"I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday."

We have continued our story focus, ‘The Queen’s Hat’ by beginning to learn a poem. Would you believe that we received another letter from the Queen? This time thanking Reception for their hard work and help in trying to find her favourite hat. You will be very pleased to hear that Her Majesty’s hat has been found! To celebrate, one of the Queen’s royal subjects has written a poem all about the Queen’s favourite hat. Next week, we will continue to learn this poem. Hopefully you have found a copy of this in your learning log so that you can practise at home.

In maths, we have focused our learning on ‘subitizing’. This is where children use their awareness of numbers to five to identify how many of something there is, without needing to count each object one by one. Please follow this link to a fun and energetic subitize song. The gentleman in the video is American and therefore pronounces the word subitize differently, the children have rather enjoyed hearing his accent!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yyz_OycV4A&safe=active

During PE, we have continued to practise pencil rolls, which the children are becoming much more skilled at! We have also continued to practise our throwing and catching skills, now using smaller balls for added difficulty. It is great to see how enthusiastic the children are towards PE, I can certainly see that they have lots of practise at home!

In RE we have continued to hear all about the miracles that Jesus performed. This week we heard all about the wedding at Cana and how Jesus performed a miracle during this celebration, by turning water into wine. We thought about when we go to mass and we watch Father Peter doing this too, just like Jesus had done. The children have loved learning all about weddings and why they are such a special sacrament.

In phonics this week we have been learning the new sound:

oo—at the zoo

Please practise saying, reading and writing this new sound. Thank you.

Certificates

Enthusiastic Bobby bee Hugo for... being so enthusiastic towards your learning! Each day you are so alert and ready to learn Hugo. You have developed great listening skills and are becoming a role model for those around you. Each day you are so enthusiastic during your Read Write Inc activities, which is really helping you to develop these skills. Keep up the great effort Hugo, well done!

Concentrating Cooper crab Joseph for... becoming much more focused during activities. This week you really saw just how much your concentration can improve your work, particularly when writing. It is lovely to see this improvement Joseph! It was also wonderful to hear you celebrating others during PE, you were really supportive towards others when practising their throwing and catching skills. Well done Joseph.

Next week: We have Craig McCann, a Paralympic fencer and cyclist, visiting our school on Thursday. Craig will be chatting to the children about his achievements in a whole school assembly, but will also be setting the children little challenges to complete throughout the day. Please don't forget to keep collecting those sponsors. On this day, the children can come to school wearing any uniform they may wear for out of school clubs or sporting activities - for example dance classes, football etc. However, we do ask that the children are comfortable in their uniforms and that they are suitable for school, as they will be exercising in them throughout the day. Normal school trainers should be worn. If you are unsure or your child does not have any uniform from an out of school activity, the children can wear their school tracksuits.

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

Cruising down the river...

With the sun still shining and a picture gallery so full of landmarks it’s hard not to smile!

Changing Guards at Buckingham Palace!

Having a brilliant time - just seen the changing of the guards and now basking in the warm sunshine and looking forward to our River Cruise!

And so the adventure begins...

Homework to be handed in Wednesday 12th February

READING - How often is your child quizzing? Do they bring their books home every night? Are they reading every night? It is the responsibility of children to make sure they quiz if they finish their book in school as they get reading time to do this every day. Please 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 Keep going with these spellings, make sure you can spell them independently:

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?

HISTORY

On Purple Mash, under the 2 Do list, please complete the ‘Roman Soldier’ activity. Describe how a Roman soldier's Armour and clothing aided him in battle. This will be printed off and put on display so don't forget to include your name.

Maths

This week we have been adding multiples of ten- please have a go at the additions in your homework book.

OPTIONAL HISTORY

Have a go at the’ Roman Soldier Code Quiz’ or put yourself in to the role of a Roman Soldier. Both tasks are under the 2Do list.

Home Learning - Wednesday 5th February 2020

Spelling - words ending tious and cial and tial

cautious, infectious, ambitious, superstitious, nutritious, scrumptious, fictitious, official, special, artificial, financial, partial, essential, initial, social

Maths - Complete the two pages of reasoning questions.

English - ~To write a letter of complaint in role as PL Travers to Walt Disney. Click on the task below to find the toolkit and planning information that we discussed in class.

Think about how PL Travers would speak and what she would say in her letter to Walt Disney. What was she unhappy with? Remember to be respectful of Walt but firm in your complaint. This is a formal piece of writing, therefore the language that you use should demonstrate that. Think about the requirements of a Year 6 writer and your previous targets. How can you ensure that you are including and evidencing them in this piece?

Spellings given out on 3.2.2020 to be quizzed on 10.2.2020

The children thought of loads of great, fun ways to learn their spellings on Friday. Please ask them which way they would like to try (the nerf gun spelling quiz where you get blasted if you are too slow was not my idea! Mine were more sedate like flour on a baking tray and water and a paintbrush outside on garden flags, so please don’t hold me accountable for any Nerf gun related injuries! )

Spellings this week

remember

history

sentence

opposite

natural

separate

serious

obvious

hideous

anxious

jealous

enormous

'Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless' Mother Teresa

Another week that has flown by as the children have been so immersed in their learning. When I look through their books, I can’t quite believe how much work we are getting through! Mathematics has been very exciting this week, look at crossing over to the tens boundary within a 3 digit number, the children have loved problem solving with this and discussing which strategy is best to use. The children have worked hard on their sentence structure within English lessons, practicing their use of coordinating conjunctions in compound sentences and have now started to create more complex sentences.

