04 March 2011
Spellings this week are based on ‘ee’ sound with different spellings. Learn the spellings and find four more words that fit the rule.
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accuracy |
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disease |
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emergency |
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essential |
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healthy |
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displeased |
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ready |
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company |
Spellings will be tested on Friday 11 March.
04 March 2011
Your homework this week is Talk Time:
I can talk about whether school uniform should be banned.
In class we are working on balanced arguments. Discuss with your parents your opinions about the statement. Think of and discuss points that you agree with and points that you disagree with.
Also think about a conclusion and the connectives that you would use in your discussion.
Make notes in your homework book to show the things you discussed.
Homework is due in on Wednesday 09 March.
School Council
Congratulations to Rosie and Yutaro for their election to the school council. I’m sure they’ll do a great job.
Also, well done to all the other children who stood in the election.
04 March 2011
LO. To spell words with the ‘ow’ sound.
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cow |
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how |
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now |
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down |
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brown |
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clown |
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town |
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flower |
04 March 2011
The homework this week is Talk Time and is due on Wednesday 09 March.
Do animals belong in the circus?
Tips for great Talk Time homework are:
- Turn the TV off!
- Get a few adults together if possible to join in.
- Ask the adults to go first.
- Use some words you don’t think your child uses/knows and explain their meanings.
- Put a comment in their homework book.
I look forward to hearing children’s opinions.
Production
Year Three and Four’s production will be on Wednesday 30 March at 2.00pm and Thursday 31 March at 6.00pm. We hope to see you there!
Topic – To Infinity And Beyond!
Can your child tell you how long it takes for the Earth to orbit the sun?
How about how long it takes for the moon to orbit the Earth?
Year Four seem to be really enjoying the Space topic! Last half term, the children produced some fantastic drawings of some of the space artefacts we have in school – take a look at our space display in class! This half term we will be developing our sewing skills to create alien hand puppets.
We have an exciting visit from a space dome to look forward to at the end of March when the children will experience an interactive virtual tour of the solar system!
04 March 2011
This week’s spellings use apostrophes to join two words and show their missing letters. They are called contracted words – two words made into one.
These spellings will be tested on Friday 11 March.
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have not |
haven’t |
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could not |
couldn’t |
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are not |
aren’t |
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were not |
weren’t |
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had not |
hadn’t |
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they have |
they’ve |
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they will |
they’ll |
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we have |
we’ve |
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she will |
she’ll |
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you had |
you’d |
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Can you think of any more? |
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Can you put these words into sentences? Maybe even, linking with your homework, use the words in dialogue! |
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04 March 2011
This week’s homework is creative. It’s due in on Wednesday 09 March.
I can write dialogue.
Remember the steps:
“speech marks to open…
capital letter
spoken words
punctuation mark
…speech marks to close”
reporting clause
action/ender
full stop
eg “I’m lost in the labyrinth!” cried Sarah, darting her eyes back and forth.
Using our postbox
Our postbox is just inside the Reception entrance. It’s a white postbox on the right hand side – you just need to lift the lid and post any payments you need to make. You can use the postbox to leave other items, too: letters, concerns, term-time absence requests. In the summer term, we invite parents / carers to complete an Annual Survey – using the postbox means your responses can be anonymous if this is important to you.
When you need to make a payment at the office, for dinners, clubs, trips etc, it’s a good idea to remember the following two points:
- Money should be in a sealed envelope clearly labelled with your child’s name and class and what the money is for.
- All envelopes should be ‘posted’ in the post-box just inside the Reception entrance – this is a quicker way to pay than queueing!