Monday 20th May 2013

Welcome to this week’s blog spot. Normal spellings with sentences etc have been sent out and due to be handed back in on Thursday.

This week the Year 4 have a busy week. They are visiting church for a practice on Monday morning. Don’t forget the service at 6.30pm Thursday at St Joseph’s church.

On Friday they will be having their photo taken and also be having a party. They need to come into school dressed in their communion outfit. They will need to bring their own clothes to change into too. Also they need to bring in food for the party. Children in Year 4 who are not making their communion can join the party and come in their own clothes.

Remember that swimming has now finished too.

MATHS

Mrs Morgan/ Mrs Harding/Mrs  Sarsfield

This week ALL GROUPS will be having their end of year tests.

All the children will have a mental maths test and a written paper too.

Timetables are essential for your child’s development and this cannot be stressed enough. Five minutes a day could really improve their Maths.

http://www.maths-games.org/times-tables-games.html

Please remember that there are tasks on my maths too. We will be updating them this week as some of them have been a little hard.

ENGLISH

This week we will complete our end of year tests:

The children will have:

Two writing tests

Spelling test

Reading test

TOPIC- Saving the world.

This week we will be learning more about rainforests: animals, insects and habitats. We will also be finding out about the people of the rainforests and the products that we use form the rain forest. Did you know at least one ingredient of all medicines comes from a rain forest!!!?

RE

We are continuing with our topic CHOICES. The children will be exploring all different choices. Good and bad consequences of our actions. We will be thinking about the story of the Prodigal son and also be thinking about the sacrament of reconciliation.

Have a good week everyone.

Best wishes

The 3 and 4 teachers.

Monday 13th May

Welcome to this week’s blog spot. Normal spellings with sentences etc and a revision Maths sheet for all three Maths groups. There will be a test on the revision sheet again this week on Friday. Please remember that swimming is on Tuesday and the Year Three will need loose fitted clothes to swim in as part of their life saving skills course. THIS IS THE LAST WEEK OF SWIMMING THIS WEEK.

MATHS

Mrs Morgan/ Mrs Harding./Mrs Sarsfield

This week we will be reviewing learning and revising for the tests next week. We will be reviewing lots of topics each day.

http://www.topicbox.org.uk/mathematics/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/

Timetables are essential for your child’s development and this cannot be stressed enough. Five minutes a day could really improve their Maths.

http://www.maths-games.org/times-tables-games.html

Please remember that there are tasks on my maths too.

LITERACY

This week we will be reviewing non fiction texts and looking at the role of different language features such as captions, bold writing, titles, arrows etc. We will also be writing about good and bad points about school uniform. We will also be reporting about our hobbies too.

http://www.topicbox.org.uk/english/text_non_chronological_report/

http://www.topicbox.org.uk/R.E./text_persuasion_argument_fact_and_opinion/

Topic  Saving the world.

This week we will be learning more about rainforests: animals, insects and habitats. We will also be finding out where rainforests are and why they are near the equator.

RE

We are starting our new topic INTER RELATING. We will be exploring that choices have consequences that are both good and bad.

Have a good week everyone.

Best wishes

The 3 and 4 teachers.

Tuesday 7th May

Welcome to this week’s blog spot. Homework was sent out. Normal spellings with sentences etc and a revision Maths sheet for all three Maths groups. There will be a test on the revision sheet next week on Friday. Please remember that swimming is on Tuesday and the Year Four will need loose fitted clothes to swim in as part of their life saving skills course.

MATHS

Mrs Morgan/ Mrs Harding.

This week we will be learning  about data handling. The children will be reading information of Carroll diagrams, tally charts, Venn diagrams and Bar graphs. They will also be drawing their own too.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/data.htm

Mrs Sarsfield’s Group

In Mrs Sarsfield’s group will be reviewing the four operations still and moving  ont revising for the forthcoming tests.

Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

http://www.topicbox.org.uk/mathematics/

LITERACY

This week we will be learning about plurals, the spelling of igh words and also be writing a persuasive style of writing too. We will also be working hard on trying to improve our sentences.

Steps to success

Steps to Success:

Add an adverb.

Add an adjective.

Make sure there is a connective/conjunction.

Use a punctuation mark other than a full stop.

http://www.topicbox.org.uk/english/

Topic  Saving the world.

 Last week we started our new International Primary Curriculum topic. The children had a great time putting up their own display of a rainforest. This week they will be thinking about what happens when tress and habitats are destroyed.

RE

We are finishing our topic energy.  We will be learning more about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. We will also be thinking about how we can use our own energy to spread the gifts that we have been given.

Have a good week everyone.

Best wishes

The 3 and 4 teachers.