3rd May 2024
Date: 30th Apr 2024 @ 1:46pm
A very hard working week, well done Year 6.
Home Practice
Reading
Please read for up to 30 minutes every night, this will improve the speed at which you read and your understanding of the text. If you come across any new words that you don’t understand, ask an adult or look it up in the dictionary. Building up your vocabulary knowledge is really beneficial.
Spelling
Please practise these spellings (Y3/4 Word List) for your test on Friday A sheet will go home every Thursday/Friday with the spelling list on.
Spellings (03.05.24 – 10.05.24):
particular possess
peculiar possession
perhaps possible
popular potatoes
position pressure
Maths
Counting/Number Games
Have a go at this game!
Sumdog
You have a mixed times table/division facts challenge on Sumdog to complete by Friday 10.05.24.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
If you would like to do a bit more work on your times tables, Hit the Button is a great game to play.
Follow this link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
We have just recently received passwords for Times Table Rock Stars which is another great way to practise your times tables.
Follow this link: https://ttrockstars.com/
Reminders
Bank Holiday Monday 6th May.
Year 6 Sports Day Friday 21st June.
In English this week, we have been enjoying our new novel The 1000 year old Boy by Ross welford. Our main focus has been on reading comprehension and SPAG.
In Maths, we worked on time, ratio/proportion, fractions, decimals and percentages, finding percenatges of amounts and working out the mean, median, mode and range.
In RE, we wrote some lovely explanations of what we think the power of the Holy Spirit enabled the disciples to do.
In PE, we worked on our cricket skills and played mini-games. We thoroughly enjoyed the extra cricket session on Monday, which was game based - amazing batting and catching skills!
In French, we recapped food items and learnt the words for different drinks.
In Science, we carried out a whole class investigation. We observed what happened to objects when they were refracted through a liquid.
Enjoy your long weekend, Year 6 Team.
Year 2 Blog - Friday 26th April
Date: 26th Apr 2024 @ 12:45pm
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night.
Spellings – Spelling Quiz Monday 29th April
climb great pretty busy beautiful
Mr everybody improve again sugar
Times Tables/Number Facts – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise saying your 10 times tables out loud.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – doubles
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – common exception words
This week in Year 2
English
We continued our novel called 'Dear Earth' by Isabel Clara Anganuzzi. We wrote beautiful poems about our wonderful Earth using our book and celebrating Earth Day 2024. We have also written a diary to describe how beautiful Earth is and making suggestions for how we can make it better. We have also written a recount about our trip to Brockholes Nature Reserve.
Maths
This week we continued learning about multiplication and using arrays.
RE
We listened to more Scripture about Jesus from Acts in the Bible. We also celebrated how we show we are opening our heart to God.
Forest School
We also celebrated Earth Day which was on Monday of this week. We played our bee game again but this time we added in a waggle dance which is how the bees communicate with each other when they are looking for nectar.
We scattered some wildflower seeds because we know that they provide bees, butterflies and other pollinators with food. We also picked up all the litter we could find in our nature area.
Art
We created brilliant art with their own forest paint brushes. We explored the different textures and marks using acrylic paint.
Have a lovely weekend.
Reception Blog - Friday 26th April 2024
Date: 26th Apr 2024 @ 12:38pm
Phonics
This week Mrs Stone's group learnt the sounds or and ar. Mrs Robinson's group learnt the oi and ear sounds.
Drawing Club and Understanding the World
We have been watching video clips of Blue Planet. We have been writing facts about the different sea animals we watched and then thought of an adventure for one to go on.
We have also been drawing maps of our School.
Maths
This week we have been learning about pattern spotting, subitising and looking at our teen numbers again.
R.E.
We discussed Pentecost and the story from last week, where Jesus promised the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Then we read the story from the bible about Jesus going back to his Father in Heaven.
Physical Development
We continued to practice for sports day.
Expressive Arts and Design
This week we painted our clay minibeasts.
Forest School
We learnt how to use hammers safely. We then used the hammers, tracing paper, fabric and wild flowers to learn about hapa zome printing. This means 'leaf dye'. It is a Japanese technique of smashing flowers and leaves into fabric. We made some bunting for our classroom.
