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Date: 25th Sep 2020 @ 4:04pm
We have had a wonderful week learning all about Elmer. We have spoken about all the things that make us special and learning it is ok to be different. We have made our own patterns and experimented with colour mixing.
We have began to learn our phonics sounds - s, a, t and our humpty words too!
It was very tricky to choose our superstars this week for golden assesmbly because everyone is trying so hard all the time. But have a look at the picture to find out who has been spotted.
The home challenge this week is to go on an Autumn walk and find lots of treasures to share with us next week :)
Home Practice Friday 25th September 2020
Date: 24th Sep 2020 @ 5:23pm
Year 4
Home Practice 25th September 2020
Another busy week in Year 4 – we’ve nearly worked our socks off!
In English we read ‘How the Tortoise became’ and created our own blurb and book cover for the story. In Maths we have been rounding numbers to 10, 100 and 1000 and using symbols to compare numbers. In French, we read and wrote classroom instructions and learnt more about the Tour de France - we know the winner this year was Pogacar. Friday was European Sports Day and we learnt how to play handball! Well done Year 4.
This week's Home Practice can be found below. The purpose of Home Practice is to ensure the basic skills of reading, spelling and number are practised on a regular basis at home - the tasks consolidate classroom learning. Practising these skills little and often will ensure firm foundations for learning throughout the year.
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 Thursday (1st October 2020). Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?
Spellings
The spellings this week explore different letter patterns for the same ‘ei’ sound. Please practise your spellings each evening at home. You will be tested on them next Thursday (1st October 2020). We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.
prey wait bait afraid grey
eight weight sleigh neighbour freight
paint eighteen eighty reign vein
Sumdog Challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A multiplication challenge (Related facts for x3 x4 and x8)
- A maths challenge (Rounding and place value to 10 000)
- A spelling challenge (based on the sound ‘ei’ spelt different ways)
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
Year 3 Home Practice 25th September 2020
Date: 24th Sep 2020 @ 4:51pm
Another amazing week in Year 3. 
We went outside and had our first ‘Time To Talk’ where we discussed how to be a good friend. Throughout the week we have really worked well together and have been great friends to each other. We read some more of the Twits and wrote news reports about a mysterious sighting in the sky (Mrs Twit attached to balloons). We used clues to find out what life was like in the Stone Age and sorted and compared different rocks in Science. You can see some pictures of this in the galleries. In Maths we have been using number lines to round to the nearest 10 and used equipment to make and compare numbers up to 1000. Mrs Quilliam is proud of Year 3 for their first attempt at using a French dictionary.
I am already looking forward to another great week next week!
Home Practice for 25th September – 2nd October
- Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes.
- Practise the x2 tables – listen to this song every night. Sing along and dance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGWMPqh04o4&safe=active
- Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
Number Challenge: 25th September – 2nd October – target 100 questions.
x2 tables: 25th September – 2nd October – target 50 questions.
Grammar Challenge: 25th September – 2nd October – target 50 questions.
- Spellings:
age, huge, change, charge, bulge, village, range, orange, hinge, stage
Write out the spellings and stick them up somewhere you will see them every day. Use look, cover, write, check to practise your spellings.
Year 1 Home Practice 25th September 2020
Date: 24th Sep 2020 @ 4:38pm
Year 1 Home Practice 25th September 2020
This week we have started our new story, Percy the Park Keeper, After the Storm. The children designed some animal homes, wrote some super sentences and even received a letter from Percy himself.
On Friday we participated in European sports Day, learning how to play Handball. We had an experiment in Science, looking at our hands and feet and in French we’ve been counting and learning new greetings.
For your home practice this week, we have set three Sumdog challenges in Reading, Spelling and Maths. Have a go and answer as many as you can. Practise of these skills is the key to making progress so keep up your fantastic efforts.
Read for 10 minutes every night. If you have read all your books, have a look at Oxford Owl on our class page (Home learning button). We will change the books on Fridays so please remember to send them in.
Keep a look out for new galleries on the Year 1 class page. All the children have settled in brilliantly and have shown great attitudes to all their learning this week.
Reminders
Please check that all items of clothing have names on them so we don’t misplace any items.
Thank you for your continued support,
The Year 1 team
Year 2 Home Practice - 25th September 2020
Date: 24th Sep 2020 @ 4:25pm
We have had a fantastic week in Year 2. In English we have been basing all our writing around the novel Flat Stanley. In Maths we continue to focus on number and place value. In Geograpghy we have explored hot and cold countries as well as looking at specific climates. In French this week the children have learnt how to say greetings as well as their numbers to 20. We have really enjoyed European Sport Day today and have learnt key skills in Handball.
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.
