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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.

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,
• or poetry,
• or a poster.
• or a rap,
• or your own even more creative idea!

Have you ever seen a rat’s brain?

Don’t worry! We haven’t dissected any rats but we did see a rat’s brain today! Dr Lewis, from Leeds University, came to talk to us today about the brain.  Our brains are full to bursting with information and the 100,000,000,000 brain cells that we have made a lot of links after listening to Dr Lewis.  He spoke to us about our brain’s activity when we learn something new; it truly is the most amazing organ in our body.

This is a rat’s brain – it’s quite similar to ours in shape but obviously much smaller.  We also saw a snail’s brain but to be honest we thought it was a bit of fluff!  Even though it was so small it did consist of 11,000 brain cells.

As well as looking at brains, we also tested our receptive points in our fingers and hands; we then tested our reflexes.  Mrs Weekes asked the question, “Do our reflexes slow down as we get older?”  The answer was “Yes.  However if you keep your brain active then it will stay alert for longer!”

Finding all possibilities

Year 4 try to find all the ways of making 10. To find them all they need to work systematically.