Year 3 Home Learning 4.02.22

Spelling:

This weeks spelling strategy is: Jumble Words

Using plastic magnetic letter shapes, or individual letters written onto card or paper, first spell out the word, then scramble the letters into the pile and let your child assemble the word again. As they gain confidence, you can start with the word jumbled, and even have them assemble words from a letter pile.

This week we have focused on adding the suffix -ian

1. music - musician

2. magic - magician

3. electric - electrician

4. optic - optician

5. politic - politician

6. technic - technician

Maths:

This week the children have worked so hard on their bridging when subtracting. They have been learning the following strategy in school and need that extra reinforcement at home. We started using counters so they could visually see the two parts being taken away, so if you feel they still need this help then please feel free to use these raisons, grapes or even chocolate (good incentive!) are good substitutes.

Here are some examples to help:

In your home learning books please use this strategy to calculate the following:

14 - 6 =

15 - 9 =

13 - 8 =

15 - 7 =

12 - 8 =

RE

This week we have continued to learn all about reconciliation. We want you to spend some time this week discussing times when you have had to ask for forgiveness and when you have had to forgive: How did you feel? How did you feel after saying sorry? How did the other person feel? How did they feel afterwards? What lessons did you learn.

In your homework book we would like you to share one of these memories, including some of the questions above… What happened? How did you feel? How did you other person feel? How was the problem resolved? How did you and your friend feel after? What lessons have you learnt?

Remember, not to include names instead you could write ‘friend’.

Year 4 blog Friday 4th February. "Follow Me, follow me, leave your friends and family."

Spring is sprung! The snowdrops are out and the children in Year 4 are growing too! In RE this week, we have reflected on the first disciples and what a challenge it must have been to leave everything and follow Jesus. This led us to doing some work about the joys of following Jesus in life but also the great challenges too.

RHE

We have been thinking about how as we grow, similarities and differences arise between us and that is OK. By living and working together and accepting our differences, we create community. Children also reflected on how we can have self confidence in our own qualities because we are loved by God.

In other news! We have been learning many grammar skills this week to enhance our writing skills. We tackled the tricky apostrophe for possession and we also learned all about similes and metaphors. We liked Charlie’s metaphor “A tsunami of girls have just rushed through the door!” Children are spotting homophones everywhere and asking questions about words, such as, “Is that a homophone or a homonym?” We have been busy cementing our skills of persuasion, writing two persuasive letters, one as Brer Fox and one as Brer Rabbit. They are very funny - I look forward to you being able to read them.

We have also been learning about the different features of a volcano in Geography and retrieving all we have learned about states of matter in Science. Children were given statements such as ‘Steam is water is gas form,’ and ‘Water only evaporates when it is boiled,’ true or false. Their depth of knowledge about this topic is fantastic.

In maths we have been getting a full grasp of the concept of Perimeter and how to calculate it. We have also been working out the 4x tables together and practising in class. We have been looking for those all important patterns such as if 3x4=12 then 6x4 must be double this. The 8x table will come next because it is double the 4x table! Thank you for supporting this knowledge and understanding at home with the booklets - children were really confident in their 3x tables this week.

Let’s Celebrate!

This week, our certificate winners are as follows:

A Kiki Chameleon certificate goes to Evan for taking such care and consideration in all your work. You try so very hard and always ask for advice on word choices and other things.

A Cooper Crab certificate goes to Aviya for giving 100% focus to everything she does. You manage your distractions and you are a real role model in our class.

Music stars this week were Christian and Anncia

Swimming stars were Millie, Dominic, Lily-Mae and Evan

French stars were Millie and Emilia

Notices

SWIMMING ARRIVAL - prompt at 8.30am

Please could I ask that all children are only dropped off at the gate at St. Patrick’s Road on a Monday morning to save us opening both gates early at 8.30. Thanks. The coach drivers are struggling with the traffic lights at St Thomas’s so we need to set off as near to half past eight as possible!

Enjoy the snowdrops this weekend!

God bless,

Mrs Lyons, Mrs Mather and Miss Woodrow.

All about magnets....

We have all been Curious Clara’s this week and have been finding out all about magnets. First, a discussion about what does a magnets do. The children said they stick to things…mmmmmm all things? Everyone thought magnets would pick up paper, wood and even Barbara’s knee!!

We had to find out more, we had to be curious and active. We had to investigate !!!

A big thank you everyone who has been working hard at home too. We have had lots of Purple Mash work and also the challenges which have been sent home during the week…you are all fabulous. The photos which I have received of the children working at home makes me so very proud. Thank you for sharing them with us.

Here’s a bit of fun for you all to do at home. It’s an action song about Zooming to the Moon! Click here and enjoy your trip!

Worship

Along with Freddy Teddy and Mollie the Cat, we thanked God for our wonderful bodies and discussed how we should look after them. This weeks story involved the children helping Freddy Teddy to make good, healthy lifestyle decisions, including about exercise, diet, sleep and personal hygiene. Click on the button below to read the story at home.

We have also be learning to sing and to sign the song ‘There is someone who knows me’. The children are getting very good. Why not ask them to sing it at home for you? Click here for the music.

Key Person blog

This week our learning has been truly ‘Magnetic’ at Nursery.

We have been exploring Magnets of all different shapes and sizes. The children experimented in lots of different places.  They have made of list of all the items that the magnets pull towards and as you can imagine the list is expanding each day with each new find. We even experimented with magnets in the water and sand.

