Dear Parents/Carers

This week in Year 5 and 6, children have enjoyed making clay fossils as part of their work in science.
In English, we have been learning about persuasive arguments.  Children have chosen a topic to write about and have been thinking of reasons for and against the argument.  We have seen some interesting choices of topic, such as:
Should children wear school uniform?
Should children aged 10 be allowed to vote?
Should parking at hospitals be free?
Should women footballers be paid the same as men?

Miss Sharman would like to thank all those who came to Maths Club on Friday.  The club was extremely well attended.  It was great to see so many children taking the opportunity to ask for help with homework, solve puzzles, tackle arithmetic papers and play games to improve their understanding.  Well done to you all.

This week's homework pages for Year 6 are:
Maths: Pages 34 and 35
English: Pages 46 and 47

Year 5 homework is on Google Classroom as usual.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Sharman, Mrs Devlin and Mrs Pasquale

Dear Parents/Carers
This week in Year 5/6 we have enjoyed looking at our family photographs and spotting similarities that we may have inherited. Also this week, the children braved the cold, damp weather to take part in the final Southend United session. They have enjoyed the opportunity to get outside, take part in some new games and learn about how to keep themselves healthy.


This week, children in Year 6 have been issued with homework books for English and Maths to support them in preparing for the SATs tests they will take in May.

Year 6 homework pages for this week are:
English pages 2, 3 and 44
Maths pages 15 and 16

Your child should hand their homework in by Wednesday 29th January.  Miss Sharman will be available in Sapphire class on Monday lunchtime if they would like some help.

Year 5 English and Maths homework is online, on Google Classroom as usual. 

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Devlin, Miss Sharman and Mrs Pasquale

Blogging

Pupils will be learning about blogging during computing lessons this term.  We will study the features of blogs as well as their purpose and intended audience. Pupils are asked to find good examples of blogs and share them in class (not including this one!)