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May 19, 2016
May 19, 2016

Next week 

Next week the children will not be in school on Friday due to a staff inset day. However, Class 2 will be as busy as ever. Tuesday is our Maths Enrichment day and we have lots of wonderful activities planned. Monday and Wednesday we will be looking at silly nonsense poems and using our expressive...
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May 19, 2016

Stuffing our mini beasts

As part of our DT project the children have designed and sewn together their mini beast using felt. Today we stuffed their bodies to make them look realistic. Next week we will add some more features such as eyes, legs etc. The children will be bringing their finished product home for half term so be...
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May 19, 2016

Next week

In English the children will be looking at poems that are tongue twisters or nonsense and creating their own. In maths we will be looking at equivalent fractions. There will be no show and tell next week as the last day of half term is Thursday.  Flapjack will still be sold on Thursday so bring...
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May 19, 2016

Spellings

Spellings this week will have a focus on the ‘ear’ phoneme. The graphemes are ‘ear’ as in fear, ‘eer’ as in peer and ‘ere’ as in here.
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May 19, 2016

Cuddly Toys

Our DT projects are almost complete with the first of two ‘stuffing lessons’ taking place today! There are a couple of children who have finished their toys and will be evaluating them next week.
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May 19, 2016

Next Week

I can’t believe how fast this half term has been, next week is our last week before the half term holiday. We are having a maths enrichment day on Tuesday where we will be thinking about shapes, symmetry and measurements to make a minibeast. We are also going to be reading lots of books related...
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May 19, 2016

Homework 

Please could you practise the tricky words ‘like’ and ‘have’. They were the last two words on our tricky tree, let’s hope we’re excellent at all of them now!
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May 19, 2016

Next week…

English Next week in English we will be revisiting our persuasive writing skills to write a persuasive letter. Maths On Tuesday, it is our maths enrichment day which will be focused on our topic of the Ancient Greeks. Spellings This week we looked at some more of the spellings from the years 5 and 6 National...
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May 19, 2016

Homework Project

Don’t forget your last homework project for this half term! We have been studying the Ancient Greeks, who were famous for their clever thinking, and we still remember and use many of their ideas today. Examples include Pythagoras, Aristotle and Hippocrates. For your next homework project, we would like you to create an Ancient Greek word...
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May 19, 2016

Next Week…

English Next week in English we will be writing a persuasive letter based on a play. Spellings This week we looked at some more of the spellings from the years 5 and 6 National Curriculum spelling list. For your homework, please create some word art in your homework book of your spelling words. Also practise...
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May 19, 2016

Homework Project

The Ancient Greeks were famous for their clever thinking and we still remember and use many of their ideas today. Examples include Pythagoras, Aristotle and Hippocrates. For your next homework project, we would like you to create an Ancient Greek word search for your classmates to solve. You can use as many topic words related...
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May 19, 2016

Euro 2016 Stickers Update…

A big thank you to many members of Class 8 for bringing in so many Euro 2016 stickers this week, as we now have only 100 left to collect in order to complete our album. We are two short of completing the England team so if you have a Jordan Henderson or Jamie Vardy spare, please bring them into class!...
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May 19, 2016

Maths Murder Mystery!

On Wednesday morning, Class 8 worked collaboratively in small groups to solve a maths murder mystery. All the children used their knowledge of concepts such as co-ordinates, morse code and percentages successfully to find the correct suspect.
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May 19, 2016

Flying With Wings…

This week we designed and wrote an explanation text about an imaginary product – winged shoes! The focus of this task was to explain how the product worked and the many wonderful features it had. There were some very creative and detailed pieces of writing!    
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May 19, 2016

Summer Fair – Grovestock

We are extremely excited to announce that the Summer Fair this year is……..Grovestock On Saturday 9th July – 1pm until 5pm  Grovestock is a Family Festival Themed Summer Fair showcasing a fine array of bands/groups – some of which are our very own resident parents/carers who are very successful professional artists in their own right....
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May 19, 2016

Update on sunflower competition

The competition is still up and running. Miss Smith is still trying to win but her sunflower looks a lot like a weed  (according to the group!). Miss Land is of course in the lead because she is the group leader. Poppy is definitely going to over throw Miss Land’s she is just inches behind. If you want to see...
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May 19, 2016

Next Week

Next Week in Class 7 English Next week in English we will be continuing to write our time-slip stories and will be rehearsing for our Class 7 assembly Spellings We have given you 10 more spellings to learn. Please also complete the Look Say Cover Write Check activity on your spelling sheet, ready for your test on Thursday next...
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May 19, 2016

Homework

The Ancient Greeks were famous for their clever thinking and we still remember and use many of their ideas today. Examples include Pythagoras, Aristotle and Hippocrates.  For your next homework project, we would like you to create an Ancient Greek word search for your classmates to solve. You can use as many topic words related...
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May 19, 2016

Homework Project

A reminder that for your next homework project we would like you to create an Ancient Greek word search for your classmates to solve. You can use as many topic words related to Ancient Greece as you wish but please ensure your spelling of each word is accurate. Your word search is due in to school...
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May 19, 2016

Next Week in Class 6

Next Week in Class 6 English Next week in English we are going to continue to write our Greek myths, hopefully with some epic battles as the climax of the stories! Spellings This week we have looked at the ‘sion’ sound. We have given you 10 more spellings to learn. Please also complete the activity...
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May 19, 2016

Measuring the rocket seeds – Curiosity Club

In science club we measured the seeds we had to see which seed has grown the tallest so far. Here are our results … The blue group’s largest plant was 75 mm long. red group’s largest plant was 64 mm long. by Ruby, Becca and Isidora 🙂
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