Southwark News Week Beginning 23rd April 2018
Our Learning next week
Our topic for this term is called ”Temples, Tombs and Treasures’ linked to our HISTORY curriculum about Ancient Egypt. We very much enjoyed our hook activity this week , exploring an ancient tomb and look forward to discovering more about this topic.
Your child has taken home a homework sheet to cover the homework for the whole half term. Please choose another activity to complete for homework this week. We have had some fantastic work so far! I have attached an electronic copy of the homework below in case the paper copy is lost Homework-Egyptians
In English, we will continue developing our narrative writing with our text The Firemaker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman. Next week we will be thinking about the way to create suspense in a story. Please feel free to read along with your child. Copies can be bought for £3.99 at the Book People.
In Maths, we will begin working on decimals. Please encourage your child to use Mathletics to revise these skills along with games on free websites like
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/fractions-and-decimals
In Science, we will begin a unit about Sound with Miss Symes
In P.E sessions, we will be starting athletics and a dance/aerobics unit. P.E will continue to be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, please ensure your child has their kit for every lesson. Unfortunately, we had several children without kits this week and this prevents them from enjoying our lessons. Please can I remind girls that earrings should be left at home on p.e days. In addition to this, we will continue to run the Daily Mile to help promote the fitness of our children.
As I’m sure you all know, reading daily is essential in helping your child progress with reading and writing. Please enjoy reading a range of fun books as well as your child’s school reading books to promote a love for reading. Please remember to write a comment or sign your child’s reading record regularly. Remember that your child can keep a book for as long as they need in order to finish it. We appreciate your support to enable your child to be a fluent and competent reader.
Well done to all children who were awarded a merit card this week, Alison, Tyray, Tyler, Roshan and Jaida for their excellent writing in role as the character Lila from our class text-The Firework Maker’s Daughter and Vishal for his impressive algebraic fractions work. Congratulations also go to Stefan and Anomiga this week for reading regularly to become our readers of the week. 