Friday 22nd November

Happy Friday!
This week, we have been persuasive poster writers, problem solvers and on Thursday, we had a few snow angels!

This week, we have focused on assessments in English and Maths to really think about where we are in our learning now, what we need to do next and what progress we've made so far this year.

In Science we worked on how igneous rocks are formed and I was very impressed by how many budding geologists we have in the class. Geography saw us thinking about what an informal settlement is and where in the world the largest informal settlements can be found.
Wednesday saw the NSPCC coming in and running a workshop on Speak Out, Stay Safe, which gave our children a greater knowledge of what do when they feel uncomfortable and who to speak to for support. We then finished the week with 2 snow days.

Next week, we will continue our new English unit, based on the text The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman. We will also continue our new Maths unit (Multiplication and Division), new geography unit (Informal Settlements) and investigate Geology and the Rock Cycle in Science. 

P.E. will be on Thursday and Friday for this half term until Christmas, so please send the children in with their kits on these days. 

Finally, the children will come home with their homework books on Monday (due to the snow day). In these there are spellings for this week, Maths questions based on what we have been doing in class and a topic homework with a choice of activities. Please could the book come back in on Thursday next week for marking and so that the children can add next week's home learning. So far this term, the response to home learning has been very positive and it really does help to reinforce the learning that the children undertake during the school day. New topic home learning is in there, as well as on Class Dojo.


Have a great weekend everybody, see you on Monday.


​Jason Foreman