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Date: 15th Jul 2021 @ 12:50pm
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Welcome to the final blog of the year!
First of all we'd thank you all so much for your amazing support throughout the year. We also wish to pass on our appreciation for your very generous gifts.
This week we have had a mini football tournament and a karaoke party in the marquee. We really enjoyed the final Golden Assembly altogther as a school for the first time this year.
It's been an amazing year of learning and also challenge. Your children have been a delight to teach and their amazing attitudes have made us smile daily.
Over the Summer...
Continue to read and access the home learning on our school website and Sumdog.
The Seesaw link on the reports will continue to work over the weekend and will be deactivated at 12noon on Monday.
If you wish to download any pictures you can by using the 3 dots icon in the bottom left of all posts and selecting the share or save option. Your child's account will continue next year in school and their learning posts will be shared through our school website.
We wish you a very happy and safe summer holiday and look forward to seeing everyone again in September.
Date: 12th Jul 2021 @ 7:59am
Reception really enjoyed their first trip to our local park. As part of our topic 'Journeys' - We made road maps, drew out our own journeys to school and spotted any local shops we could see along the way.
What a fabulous way to end our week.
Year 3 Home Practice 9th July 2021
Date: 10th Jul 2021 @ 6:31am
We have had another wonderful week in Year 3! Even though we are starting to get tired and are looking forward to the summer holidays, everybody is still working their socks off!
We have been doing some tricky dividing in Maths but have all done so well! We are getting near the end of Toro Toro now; it is very tense as the Spanish Civil War is happening in the part where we are up to.
We did some videos on Apple Clips on Friday. A group of us did our videos about being safe and kind to each other online – it is so important to behave in a nice, polite, and kind manner online, just as you would face to face.
We absolutely LOVED watching the Year 6 children in the marquee. They treated us to a viewing of their Year 6 performance – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We couldn’t stop smiling throughout.
Home Practice for 9th July – 16th July
The key to completing your home practice is to do a little bit every night.
Reading
Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read.
Times Tables
There will be no times tables test this week. We will continue to practise the Year 3 times tables in class – 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10. Some children are also starting to learn some of the Year 4 times tables too. Please keep practising your times tables on Hit the Button.
Sumdog
Times Tables Challenge: 9th July – 16th July
Year 3 Competition: 9th July – 16th July
Spellings
There will be no spelling test this week. We will be practising some of the Year 3 spellings in class.
Year 5 Home Practice Friday 9th July 2021
Date: 9th Jul 2021 @ 4:27pm
Year 5 Home Practice Friday 9th July 2021
A great week year 5, the highlight was Sports Day. What a great afternoon! You all did so well, make sure you have another look at yourselves on St Oswalds TV (You Tube). We enjoyed watching the Year 6 production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. That'll be you next year!! Have a fantastic weekend and enjoy the football.
Reading
Please read for at least twenty/thirty minutes every evening.
Remember to complete your ‘Reading Journal’ task. Colour/highlight the square to show you have done it. Complete one activity per week.
Maths
This week’s challenge on Sumdog is based on times tables and division facts.
Spelling
There will be no spellings next week.
Have a great weekend. Come on England!!!
Miss Gravili
Year 6 Home Practice - Friday 9th July 2021
Date: 9th Jul 2021 @ 4:11pm
Welcome to our penultimate Year 6 blog. This week has been very busy:
- We completed filming our Leavers music video. Please see our YouTube channel, St OswaldsTV, later on today, to see it.
- Year 6 had a fantastic time performing the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory production for the infants, juniors and parents. You can see this video on our YouTube channel too.
- We were very lucky with the weather for our Sports Day, where everyone worked hard and supported each other throughout. This video is also available to watch on our YouTube channel, posted on Monday 5th
- Furthermore, we have been started preparing for the Leavers assembly and discussing our time here over the past 7 years. We cannot wait to see the parents again next Wednesday 14th July at 1.30pm.
As next week is the last week, these are the tasks to be completed:
- Reading
- Finish your reading book from school as we are in the process of collecting them all.
Reminders
Monday 12th July is the Borwick Hall trip. Do not forget to check the kit list of what you need, but the main things are:
Old clothes to wear for most of the day (as they may get wet or dirty)
A spare pair of clothes (as you will probably get wet and need to change)
Sun cream (in case it is hot)
Water bottle
Any medication you need.
