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Toucans W.B. 03.07.23, by Mr Corkill
Date: 29th Jun 2023 @ 4:26pm
Welcome Back to Toucans’ Weekly Blog ?
Toucans have had a busy week, particularly working on lots of different art and history projects. I know how much they are all looking forward to their transition days next week and I wish them all the best of luck as they begin their high school journeys.
Praise: Jai
Top Table: Francesca and Isabel
Next Week (W.B. 03.07.23)
Reminders:
- All pupils will be out on different transition days throughout the week. Please read through the information your child’s high school will have sent you carefully so that you are aware of when and where they need to be, plus what they need to bring along for the day. Good luck everyone!
- PE will continue to take place on both a Monday and a Friday each week, so please send your child into school wearing their PE kit on these days. PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/navy and should only be worn on PE days.
Curriculum:
In English and computing, the children will be creating a ‘how to’ guide for some of their specific Year 6 activities. They will be creating informative videos and instructions on some of the roles they have fulfilled this year that can be shared with Year 5. In shared reading, we will explore another famous explorer with a focus on summarising and sequencing information.
In maths, we will continue with working on problem solving involving time, position & direction, and different properties of shapes. We will also continue with our 4-a-day arithmetic questions each morning to further practice our four operations.
In science, we shall complete a short revision activity before completing an assessment task on living things and their habitats. We will also be researching and recording about the famous scientist, Alexander Fleming and his discovery of penicillin.
In our history and geography lessons, the children will be learning about the number system of the Maya, their calendar, and a little bit about their diet and lifestyle.
In RE, the children will put together all their learning on Sikhism to create an A3 poster on different aspects of this religion.
In PE, the children will continue their lessons outdoors Mr Ault.
Homework:
There will be no homework set.
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact!
Mr Corkill ?
Goldfinches WB 26.6.23, by Mrs Evans
Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 10:33pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Super sports this week.
Friday Superstar: Archie
Top Table: Hannah and Chloe
Move up morning: On Tuesday next week, Goldfinches will become Skylarks for the morning. They will come to Goldfinches’ classroom as usual to register then go and spend the rest of the morning with the lovely Miss Beattie.
Swimming: In the week beginning 3rd July, Goldfinches will all be swimming daily in our pop up pool. They must have a swimming cap to swim (as I discovered when I forgot to send my son into school with one on his first day swimming!!) The office have some in stock to buy. I would recommend plaiting long hair and removing earrings before school to ensure speedy changing and maximum time in the pool.
This week we have:
Worked brilliantly together in Sports day- we supported each other and got into the spirit of a bit of competitiveness. We have worked incredibly hard on our assessments (and enjoyed the extra playtime and brain break time within these). We have completed our learning about Refugees within our Home topic with some thoughtful reflections.
Next week we will:
Writing: Continue to read Blue John as inspiration for our own explanation writing.
Spellings: homophone words: words which sound the same but have different meanings and different spellings.
Words to learn at home: herd, heard, threw, through, to, too, two, blue, blew, their, they’re, there
Reading homework: I am really impressed with how the children are choosing such a wide range of books to read in quiet reading time. One of my favourite times of the day is chatting about which books the children have enjoyed and having a 1:1 read. Please help to support this developing love of books and reading at home by listening to and chatting about your child’s reading books daily and signing their diary.
Maths: We will continue our new unit on angles, triangles and rectangles.
Times tables: We are continuing to work on our times tables to ensure we are able to recall as many as we can fluently before we move into Year 5.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
If this link doesn’t work on a tablet, try googling Maths Frame Y4 Multiplication check.
Other fun games to try:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
PE: Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays.
Items from home reminder: there have been some items from home being brought in to school including bracelets and wrist bands. Please ensure these are kept at home so they don’t end up being lost/taken in school and causing distractions and fall outs. Thank you for your support in this.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us via the office if you would like to discuss anything about your child. admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk 01606668270
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Evans, Miss Wilkinson, Mrs Simmonds and Miss Nelson.
Robins week beg. 26th June, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 5:43pm
The children have had such a lovely week in school with Sports Day and our trip to the World Museum in Liverpool. They have been a credit to their class and school. I love the enthusiasm that they show for everything and it is lovely to hear their excited cheering and see them smiling so much!
Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. This term we will be mainly focusing on vocabulary development.
Spellings for next week will continue to include words from the Statutory Year 3/4 word list. These spellings are hard and often don't link to any of the patterns that we have already covered this year. Therefore we have been looking at different strategies to help us to learn them e.g. looking for smaller words within the word to remember, looking for double letters, drawing around the word, drawing images to help us remember how to spell tricky parts of the word etc.
heard, heart, height, history, important, island, learn, length
Spelling quiz next week will be on Friday 30th June
In Maths we are currently working on Money so it would be useful to play these games at home and to discuss money problems with your child. Make sure they know the value of each coin and note, can they use different coins to make 50p, 57p etc. Can they add costs of items and give change?
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=money
Remember to encourage your child to have a go at the spelling and multiplication games suggested below.
https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games
Use this website below to revise x2, x5, x10, x3, x4 and to focus on learning x8. The children have a x8 times tables sheet for homework this week.
https://www.timestables.co.uk/
PE days for this half term will be Monday and Friday. We will have our first SWIMMING session on Monday 3rd July
RE - we will be finding out about Hinduism
Music - we will be listening and appraising different types of music, playing percussion instruments and learning to sing a variety of new songs.
Computing - we will be finding out about how computers work and using IPads and Laptops to record our findings.
DT - we will be exploring structures and making our own
Art - We will also be learning about some famous artists - William Kentridge, Georges Seurat and Pable Picasso and creating our own pieces of work based on the individual style of these artists.
Our new History and Geography Topic will focus on Ancient Civilisations.
Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,
Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor
Toucans W.B. 26.06.23, by Mr Corkill
Date: 22nd Jun 2023 @ 3:33pm
Welcome Back to Toucans’ Weekly Blog ?
Toucans had such a wonderful time during sports day on Wednesday afternoon and, despite the rain, all had an amazing time. Thank you if you were able to come along and support your child and our class.
Praise: Riley
Top Table: Savannah and Mason J
Next Week (W.B. 26.06.23)
Reminders:
- St. Nicholas Catholic High School have a transition day on Monday 26th June. Pupils are expected to make their own way there for the day and full details have been provided in a letter from their school.
- We have the new class morning on Tuesday (27th June), so Y6 will spend time with me either enjoying some extra PE or a fun indoor activity.
- KS2 choir will be visiting our local care homes next Friday afternoon to show off their incredible singing skills!
- PE will continue to take place on both a Monday and a Friday each week, so please send your child into school wearing their PE kit on these days. PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/navy and should only be worn on PE days.
