07 October 2022
Below are the new spellings for the next two weeks. On the first week, use the look, say, cover, write, check method. On the second week, write the words in the air.
- has
- he
- here
- his
- house
07 October 2022
This week’s Talk Time relates to the knowledge we’ve gained about History this half term.
I can show off my knowledge of history.
Years 1 and 2 – The Great Fire of London:
I know and can use words and phrases relating to time and chronology (eg old, new, past, a very long time ago, present, ancient, modern).
I know what houses were like before the Great Fire of London and that fires were quite common.
I know that Samuel Pepys’ diary helps us to know what the Great Fire of London was like.
I know why the fire spread quickly and how it was eventually put out.
I know what changed as a consequence of the Great Fire of London.
Years 3 and 4 – Ancient Greece:
I know that ancient Greece was divided into many city states and I know that Athens and Sparta were the most powerful. I know some of the main characteristics of the Athenians and the Spartans.
I know about the influence the gods had on Ancient Greece.
I know about the influence Ancient Greece has had on the Western world (e.g. philosophy, arts, science, maths, literature and politics).
I know that democracy is a Greek word meaning ‘government by the people’ and that our government today is a legacy of the Athenian assembly and council.
Years 5 and 6 – Stone Age to Iron Age:
I know how Britain changed between the beginning of the Stone Age and the Iron Age.
I know the main differences between the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages.
I know what is meant by ‘hunter-gatherer’.
I know about and can name some of the advanced societies that were in the world around 3000 years ago.
I can compare life in Britain 3000 years ago to life in Ancient Egypt.
I know that the Ancient Egyptians had a writing system called hieroglyphics.
I know that the Ancient Egyptians built pyramids as tombs for pharaohs and that the biggest was built around 2500BC.
At school, we refer to 8Rs to promote good learning behavior. Check out the 8R’s for learning. See how many your child knows.
This week’s ‘Remember 2s’ (R2s) directly link to three of the 8Rs:
- Remember – Think back to history lessons, learning, tasks, games etc.
- Reflect – Which facts are you most confident with? Which ones do you need to work on?
- Resourceful – For facts you’re unsure of, how can you improve your understanding? Who could you ask at home or at school?
Additionally or alternatively, you might like your child to consider our current Christian value…
At St James’ CE Primary School, we learn about Christian values that help us to become well-rounded citizens in society. The values are woven into our everyday school life. Each half term, we have a new Christian value that will be embedded into our collective worship and our reflection areas.
This half term, our Christian Value is perseverance.
Perseverance is needed when standing firm in the face of any difficulty. It is the special gift that we have when life is difficult or painful that helps us not to give up. Difficulties might include hardship, persecution or scorn, although we hope these difficulties do not arise in our school. We use it more in the context of ‘keeping going’ and ‘not giving up’.
This week’s Talk Time homework is all about persevering when the going gets tough.
Set yourself a really tough challenge. This could be learning to tie your shoe laces, walking to school backwards, learning to draw a difficult animal or any other ideas that you have.
Talk to a grown up about the challenge you set yourself. Why did you choose this challenge? How did you show perseverance? Tell your teacher all about the challenge you set yourself and how you felt when you needed to persevere.
Spellings
Our new spellings for the next two weeks will be:
of, once, one, our, pull, push, put, said, saw, says.
Why not try our super spelling strategy?
Friday 07 October 2022
There have been two sets of spellings handed out this week. Your child will have been given the correct spellings for them to learn.
This week, our spellings focus on dropping the y for i when adding ed and keeping the y for ing. Make sure you spot the different suffix, too!
worry – worried
carry – carried
happy – happiness
ugly – ugliness
creepy – creepiest
funny – funniest
sorry – sorriest
reply – replying
copy – copying
marry – marrying
OR
This week, our spellings focus on words we sometimes spell incorrectly in our writing:
with
what
said
which
where
why
could
should
would
who
Science: What’s living in our school grounds?
Check out how we got on in our science lesson…
Awesome biology learning from Jacob, Murielle, Liam and Ralph – super scientists!
TT Rockstars
Just a reminder to practice our times tables as often as possible. We have a weekly focus, this week it will be 2s,5s and 10s.
TT Rockstars is a really fun way of doing this! I have set the year 3 pupils accounts to our weekly times tables focus, so it will be easier to access.
Your child’s login will be stuck inside their reading record. If you need this again please just ask!
Microhabitat hunters
In our science lessons, we have been learning all about living things and their habitats.
We went on a microhabitat hunt around our school to see if we could find any microhabitats and who or what was living there. We found many creepy crawlies hiding under a log including woodlouse, centepedes and worms.
Watch us while we work
Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who joined us this morning to watch us while we work. It was an opportunity to watch some learning in maths and reading and hopefully pick up a few strategies that can be used at home. Here are a few feedback comments from parents this morning:
“The children sat, listened and interacted well. It was lovely to see what they are like in class.”
“Great to see what happens in class. Really enjoyed it.”
“It was nice to see the classroom and teaching strategies.”
“Lovely being in class. Teacher had them engaged at all times. Good to see English and maths.”
“Great to see different ways we can help at home……different ways to practise times tables and retrieval in reading.”
30th September 2022 spellings
Next week, we will be focusing on double consonant words:
– appear
– different
– shop/ed/ing
– trapped
– happening
– opposite
– arrive
Latin: Salvette Omnes! Hello Everyone!
Year 4 are enjoying learning Latin and it is a brilliant way to support their literacy skills. The children have been exploring connections between Latin and English grammar and vocabulary.
Meet Minimus!
In our last lesson, the children learnt how to say “I am” in Latin and found out more about the family who live at Vindolanda.
In pairs, the class had a go at acting out the story in Latin. One person was Minimus and the other was the person he was talking to.
Act out the comic strip with your child. Can they tell you the meaning of the phrase Quis es?
Challenge:
Can you think of English words that come from the Latin words “mater” and “pater”?
