Week beginning 29th November 2021

During the foundation subjects this week, QE2 Class will be learning RE and Tower will be learning Music.

What are we learning this week?

Maths – 

• To know how to multiply a three-digit by a two-digit number
• To accurately use the method of long multiplication to multiply two, two-digit numbers (no regrouping of ones to tens)
• To accurately use the method of long multiplication (with regrouping of ones to tens)
• To accurately use the method of long multiplication (with regrouping of ones to tens & tens to hundreds)
• To accurately use the method of long multiplication to multiply a three-digit by a two-digit number

English – 

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

• L.O. I can plan a letter.
• L.O. I can write a letter.
• L.O. I can edit and up level my writing.

Our class reading book is Holes, by Louis Sachar. Throughout the week, we shall be completing comprehension-based tasks on key chapters and events.

Science –

• L.O. To use the idea that light travels in straight lines and reflects off a mirror, onto an object into our eye.

RE– 

• L.O. To explore the meaning of the Eightfold Path for Buddhists.
• L.O. To understand the importance of rules both in a personal and wider context.
• L.O. What are the stories that Buddhists find inspiration from?
• L.O. How do they help to explain the Buddha’s teachings?

Music –

• listening to music focusing on dynamics and texture
• developing techniques of performing rap using texture and rhythm
• learning a melodic ostinato using staff notation

RHE- 

Our learning objectives this week are:

• To make choices about my own behaviour because I understand how rewards and consequences feel and I understand how these relate to my rights and responsibilities.
• To understand that my actions affect myself and others; To care about other people’s feelings and try to empathise with them.

PE – 

Our PE days are as follows:

QE2 – Tuesday, Thursday and Friday

Tower – Tuesday and Friday

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