Week Beginning Monday 5th June
Individual Talks
You should spend time this week preparing your talk. The talks will be presented next week. You all have a copy of the help sheet. However, if you have lost it you can get a copy by clicking HERE.
Reading
You all have an AR target to be reached. Please carry on reading towards this. If you have already achieved your target, well done, but please keep reading.
Week beginning Monday 29th May
Spelling
Words are to be learnt for Friday.
Reading
Continue with AR.
Individual Talks
Continue with research for this. You have until Friday 9th June to do your research.
Week beginning Tuesday 23rd May 2017
Maths
Mathletics tasks have been set.
Reading
Please continue with A.R.
Individual Talks
By the end of this week you need to have agreed with me the topic for your talk – after this you will not be able to change it. Once you have you can start researching for it. You will have the next two weeks to research your topic. I will then tell you about the actual talk and give you time to prepare and practise.
Week beginning Monday 15th May 2017
Spelling
Lions
addresses, churches, angles, bubbles, farmers, houses, markets, puppets, streams, surprises
Tigers
cube, tube, rude, duke, flume, tune, cute, chute, use, fuse
Leopards
camp, cramp, damp, lamp, , stamp, tramp, limpet, jump, plump, trumpet
Pumas
ointment, appointment, disappoint, noise, poison, annoy, destroy, employ, enjoy, voyage
Reading
AR targets have been set. Please continue reading your AR book. Charlotte’s Web group please finish the book.
Maths
Please complete Mathletics tasks.
Week beginning Monday 8th May 2017
Spelling
Lions
childishness, darkness, fairness, foolishness, kindness, lateness, suddenness, wickedness, willingness, thoughtfulness
Tigers
broke, choke, smoke, spoke, stone, throne, close, chose, those, froze
Leopards
brass, class, glass, grass, pass, drift, gift, swift, left, soft
Pumas
cinema, circle, circus, citizen, circuit, cellar, centipede, centre, certain, century
Please make sure you can spell all the words, you know what they all mean and know what your family or families of words are.
Maths
Please complete your Mathletics tasks.
Reading
AR targets will be set as soon as possible. Please continue to read your AR book. Charlotte’s Web group please read pages 68-109 by Monday.
Walk to School Week
Please complete your ‘City to Seaside; activity each day and try to walk/cycle/scoot/park and stride to school every day.
Other
Please fill a ‘Party Bag Pot Luck’ for the Family Fun Day – full instructions are in the bag.
Week beginning Monday 5th December 2016
Whole School
Bling-A-Snowman. Sheets have been given out. Spares can be downloaded HERE.
Other
Please make sure you have completed all Mathletics and Studyladder tasks and that you are reading enough to achieve your AR target.
Week beginning Monday 21st November 2016
Spelling/French
Please learn the spelling and the pronunciation (last column) for the numbers from 1 to 10:
| 1 | un | [uh] |
| 2 | deux | [duhr] |
| 3 | trois | [twa] |
| 4 | quatre | [katr] |
| 5 | cinq | [sank] |
| 6 | six | [sees] |
| 7 | sept | [set] |
| 8 | huit | [weet] |
| 9 | neuf | [nurf] |
| 10 | dix | [dees] |
Reading
Targets for Accelerated Reader have been set for Christmas. Please make sure you are reading a book that is on AR for homework. You can check if books are on AR at:
We are now over half way so you should be at least half way to your target.
Maths
There will be no new tasks set this week. Please use the time to complete any tasks still to be done, to do some Live Mathletics and
TO LEARN YOUR TABLES
Week beginning Monday 14th November 2016
Spelling
Tigers: blocked, camped, dumped, passed, pressed, walked, dented, funded, lifted, planted
Please find 5 more words from the family.
Lions: braver, richer, smaller, taller, wiser, coldest, oldest, richest, smallest, sweetest
Please find 5 more comparatives and 5 more superlatives.
Maths
New Mathletics tasks have been set. Please complete these and any old Mathletics and Studyladder tasks not complete.
Reading
Targets for Accelerated Reader have been set for Christmas. Please make sure you are reading a book that is on AR for homework. You can check if books are on AR at:
Week beginning Monday 14th November 2016
Spelling
Tigers: camping, dressing, filling, jumping, kicking, packing, rocking, sending, standing, talking
Lions: approach, coach, poach, goal, groan, moan, coast, boast, roast, toast
Please find the meaning of any words you don’t know and find 5 more words from the family.
Reading
Targets for Accelerated Reader have been set for Christmas. Please make sure you are reading a book that is on AR for homework. You can check if books are on AR at:
Maths
Tasks have been set on Mathletics. Please also do any Studyladder tasks not completed.
Week beginning Monday 7th November 2016
Spelling
Tigers:
brand, grand, handbag, sand, windmill, lend, second, spend, pond, fund
Please find the meaning of any words you don’t know and find 5 more words from the family.
Lions:
flake, shape, grave, slave, plane, while, crime, spine, spire, prize
Please find 5 more words for both vcv families. Make sure the first vowel is a long vowel sound. Can you find any vcv words where the second vowel is not e?
Reading
Targets for Accelerated Reader have been set for Christmas. Please make sure you are reading a book that is on AR for homework. You can check if books are on AR at:
Maths
New Studyladder tasks have been set. Please also complete any left from last week.
