Week beginning 11th October 2021

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This week, due the the First Aid training the previous week, we shall be continuing with our RE/Music focus. QE2 class will have RE lessons in our foundation subjects and Tower Bridge will have Music. Next week, the classes will swap and do the other subject.

What are we learning this week?

Maths –

To read and write numbers up to one million
To explain how ten thousand can be composed
To explain how one hundred thousand can be composed
To identify and place the position of five-digit multiple of one thousand numbers
To count forwards and backwards in steps of powers of 10, from any multiple of 1,000

English –

This half term, our English lessons shall be centred around the core text Goodnight Mister Tom. Our weekly objectives include:

I can write a diary entry.
I can edit and up-level my writing.
I can engage in book talk.
I can visualise and annotate key events from Goodnight Mister Tom.
I can write a setting description.

Our class reading book is Carrie’s War, by Nina Bawden. Throughout the week, we shall be encouraging children to make connections across the two texts, as well as completing additional comprehension-based activities.

Science –

To create an investigation to test what might affect the brightness of a bulb.
To be able to plan a fair-test by recognising the control variables.
To be able to use predictions to set up fair tests.

Music (Tower) –

To listen to music with focus and analysing its composition using musical vocabulary.
To relate sound sequences to images .
Listening to music focussing on dynamics and texture
Developing the use of dynamics in a song

RE (QE2) –

This week, we shall be looking at Authority and Worship within the Buddhism religion. Our learning objectives are:

Who was Siddhartha Gautama?
What caused him to seek enlightenment?
How did the Buddha become enlightened?

PE –

Our PE days are as follows:

QE2 – Tuesday and Thursday

Tower – Tuesday and Friday

Please make sure your child comes to school wearing their full PE kit.

Key Dates

31st October – Deadline for secondary school applications

What are we learning this week?

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