Cannot wait to see you all on Monday and don’t forget that IT’S COMING HOME this Sunday!
Year 4 HOME PRACTICE 9th July 2021
Date: 9th Jul 2021 @ 3:57pm
Year 4
Home Practice 9th July 2021
Another super week in Year 4! We made ‘stop motion’ videos in computing. First, we practised making a video and worked out how to make it more successful – making sure we kept the ipad still and our fingers were out of the way before we took the picture! We then made our final films and are extremely proud of what we have achieved. We also finished our World Ocean Day pictures using felt tips, plastic wallets and cut out shapes. Our finished artwork looks very effective and shows what the ocean should look like without pollution! In Maths, we continued to investigate equivalent fractions using fractions walls, ‘pizza’ pieces and Cuisenaire. In addition, we refined our mental and written division strategies. In Science, we used a sound box to compare different materials and how effectively they muffled sound. We also managed to squeeze in our Year 4 sports day on Wednesday afternoon – make sure you check out the video on the website!
Keep up the good work Year 4!
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Make sure you discuss the story and the characters. Find the meaning of any new words too. Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.
Times tables
There will be no times table test next week. We will however be practising our tables and division facts in school each day. Please use ‘Hit the button’ to practise your tables at home. The link is below:
Spellings
There will be no spelling test next week. We will however be practising the some of the Year 3/4 spellings each day in class.
Sumdog Challenges
You have been set 2 challenges on Sumdog:
- A maths challenge – multiplying and dividing, including multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100
- A multiplication facts competition
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
Year 2 Home Practice - 9th July 2021
Date: 9th Jul 2021 @ 3:45pm
Year 2 are having a brilliant final summer term. This week we managed to watch Year 6 take part in their final Sports Day. We made sure to cheer and clap for every race. In English we started our new story, Alice in Wonderland. The children wrote some very creative pieces and even managed to write their own adventure story. In Maths, the children started a tricky topic. We have been learning all about time. Keep practising to tell the time at home and have a go at the challenges set on Sumdog. We had a great time watching the Year 6 perform Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, they’ve clearly worked very hard and everyone gave a fantastic performance.
Please could we ask all children to bring in a bag for life for next week so that work books can be sent home. We also have another show and tell session on Friday so bring in your treasured possessions. We hope you all have a great time on Sunday…IT’S COMING HOME!
Reading
In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.
Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.
Reading resources:
Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Spelling
Next week’s spellings are all about words ending in -tion
A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz on Friday.
station
fiction
motion
nation
section
addition
subtraction
potion
option
introduction
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables
Maths – Time
Spelling Quiz – Words ending in -tion
Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.
Have a great weekend! COME ON ENGLAND!
The Year 2 team
Date: 9th Jul 2021 @ 12:39pm
Welcome to your weekly blog!
We have had a brilliant week of learning again!
We have continued with our writing about "Where the Wild Things Are". We described the island and we wrote about how to look after a Wild Thing. Some great ideas and discussions. We can tell everyone is trying hard to improve their writing.
We have been applying our maths skills and knowledge all week with our maths games. Super explaining everybody!
We watched some more sports days and were really impressed with how everyone took part.
On Thursday we had a real treat when we watched the Year 6 children perform Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We were blown away by their singing and acting. It was an amazing show! Look out for the video on our website.
We have enjoyed making cards for the members of staff who are leaving. Evryone took care with their pictures and shared some kind messages.
Please make sure all the reading books are in by Wednesday as we are collecting them in for the Summer break.
Well done to everyone who is continuing to practise their spelling and maths learning on Sumdog. The training features will ensure your children are practising skills they need to work on and this will help prepare them for the Year 2 curriculum.
This week your maths challenge will be on simple multiplication and your spellings are compund words we have met in class this week.
Next week, the children will spend a morning in Year 2 with their new teachers. Miss Bennison and Miss Gravili would like children to bring in their favourite book for an activity. Thanks!
Have a lovely weekend and we will see you all next week!
