What a fantastic start to Term 6! It has been amazing to see the amazing smiles on the faces again.

English 

This week, we have started looking at a short film called ‘The Piano’. Throughout the film, there is an elderly man playing the piano on his own. During the video, it shows the man’s memories throughout his life. For example, his late wife joins him and there is memories of him at war. We have concentrated on emotive language and the effect it has on the reader.

Next week, we will be continuing with the Piano, looking at his flashbacks and how emotive language can be applied.

Maths 

This week, we have been learning about position and direction. We began the week by recapping plotting coordinates on quadrants. We then finished the week by translating shapes on a grid.

Next week, we will be recapping geometry. Concentrating on diagonal lines and right angles and finding missing angles in rectangles.  

PSHE

This week, we started our topic called ‘Our words can hurt’. We looked at online safety and how some of the things that can be said online can be just as hurtful if not worse than in person. We also discussed the difference between online trolls and keyboard warriors and what we can do to deal with these situations.

Love to Learn 

For this week's Love to Learn, inspired by the song ‘ugly’ by the Sugarbabes. Write your own song lyrics about the PSHE we have learnt this week. If you don’t want to write your own lyrics, find a song and use those lyrics.

 

Key dates 

7th June - Cross Country at Upton 

9th – Year 5 out at Chatham and Clarendon for STEM day 

14th June - Waterloo Cup at Upton 

23rd June – Book fair this week 

27th June – Thrive coffee morning 9am in studio 

27th June – White bags for Summer Fair sent home. To be returned on Friday 4th July 

27th June – Non-school uniform day in return for items for the summer 

fair (details to follow) 

1st July – Music evening at 6pm 

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 

17th July 3.15pm-5.30pm – Year 6 Party at school 

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

 

Year 5 parents -we are asking for donations of newspaper and thin food wrappers for next term, such as crisps packets and bottle wrappers. We needs lots of these so please be generous! Many thanks, Miss Isaac