01 May 2015
The spellings this week are linked with our current science topic of magnets and forces. Also, in class, we’re looking closely at root words, prefixes and suffixes. Added to the end of the spelling list is an extra challenge. Using the root word ‘act’ the children need to build a word family. For example, actress, action, acting.
- repel
- attract
- magnet
- friction
- force
- iron
- copper
- pole
- materials
- gravity
- Extra challenge, use the root word ‘act’ to create a word family.
100% Attendance
Congratulations to all those who have had 100% attendance since the end of February:
- Matteo
- Aleena
- Owen
- Nishaan
- Sam
- Pippa
- Hibba
- Zack
- Isobel
- Edward
- Umaimah
- Nico
- Oliver
- Harry
- Zeewa
- Pavan
- Neive
- Grace
- Megan
- Archie
- Stanley
- Saleem
Wow! That’s 22 children in total – very impressive. Keep it up!
01 May 2015
This is the first spelling week about verbs. All the verbs have a doubled consonant for a short vowel sound.
The verbs are listed in their infinitive, present tense, past tense and continuous (this form could be either past or present tense).
- Infinitive – I like to shop.
- Present – She shops very often.
- Past – She shopped all day long.
- Continuous – She was shopping. / She is shopping.
Group 1
| infinitive | present tense | past tense | continuous |
| to allow | allows | allowed | allowing |
| to annoy | annoys | annoyed | annoying |
| to drip | drips | dripped | dripping |
| to grab | grabs | grabbed | grabbing |
| to offend | offends | offended | offending |
| to accept | accepts | accepted | accepting |
Group 2
| infinitive | present tense | past tense | continuous |
| to attempt | attempts | attempted | attempting |
| to borrow | borrows | borrowed | borrowing |
| to embarrass | embarrasses | embarrassed | embarrassing |
| to offend | offends | offended | offending |
| to possess | possesses | possessed | possessing |
| to succeed | succeeds | succeeded | succeeding |
01 May 2015
This week’s homework is creative and is due on Wednesday 06 May 2015.
If I ran the country I would…
It’s the General Election on Thursday 07 May so how would you like the country to be run? At home, get your child involved in thinking about what we are voting for and how it might change things across the country. What are the main parties called and what kind of things are they promising? Then, in as creative a way as you like, think about how you would run the country and what your main policies would be (as a serious bid or with crazy ideas just for a bit of fun).
Your child could…
- create a speech for people to vote for you
- draw a ‘Theme Park Map’ of the country as it would look if you ran it
- create a manifesto
- write a story with you as the prime minister
- write a letter to the prime minister suggesting the policies you would put in place
Amazing attendance!
Well done to those people who were here every day for Spring Term 2 (23.02.15 – 02.04.15). They are…
- Martha
- Isaac
- Ben
- Grace
- Lewis
- Sachpreet
- Pia
- Gabby
- Phoebe
- Farai
- Thomas
- Ethan
- Mia
- Ismail
- Alex
- Albert
100% attendance
Eighteen children from Year 1 were in the draw for the prize of a meal at Pizza Express for having 100% attendance last half term:
Sam, Zidaan, William, Ben, Alexandra, Byron, Daniel, Eleni, Charlie, Natasha, Musa, Aisha, Kirsten, Kismat, Zakariya, Alexander, Manpreet and Maggie.
Let’s hope this continues into the Summer term.
Great effort from all players
Well done to our netball teams who took part in the North East High 5 netball competition alongside over 20 local schools and had the opportunity to meet players from Yorkshire Jets.
Phonics mornings
We hope you can attend the third and final phonics morning this week.
The sessions will be on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9am.
See you there.
24 April 2015
We are revisiting one of our key spelling rules this week: drop the y for an i. For each spelling, you have to drop the y and replace it with an ies in order to pluralise the word.
Group 1
|
|
root word |
plural |
|
1. |
activity |
activities |
|
2. |
company |
companies |
|
3. |
city |
cities |
|
4. |
copy |
copies |
|
5. |
lady |
ladies |
|
6. |
injury |
injuries |
|
7. |
baby |
babies |
|
8. |
memory |
memories |
|
9. |
quality |
qualities |
|
10. |
enemy |
enemies |
Group 2
|
|
root word |
plural |
|
1. |
country |
countries |
|
2. |
party |
parties |
|
3. |
difficulty |
difficulties |
|
4. |
opportunity |
opportunities |
|
5. |
society |
societies |
|
6. |
community |
communities |
|
7. |
responsibility |
responsibilities |
|
8. |
boundary |
boundaries |
|
9. |
priority |
priorities |
|
10. |
constituency |
constituencies |
We are revisiting one of our key spelling rules this week: drop the y for an i. For each spelling, you have to drop the y and replace it with an ies in order to pluralise the word.
24 April 2015
The homeworks this week are Talk Time and Practice Makes Perfect.
The Talk Time homework time homework ties in with the upcoming General Election. Children should talk with people at home about what policies / ideas they would introduce if they were the leader of a political party. The ideas should be realistic and should be ones which would benefit the community, not just them and their friends.
The Mathsletic homework is an activity about time which we will be focussing on in Maths lessons next week.