Reading resources:
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - https://www.literacyshedblog.com/uploads/1/2/5/7/12572836/ks1_reading_vipers.pdf
Spelling
This week we have been learning how to spell words with the ‘ai’ sound.
Please complete practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.
This week’s spellings are:
away
tray
brain
bake
snake
eight
they
any
because
Maths
This week we will be looking at place value and number. We have learnt all the numbers in word form to 20. Please have a go at using the resources and work set on Sumdog.
Sumdog
Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x10 tables
Maths - Place Value
Grammar – Verbs
Spellings - /ay/ and /ai/ a_e words
Year 6 Home Practice - 25th September 2020
Date: 24th Sep 2020 @ 2:54pm
Nearly one month has passed in Year 6 and you have all done extremely well. You are now organising yourselves efficiently with handwashing, the morning tasks and working on your individual targets. The past week we have introduced new Home Reading books and to clarify, these are the days each reading group will change their books:
Monday – Roller Coasters
Tuesday – Big Dippers
Wednesday – The Waltzers
We have had an amazing response with 100% of you changing your books this week. Remember, as always, read 20 minutes every day.
Our learning in Year 6 this week:
- Our place value knowledge has widened as we have ordered, compared, identified, rounded, added and subtracted numbers up to three decimal places.
- Using our novel, ‘Clockwork’, we have improved our reading skill of retrieval and learnt how to describe scenes using exciting vocabulary.
- In Geography, we located the three peaks of the UK (Ben Nevis, Snowdon, Scafell Pike) and compared Ordinance Survey maps to Google maps to help us figure out the best route up Scafell Pike.
- For RE, our topic of ‘Unconditional Love’ continued with the ‘Prodigal Son’ story where the children animated one of the scenes to show their understanding of how the story relates to our lives today.
- In Art, we have used the Apple version of PowerPoint, Keynote, to create some self-portrait art. Check out some of the pictures in our Year 6 gallery.
- In French, we have been practicing our numbers to 100 and learning how to say the different family names.
Home Practice all relates to this week’s learning. These are the tasks needed to be completed:
- Reading – you have all chosen your second Home Reading book for Year 6 this week so reading every night for 20 minutes is essential. You still have your new Reading Journal so any opinions, thoughts, discussions or vocabulary you come across, write them in there. We can then discuss these when you bring it into school.
- Spellings (-ious and ous words) which will be looked in detail from Monday:
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- cautious, various, vicious, precious, conscious, conscientious, gracious, suspicious, perilous, hazardous, marvellous, adventurous, dangerous, glamourous, famous
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- Sumdog challenges:
- Decimal Place Value
- SPAG – More Amazing Adjectives!
- Spellings (-ious words)
- I suggest writing these out first three times, then play the games. We will look at these spellings in more detail from Monday so the spelling of these words will be easier after we have investigated them.
Year 5 Home Practice 25th September 2020
Date: 23rd Sep 2020 @ 10:19am
Another great week in Year 5, well done to everyone for working so hard in all subjects. Your stories are great and the concertina books will look so good when they are finished. European Sports Day was fun and you did so well playing Handball. Mrs Quilliam was very pleased with the work you did on L'alphabet francais and I loved reading your poems about being unique (RE). It’s super to see that you have enjoyed doing your first Home Practice on Sumdog. Excellent effort with your reading and spelling too. Keep up the good work!
Year 5 Home Practice Friday 25th September 2020
Reading
Please read for at least twenty/thirty minutes every evening. Talk about what you have read with an adult. Discuss the story, characters and any new vocabulary you come across. Write new vocabulary in your reading diary and include comments about the story. Please sign to say you have read the book.
Maths
This week’s challenge on Sumdog is based adding and subtracting within 100 and times tables.
Spelling
This week's challenge on Sumdog is linked to the same spelling rule (spellings could be different from the ones below). If you don’t know what a word means, look it up in a dictionary or ask an adult. Please learn these spellings for next Friday (2.10.20):
The rule is i before e except after c (there are some exceptions to the rule!).
field their weigh sleigh lied
weird shield neither beige wield
friend pierce fierce view spied
Spelling, Punctuation And Grammar (SPAG)
This week’s challenge on Sumdog (grammar section) is based on sentence punctuation and adverbs.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Gravili
Date: 18th Sep 2020 @ 4:52pm
Date: 18th Sep 2020 @ 4:51pm
Date: 18th Sep 2020 @ 4:51pm
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Date: 18th Sep 2020 @ 4:49pm
Date: 18th Sep 2020 @ 4:47pm
Date: 18th Sep 2020 @ 4:45pm
Date: 18th Sep 2020 @ 4:10pm
We have completed our first full week in school!
