Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Goldfinches WB 10.1.22
Date: 7th Jan 2022 @ 7:42am
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Happy New Year everyone. I hope you all had a happy and relaxed holiday.
Goldfinches have returned to school with such enthusiasm and have worked so well this week.
Please book a slot for parent teacher phone calls on Friday 14th January
Worship: This week in worship we have learned about the importance of Epiphany and have found out how it is celebrated in different countries.
Writing: We will continue to explore our new English text ‘Escape from Pompeii’ and focus on using a rich and varied vocabulary in our writing.
Reading: Our new Reading text is a non-fiction book on Volcanoes which we are enjoying and are learning some very technical new vocabulary from.
Reading homework- please keep up the great work with our mission to read for 15 minutes daily at home. This helps so much with our reading, imagination, punctuation and sentence structure… but, more importantly, is so much fun!
Spelling homework: This week’s spellings all use sc in the sound s.
This week’s words: scissors, ascend, descend, science, scientist, scene, muscle, fascinate, crescent, scent
Maths: We are continuing to learn subtraction using the formal column method and applying this to word problems. Mrs Judge will focus on developing the coordinates work we began learning about before Christmas.
Times Tables Homework:
Try Tommy’s Trek to practise x6, x9 with division facts, or challenge yourself to mixed tables. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/318/Tommys-Trek-Times-Tables
RE: We will begin our new topic learning all about Islam.
Science: We will learn about the function of each part of the digestive system and the importance of fibre to keep our digestive system healthy.
History: We will re-cap what life was like before the Romans arrived in Britain in the Iron Age.
Computing: We will learn to programme in our lesson this week.
PE: PE with Mr Ault will now be on Mondays and Fridays until further notice. As the outside area can get quite wet, please send in a spare pair of shoes and socks for your child to change into should they need to. Please remember to tie long hair back and remove earrings on PE days.
PSHCE: Our Heart Smart lesson focused on listening to our positive inner voice and choosing to ignore the negative to keep our hearts happy.
Music: We had a wonderful first Ukulele lesson and look forward to our next lesson on Thursday.
As always, please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like to discuss your child. Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Evans