Lostock Gralam C of E Primary School
Swallows WB 31.01.2022
Date: 20th Jan 2022 @ 4:29pm
Welcome back to Swallows Class blog
Top Table: Owen and Ethan Praise: India
What a fantastic week we have had! We have been investigating the route which the Titanic followed and explored where the Titanic did not reach. During this time we recaped the continents and identified key oceans and countries. The children had great discussions and ideas about how travel has changed over the years, in particular, how planes and ships have enhanced travel.
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Week beginning 31st January 2022:
We will continue to complete our spelling tests on a Thursday and our times tables test will take place on a Friday.
Reminders:
Please note that our PE days this week are on Monday. Please come to school in your PE uniform as usual on this day.
Next Week
Next week, we are going to be returning to the art techniques we explored in our art. We are going to focus on a piece of artwork created by the famous 'Hokusai' called 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa'. The children are going to be taking a few steps back and explore this great artist to find out the printing techniques used. We are going to create a double page about the artist noting down key facts and how his printing technique is unique. We are then going to create a double page to test and identify the tools and skills developed. Eventually, we will recreate a sea picture again improving on our first pictures to use our skills more methodically. We are then going to share our thoughts and wishes of other people's work to support them in improving their work further.
Homework
Read Write Inc
Please see your child's diary for their reading/sound focus.
Reading
Please spend 10 – 20 minutes reading each day. This can be a combination of Read Write Inc and bedtime story books. Please remember the importance of your child listening to YOU read during this time too.
Spellings
During the Spring term our spellings will be focused on the Year Two Common Exception words. We are recapping these from the Autumn term to ensure that the children are secure in how to spell them. These are words that the children will come across frequently in both their reading and writing. We will complete a spelling quiz in class every Friday. Please use your spelling whiteboard to help you to learn your spellings each week. We will write your child's score in their diary each week. This will be written next to the spellings they have been tested on that day. This will be on the page of the previous weeks.
This week’s spellings to be quizzed on Thursday 3rd February are listed in your blue reading diary.
Times Tables
Please complete your times tables work sheet for this week. Some children have now moved onto their silver challenge! Well done!
Please also use Hit the Button and choose the 10 x table facts to help prepare for our silver 10 x tables test which lots of children are now working on. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
If you have any worries or queries, please do not hesistate to get into contact with me.
Have a lovely, safe weekend!
Miss Thwaites and Mrs Elson