What a fantastic term we have had!

Maths

This week in maths, we have been looking at quarters. At the beginning of the week we looked at a quarter of an object and shape.

Then we used pancakes to help us investigate fractions further. We were told that a ½ is the same as 2/4. We cut our pancake in half and then half again to make 4 equal parts found out a quarter is the same as half and half again and we then showed that 2/4 is the same as a half.

Finally, to end the week we used cubes to find fractions of numbers. We did this by sharing them out into bars. We had to look at the denominator to see how many bars to share into.

 

Next week in maths we will be looking at statistics!

Fact of the week

Our fact of the week this week is:

Read, Write Inc.

This week in Read, Write Inc. we have been reviewing sounds we know and learning new sounds. We have continued to use our sounds to read and write words, phrases and sentences. In particular, we have been looking for special friends in our words, saying the sounds and reading the word. Any practise at home reading a word by finding the special friends, saying the sounds and reading the word would be greatly appreciated! We have also been working hard on our handwriting and writing sentences with capital letters and full stops. On Tuesday we wrote instructions on how to plant a seed and nurture it into a plant.

Reading

Mondays – RWI books to be changed by an adult. Please could ALL reading wallets be put in the trays so that we can check who has earned a certificate.

Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays – children can change their learning zone book (the one with the coloured sticker on). Please help them to have this book ready to change when they come in to the classroom in the mornings. Thank you!

Children will bring home two books in their reading folders, one being a RWI home book. Children are expected to try and read this three times during the week to ensure they are building on their reading fluency. The RWI home books will be changed, by an adult, every Monday.

The other book (with the coloured sticker) should be changed independently by the child themselves (on a Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)- first thing in the morning is a great time to do this! These books can be changed as regularly as needed.

Please listen to your child read as much as possible at home and record this in their reading records. Every week, one child from each class will receive a reading certificate in an assembly.

Children will also get a certificate for every 20 times they read so it is important that the reading record gets signed every time they read at home. BOTH RWI BOOKS AND THE LEARNING ZONE BOOKS CAN BE RECORDED IN THE READING RECORDS!

There will also be a sticker in your child’s reading record which will explain which skill they are working on with regards to their reading.

If you have any questions, please speak to your child’s class teacher.

Thematic

This week we continued with our science in the unit ‘Everchanging Environments’. This week we learnt the names and characteristics of common garden plants and wild plants.  We found out that wild plants are plants that grow in the countryside or places where they are not purposely planted by humans. They can be found in fields, forests, meadows and even in our gardens without us having planted them. Bluebells are a type of wildflower that grow in woodlands. We then found out garden plants are planted deliberately by people in gardens, and parks, to look or smell nice. These are often flowering plants like tulips, daffodils and sunflowers. Today we used different sources to find out about scientists from the past (David Douglas) and from the present (Alan Titchmarsh). We used videos and information sheets to find out about them and the work that they do. We then took part in a quiz to show what we had learned about the scientists! Our teachers were so impressed with our amazing learning this week!

Next week we will be revisiting how the weather changes throughout the year.

Love to Learn

For this week’s love 2 learn task we would like you to practise your lines for the assembly. All the children were given several opportunities to say something in the assembly, if your child has a green slip of paper that is their line. Please can we also ask they practise this song too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzAE2Gg9i2I&list=RDLzAE2Gg9i2I&start_radio=1

Other news

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon. Children need to wear a plain white t-shirt, black or navy bottoms and a plain black or blue sweatshirt.

Next tern our Read at 3 will continue every Friday at 3pm this is where we would love to invite you into our classrooms and read with your child for 15 minutes

Show and Tell

A reminder that children should not be bringing any toys into school as these can get easily broken or lost. If children would like to do show and tell, please email a picture of the show and tell to class teacher(s) and we can use this when the children share with the class. Please could all parents ensure that children are not bringing toys etc in from home.

Dates to remember

Term 6  Dates for your Diary

1st July – Music evening at 6pm

2nd July – Year 1 class assembly 2.50-3.05pm

4th July – Summer fair from 3.30pm

10th July Sports Day – KS2 9.15-12 Reception and KS1 1.30-3

11th July – Reports go out to parents

14th, 15th 16th July – Transition days; children to spend these days with their new class teachers

17th July – Inflatable fun day in school for all children

18th July – School finishes at 2pm for Reception to Year 5

If you would like to contact us, please feel free to email, alternatively we are available to catch at the end of the day or the start of the day by the door.

Team Cornflower: eloise.hall@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Team Sapphire: nicki.cotton@chiltonprimary.co.uk and elaine.howard@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday!

 

Miss Hall, Mrs Cotton and Mrs Howard