Year 5 Home Practice Friday 2nd July 2021
Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 4:11pm
Year 5 Home Practice Friday 2nd July 2021
Year 5 had so much fun participating in the ‘Tough Kidder’ event this afternoon. They sang, danced and got very wet! It was lovely to see them cheering the other classes on and helping out. Our RSE sessions went very well. The children were so sensible and grown-up, they asked good questions and enjoyed learning new things. In Science, they took part in a live lesson about planets and learnt about friction. It was really good to see real scientists at work.
Reading
Please read for at least twenty/thirty minutes every evening.
Remember to complete your ‘Reading Journal’ task. At the front of the journal there are activities for you to do using your current book or one you have just finished. Choose an activity, complete it in your journal (best presentation and handwriting!) and colour/highlight the square to show you have done it. Complete one activity per week.
Maths
This week’s challenge on Sumdog is based on converting between units of measure.
Spelling
Please learn these spellings for Friday (9.7.21): If you don’t know what a word means, look it up in a dictionary or ask an adult.
We are investigating silent letters.
participate stretched surprise climbing knock
knowledge hedges whistle different known
designed cupboard wrestling environment should
Have a lovely weekend Year 5.
Miss Gravili
Year 6 Home Practice - Friday 2nd July 2021
Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 3:56pm
Welcome to our Year 6 blog. This week we have continued to practice the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory production adding in movements, songs and a percussion team – it’s starting to come together; just one more week to wait! This Friday was a welcomed return of the PTFAs ‘Tough Kidder’. With amazing weather, the whole school had a great time, especially the Year 6s who managed to drench any nearby teachers with their water guns (see the pictures in our Year 6 gallery).
Our learning in Year 6 this week:
- In Maths, we have continued our learning of algebra by forming expressions using numbers and letters.
- In English (and PSHE), our Wonder novel has taken us to Jack’s perspective who has got himself into trouble with the headteacher. We then used the author’s clever writing style to act the scene.
- In PE, we have had our final practice for Sports Day and our class have divided into Sports Captain groups to help run each year’s Sports Day.
- In Music, we rehearsed the play, adding in the songs and a percussion team to accompany the production.
- For Science/PSHE/RSE, we learnt what happens physically, socially and emotionally as we grow into young adults.
These are the days when you can change your reading book:
Monday – Dodgems
Tuesday – Roller Coasters
Wednesday – Big Dippers / The Waltzers
These are the tasks to be completed:
- Reading – With only a few weeks left, please keep reading for a minimum of 30 minutes every day. Try to change your book, just one more time before we finish.
- Sumdog challenges:
- Mix times tables (200 correct answers needed):
- Keep practicing these! They will help you massively in Year 7.
Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 3:42pm
This week we have had our very first sports day. It was amazing, all the children took part and crossed over the finish line in each race! WELL DONE RECEPTION - Watch the video below for all the action!
We have been reading Rosie's Walk in literacy this week and we have had a go at writing the whole stroy by ourselves. In Maths, we have been learning about capcity. Thinking about full, half full and empty containers.
We have started to paint our clay models and we will hopefully bring them home next week when they are complete.
Year 3 Home Practice 2nd July 2021
Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 3:31pm
What an exciting and fun week in Year 3.
We had our Sports Day on Thursday, and on Friday was Tough Kidder. The best bit was definitely the slip and slide, everybody took part and had such a great time!
We have also been very creative this week, we have painted the clay that we made about the ocean and creatures that live in the sea.
We are still really enjoying our class novel Toro Toro. We have also been making up stories about what the teachers get up to in the summer holidays.
Home Practice for 2nd July – 9th July
The key to completing your home practice is to do a little bit every night.
Reading
Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read.
Times Tables
Please practise the 3x tables on Hit the Button. Play 3 games every night. See how much quicker you can get each night.
Sumdog
Times Tables Challenge: 2nd July – 9th July
Year 3 Competition: 2nd July – 9th July
Spellings
Your spellings this week have the prefix mis-. This creates words with negative meanings or the opposites of positive words.
misbehave
mislead
misspell
mistake
misplace
misread
mistrust
misunderstanding
Say the words out loud, find the meaning of the words, write them out in different coloured chunks that you will remember, and write them out each night.
Tests
You will be tested on your spellings and times tables on Thursday 8th July. Make sure you practise every night. Your times tables test will be the 3 times tables.
Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 12:44pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
We have had a super exciting week!
