Half Term Homework

I have set a multitude of tasks for our class to work on over the half term over on our online homework portal www.studyladder.co.uk

Year 6:

Literacy: Commonly misspelled words x2

Maths: Addition problem solving, Subtraction problem solving, Multiplication problem solving, Division problem solving

Science: Forces

Health Safety and Citizenship: Internet Safety

Year 5:

Literacy: Spelling corrections, High frequency words test

Maths: Addition problem solving, Subtraction problem solving, Multiplication problem solving, Division problem solving

Science: Forces

Health Safety and Citizenship: Internet Safety 

Also, we are moving onto a new author focus this forthcoming half term, Chaucer. I would recommend that if pupils have the chance, they should research Chaucer and his Canterbury Tales.

Have a nice half term!

Mr. Roberts

Word Ladder 26/10/12

Shani, Jay, Antoine, Rebecca, Jared and Sophie won the word ladder challenge this morning, reaching 13 letters. Here was their ladder.

 

A

As

Sun

Newt

Tales

Snakes

Shimmer

Rainbows

Subtracts

Shimmering

Gravitation

Notification

Notifications

 

All done without a dictionary and demonstrating good team work and communication skills!

Da iawn pawb!

Homework 22/10/12

This week’s online homework has been added. Identifying fractions is the focus.

PESS Multi-Skills PE project

On Friday (19^th October) we carried out our baseline tests for our PESS PE Multi-skills pilot project in cooperation with the Y Pant Cluster.

Three tests were carried out to find a baseline for our pupils all around three key areas; agility, balance and coordination.

Our agility test was a slalom run 14m in distance with slalom cones put in place to encourage agility whilst running at top speed. Pupils were testing themselves against the clock.

Our balance test was great fun! Our pupils had to stand on one leg on a spot. Mr Roberts was then stood 2 metres away and passed a ball to the pupil in four areas; left, centre, right and above their head. This was repeated for a maximum time of 1 minute. There was laughter and concentration in equal measures and one child got within hundredths of seconds of the maximum one minute mark.

In our final test pupils were faced with a tennis ball, a wall and a 30 second time slot. They had to throw the ball against the wall with their right hand and then catch it with their left and vice versa until the time period run out. This proved incredibly difficult for our pupils.

We now look forward to going ahead with the multi-skills pilot, putting into place activities and opportunities to improve our all-round skills.

Parents evening change

Due to a schedule clash, I will not be able to hold my evening parent’s consultation on Monday (22^nd October). The date has been changed to Thursday 25^th October. Parents who booked appointments for the Monday are welcome for these to be replicated on the Thursday, if they are still available. There are still other places available.

Homework (16/10/12)

New fractions homework has been added to Studyladder.

Homework 05/10/12

New homework has been set for Year 5 and 6 on www.studyladder.co.uk