Friday 25th January

Lower Key Stage 2 Newsletter

We have had a super week in Lower Key Stage 2 and are very proud of the children continued commitment to their learning. After our fantastic performance of ‘Go Bananas’, we are now learning our new sign language song called ‘Sing2sing’. This is really developing our range of signs used in the classroom. If your child would like to practice this at home, please encourage them to visit the website www.sign2sing.org.

Literacy

This week the children have been learning how to use lots of amazing adverbs, in order to describe how a character moves. We have been taking part of lots of drama activities so children can really see the importance of describing how a character moves. Why don’t you ask your child to play the adverb game at home when you are doing every day jobs? The children have also been using a story mountain in order to plan their very own adventure stories. These are broken down in to an opening, build up, climax, resolution and an ending. We have been really impressed with everyone’s imaginations, and the stories they wrote for their star write challenge were really detailed! Well done guys.

Numeracy

In numeracy the children have been learning all about weight. They have been learning how to work out the intervals on the scale, how to read a scale accurately, and how to draw the dial on the scale. Why don’t you bake some buns at home to test out their amazing knowledge of scales? Next week the children will be using applying these skills to solve worded problems. This will require children to read the questions carefully, find the key information, and then think of an appropriate strategy to use to solve the problem.

Science

During our science lessons we are learning all about Evolution and Inheritance. The children have had lots of fun leaning how parents pass on key features to their offspring. We have used the Mr Men characters to design new characters that have characteristics from both parents. We have also looked at cross and selective breeding, and discussed the reasons why and how farmers produce different crops.

RE

This week the children have been learning all about the story of Moses. We have been watching video clips from the film ‘The Prince of Egypt’, and reading the story, in order to retell the events in chronological order through drawings and detailed descriptions. We have been blown away by their questions to further their understanding about this bible story.

Reminders

·        PE this half term is invasion games, please ensure your child brings their PE kit into school on a Monday and keeps it in school until Friday.

·        We check Reading Records every Monday morning, please ensure your child brings in their signed Record so we can reward all of their fantastic reading.

Have a lovely weekend!

Team 3/4