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11 May 2012

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect.

You’ll find a phonics and reading activity in your child’s book.

The activity requires your child to fill in the missing words in the box. We suggest that your child reads the words in the box first and then finds the sentence that they belong to. If your child struggles to read the sentence because of unknown words in it, get your child to sound the words out. They can do this by using their phonic knowledge.

This homework is due on Wednesday 16 May.

11 May 2012

The homework this week is talk time and should be completed by Wednesday 16 April:

Is it possible to be a good pirate?

There has been a lot of discussion this week about how people from the past are viewed in different ways. The same person can be seen as a hero or a villain. With this in mind, explore whether you think there is such a thing as a good pirate.

We will be having a discussion in class next week about whether it is possible to be a good pirate – so make sure you’ve got some points ready.

Abandon Ship

A few days ago, Year 3 and Year 4 received this letter:

Dear Year 3 & 4,

I be writing this here diary whilst I be gettin’ attacked from the east by those scallywags, employed by the ‘onourable Queen Elizabeth to do away with us. I don’t ‘ave much time left and I be worrying ’bout me treasure y’see. I thinks I can swim ashore but I won’t be able to carry me treasure which weighs a massive 1kg. I as got sum wood, stone and other bits and pieces but don’t have a clue what to do. ‘Elp us if ye can and make me something that help float me treasure back to shore.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be coming up with some ideas and building a device that can float the treasure back to shore. Hopefully, this pirate will let us share some of his booty if we manage to help him!

SATs Week Timetable

This is the timetable for SATs week, which starts on Monday 14 May.

Tests will take place in the morning. Please make sure children are on time as test will start promptly.

• Monday 14 May: English reading test.
• Tuesday 15 May: English writing test (shorter task) and spelling test.
• Wednesday 16: May Mental Mathematics test Mathematics Test A.
• Thursday 17: May Mathematics Test B.
• Friday 18: May English writing test – longer task.

Tuesday 22 May: Level 6 tests in Mathematics – for those children who have done Tough Stuff Maths.

Training days

The training days for next year have been provisionally set for the following dates:

• Monday 03 September (this is the first day after the summer holiday; school would be open to children in Y1 – Y6 from Tuesday)
• Thursday 15 November (this date is fixed; it is to elect police commissioners)
• Monday 25 February (the first day after February half-term holiday)
• Thursday 02 May (polling day is usually the first Thursday in May, so it is likely we will have to close on this day)
• Monday 22 July (this is the last day of the school year – families tell us they would prefer not to attend for just one day in a week; instead of a training day on this date, teachers will stay for three after-school ‘twilights’ during the year, which is as well as the regular weekly professional development meetings held on Mondays)

Last week, teachers spent the training day in school working on our School Development Plan and action plans for 2012-13. Nearly all schools in England should have a School Development (or Improvement) Plan and accompanying action plans. They outline across a period of time how a school can make changes and keep up to date on educational trends.

This year, our teachers have begun to plan using Google Docs rather than Word. This is a step towards greater use of ‘the cloud’ to prepare, save and share / collaborate. Google Docs (and Google Drive) is a move away from saving things on a PC towards sharing things in a more ‘virtual’ way, which allows greater collaboration. The next steps will be for teachers to work in this way for more and more projects, and to get our governors using and sharing as well.

Strictly Year 4 Dancing

Year 4 have choreographed some of their own dance routines in PE.

httpv://youtu.be/QmVe-xeFb4U

04 May 2012

This week’s spellings are all words which have double consonants after a short vowel sound – this is an important, and common, spelling rule (think of the difference between hoping and hopping, for example).

The spellings will be tested on Friday 11 May.

04 May 2012

The homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 09 May.

I can find five interesting facts about pirates.

This is a good opportunity to do some research on the internet and/or take a trip to the local library and hunt down some books on pirates!

Moortown’s Got Talent Winner

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I4ub1Ij4qw

04 May 2012

This week our spellings are all adverbs that follow the familiar spelling rule: double up for short vowel sounds.