Curriculum:
In English, the children will finish writing some of their favourite memories from throughout their primary school journey and we will begin to write the leavers’ service together as a class.
In maths, we will continue with working on problem solving involving percentages, ratio & proportion, and time. We will also continue with our 4-a-day arithmetic questions each morning to further practice our four operations.
In science, we shall review our experiments and draw a conclusion about what micrograms need in order to grow and survive. We shall also review our learning on living organisms ready for a short science assessment next week.
In history and georgraphy, we shall continue to explore our topic of The Maya. Our focus this week will be their writing system and comparing and contrasting it to our own alphabet.
In computing, we will continue our unit on ‘growing up in a digital world’.
In PE, the children will continue their lessons outdoors Mr Ault.
Homework:
There will be no homework set.
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact!
Mr Corkill ?
Starlings Class WB 26th June 2023, by Mrs Esling
Date: 21st Jun 2023 @ 5:09pm
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Welcome to this week's Starlings class Blog. What a fantastic time we had in Bewilderwood. The children were all impeccably behaved and I could not have been prouder of them all.
The children all had an amazing time competing in events on Sports Day and the rain certainly did not dampen our spirits.
Friday Superstar: Jayden H Top Table: Heidi and Isla
Diary Dates: Tuesday 27th June New Class Day Wednesday 12th July Open afternoon from 2 pm Friday 14th July Whole school children takeover Day Thursday 20th July School Closes at 1 pm Friday 21st July INSET DAY - School closed RWI
I have left these links up on this week's blog as they remain fun games for the children to play Our RWI lessons start promptly at 9 am. If you can drop your child off as near to 8.45 as possible it would be very beneficial as we have activities before the class registration. The children will continue to bring home a Read Write Inc book, a book bag book and a bedtime story each week. This provides them with a variety of familiar, new and challenging texts to read. Bedtime storybooks are to be enjoyed with an adult. Reading TO the children ensures that they experience the magic of a story coming to life and have a purpose and love of reading. Please check your child’s diary to find out which group they are in, which sounds they have learnt that week and which books they have in their book bag. Each time they move to a new group they will receive a RWI bookmark. On this bookmark are the ‘red’ words practised in that group. These words inform our spelling quizzes and regular practice supports fluency and confidence in writing.
On the class page, I have uploaded three new files named Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3. These contain the QR codes for all the sounds. Each video is about ten minutes long and can be viewed by your child independently. Please check your child's bookbag on a Friday to see which new sounds they learned that week and use the videos to support their learning.
Writing
Our new class text is 'Toys in Space' By Mini Grey. This wonderful story starts with a summer night when the toys were left outside. . . . For the very first time, the Wonderdoll, the helpful wind-up robot, the thoughtful green dinosaur, and the rest of their plucky gang lie in the grass, gazing up at the stars. But one star seems brighter than the rest. As it grows bigger and bigger, the toys realize it may not be a star at all! Soon they're venturing into the unknown, travelling by spaceship, where they meet a lonely alien in need of help and some friends. This wonderful story will inspire us to write our own version of the story In maths, we will be exploring money. It is really beneficial if your child can pay for small items in shops using coins so they are familiar with the values of money and are aware of the different denominations RELIGION In religion, we will be learning about how Muslims express new beginnings.
PE Our PE days have reverted to Wednesdays and Fridays. Please come to school wearing the appropriate PE kit- White t-shirt, black/blue plain hoodie and tracksuit bottoms or shorts, hair tied back and earrings removed or covered with own plasters.
Snack Children in KS1 receive free fruit. Children do not have to bring a snack from home but if you wish, we ask that it be a healthy option and just one item, please. Please also remember we are a NUT-FREE SCHOOL. Please can you also make sure that your child only has water in their water bottle; juice, however, is fine at lunchtime if your child brings a packed lunch.
Birthdays We love celebrating the children's birthdays and hearing about all the exciting things they are doing. We appreciate that it is not always possible to invite the whole class and we would ask therefore that in these instances invites are given out before or after school. Thank you.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us via a note in your child’s diary or through the office if you would like to discuss anything about your child. admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk 01606 668270 Many thanks, Mrs Esling and Mrs Westland |
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Goldfinches WB 19th June 23, by Mrs Evans
Date: 15th Jun 2023 @ 7:37pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Marvellous Mathematicians!
Friday Superstar: Jacob C
Top Table: Ella and Amber
Please remember to apply suncream before school, bring extra if your child can re-apply themselves and bring a hat and water bottle every day.
Please remember necklaces, bracelets and nail varnish are not part of our school uniform.
Refugee week: Next week we will have a visit from a head teacher from Chester and the refugee children who go to her school.
Non Uniform day Fri 16th June in aid of the Share charity to support the homeless and refugees.
Cricket sessions for Goldfinches: It is Goldfinches’ turn to have cricket lessons starting on Tuesday 6th June. Please send your child in their PE kit on Tuesdays. This is in addition to their usual Monday and Friday PE slot.
This week we have:
…worked so hard and done so well in our times tables. Mrs Evans is so proud of all the hard work we have put in both at school and home.
Next week we will:
Writing: Learn how to write an explanation text based on Blue John.
Spellings: words with double consonants ending in ed or ing:
Words to learn for Friday 23rdth June: stammered, stammering, slipped, slipping, skidded, skidding, muttered, muttering, missed, missing
Reading: we will complete our reading assessment papers based on 3 different texts using all our reading and comprehension skills.
Reading homework: Keep reading daily- reading for just 10-15 minutes a day can have several benefits, such as improving concentration and memory, improving mental stimulation, expanding your vocabulary, improving your sleep quality, and reducing stress. Goldfinches are doing so well with this so please keep it up!
Maths: We will combine our knowledge of lots of areas of maths in our maths assessments.
The National Multiplication Check is now complete however, we will be continuing to work on our times tables every day by using games, online games, worksheets and tests in class. Look out for paper copies of activities and games I’m sending home to support with recall and fluency.
Maths homework: Continuing to play a game on the Maths Frame Multiplication Check will continue to help build their fluency and to end year 4 and begin year 5 with as much confidence as possible.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Other fun games to try:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
PE: Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us via the office if you would like to discuss anything about your child. admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk 01606668270
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Evans, Miss Wilkinson, Miss Nelson and Mrs Simmonds.
Robins Week Beg. 19th June, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 15th Jun 2023 @ 5:53pm
Remember Sports Day is on Wednesday 21st June at 1pm. Children to wear PE uniform to school on the day. Please have sun cream applied, sunhat and water bottle as usual. Parents are very welcome to come along and please bring your camping chairs/picnic mats!
The children are looking forward to our trip to the World Museum in Liverpool on Thursday 22nd June. Our focus will be Ancient Civilisations but we will also enjoy a tour of the aquarium which ties in nicely with our English topics.
Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. This term we will be mainly focusing on vocabulary development.
Spellings for next week will continue to include words from the Statutory Year 3/4 word list. These spellings are hard and often don't link to any of the patterns that we have already covered this year. Therefore we have been looking at different strategies to help us to learn them e.g. looking for smaller words within the word to remember, looking for double letters, drawing around the word, drawing images to help us remember how to spell tricky parts of the word etc.
earth, eight, eighth, exercise, famous, favourite, fruit, group
Spelling quiz next week will be on Friday 23rd June
In Maths we have started our unit on Money so it would be useful to play these games at home and to discuss money problems with your child. Make sure they know the value of each coin and note, can they use different coins to make 50p, 57p etc. Can they add costs of items and give change?
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=money
Remember to encourage your child to have a go at the spelling and multiplication games suggested below.
https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games
Use this website below to revise x2, x5, x10, x3, x4 and to focus on learning x8. The children have a x8 times tables sheet for homework this week to recall division facts.
https://www.timestables.co.uk/
PE days for this half term will be Monday and Friday.
RE - we will be finding out about Hinduism
Music - we will be listening and appraising different types of music, playing percussion instruments and learning to sing a variety of new songs.
Computing - we will be finding out about how computers work and using IPads and Laptops to record our findings.
DT - we will be exploring structures and making our own
Art - We will also be learning about some famous artists - William Kentridge, Georges Seurat and Pable Picasso and creating our own pieces of work based on the individual style of these artists.
Our new History and Geography Topic will focus on Ancient Civilisations.
Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,
Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor
Toucans W.B. 19.6.23, by Mr Corkill
Date: 15th Jun 2023 @ 2:41pm
Welcome Back to Toucans’ Weekly Blog ?
Toucans had an amazing time on their residential trip this week and learned lots of valuable life lessons and skills.
Praise: Toby
Top Table: Edward and Ellie
Next Week (W.B. 19.06.23)
Reminders:
- Tomorrow (Friday 16th June) is a non-uniform day for our ‘Refugee Day of Welcome’. Donations will be given to the Chester based charity ‘Share’.
- Sports Day will take place on Wednesday 21st June and begins at 1pm. Parents are invited along to attend.
- PE will continue to take place on both a Monday and a Friday each week, so please send your child into school wearing their PE kit on these days. PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/navy and should only be worn on PE days.
Curriculum:
In English, the children will finish writing me an informal email to discuss their residential trip and will begin to write some of their favourite memories from throughout their primary school journey.
In maths, we will continue with working on problem solving involving fractions, decimals, percentages and ratio & proportion. We will also continue with our 4-a-day arithmetic questions each morning to further practice our four operations.
In science, we will begin learning about different types of microorganisms and whether they are helpful or harmful to us. We shall also set up an experiment to investigate what conditions are needed for mould to grow.
In computing, we will continue our unit on ‘growing up in a digital world’ where the children will be creating a new webpage on online bullying.
In PE, the children will continue their lessons with Mr Ault with a focus on rounders.
Homework:
There will be no homework set.
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact!
Mr Corkill ?
Starlings WB 19th June 2023, by Mrs Esling
Date: 14th Jun 2023 @ 9:55pm
Welcome to this week's Starlings class Blog. What aa hot week we have had.
Friday Superstar: Teddy H
Top Table: Teddy G and Charlotte
Diary Dates:
Friday 16th June Non-Uniform day in return for a donation to SHARE (please see newsletter)
Tuesday 20th June Trip to Belwilderwood
Tuesday 21st June Sports Day
Wednesday 28th June Reserve Sports Day
Wednesday 5th July New Class Day
Monday 10th July Swimming Lessons
Tuesday 11th July Swimming Lessons
RWI
Starlings' class have been phenomenal this week. They have lived and breathed phonics and I could not be prouder of them all. Thank you for all your support.
Below I have put links to some fun games that the children have enjoyed playing in class these past couple of weeks.
Our RWI lessons start promptly at 9 am. If you can drop your child off as near to 8.45 as possible it would be very beneficial as we have activities before the class registration.
The children will continue to bring home a Read Write Inc book, a book bag book and a bedtime story each week. This provides them with a variety of familiar, new and challenging texts to read. Bedtime storybooks are to be enjoyed with an adult. Reading TO the children ensures that they experience the magic of a story coming to life and have a purpose and love of reading.
Please check your child’s diary to find out which group they are in, which sounds they have learnt that week and which books they have in their book bag. Each time they move to a new group they will receive a RWI bookmark. On this bookmark are the ‘red’ words practised in that group. These words inform our spelling quizzes and regular practice supports fluency and confidence in writing.
On the class page, I have uploaded three new files named Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3. These contain the QR codes for all the sounds. Each video is about ten minutes long and can be viewed by your child independently. Please check your child's bookbag on a Friday to see which new sounds they learned that week and use the videos to support their learning.
No spellings will be sent out this half term. Instead, your child has real and alien words to practice at home. This ensures the children have lots of exposure in preparation for the Phonics Screening Check. More will be added to your child's folder but please don't feel you have to review every word each night as it will be too much for them. I would recommend no more than eight at a time and mix them up daily.
Writing
Our new class text is 'Toys in Space' By Mini Grey.
This wonderful story starts with a summer night when the toys were left outside. . . . For the very first time, the Wonderdoll, the helpful wind-up robot, the thoughtful green dinosaur, and the rest of their plucky gang lie in the grass, gazing up at the stars. But one star seems brighter than the rest. As it grows bigger and bigger, the toys realize it may not be a star at all! Soon they're venturing into the unknown, travelling by spaceship, where they meet a lonely alien in need of help and some friends. This wonderful story will inspire us to write our own version of the story
In maths, we will be looking at division,fractions and shape.
RELIGION
In religion, we will be learning about how Muslims express new beginnings.
PE
Our PE days have reverted to Wednesdays and Fridays. Please come to school wearing the appropriate PE kit- White t-shirt, black/blue plain hoodie and tracksuit bottoms or shorts, hair tied back and earrings removed or covered with own plasters.
Snack
Children in KS1 receive free fruit. Children do not have to bring a snack from home but if you wish, we ask that it be a healthy option and just one item, please. Please also remember we are a NUT-FREE SCHOOL. Please can you also make sure that your child only has water in their water bottle; juice, however, is fine at lunchtime if your child brings a packed lunch.
Birthdays
We love celebrating the children's birthdays and hearing about all the exciting things they are doing. We appreciate that it is not always possible to invite the whole class and we would ask therefore that in these instances invites are given out before or after school. Thank you.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us via a note in your child’s diary or through the office if you would like to discuss anything about your child. admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk 01606 668270
Many thanks, Mrs Esling and Mrs Westland
Goldfinches WB 12.6.23, by Mrs Evans
Date: 9th Jun 2023 @ 8:00am
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Perfect Performers this week.
