Dorset

Term 5 Week 2 

A chilly but busy week!

In maths, we have continued to find fractions of amounts and have been solving word problems involving our fraction and multiplication knowledge.  We have used counters and base ten and drawn diagrams to help us with our calculations and reasoning skills.  We have also been having fun learning our four times tables and had races putting the fours in order.

Our English lessons have found us learning about main and subordinating clauses in sentences and how we can use conjunctions and commas with these.  We have been having a go at using these as part of our letter writing this week.  We have found out that the caretaker character Corky has had an encounter with Krindlekrax!!

The class had a great time being back at Forest School and had opportunities to build dens and make wooden necklaces.  Although it was still cold, they all thoroughly enjoyed themselves.  

Other highlights have been looking at Roman mosaics and finding out about the different ways the Roman Empire was ruled and how flowers on a tomato plant turn into fruit.

Don't forget Forest School on Thursdays and PE on Wednesdays. 

Mrs Bentham, Mrs McGinley and Mrs Strudwick

Home Learning Term 5 Week 1

Blue Spellings:

Blue words: prefix -sub

subdivide

submarine

subsoil

subtitle

subway

submerge

subheading

subordinate

Topic words

ancient

grout

Red Spellings:

Words ending in -al

The ending that sounds like l can be spelt al.

Lots of adjectives end in al

magical

plural

capital

animal

signal

vocal

comical

festival

Topic words:

tiles

grout

Please continue to read with your children over the Easter holidays to help them continue to build on this essential skill.

In addition, please find some spelling information to support your child at home: https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/english/primary-spelling/

Also attached is a list of the 100 most common words that your child is expected to know how to spell by the end of Year 4 (please see attachment).

Times Tables Rockstars! 

To keep practising the multiplication taught in class, and challenging yourself to keep the ones you already know fresh, don’t forget to log into your Times Tables Rockstars account. 

https://play.ttrockstars.com/

Challenge yourself to beat your score, build your knowledge and watch your confidence sore, as you become a Rockstar!

Please ask your class teacher if you need replacement log in details.

Reading

Children should bring their Accelerated Reading Book to and from school and home each day.  Children are asked to change their book when it is finished using the guidance and support provided by the teaching team within the class.  

We recommend children in Year 3 read for at least 20 minutes a day.  Parents please log your child's reading on the BOOM reader Parent Portal or by using the BOOM reader parent app on your tablet/mobile no more than once a week.

Please note: pupil login details have changed slightly due to an upgrade that has taken place on the Accelerated Reader platform. Pupil login details (user name and password) should now be enter in all lower case (no capital letters at all). These login details are used each time your child quizzes a school reading book which carries an accelerated reading quiz code.