This half term, our class novel is Kensuke’s Kingdom, written by Michael Morpurgo. This week, we have been writing from the perspective of a character; using figurative language to describe and create atmosphere.
Author: Miss Beatson
Church Experience
Today, we visited St James’ Church to participate in Harvest activities.
Reading Workshop
A quick reminder that we are having a reading workshop for KS2 parents, today at 6pm. Come along if you would like more information about how we teach reading in school and how you can support your child at home.
28 September 2018
Please learn the following spellings from the Year 5 and 6 spelling list.
| Words to learn to spell from the Year 5/6 spelling list. Please learn for a test on Thursday 04 October. | |
| ancient | opportunity |
| available | persuade |
| average | prejudice |
| especially | sincerely |
| environment | interfere |
Living and Learning
We’ve been thinking about what it means to be resourceful and resilient this week. We set ourselves some goals that we would like to achieve by the end of the year (or maybe sooner) by being resourceful and resilient. We’re aiming high!
Football Tournament
Yesterday evening, our football team competed in the local football tournament at Wetherby High School. Well done to all involved!
Coffee morning
We’re holding our first coffee morning of the year on Wednesday 03 October at 9am.
Come along and meet other parents and members of staff to have a chat about school life in general and any issues you are concerned about.
Our Learning Mentor, Mrs Small, will be available to talk to regarding your child’s self-esteem, happiness, well-being or any other areas of school life you would like to discuss.
21 September 2018
Please complete the following spelling activity to hand in on Thursday 27 September.
Word families
It’s important to start ‘really’ seeing words, noticing patterns and thinking about words that are linked by a letter pattern and meaning (but not the sound). Word families can help you with the spelling and meaning of words.
real: reality, unrealistic, realise, really
ped: pedestrian, expedition, pedicure, pedal
Can you make your own ‘word families’ for the following:
- sign (from Latin to mark)
- rupt (from Latin for broken)
- medic
- graph
- tele
- sub
Grid references
We’ve been mixing up our maths and topic work by using 4 and 6 figure grid references to locate places quickly in an atlas.
Baking Bread
Today, we’ve been busy baking bread.
- “It tasted delicious and it had a very soft texture.”
- “Mine was a bit salty, I think I added too much!”
- “I gave it a 7/10. It needed less salt.”
