We are in full swing of the new half-term with the children working incredibly hard.

Spanish

The children have been recapping the names of colours and body parts. We love a song in Housman class. The ‘colores’ song is a particular favourite and really helps the children remember key vocabulary.

Maths

We are continuing to focus on fractions and have been recapping what is meant by equivalent fractions. The use of a fraction wall is an excellent representation which really supports the children’s understanding.

Click here to access the fraction wall

Science

In Science, the children have been making electrical circuits using different components.

Click here to access the interactive circuit builder

Reminder

We have been reminding the children of the importance of reading regularly. We do continue to monitor the reading logs and give out raffle tickets.

Welcome back to the Summer Term (although definitely not feeling all that ‘Summery’ today).

Hopefully you all had a good Easter break. It has been great to hear about what the children have been up to.

In Maths, we will be having a big focus learning about fractions. The children have already started learning about improper and mixed number fractions.

Click here to access fraction games

In English, the children have completed their own ‘list’ poems about the rainforest. They will be typing them up this week and adding their own illustrations ready for a class display.

PE sessions will now take place on a Wednesday and a Friday this term.

As always, any issues please contact one of the Housman Teaching Team and we will do our best to help.

Last week was a very busy week in school with a Mother’s Day lunch and a World Book Day Parade taking place. We were so impressed with the different costumes on show so thank you for your efforts.

We’ve had a busy week in Housman Class and are so impressed with the behaviour of pupils. We have had a big focus on encouraging independence, striving to always do our best in every lesson and being a good friend to others. The children should be very proud of themselves this week- great team work in making our class a happy place to be!

The children have been learning to tell the time which can be one of those maths areas that can be quite tricky. Below is a link to some time games which will really consolidate the learning that has taken place.

Telling the Time games

We have also been having a big push on the children learning their times tables. The expectation is that all children will be able to recall all their times tables quickly. Below is a link to a resource we use in class most days.

Multiplication Tables Check

Have a lovely weekend everybody!

Housman Teaching Team

Another busy week in Housman Class with the children working very hard across all subjects.

We continue to focus on multiplication in maths. The Year 5 children are focusing on multiplying 2-digit by 2-digit numbers whilst the Year 4 pupils are mastering multiplying a 3-digit number by a 1-digit number.

Click here to practise multiplying by 10,100 and 1000

The children have also been developing their arithmetic skills and are performing well on the weekly arithmetic tests we have been carrying out in class.

Click here to practise your arithmetic skills

In geography, the children have been learning about mountains around the world. They have used the laptops to carry out their own research and to find out interesting facts.

Have a wonderful weekend everybody!

Housman Teaching Team