Just a couple of dates for your diary to begin.
On Monday the Year 6 children will be going to the Peace Centre at St Gregory's to take part in the Young Citizen Programme. They will be attending lots of different workshops including road safety, bicycle safety, fire safety etc. This is a valuable experience for the children and also an enjoyable one. We still have a few permission slips outstanding. This is becoming a real problem now, please encourage your child to give you any letters that have come home from school straight away and get them to put them straight back in their bags ready for school the next day. Previously we have rang parents on the morning of the trip and asked for their permission. We will no longer do this, so if your child does not have a slip then they cannot go out of school.
The Year 6 children will also be going out on Friday Morning. They are going to St Gregory's to watch their performance of 'Grease'. Please ensure that your child has brought in the reply slip for this trip. Thank you.
Now for the Curriculum.
Literacy
This week in literacy we will be starting a new theme, Stories From Other Cultures.
In week one we will be presenting our own views on a text, sequencing points logically and defending views with evidence and also grouping and classifying words and phrases according to their meanings (e.g. idioms).Making notes on and using evidence from across a text to explain events or ideas. Comparing different types of narrative and information texts and identifying how they are structured.
Distinguishing between everyday use of words and their subject-specific use.
Exploring how writers use language for dramatic effects.
Comparing how a common theme is presented in poetry, prose and other media.
Reflecting independently and critically on their own writing and edit and improve it.Vary the pace and develop the viewpoint through the use of direct and reported speech, portrayal of action and selection of detail.
If you have any stories from other cultures at home please use this opportunity to share them with your child.
Try these websites:-
http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacyresources/index.php?category_id=25&s=!B121cf29d70ec8a3d54a33343010cc2 Chinese folk and fairy tales. http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/cinderella/other.html Stories similar to Cinderella http://www.candlelightstories.com/Stories.php Lots of stories to read together. http://www.dreamtime.net.au/creation/index.cfm Stories from Australia to watch and read.
Numeracy
This week Miss Wright's and Mrs Morgan's group will be using rounding to add near multiples of 10 to 2 and 3 digit numbers and mentally adding and subtracting pairs of decimal numbers.
By the end of the week they:-Must be able to round numbers to multiples of 10 and use strategies to add them to 2 and 3 digit numbers.
Should be able to add pairs of decimals numbers.
Could to do both must and could rapidly and accurately.
Try these websites:-
http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/rounding/nearest10.swf rounding to the nearest 10.
http://www.freewebtown.com/weddell/mw/rounding/nearest100.swf rounding to the nearest 100.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/roundoff.html rounding game.
Mrs Millington's group will be looking at multiplying by partitioning and multiplying using closely related facts. Times tables skills are really important for this topic so keep practicing. Just because you have received a gold award in your tables doesn't mean you should stop practicing - remember, use it or lose it!
Science
This week we will be continuing our topic of 'Keeping Healthy'. Last week we introduced the topic by discuss what the important factors are in keeping us healthy and also looked at the 5 food groups.
This week we will be learning to understand how a scientific idea can be tested and the evidence used to support the idea.
We will be looking at the story of 'Scurvy' and thinking about experiments that could be done with regards to this.Please see previous blogs for websites.
Topic
This week in our topic sessions we will be developing a clear picture of the life of Adolph Hitler & the beliefs that shaped his life. Identifying & describing reasons for, & results of historical events. Finding out about people from an appropriate range of sources of information.
Please see previous blogspots for websites.
Can we also say a big thank you to all the parents and children that have brought in things to do with our topic, it is much appreciated.
ICT
The children have finished their work on spreadsheets with Mrs Jackson and have moved on to designing their dream bedroom using a programme we have. They are having great fun including their own hot tubs and things in their bedrooms.
Homework will go out as usual this week. The Year 6's revision books are on order and when they arrive the Year 6's will have revision for their homework. We will let you know more details nearer the time.
That's all for now. Have a good week.
Year 5/6 Team
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