Monday 29th of September

Welcome to this week's blog. Who can believe that we are nearly at the end of a very busy first month of the year! Well done to all those children who have comments in their diary and also have been heard read too. Most children have been handing in their sentences too on a Thursday so that this gives the teachers a few days to get them marked before Monday.

The percentages for this week for children who have a comment in their diary and have read are:

In Mrs Harding's class 96% of children have been heard read.

In Mrs Bethell's 44% have been heard read.

In Miss Robinson's 70% have been heard read.

On Tuesday at 9.10 am there is a Harvest Mass in school and you are most welcome to attend.

On the 13th of October we are having another open day and would like everyone to spread the word especially to perspective new parents and new starters for September 2009.

LITERACY

In Literacy this week we are continuing our theme of Recounts and will be investigating the features of NEWSPAPERS. The link below is excellent if you want to have a go at becoming a journalist in the SECOND WORLD WAR:

http://www.headlinehistory.co.uk/swf/main_launcher.htm

For our sentence and word level work we are looking at verbs and whether an event has happened in the past, the future or in the present. Have a go at the links below:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/grammar/tenses/getting_the_right_tense/game.shtml

http://www.crick.northants.sch.uk/assets/Flash%20Studio/cfslit/Word%20Link/word%20link.html - sorting simple verbs

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/reference/irregular.htm - irregular verbs are really tricky so try this activity.

Spellwell continues to be a big success so here is another link to keep working on your spelling patterns:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy.html - pick a pattern and have a go.

http://www.funbrain.com/words.html - lots more word level activities and games to choose from.

This week in the Big Write we will be doing another story and it will centre round the theme of evacuation and children leaving their homes.

http://timewitnesses.org/evacuees/list.html

http://www.webquestuk.org.uk/Evacuees/Index.htm

NUMERACY

Times tables are still a high priority so keep going with them. This week try:

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Ghostblasters1/gbcd.html - can you hit the right ghosts? Remember a multiple is just the times table you want to practice.

Mrs Harding's group will be carrying on working with division and moving onto addition and subtraction. We will be doing lots of work with division with and without remainders.

By the end of the week the children:

COULD be able to divide large numbers with remainders.

COULD be able to add and subtract two and three digit numbers.

SHOULD be able to divide numbers with remainders.

MUST be able to divide numbers.

MUST be able to add and subtract hundreds and tens from and to numbers.

To have a practice please see:


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


http://fwt.txdnl.com/4-10/w/e/weddell/mw/mental/make%20100.swf


http://fwt.txdnl.com/4-10/w/e/weddell/mw/mental/make%201000.swf

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

Miss Robinson's Group will be moving on to develop their addition and subtraction skills this week. By the end of the week:

We must be able to count on to find the next multiple of ten;

We should be able to add or subtract a one digit number that crosses multiples of ten;

We could be able to add or subtract a two digit number that crosses multiples of ten or hundred. There's a lot to get through in our Numeracy this week so please use the sites below to practice:

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=digitmenu - practice all your skills with one game!

http://www.mrnussbaum.com/mayan-math/index.html - can you beat the Math Monster?

http://www.kidsnumbers.com/add_it_up.php - a test of speed and rapid recall

http://www.funbrain.com/brain/MathBrain/MathBrain.html - a whole selection of different games to test your Numeracy skills

Mrs Bethell's Group

This week homework will be sent home in a booklet which can be kept at home. Each week your child is to complete a numered task - starting with Task 1 this week. There are 20 questions each week - some word problems too. If your child has not finished all 20 after about half an hour then just hand in what they have managed. If you wish to make a comment then please do so. Thank you.
To 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

To round two-digit or three-digit numbers to the nearest 10 or 100 and give estimates for their sums and differences

Add or subtract mentally combinations of one-digit and two-digit numbers - pairs to10, 9, 11, 20

To recognise multiples of 2, 5 or 10 up to 1000

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/numberbond.html set the machine to 9, 10, 11 or 20

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/testtest.html - set to easier

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/additiontest.html - adding

http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum20.html - pairs to 20

http://www.ictgames.com/football2.html - 10 less than

TOPIC

We will be carrying on learning about Hitler and Churchill and lots of other information about the Second World War.

Some children have been really busy collecting together objects, finding out stories and bringing in photographs from the Second World War. Every class has a display and we would welcome any further resources or stories.


For some good sites see:

http://www.lgfl.net/lgfl/accounts/holnet/upload/learningzone/londonatwar/index.html


http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/funandgames/playgame.php?game=evacuation


MUSIC

This week we will be starting to learn some Traditional war songs such as Run rabbit run, We'll meet again, Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye just to name a few. Listen out for the children humming the songs.

SCIENCE

We are going to carrying on with our main topic conductors and insulators - an electricity topic. This week we will be exploring what materials allow and don't allow electricity through in a circuit. The children will be making circuits with wires, batteries and bulbs etc and then testing different materials in the circuit to see if the bulb still lights up.

By the end of the week the children:
COULD know what conductors and insulators are.

SHOULD be able to tell you what things electricity will flow through.

MUST know what a circuit is and be able to make one.

To find out more about electricity and conductors and insulators see below:

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/using_electricity/eng/Introduction/default.htm



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


Our review topic this week is Evaporation and we will be reviewing what this means. We will be thinking about puddles disappearing, washing drying and using a hairdryer to demonstrate the process. To find out more about evaporation please see:


http://www.fossweb.com/modules3-6/Water/index.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. If you or your child uses this during the week can you write a quick little note in your child's diary. 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