Monday 3rd November

Welcome to a new half term and we can't wait to get going. We all hope that you have had a good rest and are looking forward to coming back to school. This is a really busy term for everyone but one of the best because of Christmas approaching.

Thank you to everyone who attended one of the three parents' evening in the last week. Spreading the times over three afternoons appeared to work well and there was more time to talk and less queuing too!!


AIR RAID SHELTERS TRIP

The Year Four had a fantastic day out to the air raid shelters on the last day and they were a credit to yourselves and the school.

On Monday 3rd of November it is Year Three who are going.

The children need a war time packed lunch.

They can wear their own clothes.

They may bring some money if we have time for the shop. The Year Four did not have any time so don't be surprised if they come back home with their money!

We will be leaving Stock port at 2.30pm and will be back by 3.30pm we hope.
To find out more about the air raid shelters see:

http://www.airraidshelters.org.uk/


Thank you to everyone who helped us with the trip and who will be helping on Monday.

LITERACY

Due to the last week of last half term being so busy we did not quite get our POETRY work completed. The children will have the opportunity to improve their Autumn Poems and present them as SHAPE poems too. As well as this we will be exploring CALLIGRAMS - where a word is made to look like it sounds e.g. S_L_I_D_E etc. Check out some of the links below:

http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/home.do

http://www.childrenspoetrybookshelf.co.uk/default.asp

http://www.poetrysoc.com/

http://www.rhymezone.com/ - a useful rhyming dictionary

We will also be finding time to fit in our comprehension, our weekly SPELLWELL (the children are very excited to try out the boards they made during our WW2 Thinking Hats afternoon), and of course our BIG WRITE!

NUMERACY

It is really important that we get ahead with knowing our times table facts so use the games below to check how well you know them.

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/851/Hitthebuttonv7.swf - on this site you can practice your number bonds, times tables and division facts!

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

We are also going to be starting building up our Mental Maths skills so have a look through the games and activities on:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/wordproblems/index.html

Looks like this week our time-keeping should be wonderful as we are all going to be working on time. We have mentioned specific sites for each group but feel free to try any - they all fit the topic!

In Mrs Harding's group we will be starting to work on telling the time and the digital clock as well as the twenty four hour clock. We will also be finishing off our work on Tally charts.

By the of end of a short week the children:

COULD be able to make and read tally charts to display information.

COULD be able to read time to the nearest minute.

COULD be able to calculate time in the 24 hour clock.

SHOULD be able to recognise time in 15 minute intervals.

MUST know what am and pm means.

MUST know important facts about time such as 24 hours in a day, 365 days in a year.

To see sites on time please see:
http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/stoptheclock/sthec2.html

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/stoptheclock/sthec4.html

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=Toolkit index2a

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

In Miss Robinson's group this week we will be investigating TIME. We will be making our own clocks to use in school and will be focusing on reading and recording units of time accurately on analogue clocks this week, moving onto digital as the week progresses with some children.

By the end of the week the children:

MUST know how to read the time accurately on an analogue clock.
SHOULD be able to record digital time.
COULD be able to problem solve using time.

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm#Time - try the selection of time games on this super site.

http://www.mrmyers.org/Math_Mania/Math_Games/Jude_e-Clock/clock.htm - a clock to play with to get you used to different times.

http://www.mrmyers.org/Math_Mania/Math_Quizzes/Time/time101.htm

http://www.mrmyers.org/Math_Mania/Math_Quizzes/Time/time202.htm

Mrs Bethell's Numeracy Group are also focusing on TIME this week too. This week we will be learning to tell the time in 5 minute intervals and solve simple time problems. I hope you have all remembered to use the clock you took home to practice telling the time. It takes a long time to learn to tell the time!!!!

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

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/BangOnTime/clockwordres.html

http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/stoptheclock/sthec2.html

http://www.ictgames.com/hickory4.html

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/timetables/index.htm
By the end of the week the children

Must know 1/4 past 1/2 past 1/4 to any hour
Should be able to tell the time in 5 minute intervals
Could solve simple time problems.

SCIENCE

We will be finishing our topic on circuits and conductors and will be completing an assessment sheet. The children will be telling us how much they have learnt about electricity. Our new topic for this term is

KEEPING WARM

This week we will be learning about temperature and the need for a thermometer.

We will be thinking about the sense of touch not always being the best thing to measure how hot something is. The children will be learning about thermometers and how their readings change depending on the temperature of things.


By the end of the week the children

COULD be able to read a thermometer and predict temperatures of bowls of water.

SHOULD understand the need for a standard measure for measuring temperature.

MUST be able to explain how we measure temperature.