We started a new story called 'Where the Wild Things Are'. We looked hearing about their wild rumpus! We wrote our own stories using our own ideas.
Here is a link to the story.
In Maths we have been using what we know to solve problems. We have been playing games which test our number facts and our strategic play!
On Tuesday we had a great time at our sports day. Our positive attitude and determination shone out. The photos and the video are on our class page. We have also watched the Year 3 and Reception's sports day. We waved our French posters to encourage everyone.
We have been taking great care when painting our under the sea clay models. They look great! We will send them home on Monday.
We all had great fun taking part in the Tough Kidder event. Thank you for supporting this by sending in your sponsor money. The video will be on the Year class page this evening.
Next week we are looking forward to watching Year 6 perform Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
And finally, Next Monday we will send out your child's report. This year we have included a QR code which will link you to your child's school Seesaw. On this you will see lots of pictures and videos of all the learning we have done this year.
Scan the code using your Seesaw Family App (from lockdown) by clicking the icon in the top left and select +Add child's account. This will be available until the end of term (16th July).
Have a lovely weekend!
Year 2 Home Practice - 2nd July 2021
Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 12:35pm
Today the children took on the Tough Kidder challenge and they had a fantastic time. Everyone gave 110% and they certainly earned all your sponsorship money. On Monday, we took part in Year 2 Sports Day. Again, the children had a fabulous time with everyone giving it their all. Year 6 and Year 5 were there to cheers us on. You can see the pictures from Tough Kidder in the gallery section on the Year 2 page. The video for Sports Day is underneath this post and on the St Oswald’s YouTube page. A week of fantastic sporting achievements, well done Year 2!
Reading
In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.
Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.
Reading resources:
Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Spelling
Next week’s spellings are all about the /zh/ sound spelt s
A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz on Friday.
television
treasure
usual
measure
pleasure
decision
explosion
leisure
version
occasion
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables
Maths – Fractions
Spelling Quiz – /zh/ sound spelt s
Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.
We hope you have a great weekend in the sun.
The Year 2 team
Year 4 HOME PRACTICE 2nd July 2021
Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 11:39am
Year 4
Home Practice 2nd July 2021
Another fabulous week in Year 4! We have painted and ‘glossed’ our clay sculptures - they look absolutely brilliant. In History, we completed a passport as if we were an Angle, Jute or Saxon and had arrived from either Denmark or Germany. We chose a name and occupation and described why we had come to England. In English, we continued reading Bill’s New Frock. We acted out part of a chapter, looked at the features of a playscript and then wrote our own script. In Maths, we investigated equivalent fractions creating our own fraction wall out of strips of paper. We also enjoyed watching Year 3’s sports day and experimenting with our ‘string telephones’ in Science.
Keep up the good work Year 4!
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Make sure you discuss the story and the characters. Find the meaning of any new words too. Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.
Times tables
You have been given your own individual times table target. Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next week, on Wednesday (7th July 2021). Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?
You can also practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’. Select the times tables or division button and then the table that you want to practise. This is an excellent way to practise your tables. Either type in ‘hit the button’ (the game is on Top Marks) or use the link below:
Spellings
The spellings this week all have the prefix ‘sub’ or ‘auto’. A prefix is a group of letters that are added to the beginning of a word, and change the meaning or make a new word. ‘Sub’ means under or below and ‘auto’ means self controlled or about yourself (eg autobiography). The spellings are on Sumdog this week and they will be tested next Thursday (8th July 2021).
automatic autograph autocue autopilot autobiography
automobile automatically submarine subway submerge
submit subdivide subheading subordinate
Sumdog Challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A spelling challenge based on the spellings above
- A maths challenge to help with our understanding of equivalent fractions
- A division facts competition
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
Date: 29th Jun 2021 @ 6:55pm
Today it was our Year 1 Sports day. Everyone had a great time and took part in every race with a huge smile. Enjoy watching everyone giving it their all in our video below. Amazing effort everyone!
