Oooh the anticipation! We're ready(ish) for our assembly this afternoon and can't wait for you to see what we've been doing this term. Kenneth Brannagh has nothing on us!
As well as preparing for our assembly, in Maths we have started work on written multiplication. We have flown through the grid method and many of us are moving onto expanded column method later this week. Do let us know if you would like to see what these methods look like.
As it is anti-bullying week, we will be doing some activities around this on Friday.
Don't forget that it is Children In Need this week which means that we are having a cake sale today and tomorrow at breaktime and the children can wear spots tomorrow for a donation of £1.
Thursday, 16 November 2017
Thursday, 9 November 2017
Weekly News - Week Beginning 6th November 2017
What a dramatic week we have had in Giraffe Class! We don't want to give too much away ahead of our assembly next Thursday afternoon, but - prepare yourselves!
To continue our Romans topic, we have been mapping and building Roman roads using sand, gravel and large stones.
In Maths we have been looking at different multiplication skills in order to prepare for written multiplication methods next week. The children have really enjoyed using concrete resources to do this. We are continuing to learn our song for the Christmas Fayre.
Just a few reminders:
1. At parents' evening, we gave out logins for Bug Club - this is a fantastic reading resource, so do please make use of it!
2. While you do not have to complete a topic home learning task every week, spellings are still to be handed in on a weekly basis. Please make sure these are handed in on a Monday so that they can be marked and new homework set on a Tuesday.
Next week, look out for a new home learning task which is linked to the school's new focus on Reading for Pleasure. In case you want to get started, here it is!
To continue our Romans topic, we have been mapping and building Roman roads using sand, gravel and large stones.
In Maths we have been looking at different multiplication skills in order to prepare for written multiplication methods next week. The children have really enjoyed using concrete resources to do this. We are continuing to learn our song for the Christmas Fayre.
Just a few reminders:
1. At parents' evening, we gave out logins for Bug Club - this is a fantastic reading resource, so do please make use of it!
2. While you do not have to complete a topic home learning task every week, spellings are still to be handed in on a weekly basis. Please make sure these are handed in on a Monday so that they can be marked and new homework set on a Tuesday.
Next week, look out for a new home learning task which is linked to the school's new focus on Reading for Pleasure. In case you want to get started, here it is!
Find your favourite picture book that you enjoyed being read to you when you were younger. Read this to someone at home, making sure that you bring the book alive for your audience. Write a short book review of the book telling us the name and author of your book of choice and why you loved it when you were younger (and still do!).
Thursday, 2 November 2017
Weekly News - Week Beginning 30th October 2017
Welcome back to a new half term! We started this week with an amazing launch day of our new topic - Romans! We had a visit from the archaeologist Mr Gister who brought Roman artefacts for us to investigate. The children worked in pairs to discover what the items were, what they were used for and who used them.
We have also started to look at the spread of the Roman Empire over time and completed an comprehension activity about the invasion of Britain. On Tuesday afternoon we worked in groups in competition to find as many facts as possible about our mysterious Roman figure (Julius Caesar). This turned out to be a very exciting session! Our winning team was Colby, Henry, Jude and Daniel with 21 points - well done!
In PE, we have started to work on our dance for this half term. We will be building up our skills to become a perfect Roman army! In Maths we have been learning about and using Roman Numerals and preparing ourselves for our work in the next few weeks on multiplication. In English, we are already loving working with William Shakespeare's play 'Julius Caesar'. We hope you can make it to our Year group assembly to see some of the drama that we are doing with it!
Just to clarify regarding homework, we did not send any spelling work home this week as we have been doing some spelling assessments. For the topic homework, it is expected that the children will complete at least four tasks over the half term, including two Maths tasks (please feel free to do more!).
We have also started to look at the spread of the Roman Empire over time and completed an comprehension activity about the invasion of Britain. On Tuesday afternoon we worked in groups in competition to find as many facts as possible about our mysterious Roman figure (Julius Caesar). This turned out to be a very exciting session! Our winning team was Colby, Henry, Jude and Daniel with 21 points - well done!
In PE, we have started to work on our dance for this half term. We will be building up our skills to become a perfect Roman army! In Maths we have been learning about and using Roman Numerals and preparing ourselves for our work in the next few weeks on multiplication. In English, we are already loving working with William Shakespeare's play 'Julius Caesar'. We hope you can make it to our Year group assembly to see some of the drama that we are doing with it!
Just to clarify regarding homework, we did not send any spelling work home this week as we have been doing some spelling assessments. For the topic homework, it is expected that the children will complete at least four tasks over the half term, including two Maths tasks (please feel free to do more!).
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