(Week Commencing 22nd October 2018)

In Foss this week we are learning the following:

English:

In English this week we are continuing with our three week narrative unit. We are still working on our guided write which we will complete by the end of the week. Next week we will write an independent narrative. We will be continuing to explore the historical context of our story (The Blitz) in line with our creative curriculum. We will be working on our editing skills too so we can make our narratives the best they possibly can be.

SPaG/Phonics:

In spellings, we are continuing to look at homophones. (Words that sound the same, but are spelt differently and mean something different).

Maths:

We are continuing with learning about using the inverse and estimation to check our answers and will move into length and perimeter in year 4 and statistics in year 5 towards the end of the week.

Times tables focus for the week: 7s

(This will be the focus for the maths homework activities sent home the previous Monday for children to practice ready for the times tables check on the following Monday).

Maths Basics:

Our maths basics focus this week in year 5 is continuing to look at counting forwards and backwards in various jumps. In year 4 we will be revisiting our rounding skills, going over rounding to the nearest 100 and 1000 in particular.

Creative Curriculum:

We work on a theme every term and this term our key question is ‘How do we solve conflict?’ Looking particularly closely at World War II. We are continuing to focus on the Home Front – looking at the Blitz, propaganda, rationing and women’s role in the war. We will be looking at sound and how we hear.

Homework:

Homework this year includes:

• Reading 5 times a week
• A reading Tic Tac Toe challenge activity – each time you read, complete one of the activities/answer one of the questions and sign off on the sheet to say it is complete (we have provided a book in case it is a written activity). For every 4 activities completed in a row, your child will receive 5 gems.
• A times tables practice pack – a range of activities for your child to use to practice this week’s times tables.

Spellings are learnt in class but if you could help with practising at home, this would be brilliant.

Spellings we are focusing on in class this week are below. Year 4 are continuing to look at homophones, correctly being able to spell them but also recognise which needs to be used when. Year 5 are looking at words ending in ‘ible’ and ‘able’

Knowing times tables and number bonds well helps children make massive progress in maths so any help you can give your child will be great.  Your child has a Number Gym login and password, if they could go on Number Gym at home, even for 5 minutes a day, it will really help them have a secure knowledge and faster recall of times tables and number facts. Children also have a Times Tables Rockstars log in to help them practice their times tables in a different way.

(Week Commencing 15th October 2018)

In Foss this week we are learning the following:

English:

In English this week we will be starting a three week narrative unit. We will work on a guided write for two weeks and then in the third week we will write an independent narrative. We will be exploring this week the historical context of our story (The Blitz) in line with our creative curriculum. We will also be developing the skills required for writing a narrative and generating some great vocabulary to use.

SPaG/Phonics:

In spellings, we are continuing to look at homophones. (Words that sound the same, but are spelt differently and mean something different).

Maths:

We are going to learn how to solve column subtraction questions involving 4 digits and more. We will use resources to help us initially and then move into formal written method of column subtraction. We will also look into using the inverse and using estimation and approximation to check our answers.

Times tables focus for the week: 6s mixed order

(This will be the focus for the maths homework activities sent home the previous Monday for children to practice ready for the times tables check on the following Monday).

Maths Basics:

Our maths basics focus this week is continuing to look at counting forwards and backwards in various jumps. As well as completing some HAGs based on our learning of addition.

Creative Curriculum:

We work on a theme every term and this term our key question is ‘How do we solve conflict?’ Looking particularly closely at World War II. For the next three weeks we will be focussing on the Home Front – looking at the Blitz, propaganda, rationing and women’s role in the war. We will be looking at sound and how we hear.

Homework:

Homework this year includes:

• Reading 5 times a week
• A reading Tic Tac Toe challenge activity – each time you read, complete one of the activities/answer one of the questions and sign off on the sheet to say it is complete (we have provided a book in case it is a written activity). For every 4 activities completed in a row, your child will receive 5 gems.
• A times tables practice pack – a range of activities for your child to use to practice this week’s times tables.

Spellings are learnt in class but if you could help with practising at home, this would be brilliant.

Spellings we are focusing on in class this week are below. They are the same as last week with the residential taking place to allow the children time to practice them in school and at home.

