Homework to be handed in Wednesday 29th January

MATHS- Please complete the calculations on below in your homework books, by following the methods we have been doing in class shown below. The children have been working hard on these in class, so therefore should know what to do in each method. You can decide which one works best, but try and show it in your working out.

Could you also please practice your numbers bonds to 100 to make sure you have that instant recall it is so important and will help you with ALL of your adding and subtracting in the future…

Make it a game …here is a brilliant game to help you practice- you could even have a go at beating your mum, dad or brother/ sister!

READING - Keep reading EVERY night at home. It is important to read alongside an adult, where they can ask questions about the text and you can discuss events that happen in the book.

SPELLING- Please practice your NEW Year 3 tricky spellings (I have added some in there that we are forever getting wrong also to mix it up a little)

Might Doesn’t Probably Maybe Library Circle

Think about the different ways I have given you to learn these spellings- which one do you like best? Which one works best for you?

GRAMMAR

In class we have been revising compound sentences from our Year 2, the children are doing really well with this but do need lots of practice in order for them to use different sentence structures in their own writing. Please complete the compound sentence sheet in their books.

Compound sentences are when two main clauses are linked together using a coordinating conjunction. Have a look at the picture below to help:

SCIENCE (LAST WEEK TO COMPLETE)

Can you please complete the research sheet in your homework books finding out who the inventors of electricity were and any information you can find out about them.

Homework - Wednesday 22nd January

Spelling - next week will be a random test covering all of the spelling rules that we have looked at this year:

Silent letters, -ible ending, -able ending, -ibly and -ably ending, -ent ending, -ence ending, ei words, -ant, -ance and -ancy ending

Maths - Complete the two reasoning sheets with questions on for homework. Think carefully about what the question is asking you and how you are going to jot and annotate to get to your answer.

English - is Harry Potter a classic text? Complete the sheet in your book with 4 different reasons for it being a classic text and 4 different reasons against it being a classic text. Think about the criteria for something being a classic? This needs to be in school on Monday please.

Science - Who Was Carl Linnaeus? Next week, as part of our classification unit, we will be looking at the scientist Carl Linnaeus - but who was he? Complete some research about his scientific work. Can you collect some cohesive devices as you are researching? Record in your homework book.

‘If we all did the things that we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves …’ Thomas Edison

Wow another exciting week of learning in the year 3 classroom ,with lots of focused Cooper Crabs! There is such a difference when we look at the children that started in September to now- they seemed to have matured and grown so much, especially in their learning- we are so proud of them all! We have LOVED our class novel this week, the children have been collected vocabulary, predicting what happens next, deducing information from the text and thinking deeply about what the author is showing us. In fact, the year 3 team have been blown away by the children’s depth of thought, which showed in their writing this week, where they all wrote a diary entry as the main character Tom. During this the children used what they found out from the text, but also added personal details to give more of an insight to the characters feelings. In Maths this week we have been looking at adding and subtracting larger numbers and started to bridge over the hundreds, which can be a tricky task, but the children are managing really well! In RE, we are continuing to look at the sacrament of Reconciliation, acting out situations that we may come across and how we can problem solve and resolve through asking forgiveness. In Science the children wowed Mrs Nel with how enthusiastic they were when they created a ‘human’ circuit! We love learning about electricity!

Next week we look forward to finishing our class novel and then using what we have learnt and the vocabulary we have gathered to begin writing our own stories. We will also be starting our Celts to Romans History topic next week, which we know the children will love.

Have a lovely weekend and God bless,

The awards this week go to …

Evie thank you for being such a focused Cooper Crab, concentrating in class,participating in lessons and producing much more work- well done Evie!

Isabella you have been such a creative Kiki Chameleon this week, with your wonderful diary entry, using all of your knowledge of the book, great characterization and using all of our grammar skills- what progress you have made!

Homework to be handed in on Thursday 23rd January 2020

Maths - please practise your three times tables, there are lots of great songs and rhymes on the internet or maybe make your own?

