Monday 2nd October

We hope that you all enjoyed the extended weekend. The teachers attended a very interesting course on Friday which looked at ways of enhancing children's learning. So without too much waffle let's get straight on with what your child will be concentrating on this week.

In Literacy we are continuing to read Grandpa Chatterji - it is leading us to explore not only the story itself but also our own thoughts and ideas of the themes we are coming across. We are looking at what is important in our own lives and what affects the lives of those around us. We will be spending a lot of time this half term talking about characters. Try creating your very own wanted poster with:
http://www.deltamicro.co.uk/primary_online/wanted.html

Alongside this we are continuing to concentrate on spellings. Check out these sites if you're already bored with the ones from a couple of weeks ago:

http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/erljun.htm - phoneme blends

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/spelling/plurals/pluralrules/index.shtml - plural rules activities

http://www.crick.northants.sch.uk/assets/Flash%20Studio/cfslit/Spellings/spellings.html - if you want to really get to grips with the weekly spellings you need to learn.

We are exploring verbs adn tenses more this week. Check out the game on:http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/sentencebasics/verbsubjectagreement/game.shtml
- once you've read the instructions it is quite straightforward and has 3 levels to go at.

Before we move on, if you want a bit of fun try:
http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/bookem/silly_sentence.html

and if you want a challenge have a go at:
http://funschool.kaboose.com/fun-blaster/games/game_dungeon_escape.html?g=des_ds1

In Numeracy we will be continuing to practise the basics. To build up your skills try some of the activities at:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/numberskills.html

We will also be branching out into other mathematical topics as the weeks go by so here's websites to get you thinking:
http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/maths/maerdy_2d/frames.asp - 2D shape

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/time/index.htm - time

http://www.teachingmoney.co.uk/wb/ClassPresentsUK.html - money

In Science we are continuing to explore animals that have skeleltons.

Try building animal skeletons at http://insideout.rigb.org/ri/anatomy/skeleton_territory/index.html
and if you want to see how tricky a human skeleton is to rebuild go to http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/pages/bones.html

http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/interactives/class.html - looks at different ways of sorting animals

This week in Science we are also exploring sound and vibration:
http://www.crick.northants.sch.uk/assets/Flash%20Studio/cfsscience/sound1f/sound1f.html

http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/oceanodyssey/oceanodysseylink.htm - have a go at the Ocean Odyssey. An interactive game meant for older children but is so well explained year 3/4 should be ok although some may want adults around to help them with any big words.

In Geography we are continuing to compare our experiences with those of children in Chembakolli, and this week we are looking at housing.

As well as all of this, we are spending quality time thinking about our feelings and learning to walk in other peoples shoes as part of our SEAL work. This fits in particularly well with our topic on India and our text in Literacy.

If you could all remember to try and listen to your child read three times a week if you can and write a comment in their diary that would be fantastic!