Year 5 Blog Friday 26th April 2024
Date: 26th Apr 2024 @ 8:20am
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Try to find as many adjectives as you can in your reading. Remember an adjective describes or adds information to a noun.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
peculiar opposite particular possession height separate imagination surprise occasion centre uncovering enjoyable sentence befriender address
Practise every day using a range of strategies, for example:
Dot to dot
Look, cover, say, write, check
Trace, copy and replicate
Words without vowels
Pyramid words
Counting
Count out loud in:
50s from 0 to 500 and back again 50, 100, 150, …
30s from 0 to 300 and back again 30, 60, 90, …
40s from 0 to 400 and back again 40, 80, 120, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – Traffords v Whitworths
Spelling Challenge
We have had a lovely week this week.
In English we wrote poems all about Earth Day. We used this poem as an example.
Our planet Earth.
Our planet Earth – so beautiful,
A planet of land and water,
How will it look for your children?
Or your great grandson or daughter?
Ask yourself, “Am I bothered?”
Ask yourself, “Do I care?”
Ask yourself, “Can I make a change?”
It’s a responsibility we all share.
Are you prepared to make a change?
Instead of driving, will you walk?
Or catch a bus or cycle?
Or is this just all talk?
We can all do our bit to help.
We can use less plastic each day.
We only have one planet Earth.
Let’s make a change, what do you say?
In maths we have been learning about prime numbers. A prime number only has two factors, one and itself. We have also been practising multiplying three-digit numbers by two-digit numbers. Everybody did such an amazing job.
In RE we have been learning about the Holy Spirit and Pentecost. We spoke about why Jesus died for us and how the disciples felt at the time.
We started our new topic in science all about animals including humans. We revised some features of mammals and their life cycles. We also looked at the life cycle of some insects including butterflies.
Have a super weekend!
Date: 26th Apr 2024 @ 8:09am
Welcome to your Friday Blog
This week we have started our new novel, The Deathwood letters by Hazel Townson and enjoyed creating some animated drawings.
Home Practice
Continue to read regularly, 10-15 minutes every day.
Practise you number facts regularly too. Knowing these inside out will help your children succeed in their future maths learning. We have been using the White Rose Maths - 1 minute maths app in class this week. You can download this from the Appstore or the Google Playstore.
Please also practise counting in 10's from 10 to 120 and back again.
This week we have been learning about spelling patterns that sound the same but look different. Wh/w is a pattern that is still proving difficult. Here are your spellings for this week.
wheels everywhere wheelchair whirlwind meanwhile whack whistled somewhere whispered whenever
On Sumdog you will find 3 challenges. Times tables, Fractions and Wh spellings. Good luck!
This week in Year 3
We are really enjoying The Deathwood Letters. The story is written entirely in letter format, following the correspondence between Damien Drake and Frankie, We explored these characters and found lots of differences between them.
In maths we have been learning about equivalent fractions and how to spot them. We will be learning about fractions all next week, so make sure to refresh your memory by completing the Sumdog challenge.
In Art we created some brilliant moving pictures. We will be creating puppets and other animations in the coming weeks.
In PE we have been working on throwing and catching as part of our striking and fielding topic. We have also been learning to play cricket and rounders to apply our skills.
Check out our galleries.
Miss Whiting was very impressed with our Science learning this week. We planned an investigation on how to find out what plants need to grow. We also went outside to see the changes in our wild areas and what plants are growing on our school grounds.
Have a fantastic weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 6 Blog Friday 26th April 2024
Date: 25th Apr 2024 @ 4:22pm
A great week, well done Year 6.
Home Practice
Reading
Please read for up to 30 minutes every night, this will improve the speed at which you read and your understanding of the text. If you come across any new words that you don’t understand, ask an adult or look it up in the dictionary. Building up your vocabulary knowledge is really beneficial.
Spelling
Please practise these spellings (Y3/4 Word List) for your test on Friday A sheet will go home every Thursday/Friday with the spelling list on.
Spellings (26.04.24 – 03.05.24):
mention occasion
minute occasionally
natural often
naughty opposite
notice ordinary
Maths
Counting/Number Games
Have a go at this game!
Sumdog
You have a mixed times table/division facts challenge on Sumdog to complete by Friday 03.05.24.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
If you would like to do a bit more work on your times tables, Hit the Button is a great game to play.
Follow this link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
We have just recently received passwords for Times Table Rock Stars which is another great way to practise your times tables.
Follow this link: https://ttrockstars.com/
Reminders
Cricket Festival Monday 29th April. Please have your PE kit in school!
