Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough Church of England Primary School
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Maths
English
| Maths
English
Collective Worship | Maths
Reading
Collective Worship
Spelling | Maths
English
Collective Worship | Maths Fluency and Handwriting
English
Celebration Worship |
Break | Break | Break | Break | Break |
Spelling
Collective Worship Singing
| Swimming | English | Art | Spelling
Maths |
Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
PE
Reading
| Reading
Geography | PSHE
Geography | Music
French
Computing | Science
RE
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In English this week, we have continued to look at 'Floodland', writing persuasive speeches as one of the characters to convince the residents of the island to make him their leader. There has been some wonderful writing and it has inspired a few children to maybe become a leader of some form one day!
In maths, we have been finding equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages and applying this knowledge to reasoning questions. It is lovely to see the class becoming confident in this topic and creating word problems of their own.
In computing, we had a go at communicating messages via Morse Code using torches. The children had great fun using 'dots and dashes' to send short messages to their partners however the general consensus was that modern methods are much more efficient.
In geography lessons, we have started applying our knowledge of this term's topic to an innovative project. The children recapped the key features of a successful allotment and their knowledge of six figure grid references to choose a location for an allotment. They had to justify their decisions by describing how it had access to a water supply, good transport links and nearby facilities.
On Thursday, we celebrated World Book Day. The children were filled with excitement coming in dressed as various characters and enjoyed discussing their favourite books. Yorkshire had the opportunity to read to Surrey 2 and it was lovely to see the different year groups getting on so nicely and working collaboratively. I think one of Yorkshire's favourite parts was listening to MC Grammar's 2024 World Book Day song (a grand total of 12 times).
This week's PE lesson was particularly impressive and resulted in some fantastic forwards rolls. The children worked with their groups to recall their routines from last week and many incorporated their newly perfected skill. Their balance, coordination, teamwork and transitions between various gymnastics positions were beautifully executed.
Home learning and spellings will be set each week on a Thursday and will be due in the following Tuesday.
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.
Rapid recall of multiplication is essential for success in maths and Times Tables Rockstars gives children 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.
The link below will take you to the spelling scheme we are working from in school.
https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/english/primary-spelling/
Spellings for Mrs Townshend's Group 1. special 2. specially 3. partial 4. partially 5. artificial 6. artificially 7. president 8. presidentially 9. presidential 10. potential
| Spellings for Miss Hollands' Group 1. special 2. specially 3. partial 4. partially 5. artificial 6. artificially 7. president 8. presidentially 9. presidential 10. potential
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Mrs Shrimpton’s blue group | Mrs Shrimpton’s purple group |
chef | confusion |
chute | decision |
machine | explosion |
charade | erosion |
parachute | television |
picture | invasion |
nature | revision |
future | rain |
adventure | rein |
mixture | reign |
Spellings will be tested on Wednesdays.
Please note that Mrs Shrimpton's group now has a blue and purple group. This relates to the colour of the book that they are working on in class.
Reading
All children have been given a new AR bookmark and know their AR bands. They have selected a book to read at home and school. Please ensure you hear your child read regularly and record on Boom Reader. I have log in reminders for the children to bring home.
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.
Music Knowledge Organiser
Below is the music knowledge organiser for this term's music topic. To help with their in-class learning, please can the children read over this each week.