Friday Superstar: Christopher
Top Table: Lydia and Chloe
Cricket sessions for Goldfinches: It is Goldfinches’ turn to have cricket lessons starting on Tuesday 6th June. Please send your child in their PE kit on Tuesdays. This is in addition to their usual Monday and Friday PE slot.
Times table check- will be carried out over the week.
Non uniform day- Friday 16th in aid of the Share charity. All donations of small change welcome.
This week we have:
…Settled back into school for our final half term of Year 4! Performed brilliantly in our last Ukulele lesson.
Next week we will:
Writing: continue to read our new book Blue John by Belie Doherty which is all about the Blue John mines. We are exploring a rich vocabulary and varying sentence structures.
Spellings: words ending in gue pronounced g:
Words to learn for Friday 16th June: fatigue, colleague, catalogue, dialogue, league, tongue, vague, rogue, analogue, Prague
Reading: we will continue to explore questions from the book ‘Fantastically Great Women Who Saved Our Planet’ and learn about the Shark Lady!
Reading homework: Keep reading daily- reading for just 10-15 minutes a day can have several benefits, such as improving concentration and memory, improving mental stimulation, expanding your vocabulary, improving your sleep quality, and reducing stress. Goldfinches are doing so well with this so please keep it up!
Maths: We are moving on well through fractions and decimals and are now applying our understanding of multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100 to include decimal numbers.
Times tables: The National Times Table test will be carried out over the week with small groups of children at a time. We have done lots of practice so this will be a very familiar routine.
Keep going with the Maths Frame Multiplication Check to help build their confidence and fluency. 25 questions with a 6 second gap between each one can be tricky and the more they practise, the more confident they will be.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Other fun games to try:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
PE: Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us via the office if you would like to discuss anything about your child. admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk 01606668270
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Evans, Miss Wilkinson, Miss Nelson and Mrs Simmonds.
Toucans W.B. 12.06.23, by Mr Corkill
Date: 8th Jun 2023 @ 6:22pm
Welcome Back to Toucans’ Weekly Blog ?
Toucans have had a good first week back at Lostock in their final half term of primary school. We have been busy problem solving in maths and utilising our oracy skills in English as we discussed the text and real life story of ‘Jemmy Button’.
Praise: Zach
Top Table: Jake and Ellie
Next Week (W.B. 12.06.23)
Reminders:
1. Y6 Residential to Barnstondale Centre (Monday 12th June - Wednesday 14th June).
- As the coach will be departing school at 9am, please ensure your child promptly arrives to school at 08:45.
- I have emailed home a kit list so that you can review it to help with packing.
- Children need a packed lunch and drink for the first day in a labelled, disposable plastic bag. Please email the school office should you require to order a 'cat bag' from the school kitchen.
- The children also need to bring a water bottle to use throughout the trip.
- Please ensure all snacks for the trip are bagged and labelled with your child's name as these will be handed to adults to supervise throughout the residential.
- Any medications your child needs to take whilst away need to be brought in on the day of departure, labelled with your child's name and with clear dosage instructions provided.
- No electronics (e.g. mobile phones) are permitted to be brought along - thank you for your cooperation with this request.
2. PE will continue to take place on both a Monday and a Friday each week, so please send your child into school wearing their PE kit on these days. PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/navy and should only be worn on PE days.
Curriculum:
In English, the children will be writing me an informal email to discuss their residential trip, what they enjoyed the most and learned during the trip.
In maths, we will continue with working on problem solving involving the four operations. We will also continue with our 4-a-day arithmetic questions each morning to further practice our four operations.
In computing, we will continue our unit on ‘growing up in a digital world’ where the children will be creating a new webpage on online bullying.
In art, the children will create a painting of a toucan in celebration of their final year of primary school.
In PE, the children will continue their lessons with Mr Ault looking at all things athletics this half term.
Homework:
There will be no homework set.
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact!
Mr Corkill ?
Robins week beg. 12th June, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 8th Jun 2023 @ 5:57pm
Robins have settled straight back in after the half term. We have started our new writing unit based on the book Big Blue Whale by Nicola Davies. Our writing this half term will focus on gathering facts about whales, and writing persuasive reports about them. We have also begun our new reading unit based on the book When I met a whale by Michael Morphurgo.
The children are looking forward to our trip to the World Museum in Liverpool on Thursday 22nd June. Our focus will be Ancient Civilisations but we will also enjoy a tour of the aquarium which ties in nicely with our English topics.
Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on. This term we will be mainly focusing on vocabulary development.
Spellings for next week will continue to include words from the Statutory Year 3/4 word list. These spellings are hard and often don't link to any of the patterns that we have already covered this year. Therefore we have been looking at different strategies to help us to learn them e.g. looking for smaller words within the word to remember, looking for double letters, drawing around the word, drawing images to help us remember how to spell tricky parts of the word etc.
build, calendar. circle, describe, different, difficult, disappear, early
Spelling quiz next week will be on Friday 16th June
Remember to encourage your child to have a go at the spelling and multiplication games suggested below.
https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games
Use this website below to revise x2, x5, x10, x3, x4 and to focus on learning x8. The children have a x8 times tables sheet for homewowrk this week.
https://www.timestables.co.uk/
PE days for this half term will be Monday and Friday.
RE - we will be finding out about Hinduism
Music - we will be listening and appraising different types of music, playing percussion instruments and learning to sing a variety of new songs.
Computing - we will be finding out about how computers work and using IPads and Laptops to record our findings.
DT - we will be exploring structures and making our own
Art - We will also be learning about some famous artists - William Kentridge, Georges Seurat and Pable Picasso and creating our own pieces of work based on the individual style of these artists.
Our new History and Geography Topic will focus on Ancient Civilisations.
Just a reminder about Sports Day on Wednesday 21st June and our class trip to the World Museum in Liverpool on Thursday 22nd June
Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,
Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor
Starlings WB 5th June 2023, by Mrs Esling
Date: 31st May 2023 @ 5:06pm
Welcome to this week's Starlings class Blog. What another fantastic week we have enjoyed
Friday Superstar: Martha
Top Table: Nathan and Alba
Diary Dates:
Monday 5th June INSET DAY
Friday 16th June Non-Uniform day in return for a donation to SHARE (please see newsletter)
Tuesday 20th June Trip to Belwilderwood
Tuesday 21st June Sports Day
Wednesday 28th June Reserve Sports Day
Wednesday 5th July New Class Day
RWI
Read Write Inc
In preparation for the Phonics Screening Check (PSC), your child has a copy of real and alien words in their envelopes containing the sounds they will be assessed on. Please encourage your child to practise these sounds. In addition, there is a copy of all the QR sounds in their folder which will support their revision too.
