Monday 26th November-Friday 30th November

Friday 30^th November

Spelling

There are no new spellings this week as we have had our assessments and therefore we haven’t learnt any new patterns. We will learn a new rule next week.

Reading

Again we have had our reading assessments this week. We have been reading our own books and continue to learn more about the adventures of Shackleton and his crew on their way to Antarctica. The Teaching of Reading will start again next week.

It has been assessment week this week and so we haven't got any photos for the blog. Next week we will make sure we make up for it!

Well done to everyone for their fantastic enthusiasm during our play rehearsals. 

Mr Saunders was very pleased with Class 4 this week in his P.E lesson. They showed great team work and great listening skills.

Mrs Jenkins was really pleased with our assessment results and the wonderful posters everyone made for our playground, explaining the rules for our new equipment. Check out the winning posters in the playground.

Golden Book

Well done to Emily and Angelika for being winners this week. A big well done to Renee and Phoebe for their contribution to Battle of the Books at Bungay High this week!

Next week

Sunday-Heveningham Hall Santa Run 10am

Christmas play rehearsals Monday afternoon, Thursday and Friday. Make sure you know your lines as we have only 8 days left until the performance!

Pupil Parliament-Thursday 6th December

Monday 19th November-Friday 23rd November

Blyth Woods

We planted oak trees at Grove Piece

An interesting mushroom we found on our way up to Grove Piece.

Thank you to everyone who helped!

There is even a pond now!

Fabulous team work in Maths over the last few days.

P.E with Mr Saunders

Thursday we compared two sets of fractions using strips of paper and bar modelling.

Friday we ordered 5 different fractions using the strips of paper and bar modelling.

This method helped us as all the fractions had different denominators!

The whole class produced some lovely posters and we worked well together. Mrs Jenkins was very proud of us all.

Friday 23^rd November

There is no particular rule that we have learnt this week. We have been focusing on the statutory words set that we need to learn by the end of year 6.

Spellings this week are:

1.     Definite

2.    Desperate

3.    Develop

4.    Dictionary

5.    Embarrass

Reading

This week we have continued reading our book on Ernest Shackleton. We have also been reading our own books and discussing in detail the poem, ‘Grannie.’ This is a text from the 2018 SATs paper. The children read the poem together and then we discussed the meaning of each verse. Finally, we discussed the meaning of unknown words like lavishly, circumstance and vividly and answered some questions about the poem.

Well done to Tom for getting a Star Award this week for winning in the finals at his old schools multi sports tournament held in London!

Well done to Molly for also getting a Star Award for raising £182 for Children in Need last Saturday at her Bring and Buy Sale. Molly arranged the whole thing.

Have a good weekend!

Monday 12th November-Friday 16th November

Look at our wonderful artwork we created to commemorate the end of World War 1 (100 years)

To see the work displayed, pop down to the Village Hall in Wenhaston to see it for yourself.

Camouflaged Sea Creatures

Our topic has moved away from rivers and we are now learning about oceans. This week, we were looking at the animals that live in the sea and how they camouflage themselves to either hunt prey or protect themselves from danger!

In Maths, this week, we have been learning about factors, multiples and prime numbers.

Well done to our Golden Book winners:

Renee

Phoebe

Poppy

Star Awards:

Lana and Molly

Well done to Red House for earning the most house points over the last two weeks!

Friday 16^th November 2018

This week we have been learning some of the spellings off our Year 5/6 statutory list. Some have rules we have already learnt, others we can sound out using our phonic knowledge.

Spellings for this week we have been practicing are:

1.     Available

2.    Attached

3.    Average

4.    Community

5.    Committee

Reading

In class we have been reading our class topic book, ‘Shackleton’s Journey.’ We have learnt about the explorer and written about him in our English lessons. In our guided reading sessions, we have read and practiced our written comprehension skills by answering questions about the book, ‘The Tunnel,’ by Anthony Browne.

Monday 5th November-Friday 9th November

Friday 9^th November

This week we have been learning about using hyphens between a prefix and root word. Sometimes we know to use a hyphen because the end of the prefix and the beginning of the root word are the same letter. Remember, with spelling, there are always exceptions.

Spelling for this week:

1.     co-operate

2.    co-ordinate

3.    re-ignite

4.    re-enter

5.    re-energise

Reading

This week we have been looking at some World War 1 poetry. We studied in depth, ‘Flanders Field.’ We have also started to read our new class book ‘Shackleton’s Journey.’

Monday 29th October-Friday 2nd November

Year 6 went to Crucial Crew today. They learnt how to keep healthy, safe and how to help other if they are hurt or needing the emergency services. The children came back full of enthusiasm and they seemed to enjoy their morning. They particularly liked the goody bag they got to take home!
Sorry for the lack of pictures, Mrs Jenkins' camera's battery went during the morning.

Class 4 had great fun, drawing a picture of the Explorer 'Ernest Shackleton.' We are going to be reading his story next week of how he and his crew were the first to discover and go to Antarctica. 

Friday 2^nd November 2018

We have been reminding ourselves of the spelling rules for changing a word from singular to plural. We found that there were a few and we have recorded these in our English books. We are now using those rules to help us spell any plurals we come across. The two we need to remember for the words below are: most nouns you add a s and when the singular ends in a y, you take the y off and add ies.

Spellings for this week:

1.     Competition becomes Competitions

2.     Category-Categories

3.     Identity-Identities

4.     Muscle-Muscles

5.     Soldier-Soldiers

Reading this Week

In class this week, we have finished our class book from last term, ‘A Boy, A Bear and a Boat.’ All the children have read aloud in class using this text. We have discussed new words and we have summarised at the end of each reading session what has happened. This is a book that Class 4 recommends reading if you are of a similar age. Next week, we will begin our new class book, ‘Shackleton’s Journey,’ by William Grill.

A new home learning list was given out to the children this week. Please make sure their first piece of home learning is completed by next Thursday 8th November.

Next week: Remembrance Parade on Thursday 8th November. 10:30am until 11:15am approx

Children will be going down to the war memorial in the village to attend a short service and a minutes silence will be completed. Please feel free to join us if you wish.

Sunday 11th November- Wenhaston Village Hall are unveiling the art work the children in Class 4 completed at the beginning of the academic year. All welcome to attend this ceremony. The children were given an invitation before half term from the organisers of the event. I believe it will start about 10:30am so that everyone is there for the silence at 11am and then the unveiling will take place. Will Harvey in the Village will be able to give you more details if your invitation has been lost.

Have a good weekend and enjoy the fireworks if you go to any.