Monday 22nd September

Wow! Welcome to our blog this week. Things are certainly getting really busy and the children are all settling into their new classes. The Year Three have really settled quickly and we are hearing lots of positive comments about how happy they are.


Nearly every child is being heard read at home. There are a few who have not been heard though. Please make sure you make a comment too. We will let you know the percentages of children who are being heard read in each class soon

LITERACY

We are continuing our work on RECOUNTS this week and will be investigating the difference between fact and opinion.

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/fact_or_opinion/eng/Introduction/default.htm - work your way through the starter, main and plenary and you'll be an expert in no time!

As well as this we will be improving our spelling skills using SPELL WELL, which all the children thoroughly enjoyed last week.

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/auto/18/49.html - start at level 1 - how far can you get?

We will also be looking at how to write in the past tense and exploring how we can change words from the present tense into describing something that has happened in the past.

http://www.saintambrosebarlow.wigan.sch.uk/Fun_and_games/tenses.htm

This week we will restarting our BIG WRITE every Friday. The children will get a big input every week, then have a short break and then be asked to write for forty minutes. It is a very special time when all the children have special pens to write with, candles are lit, lights are dimmed and music is played. This was very successful last year and the children always like to check if we are doing it.

The theme this week will be writing a story.


http://woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/text.htm#2


SCIENCE

We will be carrying on with our theme of conductors and insulators. This week we will be thinking about electricity and the dangers of it. We will be looking at batteries and mains power as well as other dangers in society.
Our review topic this week is learning about the parts of a flowering plant. The children need to know the vocabulary such as stem, leaf, flower etc. Some children may review the functions of the parts and some of the more complicated names such as stamen and carpel.
To find out more about electricity and plants see below:

http://woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/Science/living.htm#plants

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

http://www.andythelwell.com/blobz/

HISTORY

This week we will be doing about the two leaders Winston Churchill and Adolf Hitler. We will be discussing facts about them. The children will be looking at all different pictures, writing down facts and note taking. To have a go at some excellent things to do with the Second World War see below:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Britain.html - lots of facts - super site to find out what was going on!

http://www.headlinehistory.co.uk/swf/main_launcher.htm - in Literacy next week we will become journalists - this site is fantastic. Follow the WW2 links and get a head start.

http://www.diduknow.info/blitz/index.html - explore Liverpool in the Blitz

http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/funandgames/playgame.php?game=evacuation - what was it like to be an evacuee - you can find out here.

RE
We will be continuing our theme of Myself. The children will be reflecting on the different emotions and the ups and downs of life. The children will also be learning how to deal with lots of different emotions.

NUMERACY

Mrs Harding’s class will be rehearse multiplication as repeated addition. We will also learning about division and being able to divide with and with out remainders. I cannot emphasis enough how important times tables are and how much the children benefit from knowing them. Timestables will really help the division topic this week.

By the end of the week the children:
COULD be able to divide 4 digit numbers with remainders and round up the answers with money.
SHOULD be able to divide 3 digit numbers with and without remainders.
MUST know that division is an inverse operation of multiplication and be able to divide whole numbers.

Here are a few links to give you all a practice:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/division/mental/game.shtml

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

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/maths/contents07multiplicationdivision.htm

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

Miss Robinson's group will be continuing to explore number, concentrating on comparing numbers, finding patterns and rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and 100.

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/greater_less_than/eng/Introduction/default.htm - look through the starter, main and plenary and you'll be an expert.

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/geniusboxing.htm - can you use <, > and = to knock out your opponent?

http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/cracker.cgi?A1=s&A2=0&A15=0 - find the missing number to finish the sequence

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/853/Postsortingv3.swf - rounding

http://www.funbrain.com/tens/index.html - a challenging game to practice rounding

By the end of the week the children in Miss Robinson's group:

must be able to use the signs <, > and = to compare numbers

should be able to identify patterns in numbers and continue the sequences

could be able to round numbers accurately to the nearest 10 and 100.

In Mrs Bethell's group this week we are continuing with learning about the number system and the value of digits in a number, as well as learning the pairs to 20 and multiples of 10 that make 100,and solving problems.

Partition three-digit numbers into multiples of 100, 10 and 1 in different ways

Add or subtract mentally combinations of one-digit and two-digit numbers

Derive and recall all addition and subtraction facts for each number to 20, sums and differences of multiples of 10 and number pairs that total 100

Describe and explain methods, choices and solutions to puzzles and problems, orally and in writing, using pictures and diagrams

http://wwwictgames.com/abacusInterger.html

http://www.ictgames.com/arrowcards.html

http://www.ictgames.com/funkymummy20.html

http://www.ictgames.com/brilliantbeadstrings.html

http://www.ictgames.com/fairies2s3s5s10s.html

A final note

Thank you to all the parents who made a comment in their child's diary about the blog. Please continue to let us know what you think of this resource.

We are interested in finding out how useful this blogspot is all the time. If you or your child uses this during the week can you write a quick little note in your child's diary. We just want to get an idea of the percentage making use of this site. If there are any other things you think it might be useful to have on here let us know too.

Thank you. That’s all about it for this week.

Have a good week.

The Year 3 and 4 team.

xxx