Bank Holiday Monday 6th May.
Year 6 Sports Day Friday 21st June.
In English this week, we have mainly focused on grammar and reading comprehension. We are getting better at answering inference questions, with clear and detailed answers.
In Maths, we worked on ratio and proportion in lessons and revised roman numerals, factors, prime numbers, squared/cubed numbers and measurements.
In Science, we planned an investigation on how shadows change during the day.
In PE, we practised our tag rugby skills and played mini games, including hand ball.
In French, our new topic is food and drinks at the cafe. We learnt and named food items in french.
Year 6 Team.
Year 4 Blog Friday 26th April 2024
Date: 25th Apr 2024 @ 2:51pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.
See if you can spot any noun phrases. A noun phrase is a group of words which will include a noun along with words which describe the noun eg a determiner and adjectives. For example: The hungry children
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
address decide answer describe believe
perhaps disappear continue suppose though
height different important February thought
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 8’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 96 and back again
0 8 16 etc 96 88 80 etc
Now try counting in 0.8’s. Start at 0 and count to 9.6 and back again
0 0.8 1.6 etc 9.6 8.8 8.0 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge based on the words above
- A mental addition COMPETITION - Boys v Girls
TTRockstars challenge
- A ‘garage’ session
In English, we used both physical and online dictionaries to look up the meaning of new words. The majority of the words related to fire. We then wrote a powerful description about the fire-fiend (Razvani) and his grotto. We tried our best to include different sentence openers, exciting vocabulary and noun phrases.
In Maths, we learnt how to divide numbers mentally. In addition, we revised the written method of division – chunking. We practised chunking when there was a remained and when there wasn’t. We need to keep practising our tables, as knowing our tables quickly and fluently will help with chunking.
In RE, we read a passage from Acts 4:1-26. The passage explained how the Holy Spirit confirmed Peter and John’s faith in Jesus and gave them the courage they needed to speak out about the Good New of Jesus, even when they were threatened. After reading the passage, we ‘hot seated’ the characters.
In Science, we revised the basic parts of the digestive system and their functions. Following this, we made our own ‘digestive system’ using different foods and liquids. You can see us enjoying this experiment in our gallery.
In History, we learnt about Athens and Sparta and the difference between the 2 city states. We then decided which city we would prefer to live in and explained why in a written argument.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 4 team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 26th April 2024
Date: 24th Apr 2024 @ 5:27pm
Welcome to your Friday blog.
Home Practice
Phonics - al (or sound) words OR ue words OR e_e words
Maths - Number bonds practise
Counting - Count in 2s, 5s and 10s starting at different numbers, 12,22,32 and so on.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
We thoroughly enjoyed learning through the story of 'We're Going on a Lion Hunt' this week. We quickly realised that it is similar to We're Going on a Bear Hunt!
We wrote sentences describing Africa, wrote past tense verbs describing the girls' actions and some of us even wrote our own versions of the story.
Phonics
Some of us have been revising split digraphs, a-e as in cake, i-e as in nine, e-e as in even, u-e as in rule and cute, o-e as in rope.
Some of us have continued to learn the 10 different or spellings. We looked at al in walk, our in pour, oar in board, augh in taught and ough in thought.
Maths
We have been learning how to share amounts equally. We solved problems by making jottings on our whiteboard, for example- share 15 apples between 3 children, share 12 pens into 4 pots.
R.E.
We continued to learn through 'The Road to Emmaus'. We created some Jesus artwork and used the iPads to track the journey that we think Jesus went on from Jerusalem to Emmaus.
Science
We started our plants topic this week. We went on a spring walk around school and identified any plants that we could see.
Art
We sketched some amazing pictures of birds in preparation for our 'Making Birds' art topic.
Forest School
We discussed how to be safe around a fire. We made campfire doughnuts. We showed great teamwork, patience, co-operation and we also listened really well.They were delicious!
We also celebrated Earth Day which was on Monday of this week. We played our bee game again but this time we added in a waggle dance which is how the bees communicate with each other when they are looking for nectar.
We scattered some wildflower seeds because we know that they provide bees, butterflies and other pollinators with food. We also took a wild flower seed bomb home to see if we could grow some wild flowers at home.
We also picked up all the litter we could find in our nature area.
THANK YOU FOR SENDING BACK THE TRIP SLIPS.
