Monday 15th October-Thursday 18th December

Well done to Class 4 for all their hard work this half term. We have had some great Maths and  English lessons as well as some lovely Music, French, PSHE, P.E, DT, Science and Geography lessons. Thank you to all the children who have produced some fantastic work at home too! This term, we have been lucky enough to have the professional musicians in school, created some 3D art work down at the village hall, (Ready for 100yrs memorial WW1), been down to the church for our Harvest Festival as well as going down to the river for our own boat ride with Dani Chalker. It has been a wonderful and busy start to the year and I look forward to next half term. 

These pictures are of children performing their sea shanty renditions of 'My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.'

Home Learning

A new list will be out after half term of activities you can do. Please remember to read over the holidays and practice your times tables!

Happy Holidays!

Monday 8th October-Friday 12th October

Some fantastic home learning that has been completed this half term on our topic, Water, Water, Water Everywhere!

 P.E (Football in Class 4)

 We have been practicing, 'My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean' sea shanty in groups and we have also learnt the notes to go with them.

Friday 12^th October

Spellings this week: Please make sure you continue to learn these at home

Double Consonant Rule

Remember: short vowel (a, e, i, o, u) and then it is followed by a double letter. A short vowel is when it makes the sound of the letter (phoneme) and not the letter name.

1.     Accommodate

2.    Apparent

3.    Appreciate

4.    Accompany

5.    According

There will be no set home learning over half term. However, please encourage your child to continue reading and practicing times tables as these are essential for the Maths we do after half term. Thank you!

Next week: Christmas Play auditions on Monday, during lunch time.

Please also bring back Crucial Crew letters (Year 6) and Parents Evening slips for your preferred time slot.

Monday 1st October-Friday 5th October

Monday we made a river on the playground, using soil, pebbles and sand. We then poured water down it to see how it flowed.

Thursday, during our music lesson, we worked in pairs to sing and play using the notes provided, 'My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.' Below are some pictures of us practicing.

Friday 5^th October

Spellings this week: Please make sure you continue to learn these at home

Homophones

Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have different meanings. The children have looked up definitions this week and then tried to use them appropriately in their own sentences. If you remember the definition, you should use them correctly, then you just need to spell them too! There are lots in our English language. Here are just a few to practice.

1.     There/their

2.    Aloud/allowed

3.    Affect/effect

4.    Steel/steal

5.    Bridal/bridle

Next week: Sponsored Silence (Monday 8th Oct) Please bring in sponsorship money to Immi for the Epilepsy charity she is raising money for.

Monday 24th September-Friday 28th September

We had a wonderful week with our river trip, harvest festival as well as some cooking in Design Technology, football in P.E and sketching our grandparents.

Friday 28^th September

Spellings this week: Please make sure you continue to learn these at home

Able and ible suffix

We wrote a list of words with the suffix ible and able. We discussed the best way to know which suffix to use is if the root word (whole word is before) then it is able.

 For example: understandable = understand + able, enjoyable = enjoy + able, comfortable = comfort + able, dependable = depend +able.

Just remember, this is not always the case!

1.     Vegetable

2.    enjoyable

3.    terrible

4.    reversible

5.    legible

Monday 17th September-Friday 21st September

It has been another great week in Class 4. Children have worked hard in all subjects. Here are some of the highlights!

 In English, we have continued our class story, 'A Boy and a Bear in a Boat.' We have been writing letters to the boy, trying to give him advice on what to do as he has discovered the bear (the captain) possibly doesn't know where he is going and the boy is also unsure how long it will be until they reach his destination. This is unknown to us as the reader. We have lots of questions and not many answers yet. We are really enjoying the book as it is giving us lots of points for discussion and mysteries for us to try and solve.

In Maths, we have been rounding 5 and 6 digit numbers to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10 000 and 1,000, 000. Year 5 have also been learning more about Roman numbers! Lots of children this week have scored themselves a 8-10 out of 10 this week because they have enjoyed their maths lessons. What a wonderful attitude to have!

In Geography, we have been learning about the Water Cycle and how streams, rivers, seas and oceans are formed.

We have also started learning our french for this term and started our music lessons. In P.E, we are playing football this half term. It was a little windy today, but the children were great and didn't let it stop them!

Towards the end of the week, year 6 have been completing their Bike Ability course. They all did really well and we want to say a huge congratulations to them all.

Friday, we had the pleasure of having some professional musicians in school. Together, they have created and played music for famous films like Harry Potter and Shrek. The musicians played the flute, harp and viola. They were fantastic! We really enjoyed listening to them play and asking them questions. We also got to play alongside them. It was a great experience.

 Friday 21st September

Thank you for all the lovely home learning this week. I look forward to more next week.

Spellings this week: Please make sure you continue to learn these at home

Silent Letters

We have discussed that there are many different rules for silent letters. Attached are a copy for children to continue to practice learning at home as well as school.

1.     Muscle

2.    Environment

3.    Rhyme

4.    Rhythm

5.    Physical

House Point Results order after two weeks back!

1st=Blue

2nd=Red

3rd=White

4th=Green

Well done to our Golden Book winners for showing great perseverance with their learning. 

Next week:

Wednesday 26th September-River Trip with Dani Chalker (Class trip)

Harvest Festival Celebration at the church for pm, parents are welcome to join!

Have a lovely weekend!