Important dates

25th September – Chilton School’s 50th Birthday (please see separate letters for details on how we will be celebrating this)

26th September – Thrive coffee morning 9am-10.30am in the studio – a chance to meet our well-being team

9th October - Year 5 and 6 Harvest assembly (in school hall with families invited to watch)

16th October – Kent test results sent to families

17th October – Final day of term

Thank you to those parents who were able to attend the Meet and Greet on Thursday morning.  Attached is a copy of Mr. Wheeler's PowerPoint slide.

Mrs. Rowland-Hill helen.rowland-hill@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Mrs. Bax paula.bax@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Mrs. Tammaro amy.tammaro@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Mr. Wheeler dave.wheeler@chiltonprimary.co.uk

Maths

In Maths, we played a fun game involving a hot air balloon to help us understand adding and subtracting negative numbers.  Positive numbers are puffs of air and negative numbers are sandbags.  If you add a positive number (a puff of air), the balloon goes up; subtracting a positive number will deflate the balloon so it will descend.  When adding a negative number (sandbag), the balloon gets heavier so will go down.  Subtracting negative numbers will make the balloon rise.  For example, 8 + -3 = 5 (8 add 3 sandbags makes the number decrease).  Here is a video to help you remember how to play:

 

We also reminded ourselves of how to add using the column method, lining the digits up like buttons on a shirt.  We used base ten and dice to help demonstrate this and rehearsed the strategy.  Next week, the children will be finding efficient ways to subtract.

English

The children thoroughly enjoyed reading 'Way Home'.  We wrote in role as Shane, who is homeless, using subject specific vocabulary.  We gathered language and considered how people who are homeless may feel.  Children showed empathy for those less well off than us.  We also wrote a setting description for a bustling city using descriptive language.  Next week, we will be introducing our new text, 'Floodland'.  

    

Thematic 

Using atlases, maps and globes, the children enjoyed locating the lines of longitude and latitude on a map, including the Equator, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and the Prime Meridian.  We tracked the route of Charles Darwin on his journey to the Galapagos.  Next week, we will be classifying living things by using an appropriate system as well as classifying plants, going out to the forest school to see what plants are in our local area.  

Love to Learn

Using the receipt from your family's 'big shop', please add up ten items using the column method.  Find a suitable way to present this.  Here is a receipt if you cannot have access to one:

We would also like you to practise these words, which we have learned about this week.  We learned about the different spelling rules when adding the suffix 'ed'.  A challenge could be to explain each spelling rule:

hopped	closed	hurried	shoved	knitted
licked	hugged	danced	carried	tripped