Term 2 Week 3 – overview

Reading challenge – we have made a visual display to track our home reading.  Each week when reading records are checked, every child who brings their record (completed with their weekly reading)will earn a star.  Remember that 10 minutes' reading each day makes a huge difference to overall literacy and especially expanding vocabulary!

Our ukulele lesson with Mr Lawrence will be on Monday morning.  Ukuleles are provided by school.

Spelling and grammar –we will be learning words with the suffix -ation. We will also be identifying and using different types of fronted adverbial.

In English, we will be creating a simple set of instructions for making a sandwich.  We will then be learning about specific features of a good set of instructions and practise applying them.  This will include prepositions, pronouns and imperative verbs.

In Maths, we will be subtracting with one exchange, more than one exchange and looking at efficient subtraction.

In guided reading, we will continue with our text, The Iron Man, by Ted Hughes.  This text will introduce readers to more challenging vocabulary and imagery.

In RE, our new unit of focus is ‘Incarnation’ and we will be considering the big question, ‘What is the Trinity?’ We will be learning about the similarities between John’s account of the Gospel and the creation narrative.

In history, we will be learning about resistance to the Romans, with a focus on Boudica.  We will learn not only the story of her campaign against Roman rule, but also how we can use and question sources of evidence.

In art, we will create and paint our own still life paintings based on the work of Gorgio Morandi.  Last week, we did an excellent job of mixing really muted paint shades which we will need to use in our own paintings.

PE is on MONDAY MORNING and THURSDAY AFTERNOON with Mr Luckhurst.  

Reading records have been sent home with most children choosing a book from the selection in class or from the reading scheme.  All children have an additional book in their tray for reading sessions in class.  Please could we have reading records in school to be checked on Tuesday and Friday mornings.  

Homework will be issued this Wednesday and is due in on the following Monday.

Please contact me if you have any queries using the class email address:chestnut@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk

Have a lovely week!

Best wishes,

Mrs Barter