10.11.23

Dear Families,

This week in maths, we have been learning out 3, 6 and 9 multiplication tables. The children have been learning about how these table are linked together and tips and tricks on how best to remember them. They have been dancing away to the BBC's Super Movers.

In English, we have been reading chapter 4 of Stig of the Dump. The children have been able to make comparisons between Stig of the Dump and Stone Age Boy. This week they were immersing themselves in the text ready to retell it next week.

In Science, we have been learning about how food travels from the mouth through to the digestive system. The children have been able to label the parts of the systems and are developing an understanding of their functions.

Homework this week is maths, pages 24 and 25 'estimating' are a to be completed and returned to school no later than Wednesday 15th November.

6.10.23

This week in maths, we have begun addition and subtraction. The children have been recapping their knowledge of column addition with exchange.

In English, we have been reading our book 'Stone Age Boy' in preparation for writing a recount of the story. We have been learning to skim and scan in order to find the information we need.

In History, we have been learning about the Neolithic people and their love and monuments and technology. The children then created their own representation of Stonehenge or a Neolithic house.

22.9.23

This week in maths, we have been finding 1, 10 or 100 more or less than a number as well as ordering numbers on a number line. 

In English, we have been written our opening paragraph and appearance paragraph for our non-chronological report. We have also been learning to identify determiners. There are lots of different types of determiners and we have been focusing on the, a and an.

In music, we have learning how to use the mouthpiece on our instruments and the musical note c.

Homework this week is maths, pages 8 and 9 are to be completed and returned to school no later than Wednesday 27th September.

15.9.23

This week in maths, we have been learning to partition numbers up to 10,000. Try giving your child a number and ask them to partition it.

In English, we are writing a non-chronological report on Stone Age beasts. This week we have been identifying the features of non-chronological report and conducting research.

In PE, we have been learning catching and throwing skills to play netball.

Homework this week, is reading comprehension. The children are to complete the activity on Page 2 and return to school no later than Wednesday 20th September. As per our school policy, homework not completed will be done in Golden Time.

8.9.2023

The children have returned to school this week with lots of energy and enthusiasm. We have been focusing on the Colour Monster and have spoken a lot about our emotions.  In Art, the children have been creating their own colours and assigning them emotion. They had a lot of fun.

In Maths, we are learning about Place Value. Place value is the value of each digit in a number. For example, the 5 in 350 represents 5 tens, or 50; however, the 5 in 5,006 represents 5 thousands, or 5,000. It is important that children understand that while a digit can be the same, its value depends on where it is in the number. We were also reminding ourselves that zero is used as a "placeholder": it shows "there is no number at this place", like this: 602 - This means 6 hundred, no tens, and 2 ones.

In English, we have been learning to infer emotions from what we read, think of ways to keep ourselves calm when we are feeling angry and make our very own colour monster.

This Term in Science, we are learning about sound. In our lesson this week, we conducted a sound survey in and around the school. we visited different places and listened to what we could hear. We then graded the sounds on how loud they were using a scale of zero to five.  We were lucky enough to hear a range of birds and a helicopter.