We have been really proud of the writing that Otters and Badgers have done this week. After learning our T-Rex text last week we adapted it to the Diplodocus this week. In order to find out more about the Diplodocus we needed to do some research. The children trawled through dinosaur books and found many interesting facts. Together we added them into or original text and re-learnt it using our T4W actions.

The children then wrote their own facts about the Diplodocus, look at our twitter account for some of our excellent writers.

In Topic we had an exciting delivery! We had an enormous egg. It was the size of a small baby. Some of the Otters thought Miss Common had shrunk and got stuck inside it! We pretended to be palaeontologists and investigate what kind of dinosaur would lay an egg like that!

We even tried to make our own model dinosaurs using lots of different materials and resources.

Next week we are going to be creating our very own dinosaurs… so watch out!

 

Angel Pryce

Ashleigh

 

 

 

 

 

ClassDojo is proving a real success among the children!

 

 

 

 

Times Tables Rock Stars are noticeably helping the children with their times tables in school, but a further push would undoubtedly help even more! If we could all make a concerted effort with this, it would be much appreciated.

We began Reading Plus this week. Reading Plus is an interactive programme which enables children to strengthen reading skills by answering comprehension questions to a selected text of their choosing. This will prove a welcome supplement to the reading already being done and is proving effective from the start. Children can login at home via the link below.

https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/login

Once at the site, you will need to type the site code:

rpstnic2

Then the username: their name (lower case) followed by 1st initial of surname.

Password: read

Term 4 Curriculum Map

CM_T4

Book Week 2019

Well done to everyone who dressed up as a book character. What a great day! Check out some of our costumes below.

 

 

On Thursday (wk1) both classes took part in their last Hockey coaching session.

A huge thank you to John from the Shepway Sports Trust who made the sessions fun and active 🙂

This term our PE focus is on Gymnastics and Netball.

Tri-Golf – Week 3

We are timetabled for some exciting sporting opportunities such as Tri-Golf and American Football taster sessions!  Watch this space for more information.

Your child will need to keep their full PE KIT in school at all times. 

 

Ancient Greek – building replicas of Ancient Greek Temples.

As part of our super start for this topic we explored and designed Ancient Greek buildings such as the Parthenon and Temple of Poseidon.

We focused on the structure and design of Greek temples and used junk modelling to replicate them.

After construction, we carefully selected the colours, painted and decorated our buildings.

This term we will be learning all about Ancient Greece.

Thank you to those of you who have brought in junk modelling materials for us to start creating replicas of Ancient Greek Temples.

www.bbc.com/bitesize/topics/z87tn39

 

Week 4 : Well done to Daniel (Willow Class) who was awarded Star of the week for showing perseverance and super effort in all areas. 

Week 3 : Well done to Angel P (Maple Class) who was awarded Star of the week for great effort with her English.

Week 2 : Well done to… (Willow Class) who was awarded Star of the week for …

Week 1 : Well done to Piper (Maple Class) who was awarded Star of the week for her hard work and perseverance in English.

SPAG

Spelling

Click here for this unit’s word bank : Unit5

Unit_6

 

Welcome to Term 4 

On Thursday both classes took part in their last Hockey coaching session.

A huge thank you to John from the Shepway Sports Trust who made the sessions fun and active 🙂

This term our PE focus is on Gymnastics and Netball.

We are also timetabled for some exciting sporting opportunities such as Tri-Golf and American Football taster sessions!  Watch this space for more information.  Your child will need to keep their full PE KIT in school at all times. 

This term we will be learning all about Ancient Greece.

Thank you to those of you who have brought in junk modelling materials for us to start creating replicas of Ancient Greek Temples.

www.bbc.com/bitesize/topics/z87tn39

 

Week 1 Well done to Piper (Maple Class) who was awarded Star of the week for her hard work and perseverance in English. 

 

 

 

SPAG

Spelling

This week we have been looking at the prefix inter-.

Click here for this unit’s word bank : Unit5

 

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Welcome to week 3

Hello, our spelling focus for week 3 and 4 is on adding the prefix auto-.

Unit 3

 Week 3 Term 3 was awarded to ????? (Maple).

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Welcome to week 2

Hello, our spelling focus for week 2 and 3 is on words ending in zhuh spelt -sure.

Unit 2

Homework – Due Wednesday 23rd January

Week2_Homework

 Week 2 Term 3 was awarded to Ellie May (Willow).

