Parent Meeting Information Slides

Thank you to all those who were able to attend the parent meeting on Thursday 30th. Below are the slides from the meeting for anyone who wasn't able to attend.

This week in Northamptonshire 6

Week beginning Monday 27th October:

What a great way to start Term 2! In English, we started our termly text: ‘Running on Empty’. The children were introduced to our main character AJ and his experience watching Usain Bolt win the 100m at the 2012 London Olympic Games. This week, the children (almost) travelled back in time to see what it was like in the stadium whilst using our VR headsets in the Discovery Centre. During this session, the children were able to gather some wonderful description of the scene to use in their writing this week. The children wrote some wonderful atmospheric narratives to describe the scene. Can you remember what description you used?

In History, we continued our topic: ‘Maafa’. This week, we learned how enslavement benefitted Britain and its growth in a variety of areas. What areas of British culture were impacted by this?

In Science, we continued our topic: ‘Circulatory System’. This week, we used our previous knowledge of recording heart rates and put it into practise whilst exploring the hypothesis: 'Children with lower resting heart rates can sprint faster than those with higher resting heart rates.’ What was your prediction? How did you test this? Were you correct?

In Geography this week, we built upon our understanding of how countries interact and work together. As a class, we clarified the word trade and gave examples of what we know is traded by which countries. The children were tasked with matching key terminology, e.g. industry, export, import and ore, to their definitions. Once we had a solid understanding of the key vocabulary needed, we looked closer in depth at certain products that are traded internationally. Can you remember which products we looked at? Which product did you focus on? Where was it grown/mined from/made? Where was it exported to?

As ever, the British autumn likes to keep us guessing with the weather. Please ensure your child has a coat with them everyday to keep them dry and warm.

We hope you have a fantastic weekend!

Mrs Midgley. 

A typical week in Northamptonshire:

Home Learning

Spelling

The link below will take you to the spelling scheme we are working from in school.

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/english/primary-spelling/

This document contains spelling strategies that are used in class, and can be used at home to aid learning new words:

Southborough's Spelling Strategies

Times Tables Rockstars! 

To keep practising the multiplication skills 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.

You should be practising for at least 30 minutes a week.

We have a TT Rock Star of the week. Look out to see who the first one is!

https://play.ttrockstars.com/

Rapid recall of multiplication is essential for success in maths and Times Tables Rockstars gives you self-confidence, recognition and motivation to improve.

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

Please ensure you hear your child read regularly and record on Boom Reader using the parent app on your tablet/mobile no more than once a week:

boomreader.co.uk/parents

Some helpful questions to ask the children and check their understanding as they read have been pasted below. 

Children should bring their Accelerated Reading book to and from school each day. When they have finished reading their current book, children are asked to complete a quiz before choosing the next one:

https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6704864

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.