Friday, 10 May 2013

Friday 10th May 2013

Lower Key Stage 2 Newsletter

LKS2 had an exciting visit on Tuesday afternoon from a Bollywood dancer, who not only taught the children different Indian style dances, but also told us all some fascinating Indian mythical stories and performed some traditional Indian songs. A reporter from the Rothwell Record came to snap a picture of the children performing an Indian dance routine and we are looking forward to reading the article when it’s out next month!

Literacy

The children have had lots of fun during literacy this week becoming real life news reporters. We started the week hot seating various eye witnesses from different news articles, asking them to tell us the events of the story from their own perspective. We then rewrote our News articles from the previous week in the form of a script including lots of fantastic adjectives to describe. The children then worked super hard practicing acting these and even brought in props to further enhance their performances. The final news reports were truly brilliant and the children really impressed us with their clear and confident performances.

Numeracy

In numeracy this week the children have been learning all about the relationship between fractions, decimals and percentages and how to convert between the three. They have also learnt how to convert improper fractions into mixed numbers. Why not ask your child to demonstrate this to you? Next week we are going to be revisiting time, learning how to successfully read a 24 hour clock and how to read and navigate around a calendar.

Topic

After the children had a great time with our Indian dancer on Tuesday we then researched even more styles of Indian dance and the children have been busy practicing their own Indian dance routine. We have continued to practice our knowledge of the 7 continents and looked at the locations of the different countries. 

Residential

Can all year 4 children who are going on the residential ensure they meet in the school hall on Wednesday 15th at 8:45 a.m. Can everyone be dressed in their own clothes and bring a water bottle so they can have a drink on the journey. Can we also ensure all clothes are clearly labelled so we can return any lost property to the rightful owners.

Reminders

·        Please ensure your child’s PE kit is kept in school from Monday-Friday every week.

·        As the weather is getting warmer please make sure your child is bringing a water bottle to school every day.

Have a lovely weekend!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Team 3/4

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