Homework
Maths - Doodle maths and doodle tables - 45 minutes throughout the week
Spellings - -ous previous, tedious, hideous, glorious, luxurious, mysterious, victorious, spontaneous, enough, echo
Reading - daily
Reminder - homework club will take place for those who do not complete this
Homework
Reminder - if Doodle maths time is not completed or spellings not handed in, our homework club will happen during a lunchtime to make up for it.
Spellings - -ous glamorous, vigorous, clamorous, humorous, rigorous, courageous, gorgeous, gracious, spacious, outrageous, they've (they have)
Doodle maths - 45 minutes on Doodle Maths/ Doodle Tables, including completing your assignments.
Reading - at least 15 minutes a day
Key dates Monday 27/4 Bikeablity
Spellings: various, adventurous, dangerous, enormous, obvious, ridiculous, marvellous, furiously, cautiously, serious
Multiplication practice - test yourselves on Multiplication Tables Check - 2026 - Timestables.co.uk
Doodle Maths - 45 minutes in the week
Homework club on Tuesdays for those who have not completed 45 minutes of DoodleMaths during the week or handed in their Spelling sheets.
Thank you for your amazing support with No Rules Day. We all had fun in our hoodies and cuddling our toys.
This first week back, we are about to finish the Boy at the Back of the Classroom and the children in the story have been on some crazy adventure that made us all a bit worried for them!
In fractions, we are learning to add mixed numbers, ask us how to solve 4 wholes and 2 fifths add 2 wholes and 4 fifths.
We have travelled back to Africa to learn about the Ancient Benin from Nigeria. We are curious to find out why their kings wore masks.
Have a lovely weekend!
Spellings - vague, tongue, plague, intrigue, mosque, antique, technique, unique, ball (toy), bawl (verb – crying)
Maths - Doodle Spring Challenge
Reading - around 15 minutes a day to maintain and build up our stamina
Easter Quiz – all the children have been given an Easter Quiz - each question will win the children a Positive Point as they are showing perseverance in their Maths journey. This is not homework, it is entirely optional but highly recommended.
This week:
We used our knowledge of news article to write about the ferocious Battle of Watling between Boudica and the Romans.
In Science, we created wind pipes to learn about how pitch is affected by the length of the instruments.
Fractions has been our main focus in Maths and we explored how we turn mixed numbers into improper fractions to answer addition and subtraction questions.
Have a lovely Easter
Spellings: sheets to be handed back in on Mondays.
Maths: 30 minutes of Doodle Maths per week with some practice on Doodle Tables
There will be Homework Club on Tuesday for those who have not completed their homework.
Key dates:
Monday 23rd - Church visit - please come to school as per normal
Thursday 26th - Wear Purple Day - Epilepsy awareness and Find the White Chocolate Button competition
During this sunny week, we have read our class reader book outside and found out more emotional details about Ahmet's family. We also suspect that Brendan the bully is behind the Plant Pot Murders!
We are delving more into fractions - ask us about ordering mixed numbers.
On the playground, we have re-enacted the battle between Boudica's tribes and the Roman army at Wattling Street.
In the classroom, we have listened to the volume and found out which decibel is manageable or unpleasant to our ears.
Key dates: Grafham Meeting after school on Thursday 19th in Mrs Farmer's classroom. Children are welcome to come to the meeting so they can familiarise themselves with the process. Children in Boss are also welcomed.
Spellings:
autobiography, automatic, autograph, autocorrect, semifinal, semicircle, semiautomatic, semiskilled, scene (view), seen (verb to look)
Maths: 45 mins for Doodle Maths or Tables throughout the week.
This week...
Ruby enjoyed PE where we played on the gym bars and the gym equipment.
In English, Alfie is finding the CLPE English reading book very exciting and we are writing a newspaper report on the major event that happened in the playground - ask us about what happened!
Tom found the pointillism artwork intriguing where we created an image of an eye using an ear bud.
Spellings: instrument, inspired, inspect, impressed, internet, interval, interactive, interrupt, heel (foot- noun), heal (to cure verb)
Doodle Maths / Tables - 45 mins during the week
Keydates
Grafham Residential information meeting - Thursday 19th March
Bikeability - 27 April
Grafham Residential Wednesday 20th - Friday 22nd May
In Science, we sought out sounds and their sources outside on the field to help us understand how being close to the source impacts the volume of a sound.
In English, we have delved further into our reading book and discovered that Ahmet is a refugee and how the Narrator has been trying everything possible to become friends with Ahmet.
In Maths, we have consolidated long multiplications (236 x 7) and starting the 'bus stop' method to division ( 369 divide by 3).
Hope you all have a great weekend
Spellings:
instrument, inspired, inspect ,impressed ,internet, interval, interactive, interrupt, heel (foot- noun), heal (to cure -verb)
Maths - Doodle Maths and Tables - 15 mins per day
We have started our new and exciting English class reader - The Boy at the back of the Classroom. Today, we have drawn up the main characters and learnt about the dangers of rumours.
In Maths, we are getting comfortable with long multiplication - ask us how to answer 56 x 3.
This half term we are learning about sound and how vibrations are created and travel to our ears.
Have a lovely long restful weekend.
Homework
Reading read regularly and be ready to do your AR quiz
Maths Doodle maths and Doodle tables, don't forget your assignment
Spelling 'shun' spelt 'tion' 'sion' 'ssion' invention, situation, persuasion, impression, extension, possession, comprehension, hesitation, description, attention
Homework
Maths - Doodle maths and tables - assignments and practice
Reading - Read regularly so you can do your AR quiz
Spellings - shun - tion - position, direction, imagination, relation, pollution, reflection, solution, potion, attention, introduction
Homework
Reading - Read daily, ready to quiz in school on AR
Maths - Doodle tables and Doodle Maths, 3 times a week. Don't forget to do your assignment.
Spelling - im (p bp m) ir (r) il (l) - impatiently, invisible, impolite, irresistible, inexpensive, impossible - non - nonstick, nonsense - homophones - their, there
Homework
Reading - read daily and make sure you do your AR quiz at school
Spelling - "zur" spelt "sure" treasure, closure, measure, pleasure, Asian, "zhun" spelt "sion" division, television, occasion, confusion, revision
Maths - doodle maths and doodle tables 3 times a week. Doodle maths assignments have been set