Week beginning Monday 31st October 2016
Spelling
Tigers:
camp, cramp, damp, stamp, tramp, limpet, dump, jump, lump, trumpet
Please find the meaning of any words you don’t know and find 5 more words from the family.
Lions:
food, roof, broom, spoon, shoot, good, stood, wood, cook, shook
Please find 5 more words for both pronunciations of ‘oo’.
Maths
Tasks have been set on Studyladder. Please have a go at these as soon as possible so that any problems can be sorted out.
First Problem:
The ‘TWO DOLLARS’ coin should be a £2. If you treat is as a £2 coin you will get the right answer.
Reading
Targets for Accelerated Reader have been set for Christmas. Please make sure you are reading a book that is on AR for homework. You can check if books are on AR at:
Christmas Card Designs
You have a blank Christmas card design sheet. Please complete your design and return it to school by Friday 14th October. Order forms will be sent out as soon after the October break as possible.
You can download a replacement template by clicking HERE.
Please follow the guidelines below:
| For best results we recommend using Felt Tips, Colouring Pencils (using a firm pressure) Wax Crayons or Paint. Please do not use glitter, metallic or 3D objects on the drawing templates as they give varying results on the final cards.
Make sure drawings stay within the border on the drawing template. Anything outside it will be cropped. If the design is going to include writing, make sure this is clear of the black border (and spelt correctly). Please write your child’s name in the space at the bottom as you would like it to appear on the back of the cards. Please use CAPITAL LETTERS. |
Week beginning Monday 3rd October
Spelling
Tigers: list, mist, best, nest, test, cost, lost, dust, just, must
Lions: chess, chest, chicken, chin, chip, bench, drench, much, lunch, such
Reading
Flat Stanley : Book review
Care of Henry : Chapters 4, 5 & 6
Conker : Page 23 to the end
Olaf’s Saga : Chapter 6 to the end
Remember: If you are doing a book review for My favourite character, My favourite part and My least favourite part you should include a reason.
Maths
Please complete any outstanding Mathletics tasks including those I have set again. After that please do some Live Mathletics and learn your 3 x table.
Week beginning Monday 26th September 2016
Spelling
The last set of words from the 100 most common words: number, could, people, than, first, water, who, down, come, made
Maths
Mathletics tasks have been set. Please let me know as soon as possible if you have any problems (please make sure you can describe the problem as well).
Please learn 3x tables (see earlier post for how to do this)
Reading
Flat Stanley : Arthur’s Good Idea
Care of Henry : Chapters 1, 2 & 3
Conker : Pages 1-22
Olaf’s Saga : Chapters 1-5 (pages 4-24)
Week beginning Tuesday 20th September 2016
Spelling
Words are all 2D and 3D shapes. Please learn them for a spelling test on Friday.
Maths
Several people were not able to complete last week’s Mathletics tasks. Please complete these and the 2 new tasks for next week.
Reading
Flat Stanley : The Museum Thieves
Horrid Henry : Book review.
Conker : Page 23 – Book review.
Olaf’s Saga : Chapter 6 – Book review.
Remember: If you are doing a book review for My favourite character, My favourite part and My least favourite part you should include a reason.
Week beginning Monday 12th September 2016
Spelling
Words are in homework jotters. Please learn these for a spelling test on Thursday using ‘look, cover, write, check’.
Maths
Mathletics tasks have been set. Please complete for next week.
Reading
Flat Stanley : Chapter 3 – Stanley the Kite.
Horrid Henry : Chapter 5 – the end.
Conker : Page 23 – the end.
Olaf’s Saga : Chapter 6 – the end.
Please practise reading aloud. Remember your target from:
Volume, Clarity, Accuracy, Expression
Week beginning Monday 5th September 2016
Spelling
Words are in homework jotters. Please learn these for a spelling test on Friday using ‘look, cover, write, check’. We will all be starting with words from the 100 Common Words. Spelling groups will start soon
Reading
Flat Stanley : Chapters 1 & 2 (pages1-20)
Horrid Henry : Chapters 1-4 (pages11-46)
Conker : Pages 1-22
Olaf’s Saga : Chapters 1-5 (pages 4-24)
Please practise reading aloud. Remember:
Volume, Clarity, Accuracy, Expression
Maths
Please learn and practise your 2 times table (see below).
Week beginning Monday 29th August 2016
Reading
Accelerated Reader: Please continue with your book. Quizzes can now be taken in school. Group novels will start once we have finished Greyfriar’s Bobby.
Spelling
Words are in homework jotters. Please learn these for a spelling test on Friday using ‘look, cover, write, check’. We will all be starting with words from the 100 Common Words. Spelling groups will start soon.
Maths
Please learn and practise your 2 times table. These should be learnt both ways round as well as up and down:
No 2s are nothing
One 2 is 2
Two 2s are 4
Three 2s are 6
Four 2s are 8
…
Ten 2s are 20
2 nothings are nothing
2 ones are 2
2 twos are 4
2 threes are 6
2 fours are 8
…
2 tens are 20
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0
Week beginning Monday 22nd August 2016
Project
Next week you will each be building a model castle out of junk. The model should be about 40cm x 40cm. Please collect your junk and make sure it is in school next week. There is paper, light cardboard, glue, paint etc. in school that you can use.
Homework will be on this page. Please check regularly as updates may be made at any time.