SPORTS DAY - FRIDAY 3rd MAY AT 2.15pm
Year 2 Blog - Friday 19th April
Date: 19th Apr 2024 @ 5:05pm
Hope you all had a lovely Easter Break
Reading - Please try to read for 10 minutes every night.
Spellings – No spellings this week - assessment of key words.
Times Tables – A times tables sheet will be sent home every Wednesday/Thursday.
Counting - Practise counting your 5 times tables out loud.
Sumdog Challenges Maths – arrays
Sumdog Challenge Spellings – common exeption words
Sumdog Competition for Year 2 – punctuation
This week in Year 2
English
This week the children have finished their books about the Big Bad Owl and shared their stories with Reception and Year 1. We have started our new novel today called 'Dear Earth' by Isabel Clara Anganuzzi. The children made a prediction about what the story may be about using the front cover and illustrations.
Maths
This week the children have been learning about multiplication and using arrays.
RE
The children explored a map of Israel looking at the key places where Jesus travelled. We have started a new branch called ' to the ends of the Earth'. We looked at the scripture from Luke's Gospel about the resurrection and ascension.
Forest School
We played a game to help us to learn about bees. Some of us were flowers and some of us were the bees.
Reminders
Year 2 trip Thursday 25th April - please wear a warm waterproof coat and suitable footwear. School uniform on the top half and leggings, tracksuit bottoms or warm trousers.
Have a lovely weekend.
Reception Blog - Friday 19th April 2024
Date: 19th Apr 2024 @ 1:28pm
Phonics
This week Mrs Stone's group learnt the sounds or and ar. Mrs Robinson's group learnt the ur and ow sounds.
Drawing Club
This week we started our new topic about animals.
We have been reading the story of Tiddler. We thought about ways for Tiddler to escape from the net and how he can escape from a shark.
Maths
This week we have been learning the doubles of numbers 1 to 10.
R.E.
We revisited the events of Holy week. We then discussed Pentecost and Jesus promising the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Understanding the World
This week was very exciting. We came back and found our caterpillars in cocoons. Throughout the week we have seen two butterflies hatch from the cocoons. We talked about what they were doing. On Friday we opened the net for them to fly away.
We have also been on a mini beast hunt this week.
Physical Development
This week we started to practice for sports day. Date in newsletter - Thursday 2nd May.
Expressive Arts and Design
We made minibeasts out of clay and we have been using natural equipment to make our own minibeasts.
Forest School
We watched Mrs Corbett light a fire and then we cooked some popcorn!
What a fantastic first week back!
Year 5 Blog Friday 19th April 2024
Date: 19th Apr 2024 @ 12:52pm
Happy Friday and welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Look at different ways the author has started sentences. Which is your favourite? Write it down and bring it into school.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. They are some of the spellings you need to know by the end of Year 5.
twelfth rhyme rhythm explanation pronunciation convenience criticise interrupt guarantee committee community thorough
Practise every day using a range of strategies, for example:
Dot to dot
Look, cover, say, write, check
Trace, copy and replicate
Words without vowels
Pyramid words
Counting
Count out loud in:
20s from 0 to 400 and back again 0, 20, 40, …
25s from o to 500 and back again 0, 25, 50, …
9s from 0 to 108 and back again 0, 9, 18, …
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. Remember, you can now compete and have lots of fun on Times Tables Rockstars.
Sumdog
Maths Competition – boys v girls
Spelling Challenge
Times Tables Rockstars
Complete the session and take part in the different games. You are all doing so well so far!
Below are some links for the website and for a video for parents and carers.
Video for parents and carers about Times Tables Rockstars
Link for Times Tables Rockstars
It has been a great week back after the Easter holidays.
In English, we started our new class novel – Varjak Paw by S.F.Said. We are loving it! We have spent the week writing a non-chronological report all about Mesopotamian Blues which are the cats in the story. The purpose of our non-chronological reports is to teach the Year 4 children about the cats to help them understand the novel when they read it next year.
In maths we have been learning about factors and common factors.
The factors of 21 are 1, 21, 3, 7
The factors of 9 are 1, 9, 3
The common factors of 21 and 9 are 1 and 3.
In Art we started our new topic all about architecture. We are going to be looking at different architectural designs, making our own, and discussing if we think architects should fill the world with big and beautiful buildings or build more modest, eco friendly buildings.
