Spring Term 2011

Hello and welcome to the Spring Term for Class 5.I hope you all had a nice Christmas and are looking forward to this term as much as i am.

I have outlined below what I intend to cover during this term.

Our topic for this term is MOVEMENT. We will be investigating Magnets and Springs, Friction, Cardiff Bay, designing and making a toy car, developing images and modelling effects on screen.

I 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.
In addition to this please help them to read and tell the time through everyday activities.

Each child needs to bring to school their reading book every day as they will use it during our group reading sessions.

Your child might like to make a simple comment, relating to likes/dislikes in their reading record. Asking questions such as “why did he/she do that?” or “what do you think happens next?” would help children in understanding text and aid comprehension work.
During this term we will be practising, creating and performing for the Eisteddfod.

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 the correct P.E. kit for lessons in the hall.

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

Many thanks for visiting!!!