WB: 6^th March

Our key learning objectives this week will be:

Maths-We will be finding fractions of amounts and problem solving & reasoning about fractions.

Reading- We will be continuing our class read: Harper and the Circus of Dreams.

Writing- We will be assessing our ‘Day at the zoo’ recounts and thinking of our own next steps. We will also be finishing our non-chronological reports of animals.

Science- Ourselves- how to be healthy and fit.

Topic- How are you? – with strong links to Science and History.

PE- On Mondays: dance with Miss Handley

On Thursdays: Gymnastics

RE-Our RE topic this term is Islam.  We will be looking at beliefs that Muslims have.

Maths objectives that you could help with at home:

• Continue to think about fractions of amounts in a practical context e.g. sharing objects.
• Understanding the size of fractions e.g. that ¼ is smaller than a 1/3
• Understanding how to count in ½’s using a number line

SPaG objectives that you could help with at home:

• Spelling words with contractions e.g. can’t, won’t, don’t, isn’t
• Adding adjectives (describing words) to simple sentences
• Using suffixes at the ends of words e.g. happily, engagement, plentiful and talking about the spelling rules
• How the ends of words changed when adding –ed for the past tense.
• Adding adverbs to verbs e.g. walked slowly, smiled happily
• Using different sentence types in writing; most importantly questions & exclamations