Monday 25th February

Welcome to this week’s blog. We hope that you had a great holiday and are coming back refreshed. We will be starting homework again next week. Please remember that swimming starts on Tuesday afternoon. Year 3 will be a little late back. The children may bring goggles if they wish to use them.

READING

In Mrs Harding’s class 35% of children were heard read three times during the last week.

In Mrs Sarsfield’s 48% of children were heard read three times.

In Mrs Morgan’s  class 30% of children were heard read three times a week.

MATHS

Mrs Morgan/ Mrs Harding.

In these groups we will be continuing FRACTIONS. We will be learning about equivalent fractions more. We will be starting a new topic on NEGATIVE NUMBERS too this week.

http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/Fraction-Machine-Tool-377

http://themathgames.com/our-games/arithmetic-games/number-balls1/league_-1/country_-1/countryNumber_-1   (Tues plenary)

http://www.broadoak.n-somerset.sch.uk/gdaviesmaths/Thermometers.html (Wed plan)

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=Temperaturev2

Mrs Sarsfield's group

This week we are focusing on doubling and halving techniques, learning to double and halve with quick recall by partitioning first. We will move from 2 digit numbers to 3 and 4 digit numbers which are multiples of 10. We will be learning to ignore the 0 at the end, then add it back on to arrive at the final answer. We will also be reviewing decimals and time.

LITERACY

We will be learning all about PRONOUNS. The children will be learning how to replace the nouns with pronouns.

I	my	mine
you	your	yours
he	his	his
she	her	hers
it	its	its
we	our	ours
they	their	theirs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/en27pron-game-personal-pronouns-treasure-hunt

 

RE

We are continuing with our topic – listening and sharing. This week we will be thinking about the importance of listening. What did you miss when you weren’t listening? What is it like not to be listened to? We will also be looking at the liturgy of the word and looking at Gospel stories.

 

TOPIC

International Primary Curriculum

Bright Sparks.

This week we will be exploring if magnets have anything to do with electricity. We will also be putting lights and buzzers into a house thee children have made.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/magnets_springs.shtml

SPANISH

In Spanish we are reviewing greetings and learning about hobbies.

http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com/vocabulary/hobbies.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryspanish/start_here/hello/

Have a good week everyone.

Best wishes

The 3 and 4 teachers.

Monday 11th February

        

Welcome to this week’s blog. Please remember that this week we have our Parent’s evenings.

Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. The extended session is on Wednesday. The books will be left out in the area or in the classrooms beforehand. Please feel free to go and have a look before you meet your child’s teacher.

On Monday we are all excited about our trip to Fiddlers Ferry. The Year 3 will be going in the morning and Year 4 will be going in the afternoon. Normal lunch arrangements as both year groups will eat at school. Uniform and a snack required to take please.

READING

In Mrs Harding’s class 50% of children were heard read three times during the week.

In Mrs Sarsfield’s 48% of children were heard read three times.

In Mrs Morgan’s  class 50% of children were heard read three times a week.

MATHS

Mrs Morgan/ Mrs Harding.

In these groups we will be continuing FRACTIONS. We will be learning about ordering fractions and also equivalent fractions. We will also be reviewing fractions that equal one whole and finding fractions of numbers. We will be completing assessment tests this week too.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=bingofractionsofamountsv3

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/gordon/Dart%20Board%20-%20fraction%20of%20amount.swf

http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/Fraction-Machine-Tool-377

Mrs Sarsfield

This week we will be focusing on 2D shape - learning about reflective symmetry, perimeter of shapes and naming the types of triangles.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/shape.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/symmetry-lines-of-symmetry-and-reflective-symmetry/2950.html

LITERACY

We will be : completing a reading comprehension assessment, writing an information booklet about electricity, writing a recount of our trip to the power station and continuing to learn about the use of commas when including extra detail in longer sentences.
 http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/writing/recounts/read/1/

RE

We are starting a new topic – listening and sharing. This week we will be thinking about the importance of listening. What did you miss when you weren’t listening? What is it like not to be listened to?

TOPIC

International Primary Curricum

Bright Sparks.

This week we will be exploring if magnets have anything to do with electricity. We will also be putting lights and buzzers into a house thee children have made.

SPANISH

In Spanish we are reviewing greetings and learning about hobbies in Spanish.

http://www.elearnspanishlanguage.com/vocabulary/hobbies.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryspanish/start_here/hello/

Have a good week everyone and enjoy your week off.

Best wishes

The 3 and 4 teachers.

Monday 4th February

Wow! February so soon. What a busy week! Thank you to all the children and parents who read three times last week.

In 3 / 4 H 36 % of children had been heard read three times last week.

37% in 3 / 4 MJ.

37 % in 3 / 4 S.

Let’s see if we can get it double this next week when we get into the routine of it.

MATHS

Mrs Sarsfield’s Group

We will be carrying on with DECIMALS, relating decimals to decimal fractions and ordering decimals to 2 decimal places. Also we will be creating number sequences by adding and subtracting 10, 100 or 1000 onto 4 and 5 digit numbers.

http://www.mathsisfun.com/decimals.html

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/fractions/index.htm#Percentages

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ks2_activities/maths/decimals.shtml

Mrs Morgan’s/Mrs Harding’s Groups

We will be starting a new topic on FRACTIONS. We will know the meaning of different vocabulary related to fractions such as denominator (bottom digit) and numerator (top digit.)

We will also be working out how to recognise fractions of shapes. We will be finding out how to find 1 / 4 by halving then halving again.

http://www.ictgames.com/caterpillar_slider.html

http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/maths/num%20machine/double.html

http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/maths/num%20machine/halver.html

http://primarygames.com/fractions/question1.htm Pizza Party- What fraction is left?

http://resources.oswego.org/games/fractionflags/fractionflags.html

http://www.mathsisfun.com/fractions-interactive.html

RE

JOURNEYS

We will be learning about the feast days of Our Lady. We will also be learning about the Jewish feast days. We will also be thinking how we can help people on their journey and putting these ideas in a footprint.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/judaism-at-home/486.html

LITERACY

 We will be exploring the use of commas within sentences to mark clauses. We will be reviewing the use of inverted commas around direct speech. Writing a short story to put both pieces of punctuation into practice and we will also be completing a reading comprehension.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm#comma

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm#speech

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ks2_activities/english/punctuation.shtml

TOPIC

BRIGHT SPARKSWe will be making circuits and putting buzzers into circuits. We will also be investigating if magnets have anything to do with electricity too. Don’t forget our trip next Monday 11^th February to the power station.

SPANISH

In Spanish we will be learning about houses and homes.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryspanish/learn_more/my_home/

Have a good week.

Best wishes from

The 3 and 4 team.