Hello and welcome to a new Autumn term with class 5

Outline of some areas of topic work to be covered:
Our topic for this term is CHANGES. We will be investigating the Tudors, making jam tarts, and drawing Tudor portraits, writing for different audiences and web browsing.

Information and artefacts, which would be useful:
We would be grateful if you have any interesting artefacts, photographs or books related to any of the above that we might borrow, or if you have any personal experiences or expertise in these areas, you might like to share with the class. Any internet research will be more meaningful to your child if it is restricted to pictures or materials specifically prepared for children.

Suggested ways in which you can support Literacy and Numeracy:
It would be really helpful if you could practise mental addition/subtraction, 2,3,4,5 times table for Year 3 and for Year 4 please in addition the 6 and 8 times tables. Please help your child by testing and reciting the tables in a fun way.

Each child needs to bring their reading book every day to read during registration.

Your child might like to make a simple comment, relating to likes/dislikes in their reading record. Asking questions such as “why did he do that?” or “what do you think happens next?” would help children in understanding text and aid comprehension work.

P.E. is on a Thursday – all children need to bring their P.E. kit to change into for every lesson. Please make sure that the children bring a P.E. kit for lessons in the hall and for outside as we will try and get outside as much as possible in the fine weather!

Homework will generally cover activities from Literacy and Numeracy lessons, however there may be pieces of homework relating to topic work.

If you have any comments on this blog, or any suggestions, please contact me. Thanks Mr Dowd.