Welcome back. Hope you are all feeling refreshed after a happy and healthy Easter break.
We have a short half-term ahead of us but lots of exciting things going on as well as lots of exciting learning.
Year 6 are working towards their SATS tests which take place from 12th – 15th May. The children are working so hard towards these in the classroom. They are really responding well and are taking suck encouragement from the progress they are making. Please continue to encourage your child to work through their SATS booklet at home and remember I can go through difficult questions with them in class, if required.
Year 5 children have several trips out of school this half term:
- Thursday 1st May – netball at Wetherby High School. 1-3pm
- Monday 12th May – ‘A Day in the life’ at Wetherby High School. All day.
Here are some of the topics covered this half term:
Reading – Our class novel this term is Letters from the Lighthouse. A superb book about WWII in Britain. Please speak to your child about the book and what they can remember/enjoy. Please also continue to encourage your child to complete activities in their reading record once a week.
Writing –
Journalistic writing. In History, children learn about The Blitz. In this piece, they apply this knowledge by writing journalistically about a bombing – imagining they’re there at the time.
Recount. Children learn about evacuees. They imagine they’re an evacuee who has just arrived at the new home. They write a letter to a loved one explaining what’s happened and how they are.
History – World War in Britain.
RE – What kid of a King was Jesus?
PE – Rugby.
Science – Variation and Adaptations.
Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions.