This week at Gray's Farm - W/B 30th June

Week beginning: 30th June

Nursery

This week we will be looking the adventures of bees and also looking at their habitat, what colour shape and size they are. 

In maths we will be exploring ABAB patterns and exploring quantity in our play.

The children will be continuing to practice their phonic sounds.

Reception

This week we will be exploring mini beasts. Taking inspiration from our minibeast experience last week we are going to look at classification of minibeasts and look at their habitats and what importance minibeasts play in our environment.
In maths we will continue to look at multiplication e.g making 3 groups of 2 bears.
Please ensure you read with your child and return all story books by Wednesday of each week. We can not change your child’s book unless you return it by that day.

Year 1

This week, in Maths, Year 1 will be telling the time to o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to the hour.  In English, we will be reading the story 'Somebody swallowed Stanley' and writing main clauses to retell parts of the story.  We will also be making rules, as a whole class, in preparation of the school trip to Broadstairs.  PE days are Tuesday and Friday.  Please read with your children everyday and sign their Reading Records which should be brought into school everyday.  Phonics books will be changed on Thursday.  Thank you for your continued support.

Year 2

In English, we are going to watch a short animation to inspire our writing. We are going to predict what is going to happen, describe settings using expanded noun phrases, conjunctions and emotive language.

In Maths, we are going to solve money and real life addition and subtraction word problems. We will decide if we can solve the number sentences in our heads, use manipulatives (cubes, Dienes, etc.) or if we need to use written methods.

On Friday, 4th July, it is staff training day and the school will be closed for children.

Year 3

This week in Year 3 we are using our calculation skills to order and compare data retrieved from a bar chart in maths and we are creating our own bar graph to display our scientific results after an  investigation into magnetic fields. In science, we will be learning how some animals are affected by magnets and which animals use a magnetic field to navigate.

Year 4

Children are excited by the London Rocks competition that is for children across schools in London on TTRS.  We would love to win some of the Amazon vouchers so please encourage children to play for upto an hour any time between 07:30 and 19:30 as many days as possible please!    We're also still basking in the glow of Sports Day and now Well being day too!  All of year 4 have discussed what it means to be kind and we're hoping to show off our new found kindness skills!

Year 5

This week, we will be continuing with our book 'Little Mouse's Big Fears' and writing letters to reassure. In maths, Miss Gillies' group are translating and reflecting shapes, Mrs Gold/Mrs Adam's group are tackling short division while Mrs Jary's group are mastering place value. Don't forget it's INSET day on Friday!

Year 6

This week in year six is an unusual one. We have our trip to Bexleyheath bowling on Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday (for some of us) is transition day. Thursday we will be continuing with the production rehearsals. In science, we will be carrying out an investigation on how exercise affects our heart rate.