What a truly amazing experience we all had today!

Johnny and Lucas came to the school to run circus skills workshops with all the classes and, at the end of the day, put on a performance for the whole school.

I have never, ever seen so much enthusiasm, excitement and delight in a group of children. Children who are usually incredibly reserved and reluctant threw themselves into the workshop and the activities given them. It was incredible to watch their confidence grow as they realised that, with just a little practice they could spin plates or balance feathers on their chins!

My favourite moment was when Lucas and Johnny were at either ends of the hall with half the class each and Lucas used the words ‘challenge’ with his group and all the children from the other group turned round to see what it was so they could have a go. That is the quality of this class!

If anyone is interested in suggesting this to other schools so they can give their children the same sort of deep, rich, developmental and affirming experience, the website for Lucas and Johnny is https://www.ukjuggler.com/schools

Maths this week is consolidating our understanding of decimal numbers. This year we need to be able to read and organise numbers with up to three decimal places. Maths – Fractions and decimals 1 Maths – Decimals on a number line

Literacy this week is all about vocabulary. I have given the definitions of some words from in the text. Read the definition and then find the word from our Literacy text. Literacy Home Learning 11.3.20

Spellings this week are more able and ible words.Spellings 11.3.20

As always, if you have any questions please come and speak to me,

Miss Shopland

Wow, what a fantastic World Book Day we had!  The children all brought in a range of great books and we enjoyed sharing them.  A huge thank you goes to parent and carers for supporting their children in dressing up to make this day extra special.   

Oscar is a really good reader. (Lennon Y4)

I enjoyed seeing everyone’s costumes. (Charlie Y4)

I liked reading with Ryland and Kallum because I got to know about the books they were both reading. (Amelia Y3)

My partner asked me really good questions about my book.  (Jaymie-Jo Y4)

Our favourite books to read are books about football. (Tyler Y4 and Lewis Y2)

I enjoyed listening to Mason’s jokes. (William Y4)

We worked really well together, sharing books. (Alyscia-Jane Y4 and Lia Y2)

We thought Gangsta Granny was really funny! (Kieran Y4, Jack Y2 and Isabelle Y2)

My partner thanked me for reading with them. (Zack Y4)

I enjoyed sharing my book because Skylar listens well. (Skylar Y3 and Lara Y2)

I enjoyed sharing my Harry Potter book with Sienna. (Natalie Y4)

We enjoyed seeing everyone’s costumes. (Leon Y4 and Mary Y2)

We enjoyed playing a game of Where’s Wally with Mr Franklin. (Bradley Y4 and Mark Y2)

Please find below this week’s home learning.  It is due in on Monday 16th March.  Reading and Contact books are due in daily.

If you have any questions, please feel free to come and see me.

Mrs Cousins

Maths Home Learning

Reading Home Learning – Word Web

Spelling (HFW)

Spelling

A massive thank you to all who took part in World Book Day 2020.

It was a great success and the children enjoyed sharing books with each other, with Year 5 and their counterparts in Year 3 and 4 Base 2. We particularly enjoyed the whole school ‘World Book Day’ assembly at the beginning of the day. At the assembly, we invited children to share their books. We saw picture books, pop-up books, information books (non fiction) and story books (fiction). We also saw new books, old books and even comic style books!

A huge thanks must go out to parents and carers for the effort you have made to make this occasion a resounding success and for the ongoing support you give to foster such a love of reading. World Book Day is such a perfect opportunity to celebrate and appreciate all the hard work you do!

Write a My News piece about your weekend. Start with an exclamation sentence to engage your audience and then give lots of who, where, when, what details.

Read your bug club book.

On your book choosing day, choose a book together from our book crates and start to fill in your reading record for the week.

In Time to Think, Plan which Home Learning challenge you would like to do together this week.

And, just for this week:

Talk homework:  Talk about..

How can you tell if a Bird is a bird of prey? How are they different to other birds? Why are they different?

Writing:

Can you spell all of the bird topic words?

Maths

How many different ways can you think of to show what the difference is between 2 numbers.

For example 12 and 7?  15 and 6? 14 and 7?

CREATIVE:

Can you make symmetrical feathers and give Trevor a coat?

Physical

How many star jumps can you do in 1 minute?

Can you do more than everyone else in your family?

The children have loved having Mr Patchett in to support them in PE. Mr Patchett has shared with us some fantastic techniques and has helped us to build our own mini gymnastics floor routines featuring balances such as, a front support, back support, v sit, shoulder stand… We were able to combine these balances with different balances with rolls and jumps that we combined and performed.

Words of the Week.

• Please practice reading the words and adding sound buttons. Then have a go at writing the words using your line guide in your T2T book. Can you use the words in a sentence?

• Check out Bug Club. Read the book This Dinosaur (if you haven’t already). At the end of the book, complete the Draw It! challenge.

• Get active! Use a watch, clock or phone to time yourself for 1 minute. How many star jumps can you do?

My first try…………………………………

My adult’s first try…………………………………

My second try………………………………

My adult’s second try………………………………

My third try…………………………………

My adult’s third try…………………………………

Who could do the most? How many more/less did you do?

• Where can you see number at home? Can you create your own number problem? Draw a picture or take a photo of where you used number at home.

• R-time discussion. Which is best: Beginnings or Endings?

Please find below this week’s home learning. It is due in on Monday 9th March 2020. Reading and contact books are due in every day.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to come and see me.

Jack Whitty

English Home Learning Writing a Postcard.

Maths Home Learning Time

Spelling (HFW)

Spelling practise – Prefix Anti and Inter

Times Tables HL