Below I have put links to some fun games that the children have enjoyed playing in class.
Our RWI lessons start promptly at 9 am. If you can drop your child off as near to 8.45 as possible it would be very beneficial as we have activities before the class registration.
The children will continue to bring home a Read Write Inc book, a book bag book and a bedtime story each week. This provides them with a variety of familiar, new and challenging texts to read. Bedtime storybooks are to be enjoyed with an adult. Reading TO the children ensures that they experience the magic of a story coming to life and have a purpose and love of reading.
Please check your child’s diary to find out which group they are in, which sounds they have learnt that week and which books they have in their book bag. Each time they move to a new group they will receive a RWI bookmark. On this bookmark are the ‘red’ words practised in that group. These words inform our spelling quizzes and regular practice supports fluency and confidence in writing.
On the class page, I have uploaded three new files named Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3. These contain the QR codes for all the sounds. Each video is about ten minutes long and can be viewed by your child independently. Please check your child's bookbag on a Friday to see which new sounds they learned that week and use the videos to support their learning.
No spellings will be sent out this half term. Instead, your child has real and alien words to practice at home. This ensures the children have lots of exposure in preparation for the Phonics Screening Check. More will be added to your child's folder but please don't feel you have to review every word each night as it will be too much for them. I would recommend no more than eight at a time and mix them up daily.
Writing
Our new class text is 'Goldilocks and Just the One Bear' In this story Little Bear is all grown up and Goldilocks is a distant memory. One day, Little Bear wanders out of the woods and finds himself lost in the Big City. Will he find the city too noisy? Too quiet? Or just right?
MATHS
In maths, we will be exploring time before moving on to numbers up to 100.
SCIENCE and DT
We had great fun building a shelter for Paddington and then testing it for its effectiveness of being both sturdy and waterproof. This half term we will enjoy looking for signs of Summer as well as continuing to look at materials.
RELIGION
In religion, we will be learning about how Muslims express new beginnings.
PE
Our PE days have reverted back to Wednesdays and Fridays. Please come to school wearing the appropriate PE kit- White t-shirt, black/blue plain hoodie and tracksuit bottoms or shorts, hair tied back and earrings removed or covered with own plasters.
Snack
Children in KS1 receive free fruit. Children do not have to bring a snack from home but if you wish, we ask that it be a healthy option and just one item, please. Please also remember we are a NUT-FREE SCHOOL. Please can you also make sure that your child only has water in their water bottle; juice, however, is fine at lunchtime if your child brings a packed lunch.
Birthdays
We love celebrating the children's birthdays and hearing about all the exciting things they are doing. We appreciate that it is not always possible to invite the whole class and we would ask therefore that in these instances invites are given out before or after school. Thank you.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us via a note in your child’s diary or through the office if you would like to discuss anything about your child. admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk 01606 668270
Many thanks, Mrs Esling and Mrs Westland
Goldfinches WB 5.6.23, by Mrs Evans
Date: 25th May 2023 @ 9:20pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Super story writers this week.
Friday Superstar: Naomi
Top Table: Logan and Alex
Monday 5th: INSET day. School closed.
Cricket sessions for Goldfinches: It is Goldfinches’ turn to have cricket lessons starting on Tuesday 6th June. Please send your child in their PE kit on Tuesdays. This is in addition to their usual Monday and Friday PE slot.
This week we have:
…worked so hard on our final piece of writing inspired by our refugee book ‘Wisp’
After half term we will:
Writing: Begin to explore our new Pathways to writing book… watch this space.
Spellings: words ending in que pronounced k:
Words to learn for Friday 9th June: unique, cheque, antique, grotesque, boutique, picturesque, plaque, arabesque, mosque, opaque
Reading: we will continue to explore questions from the book ‘Fantastically Great Women Who Saved Our Planet’.
Reading homework: Keep reading daily- reading for just 10-15 minutes a day can have several benefits, such as improving concentration and memory, improving mental stimulation, expanding your vocabulary, improving your sleep quality, and reducing stress. Goldfinches are doing so well with this so please keep it up!
Maths: We will continue our focus on solving fractions problems by using our increasing knowledge of times tables to help us and develop an understanding of the link between fractions and decimal numbers.
Times tables: The National Times Table test is getting closer now so please continue to support your child to practice their fluency and speed in the different times tables.
We are continuing to work on our times tables every day by using games, online games, worksheets and tests in class. Look out for paper copies of activities and games I’m sending home to support with recall and fluency.
I would highly recommend supporting your child to play a game on the Maths Frame Multiplication Check at least once a day to help build their confidence and fluency. 25 questions with a 6 second gap between each one can be tricky and the more they practise, the more confident they will be.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Other fun games to try:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
PE: Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us via the office if you would like to discuss anything about your child. admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk 01606668270
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Evans, Miss Wilkinson, Miss Nelson and Mrs Simmonds.
Toucans W.B. 29.05.23, by Mr Corkill
Date: 25th May 2023 @ 8:52pm
Welcome Back to Toucans’ Weekly Blog ?
Toucans have had a good final week of this half term with a focus on statistics in maths, writing a story opening based upon The Explorer in English, and creating a PowerPoint presentation on the rainforest.
Praise: Lola
Top Table: Amelia and Sophie
Next Week (W.B. 29.05.23)
Reminders:
- Next week is our summer half term holiday. There is a school INSET day on Monday 5th June with school reopening to pupils on Tuesday 6th June.
- Please ensure that you have returned the necessary forms to the school office for the upcoming Y6 residential (12/06/23 - 14/06/23). Remember children will need a packed lunch and drink on the day of departure. If you need to order a ‘cat bag’ from the school kitchen, please contact the school office.
Homework:
There will be no homework set over the half term holiday. Enjoy a well deserved rest after a busy half term that has included many assessments and see you all for your final half term of primary school!
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact!
Mr Corkill ?
Goldfinches WB 22.5.23, by Mrs Evans
Date: 18th May 2023 @ 7:41pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Amazing artists this week.
Friday Superstar: Lydia
Top Table: Elliot and George
This week we have:
…created a wonderful masterpiece of art together on the theme of ‘Environment’ which will be on display in Barons Quay. Origami flowers, mini beast rock paintings, oil pastel flower designs, mini pipe cleaner butterflies and leaf printing!
Next week we will:
Writing: Use our book Wisp to inspire our own pieces of writing.
Spellings: words with prefixes:
Words to learn for Friday 26th May: illegal, illogical, illiterate, unkind, unclear, incomplete, incorrect, impolite, disagree, dislike
Reading: we will practice answering inference questions about our new text.
Reading homework: We are enjoying choosing from a wide range of books within the classroom – both fiction and non-fiction. Please support your child to continue to read at home for 10-15 minutes daily.
