Thomas and Devon in Dragonfly Class have been busy taking care of our community by picking up litter over half term.
Thomas picked up a staggering 2kg of litter from just one walk over The Cliffe and is planning to collect more.
Devon has picked up litter from along the Ruyton road to Baschurch and filled at least 7 bags!
We are very proud of their superb efforts to make the world a tidier place. Well done Thomas and Devon.
Hi Dragonfly Class, I hope you have had a lovely half term holiday. Don’t forget to wear your PE kit tomorrow (Monday 28th February) for our first Reading the Game session. See you tomorrow, Mrs Hollis
Reading
The Reading Challenge will be finishing after half term so please make sure that you are reading at home at least 4-5 times per week and recording it in your Reading Record.
History mini project
Finish your Anglo-Saxon house project and bring it into school after half term by Wednesday 2nd March. We can’t wait to see what you have created!
Reading the Game
After half term, we will be taking part in Shrewsbury Town in the Community’s Reading the Game
programme. Complete the question sheet to be in with the chance of winning a ticket to a Shrewsbury Town home game. Good luck! Please bring the completed sheet in by Monday 7th March.
Reading the Game Homework task
If you have any queries, please contact Mrs Hollis or Miss Horton.
As part of our work on rocks in Dragonfly Class, we had a go at making our own fossils.
First, we made a mould by pressing shells or dinosaurs into plasticine and placing the mould into a tray. The next step was for Mrs Hollis to mix up some Plaster of Paris and pour it into the moulded plasticine (she did this when we were out of the room as it can get a little messy and very warm while it is setting). Finally, the next day, we were able to ‘excavate’ our fossil by removing the plasticine. The results are brilliant!
Times Tables
Please complete the times table sheet given out in class and return it to school stuck in your homework book by Wednesday 16th February.
Spellings
Complete the spelling sheet in your neatest handwriting and return it to school stuck in your homework book by Wednesday 16th February.
Reading
Continue the Reading Challenge. Please make sure that you are reading at home at least 4-5 times per week and recording it in your Reading Record.
History mini project
Using the research that you completed for last week’s homework on Anglo-Saxon houses, over the next few weeks, we would like you to have a go at making one. For example, you could make a model our of Lego or cardboard boxes or you could paint/make a collage. We would like your completed models in by Wednesday 2nd March.
If you have any queries, please contact Mrs Hollis or Miss Horton.
Times Tables
Please complete the times table sheet given out in class and return it to school stuck in your homework book.
Spellings
Complete the spelling sheet in your neatest handwriting and return it to school stuck in your homework book.
Reading
Continue the Reading Challenge that we started last week. Please make sure that you are reading at home at least 4-5 times per week and recording it in your Reading Record.
History
This week, we would like you to find out about Anglo-Saxon houses. Can you find out what they were made from? How they were made? How many rooms they had? Draw a picture of what they looked like. If you need a little help getting started, the following link is to a very useful site with lots of information and pictures of recreated buildings.
http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/saxons/houses.htm
Your homework is due in on Wednesday 9th February.
If you have any queries, please contact Mrs Hollis or Miss Horton.
Thank you Charley for bringing in some amazing minibeasts to show Dragonfly Class. We saw some very interesting (and speedy) beetles, a millipede and a larva. Fascinating Charley, thank you again.
Times Tables
Please complete the times table sheet given out in class and return it to school stuck in your homework book.
Spellings
Complete the spelling sheet in your neatest handwriting and return it to school stuck in your homework book.
Reading
Continue the Reading Challenge that we started last week. Please make sure that you are reading at home at least 4-5 times per week and recording it in your Reading Record.
School Value—Perseverance
Throughout the month of January, our school value has been perseverance. We have explored this theme through our worships and this week’s homework is linked to it. We would like you to complete any activity connected to this value. You can choose anything that you like but here are some ideas to get you started. You could:
*Write about a time that you have to persevere. Why did you carry on and not give up? How did it make you feel?
*Find out about a famous person i.e. a sportsperson, charity fundraiser etc that has shown perseverance.
*Draw a picture that illustrate what the word perseverance means to you.
These are just a few ideas but please feel free to be as creative as you want around this theme.
Your homework is due in on Wednesday 2nd February.
If you have any queries, please contact Mrs Hollis or Miss Horton.
Times Tables
Please complete the times table sheet given out in class and return it to school stuck in your homework book.
Spellings
Complete the spelling sheet in your neatest handwriting and return it to school stuck in your homework book.
Reading
*Continue the Reading Challenge that we started on Monday—see Mrs Farmer’s message for full details.
*We’d love to find out all about what you are reading at the moment. Please complete the book review sheet given out in class or design your own sheet in your homework book.
Your homework is due in on Wednesday 26th January.
If you have any queries, please contact Mrs Hollis or Miss Horton.
Times Tables
Please complete the times table sheet given out in class and return it to school stuck in your homework book.
Spellings
Complete the spelling sheet in your neatest handwriting and return it to school stuck in your homework book.
History:
This term, our new History topic is on The Anglo-Saxons. Your task this week is to find out at least 5 facts about who they were, where they came from, why they came to Britain and any other interesting facts that you can find. It is up to you how you would like to present your facts but here are a few suggestions: write the facts in your homework book, make a poster, make a PowerPoint slide or presentation, make a short video clip of you sharing your facts. If you need a little help getting started, the following link is to a very useful site with lots of information (scroll down to the bottom of the webpage for even more information in different sections).
http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/saxons.htm
Your homework is due in on Wednesday 19th January.
If you have any queries, please contact Mrs Hollis or Miss Horton.
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