Summer 2: week4
PE
We have been practising our races for sports day again this week. The children are really enjoying using the different equipment and developing new skills!
English
This week’s book is called Clean Up. It is about a girl called Rocket who cleans up the beach whilst on holiday. It has inspired the children to clean up our school. They have been proud litter pickers picking up any rubbish that they find and using it to make creations in the classroom. They have been using the word of the week (pollution) whilst discussing what they have been doing and why.
Help at home: by using our word of the week with your child.
Maths
This week we have been discovering bonds to 5. The children have been making these and using the sentence stem:
5 is made from …. and …..
…. and …. combine to make 5
We have also been singing lots of songs including five little speckled frogs to consolidate this learning.
Reminders
Next week is a busy week. We have sports day, meet the teacher, our school trip and the summer fair.
Armley Mills Industrial Museum
Year 3 and 4 visited Armley Mills Industrial Museum today! The museum was full of amazing, old machines that get wool from a sheep, ready to weave into fabric.
Each class had a weaving workshop where they carded wool to make it smooth and straight. This was done by hand or in the later years, there were machines for this! Back in Victorian times, children as young as 7 were working on the machines… We decided that we’d much rather be in school learning than doing this!
We then saw a huge old spinning machine that helps to get the wool thin and looking like string or thread. It was very loud. The song, “wind the bobbin up” was explained as the wool is spun around one!
Finally, we had a go at weaving ourselves. There is a weft which goes left to right and a warp that goes top to bottom. The children weaved their fabric in and out to create some beautiful weaves!
We also spent some time outside in the garden getting some fresh air and exploring the other levels to the museum. We saw machines for sewing, projecting and banking. Very impressive!
Help at home by watching this BBC Bitesize video about weaving. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0015x4s/bitesize-daily-79-year-olds-art-89-year-olds-3-weaving
Summer2: Week3
This week, has been a busy fun filled week.
We have started practising our dance around the May Pole ready for the summer fair. The children have been inspired by videos of others doing it and were very excited to get started themselves.
PE
During PE lessons, we have been practisig some of the different sports day activities. Please see your child’s sports day team below. Your child will need to come to school wearing their team colour tshirt on the day.
Handwriting
We have been recapping the letters a and g this week in handwriting.
We have also been practsing forming the letters m and n.
Maths
During maths this week, we have been looking at counting up to 20 objects.
Help at home: by getting different amounts of objects upto 20. Support your child with counting them.
Living and Learning:
The children were talking about consent during this weeks living and learning session. We discussed the importance of being asked for consent before taking a picture. The children understood that it’s their right to say no if they don’t want one taken.
We also talked about stop means stop. You have the right to say stop if you don’t like something.
If someone was being unkind I would tell them to stop.
If someone tried to hurt me I would say stop.
Poetry Picnic
We have been performing our poem this week with musical instruments. The children enjoyed selecting which instrument they would like and following the beat of the poem.
Sports Day
I have attached the groups for sport day. Please ensure your child comes in a plain tshirt that is their team colour.
Summer 2: Week2
PE
During PE this week, the children have been developing their racket skills.
They have been learning how to control a ball on a racket and developing their technique of hitting the ball to a target.
Maths
This week in maths, we have been looking at what 5 needs in order to make numbers. For example, 5 needs 3 to make 8.
Help at home: by giving your child a number that is between 5-10. Ask them what 5 needs in order to make that number.
Topic
During topic this week, we have been comparing the city to the seaside.
The children were able to list some things that they might find at the seaside and some things that they might find in the city.
Handwriting
We have been focusing on forming the letters c, o, a, d and g this week.
Help at home: by practising these with your children. These can be done with chalk, in sand, using coloured pencils or pens.
Maths – What’s the time?
This week, Year 3 have been learning to tell the time. Telling the time can be tricky as there are lots of ways to read the same time e.g. 2:15, 15 minutes past 2 and quarter past 2.
We began by reading the time to 5 minutes.
“three twenty”
Then, we had a go at reading time to minutes past and minutes to. The key to this is lots of practice!
Here’s the children’s fantastic learning:
Help at home by having a go at reading the time.
Challenge: Can you read a digital and analogue clock? What about a clock that uses roman numerals?
07 June 2024
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- circle
- ice
- fancy
- space
- dance
- bicycle
- silence
- city
- The children will be tested on these words next Friday 14 June
Please encourage your child to try practise the words by putting their words in a sentence using our handwriting guide. Also, look at the spelling activities guide for some ideas to practise these words.
Summer1: Week6
On Monday, we had a very exciting day. We released our butterflies. The children have enjoyed observing the life cycle of the butterflies over the last few weeks and were happy to set them free.
Maths
This week we have been learning how to use the rekenreks. We have been subitising numbers on them aswell as making different amounts within ten.
English
During our English this week, we have been learning about our bodies. The children were able to say and write a fact about the human body.
Poetry Picnic
This week’s poem was called Monkey Babies. The children have enjoyed both reading and performing this poem throughout the week.
PE
During this half term the children have been developing their ball skills. They have been practising bouncing a ball in a hoop and catching a ball that someone else has bounced to them.
Help at home: by reading lots, both to and with your child over the half term.
Triathlon
This week, thirty of our Key Stage 2 pupils took part in the Brownlee Foundation Mini Triathlon event at John Smeaton. This is always a great event and it introduces the children to the elements of triathlon – a swim, a bike ride and a run.
Well done to all the children for taking part.
If your child is interested in triathlons, please see more details in our physical activity guide or have a look at this bike and run offer at the Brownlee Centre.
Science – Does the amount of seeds affect the growth of a plant?
Does the amount of seeds affect the growth of a plant?
Last Friday, Year 3 set up a test to see whether the amount of seeds in one pot affects the growth of a plant and more specifically a sunflower!
What are we measuring?
We are measuring the height of the plants in centimetres every week.
What are we keeping the same?
We are keeping the size of the pots, the amount we water them and conditions (windowsill) the same.
What are we changing?
We are changing the amount seeds in each pot: 1, 2, 4 and 8 seeds per pot.
We went out in the sun to plant these and to plant our own individual sunflower seeds too!
The children will measure how these grow over the weeks and take them home.
Check back here every week to see updates!
Reading: Performing Poetry!
This week, Year 5 have been looking at the poem ‘Rang-tan‘. It is about Rang-tan’s forest home being destroyed to clear the way for palm oil – an ingredient used to make products for humans. This poem has linked incredibly well with our Geography unit where we are looking at the Amazon Rainforest.
Today, the children had time to practise and perform thispoem. They focused on their oracy targets: eye contact, voice projection, gesture and fluency.
Help at home: Watch the video and discuss how we can help stop the destruction of forests.