We would like to say a huge WELL DONE to all of the Reception children for really trying their best, every single day. They have all been amazing and we can't wait for next week already :)
We had a lovely Golden Assembly this morning with Mrs Wood and would like to share our Golden Stars of the week! Have a look in the picture below :)
Year 3 Home Practice 18th September 2020
Date: 17th Sep 2020 @ 4:03pm
Happy Friday.
We have had a fantastic week in Year 3. We started reading the Twits this week and showed our cheeky side by coming up with our own prank ideas. We enjoyed some outdoor learning in the sunshine and loved painting Mr Twit’s beard. We have been trying really hard with our times tables and have been doing lots and lots of counting. We have been focussing on listening and following instructions so that we are always ready to learn J
Year 3 Home Practice
Year 3 home practice will be uploaded onto the school website every Friday. You will be tested every Thursday on the spellings and times tables.
The purpose of home learning is to practise the essential skills needed in reading, writing and maths.
Home Practice for 18th September – 25th September
- Read to somebody at home every night for 20 minutes. Reading with an adult and discussing your reading will help you to become fluent, expressive and independent.
- Practise the x2 tables – ask somebody at home to call out 10 questions each night in order and 10 questions each night mixed up. Hopefully by the end of the week you will be quick and won’t have to count on.
- Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
Number Challenge - 18th September- 25th September – target 50 questions.
Grammar Challenge: 18th September- 25th September – target 50 questions.
Spelling Challenge: 18th September- 25th September – target 50 questions.
- Spellings:
badge, edge, bridge, dodge, fudge, ridge, smudge, judge, wedge, lodge
Write out the spellings and stick them up somewhere you will see them every day. Practise splitting them up into chunks you can remember and writing them out in different colours each night e.g. badge, edge
Have a lovely weekend
Year 2 Home Practice - 18th September 2020
Date: 17th Sep 2020 @ 1:20pm
We have had a fantastic week in Year 2. In English we have been basing all our writing around the novel Burglar Bill. In Maths we have focused on number and place value. We have also enjoyed using outdoor areas to carry out science investigations. We love staying active and healthy in Year 2 so we have been completing the Daily Mile every day.
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.
Reading resources:
Resources for questioning your child while they are reading - https://www.literacyshedblog.com/uploads/1/2/5/7/12572836/ks1_reading_vipers.pdf
Spelling
This week we have been learning how to spell words with the ‘ee’ sound.
Please complete practise these spellings ready for your quiz every Friday.
This week’s spellings are:
sweep
asleep
steal
leap
thief
chief
monkey
honey
after
again
Maths
This week we will be looking at place value and number. Please have a go at using the resources and work set on Sumdog. Try to spot some numbers around your house or while on a walk. Talk to your parent or older sibling about them. Can you partition the number into tens and ones?
Sumdog
Sumdog can be played from home, as well as in the classroom. To log in from home, students use the same details as they do in class.
Log in at www.sumdog.com
Additionally, students can access Sumdog via the app, which are free to download and play. In both cases, they'll need an internet connection.
Sumdog challenges
Multiplication – x10 tables
Grammar – Capital letters
Spellings - /ee/ and /ea/ words
Year 4 Home Practice 18th September 2020
Date: 16th Sep 2020 @ 8:09pm
We have had another fantastic week in Year 4! Here are just a few snippets of what we have been learning.
In English we have read ‘How the Fox Came to be Where it is’ and ‘How the Polar Bear Became’ – our writing has been based on these 2 stories. We especially enjoyed learning about the clever but cunning fox and how he outwitted other animals! In Maths we have revised place value and been using Base 10 and numerical counters to help when adding and subtracting 1, 10, 100 and 1000. In addition, we have been revising rounding numbers to 10. We have continued our RE topic of Families and learnt more about Jesus’ human family and his descendants. We have also been learning how to insert, rotate, re-colour and re-size shapes using Publisher. What a busy week Year 4 – well done!
Home Practice 18th September 2020
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Make sure you understand what you are reading and find out the meaning of any new words. Someone at home could ask you some questions about what you have read and you could tell them what has happened so far in the story.
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 Thursday (24th September 2020). Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?
Spellings
The spelling rule this week is the ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ey’. Please practise your spellings each evening at home. You will be tested on them next Thursday (24th September 2020). We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you can always use ‘Look say cover write check’. Your spellings are:
key honey money phoney donkey
monkey turkey hockey barley baloney
abbey dopey alley trolley chimney
Sumdog Challenges
You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:
- A multiplication challenge (x2 x3 x4 x5 x10)
- A maths challenge (Counting in 10’s 100’s and 1000’s)
- A spelling challenge (based on the spelling rule the ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ey’)
Please make sure you log on and have a go!
Have a lovely weekend Year 4 - see you all next week.
