Friday 12th October

Lower Key Stage 2 Newsletter

We have had a very exciting, action packed week in Lower Key Stage Two. On Monday the children enjoyed taking part in the fabulous ‘Big Draw’ event. In 3/4 we learnt all about space and all the children created their own stars and journeys around space. On Wednesday we took part in an ICT day; where the children developed their ICT skills by creating their very own iBooks all about the Victorians. We also learnt about computer programming and made our very own video games.

Home Learning

Every week, the home learning is for the children to practice their spellings ahead of our weekly test on Monday morning. We would also like the children to continue reading as often as possible at home. Please ensure you are noting in the children’s reading records when they are reading at home- if we can see they have read every day they will earn five house points for their team.

Literacy

In Literacy this week we have been writing our very own poems about Harvest and Autumn time. The children wrote both acrostic and rhyming poems and we were very impressed by everyone’s beautiful attention to detail when decorating these. We will be performing a selection of these poems during our harvest celebration on Friday 19^th October at Lofthouse Church. Next week is our assessed write, where the children will be applying all of the fantastic learning from the last seven weeks and writing a non – chronological report all about the Victorians.

Numeracy

This week, we have been learning how to make sensible estimations of groups of objects by grouping them into smaller sections. We have also been learning how to estimate the length of various classroom objects, and check how close our estimations were by measuring. Next week we will be learning how to interpret data from pictograms, bar charts, tally charts and Carroll diagrams. Why don’t you try making a tally chart at home about your families favourite food?

Next Week

Next Friday 3/4 will be holding their Harvest Festival celebration at Lofthouse Church. The children have written some amazing Autumn time and Harvest poems. We have been learning a short play and Mrs Moores’ class have been busy practicing a new song on the recorder. To link this year’s celebration with our current topic of the Victorians, we will also be performing a scene from the Victorian novel Oliver Twist. We would like the children to dress as poor Victorian orphans, not only to look the part but we will also be having a Victorian classroom experience when we get back to school. Please don’t rush out and buy anything; grey trousers or shorts, an old top and flat cap will be perfect.

Reminders

·         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.