Summary of this week:

Dear parents and carers,

Core subjects
The children have finished their unit on portal stories with their own independent writing in English. In Maths, our lessons have focused on using the 3,4 and 8 times tables. We have been discussing the links between different times tables and how doubling can be a useful tool to help us learn new times tables. In Reading, we have finished our unit on the book Hom. Our main focus has been completing different comprehension style questions and using the text to find the answers. In Science, we have finished our unit on rocks and fossils and have started our new unit on Soil. The children looked at samples of different types of soil and identified their different characteristics.

Foundation

In Art this week, the children did some brilliant observational drawings of different plants, using different sketching and shading techniques to add detail to their work. In RE, the children continued to discuss the true meaning of Christmas and in Computing, we have been learning about the different parts of a network and different types of files that can be shared as a result.

Our learning next week:

In Maths our focus will be on re-capping some arithmetic from previous weeks as well as focusing on our 8 times table.

In English, we will be starting to focus on our new text, Mimi and the Mountain Dragon and identifying the different features of a letter.

In Science, our  lesson will see us going into the woodland area to discover how the soil provides important habitats for wildlife and discussing what would happen if this habitat was taken away.

In foundation, we will be continuing to learn about Antarctica in Geography, the meaning of Christmas in RE and discussing bullying as part of our PSHE.

In Reading, we will be re-visiting Anancy and Mr Dry Bone, continuing to focus on our comprehension skills.

Homework

Maths homework is handed out every Tuesday. The hand in date is the Friday of each week  

A spelling overview is sent out at the beginning of half term to support the children with learning spellings at home.

Please could yellow reading record books remain in school bags and please log any reading you do with your child at home.

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