Maths: We will continue our focus on solving fractions problems by using our increasing knowledge of times tables to help us and develop an understanding of the link between fractions and decimal numbers.
Times tables: The National Times Table test is getting closer now so please continue to support your child to practice their fluency and speed in the different times tables.
We are continuing to work on our times tables every day by using games, online games, worksheets and tests in class. Look out for paper copies of activities and games I’m sending home to support with recall and fluency.
I would highly recommend supporting your child to play a game on the Maths Frame Multiplication Check at least once a day to help build their confidence and fluency. 25 questions with a 6 second gap between each one can be tricky and the more they practise, the more confident they will be.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Other fun games to try:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
PE: Mondays and Friday.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us via the office if you would like to discuss anything about your child. admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk 01606668270
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Evans, Miss Wilkinson, Miss Nelson and Mrs Simmonds.
Toucans 22.05.23, by Mr Corkill
Date: 18th May 2023 @ 5:29pm
Welcome Back to Toucans’ Weekly Blog ?
Toucans have now thankfully completed their SATs which means no more revision or booster afternoons. We have been looking at lots of statistical work in maths and the rainforest this week in both English and Geography.
Praise: Mack
Top Table: Toby and Ed
Next Week (W.B. 22.05.23)
Reminders:
- PE will continue to take place on both a Monday and a Friday each week, so please send your child into school wearing their PE kit on these days. PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/navy and should only be worn on PE days.
- Y6 class photo on Friday 26th May.
Curriculum:
In English, we will be writing our final piece for this unit of work on The Explorer by Katherine Rundell. In shared reading, we will continue to practise our comprehension skills by reading another section of ‘Great Adventures' by Alastair Humphreys.
In maths, we will continue with our unit on statistics by looking at more complex pie charts and problem solving involving the mean. We will continue with our 4-a-day arithmetic questions each morning to further practice our four operations.
In science, we will continue with our unit on living things and their habitats. We shall look at creating a classification key.
In our geography lesson, we will be researching and reporting on what the rainforest provides to our homes and the impact of our actions of this environment.
In computing, we will continue our unit on ‘growing up in a digital world’.
In PSHE, the children will begin to discuss their thoughts and feelings towards the transition to high school and we will create a class poem on the topic.
In PE, the children will continue their lessons with Mr Ault looking at all things athletics this half term.
Homework:
There will be no homework set this week!
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact!
Mr Corkill ?
Robins week beg. 22nd May, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 18th May 2023 @ 3:50pm
Robins have now finished drafting their final piece of writing based on the book The Silence Seeker as part of our whole school topic Home. Next week we will edit the pieces and then we will share our final pieces with you.
Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on.
Spellings for next week will revise the suffix 'ion' . Then after half term we will focus on the words from the year 3/4 statutory list which are displayed on our Robins Class page. I will choose 8 to learn each week.
action, subtraction, injection, collection, attraction, correction, education, operation
Spelling quiz next week will be on Friday 26th May
Remember to encourage your child to have a go at the spelling and multiplication games suggested below.
https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games
Use this website below to revise x2, x5, x10, x3, x4 and to focus on learning x8. The children have a x8 times tables sheet for homewowrk this week.
https://www.timestables.co.uk/
PE days for this half term will be Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
RE - we will be looking at Discipleship and exploring differnt Bible quotes and stories based on this concept.
MONDAY 22nd May - whole school worship - Pentecost - in church
Music - we will be having Ukulele lessons until the May half term on Thursdays
Computing - we will be using the app Book Creator to create our information books on Superheroes. We will be adding sound buttons and speech bubbles.
DT - we will be exploring structures and making our own
Art - we will be working in pairs to create a painting of the Iron Man using a variety of media. We will also be learning about some famous artists - William Kentridge, Georges Seurat and Pable Picasso and creating our own pieces of work based on the individual style of these artists.
HOME- Our new whole school topic - we will be investigating the difference between refugees and migrants
Just a reminder about our class trip to the World Museum in Liverpool on Thursday 22nd June
Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,
Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor
Skylarks WB 22.5.23, by Miss Beattie
Date: 18th May 2023 @ 2:45pm
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog! ?
Next week (W.B. 22.05.23)
In our English lessons next week, we will use our plans the model text to write our own autobiographies about Malala Yousafzai. We will focus on using the feature and mastery keys we have been focusing on this half term, including using a wide range of conjunctions, brackets to indicate parenthesis and adverbials of time and place.
In shared reading we will continue to read our text ‘Exploring Space’. We will be focussing on ‘Drawing Inferences’ and language choice. We will look at how the author’s language choice contributes to the meaning. We will also draw inferences about people’s thoughts and feelings based on evidence from the text.
In maths we will be focussing on find the area of shapes, including rectangles and compound shapes. We will also consolidate our understanding of the four operations through daily 4-a-day activities.
In History and Geography, we will continue with our whole school topic on ‘Home’. We will be using our learning on Malala Yousafzai in English to explore further her journey out of Pakistan: where she travelled from/to, the reasons why and what it was like for her being a refugee.
In Science we will begin our new topic on Earth and Space by thinking about what we already know and what we would like to find out.
In Art we will be applying all of the sketching skills we have acquired this half term in a final piece of artwork based on our ‘Home’ topic.
Our PE day for the Spring Term will be a Wednesday so your child should come to school in their PE kit on this day. Please remember PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/blue.
Homework
In year 5 the children will be set a weekly maths homework that they should complete and mark at home using the answers in the back of the homework book.
If your child is finding the homework tricky, please do let Mr Beswick or myself know so that we can offer them support in school.
The children should complete page 40 of their maths homework book to be returned by Friday 26th May 2023. This homework is looking at rounding decimals.
Please also encourage your child to read for 20 minutes each evening and practice their spellings/times tables. The following websites are both great for times tables practice:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 26th May will be the next 10 words from the Y5/6 statutory word list:
Prejudice, privilege, profession, programme, pronunciation, queue, recognise, recommend, relevant, rhyme
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x
Goldfinches WB 15.5.23, by Mrs Evans
Date: 11th May 2023 @ 7:57pm
Welcome to Goldfinches’ Weekly Blog
Well done for being so respectful towards Toucans this week.
Friday Superstar: Molly
Top Table: Charley and Harriet
This week we have:
…watched our pea seeds germinate and begin to grow in their different conditions. Looked after Toucans by working so quietly and respectfully while they did their SATs, enjoyed our Ukulele session and wowed many of the teachers by how good we sounded.
Next week we will:
Writing: Continue to explore our beautiful book ‘Wisp’ which is teaching us the power of Hope.
Spellings: words from the Y3/4 statutory word list:
Words to learn for Friday 19th May: guard, guide, heard, heart, height, history, imagine, increase, important
Reading: We will continue to infer details and refer to the text to find evidence to back up our answers and identify key vocabulary in our Roman themed text to support our sticky knowledge of this topic.