Knowing times tables and number bonds well helps children make massive progress in maths so any help you can give your child will be great.  Your child has a Number Gym login and password, if they could go on Number Gym at home, even for 5 minutes a day, it will really help them have a secure knowledge and faster recall of times tables and number facts. Children also have a Times Tables Rockstars log in to help them practice their times tables in a different way.

(Week Commencing 8th October 2018)

In Foss this week we are learning the following:

English:

In English this week we will be focusing on non-chronological reports (writing information leaflets/posters/texts about Kingswood) and we will also be focusing on instruction writing. Thinking closely about using fronted adverbials, modal verbs, commas in a list (including sentences of three for action) as well as recapping prior learning such as using embedded clauses, adjectives and adjective starter sentences.

SPaG/Phonics:

In spellings, we are continuing to look at homophones. (Words that sound the same, but are spelt differently and mean something different).

Maths:

We are continuing to learn how to solve column addition questions involving 4 digits and more. We will use resources to help us with this initially then move into mental methods and then the formal written method of column addition.

Times tables focus for the week: 6s.

(This will be the focus for the maths homework activities sent home the previous Friday for children to practice ready for the times tables check on the following Friday).

Maths Basics:

Our maths basics focus this week is continuing to look at counting forwards and backwards in various jumps (eg, 6, 7, 8, 20) as well as recapping rounding to the nearest 100, 1000 and in year five to the nearest 10,000 and 100,000 with numbers up to 1 million.

Creative Curriculum:

We work on a theme every term and this term our key question is ‘How do we solve conflict?’ Looking particularly closely at World War II. For the next three weeks we will be focussing on the Home Front – looking at the Blitz, propaganda, rationing and women’s role in the war. We will be looking at sound and how we hear.

Homework:

Homework this year includes:

• Reading 5 times a week
• A reading Tic Tac Toe challenge activity – each time you read, complete one of the activities/answer one of the questions and sign off on the sheet to say it is complete (we have provided a book in case it is a written activity). For every 4 activities completed in a row, your child will receive 5 gems.
• A times tables practice pack – a range of activities for your child to use to practice this week’s times tables.

Spellings are learnt in class but if you could help with practising at home, this would be brilliant.

Spellings we are focusing on in class this week are below. They are the same as last week with the residential taking place to allow the children time to practice them in school and at home.

Knowing times tables and number bonds well helps children make massive progress in maths so any help you can give your child will be great.  Your child has a Number Gym login and password, if they could go on Number Gym at home, even for 5 minutes a day, it will really help them have a secure knowledge and faster recall of times tables and number facts. Children also have a Times Tables Rockstars log in to help them practice their times tables in a different way.

(Week Commencing 24th September 2018)

In Foss this week we are learning the following:

English:

In English this week we are writing our independent letters from the perspective of an evacuee child to their loved ones back at home. Describing the journey (including the hustle and bustle at the train station and the train ride), their new guardians and the picking process and finally their new home (describing it and the rules they have to follow). We will be building on our learning from last week to write these informal letters, including writing in the first person, in past tense, using embedded clauses and using informal language features like question tags and contractions.

SPaG/Phonics:

Our spelling focus this week is a mixture of the common exception words for Y3/4 for the Year 4s and Y5/6 words for the Year 5s (see below for the words).

We are continuing to focus on words with silent letters (Year 5) and words using the apostrophe to show possession (Year 4), including when singular nouns end in an s – eg. Jess’ pencil case.

Maths:

We are exploring numbers to 1 million in Year 5 – comparing and ordering, counting in 10s, 100s, 1000s, 10,000s and 100,000s (powers of ten), partitioning and representing numbers in different ways and negative numbers.  

In year 4 we are looking at representing numbers on a number line, counting in 25s, partitioning numbers in different ways and negative numbers.  

Times tables focus for the week: 3s, 4s and 8s mixed. (This will be the focus for the maths homework activities sent home the previous Friday for children to practice ready for the times tables check on the following Friday).

Maths Basics:

Our maths basics focus this week is rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 in 3,4,5 and 6 digit numbers.

