English – writing:

In our English lessons we have started to write stories based on the book Escape from Pompeii. You can hear the first part of the story on this youtube clip:

Here was my example of a story:

It was a bright, pleasant morning in the town of Pompeii.  Saturn was playing outside with his pointed toy dagger. After a while, he heard a faint, rumbling noise. Suddenly, the ground began to tremble all around him. He froze.  Everything around him began to shake and shudder. This could only mean one thing – Mount Vesuvius was about to erupt!

Before he knew it, Saturn was sprinting towards the harbour. All of a sudden, he heard the most terrifying noise. BOOM!  Saturn looked towards Mount Vesuvius and saw a gigantic ash cloud explosion! The thick clouds spread across the sky like black ink. He began to cough violently.

Could you write your own story?

English – Spelling:

This week we have been looking at the ‘or’ sound and the many ways it can be spelt. Here are some word to practise:

Maths

Reading

Maths

Reading

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The audience and the other firework makers started applauding. The person in charge of timing the applause had to give up. It was obvious to everyone who had won. 

L) Who started applauding?

V) Find and copy a word that means that same as ‘clear’.

I) Why was it obvious who had won?

“I keep my word,” the King said quietly. “Lalchand, you are free to go. Take this prize and enjoy the festival”.

E) How do you think Lalchand and Lila were feeling? Explain.  

Science

This afternoon in Science, we learned about the process of fossilisation. Watch this clip:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9bbkqt/articles/z2ym2p3

Now create a diagram to show the stages of fossil formation.

Here is an example:

This week we won’t be setting English and Maths homework as we are setting you a project to do over the half term! Please do continue to read and practise your times tables though.

After half term, we will be learning about the Ancient Greeks. We would love everyone to find out a bit about them before we start! You could make a poster, a fact file, a model or any other type of project you like. Please post photos to seesaw. We can’t wait to see them! 🙂

Mrs Phelps and Mrs Dubey

In Reading, we read some more of the story ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’. Here are today’s questions:

Today in Maths, we subtracted 1 digit numbers from 2 digit numbers. Here are some of the questions we tried:

In assembly today, we talked about how learning our times table can be fun!

We spoke about times tables rockstars, which every child has a login for (see your reading record).

https://ttrockstars.com/

We also shared a couple of other websites you can try. Here they are below:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

https://www.timestables.co.uk/

Have fun learning 🙂

English – Common Exception Words

1. Practise your spellings for this week using look, cover, write, check. Practise each word 5 times and then put 5 of these words into sentences:

Some children have been given different spellings than these, they need to check them in their seesaw account. We have posted their spellings there for them and have told them!

2. Practise your spellings on Spelling Shed (your username and password is stuck to your reading record).

3. Remember to read and record it in your reading record every night!

Maths – Times tables

If you would like to download English and maths homework, you can click on the following links:

English

Maths

When you have done some homework take a photo and post on seesaw. You should have the seesaw code in your reading record.

Homework must be completed before Friday morning!

Mrs Dubey and Mrs Phelps

English – Common Exception Words

1. Practise your spellings for this week using look, cover, write, check. Practise each word 5 times and then put 5 of these words into sentences:

Some children have been given different spellings than these, they need to check them in their seesaw account. We have posted their spellings there for them and have told them!

2. Practice your spellings on Spelling Shed (your username and password is stuck to your reading record).

3. Remember to read and record it in your reading record every night!

Maths – Times tables

Please remember to practise your target times table for Friday’s two minute times table test.

Downloadable version of homework: You can download English and maths homework for this week here.

English: Common Exception Words

Maths: Times tables

When you have done some homework take a photo and post on seesaw. You should have the seesaw code in your reading record.

Homework must be completed before Friday morning!

Mrs Dubey and Mrs Phelps