13 January 2016
For the next two weeks, we will focus on the ‘ably’ and ‘ibly’ word endings. To help them learn when to use the correct ending, children should complete the following activity by Thursday 20 January.
Earlier in the year, we learnt about the able and ible word endings and identified some rules and conventions to help us spell these words correctly. Children should reflect on this learning and investigate the following questions:
- True or false…all words that end in ‘able’ can be changed to end in ‘ably’?
- True or false…all words that end in ‘ible’ can be changed to end in ‘ibly’?
- Can you spot a pattern, rule or convention when changing words to end in ‘ably’ or ‘ibly’?
- Is it always, sometimes or never true that words ending in ‘ably’ or ‘ibly’ are adverbs? Prove it.
13 January 2017
Spelling worksheet due in Thursday 19 January 2017.
This week, to help with spelling, children have been given a worksheet concentrating on the ‘ness’ and ‘ful’ suffixes. Your child will have a spelling test on Friday 20 January based on the spellings they learned last week for homework.
13 January 2017
This week’s homework is creative and is due in on Thursday 19 January 2017.
I can show what I have learned during our ‘What’s the Matter?’ topic, when we concentrated on rocks and soils.
For this homework, I’d like children to reflect on their learning from the past two weeks and show off what they have learned. Your child could:
- give an overview of what they have learned about the three different types of rocks and their properties
- show how different rocks are formed
- take photos of different rocks
- be a scientist and conduct a science investigation
I look forward to seeing all the children’s wonderful ideas and creations.
13 January 2017
All week, we’ve been going through the Year 5/6 spelling list identifying which words we think we already know.
For this week’s spelling activity, the children should practise those spellings they already know by writing them into sentences as well as identifying ten words which they feel they’ll struggle to remember.
There won’t be a test on Friday; instead we’ll discuss the words we’ve identified as trickier and create a spelling list for us to learn the following week.
13 January 2017
This week’s Practice Makes Perfect homework focuses on our SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) skills.
Have a go at the mini test at home before we go through it together in class on Thursday 19 January.
Check your own understanding by seeing if you can explain your answer to somebody else in your family, letting them know the tricks you’ve got for remembering what’s what. To make sure this impacts on your learning, notice what you’re confident with and what you might need to practise so that we can discuss this in class and you know yourself what to work on.
13 January 2017
This week’s homework is Talk Time and will be discussed on Thursday 19 January.
I recognise my own and other people’s talents.
Around the dinner table, in the car, walking to the shops, discuss what talents you and your family have. Don’t forget to write some notes so that you can share your talents with us in class.
Scholes swimming pool
Way back in October (21.10.16), we invited you support the efforts of parents and carers at Scholes (Elmet) Primary, one of our Sphere Federation partner schools.
The school is very unusual in that it has its own swimming pool. It’s a small, shallow one, but is great for introducing younger children to swimming. The pool has been closed for essential maintenance and a massive fundraising campaign has taken place. We encouraged you to vote for the school to benefit from a grant.
I’m delighted to tell you that the Save Scholes Pool team has won an Aviva Community Fund grant out of the thousands of entries that were submitted. The application made it to the final stage and eventually won £10,000!
This takes the total amount raised to £45,ooo which is the core amount that the Save Scholes Pool team set out to achieve 16 months ago. They’ve now got their fingers crossed for more good news that could take the funds to the £50k total.
Thank you for supporting our Sphere partner school.
Scientists and product testers
Today, Year 2 received a letter from Mr Vango asking for their help to test various materials to see if they are waterproof and therefore suitable for their tents. We used lots of science skills to test this out.
Questioning
- ‘Is the material waterproof?’
- ‘Is the material strong?’
- ‘Does it tear?’
- ‘Is it flexible?’
Predicting
‘We predict that plastic will be the best material because it’s strong and waterproof.’
Testing, observing and recording
Concluding
We found out that plastic, paper and foil were all waterproof but, when we considered other characteristics of the materials, we decided that plastic would be the best material for the tents. Our prediction was correct! We hope this helps Mr Vango with his research.
This online activity allows you to investigate properties of materials more.
New themed menus
Catering Leeds, our school meal provider, will be running a special Australia Day themed menu on Tuesday 24 January. This themed menu has recently been selected by our school councillors.
Please contact the office, by 12 January, if your child would like a school dinner on this day.
Another themed menu selected by our school councillors is for Shrove Tuesday, 28 February.
Please contact the office, by 09 February, if your child would like a school dinner on this day.
What’s the Matter?
We love working scientifically in Year 6 and loved experiencing reversible and irreversible changes first hand. It really helped us to understand these words as we could see it happening in front of us.