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10 June 2011

The homework this week is Talk Time and is due in Wednesday 15 June.

What do I know about my local area?

Homework this week is linked to our new topic, ‘On our doorstep‘.

Tips:

• What is our local area called?
• What is there to do?
• Are there any places of interest?
• What do I like / dislike in my local area?

Our most recent project

Year Four had an amazing time at the CLC centre last week. The children used skills such as researching, script writing, selecting images, editing and acting!

The end product was a news report.

Henry, Ebony and Georgia appear to have natural talent for news reporting!

Researchers hard at work

At Allerton Grange, we used the Apple computers to research our news reports.

Lights, Camera…Action!

We enjoyed our visit to Allerton Grange where we produced a TV news report.

Relocation, Relocation

‘Relocation, Relocation‘ is our final topic in Year Four.

We’ll focus on reasons for relocating and we will learn a little bit about the Vikings and their movements.  The topic, as always, will be cross-curricular and therefore will incorporate art activities (printing), history and geography. Our SEAL theme of ‘Changes’ also fits well with this topic.

Thank you to Mrs Jaber for volunteering to speak to the children about her experiences of relocating. If any other parents or relatives are interested in sharing their experiences, please see me to discuss a convenient time.

10 June 2011

This week homework is creative and is due in on Wednesday 15 June 2011.

Show me your opinion and views about your activities on our visit to Robinwood Activity Centre.

or

Show me your opinion and views about your activities while I was in Year Six with Mrs Wilson.

Remember this is creative, so you can show your thoughts and opinions in any interesting and imaginative way you like.

10 June 2011

This week we are learning to spell WOW words and to use them in class in the correct context.

Children will be tested on them in class on Friday 17 June, and will be given points for using them correctly in written work and verbally in class.

Here are the WOW words for all groups to learn how to spell and how to use in context:

• breathtaking
• overwhelming
• exhilarating
• inspiring
• invigorating
• rousing
• stimulating
• tremendous
• energising
• marvellous

10 June 2011

This week’s homework is creative. It is due in on Wednesday 15 June 2011.

I can use interesting adverbs.

Remember adverbs usually end in ‘ly’.

The children could:

• Show their understanding of these words in sentences.
• Create a game.
• Create a wordsearch.

10 June 2011

This week’s spellings are compound words (words made up from two or more words). These will be tested on Friday 17 June 2011.

SEAL statement 06 June

Our final SEAL theme for this year is ‘Changes’ and this week we will be focussing on, ‘I can cope with an unexpected change.’

This SEAL theme tackles the issue of change and aims to equip children with an understanding of different types of change, positive and negative, and common responses to change. The key ideas and concepts behind this theme are:

• Change can be uncomfortable, because it can threaten our basic needs to feel safe and to belong
• Change can also be stimulating and welcome
• Both adults and children can experience a range of powerful and conflicting emotions as a result of change – for example, excitement, anxiety, uncertainty, loss, anger, resentment
• Worries about change can be made worse by uncertainty, lack of information, or misinformation and lack of support from others
• People’s responses to and ability to cope with change are very variable, and might be influenced by individual temperament, previous experience of change, and the nature of the change – chosen or imposed, expected or unexpected, within our control or out of our control

Some children may welcome most forms of change and dislike routine and predictability.  Other children may find even small changes very difficult.

Within school, children, who are coping with or have undergone significant change, are supported in a variety of ways:

• Our positive ethos within school
• Support systems, from staff and peers, for children who have undergone change or who maybe new to the school
• SEAL and circle time sessions where children feel safe to talk about their feelings
• Class SEAL boxes for children to record any concerns
• Preparing children wherever possible for planned changes for example, a change of class teacher, Key Stage or even school