Spellings - As explained on my blog today spellings will now be tested on Mondays within the children’s spelling lesson, please recap on the same spellings given last week ready for Monday 20th January.

autograph automatic autopilot autocue certain century notice circle medicine recent

History - please visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z39j2hv/resources/1 and watch the video called ‘The story of China. How the Shang invented writing.’ There are plenty more videos on there if you want to discover more (this is optional).

Flute

Please practise Fresh Prince and the new note C.

Year 2 Home Learning - 17.01.20

Maths

Please complete the multiplication activity below

English

Please read your reading books EVERY night for at least 10 minutes.

Please complete the reading comprehension below

Spellings

Adding the suffix -ed - hugged dropped clapped patted chopped painted

Set 10 from the spelling pack - could would should other brother mother

English IXL

A.1   A.2  

B.1   B.2   B.3   B.4

C.1   C.2   C.3

E.1    E.2    E.3  E.4   E.5    E.6    E.7  

H.1 H.2 H.3 H.4

K.1   K.2   K.3

L.1    L.2    L.3    L.4

M.1    M.2    M.3    M.4

O.1    O.2    O.3    O.4    O.9   O.10   O.11   O.12

Q.1   Q.2   Q.3   Q.4   Q.5   Q.6

S.1    S.2    S.3

Maths IXL

A.1   A.2   A.3   A.4   A.5   A.6   A.7   A.8   A.9    A.10    A.11   A.20    A.21    A.22   A.24   A.25   A.26   A.27

B.1   B.2    B.3    B.4 

D.1   D.2   D.3   D.4   D.5   D.6   D.7   D.8    D.9    D.10    D.11    D.12

E.1    E.2    E.3    E.4    E.5

H.1    H.2    H.3    H.4   H.5    H.6    H.7    H.8

X.1    X.2    X.3    X.4 X.5 X.6 X.7 X.8

"Tell me and I'll forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me and I will learn."

Well our second week back after the Christmas holidays has certainly flown by! We have introduced the children to the two new virtues that we are focusing on throughout school this term, “curious” and “active”. The children had many curious questions about God’s world, and it was lovely to hear their ideas when trying to answer their friends’ thoughts. After, we thought about God’s beautiful world and the children were shocked to discover the many ways in which humans are damaging it. Reception were so shocked and upset by this they are trying hard to help God’s world, demonstrating just what active learners they already are! Reception are trying very hard to recycle and not to waste water. These are two things we thought we could improve in our classroom.

Certificates

Concentrating Cooper crab Henry… For always concentrating carefully each day in school. You manage to connect your ideas from previous learning to help you during new challenges. We are also delighted to see your growth in confidence. You are now much more vocal and happy to take part in fun games, singing and dancing. This is great to see Henry. keep it up.  

Enthusiastic Bobby bee Jacob…For gaining great confidence when taking part in new challenges. It is so wonderful to see your confidence and happiness to have  a go at new challenges. I remember when you first started Reception, you were a little hesitant to take part and share your ideas. You have certainly overcome this and now, seeing your smile and hearing your laughter is just magical. Well done Jacob.

 We have also been very impressed with the children and their reading skills this week. Many of them have achieved one or more of their reading targets that are on their bookmarks. Next week we will be teaching new sounds alongside small reading groups and Read Write Inc. Read Write Inc is the reading scheme which we follow in the infants. It helps the children to gain confidence reading and writing, through short interesting stories. We are also sending home the next set of High Frequency words. Thank you to showing such interest in teaching these to your child, it is really having a great impact on their reading.

In PE we have continued to practise our jumping skills whilst also improving our side gallop. This is quiet tricky as it requires good coordination using their legs. Please practise this way of travelling at home.

We hope you have a wonderful weekend, Miss Bassett, Miss Neves and Mrs Malley

Gustav Holst- The Planets- Mars

This week we have continued finding out about the planets in our solar system. To help our thinking we listened to Gustav Holst’s differing movements of ‘The Planets’. We also watched the CBeebies character ‘Melody’ on her trip to the planet mars. The children have asked if could share the link with you to enjoy at home. Click here to listen and watch.

