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