HOME PRACTICE Year 4 25th June 2021
Date: 25th Jun 2021 @ 4:29pm
Year 4
Home Practice 25th June 2021
Another busy week in Year 4! The whole school took part in World Music Day outside - it was great fun and we all played a musical instrument as we sang ‘Celebrate’. In addition, as a cross curricular activity, we made our own musical instruments. We planned and designed our instruments, played them and then evaluated them to consider what we were most proud of and what we would change if we were to make them again. This developed our design and technology learning as well as our Science learning about ‘sound’. On Wednesday, we had a ‘Mindfulness’ session during which we learnt some techniques for relaxing and breathing when we are feeling anxious, happy, excited or even angry. We also had a Zoom chat with an audiologist on Friday morning which was very interesting and helped us understand more about ‘sound’ and how we hear!
Please bring in a ‘string telephone’ next Thursday for our Science lesson. You were given an instruction sheet on Friday 25th June 2021.
Keep up the good work Year 4!
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Make sure you discuss the story and the characters. Find the meaning of any new words too. Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.
Times tables
You have been given your own individual times table target. Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next week, on Wednesday (30th June 2021). Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?
You can also practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’. Select the times tables or division button and then the table that you want to practise. This is an excellent way to practise your tables. Either type in ‘hit the button’ (the game is on Top Marks) or use the link below:
Spellings
The spellings this week all have the prefix ‘in’ or ‘ir’. A prefix is a group of letters that are added to the beginning of a word, and change the meaning or make a new word. ‘In’ and ‘ir’ both mean not. Therefore, when they are added to the beginning of a word, they form words with the opposite meaning. For example illegal means not legal and impatient means not patient. The spellings are on Sumdog this week.
inaccurate incomplete inactive incorrect inconvenient
inexpensive inefficient inedible irregular irresponsible
irrelevant irreversible irresistible irrational irreplaceable
Sumdog Challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A spelling challenge based on the spellings above
- A maths challenge adding and subtracting
- A maths challenge multiplying and dividing mentally
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
Year 5 Home Practice Friday 25th June 2021
Date: 25th Jun 2021 @ 4:22pm
Year 5 Home Practice Friday 25th June 2021
Year 5 have worked extremely hard this week and proved what great learners they are. I was so impressed with how resilient and positive they were whilst doing their end of year tests, well done Year 5!! World Music Day was a success, the children sang and played the glocks really well and it was lovely to be out on the field with the rest of the school. On Tuesday, we enjoyed a mindfulness workshop with Miss Rebecca. The children were very mature when taking part in the meditation activity and designed and coloured some fabulous leaves. We painted the ocean-themed pottery and they look amazing, despite one or two pieces falling off! In Maths, the children have continued working on written methods of division. Mrs wilson has been helping Year 5 prepare for their First Holy Communion, everyone is looking forward to their special day tomorrow.
Reading
Please read for at least twenty/thirty minutes every day. Talk about what you have read with an adult. Discuss the story, characters and any new vocabulary you come across.
You may change your book any day.
Remember to complete one Reading Journal task each week.
Spelling
This week we are investigating words with hyphens. Please learn these spellings for Friday (02.07.21). If you don’t know what a word means ask an adult or look it up in a dictionary.
co-operate re-enter ex-convict re-form pre-war
co-ordinate re-elect re-cover re-bound sub-aquatic
co-own re-educate mid-Atlantic anti-aircraft semi-conscious
Sumdog Challenges
Maths - Identifying Multiples and Factors.
Have a lovely weekend Year 5. Miss Gravili
Year 6 Home Practice - Friday 25th June 2021
Date: 25th Jun 2021 @ 3:51pm
Welcome to our Year 6 blog. This week Year 6 have worked incredibly hard during the rehearsals for the Charlie and the Chocolate factory production with plenty of excellent acting. Roll on next week where we will be adding in the songs and creating dances – very exciting!
Our learning in Year 6 this week:
- In Maths, we have started to understand how algebra is used to represent number sequences and formulas.
- In English (and PSHE), we have continued to read/watch our novel Wonder and learnt more about the many characters in the story. We have discussed and written what it was like for Auggie on his first day at school.
- In PE, we have completed the Cross County competition, using the whole school grounds. Even though it was tough for many, everyone pushed themselves to complete it.
- In Music, we had a super time gathering together (socially distanced of course) on the field to celebrate World Music Day as a school. Check out the video which is on our St Oswald’s YouTube channel.
- In French, we have been recapping our learning over the term and practicing a French song for the Leavers’ assembly.
