This week at Gray's Farm - W/B 12th May

Week beginning: 12th May

Nursery

Our story this week is “The tiger who came to tea” the children will be sequencing the story and developing their use of words like “first” “then” and “after”

They will be pretending to go on a journey to the supermarket to buy food for the tigers tea party, thinking about what form of transport they will use to get there.

For maths they will be problem solving, “if there are 5 sandwiches and the tiger ate 2 how many are left?”

Reception

This week in reception we will be looking at pollution superheroes, the children will identify how they can help the plant and keep it healthy. Within maths we shall continue to look at odd and even numbers. 

Please continue reading every day and return all book bags by Wednesday at the latest.

Year 1

This week, in Maths, Year 1 will be finding a half and a quarter of different shapes.  We will also be finding a half and quarter of different quantities.  In English, we will be reading and writing a diary entry about the story of Lost and Found which links to our Geography topic.  Please remember to read with your child and sign their Reading Records every day.  PE days are Tuesdays and Fridays.  Thank you for your continued support.

Year 2

In Maths, we are going to solve multiplication and division number sentences.

In English, we are going to watch a short clip called 'Origins' to help with our imagination. We are going to describe the setting using expanded noun phrases. Towards the end of the week, we are going to have a debate about whether the little robot should go into the dark factory or not.

Year 3

This week in Year 3, we are adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators in maths. We will be learning how to identify present perfect and simple past tense in English and will be using imperative verbs in a set of instructions. In science, we will be designing our own investigation  to learn how our bones change as we grow older. 

Year 4

We had a great week celebrating V.E. day and the lesson on tsunami's was very popular too.  Mrs Paris also resisted the urge to dress as a chicken for class photo day - even though it would be representative - you'll have to wait for the photo to come out to find out what did happen on the day.  This week we are bringing the focus back to the modern day and the wonders of the digestive system.  We are hoping that everyone who has been poorly this term is feeling better and hope your families are coping through it all, some of it though sounded like a good example of what can happen when the digestive system doesn't work properly.

Year 5

This week in Year 5, we are completing some assessments in Maths and Reading. We will also be looking at using prepositions in our writing and also relative clauses. 

Year 6

This week is SATs week for Year Six. Here is the timetable of the tests.

Monday 12th May 2025 - SPaG

Tuesday 13th May 2025 - Reading

Wednesday 14th May 2025 - Maths Paper 1 and 2

Thursday 15th May 2025 - Maths Paper 3

Breakfast club for Year Six will open at 8:15 every morning of SATs. The children are to come in through the main entrance. 

Good luck to everyone in Year Six - you have worked so hard and will be amazing. 

PE this week will be on Thursday and Friday.