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April 14, 2016

Next week in Class 4…

Next week in Maths we will be developing our measuring skills by looking at length, weight and temperature. In English we will be beginning to plan and write our own story, inspired by the work we have done this week on an owl who was afraid of the dark! We are looking forward to seeing...
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Class 4 homework

This week spellings will focus on words containing split digraphs. These will include a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e and u-e. The children have worked particularly hard on these in class as they can be tricky at times, some extra practise at home would be really beneficial! 
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Next week

In English we will be creating our own story based on the one that we have just finished reading called ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark’. In maths we will be looking at different types of measurement (length, weight, capacity and temperature). PE has now moved to Monday’s instead of Tuesday’s so please...
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ICT

In ICT we are exploring Art using technology. The children used the Purple Mass software 2Paint to create a picture in the style of Eric Carle. Have a look at their wonderful creations on our minibeast display. 
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Next Week

English Next week in English we will be exploring Greek Mythology. Spellings Next week you will be tested on the words we looked at with double letters. Maths In maths next week we will be using our addition and subtraction skills to work with measures, money and solve a range of problems.     Other Notes Please...
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Homework

Our topic this half term is the Ancient Greeks so for your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess. Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. Think of the different symbols and animals that represent the gods and...
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Homework Project

Our topic this half term is the Ancient Greeks so for your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess. Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. Think of the different symbols and animals that represent the gods and...
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Next week…

English Next week in English we will be delving deeper into Greek Mythology by planning, writing and editing our own Greek myth. Spellings This week we looked at the different ways hyphens are used to make writing clear. Please can you write each of the hyphenated words from your spelling list in a sentence that makes...
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Homework Project

Our topic this half term is the Ancient Greeks so for your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess. Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. Think of the different symbols and animals that represent the gods and...
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Next Week in Class 8

English Next week in English we will be delving deeper into Greek Mythology by planning, writing and editing our own Greek myth. Spellings This week we looked at the different ways hyphens are used to make writing clear. Please can you write each of the hyphenated words from your spelling list in a sentence that makes...
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2D Shapes

We played a really fun game to help us learn the properties of 2D shapes.
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States of Matter

We learnt about solids, liquids and gases in science this week. We acted out how the three states of matter behave and drew and wrote about our learning in our books. Here we are ‘being’ a solid a liquid and a gas.
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Spellings

This weeks spelling have a focus on split digraphs (a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e, u_e). 
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Partitioning

In maths we have been looking at partitioning to help us grasp a greater understanding of place value and helping us to add. 
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Similes

In English we have been looking at similes in reference to our class book about an owl who is afraid of the dark. 
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We’re back!

I hope you all enjoyed your Easter break. Today, in English, we’ve been writing a recount of all the different things we got up to in the holidays! It was very interesting to find out about what the children got up to.
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Greece is the word!

This week we have started our new topic: the Ancient Greeks! Already we have delved straight in, researching some of the different gods and goddesses the Ancient Greeks worshipped and exploring the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur in English. We have also thought about key questions we want answering through our topic.  Class 9...
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Partitioning numbers

The children are working on understanding place value. They are breaking the number in to parts using base 10 and units. They are able to show what a number looks like and feel very confident with partitioning numbers. 
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Homework Project

Our topic this half term is the Ancient Greeks so for your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess. Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. You can present your work in any way you chose but please...
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Next Week in Class 6

English Next week in English we will be continuing our learning about Aesop’s fables. Spellings This week we have looked at the apostrophe for possession in our spelling lesson. We have given you 10 spellings from the Year 3 and 4 spelling list that were commonly mis-spelled when we looked at the spellings a few months ago. Please...
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Next week in class 5

Spellings This week we have looked at words with the possessive apostrophes. You have been given ten spellings to learn for your test next week. Please practise them in your homework book by completing the activity on your spelling sheet. Maths In maths next week we will be looking at money and solving problems involving...
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Homework Project

Our topic this term is the Ancient Greeks so for your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess.  Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. You can present your work in any way you chose but please have...
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