- For Science, we used the periscopes created at home to investigate how they work and drew a ray diagram to explain it.
- Also, Year 6 had a visit from Miss Rebecca who gave us a Mindfulness session to help us understand our feelings better and how to deal with them, especially when we think about our first day at high school. Don’t forget R.A.P = recognise, accept, process. Thank you Miss Rebecca!
These are the days when you can change your reading book:
Monday – Dodgems
Tuesday – Roller Coasters
Wednesday – Big Dippers / The Waltzers
These are the tasks to be completed:
- Reading – With only a few weeks left, please keep reading for a minimum of 30 minutes every day. Try to change your book 2 more times before we finish.
- Sumdog challenges:
- Mix of all times tables (200 correct answers needed):
- This will be great to continue to know these times tables fluently.
- Spellings (45 correct answers needed):
- Recap of spellings words – part 1
(rhythm, system, physical, symbol, mystery, overtake, overwhelmed, overseas, overcoat, overcrowded, cycling, justify, qualify, recycle, apply)
Year 2 Home Practice - 25th June 2021
Date: 25th Jun 2021 @ 3:41pm
PLEASE COULD ALL CHILDREN REMEMBER TO BRING PE KITS FOR MONDAY. WE WILL BE TAKING PART IN SPORTS DAY IN THE AFTERNOON.
Many thanks!
We have had a super week of learning in Year 2. We had a wonderful meditation session from Miss Rebecca where we relaxed our bodies and minds. Mrs Winter helped us put on a fabulous performance for World Music Day and we had a fantastic whole school celebration. Our video is in the class gallery, please take a look on our Year 2 page. We have had a great week in PE. We have practised our events for Sports Day on Monday and we took part in a cross country race around school. We all pushed ourselves and it was a brilliant effort from everyone. In Maths, we have learnt all about fractions. We now know how to find a half and quarter of a number. We also managed to study an artist called Georgia O'Keeffe. We loved the way she zoomed in on flowers and we managed to replicate her style using watercolour paint. What an amazing week from Year 2.
Reading
In Year 2 we aim to read for a minimum of 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an older sibling or adult to help deepen your knowledge.
Reading books are changed every Monday so please remember to bring in your book bag.
Reading resources:
Here is a useful link for questioning your child while they are reading - VIPERS
Spelling
Next week’s spellings are all about the prefix un- and dis-.
A spelling list will be sent out on a Monday with book bags and the spelling list will be available to practise on Sumdog. Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz on Friday.
unhappy
unlucky
unseen
unusual
unwell
dislike
disagree
dishonest
distrust
disown
Sumdog Challenges
Multiplication – x2, x5 x10 and x 3 tables
Maths – Fractions
Spelling Quiz – Prefix dis- and un-
Please practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
The Year 2 team
Year 3 Home Practice 25th June 2021
Date: 25th Jun 2021 @ 3:31pm
We have had a very busy week in Year 3.
We celebrated World Ocean Day on Tuesday by doing some painting of the sea and creatures that live in it.
We did our first ever cross country competition in PE, it was so fun to use the beautiful school grounds. Everybody tried so hard and had a really good go at running.
We have been practising our times tables in Maths, and also looking at right angles in shapes and roman numerals on clocks.
We are still loving our novel Toro Toro. On Friday we wrote poems about bullfighting, the poems are amazing!
Home Practice for 25th June – 2nd July
The key to completing your home practice is to do a little bit every night.
Reading
Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes. Talk about what you have read.
Times Tables
Please keep practising the 4x tables on Hit the Button. Play 3 games every night. See how much quicker you can get each night.
Sumdog
Times Tables Challenge: 25th June – 2nd July
Year 3 Competition: 25th June – 2nd July
Spellings
This week, I would like you to keep practising the spellings from last week.
They all have the prefix dis-. This is used to find the opposite of words and means does not, e.g. disobey means does not obey.
disappoint
disagree
disobey
disable
dislike
disappear
disadvantage
disapprove
dishonest
disallow
Say the words out loud, find the meaning of the words, write them out in different coloured chunks that you will remember, and write them out each night.
Tests
You will be tested on your spellings and times tables on Thursday 1st July. Make sure you practise every night. Your times tables test will be the 4 times tables.
