Term 6 Week 6– overview

Lots of excitement going on this week.  Pupils will be spending a session with their new teacher in preparation for the transition to year 5.  On Wednesday afternoon, we will be taking part in a kickit competition on the playing field.  Please do come along!  Finally, we will be having our pizza party on Thursday afternoon.  You  may remember that years 3 and 4 won the Christmas hamper competition and we thought it would be lovely to end the school year with our reward!

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!

Spelling and grammar – we are revising words from the statutory year 3 and 4 spelling list.

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In English, we are finishing editing and correcting our stories based on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem, Beowulf.  We will then be creating neat copies and turning them into books.  I have been so impressed with the children’s determination and the quality of their writing.

In Maths we will be working on decimals, learning about making a whole from tenths and hundredths, partitioning and comparing decimals.

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 worship and celebrate?’  This week we will be learning about how Hindu people celebrate Diwali.

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 drawing our learning together by thinking about who was actually buried at Sutton Hoo.

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

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 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