Term 5 Week 6 – 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) they will earn a star.  Remember that 10 minutes reading each day makes a huge difference to overall literacy and especially expanding vocabulary!

We have our usual Monday morning ukulele lesson with Mr Lawrence.

Spelling and grammar – we are revising nd revising the use of apostrophes for possession.

In English, we are continuing with our unit based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.  This week, we will be writing our own ‘show not tell’ sentences to practise the technique.  We will also be thinking about how tension builds up in the narrative and how we can use various techniques to create tension in our own writing.

In Maths we will continue our unit on fractions with a focus on adding and subtracting fractions from whole and mixed numbers.

In guided reading we will be continuing our new text, Varjak Paw by SF Said.  It is a mysterious tale set around a family of Mesopotamian Blue cats……

In RE our unit of focus is ‘What do Hindu people believe about God?’  We will be learning about the concept of atman and how it links to the Hindu belief in reincarnation.

Mrs Atkinson will be teaching Science on Monday afternoons.  This term’s topic is habitats.

In History we will be learning about the Anglo Saxons.  This week we will be learning about the Anglo Saxon kingdoms and how society was organised within them.

We have completed our sculptures and will be evaluating our work.

In Computing, we will be carrying out our final lesson on photo editing.

PE is on MONDAY MORNING with Mr Luckhurst.  Swimming is on Friday.

PLEASE NOTE, WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL PE LESSON ON WEDNESDAY MORNING THIS WEEK SO PLEASE ENSURE KITS ARE IN SCHOOL.

Reading records have been sent home with most children choosing a book from the selection in class.  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 a Wednesday morning.  

Homework will be issued this Wednesday and is due in on the following Tuesday because of the Bank Holiday.

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