Reading homework: We are enjoying choosing from a wide range of books within the classroom – both fiction and non-fiction. Please support your child to continue to read at home for 10-15 minutes daily.
Maths: We will continue our focus on solving fractions problems by using our increasing knowledge of times tables to help us.
Times tables: The National Times Table test is getting closer now so please continue to support your child to practice their fluency and speed in the different times tables.
We are continuing to work on our times tables every day by using games, online games, worksheets and tests in class. Look out for paper copies of activities and games I’m sending home to support with recall and fluency.
I would highly recommend supporting your child to play a game on the Maths Frame Multiplication Check at least once a day to help build their confidence and fluency. 25 questions with a 6 second gap between each one can be tricky and the more they practise, the more confident they will be. This is an almost exact copy of the app they will use for the real thing.
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check
Other fun games to try:
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/7/multiplication-and-division
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
Art: we are working on learning origami techniques to create our shared ‘Environment’ artwork which will be displayed at Baron’s Quay (opposite HM) later this month.
PE: Mondays and Friday.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us via the office if you would like to discuss anything about your child. admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk 01606668270
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Evans, Miss Wilkinson, Miss Nelson and Mrs Simmonds.
Starlings WB15.5.23, by Mrs Esling
Date: 11th May 2023 @ 5:52pm
Welcome to this week's Starlings class Blog. What another fantastic week we have enjoyed
Friday Superstar: Jack
Top Table: Nathan and Harry
Diary Dates:
Friday 26th May End of Half Term
Monday 5th June INSET DAY
Tuesday 20th June Trip to Belwilderwood
Tuesday 21st June Sports Day
Wednesday 28th June Reserve Sports Day
Wednesday 5th July New Class Day
RWI
Read Write Inc
Our RWI lessons start promptly at 9 am. If you are able to drop your child off as near to 8.45 as possible it would be very beneficial as we have activities prior to the class registration.
The children will continue to bring home a Read Write Inc book, a book bag book and a bedtime story each week. This provides them with a variety of familiar, new and challenging texts to read. Bedtime storybooks are to be enjoyed with an adult. Reading TO the children ensures that they experience the magic of a story coming to life and have a purpose and love of reading.
Please check your child’s diary to find out which group they are in, which sounds they have learnt that week and which books they have in their book bag. Each time they move to a new group they will receive a RWI bookmark. On this bookmark are the ‘red’ words practised in that group. These words inform our spelling quizzes and regular practice supports fluency and confidence in writing.
On the class page, I have uploaded three new files named Set 1, Set 2 and Set 3. These contain the QR codes for all the sounds. Each video is about ten minutes long and can be viewed by your child independently. Please check your child's bookbag on a Friday to see which new sounds they learned that week and use the videos to support their learning.
No spellings will be sent out this half term. Instead, your child has real and alien words to practice at home. This is to ensure the children have lots of exposure in preparation for the Phonics Screening Check. More will be added to your child's folder but please don't feel you have to review every word each night as it will be too much for them. I would recommend no more than eight at a time and mix them up daily.
MATHS
In maths, we will be exploring multiples of 2, 5 and 10. The children love joining in with these songs to support their learning.
SCIENCE and DT
We have been investigating materials to see which are absorbent or waterproof and which float or sink. We found out that plastic is able to float and is also waterproof also. We think that plastic would be good for keeping PAddington's sandwiches dry and fresh but we need to test it using a sandwich to be sure.
RELIGION
In religion, we are learning about the Good News that Jesus shared.
PE
Our PE days are currently Tuesdays Wednesdays and Fridays. Please come to school wearing the appropriate PE kit- White t-shirt, black/blue plain hoodie and tracksuit bottoms or shorts, hair tied back and earrings removed or covered with own plasters.
Snack
Children in KS1 receive free fruit. Children do not have to bring a snack from home but if you wish, we ask that it be a healthy option and just one item, please. Please also remember we are a NUT-FREE SCHOOL. Please can you also make sure that your child only has water in their water bottle; juice, however, is fine at lunchtime if your child brings a packed lunch.
Birthdays
We love celebrating the children's birthdays and hearing about all the exciting things they are doing. We appreciate that it is not always possible to invite the whole class and we would ask therefore that in these instances invites are given out before or after school. Thank you.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us via a note in your child’s diary or through the office if you would like to discuss anything about your child. admin@lostockgralam.cheshire.sch.uk 01606 668270
Many thanks, Mrs Esling and Mrs Westland
Robins week be. 15.5.23, by Mrs Whittingham
Date: 11th May 2023 @ 5:18pm
Robins have had a busy week planning their final piece of writing based on the book The Silence Seeker as part of our whole school topic Home. They will continue to draft and edit over the next 2 weeks and then we will share our final pieces with you.
Please remember to read with your child for 10 - 15 mins daily and record in diary if possible. Also take a look at their reading target which is on a sticker in their diary, some children may have the same target for a few weeks to work on.
Spellings for next week will focus on the 'c' sound spelt ch and 'sh' sound spelt with ch
chemist, character, school, stomach, parachute, brochure, chef, machine
Spelling quiz next week will be on Friday 19th May
Remember to encourage your child to have a go at the spelling and multiplication games suggested below.
https://ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
https://www.multiplication.com/games/all-games
The children should have a mixed times tables sheet for homework this week. We have also introduced this website below which they can use at home to self check any of their times tables. Remember focus on x2, x5, x10, x3, x4, and x8
https://www.timestables.co.uk/
PE days for this half term will be Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
RE - we will be looking at Discipleship and thinking about the 10 commanments.
Music - we will be having Ukulele lessons until the May half term on Thursdays
Computing - we will be using the app Book Creator to create our information books on Superheroes. We will be adding sound buttons and speech bubbles.
DT - we will be exploring structures and making our own
Art - we will be working in pairs to create a painting of the Iron Man using a variety of media. We will also be learning about some famous artists - William Kentridge, Georges Seurat and Pable Picasso and creating our own pieces of work based on the individual style of these artists.
HOME- Our new whole school topic - we will be investigating the difference between refugees and migrants
Please feel free to get in touch if there is anything we can help you with,
Mrs Whittingham, Miss Wilkinson (Friday) & Mrs Taylor
Toucans W.B. 15.05.23, by Mr Corkill
Date: 11th May 2023 @ 1:54pm
Welcome Back to Toucans’ Weekly Blog ?
Toucans have super impressed me with all their hard work and effort this week as we completed the KS2 SAT assessment. I could not feel prouder of everyone’s incredible attainment and effort - well done everyone! Thank you to you for all your continued support.
