Year 5 Autumn 1 Focus Text

2nd October 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

This half term, Year 5 will be reading ‘Journey to Jo’burg’ by Beverley Naidoo, which tells the story of South African siblings Naledi and Tiro and their fight to save their baby sister. Bravely, alone, they set off on a journey to find their mother, who they hope will be able to help. It isn’t until they reach her in the city of Johannesburg that they come to understand the dangers of their country, and the painful struggle for freedom and dignity that is taking place all around them.

While reading this book, children will be completing a number of independent writing pieces. To begin with, children will write a character description about one of the book’s main characters. They will then take upon the role of Naledi and will write a letter to Mma (Naledi’s mother) before finishing the half term by writing a diary entry based upon the events of Naledi and Tiro’s journey across South Africa.

Listen to Chapter 1 of Journey to Jo’burg below:

https://youtu.be/5P6tm5EYmwE

Super Scientists!

2nd October 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

Class 9 have been working very hard in Science over the last few weeks. Our topic is States of Matter and we have had great fun learning about solids, liquids and gases.

So far, the children have learnt all about the characteristics of each state, how the particles behave and how to measure temperature.

They also investigated making Ooblek and found out about Non-newtonian fluids.


We have some amazing Scientists in Class 9!

 

Maths in Year 6

30th September 2020Miss K. Wilkinson
To start our year in Year 6, we have been working hard with developing our Place Value skills; these underpin our understanding of all maths. These are the skills we have covered so far:
  • Numbers to 10 million
  • Compare and order any number
  • Round any number
  • Negative numbers
We have been working through our catch-up curriculum supported by White Rose Maths and have found the children have responded brilliantly. We have enjoyed investigating maths using Nrich tasks (see the negative number lighthouse).
This week we are moving into our Four Operations topic, come back soon for more updates!

Working from home!

30th September 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

This week in Year 3, we’ve been working from home! The children have been accessing their work via Seesaw. Some children used the Seesaw tools to answer their questions directly on their devices, while others chose to use pencil and paper and upload a photo.

The Year 3 staff are all incredibly proud of the children’s efforts!

Take a look at some of our amazing work from this week:

 A fact file about Usain Bolt for our Science topic: How does Usain Bolt move so quickly?

Examples of our daily gratitude journals. Being at home is a great opportunity to think about all of the things we are grateful for.

We are flying through our Place Value unit of work in maths! We’ve been watching the White Rose videos to help us answer the questions in fluency, and showing off our incredible understanding in reasoning and problem solving challenges.

 

In DT we’ve been looking at examples of Stone Age settlements as part of our topic: How did the Early Britons make shelters?

 

 

And finally, we’ve been producing some fantastic Stone Age inspired cave art!

Year 4 Autumn 1 Focus Text

25th September 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

This half term in Year 4 we will be reading ‘Charlotte’s Web‘ by E.B.White

Charlotte’s Web is a story about a pig called Wilbur and his friendship with a spider called Charlotte. Thanks to Fern Arable, Wilbur, the runt of the litter, was saved from an early slaughter. Fern nurses him like a baby and he grows into a healthy pig. Wilbur is sold to Fern’s Uncle Zuckerman and goes to live in the barnyard on his farm. This is where Wilbur is befriended by Charlotte, who ends up changing his life forever.

During literacy this half- term, the children will work to develop their descriptive skills and knowledge and apply this to writing a character description of Fern Arable. The children will then write a persuasive letter to the farmer from Fern that showcases their ability to express a point of view and to use facts and evidence to support their argument.

You can listen to Chapter 1 being read aloud below:

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Reception Autumn 1 Focus Text

25th September 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

This half term in Reception our focus text is ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’.

So far the children have listened to the story and practised retelling it, ordered pictures showing the story events and drawn their favourite part. Over the coming weeks they will be identifying and describing the characters and settings. They are also learning the key features of texts, such as title, author, text and illustration.

 

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Year 6 Autumn 1 Focus Text

23rd September 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

This term in Year 6 we are reading a funny class novel called ‘My Dad’s a Birdman‘, written by David Almond. The story is set in the North East of England in Newcastle. The story revolves around a family. The dad has sadly lost his wife and as a result is starting to act a little bit crazy – he wants to be a bird! Lizzie, his loving daughter, and his sister, Auntie Doreen, support him. The city is holding a Human Bird Competition, which of course Dad wants to enter! Will he make it across the Tyne? Who will be there to watch? 

We will be writing a range of genres around the text, including:

  • Character description
  • Dialogue between Dad and Lizzie
  • Description
  • Instructions
  • Newspaper report – birdman competition
  • Diary entry 

Here is an excerpt from My Dad’s a Birdman, a film by Will Howe:

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To discover more about the author, David Almond, visit: http://davidalmond.com/

 

Year 3 (Classes 6 & 7) Home Learning

22nd September 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

All home learning tasks have been assigned on your child’s Seesaw with detailed instructions. Year 3 staff encourage all children to use their Seesaw wherever possible to read the tasks as there are internet links and videos to support their home learning.

Seesaw is accessible on smart phones via the ‘Seesaw Class’ app or using an internet browser on laptops and computers at seesaw.me. All tasks can be completed on paper and do not need to be completed on Seesaw unless the children wish to do this. Teachers will also give feedback to tasks where possible through the Seesaw.

Please find below a list of resources and tasks for Year 3 for home learning during the period 22nd September – 2nd October 2020. If you would like a hard copy of these resources please contact the school office. Please note that this will be added to during the time your child’s year group is closed.

Don’t forget you can also use these apps below. Click on the icons to take you to the login pages. If you need a reminder of any login information please contact the school.

 

Our first days in Reception

21st September 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

We have been enjoying the last of the warm weather in our garden recently.  We are learning how to share resources and follow the rules.  But most importantly, we have been making tonnes of new friends!

Year 3 Autumn 1 Focus Text

17th September 2020Miss K. Wilkinson

This half term, Year 3 will be reading ‘Stone Age Boy’ by Satoshi Kitamura. The story revolves around a young boy who finds himself back in time in the Stone Age! He meets a young girl and they become friends, having lots of interesting adventures together.

In our literacy lessons we will be focusing on narrative. We will be using this story to write our own retelling following Talk for Writing, then eventually we will write our own narrative where the main character travels in time.

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