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Welcome to week 1

Spelling

Our spelling focus for week 1 and 2 is on adding the prefix mis- and revising un-, in-, dis-.

Your child will be formally tested every Wednesday. Please encourage you child to learn these words.

 

Unit 1

 Week 1 Term 3 was awarded to Harry D for his excellent effort in Topic.  

Harry worked hard to produce a non-chronological report all about Antarctica. 

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Happy New Year  and welcome to Term 3

Year 5_curriculum map Term 3

Spelling Focus

This week our spelling focus is on adding the prefix mis- and revising un-, in-, dis-.

Wk1_Unit1 Here is a word bank of the spellings we will be revising and learning in class.

 

ClassDojo

They are still a few parents who are not connected to ClassDojo.  We have both issued invitations today.  Please let us know if you have any problems connecting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Book Lists

Hello, a few parents, at parents evening, asked about books we would recommend for their child to read.

The link below is to a great site, which regularly publishes book reviews and recommendation lists. 🙂

www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/our-recommendations

 

 Friday 7th December: Congratulations to Harry D’A  of Maple Class for being awarded ‘Star of the Week’ for his excellent effort and hard work in Maths. 

 

Spelling lists

Every day we revise and learn spellings.  These spellings are taken in the first instance, from the Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 spelling lists (National Curriculum).  The lists were given out at parents evening but in case they have been misplaced you can download them from here.  Daily revision of these spelling will really help your child reach age expected standards.

Word-list-5-and-6

year-3-4-spellings

 Friday 8th November : Congratulations to Angel P of Maple Class for being awarded ‘Star of the Week’ for her excellent effort and attitude towards her learning. 

Please remember to record your reading on your bookmark or your reading log.

 

HOME LEARNING FOR TERM 2: Term2_homework

TTRS UPDATE:

Our current leaders are still Kyra (Maple) and Samuel (Willow), with an astounding average speed of 1.33 and 0.96 seconds to answer a question correctly.

Can anyone knock them off the top spot? 

 

 

Welcome to Term 2 

 

We hope you have a great holiday and look forward to seeing you all back in term 2.

 

Congratulations to Maple class for winning Buster Book Club.

An astounding amount of minutes were recorded with nearly everyone reading for at least 20 minutes.

I hope you all enjoy your swimming vouchers!

Congratulations to Maddison in Maple class for being awarded this week’s ‘Star of the Week’. 

 

So many Year 5 children were awarded certificates for their efforts with Times Table Rock Stars.  Our current leaders are Kyra (Maple) and Samuel (Willow), with an astounding average speed of 1.11 and 0.96 seconds to answer a question correctly.

Can anyone knock them off the top spot? 

 

 

Just a reminder that this term’s home learning can be found by clicking on the link below.

Due 15th October 2018.

Homework_Term_1

Hello and Welcome 🙂 

Hello and welcome to the Year 5 web pages for Willow and Maple.  On these pages you will find information about what is going on in our classrooms and your child’s learning.

 

Congratulations to Daisy in Willow class for being awarded this week’s ‘Star of the Week’.  

 

 

This term’s home learning can be found by clicking on the link below.

Homework_Term_1

Welcome back!

We have had a busy start to the new term, may we take this opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year and all the best for 2018.

Our school value this term is

We have a short, yet fun packed term ahead of us, the children have already demonstrated perseverance by learning their T4W text for this term.

They have learnt (with actions) the text for facts about the T Rex, this forms part of our literacy and our IPC topic. The text is here if you want to support your child. They will be able to tell you the first two paragraphs.

The children went to tell Abacus Nursery children all about the T Rex this term…. photos coming soon!

We have changed our home-learning format, you should have all received a home learning grid on Friday and resources to help you, please choose one activity each week, if you need help just let the class teacher know. Here is a copy of the grid.

 

 

 

The children have enjoyed their last week of term. The children had great fun performing the Nativity to all the parents! We have also been busy making Christmas cards, decorating Christmas biscuits for our Christmas parties and making hats for our Christmas dinner.

We hope you have a fantastic Christmas and a Happy New Year

From The Year 1 Team

The children had great fun at the KS1 Christmas Disco last Friday. They looked gorgeous in their party outfits, and definitely taught the teachers and staff some new dance moves…

We are very proud of our Year 1 fishermen who won these trophies for catching a Bass and Cod in a local competition.

As you can tell they were really excited to tell the children all about their win!