SPAG

In SPaG, we have been practising our red words in lots of fun and exciting ways! We have been using different activities to help us remember how to read and spell them, including having a go at writing and drawing them with chalk on the playground. The children have really enjoyed taking their learning outside and practising their red words in a creative way!

 

English

In English, we have been exploring the wonderful story The Gruffalo's Child. We have been developing our reading comprehension skills by asking and answering questions about the story, thinking carefully about what has happened and using clues from the text and illustrations to support our answers. We have also been practising clarifying our understanding by discussing unfamiliar words and sharing our thoughts with our friends.

Another important part of our learning has been sequencing the events of the story in the correct order. We have been thinking about what happened at the beginning, middle and end, using our knowledge of the story to help us retell it. The children have loved sharing their ideas, making predictions and discussing their favourite parts of the story. It has been lovely to see their confidence grow as they become more thoughtful and enthusiastic readers!

 

Maths

In Maths, we have been developing our addition skills by adding multiples of 10 to numbers up to 100. We have been using our understanding of place value to help us recognise what happens to a number when we add another 10, 20, 30 or more.

Alongside this, we have been working hard on our number bonds to 10 and 20. We have explored different ways of making these numbers and practised recalling our number bonds quickly and confidently. To make our learning fun, we have been using playing cards to play different maths games, challenging ourselves to find number bonds and recall our facts as quickly as possible. The children have really enjoyed learning through games and working together to improve their fluency.

Keep practising those number bonds at home – the quicker we can recall them, the easier we will find our maths!

 

Home learning

This week for your home learning we would like you to practice your spellings of your RED WORDS (common exception words) by writing a short, silly story including as many of these as possible. As always be as creative as you can!

AR Reading 

If your child has an AR login please practice logging in and accessing books with your child to support them in logging in when we take quizzes in class. Thank you!

 

Dates for your diary

11th November – Children can wear service uniform to school

13th November – Reception Come Dine with me

13th November – World Kindness Day and Children in Need day. Wear something yellow and/or spotty to school

16th November – Individual and sibling school photos

18th November – Reception and year 6 height and weight check

20th November – Year 1 and 6 Come Dine with me

25th November – Year 4 to Maidstone Museum

27th November – Year 2 and 5 Come Dine with me

30th November – Book fair in school this week

4th December – Year 3 and 4 Come Dine with me

4th December – Year 5 Pantomime (year 5 to be collected at 4.20pm)

9th December – Christmas Fair from 3.15pm-4.15pm

11th December – Reception Nativity at 9am in school hall

14th December – Year 1 Nativity at 9am in school hall

15th December – Year R, 1 and 2 Party Day. Non-school uniform for these children

15th December – Year 3 and 4 Christmas Church performance at 10am and year 5 and 6 Christmas Church performance at 2pm

16th December – Year 2 Nativity at 9am in school hall

16th December – Party day for year 3, 4, 5 and 6. Non-school uniform for these children.

17th December – School Christmas Dinner and all children to wear Christmas jumpers to school (please note children to wear usual school uniform, but a Christmas jumper, rather than a school jumper/cardigan)

18th December – Last day of school. School to finish at 2pm. No after school club on this day.