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

Week beginning: 12th January

Nursery

We would also like to extend a very warm welcome to our new families—it has been a joy to see how quickly all the children have settled into their new routines.

This term, our focus topic is Woodland Animals. To bring this theme to life, we will be going on nature walks to explore our outdoor environment. We’ll be looking closely at our local plants and trees to see how they have changed with the season. We can’t wait to see what the children discover!

Reception

This week we shall continue to explore Winter with a focus hibernation and changes to the environment.

In maths we are exploring one more and one less than a  given number within 10.

Please remember to practice reading and focus on letter formation.

If you need any support please let us know.

If you have not supplied Wellington boots for your child please do so before next Wednesday.

Year 1

This week, in Maths, we will be partitioning numbers to 50 using different resources.  In English, we will be using the book 'Katie in London' and writing facts about different landmarks, linked to our Geography topic.  PE days are Tuesday and Thursday.  Phonics books are changed on Thursday.  Reading Records should be in school every day.  Thank you for your continued support.

Year 2

In English, we'll be continuing with our new book 'The Girl at the Front of the Class'.
In Maths, we'll be moving on to Adding and subtracting using the expanded column method.

Year 3

In English, we are going to use a short video for the next two weeks which is called 'The little shoemaker'. In the first week, we are going to describe the setting using noun phrases. We are also going to introduce speech and inverted commas to be able to use direct speech in our writing.

In Maths, we are going to add and subtract using 3 digit numbers.

Year 4

This week, year 4 are revisiting our learning of multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100, including with decimals. We have learnt that when we multiply by 10 our digits move to the left on a place value grid, and when we divide they move to the right. To support us with our learning we could watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RssSPp_3YTc In English this week we will be continuing to work hard on our letter formation in handwriting and will be looking at the features of poetry.

Year 5

This week in Year 5, we are using our times table knowledge to calculate fractions of a given amount and will be identifying equivalent fractions and decimals. In English, we are completing our work around the whole school text 'The girl at the front of the class'. We will be using a variety of skills to add extra, relevant information to our writing including subordinate and relative  clauses, fronted adverbials and modified, expanded noun phrases.  

Year 6

This week, we are continuing to use the book - The Girl at the Front of the Class. We will be writing the narrative of the girl's journey. Our learning in SPaG will be around using the present and past progressive and the present perfect form. In maths, we will be developing our arithmetic skills and making links between converting units of measure.