Dear Parents and Carers,
We have had another week of hard work and enthusiasm from the children. Spelling Shed spellings have been set. There will be two lists on Spelling Shed over the weekend, the children’s list they will be tested on and the common exception words I posted on Monday. The children have also brought home a small booklet focusing on common exception words. This is to practise at home and can be completed over the course of the term. Common exception words are words that aren’t spelt phonetically, the children also know them as tricky words.
This week we finished our learning on length and height, we wrote diary entries from the perspective of Alfie the tortoise. The children have enjoyed reading Esio Trot, we are starting to discover Mr Hoppy’s plan and Alfie doesn’t seem too pleased about it! In RE the children learnt about the story of the Buddha and drew storyboards to display their understanding. In ICT and Art the children researched an inspirational women, copy and pasted a picture to then draw in their sketch books. In our history lesson, we learnt about our first famous woman; Florence Nightingale and her impact on hospitals and modern nursing.
Next week, we are looking at position and direction in maths, we will be publishing our diaries and moving on to narrative writing in English. We will be learning about Mary Seacole and how she overcame adversity to help others. We will be learning about the Sangha in our RE lesson and the children will be adding colour using oil pastels to their famous women portraits.
I hope you all have a lovely long weekend!
Mr Stocking and Mrs Killy