Creative Curriculum:

We work on a theme every term and this term our key question is ‘How do we solve conflict?’ Looking particularly closely at World War II. For the next two weeks we will be learning more about the causes of the war, the duration of the war, what it was like for evacuees and where the conflict took place.

Homework:

Homework this year includes:

• Reading 5 times a week
• A reading Tic Tac Toe challenge activity – each time you read, complete one of the activities/answer one of the questions and sign off on the sheet to say it is complete (we have provided a book in case it is a written activity). For every 4 activities completed in a row, your child will receive 5 gems.
• A times tables practice pack – a range of activities for your child to use to practice this week’s times tables.

Spellings are learnt in class but if you could help with practising at home, this would be brilliant.

Spellings we are focusing on in class this week are below.

Knowing times tables and number bonds well helps children make massive progress in maths so any help you can give your child will be great.  Your child has a Number Gym login and password, if they could go on Number Gym at home, even for 5 minutes a day, it will really help them have a secure knowledge and faster recall of times tables and number facts. Children also have a Times Tables Rockstars log in to help them practice their times tables in a different way.

(Week Commencing 17th September 2018)

In Derwent this week we are learning the following:

English:

In English this week we are starting to write a letter from an evacuee child to their loved ones back at home. Describing the journey (including the hustle and bustle at the train station and the train ride), their new guardians and the picking process and finally their new home (describing it and the rules they have to follow). This will be a two week writing unit (wk bg 17th and wk bg 24th September).

SPaG/Phonics:

Our spelling focus this week is a mixture of the common exception words for Y3/4 for the Year 4s and Y5/6 words for the Year 5s (see below for the words), as well as months of the year.

We are also focussing on words with silent letters (Year 5) and words using the apostrophe to show possession (Year 4), including when singular nouns end in an s – eg. Jess’ pencil case. We will be recapping our phonics gaps each day at the start of each lesson.

Our sentence type focuses for the week are – embedded clause sentences (eg. The professor, who was extremely old, had to use a walking stick to help him get around.), using question tags for informality and using sentences of 3 for description and action.

Maths:

We are exploring numbers to 100,000. We will be learning to read, write and represent numbers to 100,000 as well as looking at ordering and comparing numbers to 100,000 and partitioning them in different ways.

Times tables focus for the week: 2s, 5s and 10s mixed. (This will be the focus for the maths homework activities sent home the previous Friday for children to practice ready for the times tables check on the following Friday).

Maths Basics:

Our maths basics focus this week is recapping Roman Numerals to 100 (Y4) and 1000 (Y5), and closely linked to our maths lessons we will be looking at identifying place value in numbers to 10,000 (Y4) and 100,000 (Y5).

Creative Curriculum:

We work on a theme every term and this term our key question is ‘How do we solve conflict?’ Looking particularly closely at World War II. For the next two weeks we will be learning more about the causes of the war, the duration of the war, what it was like for evacuees and where the conflict took place.

Homework:

Homework this year includes:

• Reading 5 times a week
• A reading Tic Tac Toe challenge activity – each time you read, complete one of the activities/answer one of the questions and sign off on the sheet to say it is complete (we have provided a book in case it is a written activity). For every 4 activities completed in a row, your child will receive 5 gems.
• A times tables practice pack – a range of activities for your child to use to practice this week’s times tables.

Spellings are learnt in class but if you could help with practising at home, this would be brilliant.

Spellings we are focusing on in class this week are below.

Knowing times tables and number bonds well helps children make massive progress in maths so any help you can give your child will be great.  Your child has a Number Gym login and password, if they could go on Number Gym at home, even for 5 minutes a day, it will really help them have a secure knowledge and faster recall of times tables and number facts. Children also have a Times Tables Rockstars log in to help them practice their times tables in a different way.

(Week Commencing 2nd July 2018 )

In Foss this week we are learning the following:

English:

We are closing the gaps on any areas highlighted in the assessments.

SPAG/Phonics

This week is all about closing any gaps that we have spotted in our phonics assessments.

Maths:

In maths this week we are closing gaps that were highlighted in the assessments.

We are starting to transition to our new classes this week which is really exciting too.