Date: 25th Jun 2021 @ 12:45pm
We have had a busy week this week in Reception, starting with our performance for World Music Day. Then we had a mindfulness session, where we learnt different animal breathing techniques and created our own leaves.
We have written lists about different animals from our story, Hattie Peck and we have written about what animal we would be. From this we have started to investigate different bird feathers, sorting them by size and pattern. We have had some peacock feathers in class, so we sketched them too. We also got to decorate our own eggs!
In RE we have started our new topic of our wonderful world and we went for a walk around our school to see what we could, see. hear, smell and touch.
We have looked at the country France and we built our own Eiffel Towers and decorated our own flags.
We have also had another sports day practice, fingers crossed the weather is much better next week!
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Year 1 Home Practice Friday 25th June 2021
Date: 23rd Jun 2021 @ 2:27pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
We have missed everyone who has not been able to be in school this week but look forward to being back together next week.
This week we further explored the story of The Enormous Crocodile and we did some great writing. We have been taking great care with our handwriting so that our writing looks beautiful on the page. We have also recorded our own version of the story which we will post next week.
In Maths we have been using our number facts to solve challenges.
On Monday it was World Music Day. Everyone in the whole school went out on to the field to play their instruments and sing the celebration song. Watch the video by clicking on the link in our class page. The energy was amazing!
On Tuesday we had a Mindfulness Workshop with Miss Rebecca. We learned about different breathing techniques. Miss Rebecca was really impressed with our listening.
We have been shopping in French with Mrs Quilliam and playing instruments with Mrs Winter.
On Friday we dug up our potatoes and washed them to take home. We hope you enjoy your tea tonight!
Please keep reading every single day and keep having a go at the Sumdog challenges.
Next week we will have our Sports day and post the video to our website.
Have a lovely weekend
From the Year 1 Team
Date: 21st Jun 2021 @ 10:13pm
One of Roald Dahl's masterpieces, Year 1 are currently learning from The Enormous Crocodile. Find the story below and some video clips and read-a-longs.
Year 6 Home Practice - Friday 18th June 2021
Date: 18th Jun 2021 @ 4:43pm
Welcome to another Year 6 blog. This week Year 6 have continued doing a great job buddying for the infants, creating their own games which have worked really well. Also this week, we have all been excited to take part in auditions for the Charlie and the Chocolate factory production and have read through the script a few times.
Our learning in Year 6 this week:
- In Maths, we have been learning how to work out factors and prime numbers.
- In English (and PSHE), we have started a new novel, Wonder, which links to our transition programme for high school, where a young boy looking to fit in starts a new school.
- In PE, we have learnt more about the Sports Captain roles for each year’s Sports Day and had another practice to finalise groups.
- In Music, we are all ready for the World Music Day celebration as Year 6 will play the African drums at our festival.
- In French, we used an unfamiliar passage to work out what it meant. We held a conversation with a partner all about ourselves.
- For Science, we have started a short topic on ‘Light’ by proving that light travels in straight lines, explained what caused shadows and drew ray diagrams to show how we see objects.
- In Art, we were lucky enough to have Mr Hill, who is an experienced artist specialising in pottery. The children have created some amazing things which you can see on our Year 6 gallery page.
These are the days when you can change your reading book:
Monday – Dodgems
Tuesday – Roller Coasters
Wednesday – Big Dippers / The Waltzers
These are the tasks to be completed:
- You have been given a template to create a periscope. Follow the instructions on the sheet to make one (with a cereal box) and bring it into school by Wednesday 23rd
- Reading – With only a few week left, please keep reading for a minimum of 30 minutes every day. Try to change your book 2 – 3 more times before we finish.
- Sumdog challenges:
- Mix of all times tables (100 correct answers needed):
- This will be great to continue to know these times tables fluently.
- Multiples and Factors (100 correct answers needed for this week):
- Work through these carefully as some will be represented as various pictures. The adding and subtracting should be with the same denominator but it is very good practise for next week.
- Spellings (45 correct answers needed):
- Spellings with pattern, ce
(alphabet, apostrophe, autobiography, dolphin, elephant, graph, nephew, phone, photograph, physical, sphere, telephone, triumphant, pharmacist, catastrophe)