Dear all,

Another week has gone by in a flash with some quality work produced.

Next week in English, we will be continuing with our unit based around the book Kensuke’s Kingdom. We will be exploring the feelings of Mum and Dad as they desperately search for Michael and Stella, creating writing from this.

In maths, we will be looking at algebra and I will hopefully make you all love it -even though many adults will say they hate it!

In science, you will be finding out about the effects of alcohol on the body.

In history, we will learn about the first ten Shang Dynasty kings and explore further, the evidence surrounding them.

In art, we will be exploring using clay to represent the Shang characters on the oracle bones.

In computing, we will be focussing on presenting information using publishing software.

Homework for this week is to be completed on the sheet if you have been given one. If you need help completing it, please watch the following video which will give you further guidance:

https://vimeo.com/774295152

Have a great weekend

Mr Gradwell

Dear all,

Well, the second week back has gone as quickly as ever and here we are at the weekend again –where did that week go?

Next week we are continuing with our unit based around the book Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo which we started this week –it was great to see how engaged you were yet again with our class text. We will be writing descriptions of the island before writing a recount in role as a character from the text.

In maths, we will be continuing with our unit on ratio by drawing to scale, looking at similar shapes and solving problems.

In science next week, you will be continuing to learn about healthy eating and will be looking at the effects of smoking and alcohol on the body.

In history, we are beginning our topic on the Shang Dynasty of China. We will be looking closely at the historical evidence from the time and exploring how we know what we do about it.

In art, you will be finishing off your oracle bones sketches, including choosing the ancient Shang characters to be used in your final sculptures.

In computing, we will be ‘publishing’ work completed in our history lessons.

Your homework this weekend is to complete the ‘Inside the World of Jam’ pages of the CGP Reading Non-Fiction book. Everyone must complete pages 26, 27 and 28 and the extension is to complete pages 29, 30 and 31 also. This is due to be returned on Monday.

Have a great weekend

Mr Gradwell

Dear all,

It was great to be back this week after our slightly extended Christmas break, although I was, like others, quite tired at the beginning of the week. Fortunately though this hasn’t stopped the term beginning in a productive way with some excellent products being made and these can now be put up on display.

It was so good to finally be able to give out the new books that we have for our class today. As I said in our assembly earlier in the week, reading really is your window into new worlds so please do take advantage of the brand new books available and take care of them so that you and many other children after you also have the chance to read the wonderful array of titles that we now have on the shelves. Don’t forget that if you wish to enter the competition to name our reading tree in the KS2 library, you need to give your class teacher a piece of paper with your name and class written on it and the name that you would like to give the tree by next Friday at the latest.

In English next week we will be starting to read Kensuke’s Kingdom, by Michael Morpurgo and we will focus on some key dilemmas of the opening part of the text.

In maths, we will be starting a unit on ratio by using the correct language and symbol before looking at how ratio is used in scale drawings.

In science, you will be finding out about the effects of smoking on people’s health.

We will be finishing off our geography unit next week by looking at how climate change is impacting the population and how the population is impacting on the the climate.

In computing, we will be beginning our unit on ‘Creating and Publishing’ by looking at some more advanced features of publishing software programs.

There is no formal homework for this week –this will start again next Friday.

Finally, as you know, from next week onwards, I have asked you all to come into school at 8:30 every morning, beginning on Monday. Whilst this is only 10 minutes earlier than normal, this will give us just a little bit more time in order to focus on some key areas of learning which will support you in your SATs so I hope that most of you are able to come in at that time.

Have a great weekend.

Mr Gradwell