Penguin - Mrs Jessop

Thank you so much for all of the generous gifts that you gave – they were lovely and very thoughtful.

The children have worked really hard this term and achieved such amazing things. It has been a pleasure working with them.

Have an enjoyable and relaxing Christmas holiday.

See you all in 2020.

Kind regards

Mrs Jessop, Mrs Wrightson and Mrs Price

Subject

Activity

2hrs plus daily reading and times tables

Tick when completed

Reading

Read every night and ask questions about what is happening in the story.

Each week the children will be required to read the next section of their relevant book prior to the Friday guided reading comprehension session.

Due to our Flatford Trip, our next guided reading session will be on Friday 4^th October 2019.

Chapters to read for the next guided reading session

The Snow Merchant -  Chapters 6, 7 and 8

Varjak Paw - Chapters 7,8,9 and 10

Kensuuke’s Kingdom - Chapters 5 and 6

Operation Gadgetman – Chapter 3

Please ensure that they do read this section as it will help them during this lesson to understand and answer the comprehension questions.

Maths

Please complete the maths sheets that have been stuck into the homework book and mark.

As the CGP book doesn’t cover the work we have completed in class this week, a couple of sheets will be given on Monday to be stuck into their homework books and completed ready to hand in on Thursday.

Please keep practising your times tables as the children will have a mental maths test on a Thursday morning.

For clarification of how to tackle mathematical procedures please see the Calculation Policy on the website.

( Key Information – Policies – SSM Maths Calculation Policy)

Literacy

The children will be tested on a selection of spellings chosen from this week’s spellings as well as last week’s spellings. The next spelling test will be Friday 27^th September. The children may also receive additional spellings, that link to our topic, which they will also be tested on.

It is imperative that your child practises their spellings and understands the meaning of them over the course of the two weeks.

Please complete pages 8, 9 and 77 in the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling CGP book.

(Parents please ensure this homework is marked weekly with your child, go through any misconceptions to assist them and feedback any problems)

Project for this half term

Due date – 24^th October 2019

The project for this half term is to research a famous scientist (their life and discoveries.) Use your own words and think carefully how to present your research, using pictures and writing.

Present on A4 (typed or handwritten) for a display!

Subject

Activity

2hrs plus daily reading and times tables

Tick when completed

Reading

Read every night and ask questions about what is happening in the story.

Each week the children will be required to read the next section of their relevant book prior to the Friday guided reading comprehension session.

Please ensure that they do read this section as it will help them during this lesson to understand and answer the comprehension questions.

Maths

Please complete page 11 in the Maths CGP book on Roman Numerals.

As the CGP book doesn’t cover the work we have completed in class this week, a couple of sheets will be given on Monday to be stuck into their homework books and completed ready to hand in on Thursday.

(Parents please ensure this homework is marked weekly with your child, go through any misconceptions to assist them and feedback any problems)

Please keep practising your times tables as the children will have a mental maths test on a Thursday morning.

For clarification of how to tackle mathematical procedures please see the Calculation Policy on the website.

( Key Information – Policies – SSM Maths Calculation Policy)

Literacy

The children will be tested on a selection of spellings chosen from this week’s spellings as well as next week’s spellings. The next spelling test will be on Thursday 19^th September 2019. The children may also receive additional spellings, that link to our topic, which they will also be tested on.

It is imperative that your child practises their spellings and understands the meaning of them over the course of the two weeks.

Please complete pages 4, 5 and 76 in the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling CGP book.

(Parents please ensure this homework is marked weekly with your child, go through any misconceptions to assist them and feedback any problems)

Project for this half term

Due date – 24^th October 2019

The project for this half term is to research a famous scientist (their life and discoveries.) Use your own words and think carefully how to present your research, using pictures and writing.

Present on A4 (typed or handwritten) for a display!