Friday 20th September 2024
Dear Parents,
Happy Friday. The children are now in full swing and have been working really hard this week. We have begun our new writing focus of Autobiographies and Biographies and the children have begun to find information all Dorothy Vaughan, Christine Darden and Mary Jackson who are significant figures within the history of NASA.
Impossible Creatures- Katherine Rundell
On Wednesday, the children had the opportunity to listen to Katherine Rundell, a famous author who won the Waterstones Book of 2023 last year. During the talk, she spoke about how you can take inspiration from everyday things to incorporate into your writing.
TABLE TENNIS
Well done to the children who took part in the Table Tennis tournament at Grove Wood this week. Mr Harrington was very impressed with your behaviour and the way you performed on the day.
Year 5/6 Homework Tasks.
- Reading: Remember 15-20 minutes reading to an adult every day is the optimum and should be continuing into Year 6. Please also encourage your child to read by themselves and then discuss the text afterwards, sharing opinions, their favourite part or questioning what happened so as to ensure that your child is understanding the text as well as reading it. All children have a Reading Record to take home.
- Spelling words - please practise these at home by revising them from your spelling and times table notebook and by writing them down.
- Times table practise - next week we are looking at 5’s. Please practise these at home by revising them from your spelling and times table notebook and by writing them down.
- TTRS/Sumdog - lots of practise on these amazing programmes that complement what we learn at school. Please see your reading diaries for login details or message your class teacher using Dojo.