Online Content - 10 tips to keep your children safe online
Date: 16th Sep 2020 @ 6:22pm
Monitor-Talk-Report
"In light of recent distressing content circulating on several popular social media platforms, we're reminding parents how important it is to monitor, support and talk to children about their online activities." - National Online Safety
Here are some top tips from National Online Safety on keeping children safe online when viewing content online.
Year 5 Home Practice 18th September 2020
Date: 16th Sep 2020 @ 5:15pm
Year 5 Home Practice 18th September 2020
Year 5 have settled back to school brilliantly and have learnt all the new rules and routines so quickly, well done everyone! We have enjoyed reading our class novel, Street Child and story, The Hole. I'm very impressed with the excellent work the children have produced. There is a big focus on times tables, place value and number facts in maths. Our history topic - The Victorians is very interesting. Keep up your positive attitude and hard work whilst doing your home practice year 5.
Reading
Please read for at least twenty/thirty minutes every evening. Talk about what you have read with an adult. Discuss the story, characters and any new vocabulary you come across. Write new vocabulary in your reading diary and include comments about the story.
Maths
This week’s challenge on Sumdog is based on place value, rounding to the nearest 10/100 and times tables.
Spellings
There will be new spellings to learn each week on a Friday and a Sumdog spelling challenge linked to the spelling rule (spellings could be different from the ones below). The children will be tested on those spellings the following Friday. If you don’t know what a word means, look it up in a dictionary or ask an adult. Please learn these spellings for next Friday (25.9.20):
The rule is i before e except after c (there are some exceptions to the rule!).
chief niece piece seize receipt
thief priest belief relief ceiling
grief mischief deceive fiend relieved
Spelling, Punctuation And Grammar (SPAG)
This week's challenge on Sumdog (grammar) is based on basic punctuation and adjectives.
Year 6 Home Practice - 18th September 2020
Date: 16th Sep 2020 @ 4:39pm
Well done to everyone for completing the first few weeks of year 6. You have all been exceptional in transitioning into the routines and getting used to the expectations of this new year.
This week in Year 6:
- We have improved our place value knowledge in Maths through comparing and rounding numbers to ten million.
- In English we are reading ‘Clockwork’ by Phillip Pullman where we have investigated how to develop the story through dialogue.
- In Geography, we have begun our new topic Mountains, searching atlases and maps to see where the highest mountains are.
- For RE, we have also begun our first topic of ‘Love’ and how God’s unconditional love can affect our lives.
- In PE, invasion games is our theme for the next 5 weeks, focusing on improving our throwing and catching skills and starting to develop advanced tactics to give an advantage for the attacking team.
- In Music, we have been enjoying our new instruments, the Boomwhackers.
Home Practice all relates to this week’s learning. These are the tasks needed to be completed:
- Reading – you have chosen your first Home Reading book for Year 6 so reading every night for 20 minutes is essential. You also have your new Reading Journal so any opinions, thoughts, discussions or vocabulary you come across, write them in there.
- Spellings (ly words) which will be looked in detail from Monday - test is on Friday:
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- really, hardly, happily, finally, suddenly, angrily, safely, truly, carefully, frantically, slowly, rapidly, reluctantly, energetically, swiftly
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- Spellings (ly words) which will be looked in detail from Monday - test is on Friday:
- Sumdog challenges:
- Times Tables (x4 / x8)
- SPAG – adjectives
- Spellings (ly words)
Year 1 Home Practice - 18th September 2020
Date: 15th Sep 2020 @ 8:17pm
Year 1 Home Practice 18th September 2020
This week we have had a fantastic week of learning. Everyone has really enjoyed our Large family stories and created some super pieces of work in our families topic in RE. We have had some busy afternoons in our outdoor area and been very active in our PE sessions, learning new skills and games.
We have given out new reading books this week for you to read at home. Make sure you are reading for at least 10 minutes every night. You can also access a huge range of e-books on Oxford Owl in the home learning button on our class page. These books will be changed on Fridays but for this week we will have an additional change on Monday, so send in your books.
This week we have been learning how to count in lots of ways, looked at numbers to 100 and learned the ow and oa sounds. We have set a few challenges on Sumdog to practise this learning. Have a go on all of these. We have given out passwords today and all the children have had a go to familiarise themselves with the platform. The games can be accessed through the website www.sumdog.com or through the app (available on the App store)
Try not to help your child too much as this will mean they get questions that may be too tricky for them.
Keep checking our class page on our new website for galleries and news from Year 1.
Reminder - Send in PE kits every Monday and make sure your child has a water bottle, especially during this warm weather.
Date: 25th Aug 2020 @ 12:55pm
Online safety at home
Over the last few months many schools across the UK closed to most families. This page has been created to provide you with the support and resources to help learn about online safety at home with your child.
Click the link below to access resources to help promote online safety at home