Homework to be handed in Wednesday 22nd January

There were a lot of children that hadn’t completed the IXL strands or completed the sentences in their homework books this week. These IXL strands would help them greatly, as they really reflect what we are doing in class. I know for some children it took them a little longer than most weeks to complete some of this, therefore I will give children another week to complete all homework areas, but if it could be completed by next Wednesday it would be greatly appreciated. There will be a couple of extra bits or slight changes so please make sure you check all areas for any of these changes:

MATHS- Please complete the following IXL Maths strands G1 and G2 in ‘addition of two digit numbers’ and H1 and H2 in ‘subtraction of two digits’.

READING - Keep reading EVERY night at home. It is important to read alongside an adult, where they can ask questions about the text and you can discuss events that happen in the book.

SPELLING- We have another week to practice our year 3 tricky spellings:

Strange peculiar describe sentence grammar straight

Well done to those children who took the time to make up mnemonics for the spellings, some of them were very impressive! How about this week you ask a parent to quiz you on the spellings in your homework book or even make up some silly sentences using the words?

GRAMMAR

If you haven’t already please complete the IXL strands Q1 and Q2 on prepositions and remember to complete the sentences in your homework books, using the following prepositional phrases:

Behind the shelves …

Before school starts

At home …

In the garden …

Along the lane …

SCIENCE (TWO WEEKS TO COMPLETE)

Can you please complete the research sheet in your homework books finding out who the inventors of electricity were and any information you can find out about them.

Home Learning 17.1.20

Maths

The children have been given a maths worksheet to do, all about tens and ones. The children have completed a similar challenge in class. In order to master our learning I like the children to be able to teach what they have learned. Please ask the children to explain this learning to you. You can help them to consolidate this learning by prompting them: ‘How many ones are there in 13?’, ‘How do you know?’, ‘How many ones are there in 10?’.

Ongoing learning challenge - IXL maths ‘Numbers and Counting to 10’.

Reading

Please ensure children are reading every night.

Flash Cards

A few children have now learned ALL of the flash cards. This is a HUGE achievement and I am incredibly proud of their hard work and determination. For these children their new challenge is to spell these words. They will be tested on the spellings of these words once a week and moved onto the next set when they can confidently spell them.

Homework -Wednesday 15th January

Spelling -ant, ance, ancy words

distant, assistance, tolerant, defiant, elegant, relevance, hesitant, observance, instance, vacancy, pregnancy, substance, reliance, redundancy, infancy

Maths - Reasoning

Complete the 6 reasoning questions that are in your homework book.

Maths - IXL

Strands D1 - D3

Engligh/Geography - The UK

Next week, we will be starting a small topic on the UK and places within it. Where is your favourite place in the UK? Produce a descriptive piece of writing about this place thinking about:

• Where it is?

• What it is like there?

• Any special landmarks

• Key memories for you because of that place.

Clockwork Book Review

This is a To Do on Purple Mash. Can you complete a detailed book review on Purple Mash all about Clockwork. Use the Think about box on the side of the page to structure and detail your review.

“Play is the beginning of knowledge.” -George Dorsey

What a wonderful start to the new year! It was lovely to see the children return this week with a smile on their faces and a sparkle in their eyes as they played.We really do feel blessed that we are able to share such wonderful moments with your children.

Every week we are finding it increasingly difficult to pick a Role Model and a a child with Marvelous Manners due to them all being so delightful in the dining room and outside. They show each other such kindness, love and compassion. With this in mind, we have decided that two children each week will receive these accolades.

Table of the week: KS1, We have started the new term off with a draw in keystage 1. Well done to Harcourt and Plessington. KS2, Harcourt. Well done to you all!

Role Models of the Week: KS1, Micheal and Natasja Y1. Well done to you both, there isn’t a day that goes by where you do not have a smile for those around you. Ks2, Frankie Y5 and Mary Ann Y6. Thank you and well done for being such role models to the other children in the school.

Jaqui’s Marvelous Manners: KS1, Lorrenzo and Grace Reception. KS2, Isabella and Rhys in Year 5. Thank you so much children for always being polite and using your manners.

Have a wonderful, fun filled weekend.

God Bless

The Lunchtime Team