Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough Church of England Primary School
In English this week, the children have enjoyed listening to some poetry about winter. This links to The Wild Robot where Roz and Brightbill are experiencing the hardship of their first winter. The children wrote their own poems contrasting the beauty with the ugliness of winter.
In Maths, we have spent the week recapping topics such as place value and formal methods. We have been practising multiplication tables as much as we can. Please, make a huge effort to keep this up over half term as the multiplication check begins on our return to school. It was noticeable that results dropped over the Easter break. The children have completed the official practice to ensure their logins work and they have seen the format.
We were able to go to the Discovery Centre this week and use the VR head sets. The children used books and myOn to explore ancient civilisations. So far only ten children have used myOn at home. Try using it at some point over half term, as an activity has been set for our return in June.
Have a wonderful half term.
Mrs. Shrimpton and Mr. Grimes
This is an example of a typical week. The timetable changes on a regular basis. Currently P.E days are Tuesday and Wednesday. Please have PE kit in school everyday.
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Reading Maths Break Spelling English Lunch Break History French Singing Worship | English Maths Fluency Collective Worship Break Maths Spelling Lunch Break Science RE | Discovery Centre Maths Collective Worship Break PE Spelling Lunch Break English Geography | Reading English Collective Worship Break Handwriting Art Lunch Break Maths Computing
| Handwriting Maths Collective Worship Break Reading English Lunch Break PSHE PE Music
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Home learning and spelling will be set every Thursday and should be completed on the following Tuesday.
Weekly practise of multiplication tables is vital in supporting mathematical development. Below is a chart of the 36 essential facts to learn. This is especially helpful for children who are almost fluent.
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.
Challenge yourself to beat your score and build your knowledge 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 each day. When they have finished reading, children are asked to complete a quiz before changing their book.
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We recommend children in Year 4 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.
Spelling
These spellings will be tested on Wednesday 22nd May. Please practise purple spellings by putting the words into sentences.
Purple | Blue | Green | red |
recently probably usually finally curiously frantically magically automatically cosily hastily | which though through answer busy business finally gently carefully completely | shine shiny breeze breezy laze lazy busy only
| wood land gull seagull
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