We watched a short film about a top scientist nicknamed ‘Magnet Man’ with his special magnetic grippers he was able to climb up a tall tower made of steel. Click here to watch him climb…

We also enjoyed a short animation about how mice used fridge magnets to escape from a cat!!! You can click here to watch it.

We have also celebrated Chinese New Year, the year of the tiger, by performing our very own dragon dance, accompanied by our very own Chine drums. The children have made tigers and tasted noodles.

Colette, Michelle, Justine, Frances and Hannah

Next week we will be thinking about planet earth. How can we look after our planet and make sure all the creatures which live on it (including us) are safe? Michelle is also keen to do some upcycling of interesting recyclable boxes and materials. Please send in any items you require up cycling!!

I have also stolen a wonderful idea from Miss Lavelle our Reception teacher. If you have any unwanted picture of photo frames (without the glass and the back) could we please have them? It’s so exciting, when we use them I will share the photos…watch this space (no pun intended).

Please have a restful weekend, as next week will be just as busy as this week. Keep checking to see if your child’s key person has set any games or work ( I think it’s going to be a cold one). Keep safe and we will see you all on Monday!

Barbara

Year 3 Home Learning 28.01.22

Spellings:

Spelling strategy: CHUNK! Chunk each word into parts (not necessarily sounds) for example: act / ion… cele/ brat / ion

This week we re focusing on adding the suffix - ion.

1. action

2. celebration

3. collection

4. invention

5. education

6. hesitation

7. concentration

8. construction

Maths:

Look careful at the examples below, where we are partitioning the second addend. This is one of the most efficient methods, that will help you greatly when we come to bridge over larger numbers. Then complete the calculations, setting each one out like the example below:

In your home learning books please use this strategy to calculate the following:

7 + 6 =

8 + 9 =

3 + 8 =

5 + 7 =

4 + 8 =

Science:

This week we have been learning about the human skeleton. Please have a go at the purple mash 2DO set by creating a fact sheet all about the different bones you can find in the human body.

“We didn’t realize we were making memories. We just knew we were having fun.” — Winnie the Pooh

Memories have certainly been made this week outside on the playground, as they are every week. The children have formed such strong friendships that I am sure many will go on to last a lifetime. The laughter that rings out, the smiling faces and rosy cheeks is testament to how much fun they have as they return to their classes.

We end this week with a touch of sadness, as a highly valued member of the lunchtime team leaves to follow pastures new. Thank you so much Mrs Moore, for all your hard work over the years. We have shared some wonderful times together full of laughter and fun. We hope that you are taking so me treasured memories with you. Please know that you will be missed so much, not only by the staff, but by the children too. We wish you the very best for the future.

 Let’s Celebrate!

Kitchen Team, Class Manners of the Week: Year 5

First Sitting

Class of the Week: Year 3

Role Model of the Week: Benjamin, Y3 and Hollie- Rose, Y5

Jacqui’s Marvelous Manners: Erin, Y3 and Kai, Y5.

Second Sitting.

Class of the Week:  Year 4

Role Model of the Week: Alana, Y1 and Edi, Y4

Jacqui’s Marvelous Manners: Jackson, Y1 and Dominic, Y4

Third Sitting.

Class of the Week:  Reception

Role Model of the Week: Dexter, Reception. Rory, Y2 and Emmanuel, Y6

Jacqui’s Marvelous Manners: Sasha , Reception. Tommy, Y2 and Harry, Y6

Well done and thank you children for making lunchtimes such a lovely, fun filled time of the day!

We hope you have a lovely, restful weekend.

God Bless

The Lunchtime Team

'Whoever is happy will make others happy too' Anne Frank

This week the children have been real Sadie Spiders, showing great resilience in their learning, particularly in Maths where they have come across a new strategy to help them bridge over to the tens column when adding, in preparing for adding two digit numbers. In English, the children have been exploring descriptive language and how we can use adjectives, nouns, verbs and adverbs to describe snowy settings, like the ones found in the ‘Ice Cat’ novel. Some of their setting descriptions are truly beautiful and reflect just how much they have learnt from out book study over the last few weeks.

Towards the end of the week we have been immersed in our Science learning. The children have developed their co-operative skills by working in small groups to research and find out more about the bones in the human skeleton. The classroom has been buzzing with focus and enthusiasm, as new facts have been uncovered. On Friday our detective hats came on as we discovered a very large handprint. Many questions were asked and we became pretty certain that the handprint belonged to a giant! This led us towards an investigation…“Do taller people have longer handprints taller?”

Let’s Celebrate!

A Co-operative and Enthusiastic learner : Erin

What a bundle of joy you are Erin. Alongside your enthusiasm you are such a caring member of our class family. You work with others with such love and compassion, always supporting your partner and encouraging them to keep trying. Thank you Erin, for always being the kind and caring girl that you are. We appreciate this kindness every day and as we watch you and listen to your words of encouragement… our hearts are full of joy and love.

An Creative learner :Benjamin

Thank you for always taking such care and attention with your work Benjamin, you always put 100% effort and this never goes unnoticed. Every single day, in every discussion we have, you think so deeply and share your creative ideas, which we always love to hear! Thank you for your enthusiasm, your creativity and your focus, you are an absolute delight to teach. Keep reaching for the stars…. You are already shining so brightly.

Notices…

• Homework is given out on a Friday and due in again on a Thursday- there are a number of children who are not completing this, please could you encourage this at home, many thanks.