Homework:

Homework is set every night.  From Monday to Thursday children will have:

• 4 very short maths questions
• 3 sentences to write
• reading (+ one more reading over the weekend)

Spellings are learnt in class but if you could help with practising at home, this would be brilliant.

Knowing times tables and number bonds (pairs of numbers to 10/20 and beyond) well helps children make massive progress in maths so any help you can give your child will be great.  Your child has a Number Gym login and password in their planners and if they could go on Number Gym at home, even for 5 minutes, it will really help them have a secure knowledge and faster recall of times tables and number facts.

(Week Commencing 25th June 2018 )

In Foss this week we are learning the following:

English:

We are closing the gaps on any areas highlighted in the assessments. The children will continue to look at ‘titanium’ as their hook.

SPAG/Phonics

This week is all about closing any gaps that we have spotted in our phonics as it is assessment week.

Maths:

In maths this week we are closing gaps that were highlighted in the assessments  last week.

Creative Curriculum:

This week we will have our rounders match from ‘Classopoly’ and the children will have their class picnic on Thursday afternoon.

Homework:

Homework is set every night.  From Monday to Thursday children will have:

• 4 very short maths questions
• 3 sentences to write
• reading (+ one more reading over the weekend)

Spellings are learnt in class but if you could help with practising at home, this would be brilliant.

Knowing times tables and number bonds (pairs of numbers to 10/20 and beyond) well helps children make massive progress in maths so any help you can give your child will be great.  Your child has a Number Gym login and password in their planners and if they could go on Number Gym at home, even for 5 minutes, it will really help them have a secure knowledge and faster recall of times tables and number facts.

(Week Commencing 18th June 2018 )

In Foss this week we are learning the following:

We have another busy week this week and lots of sporting events happening (sports day, swimming and some children are attending quadkids)

English:

It is assessment week this week so we are going to be completing our instruction writing and using the limiting judgements as our success criteria then I have set the children a challenge to independently write a narrative so I can see exactly what the children can do to inform my teacher assessments.

SPAG/Phonics

This week is all about closing any gaps that we have spotted in our phonics as it is assessment week. We will also be assessing the children to see what progress the children have made.

Maths:

In maths this week we are doing lots of ‘have a go’s’ to inform my teacher assessment for assessment week.

Creative Curriculum:

This week we will complete our competition entries from countryside live and submit them.

Homework:

Homework is set every night.  From Monday to Thursday children will have:

• 4 very short maths questions
• 3 sentences to write
• reading (+ one more reading over the weekend)

Spellings are learnt in class but if you could help with practising at home, this would be brilliant.

Knowing times tables and number bonds (pairs of numbers to 10/20 and beyond) well helps children make massive progress in maths so any help you can give your child will be great.  Your child has a Number Gym login and password in their planners and if they could go on Number Gym at home, even for 5 minutes, it will really help them have a secure knowledge and faster recall of times tables and number facts.

(Week Commencing 4th June 2018 )

In Foss this week we are learning the following:

English:

In English this week we are learning to write instructions using fronted adverbials and learning how to locate and identify expanded noun phrases.

SPaG/Phonics:

In spelling, punctuation and grammar we are focussing on using words with the suffix ‘ous’

Maths:

In maths we are focusing on angles. Year 4 will be learning how to identify and order angles and Year 5 will be drawing angles and solving problems to identify the missing angles from shapes.

Maths Basics:

Maths basics  are key skills/facts children need to know.  In maths basics this week we are focusing converting analogue to digital time.   

Creative Curriculum:

We will be focusing on our trip from countryside live and entering another competition (more information to follow)

Homework:

Homework is set every night.  From Monday to Thursday children will have:

• 4 very short maths questions
• 3 sentences to write
• reading (+ one more reading over the weekend)

Spellings are learnt in class but if you could help with practising at home, this would be brilliant.

Spellings we are focusing on in class this week are:

poisonous

adventurous

ambiguous

cautious

spacious

ridiculous

Knowing times tables and number bonds (pairs of numbers to 10/20 and beyond) well helps children make massive progress in maths so any help you can give your child will be great.  Your child has a Number Gym login and password in their planners and if they could go on Number Gym at home, even for 5 minutes, it will really help them have a secure knowledge and faster recall of times tables and number facts.