Welcome back after Half term.  I hope you all had a relaxing break and are now ready for the hard work ahead again.

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Maths-We will be learning about ratio and how to solve ratio problems in context.

English-Writing–We will be looking at the role of dreams during Shakespeare’s life and what was the attitude towards fairies and magic.

Reading-We will be continuing to read Holes by Louis Sachar.  The next book we will be reading is ‘The boy in the Striped Pyjamas’.  If anyone would like to buy their own copy so they can follow along with the class book, you are more than welcome to.

Science-We will be learning if the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer can change with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit.​

History-We will be learning about the bombing at Pearl Harbour and what impact this had.

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/history/index.html

R.E-We will be starting our work on Christianity.

Art-We will be studying silk paintings and making our own

P.E-There is no longer any swimming.  Instead we will be having 2 PE lessons in school-Boxerise and Pilates

Computing-We will continue to develop our understanding of On-line safety and APP design

PSHE-This term we will be looking at ways we can keep ourselves safe and healthy.  There will be a focus on on-line safety and what you can do to keep the risks to yourself and others low.  We will also be looking at what stereotyping is and how it can be a dangerous thing.

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Maths-We will be learning how to read co-ordinates in all 4 quadrants as well as looking at polygons when they translate and reflect.

English-Writing–We will starting to research William Shakespeare and write a biography about his life.  We will be reading an adaptation of A Mid-summer Night’s Dream

Reading-We will be continuing to read Holes by Louis Sachar.  The next book we will be reading is ‘The boy in the Striped Pyjamas’.  If anyone would like to buy their own copy so they can follow along with the class book, you are more than welcome to.

Science-We will be continuing our topic on Electricity.  We will identify from circuit diagrams those circuits that will or won’t work and explain why

History-We will be learning about the bombing at Pearl Harbour and what impact this had.

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/history/index.html

R.E-We will be learning more about Buddhism this term.  This week we will focus on the story of ‘The Monkey King’

Art-We will be studying silk paintings and making our own

P.E-This will be our last swimming lesson on Tuesday.  In our other lesson we will be starting Pilates.

Computing-We will continue to develop our understanding of On-line safety and APP design

PSHE-This term we will be looking at ways we can keep ourselves safe and healthy.  There will be a focus on on-line safety and what you can do to keep the risks to yourself and others low.  We will also be looking at what stereotyping is and how it can be a dangerous thing.

Thursday 8th February 2018-Parent’s Evening

Friday 9th February 2018-Parent’s Evening

Well done to Year 6 for winning the WOW trophy for the Autumn term.  Can we manage it again this term?

Congratulations to Year 6 for their amazing Holocaust assembly.  It was exceptional.

Also a big congratulations to Tom for his poem ‘Once’.  Please find it below.  It is a poem about Jewish children who were sent on the Kinder-transport away from their parents during WW2, never to see them again.

ONCE                                                                  by Tom

I had some good times

Once

I had some good friends

Once

Now they’re all gone

Tell me why

No

Tell me how

No

Somebody help me

Here are the bad times

Now

Here are the sad times

Now

Why

Tell me why

No

Tell me how

No

Somebody help me

I had some good times

Once

I had some good friends

Once

Now they’re all gone