Welcome to this week's blog spot. The children came into school on Friday supporting Red Nose Day and looked great. They are doing brilliantly fundraising too for the Good Shepherd appeal that we have during Lent.


GO 4 GOLD

We are fundraising funds with a go 4 gold scheme. Any unwanted/old gold can help us raise funds for the new playground project. Please return your envelopes ASAP. No later than the 28th of March. It is important that you complete the information on the back of the envelope unless it might not be accepted into the scheme. Also put the child's class and their name as we will put all the envelopes into a draw and the lucky winner will win a large Easter egg.

LITERACY

The children really enjoyed the dictionary and note-taking work they did last week. We are continuing to build up our non-fiction writing skills this week and we will be concentrating on EXPLANATIONS. The children will be analysing different explanation texts and describing it's structure:

TITLE - usually in the form of a question.

INTRODUCTION - a simple sentence or two that tells you what the text will be about.

SUB-HEADING - mini titles to help people find particular information quickly.

BULLET POINTS - for just writing pure facts or pieces of information in a short and quick way.

LABELS - to show the important parts of a diagram or picture.

CAPTION- a short sentence to describe what a photograph, picture or diagram is about.

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/writingfun/writingfun.html - a good site that introduces the idea of explanations, how to structure what you want to write as well as some great examples so you have a very clear idea.We will continue to develop our skills with writing sentences and will be looking at punctuation too. Check out this lesson based link about sentences - just work through the starter activity then the main and then the plenary.

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

If you fancy challenging yourself have a look at the link below - it's for older children but I know how many of you like to push yourself!http://www.channel4.com/learning/microsites/F/fairground/

NUMERACY

Lots of children got their Times Table or Division Awards last week. Fantastic!!! We cannot stress how much of an impact learning the times tables can have on all the Maths you do. Keep checking out the games below:


http://tutpup.com/


http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/custom/files_uploaded/uploaded_resources/851/Hitthebuttonv7.swf http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/tabletrees.html

In Mrs Harding's group we will be finishing off angles and will be doing symmetry and rotational symmetry too. See below to see more ideas.


http://www.subtangent.com/maths/ors.php


http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/sketchpad/index.htm

Miss Robinson's Group will be continuing to develop their skills in MULTIPLICATION and DIVISION this week. We had such a busy time last week we didn't quite manage to get through everything so we need to carry on. Please check out the links from last week as well as the games for this week.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/numeracy/division/index.shtml - a super game to get you thinking about division

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/multiply10and100/

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/bingo/index.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/whatarenumbers/multiplesandfactors/quiz.shtml - remember a multiple means in the times table of!

We will be spending more time developing our MENTAL MATHS SKILLS this week too:

http://www.10ticks.co.uk/s_showGames.aspx?gameid=24

http://www.10ticks.co.uk/s_showGames.aspx?gameid=16

http://www.10ticks.co.uk/s_games.aspx - in fact this site has so many brilliant games here's the link to follow to get to them all!

Mrs Bethell’s Group
This week we are still focusing on learning our 3 and 4 times tables to achieve a Bronze or Silver Times Table award as well as learning our Time Facts. Well done to those children who have already achieved their Bronze award and who know their time facts !!!
We are concentrating on learning about measuring this week – length, weight and capacity and knowing that:
1,000ml = 1 litre 1,000 g = 1 kilogram
500ml = ½ litre 500g = ½ kg
250ml = ¼ litre 250g = ¼ kg
Please look around your house for containers and discuss their capacity – 2 litre coke bottle, shampoo bottle etc

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/starship/maths/aliencookbook.shtml

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

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/simplescales2.swf

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

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

http://www.ictgames.com/dragonmap.html - review of odd and even

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/level1.htm - review of fractions

SCIENCE


We are going to be starting a new topic on Solids, liquids and gases.This week we will be learning and thinking about what this means. The children will think about different solids, liquids and gases that they already know about.To find out more about this topic please see:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/gases.shtml


http://www.abpischools.org.uk/page/modules/solids-liquids-gases/


http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/liquids/character.html


http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/science/activities/sol_liq_gas/home.asp


http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/Curriculum/Millionaire/scimill1.htm


Also in Science we will be reviewing light and shadows. The children need to know that a shadow is formed by blocking the light. See if you can help them explore the concept by giving them a torch in a darkened room.

To find out more see:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/light_shadows_fs.shtml



http://www.seekscience.org/interact/ - launch yourself into Alien Attack if you want a challenge!


That is all about now for this week.
Have a good week.
The three and Four team



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