Week Beginning 24th November 2008

Hi everyone and welcome to the last blog of November!!

We have a busy week this week. Here are some dates for your diary to begin with.

Non uniform day

This Friday is a non uniform day. We would be grateful if children could bring something for the Tombola stall for the Christmas Fayre.


Christmas Fayre
Saturday sees the Friends of St Vincent’s hold their annual Christmas Fayre, between 11am and 1pm. Please do come along to visit Santa’s grotto and lots of other fun activities and stalls.
The school council would also appreciate any toys and books that are in a good condition for their bring and buy stall.


Operation Christmas Child
If you would like to send a shoebox into school, filled with Christmas gifts, then please do so by WEDNESDAY of this week. You will have received a leaflet explaining the types of things which are suitable to include for each age range. The boxes need to be able to be opened by customs, so securing the lid on with an elastic band is the best way to do this. Please also ensure that you remember to include the correct amount for postage costs.

Christmas Lunch
The children will be having their Christmas lunch on 8th December, so if you would like your child to take part in this, and haven’t already done so, please send in the payment by Monday. Obviously, children will not need a packed lunch for that day, but please bear in mind, that there will be no toast available at morning break on that day.

This weeks curriculum...

Literacy

This week we will be working on arguments.
We have lots of objectives to cover by the end of the week.
We need to be able to read and talk about discussion texts and arguments.
Write discussion text or argument.
Summarise texts and make notes. Identify passive verbs and change them to active.
Build up a bank of words and phrases for discussion and argument.
Take part in discussions, debates or planning inquiries.

By the end of this week the children:-
Must be able to construct a verbal argument.
Should be able to construct a written argument.
Could be able to construct a written argument that can be presented.

Try this website to help:-
http://www.globalfootprints.org/pdf/deserveswater_waterlit56.pdf

Numeracy

This week Mrs Morgan's and Mr Barker's groups will be moving on to multiplying Th H T U x T U and using a fraction as an 'operator' to find fractions of amounts.
The children were very good at multiplying last week and now need to extend this knowledge it's really important to work on your times tables.
Have a look at these websites:-
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/index.html
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/fractions/index.htm

Miss Wright's and Mr Slavin's groups will be working on length and weight.
The children will be suggesting suitable units and equipment to estimate and measure length and weight, measure and draw lines to the nearest millimetre and record estimates and recordings from weighing scales.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm#Measure
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/measures.htm#Weight

Science

In science we will be looking at the micro-organism Yeast. The children will be investigating the difference in making bread with, and without yeast.
The will also observe the conditions needed in order to help yeast become active.

Why not try making some bread of your own at home.

Try the recipe on this website:-
http://www.foodiesite.com/recipes/2000-07:f4funbread

PE

In PE this week we will be carrying on with orienteering and Mr Wilby from St Greg's will be coming back into school on Tuesday to work with the children on their playground leadership games which they are really enjoying.

That's all for this week.

Year 5/6 Team