To find out more see:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/keeping_warm_fs.shtml


http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primaryframework/downloads/SWF/thermometer.swf


Our review topic this week is animal groupings. The children will be reviewing mammals, reptiles, insects, crustaceans etc. To find out more see:


http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/animals/intro1.html


HISTORY

We will be doing lots of follow up work with the children about their trip to the Air Raid Shelters. Each team will produce a poster with writing and pictures about their day. We hope these posters will teach other children about World War Two.

http://www.diduknow.info/blitz/index.html - liverpool blitz link

http://www.show.me.uk/hosted/pro/act.htm - shopping in the war

http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/19/makemend/make_and_spend.htm - mend, make or spend?

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

http://www.cheslynhay.org.uk/y5-6/annefrank.html - the story of Anne Frank

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2children/ - find out about life for a child in WW2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/as/ww2/index.shtml - find out about Scotland in WW2

http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/war.html - Britain at war

http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/wwar.htm - the Home Front

http://www.st-thomas.angus.sch.uk/second_world_war.htm - living during the war

http://www.worldwar2exraf.co.uk/Online%20Museum/Museum%20Docs/Homefrontmuseum.html - lots of info on WW2 generally

That's all about now for this week. We hope you have a good week.

Best wishes from the 3 and 4 team.

xxx

Monday 20th October

Welcome to this week's blog spot.

Gosh the end of a very busy term this week. All the children are settled into their classes and their new routines especially the Year 3 who have joined us in the Juniors.

We have an extremely busy week in store with three parent's evenings.

The days are:

Monday and Tuesday from 3.30pm until 5.00pm.

Thursday from 1.30pm until 5.00pm.

You should have received a time/appointment for your child by the end of last week. If you did not manage to send a slip back then the teachers have allocated a spare time for you.

Please remember that on Friday all the Year 4 are out on the Air raid shelters trip. They are allowed to wear their own clothes and will need a packed lunch. Please remember that we may be late and might get back at around 3.30pm traffic permitting. I am sure that we will have a great time.

DON'T FORGET YEAR THREE PARENTS THE CHILDREN ARE OUT ON THE TRIP THE FIRST DAY BACK. SPREAD THE WORD!

We will not be sending out homework this week with the parent's interviews and being out on the trip. This provides an extra bit of time for reading with your child, learning timetables and high frequency words which are being tested before the half term.

LITERACY

This week in Literacy we will be learning about poetry. We will be having a look at all different poems and will be having a go at writing some poems ourselves.

To get a head start on poetry please look at:

http://www.strettonhandley.derbyshire.sch.uk/poems/concrete.htm

http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/my_monster/index.htm

Here are a few sites for spelling. Every week the children really enjoy playing a game called spellwell. We are going to be using some of the new boards to play that the children have made themselves last week.

http://pbskids.org/lions/games/blending.html

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

http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/games/flags.html

NUMERACY

In Mrs Harding's group the children will be continuing to work with finding the area and perimeter of 2D shapes. We will be starting to learn about tally charts to collect data.

By the end of the week the children:

COULD be able to interpret, use and make tally charts.

COULD be able to find the area and perimeter of shapes and work out dimensions from given areas and perimeters.

SHOULD be able to find the perimeter and the area.

MUST be able to calculate finding the perimeter by adding up the sides.

This week Miss Robinson's group will be finishing off their topic on 2D SHAPE. We will be exploring triangles, angles and reflective symmetry.

By the end of the week the children

must be able to identify lines of symmetry in shapes and complete symmetrical shapes and patterns.

should be able to recognise and name the different types of triangles - right-angled, equilateral, isoceles and scalene.

could be able to recognise and name the different types of angles - right-angles, obtuse and acute.

http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/maths/activities/year3/symmetry/shape_game.asp - find the lines of symmetry

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/calamity.shtml - can you save the Princess?

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=triangles - can you sort the triangles?

http://www.hittingthetarget.com/hittingthetarget.php - learn about angles - play the football, tennis and cricket games!

http://www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/haringey/web/teachers%20section/KS2/ICT/Links%20%26%20Resources/documents/clowns.swf - can you guide the car to burst the balloons using your knowledge of angles?

Mrs Bethell's Numeracy
This week we are continuing with 3D shape but will also be solving number problems and word problems too.

