News Roundup:
Friday Celebration Assemblies:
A huge ‘well done’ to all the children in Year
5/6 for learning the assembly song ‘Eye of the Tiger’ without needing the
words! Thank you to all the parents/carers who attended our
first phase assembly last Friday, it was great to see you there. The assembly was action packed, showcasing
the learning from Autumn 2 with a live violin performance from 5/6G. Thank you to Mr Brown for attending the
assembly and supporting the children in their performance. Our next phase assembly will be on Friday 8th February. We look forward to seeing even more of
you there!
Core
Subjects:
Numeracy:
This week in Numeracy the children have been
learning about fractions, using the correct terminology: numerator and
denominator. If you are unsure which
word relates to which number within a fraction, ask an expert…your child. After a fun week on fractions, they will
know! The children have also been
reducing a fraction to its simplest form by cancelling common factors in the
numerator and denominator.
Next
week in Numeracy the children will be learning how to increase and decrease
amounts by various percentages to find new prices of the toys from the Toy
Story film.
Literacy:
This week in Literacy the children have continued to
write their own fables with a moral. On
Monday the children planned out their story using the story mountain (opening, build-up,
problem, resolution and ending). The children
then wrote their story using the following criteria: ly/ing opening (starting a
paragraph with a word containing a ‘ly’ or ‘ing’ word), high level punctuation
(brackets, exclamation marks, and ellipsis), a variety of sentence types (long
and short, one word sentences), adjectives/adverbs, conjunctions and lots of
description! Please check out the 5/6
blog next week for some pictures and audio clips of the stories.
Next week the children will be writing a book
review of a book of their choice.
The children have been told this was an upcoming unit in Literacy and
therefore need to be reading a book to write about. The children will be thinking about the
following questions to help them structure their review:
1)
What
is the book about? Give an overview of the storyline.
2) Who was your favourite character and
why?
3) What was your favourite part of the
book, and why?
4) What three things did you like about the book? Explain why? If you
didn’t like 3 things, explain why not.
5) What three things didn’t you like about this book? Explain why. If you didn’t dislike anything,
how can the author make this book even
better?
6) Summary- Recap on how much you enjoyed
the book. Who should read this book? (Don’t just say boys/ girls or everyone.)
Was there a message hidden in the story? If so, what was it?
SPELLINGS: This week, the spellings are: additional,
individual, digital, fictional, traditional, apologetically, actually,
physically, accidentally, gradually
Other
areas of the curriculum:
PE: This term pupils are developing their rugby
skills. This week pupils have been learning how to hold and receive the ball
and have applied these skills into small sided game scenarios.
Spanish: This half term the children will be
learning about Spanish culture and Spanish festivals. This week the children were researching about
the La Tomatina, the tomato throwing festival which takes place on the last Wednesday
in August.
Science:
This half term the
children are learning about materials and their properties. This week the
children looked at irreversible and reversible changes; particularly heating
and cooling. They then had to use scientific vocabulary to describe the changes
which occurred.
