Monday 7th May

Hello all. I hope you have had a super Bank Holiday. I could get used to this three day long weekend! Thank you to all the parents of Year Three children who attended the Holy Communion Meeting last Tuesday night. A special thanks to the group facilitators who wrote down all the questions for a discussion. All the letters that were discussed at the meeting were sent out on Thursday. They give details about what the children should wear and also order forms for ties etc. If you need anymore information please contact one of the 3 / 4 team.

Not much house-keeping to do this week so let's move straight on.

LITERACY

We are continuing to keep our comprehension skills ticking over so have a go at some of the stories in the links below:

http://www.nwlg.org/pages/resources/owl/OWL3Book1/Book01/default.htm - year 3
http://www.nwlg.org/pages/resources/owl/OWL4Book1/Book10/default.htm - year 4
http://www.nwlg.org/pages/resources/owl/OWL5Book1/1/story/index.html - year 5
http://www.nwlg.org/pages/resources/owl/OWL6Book1/1/story/index.html - challenge yourself with the year 6 adventure with an Egyptian theme!

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/engindex.html - have a good explore of the different reading activities on this link. You will definitely benefit from completing some of the quizzes.

We are also going to make a start on our topic of persuasive writing:

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/powerpoints/persuasive_adverts_key.ppt#1 - looking at how language and word choice can be crucial.

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/powerpoints/PersuasiveWriting_Adverts.ppt#1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/activities/argument.shtml - can you persuade another person to your point of view?

Want to keep improving your word skills then check out some of the many games on this site:

http://resources.kaboose.com/games/read2.html

NUMERACY

Keep going with the mental maths links form last week and have a go at the many times tables games we've used this year too. Don't forget our favourite though - can you do your tables quicker now than you could when you first used this site?

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/851/Hitthebuttonv7.swf

As well as ticking on with our Mental Maths skills we will be continuing our work on MEASUREMENT in Miss Robinson's group:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm#Measure - games to practise your measuring skills

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm#Weight - games to learn about weight

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm#ReadingScales - can you read the scales accurately?

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games/liquidvolume/liquidvolume.html - capacity

http://www.mathszone.co.uk/ - have fun with the games on MEASURING.

Mrs Harding's maths group will be concentrating on the four rules this week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/addsubtract/problemsolving/game.shtml


http://www.mathszone.co.uk/interactivemaths.htm


http://www.joethedragon.co.uk/maths/addsub.html


http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/division/3x1%20division.swf


http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/851/DecompExpandv2.swf
Mrs Bethell's group will be reviewing time, money and word problems this week so check out some of the links below:

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

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

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/wordproblems/index.html - lots and lots of different games to try to practise solving word problems.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm#Time - lots of games for time to try.

SCIENCE

In Science we will be spending time learning about electricity and circuits so check out the links below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/circuits_conductors.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/changing_circuits.shtml

http://www.engineeringinteract.org/resources/siliconspies/siliconspieslink.htm - Can you stop the evil Dr Volt and his plans to destroy Silicone City? Click on the game to launch it.

http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/ - Can you complete The Blobs Guide to Electric Circuits?

http://www.powerdiscoveryzone.com/home.html - a great interactive site.

When you are feeling really confident you could even try to create your own circuit:
http://www.cleo.net.uk/resources/displayframe.php?src=207/consultants_resources%2Fscience%2FcircuitWorld%2Findex.html

HISTORY THE ROMANS

In History this week we will be learning about Roman houses both inside and out. The children in their teams will be creating a poster with a sketch of a house using labels and captions. To find out more about Roman houses look on:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/houses/roman.htm

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/romans/architecture/houses/houses.htm

http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/house.html

http://www.webkwestie.nl/roman%20houses/

That's all I can think of for now.

Take care and have a happy week.

The Year 3/4 team

xxx