| We will be using the plans that we created last week to write our own ‘voyage and return’ story. We will be writing as independently as we can and practising using all of the things that we have learnt in English including capital letters, full stops, finger spaces and conjunctions (and, but). We will also practise editing our own work.
In phonics, we will be reviewing the following sounds in preparation for the phonics screening check: ea /e/ as in head ir /er/ as in bird ou /ow as in cloud oy /oi/ as in toy The tricky words we will focus on this half term will be: many who whole two any Don’t forget to review the sounds and tricky words in the front of the reading records whenever you read with your child. |
| Parent Volunteer Meeting Wednesday 6th May 9am to discuss upcoming fundraising and events for the summer term. Please let your child’s class teacher know if you are able to attend. Kind regards Mrs Taylor. |
We will be starting our new area of fractions this week. We begin this unit by recognising, finding and making half of objects and shapes. We will also be learning to do the same for quantities. We will be addressing all of this by completing simple problems.
| In geography we will be comparing the similarities and differences between the physical and human geographical features in both Witham and Clacton.
In art we will be exploring Gaudi and creating our own picture in the style of this influential artist by completing the missing section. In DT we will be testing and evaluating shop bought smoothies and choosing the ingredients to create our own. In science we will be learning the function of each part of a plant and why this is important. |
| Children will be bringing home real and fake words to add their sound buttons to, in preparation for the phonics screening check. |
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Class 4 Nathan Jackson Class 5 Arthur Stevens Class 6 Angel Wright Top Player Class 4 Jacob Thursby Rehmat Fahad Class 5 Thea Vincent Class 6 Archer Tutton Finley Gilbey Children’s Health Project Class 4 Edwin Sanders Class 5 Luna Van Loo Clooney Class 6 Henry McTigue |