To represent the information in a puzzle or problem using numbers, images or diagrams; use these to find a solution and present it in context, where appropriate using £.p notation or units of measure
To se knowledge of number operations and corresponding inverses, including doubling and halving, to estimate and check calculations
To relate 2-D shapes and 3-D solids to drawings of them; describe, visualise, classify, draw and make the shapes
To report solutions to puzzles and problems, giving explanations and reasoning orally and in writing, using diagrams and symbols
To use knowledge of rounding, number operations and inverses to estimate and check calculations

http://www.mathplayground.com/GrandSlamMath1.html - a game of baseball by solving word problems – tens and units.
http://www.mathplayground.com/multiples.html - practice x tables, a game of catching pumpkins which are multiples of a target number.
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=ncmenu – comparing numbers using <>
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=crazyc – problem solving – start with a number and try to reach the target number given.
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=MatchingPairs3Dshape – play a pairs game to match the 3D shapes against the clock.
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/longshape3d.html - name the 3D shape in the picture.
Children MUST be able to name 3D shapes
Children SHOULD be able to solve simple number problems
Children COULD solve word problems

SCIENCE

In our Science curriculum on Electricity we are going to be varying the current – adding more batteries/fewer bulbs etc.

How can you make a bulb go dimmer?

How can you make it brighter?

What happens when you add more bulbs?

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/science/electricity_book1/index.htm
http://www.learningcircuits.co.uk/

http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/science/activities/circuits/circuits1.htm

Our review topic is learning about Melting.

How can we speed it up?

What is ice?

How can we slow down melting?

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

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=changingstate

MUSIC

The children are really enjoying learning the war songs in class and some of their favourites are Run rabbit run.....White cliffs of Dover..... etc. Listen out for them humming the popular old favourites.

That's all about all for this term. We hope you have a great week off and we will see you all back at school bright eyed and bushy tailed on Monday 3rd November.
Bye for now,

from the Three and Four team.



xxx

Spanish Week

This week we have a RICH TASK week and the week will have a SPANISH theme. Some of our activities will have a Spanish link and we will be also reviewing all the different language that we have covered in the past. Here are some of the words and phrases.


Introductions


¿Como te llamas? What is your name?



Me llamo…. My name is…..


¿Dónde vives? Where do you live?



Vivo en Warrington I live in Warrington


¿Cuántos anos tienes? How old are you?


Tengo ocho anos. I am eight years old.




Los Animales - Animals


El perro - dog


El gato - cat


El ratón - mouse


El caballo - horse


La serpiente - snake


El conejo - rabbit


El hámster - hamster


El pez - fish


El pájaro - bird


La rata - rat


La vaca - cow



Una rana - a frog


Un mono - monkey


Los Números - Numbers


Uno Dos Tres Cuatro Cinco Seis Siete Ocho Nueve Diez


Classroom phrases


Levantaos! Stand up!


¡Sentaos! Sit down!


¡Miradme! Look at me!


¡Levantad la mano! Put your hands up!


¡Cruzad los brazos! Cross your arms!


¡Abrid los ojos! Open your eyes!


¡Cerrad los ojos! Close your eyes!


¡Bajad la mano! Put your hands down!


¡Señalad! Point to!


¡Repetid! Repeat!


¡Escuchad! Listen!


¡Mirad! Look!


¡Enseñadme! Show me!


Classroom equipment


Un boli - a pen


Un lapiz - a pencil


Un libro - a book


Un sacapuntas - a pencil sharpener


Una goma - a rubber


Una calculadora - a calculador


Una regla - a ruler


Tijeras - scissors


Los colores - Colours


Rojo(a) - red

Amarillo(a) - yellow

Naranja - orange

Rosa - pink

Azul - blue

Verde - green

Negro(a) - black

Gris - grey

Blanco(a) - white


The Weather

El tiempo ¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? - What is the weather like today?


Hace buen tiempo….. It’s nice weather


Hace mal tiempo……..It’s bad weather


Hace mucho frio……….It’s very cold


Hace mucha calor…… It’s very hot


Hace mucho viento…..It’s very windy


Esta lloviendo…….. It’s raining


Esta muy nublado….. It’s very cloudy


Esta muy helado…… It’s very frosty


Esta muy soleado…..It’s very sunny



Los partes del cuerpo - Parts of the body

La cabeza - head

El cabello - hair



La frente - forehead


L a oreja - ear

El ojo - eye


La nariz - nose


La mejilla - cheek


La boca - mouth

El diente - tooth


El cuello - neck


El hombro - shoulder


El pecho - chest


El brazo - arm


El codo - elbow


La muñeca - wrist


La mano - hand


El dedo - finger


El estómago - stomach


La cadera - hip


La pierna - leg


La rodilla - knee


El tobillo - ankle


El dedo del pie - toe (lit. finger of the foot)


La espalda – back


http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_for_children this is a great website, which has lots of ‘clickable’ objects which help with pronunciation.


http://www.learn4good.com/kids/learning_spanish_online/free_lessons_for_children.htm some lovely interactive activities for the children, including colours and numbers.

