Monday 27th January

Welcome to our blog spot this week. January is nearly over and we are fast approaching Spring!!!

HOMEWORK

Please remember that homework has been sent out every week and will be sent out for the next three weeks. There is on line homework for all the groups using MY MATHS. The project homework is due in the last week of term. Lots of children have already started to plan and work on their work. Please see details below.

Project homework

The children produced excellent project homework last term and they presented their work in lots of ways. It was wonderful to see how much everyone had enjoyed their work.

This half term’s topic is

What’s on the menu?

The topic is about the history of food, food around the world, how food is produced and health and diet.

Examples of work: power points, large posters, models, map work, written reports, songs, videos, menus,  etc.

Your child will be expected to give a short presentation to the rest of the class to show their finished product, during the last week: February 10^th to 14^th February.

Good luck and once again we are really looking forward to the wonderful creations and great ideas. 

Please note this is to replace the sentence homework. However, there are a few children who are not completing their homework and teachers may ask them  to do sentences homework instead.       

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to come in and see one of the three and four team.

RE

We will be continuing with our topic on local community. The children will understand what it means to belong to a community.

The children will be thinking about how communities and parishes celebrate. We celebrate in happy and sad times and join together as a community.

ENGLISH

In English this week we will be exploring LIMERICKS.

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/english/limerick.htm

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/page/default.asp?title=Woodlands%20Junior%20School&pid=1

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=46

We will also be learning more and reviewing questions marks and exclamation marks.

MATHS

MRS HARDING/MRS MORGAN

This week we will learning all about MULTIPLICATION.

The children will be exploring the use of arrays, scaling and missing numbers in multiplication questions.

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

The children will be working on their timetables too so please spend some time practising them. We will be working on the 11 timetables this week.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

MATHS

MRS SARSFIELD

This week the children will be workingon data handling and will be learning all about Venn diagrams, bar charts  and Carroll diagrams.

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

 Have a good week everyone.

The three and four team.



Monday 20th January

Welcome to our blog spot.

HOMEWORK

Homework has started again at the end of last week and the new project topic homework has been sent out too. See below for details. Spellings were sent home in diaries and my maths homework is available on line too for two weeks.

Project homework

The children produced excellent project homework last term and they presented their work in lots of ways. It was wonderful to see how much everyone had enjoyed their work.

This half term’s topic is

What’s on the menu?

The topic is about the history of food, food around the world, how food is produced and health and diet.

Examples of work: power points, large posters, models, map work, written reports, songs, videos, menus,  etc.

Your child will be expected to give a short presentation to the rest of the class to show their finished product, during the last week: February 10^th to 14^th February.

Good luck and once again we are really looking forward to the wonderful creations and great ideas. 

Please note this is to replace the sentence homework. However, there are a few children who are not completing their homework and teachers may ask them  to do sentences homework instead.       

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to come in and see one of the three and four team.

RE

We will be continuing with a new topic on local community. The children will understand what it means to belong to a community.

The children will be thinking about responsibility and commitment helping a community to function well.  We will also be exploring what it would be like if we had no community.

ENGLISH

In English this week we will be exploring SHAPE POEMS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRG0WBGLvyM

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/poetry/shapepoems/

We will also be learning more about the different types of adjectives and levels of intensity such as

hot, warm, tepid, lukewarm, chilly, cold, freezing.

http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/adjectives.htm

MATHS

MRS HARDING/MRS MORGAN

This week we will learning all about parallel lines and right angles. The children will be able to recognise parallel lines and right angles and identify the different properties. The children will also be exploring nets of shapes.

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

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

The children will be working on their timetables too so please spend some time practising them. We will be working on the 10 timetables this week.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

MATHS

MRS SARSFIELD

This week the children will be workingon data handling and will be learning all about Venn diagrams, bar charts  and Carroll diagrams.

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

Have a great week everyone,The three and four team.

Monday 13th January 2014

Welcome to our blog spot. The children had a great few days back and we are all settling into our routines. Please make sure your child has their in door PE kit as we start doing PE every week.

HOMEWORK

Homework will start again at the end of the week and the new project topic homework will be sent out too. See below for details.

Project homework

The children produced excellent project homework last term and they presented their work in lots of ways. It was wonderful to see how much everyone had enjoyed their work.

This half term’s topic is

What’s on the menu?

The topic is about the history of food, food around the world, how food is produced and health and diet.

Examples of work: power points, large posters, models, map work, written reports, songs, videos, menus,  etc.

Your child will be expected to give a short presentation to the rest of the class to show their finished product, during the last week: February 10^th to 14^th February.

Good luck and once again we are really looking forward to the wonderful creations and great ideas. 

Please note this is to replace the sentence homework. However, there are a few children who are not completing their homework and teachers may ask them  to do sentences homework instead.       

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to come in and see one of the three and four team.

Maths homework will remain the same with my maths and also a maths exercise. Mrs Morgan’s and Mrs Harding’s groups are up to task 10. Spellings will be given out on Friday too.

RE

We will be continuing with a new topic on local community. The children will understand what it means to belong to a community.

They will understand the different roles people play in our community and why and be able to follow the sermon story and why it is important for a community. The children will be able to explain how Jesus plays a role in our community today.

The children will be thinking about responsibility and commitment helping a community to function well.  We will also be exploring what it would be like if we had no community.

ENGLISH

In English this week we will be continuing to  learn about instructions.

Steps to success:

Imperative  verbs.

Time phrases.

Adverbs

Chronological order

Safety aspect

Diagrams

We will also be learning more about the different types of adverbs. To find out more see below.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/topic/adverbs

MATHS

MRS HARDING/MRS MORGAN

This week we will learning all about 3d shape. The children will be able to recognise the shapes and identify the different properties.

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

The children will be working on their timetables too so please spend some time practising them. We will be working on the 9 timetables this week.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html

MATHS

MRS SARSFIELD

This week the children will be working with measurements and finding fractions of measures such as 3 / 4 of 280g etc. The children will also be moving onto finding weights of objects and comparing weights.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures/capacity.html

Have a good week everyone.

The three and four team.

Tuesday 7th January 2014

Welcome to our blog spot.

Happy New Year and we hope that you had a great Christmas. We hope the children are now ready to return with lots of energy.

The staff and children were very upset and moved to say goodbye to Mr Barker. We wish him the best of luck in his retirement and we hope to see him soon.

Please remember that we are going to a pantomime on Thursday morning so any parents willing to accompany us please let us know.

RE

We will be starting a new topic on local community. The children will understand what it means to belong to a community.

They will understand the different roles people play in our community and why and be able to follow the sermon story and why it is important for a community. The children will be able to explain how Jesus plays a role in our community today.

ENGLISH

In English this week we will be starting to learn about instructions.

Steps to success:

Are my instructions clear?

Have I used commands?

Have I listed all the things I will need?

Have I set out things in the order they need to be done?

MATHS

MRS HARDING/MRS MORGAN

This week we will learning all about 2d shape. The children will be able to recognise the shapes and identify the different properties. The children will be looking at different triangles and quadrilaterals too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/shape_space/2d_shapes/play/

MATHS

MRS SARSFIELD

This week the children will be working with measurements and finding fractions of measures such as 3 / 4 of 280g etc.

Have a good week everyone.

The three and four team.