Monday 17th March

Happy Saint Patrick's day for Monday! Wow! We have just reached the final few days of this half term. Unfortunately, last week because of the bad weather Mrs Harding's class could not walk up to the High School for their visit. It has been rescheduled for next half term in the second week. Miss Robinson is now living back at her own home and is making a slow recovery from her pneumonia. Hopefully by taking it easy she will start to feel better soon.

On Tuesday afternoon the 5 / 6 children have organised their own fundraising event and would welcome any more unwanted toys and books. Also every class will visit the hall so please give your child a bit of change.


Please remember that we are having an Easter garden competition on Wednesday morning. There will be prizes given out for each class. Use a shoe box and decorate in the theme of Easter. Last year the Easter gardens were amazing and we were all overwhelmed with the quality of them.


On Thursday there will be a short Easter service in school at 9am. Parents are welcome but please remember that we are getting very short of space. Swimming has been cancelled for this week on Thursday because it is the Easter service.


See below for more activities to do with Easter. Please remember that Easter is a very important event in the church's calendar.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Easter/Default.aspx


http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/re/b-dag/ngfl-container/re-unit2-en.html


http://www.request.org.uk/infants/festivals/easter/Easter01.htm


http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/memory1_easter/memory1.html


http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/memory2_easter/memory2.html


http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/battlestar_easter/battlestar.html


http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/millioneaster.html


http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/xweaster.shtml


http://www.refuel.org.uk/curric/festivals/lent/puzzle_stu.html


http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/resourcesjigsaws.shtml


http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/colourbookeaster.shtml


http://demo.iboard.co.uk/screens/thread_home.htm?thread_id=21



We are doing lots of assessment this week. Here are some of the sites in Maths for the different groups.

Mrs Harding's group:

The children have been working very hard and have done lots of addition/subtraction/division and multiplication. Alongside this they have done lots of work on graphs, shape, fractions and decimals.

http://www.kidsnumbers.com/addition_timed.php

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/interactive/subtraction.htm

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

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/handlingdata/graphs_and_charts/

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/fracto.html

Mr Slavin's and Mrs Bethell's groups:

The children have been doing lots of work on subtraction and addition. They have also been finding out about 2D and 3D shapes as well as lots more!

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/maths/files/addsubroundingh.doc

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/interactive/subtraction.htm

http://www.aaamath.com/add27-add-vertical.html

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/longshape3d.html

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/maths/docs/numberbonds_100_SS.doc

Literacy

In Literacy we will be assessing the children's writing. Some of the things that we have worked on this term are diaries, letters, stories and instructions. See the sites below to refresh their memory.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/texttypes/instructions/game.shtml

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/cliffhanger.htm

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/english/docs/poemactivities_themonthsoftheyear.doc

http://www.schooltrain.info/english/letters/letters_features.htm

http://readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/

http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/powerpoint/how_to_write_a_story.ppt

That's all for about this term. We all hope that you have a great holiday and we will see you again on the 31st of March for our new half term.

The 3 and 4 team.