Happy Friday everyone!

This week the children have worked extremely hard in all their subjects, they enjoyed watching the short musical video of ‘The elephants in the custard’.

In English, the children wrote about an exciting event that happened when it was dark, together they created a great list of adjectives.

In maths, the children completed numerous fraction activities on ½, 1/4 and 2/4.

Next week

English – to finish reading together and discussing in detail the book ‘The owl who was afraid of the dark. The children will write their own animal adventure.

Maths – to continue to solve problems using fractions 1/2, ¼, 2/4, ¾.

History – to learn and discuss how Florence Nightingale improved the conditions in the hospital in Scutari.

PSHE – to discuss how to show respect in how we treat others.

D&T – to start to paint their boxes for their moving vehicles.

Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1 – the, and, a, to, said

Group 2 – torch, storm, shore, cause, straw, paw

Group 3 – porch, sore, more, launch, crawl

Wishing you a fabulous and hopefully sunny bank holiday weekend.

Mrs Beadle 

Good afternoon to all!

We have had a very busy, fun week.

In English the children have enjoyed reading and discussing the book ‘The Owl who is afraid of the dark’. They have created a sense poem and written a good memory that they could remember in the dark.

Next week, we will together read and discuss the next two chapters and the children will write about something exciting that happens at night time.

In maths, we will continue our topic on fractions, learning ¾ as an amount and using shapes and also ½, 2/4 equivalence in shape.

In science, we will complete our sunflower booklet and plant beans and place them in various places to compare growth.

In history, the children will write up their facts which they had learnt from last week on why Florence Nightingale went Scutari and what the hospital conditions were like.

 In RE – we will discuss showing care and concern and faith stories

 In PSHE - the children will discuss relationships within a group of friends

In D&T - the children will start to create their moving vehicle.

 If you have any small cardboard boxes at home, please could your child bring them into school for their moving vehicle.

 Spellings for next Friday are:

Group 1 – asked, saw, make, an.

Group 2 – happier, happiest, cried, crying, crier, copying, copied, copier.

Group 3 – reply, replied, replying, dried, drier, driest, drying.

Wishing you all a sunny, fun weekend

Mrs Beadle

 Hello to all, and welcome back.

 The children have settled back quickly into routine and enjoyed writing about one of their favourite days during the Easter holiday.

 

Next week

English - we will centre our learning around the book ‘The owl who is afraid of the dark’ by Jill Tomlinson. The children will be involved in lots of discussion and during the week they will create a list of adjectives, create a sense poem and write about a good memory they can remember in the dark.  The children will also complete a comprehension and we will be looking at grammar.

Maths - the children will be learning fractions. They will find halves, quarters, thirds and three-quarters of a shape and amount.

 Science - the children will label the parts of a plant and tree in detail.

 History - the children will find out who Florence Nightingale was and where she lived.

 RE - we will discuss The Lord’s Prayer.

 PSHE - the children will discuss how to solve friendship problems when they occur.

 D&T -  this term the topic is mechanisms. The children will design, create and evaluate a moving vehicle which will include wheels and axles.

  If you have any small cardboard boxes at home, please could your child bring them into school for their moving vehicle.

 

Spellings for Friday are:

 Group 1 – called, here, off.

 Group 2 – middle, camel, bottle, paddle, tunnel, apple.

 Group 3 – squirrel, angle, parcel, circle, cancel.

 

Please also read daily and complete some activities on either mathseeds or mathletics.

 Have a great weekend.

Mrs Beadle

Hello, I hope everyone is having a wonderful break, please see below an insight of the topics we will be covering next term.

In English, the first week back the children will write about their chosen special day during the holidays. During the term the children will read as a class the story ‘The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark’ and our lessons will be centered on this book. We will also cover poetry and instructions.

In maths our topic is on fractions-finding halves, quarters and thirds of amounts, shapes and quantities and geometry, learning the properties of 2-D  and 3-D shape.

In science our topic is plants.

In history our topic is Florence Nightingale.

In RE we will start with showing care and concern. The children will be involved with discussion on how faith stories guide people and how we live together when we are all different.

In D&T our topic is mechanisms; wheels and axles. The children will create a moving vehicle.

In PSHE our topic is relationships. The children will discuss how to make friends, solve friendship problems and respect each other.

Enjoy the rest of your holidays,
Mrs Beadle