Good afternoon and happy Easter holidays.

It’s been a short but busy Spring term.

Yesterday, the children made their own Stone Age Clothing and showed off their sewing skills.

The children have loved our book ‘Rumaysa’ in our reading sessions and we have finished reading it this week. In our writing sessions, we have been looking at haikus. We talked about syllables and found the features of this type of poem before having a go at writing our own.

We’ve ended our week looking at place value and partiting decimals in maths.

Our Golden certificate week is Tristan. He’s been trying hard in class and working more independently in our maths lessons.

We hope you all manage to have some rest over the Easter Holidays and the children come back recharged and ready for the Summer term.

Mrs Fairclough and Mrs Brunyard

Good afternoon,

The children all looked great dressed up for World Book Day yesterday. They all had lots of fun going into different classes and trying lessons such as Quidditch, Transfiguration, Herbology, Charms and Care of magical creatures.

They are really enjoying the Rumaysa book we are doing in Reading our reading sessions. This week we have also started to look at Non-chronological reports in our writing sessions. We have been going over the features ready to plan and write our own next week.

In Maths, we have been continuing a work on decimals. The children have been dividing a 2-digit number by 10 and looking at hundredths. We have been recognising hundredths as fractions and decimals, and finding hundredths on a place value chart.

Our Golden Certificate winner is Alissiya. She has been trying very hard in class, especially in Maths. Well done and keep it up.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Fairclough and Mrs Brunyard

Good afternoon,

We have started our unit on decimals this week in maths. We have been looking at tenths as fractions and decimals and understanding tenths on a place value chart. We have also found tenths on a number line and divided a 1-digit number by 10.

In English, we have been planning and writing our historical story. We are continuing to work on reading our work back and editing and improving.

This half term we are looking at Judaism in RE. Today we found out about Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

Our Golden Certificate winner this week is Lilly. She has settled in well and become a great member of our class. Well done!

Please keep up the reading, mathletics and times tables at home.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Fairclough and Mrs Brunyard

Good afternoon,

This week we have started reading our new book Rumaysa which the children are really enjoying. We have looked at historical stories in our writing sessions and the features that are used.

In Maths, we finished our unit on fractions and then looked at addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Remember to continue to practise times tables as well as mathletics at home.

In Science, we are looking at scientists and inventors this half term. We looked at changes to environments and deforestation and the work of Gerald Durrell.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Fairclough and Mrs Brunyard

It was great to see so many parents at parents evening.

Here’s a reminder of the link the children can use to practise their times tables:

Multiplication Tables Check – 2023 – Timestables.co.uk

Please also make sure if your child has read at home, it is recorded in their reading records. The children can write it in themselves.

Today the children all looked fantastic, dressed up in clothing and colours that make them happy. They talked about what makes them happy and how we can ensure others are happy, making sure that we use kind words and actions.

This week we’ve been looking at poetry in English. After analysing a poem, we planned and wrote our own. The children have really enjoyed our reading sessions on ‘The Thieves of Ostia’ which we finished reading this week.

In Maths, we’ve been adding and subtracting fractions.

In Design and Technology, we had a go at putting the thread through the eye of the needle and doing a running stitch. We will continue to work on this ready to help us make our Stone Age clothing.

This half term the children have enjoyed learning about Islam in our RE lessons. We have looked at how festivals and prayer show what is important to Muslims.

Our Golden Certificate winner is Ella. She has really grown in confidence and is contributing much more in class, Well done and keep it up.

We hope you have a brilliant half term.

Mrs Fairclough and Mrs Brunyard

Good afternoon,

We have been continuing to look at how water changes state and evaporation this week in Science. The children enjoyed thinking of actions to help them remember freezing, melting, condensation and evaporation.

A huge well done to Alfie K who is our Golden Certificate winner this week. He always listens well, tries hard and contributes well to class discussions. Yesterday, he helped create our actions in Science and thought of a great action for freezing.

In English, we have planned and written our persuasive text on why we should be the next Roman Emperor. Today we have been working on reading our work back and how we can try to edit and improve our writing.

In Maths, we have been looking at improper fractions. We have been converting mixed numbers to fractions and fractions to mixed numbers.  Today we used a number line to show equivalent fractions.

Please keep up the reading and times table practise.

Have a fantastic weekend.

Mrs Fairclough and Mrs Brunyard

Hello everyone,

Good afternoon,

Well done to all the children for trying hard during our swimming lessons. It has been great to watch their confidence in the water grow and they have made their own personal progress with swimming. Today was our last lesson.

Yesterday, the children enjoyed investigating changes in state in Science. We looked at what temperature chocolate melts and observed it change from solid to liquid. This morning we then noticed the melted chocolate had returned to solid.

In English, we planned and wrote our newspaper report. We have been looking at using inverted commas for reported and direct speech and third person pronouns.

In Maths, we finished our unit on length and perimeter. This week we have looked at finding the perimeter of rectilinear shapes and regular and irregular polygons.

Our Golden Certificate winner this week is Tyler. He makes the right choices and is an excellent role model to his peers. Well done!

We hope you have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Fairclough and Mrs Brunyard