Monday 13th October

Welcome to this week's blog. We have a busy week in school this week and so we'll crack straight on.

The percentages for this week for children who have a comment in their diary and have read are:
In Mrs Harding's class 88% of children have been heard read.
In Mrs Bethell's 54% have been heard read.
In Miss Robinson's 66% have been heard read.

We would really like to get those percentages up near 100% so whenever you hear your child read can you please remember to write a comment in their diary. Many thanks.

OPEN DAY

Please remember that we have an open day on Monday and feel free to have a browse in school between the hours of 9.30am and 2.30pm.

PARENT'S EVENINGS

You should have received a letter about parent's evenings in the last week. If not pop into school to find a copy.

WW2 TRIP

Thank you to everyone who has paid and sent the consent forms into school for the Air Raid shelters trip. There are only a few children who have not done this as the day is fast approaching!

SPANISH WEEK!

This week we have a RICH TASK week and the week will have a SPANISH theme. Some of our activities will have a Spanish link and we will be also reviewing all the different language that we have covered in the past. You will find lots of Spanish phrases in our Spanish blog this week. Below are a few Spanish websites for you to have a look at though.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryspanish/start_here/ - a great starting point for Spanish.

http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_for_children this is a great website, which has lots of ‘clickable’ objects which help with pronunciation.

http://www.learn4good.com/kids/learning_spanish_online/free_lessons_for_children.htm some lovely interactive activities for the children, including colours and numbers.




LITERACY

This week we will be finishing the topic of recounts. The children will have the opportunity to write their own newspaper article about a story form the war.

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

We will also be learning about adjectives.

http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/interactives/literacy/wordclasses/adjectives.asp - become an adjective detective!

http://www.learnatglobal.com/assets/applets/grammar.swf - The Grammar Show strikes again - this time teaching you all about adjectives!

Every week we have been busy developing our reading comprehension skills. Check out the sites below to practise:

http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/english/activities/literature_comp/lit_comp_home.htm

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/engindex.html - choose a level and have a go!

NUMERACY

Keep your times tables skills sharp - Refresh your memory with the games below:

http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/multiples/intro.htm

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

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/resources/gordon/Hit%20the%20button%20v9.swf

This week Mrs Harding's group will be reviewing 2D shape and types of triangles. We will be moving onto the topic of measurement and area.

By the end of the week the children:

COULD be able to convert between different units of measure such as km/m/cm.

SHOULD be able to suggest suitable units of measure and estimate and measure length.

MUST know how to calculate the area of a rectangle using length x breadth.


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


http://www.funbrain.com/measure/

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/AreaExplorer/

In Miss Robinson's group we will be continuing our work on 2D shape. This week we will be moving on to explore regular and irregular polygons as well as consolidating our learning from last week about quadrilaterals adn the properties of shape.

By the end of the week the children:

MUST know the names of all 2D shapes and be able to recognise them.

SHOULD know what a polygon is and what a regular and irregular shape is.

COULD be able to know the names and characteristics of all 2D shapes and types of triangles .

Keep using the games from last week as well as a couple of new ones below:

http://nwlg.org/pages/resources/ma_num/swf/shapeGate001.html - look at the shape and answer the questions correctly to send it to it's right place

http://www.mathszone.co.uk/ - go on. Click on KS1/KS2 then find SHAPE and have a go at as many games as you feel like...

http://www.mathplayground.com/Matching_Shapes.html - WOW! Want a real challenge then try to match all the polygons correctly!

Mrs Bethell's Maths

This week we are continuing our shape work - moving onto symmetry and naming the 3D shapes. We are also continuing to learn our times tables - 2,3,5 and 10 and then moving onto the 3, 4 and 6 for those who are able to.

To draw polygons and classify them by identifying their properties, including their line of symmetry

To visualise 3-D objects from 2-D drawings; make nets of common solids

To relate 2-D shapes and 3-D solids to drawings of them; describe, visualise, classify, draw and make the shapes

To derive and recall multiplication facts for the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 times-tables and the corresponding division facts; recognise multiples of 2, 5 or 10 up to 1000

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

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

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/maths/maerdy_2d/e_index.html

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=triangles

http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum20.html

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/ngfl/maths/greg_morgan_symmetry/index.htm

http://woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/shape.htm#Symmetry


That's all about there is for now.
Have a really good week.
Best Wishes

The 3/4 Team
xxx

p.s. Make sure you check out our Spanish Week blog too!