Homework

You'll be getting used to this by now, but here goes: this week's reading task is below and the MyMaths tasks can be found on that platform. If you are struggling with anything to do with this homelearning, please speak to your class teacher by Wednesday. 

For those of you with CGP books you will find a list below of the curriculum areas we have covered. 

CGP Books

As promised, to ensure you are getting the best out of this wonderful resource, here are the areas of learning we have covered so far (new areas are in bold):

Maths

- Place Value (not including decimal numbers)

- Addition and subtraction

- Prime numbers

- Factors and multiples

- Square ands cubed numbers

- Multiplication and division

- Simplifying fractions

- Ordering fractions

- Adding and subtracting fractions

- Multiplying fractions

- Dividing fractions by whole numbers

- Multiplying or dividing by 10, 100 or 1000

- Units

- BODMAS

- Solving calculation problems

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling

- Clauses

- Word types (nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs)

- Brackets for extra information

- Apostrophes

- Semi-colons

- Words with 'ough'

- Homophones

- Word endings - 'able' and 'ible'

- Word endings - 'ably' and 'ibly'

- Words with silent letters

- Formal and informal writing

- Adding suffixes to words ending in 'fer'

- Word endings - the 'shus' sound

- ei and ie words

- Using ellipsis

- Commas in lists

- Commas to avoid ambiguity

- Commas after subordinate clauses

Reading 

- Entirely your choice!

P.S - The answers are in the back of the books (keep an eye on them!)

Welcome to Red Kite Class

Children, here it is:  your final year in primary school. Parents, here it is: your child's final year in primary school! And believe me, it's a biggy: it's packed from the word go (Monday) and doesn't let up until May (SATs) when it does calm down a bit (sort of) before July and the whole thing is done and dusted. 

Okay, maybe that's too much of a long-range view, let's take things in slightly smaller chunks shall week: starting with Week One.

Week One:

We will start the term with a creative look at our class animal, the red kite. To explore this amazing bird we will write poems about how it moves, feeds and lives, we will explore vocabulary to express and describe movement as well as creating visual images to accompany this poetic work. This work will go on display. 

As well as this we start our guided reading unit with Goodnight Mr Tom which is a wonderful novel linking beautifully to our History learning later in the term. In maths we start with Place Value and our writing will be using The House on 100 Clocks as a starting point.

If you scroll down, you will find a number of documents below which will come in handy. These will be updated as the year develops, so please keep checking back here for information about what's going on.

Finally, I am here to support your child's learning as best I can. If there is something you think I need to know or something you feel I could be doing to support your child please find me on the playground at the start of the day, on the door at the end of the day or get in touch with the office and I will give you a call.

Thanks,

Mr Tatum

Red Kite Class