29/04/2024
Posted on: December 11th 2023
This week at Gray's Farm - W/B 11th December
Week Beginning: 11th Decemeber 2023
NURSERY
The time has come for the children to shine and show how hard they have worked learning their nativity songs, we are extremely proud of all of them , as I am sure you will be too.
This week for expressive arts and design the children will be exploring texture colour and taste whilst participating in our Christmas activities, they will be making cards, tree decorations and also decorating biscuits.
We would like to wish you all a wonderful Christmas and happy New year.
RECEPTION
Well we have had a very busy few weeks and this week we will continue our Christmas story topic and the children will take part in festive activities. In maths we shall be consolidating what we have learnt this half term. Please keep an eye on the board outside both Reception Classes for final Christmas dates for you and your child.
YEAR 1
This week, in Maths, Year 1 will be using the subtraction operation and working on number sentences and word problems. In English this week, Year 1 will be writing main clauses linked to our Science and History topics. The children will also be writing a wish list and writing a letter to Santa using main clauses.
Gentle reminder, please can the children remember to bring their costumes in for the Nativity if they have not already done so. Thank you. Remember the Nativity performance is on Tuesday.
YEAR 2
Year 2 are going to be finishing our writing about Dougal the deep sea diver. In Maths, we will be investigating different measures. We are looking forward to our Christmas performances to the rest of the school and the parents too!
YEAR 3
This week we have a really exciting week where we will be doing our Christmas performances. We will also be consolidating our work on addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in Maths. In English we will be focusing on a non-fiction text about Reindeers and becoming detectives by using clues in the text to answer questions. In art we will be finishing our self portraits using the skills we have learnt this half term.
YEAR 4
This week in English, we will be focusing on a Winter related video and we will be retelling the narrative, using or previously taught skills from this half term e.g. fronted adverbials, speech and expanded noun phrases.
This week in Maths, we will be unpicking and solving multi-step word problems.
YEAR 5
This week in Year 5, we are completing our work around Baranbus, using rhetorical questions and past tense verbs to retell the story. In maths, we are measuring and calculation angles as well as completing real-life problems involving time differences. We are learning about gears, pulleys and levers in science and will be practising our singing skills ready for our performances.
YEAR 6
This week as part of our English work, we will be writing a trip advisor review on the pantomime Cinderella. We will be discussing the purpose of reviews and how people can and often do have different opinions on things. In maths, we will be completing an arithmetic test, which will show us all how much brilliant progress we have made since the start of autumn 2. We will also be finishing our history topic on Crime and Punishment by looking at the different crimes that are committed today and the punishments received.