We also started our new topic in PSHE. It is called: How can drugs common to everyday life affect health? We discussed drugs that are legal and illegal and spoke about different drugs which are used as medicines.
Have a happy weekend!
Well done for an amazing week this week!
Year 4 Blog Friday 19th April 2024
Date: 19th Apr 2024 @ 9:41am
Welcome to the first blog of the Summer term
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.
See if you can spot any determiners when you are reading. Determiners are words which come before a noun / an adjective and a noun.
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
invention action digestion creation calculation
direction completion expression confession admission
progression discussion possession procession permission
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 20’s (similar to your 2 times table but 10 times larger)
For example, start at 20 and count to 240 and back again
20 40 60 etc 240 220 200 etc
Now try counting in 25’s. Start at 25 and count to 350 and back again
25 50 75 etc 350 325 300 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge based on the words above
- A doubling / halving and related facts challenge
This week we have introduced TTRockstars. Please practise your tables on the app at home and play some different games so that you understand how to play them and what they entail. Next week, a challenge will be set.
In English, we learnt what a determiner is and how using different determiners can change the meaning of a sentence. We also learnt how to write noun phrases / expanded noun phrases. We will be trying to use this learning in a piece of descriptive writing next week.
In Maths, we revised the grid method of multiplication. We used known facts and our knowledge of multiplying by 10 and 100 to help us. In addition, we learnt how to halve whole and decimal numbers with both even and odd digits.
In RE, we started our new topic – New Life. We listened to a story and considered what made the main character feel unhappy and subsequently alive again. In addition, we decided what the character had learnt from the experience and any changes they would make. We also discussed a religious painting depicting Pentecost, focusing on the people, actions, symbols and colours.
In Computing, we finished our photo editing topic. We thought about the feelings and emotions we wanted to express in a picture, took a photograph in the school grounds, and then altered it digitally in an attempt to elicit these feelings.
In Geography, we shared what we already know about rainforests. Then we located the world’s rainforests. We discovered that they are near or on the equator.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 4 team
Year 3 Friday Blog 19th April 2024
Date: 19th Apr 2024 @ 8:20am
Welcome back to the Summer Term
It has been lovely to see everyone back from their Easter Holidays looking smart in their Summer uniforms!
Home Practice
Continue with the good regular reading practice at home. It has been lovely to see the children bringing in their own books to school and sharing them with their friends this week.
This week we have been learning how to use apostrophes for possession and how to use plural apostrophes. Your home spellings are all plural apostrophes.
boys' girls' kids' teachers' cats' children's men's mice's women's parents'
For your maths practice this week, we have set a challenge to practice the x3,x4 and x8 times tables. We have been very impressed in the improvement in speed and accuracy in your times tables over the year. Keep it up!
Practice your counting in 3, 4 and 8, forwards and back. This will help with understanding your times tables and help you to remember them. We've added your songs below.
There is also a short column addition and subtraction challenge to complete.
This week in Year 3
This week in Year 3 has been filled with exciting learning adventures!
In English, we finished our captivating journey through "Toro! Toro!" by Michael Morpurgo. We wrote some insightful book reviews that showcased our writing skills. Check out on our gallery where you can read some of our thoughts on the story!
In Maths, we delved into the fascinating world of lines, mastering the art of identifying parallel and perpendicular lines within 2D shapes. Plus, we revisited our trusty written column method, practising this important skill so we can add it to our mathematical toolkit.
Art took us on a dynamic exploration of moving pictures, igniting our creativity as we watched mesmerizing natural world videos for inspiration. Our artistry flourished as we honed our skills, ready to bring motion to our creations this half term.
In RE, we read the story of the Ascension of Jesus, delving into its significance and relevance with some thoughtful responses.
In History, our journey through ancient Egypt began with enthusiasm as we visited websites, and pooled our collective knowledge and curiosity to unearth the mysteries of this captivating civilization. Find your knowledge map below which cover some of the learning we will be meeting in the coming weeks.
In Computing, we have started our learning all about loops and how we can use these to write more efficient algorithms.
Have a super weekend
The Year 3 team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 19th April 2024
Date: 18th Apr 2024 @ 6:10pm
Welcome to the first blog of the Summer Term.
Home Practice
Phonics - a_e words, OR au words OR ay words.
Maths - Identifying odd and even numbers.
