19 October 2012
This week, the children have come up with some connectives that they struggle to spell. These will also help them with their report writing this week. For example…
Cars are ideal to get about from A to B. However, they do cause pollution and can cause accidents. Furthermore, it is known that opting to walk or cycle is much healthier. In other words, sitting in a car is not a way to exercise whilst travelling.
The spellings are a variety of different types of connectives – they do different jobs in a sentence. See if your child knows which ones they are.
| LO: connective openers |
| Meanwhile, |
| Suddenly, |
| Additionally, |
| Furthermore, |
| However, |
| Nevertheless, |
| Consequently, |
| Therefore, |
| In other words, |
| That is to say, |
Your child will only be tested on eight of these spellings. It’s important that your child remembers to have a capital letter at the start and a comma at the end.
19 October 2012
This week’s spellings begin with ‘th’. Your child will be tested on Friday 26 October 2012.
- three
- throat
- throne
- thigh
- thin
- thing
- thick
- throw
- threw
- think
Class assembly
Well done Year 1! I was very proud of you. Thank you to all the parents and visitors who attended today’s performance.
We loved hearing your views; here are a few: ‘Lovely production’, ‘Enjoyed the class telling the story’ and ‘Wonderful to watch.’
Talking about transport…
…this afternoon we split into groups to talk about the many things the children have learned from their talk time discussions at home.
iPad Art
Year Six spent the afternoon combining observational art and art using our new iPads. They created a drawing of a Victorian artefact – a gentleman’s hat in this case. Next, they took a photo and imported it to an art drawing app. Finally, they added to their original drawing by using colours, shades and tones from the app.
I have to say, they did an exceptionally good job.
iPad maths
Learning addition with iPads.
Maths in Reception
The children have been making number games.
Shared Writing
Year Six completed some sensational shared writing about our class novel, Street Child. They say that working with a partner, and using the net books, allows them to think hard about their word choices, mood and speech.
They did a great job.
New beginnings
“On my first day I felt excited and now I still feel the same happiness,” is one of the quotes from our new children talking about their new beginning at Moortown Primary School.
Roll up! Roll up!
What has your child learnt in our Big Topic so far?
