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Ukulele lessons

Every Friday afternoon, Year 4 have a ukelele lesson. Mr Batton has made a guitar from a Quality Street tin!

28 September 2012

This week we are asking you to think about this statement:

I know what makes a healthy brain.

This is creative homework and is due in on Wednesday 03 October 2012.

You could produce:

• • some art work
• • some poetry
• • a poster
• • a rap
• • your own creative idea

28 September 2012

This week’s homework is creative. It is due in on Wednesday 03 October 2012.

I know what makes a healthy brain.

Children could:

• produce a spider diagram of ideas
• draw pictures with labels
• write an explanation
• produce a poster
• cut and stick pictures from the internet or magazines

…or they might choose a creative way of their own to present their learning!

28 September 2012

This week’s spellings are words containing ‘oa’. Your child will be tested on Friday 05 October.

• load
• road
• loaf
• soak
• boat
• coat
• float
• goat
• throat
• soap

Our Big Topics begin…

We’ve had a busy few weeks with mini-topics and our themed week but our Big Topics will begin next week!

Our topics for this school year are:

Year 1 and 2

• Roll up! Roll up! Learning about the origins of the circus and how they have changed over time
• Treasure A new topic for 2012-2013, ‘Treasure’ will include lots of map-reading and adventure
• Ee Ie Ee Ie O! Learning about different types of farms and animals

Year 3 and 4

• All aboard! Learning about transport through the ages
• To infinity and beyond! A popular topic delving deep into space
• Food, glorious food! Another new topic for 2012-2013, ‘Food, glorious food’ will look at popular food in different cultures

Year 5 and 6

• Rich and poor Thinking about differences in lifestyle between rich and poor over time
• Theme parks Another new topic for this school year, ‘Theme parks’ is a roller-coaster ride which links all the key literacy learning the children have done in the past, from reports to recounts
• Chocolate A popular topic looking at aspects such as fair trade and how chocolate is made

28 September 2012

Please learn these words for a test on Friday 05 October.

Words containing the ai/ay sound.

For those of you that want an extra challenge…

You could write the words in a sentence eg I sat in the rain.

28 September 2012

The homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 03 October.

I know what makes my brain healthy.

Here are some ideas:

• A poster
• Draw a picture
• A Lego model, box construction etc
• A photograph
• Information from a book, internet
• Write a sentence

I look forward to seeing your creations on Wednesday.

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Learning about the brain

Year One have enjoyed a week of exciting activities. These activities helped them to understand and learn about their amazing brains. This is what they said:

• “Our brains help us think!”
• “My brain needs water.”
• “My brain has 3 parts.”

Class Assembly

It is our class assembly on Thursday 4 October. It will start at 2:40.
See you there!

28 September 2012

This week the children are focussing on spelling words with suffixes ant or ation. Spellings will be tested on Friday 05 October.