Praise: The Whole Class
Top Table: Isobel and Nuo Yu
Next Week (W.B. 15.05.23)
Reminders:
- PE will continue to take place on both a Monday and a Friday each week, so please send your child into school wearing their PE kit on these days. PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/navy and should only be worn on PE days.
- The children going to Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School will have a transition afternoon next Tuesday (16th May) between 1:00 - 3:10pm.
Curriculum:
In English, we will use our writing skills to describe the rainforest and a few of the amazing animals that we may find in that ecosystem. We shall also begin to plan our extended piece of writing: rewriting ‘The Explorer’ opening using a range of techniques, including: expanded noun and adverbial phrases, metaphors and similes, personification, effective vocabulary, and dialogue to convey character and advance the action. In shared reading, we will continue to practise our comprehension skills by reading another section of ‘Great Adventures' by Alastair Humphreys.
In maths, we will begin a new unit of work on statistics by looking initially at line graphs and more complex bar charts before beginning to explore at pie charts. We will continue with our 4-a-day arithmetic questions each morning to further practice our four operations.
In science, we will continue with our unit on living things and their habitats. We shall look at the different classes of invertebrates and compare these to the five key animal groups.
In our geography lesson, we will be researching and reporting on what the rainforest provides to our homes and the impact of our actions of this environment.
In computing, we shall start a new unit on ‘growing up in a digital world’ with Mrs Hulse.
In PSHE, the children will begin to discuss their thoughts and feelings towards the transition to high school and we will create a class poem on the topic.
In PE, the children will continue their lessons with Mr Ault looking at all things athletics this half term.
Homework:
As a celebration of the end of SATs, there will be no homework set this week!
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact!
Mr Corkill ?
Skylarks WB 15.05.23, by Miss Beattie
Date: 10th May 2023 @ 8:53pm
Hello everyone and welcome back to Skylarks weekly blog! ?
Next week (W.B. 15.05.23)
In our English lessons next week, we will plan our own autobiography about Malala Yousafzai using the feature and mastery keys we have been focusing on this half term. We will then use our plans to begin the writing process.
In shared reading we will continue to read our text ‘Exploring Space’. We will be focussing on ‘Drawing Inferences’ and language choice. We will look at how the author’s language choice contributes to the meaning. We will also draw inferences about people’s thoughts and feelings based on evidence from the text.
In maths we will be focussing on understanding percentages and finding equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages. We will also consolidate our understanding of the four operations through daily 4-a-day activities.
In History and Geography, we will continue with our whole school topic on ‘Home’. We will be using our learning on Malala Yousafzai in English to explore further her journey out of Pakistan: where she travelled from/to, the reasons why and what it was like for her being a refugee.
In Science we will continue to compare animals based on the length of their gestation periods.
In RE we will continue to explore a letter from Paul to the Church taken from 2 Corinthians.
In Art we will continue to explore sketching techniques further and look at how to draw bodies in proportion and realistic faces inspired by Leonardo da Vinci.
Our PE day for the Spring Term will be a Wednesday so your child should come to school in their PE kit on this day. Please remember PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/blue.
Homework
In year 5 the children will be set a weekly maths homework that they should complete and mark at home using the answers in the back of the homework book.
If your child is finding the homework tricky, please do let Mr Beswick or myself know so that we can offer them support in school.
The children should complete pages 56 and 57 of their maths homework book to be returned by Friday 19th May 2023. This homework is looking at finding the perimeter.
Please also encourage your child to read for 20 minutes each evening and practice their spellings/times tables. The following websites are both great for times tables practice:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Our spellings for the quiz on Friday 19th May will continue to focus on words containing the ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ei’:
either, deceit, ceiling, receipt, deceiving, seizure, received, perceive
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact ?
Miss Beattie x
Toucans W.B. 08.05.23, by Mr Corkill
Date: 4th May 2023 @ 6:02pm
Welcome Back to Toucans’ Weekly Blog ?
Toucans have had another really busy week packed full of revision and I could not be prouder of all their achievements, progress and learning.
Praise: Grace I
Top Table: Anthony and William
Next Week (W.B. 08.05.23)
Reminders:
- We are wearing red, white and blue (or just red, or just white, or just blue or any combination) on Friday 5th May to celebrate the King’s coronation. We will be having a picnic lunch altogether on the field (weather permitting) and a special church service with Vicar Andrew in the afternoon.
- School will be closed on Monday 8th May due to the extra Bank Holiday for the coronation.
- SATs assessments will take place between Tuesday 9th May and Friday 12th May. It is really important that your child attends school each day to complete these assessments. Children are invited into school each morning from 08:30am for breakfast and some last minute revision!
- We will have a a double PE session on Friday to celebrate the end of the SATs!
- PE will continue to take place on both a Monday and a Friday each week, so please send your child into school wearing their PE kit on these days. PE kits should either be school kits or plain black/navy and should only be worn on PE days.
Curriculum:
In English, we will be continuing to practise our reading comprehension skills and examine The Explorer by Katherine Rundell in further detail to prepare ourselves to rewrite the opening chapters.
In maths, we will continue to revise a range of the topics studied so far this year with a particular focus on our reasoning skills. We will continue with our 4-a-day arithmetic questions each morning to further practice our four operations.
In science, we will continue with our unit on living things and their habitats. We shall look at the different classes of invertebrates and compare these to the five key animal groups.
In our art lessons, we will be practising our sketching skills to draw a toucan before creating an ink painting of a toucan.
In PE, the children will continue their lessons with Mr Ault looking at all things athletics this half term.
Homework:
Children in Year 6 will be set a weekly maths homework that they should complete and mark at home using the answers provided in the back of their homework book. If your child is finding the homework challenging, I will ensure that supervision is provided one lunchtime each week where your child can ask any questions or receive the support they need to complete the homework.
Children should complete pages 78-81 (progress test 3) and return it to school by Thursday 11th May. The homework revises lots of the Year 6 mathematics learning objectives from across the year. Children should also complete pages 37-39 (Set B: Test 6) of their reading homework book.
Please also encourage your child to read for 15-20 minutes each evening and practice their spellings and times tables. Children need to record their reading in their homework diaries/planners. This really will help them with their reading speed and stamina. Try to talk to your child about what they have read in their book (the character, the plot, their opinion). Try to vary choices to include classic texts, non-fiction texts, and poems.
The following website is great for times tables practice: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
There will be no spellings to learn this week. It is advised, however, to take a look at the Y5/6 statutory spelling list and practise these: https://cdn.oxfordowl.co.uk/2019/08/29/13/56/09/5a42eb6a-f57f-4dc4-a66e-bd4c5e27e4b7/SpellingWordList_Y5-6.pdf
Enjoy the bank holiday weekend!
Please remember that if you have any questions or queries, do not hesitate to get in contact!
Mr Corkill ?