Term 4 Week 5
Science – Next week is STEM Week (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths). Both classes will participate in various science- and technology-related activities, including a visit from local scientists at Johnson Matthey. Literacy and Maths – Mornings next week will be dedicated to our final round of testing before SATs. The children will sit three maths […]
Term 4 Week 4
Literacy – This week, the children will continue to develop their non-fiction pieces, ensuring they include embedded clauses, subordinating conjunctions and use the passive voice in each of their paragraphs. Maths – This week, Mr Foley’s maths group will be revising the wider maths curriculum incliuding Roman numerals, shape, negative numbers and problem solving. Mr […]
Term 4 Week 3
Literacy – Next week, the children will work on developing their non-fiction writing skills and will begin writing an information leaflet on World War Two. Maths – Next week, Mr Foley’s maths group will consolidate their learning from the year so far. Mr Witcomb’s class will be working on perimeter, area, and volume. Both classes […]
Term 4 Weeks 1 and 2
Literacy – This week, the children have been working on writing a balanced argument about pet ownership. Next week, we will have a visit from the Young Shakespeare Company on Monday and celebrate World Book Day on Thursday. In between, we will work on some SPaG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) skills. Maths – This week, […]
Term 3 Week 6
We will be covering the following over the next week: Literacy – Next week, we will plan and write our final assessed piece of the term. This piece will focus on biography writing and the use of the passive voice. Maths – Having completed their work on algebra with gusto this week, Mr Witcomb’s class […]
Term 3 Week 5
Literacy – Next week, we will complete some SATs reading papers and work on strategies for answering inference questions. Maths – After a challenging week of tests, both groups will return to their topics. Mr. Foley’s group will focus on ratio and proportion, while Mr. Witcomb’s group will complete their work on algebra. History – […]
Term 3 Week 4
Literacy – Next week, we will finish our horror-themed ‘Big Write’ and work on spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills. Maths – Next week will be an assessment week for both groups. Children will take the arithmetic paper and two reasoning papers, each on a different day. PSHE – Year 6 will continue exploring economic well-being […]
Term 3 Week 3
Literacy – Next week, we will continue preparing for our upcoming ‘Big Write’. The children have read the source material, a story about two naughty girls and a kind shop owner, and will be re-imagining the story in the horror genre. Maths – Next week, Mr Witcomb’s group will finish a unit on ratio and […]
Term 3 Weeks 1 and 2
Literacy – This week, the children have been working on reading comprehension skills in pairs and small groups. Next week, we will focus on speech punctuation and begin reading the source material for the first of two assessed writing pieces this term. Maths – This week, Mr. Foley’s maths group has been working on multiplying […]
Term 2 Week 5
Science – This week, we will continue our unit on light. Both classes will learn about refraction and explore some of the fascinating illusions it can create. Supporting the school on social media As you may or may not have realised, the school has recently started making a real push with marketing itself on […]
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