Hello Year One,
This week we have been working hard and completed an extended piece of writing incorporating all we have learned so far on English. We had to write about a journey and include adjectives, commas and conjunctions. We had to write with joined letters, making sure every letter touched the line. We read them to the class and were all proud of our achievements.
For maths we have continued to work on place value. This week's work included Roman Numerals.
For geography we have been focussing on fair trade. We know how to find food that has been traded fairly and we understand the benefits of 'fair trade' on local communities.
We wrote about our own special journeys for our RE lesson. We had to reflect on our feelings and explain why the journeys were special.
For ICT we looked at websites and what we would expect to find on a website.
In our science lesson we began to investigate 'teeth.' We looked at the different types of teeth and what they are used for.
For PHSE we have explored rewards and consequences and how they motivate behaviour.
NEXT WEEK
English
We will be using adverbs next week. The children will be planning the beginning of a story and will be creating a poem on Thursday.
Maths
The place value block will be completed next week and we will move on to addition and subtraction in 1s, 10s, 100s and 1000s.
Science
We will investigate what teeth are made of and discuss how we can keep our teeth healthy.
Geography
Next week's focus will be about where chocolate comes from and the ingredients used to produce it.
RE
We will be exploring a Hindu pilgrimage to The Ganges.
Spellings
Group One
enough
exercise
experience
experiment
extreme
famous
favourite
February
forward
fruit
Group Two
lovely
lonely
smile
yesterday
today
tomorrow
why
whisper
story
sweet
Times Tables
There is a big focus on times tables in Year Four and we work on learning them in school regularly, however the children do need to practise them at least three times a week at home. I have discussed several strategies with them. Please can you support your child with this learning as often as possible.
Next week some children are moving on to their 4 x table, the rest are continuing to focus on 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s. They are aware of which tables they need to learn.
Please use TT Rockstars to support this learning. all the children have been given their login details and this programme is perfect for continual practise.
PGL Years 3 and 4
We are hoping to go to PGL in April 24. If you would like your child to go please could you pay the deposit ASAP via Arbor.
I wish you all a happy and restful weekend.
Ms Davis
