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Hockey Tournament

This week, a team of six year five children attended a hockey tournament at Maurice Chandler.  They played six matches against different schools in the local area.  The children worked incredibly as a team and were really supportive of each other.  They demonstrated exceptional skill and sportsmanship. I am very proud of their attitude and manners throughout the tournament.

The team finished first on the pitch they played on and fifth out of eight teams, overall. It was wonderful to see such talent in our school!  Well done to the children who took part and a big thank you to Gary for giving up his time to help and support us.

 

 

 

Darwin Update Friday 15th March

We are slap-bang in the middle of our assessments in Darwin at the moment and everyone is doing really well – I will be in touch about the results once I have finished marking and analysing them all!

Homework:

Our homework this week is a reading comprehension. It has been sent home on paper – unfortunately I don’t have a digital copy to share with you.

Certificates:

I had to catch-up this week as we were so busy we didn’t do ours last week! Our red certificates were awarded to Lyla and Harrison for their excellent progress in maths. Our reading certificate was awarded to Alfie for his wonderful reading aloud in class and our writing certificate was awarded to Hallie J for her technical robot description! Well done, folks!

Next Week:

Maths club will take place after school on Wednesday. We will focus on drawing and measuring angles, using protractors, which is an area many of us find tricky. Maths club is free of charge and children can stay until 4:30. Drop me a text if your child will be attending.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. E.

 

Friday 8th March

We really enjoyed watching the parade of all the creative costumes this morning. We also noticed that there were some very unusual characters seen around school today!

Homework:

Our homework this week is to find out about an expedition to the Antarctic. To get them started, the children have brought home a timeline with brief information about past expeditions. The extra information that the children find can be recorded on paper in note form, or as a written piece of work or presentation. The knowledge that the children gather will be used in our geography lesson next week.

Maths Club:

Just a reminder that maths club will be on Wednesday (13th) next week. All Darwinians are welcome! Please let me know by text if your child is staying – I will send out a reminder next week.

That’s it from me – have a great weekend!

Mrs E.

 

Friday 1st March

March the first: WHITE RABBITS! We are edging out of winter: the nights are drawing out; there is blossom on the trees and there is a hint of spring in the air!

The children have been working really hard this week. We have learned about classification in science; area and perimeter in maths and we have been reading about the International Space Station in English. We have also learned about the different types of past and present tenses – challenging stuff! Everyone has worked hard but our certificate winners this week are:

Kacey has received the maths certificate for her excellent mathematical thinking and for embracing lots of new challenges in mathematics. Jay has been awarded the red certificate for his effort and hard work. He has been working really hard to understand some new concepts, particularly in mathematics and English. He has shown a high level of determination and resilience in his approach to these. Well done to both of you!

This week’s homework focuses on area and perimeter, which have been the topics of our maths lessons this week. The children will have brought the questions home on paper today. I have attached the complete booklets below, just in case anyone wants to do more homework!

Area Questions 3-6: Area-of-squares-and-rectangles homework

Perimeter Questions 1-6: Perimeter homework

I have posted two short video clips at the bottom of this post for those who want a quick refresher about area and perimeter.

Next week, on Friday, we have the opportunity to have fun dressing-up for World Book Day; more information about this can be found on the ‘School News’ page. On World Book Day itself (Thursday), we will spend time doing additional reading and book-related activities – any excuse to spend time reading! 🙂

Maths Club will run after school (until 4:30) on Thursday. All Darwinians are welcome to stay. If they are lucky, there may be biscuits AND maths!

That’s it from me for this week. Have a great weekend, all!

Spring 2!

It is going to be a short but intense half-term! This week, we have been learning about Algebra in maths and we finished our class book, ‘Odd and the Frost Giants’ – we have started reading poetry about our wonderful world and we have been thinking about all the wildlife and nature that exists around us in preparation for writing our own poems.

Our certificate winners this week are: Hallie J, who was awarded the writing certificate for her excellent writing – I very much enjoyed reading her quest story. Our red certificate was awarded to Kacey for her consistent excellence and hard work.

Our homework this week is to produce a piece of creative writing. I have discussed the task fully with the children and they are aware of what they need to do. I have emphasised that I would like them to prioritise quality over quantity! (The work can be completed on paper or digitally.)

I have also attached an algebra booklet below, which is totally optional! (The answers are in the back!)

Algebra optional homework

Next week sees our first afterschool maths club. It will run from 3:15 to 4:30 on Wednesday and is free of charge. Please let me know, in the form below, or by the school text system, if your child is staying for the club. It’s fine to tell me on the day, as long as I know well before 3:15!

Maths club response form.

That’s it from me this week!

Mrs. E.

 

 

Happy Half-term

I can’t believe it’s half-term already but here we are!

Our homework for the half-term break is to investigate bridges. I have attached further information below. (The children will have brought this sheet home today.)

Bridges Homework Half Term

Our star pupil this half-term is Arlen. Arlen is a hard-working pupil who always sets a good example to others. He is a sensible, mature member of our class and it is a total pleasure to teach every lesson, every day!

Have a great half-term break and I look forward to seeing everyone on the 19th!

Mrs. E.

 

First February Update.

This week’s homework is a review of fractions, percentages and decimals and has a few challenging problems to solve. It has been sent home on paper today. The children will also have brought home their marked reading homework and the maths homework from the previous week.

This week’s certificates were awarded to Harrison and Caleb. Harrison did an excellent job with his reading in our group reading session this week – very fluent! Well-done, Harrison. Caleb was nominated for the red certificate by many of his classmates – he has worked hard all week and everyone has noticed and commented on it!

I have posted dates for next half-term’s maths club on the website’s news page and there is further information on this post: Maths Club | Stoke-on-Tern Primary School – please note that the session on Thursday 14th March has been changed to Wednesday 13th March.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Mrs. E.

 

Weekly update: 26th January

It’s been a busy, busy week for everyone so I will keep this post short!

This week’s certificate winners were Scarlett, who was awarded the red certificate for her excellent work – especially her reading and Kai, for his effort in maths – great percentage work!

Our homework this week is a reading task. A paper copy has been sent home and I have attached a digital copy below:

Reading homework: A howl at dusk

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. E.

 

 

Maths Club

After half-term, I will be holding an after-school maths club for Year 6 pupils. I have pencilled in some possible dates, which I will endeavor to stick to! If, for any unforeseeable reason, any dates need to be changed, I will let you know as soon as I can.

The club will run from 3:15 – 4:30 and is free of charge. It is intended to allow pupils the time to look at areas of maths that they find tricky and to help to build confidence as they move towards SATs and prepare to join Year 7. Pupils can come to as many sessions as they want to – just send me a text on the morning of the club so that I know they are staying.

(SATs week this year is Monday 13th – Friday 17th of May.)

The maths club dates are:

Wednesday 28th February

Thursday 7th March

Thursday 14th March – Changed to Wednesday 13th

Wednesday 20th March

Thursday 11th April

Thursday 18th April

Thursday 25th April

Thursday 2nd May

Thursday 9th May

Tuesday 14th May

 

 

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