Reading Records – Draw It!
Last week’s activity was Draw It!
Thank you to all the adults who wrote some fantastic comments in their child’s reading records. Remember – useful comments might include what went well, what they need help with or how many pages they read at home.
Here are some amazing examples of how Y6 engaged with their task.
We are chemists!
This half term, Year 5 have been learning about chemistry in science.
We have been learning as chemists.
Today, Year 5 conducted an experiment investigating whether various substances were soluble. Ask your child what the word soluble means!
If a substance is soluble, the substance and solvent makes a solution.
We tested three substances: salt, sand and sugar. In order to ensure a fair test, we used the same amount of solvent (water), ensured that the water was at the same temperature and left the substances to dissolve for the same amount of time.
We measured accurately…. 
Worked well in a team…. 
And made a logical conclusion based on our results.
Can your child remember which substances are soluble and which aren’t?
We are geographers!
Year 2 are enjoying our geography based topic ‘Where in the world am I?’
Ask your child what they have learned so far? Can they name the four countries in the United Kingdom? Maybe they could tell you the capital city of any of those four countries. Do they know what continent they live in?
This week, we discussed human and physical geography. What is human geography and what is physical geography? We looked at some examples together before sorting pictures of famous features in the UK.
Next week, we hope to take a walk in our local area to take photos of physical and human features close to school and home.
You may have noticed that ‘physical geography’ and ‘human geography’ are on the vocabulary list as part of this week’s talk time homework. Hopefully, the children can talk confidently about these words at home.
A busy week in Reception
Our first full week in Reception has been a busy one. We have been making friends, learning new routines and exploring the classroom.
Phonics
This week we will begin learning letters and their sounds to read and write simple words.
During this phase children will learn their first 19 phonemes:
- Set 1: s a t p
- Set 2: i n m d
- Set 3: g o c k
- Set 4: ck (as in duck) e u r
- Set 5: h b l f ff (as in puff) ll (as in hill) ss (as in hiss)
They will use these phonemes to read and spell simple “consonant-vowel-consonant” (CVC) words: sat, tap, dig, duck, rug, puff, hill, hiss
Early Reading
The session will start at 6pm and last around 20-25 minutes, plus there will be a questions and answer session at the end of around 5-10 minutes.
The link to this zoom session will be emailed to all parents and carers on Monday 27th September. If you do not receive a link and would like to attend please contact the school office.
Bookbags
We will begin sending phonemes and reading books home this week. Please make sure your child brings their bookbag to school every day.
Your child will be bringing a class library book home each week in a separate bag. Please return this every Thursday for your child to choose a different one.
Don’t forget to email any ‘wow’ moments.
www.moortownreception@spherefederation.org
Living and Learning: 8Rs for learning
The Eight Rs for Learning promote good learning behaviour.
They include being resilient, responsible, reflective, ready, resourceful, risk taking, responsive and there is one more.
Can your child remember the last one?
Although these eight attributes have been our current focus in Living and Learning, we refer to the 8Rs throughout the year. We thought about some ways the children have shown these 8Rs for learning in school or at home and here’s what they said.
Read more about the Eight Rs in our guide for parents and carers.
Living and Learning: 8Rs for learning
The Eight Rs for Learning promote good learning behaviour.
They include being resilient, responsible, reflective, ready, resourceful, risk taking, responsive and remembering. Each attribute is represented by an animal, I wonder if your child can remember which animals they are.
We have been learning all about these in our Living and Learning lessons this week and we have been thinking of different times we have shown these attributes. In doing so, we have been showing excellent resilient, remembering and responsive behaviour. Mrs Taylor was very impressed by how much we remembered in our Monday assembly!
Although these eight attributes have been our current focus in Living and Learning, we refer to the 8Rs throughout the year. Can your child think of different ways they can show these attributes at home and at school?
Read more about the Eight Rs in our guide for parents and carers.
Magnificent Maths
There was a buzz about the Y6 classroom today where children were practising multiplication.
I was so impressed with their resilience, especially when I set them this tricky challenge:
Find a four digit x two digit calculation that gets an answer of 394,800.
Check out these brilliant – and totally different – approaches to finding the closest answer.
I also liked Sam’s answer to the true or false question before. He knew he didn’t need to work out each answer because he recognised that both numbers on the right hand side were greater than the left.
Living and Learning: 8Rs for learning
The Eight Rs for Learning promote good learning behaviour.
They include being resilient, responsible, reflective, ready, resourceful, risk taking, responsive and there is one more.
Can your child remember the last one?
Although these eight attributes have been our current focus in Living and Learning, we refer to the 8Rs throughout the year. We thought about some ways the children can show these 8Rs for learning in school or at home and here are some top tips they thought of.
Read more about the Eight Rs in our guide for parents and carers.
Reading Records
Hi guys!
Just a quick note regarding reading records.
- Book Club is on a Friday
- Parents need to comment in reading records in preparation for Book Club
- A comment should give an insight to how your child has got on with their reading at home that week
- Children must engage with the weekly activity and complete it so that it can be reviewed on a Friday in Book Club
- Children will be sent home with a Library book on a Monday (our Library session) unless they’re still reading the same book from the week before
- Children can read a range of texts (not just their library books) and these can include:
– newspapers
– non-fiction books
– novels
– picture books
– poetry
– magazines
– comics
– recipes
– manuals
– and many more!
Top tip: If your child is watching television or a film, stick the subtitles on! This can improve your child’s comprehension, help your child maintain concentration for longer periods and according to a small study, children who watched TV with the subtitles on were more proficient readers!
Happy reading!
Times Tables Rock Stars!
Hello to all of you times tables rock stars out there!
Starting soon, we will be hosting our weekly TTRS competitions across all four classes in KS2.
The winning class each week will receive the coveted guitar and the three players with the top average score in each competition will get a certificate in assembly to celebrate their achievements and effort!
What you need to do:
Make sure your child has plenty of opportunities to practise their times tables at home. A rapid recall of times tables supports children understanding other mathematical concepts and can also help their understanding of new learning, too!
Practising regularly in short, sharp bursts is most effective!
Good luck!