We have continued our learning in electricity in Science this week, making circuits, exploring ways to add switches, buzzers and motors. The children have absolutely thrived during these hands on sessions. Our History kick started with a visit from emperor Claudius and they made excellent decisions when they acted as his advisers, asking the question why did the Romans invade?

It was lovely to meet with you all on Wednesday and celebrate the wonderful progress all your children have made, I am sure you are as proud of them as we are.

Reminders:

‘Meet the Romans’ school trip on Wednesday 12th February- please could all payments be made before 31st January.

Blue group on Thursdays 8am with Mr Nay

The awards this week go to …

James thank you for being such a Curious Clara Clown Fish, you have wowed us this week with how deep you have took your learning in Science asking all of the right questions!

Jacob O you are such a Bobby Bee in your enthusiasm and desire to learn which makes you very exciting to teach- you always show positive body language and always have a smile on your face!

Have a lovely weekend and God bless`

Home Learning 31.1.20

English

The children have a copy of the story map they have been learning. I would like the children to practise this, with actions. The aim is for them to be able to retell the story, off by heart, using the story map.

Maths

Ongoing learning challenge - IXL maths ‘Numbers and Counting up to 20’. There are lots of questions on here, I would like the children to do as many as they can over the next couple of weeks.

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.

'In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun,' Mary Poppins

Although the pace and the depth of learning is continuing to grow in Year 6, we still always have fun with our learning. I always think that the fun is in the challenge. In maths this week, we have been using the bar modelling kits to help us solve some tricky word problems. It really helped the children visualise who had what and what calculations they need to do. In english, we have continued to read Mary Poppins and explore other classic texts. The children have enjoyed finding the similarities and the differences between the text and the film, there were far more differences than we thought! Learning has continued in all the other areas of the curriculum; classifying in science, researching the mountain ranges of the UK in geography, learning about the penitential rite in RE and so much more. PE has been a favourite of mine this week - tennis at the YMCA. The children are making such progress with their skills and game play. Wimbledon here we come!

We have had a visitor in class this week, Mr Lyons. A past pupil of the school, Mr Lyons is completing a 2 week work experience with us. The children have welcomed him fully into class and immersed him into Year 6 life.

Learning Awards

Well done to Ryan and Troy this week. Both of these young men have been really enthusiastic in class - it has been lovely to see. Ryan has been really confident with his answers in class, constantly contributing to class discussion. Troy has shown real attention to detail in his work. He has listened carefully to feedback and implemented it into his work. Also, an excellent class councillor!

Friendships in class

A number of children have brought something to my attention this week, something that is making them feel uncomfortable and we needed to discuss in class. There has been conversations about relationships and crushes. Some children are being told that they have a crush and some are discussing this for themselves. It also appeared that Whatsapp is playing a role in these discussions.

As a class, we had an open and honest discussion. We discussed what rumors can do to a person and how this can make a person feel. We also discussed what a relationship means and that at the age of 10 and 11, we are still developing friendships with each other and learning what makes a good friend. When issues such as football and playtime cause issues within class, the children need to learn how to handle these situations first.

It also seems that messages are being sent on Whatsapp about this. In May 2018, Whatsapp legal age was raised to 16. Please can you have a conversation about this matter with your child at home to avoid other children feeling uncomfortable in school. It is such an important part of the children’s lives and there is so much change that will be happening over the next few months; let’s keep them as settled and as happy as we possibly can. I am always here if anybody needs to discuss this further.

Paralympic Visitor

On Thursday 13th February, Craig McCann (a Paralympic fencer and cyclist) will be visiting our school to talk to the children about his sporting journey and how a brain tumour that had developed, led him down this path. The children will be sponsored to take part in a fitness class alongside Craig in the morning, and then to continue in a sporting event in the afternoon. On this day, the children can come into school wearing the sports kit from the teams that they represent outside of school or some sportswear of their choice. So many of the children are involved with clubs in our area, it would be great to see just how many there are. Sponsor forms will be coming home tonight. The money we will raise will contribute towards the improvements on the trim trail outside.

Reminders:

• Water Parks meeting - Tuesday 11th February 6pm

• Mock assessment week - Monday 24th February

Have a lovely weekend with your families, let’s hope the rain holds off!

Mrs Gregan and Mrs Webster

Year 2 Home Learning - 31/1/20

Maths

Please complete the equal sharing sheet attached below

English

Please complete the reading comprehension below

Spellings

Adding the suffix ‘ed’ - waved liked smiled battled phoned hiked

Set 12 from the spelling pack - after again any anyone ask old

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

Y.1    Y.2    Y.3    Y.4

Z.1 Z.2

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

I.1 I.2

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

U.1    U.2    U.3