Monday 7 th April
Welcome to this week's blog spot. The children had a really good week during Science week and loved exploring the themes of electricity and magnetism. All the children had practical hands on with materials relating to the topics. Fiddler's ferry came in and showed the children how electricity is made and explained by electricity and safety issues in the home. The children really enjoyed the Science show on Friday afternoon which was about electricity. Adrian Bowden always provides a really entertaining and interactive show for the children with thousands of activities and resources.
On Wednesday there is a theatre company coming into school to teach the children about bullying or rather not to bully!!
The Year four children are off to Kingswood this Wednesday dinnertime until 2.30pm on Friday . You should have already received a letter about what they need to take and the arrangements.
Children need to arrive at school at the normal time and bring their bags into the hall just before the bell. They can wear their own clothes but please make sure that they are wearing long sleeves.
Children will not be allowed to ring home or take a mobile with them. School will be contacted once they have arrived at the centre. In case of emergency the number of the centre is 01745 817629.
Please do not send good clothing especially if it has been raining . Long sleeves need to be worn all the time. Please remember to send a coat as it could go chilly.
The children are not allowed to bring expensive electronic equipment. Only a few pounds in a purse/wallet. Some snacks can be brought in a named bag please. Let's hope that the year 4 have a lovely time. Our children love going to Kingswood.
READING
In reading this week the results for each class are:
Mrs Harding's class 73% of children were heard read.
75% in Miss Robinson's.
50% in Mrs Bethell's.
We welcome Mrs Narraway to our team for seven weeks. Mrs Narraway will be coming up nearly everyday for an hour to work with a large group of Year Three children. Mrs Narraway will be concentrating on phonics and this is an excellent opportunity for the group of children to make progress with their reading and writing. We are really grateful to Mrs Narraway for her support and expertise on teaching phonics and giving up her time because she has a student.
Mrs Harding and Mr Slavin will be teaching the Year Three children while Mrs Bethell is away with the Year Four and three other members of staff.
The Year three children will enjoy a whole hour swimming on Thursday morning. We will need some extra help from Year 3 parents please. Year 3 will receive some homework this week but it will be a little different and creative because the Year four children are away. It concentrates on fairy tales which is a topic that we are doing at the moment. There are all different activities for the children to do during the week. They can bring it in on Friday to show the rest of their group.
The Year three will be doing lots of preparation for their Holy Communion.
LITERACY
We will be carrying on with traditional tales. We will be looking at how to write a story. We will specifically looking at settings. We will be looking at contractions such as don't, won't, can't etc.
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/story_telling/index.htm
Mr Slavin's and Mrs Bethell's groups will be doing a Math's assessment to find out their level. All children in the three groups will be concentrating on the four rules of addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. Please remember that in a normal week all children are tested on 100 multiplication or division questions.
They receive certificates for the different amounts that they get right. Once they have three multiplication golds they can move onto the division questions. After that there is a mixture of the two awards.
For sites on the four rules please click below. The children can never get enough practice on multiplication and it helps all aspects of their Numeracy.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/numberskills.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/division.htm
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/subtractiontest.html
http://www.10ticks.co.uk/s_showGames.aspx?gameID=5#gamesContent
We all hope that every one has a good week even though the children are in different countries. Let's hope the weather holds out for us all.
The Three/Four team.
On Wednesday there is a theatre company coming into school to teach the children about bullying or rather not to bully!!
The Year four children are off to Kingswood this Wednesday dinnertime until 2.30pm on Friday . You should have already received a letter about what they need to take and the arrangements.
Children need to arrive at school at the normal time and bring their bags into the hall just before the bell. They can wear their own clothes but please make sure that they are wearing long sleeves.
Children will not be allowed to ring home or take a mobile with them. School will be contacted once they have arrived at the centre. In case of emergency the number of the centre is 01745 817629.
Please do not send good clothing especially if it has been raining . Long sleeves need to be worn all the time. Please remember to send a coat as it could go chilly.
The children are not allowed to bring expensive electronic equipment. Only a few pounds in a purse/wallet. Some snacks can be brought in a named bag please. Let's hope that the year 4 have a lovely time. Our children love going to Kingswood.
READING
In reading this week the results for each class are:
Mrs Harding's class 73% of children were heard read.
75% in Miss Robinson's.
50% in Mrs Bethell's.
We welcome Mrs Narraway to our team for seven weeks. Mrs Narraway will be coming up nearly everyday for an hour to work with a large group of Year Three children. Mrs Narraway will be concentrating on phonics and this is an excellent opportunity for the group of children to make progress with their reading and writing. We are really grateful to Mrs Narraway for her support and expertise on teaching phonics and giving up her time because she has a student.
Mrs Harding and Mr Slavin will be teaching the Year Three children while Mrs Bethell is away with the Year Four and three other members of staff.
The Year three children will enjoy a whole hour swimming on Thursday morning. We will need some extra help from Year 3 parents please. Year 3 will receive some homework this week but it will be a little different and creative because the Year four children are away. It concentrates on fairy tales which is a topic that we are doing at the moment. There are all different activities for the children to do during the week. They can bring it in on Friday to show the rest of their group.
The Year three will be doing lots of preparation for their Holy Communion.
LITERACY
We will be carrying on with traditional tales. We will be looking at how to write a story. We will specifically looking at settings. We will be looking at contractions such as don't, won't, can't etc.
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/english/story_telling/index.htm
http://pbjc-lib.state.ar.us/mural.htm
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/match/dragflip.asp?filename=jwildecontraction2
http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/lit_sites/alpha_drag/widepage.htm
Mr Slavin's and Mrs Bethell's groups will be doing a Math's assessment to find out their level. All children in the three groups will be concentrating on the four rules of addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. Please remember that in a normal week all children are tested on 100 multiplication or division questions.
They receive certificates for the different amounts that they get right. Once they have three multiplication golds they can move onto the division questions. After that there is a mixture of the two awards.
For sites on the four rules please click below. The children can never get enough practice on multiplication and it helps all aspects of their Numeracy.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/numberskills.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/division.htm
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/subtractiontest.html
http://www.10ticks.co.uk/s_showGames.aspx?gameID=5#gamesContent
We all hope that every one has a good week even though the children are in different countries. Let's hope the weather holds out for us all.
The Three/Four team.
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