Friday 28th September 2012

Lower Key Stage 2 Newsletter

We have had a super time in lower key stage 2 this week! The children have been blowing us away with their grown up behaviour and their outstanding learning.

Home Learning

This week for home learning, we have asked the children to continue learning their spellings which can be found in their reading records. We were blown away after this week’s spelling test with all of the high scores the children received. Some of your children have been issued with a purple learning pack. Please support us in supporting your child’s learning, by encouraging them to practice their key word spellings on a regular basis. Please also continue to encourage your child to read regularly at home. Please sign their reading record as evidence.

Literacy

In Literacy this week we have been finding out all about Victorian Schools. The children have been watching different film clips and reading a variety of books in order to learn interesting facts to include in their writing. We have been further developing our understanding of compound sentences by using sophisticated connects, for example: despite, although, as well as. We have also been encouraging children to write paragraphs with audience engaging features, such as questions to the reader, alliteration, and brackets for further information.

Numeracy

In Numeracy this week the children have been using the more than and less than symbols to determine the value of a given number. The children have really impressed us by using decimal notation and negative numbers. Next week we will be joining Wood and the round up gang to learning how to round 10’s, 100’s and 1000’s!

Topic

This week in Topic, children have been watching a variety of film clips, including Oliver, and using information books in order to make relevant notes about Victorian Schools. We have been learning all about how terrible the teachers were, and have had great discussions about the punishments that were dished out! Next week we will be learning about Victorian leisure and play activities.

Reminders

·        Please ensure your child has an art shirt, which stays in their locker throughout the year

·        PE kits need to come in on a Monday and taken home on a Friday. Miss Thackeray’s and Mrs Moore’s class will now have PE on Tuesdays. Miss Snowden’s will have PE on Thursday

·        Please ensure you bring in your signed reading record on Monday morning.

Have a lovely weekend,
Team 34