Counting - Count in 2s, 5s and 10s starting at different numbers, 12,22,32 and so on.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
English
This week we have been learning through the story of 'I Want My Hat Back' by Jon Klassen. The bear kept asking: "Have you seen my hat?" to all the characters!
We have had some interesting discussions about the book and written some great sentences.
We have learnt to use different conjunctions (such as 'and' and 'because') and focused on using adjectives to describe the characters and the hat.
Phonics
Some of us have been revising the split digraphs a-e as in cake, o-e as in mole and e-e as in concrete.
Some of us have been learning the different u spellings - u in sun, oo in wood and oul in could. We have also started to look at the different or spellings - aw in paw, au in haunt, oor in door and ore in more.
Maths
We have been learning how to halve shapes and amounts. We know that each part must be equal for it to be a half. We have found halves of amounts by sharing.
R.E.
Our new piece of scripture is 'The Road to Emmaus'. We role played the story and talked about how the men were feeling when they found out that they were in Jesus' presence.
P.E.
We have started to get ready for sports day. We practised running fast, jumping and rolling a ball to each other.
Science
We made our own rain gauges to measure how much rain is falling. We will check on them on Monday and use jugs to measure the volume.
Forest School
We played a game, some of us were bees and some of us were flowers. The bees had to collect the pollen from the flowers. We also discussed how the nectar attracts the bees to the flowers.
We also took part in a stone challenge. We showed excellent team-work and perseverance when trying to balance the stones on each other.
We also took part in some child-initiated learning which involved cooking with the blossom that has been blown off the trees, building dens and inventing our own games.
We also spotted changes in the nature area, bluebells have grown, there are leaves on the trees and it's a bit less muddy!
Year 6 Blog Friday 19th April 2024
Date: 18th Apr 2024 @ 3:38pm
A great first week back, well done Year 6.
Home Practice
Reading
Please read for up to 30 minutes every night, this will improve the speed at which you read and your understanding of the text. If you come across any new words that you don’t understand, ask an adult or look it up in the dictionary. Building up your vocabulary knowledge is really beneficial.
Spelling
Please practise these spellings (Y3/4 Word List) for your test on Friday A sheet will go home every Thursday/Friday with the spelling list on.
Spellings (19.04.24 – 26.04.24):
important learn
increase length
interest library
island material
knowledge medicine
Maths
Counting/Number Games
Have a go at working out the distances/counting with negative numbers!
Sumdog
You have a mixed times table/division facts challenge on Sumdog to complete by Thursday 26.04.24.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
If you would like to do a bit more work on your times tables, Hit the Button is a great game to play.
Follow this link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
We have just recently received passwords for Times Table Rock Stars which is another great way to practise your times tables.
Follow this link: https://ttrockstars.com/
Reminders
Cricket Festival Monday 29th April.
Bank Holiday Monday 6th May.
Year 6 Sports Day Friday 21st June.
In English, we wrote fantastic arguments for and against homework for children at Primary School. We gave our own good opinions and reasons for these.
In Maths, we worked on multiplying and dividing fractions.
In RE, we started the topic - Serving (this includes Pentecost). We listened to a story about a witness. Following this, we had mini-debates on the subject: Is it better not to be a witness or to be one?
In PE, we practised our cricket skills - we played mini games and put into practice some new skills we'd learnt.
In French, we completed our end of topic assessment. We demonstrated our listening, writing and reading skills linked to items of clothing/colour/description.
Year 6 Team.
Year 2 Thursday 28th March 2024
Date: 29th Mar 2024 @ 12:44pm
Welcome to your Easter Blog
Reading - try and read your school books every day over the holidays.
Thank you!
Year 5 Thursday 28th March 2024
Date: 28th Mar 2024 @ 4:32pm
Welcome to your Easter Blog
We have had a brilliant last week of the Spring Term
We retold some chapters of our novel in our own words and as characters from the story. Everyone has tried to improve their presentation this week, well done Year 5!
In maths we have been revisiting the formal written method for addition and subtraction. We have been working with 4 digit numbers and remembering our place holders.
In In Science we researched the planets in our solar system and created fact files for each planet.
In DT we completed our straw house designs. They all stood up on their own and resisted some rigorous testing!
In French we learned how to ask for help at the doctors and how to describe our condition. Tres bien!
Have a fantastic Easter break and keep up the regular home reading!
The Year 5 Team