Friday 20th October
What a productive half term. It has flown by. This week we have been writing using suspense and trying to show not tell how our character Bubba is feeling. Yesterday we started working towards a Blue Peter reading club badge by writing book reviews. In PE we were doing dodge ball and gymnastics. We had to make a routine including rolls, balances, jumps and different levels of travelling. This week we auditioned for our parts in the Christmas play. We have our words to practice over half term. We organised, practised and then recorded a final performance of ‘What shall we do with the drunken sailor?’. We sang, harmonised, played body percussion and cups and played the bass notes and chords on keyboards.
Homework
Reading - at least 5 times signed by an adult
Maths - at least 20 minutes on TTRockstars
Spelling due Tuesday 31st October
Please also start learning your part for the play.
Please return Blue Peter forms by Friday 3rd November
Friday 13th October
We created 3d maps in art and put on typography to fit the theme of the map. In history we did about the Great Fire of London. Only 6 people were recorded as dead but it caused a lot of damage. In rugby we did a few mini matches in our House teams. We had to pass it to everyone on the team before we could score a try. In French we did our assessment to show what we had learnt through the unit. We had to listen, read and write. For Harry Potter day we did a workshop and experimented with our words to write a description of a magical setting. We also learnt how to draw Hogwarts which was fun.
Homework
Spelling due Tuesday
Reading everyday
TT Rockstars for maths at least 20 mins. Remember this will be checked.
Friday 6th October
In English we completed a distance write. It had to be a fiction real-world with a bit of mystery and include the characters speaking using inverted commas.
In PSHE we were doing rules and why we have them and need them. We thought about what would happen if we didn't have them, for example if you were crossing the road you might get injured.
In science we were carrying out an investigation to see if you could affect the rate of dissolving. We tried things like changing the water type to fizzy, different temperature of water and the number of stirs.
We played mini-games in netball and it was High 5 netball which has 5 players on each team.
It was national poetry day yesterday. We read some poems on this year's theme of refuge and then tried writing our own. For fun we took home 'On the ning, nang, nong'. There are housepoints up for grabs if you can recite it next week.
Homework
Reading every day as usual
Maths - 20 minutes minimum on TTRockstars by Thursday - please see slip in reading record
Spelling - due Tuesday
Audition - You should have taken home a sheet with some lines for our Christmas play. It is much easier to shine at the audition (in two weeks) if you are familiar with the lines. Please take the time to read and practice them. You do not need to know them off by heart but if you can remember any, that's a bonus.
Friday 29th September
We had a fantastic online session with Maz Evans, the author of 'Who let the Gods out' this morning. We got a shout out for our class and Charlie had a question answered. There is information on the news letter about how you can get a cheaper copy of her new book and raise money for school.
We also had fun today making up body percussion to different seas shanties in music. We recorded our ideas using a quaver grid.
In art we started to combine everything we have been learning to design a map using typography. We looked at different artists who have designed maps that show different things such as their personality or fictional places.
For PE we have been enhancing our skills in tag rugby and had to work hard at passing the ball.
Homework
Spelling due Tuesday
Maths due Thursday
Reading everyday to be signed by an adult
Friday 22nd September
In French we learnt the numbers from 1-31. For twenty one and thirty one you need to say thirty and one or twenty and one.
We had a visitor from Sea Cadets who did a taster session for us. We made tin foil boats and tried them to see which could float and hold the most marbles.
In computing we learnt about how you could work together online for example by using a shared drive, video calling or sending attachments on an email.
For music we used body percussion to keep a beat and help us to learn a new song - Hey Ho Nobody Home.
Homework
Spelling due Tuesday - please ask Mrs Adams if you need another copy
Maths due Thursday
Reading every day to be signed by an adult
Friday 15th September 2023
In music we continued with our sea shanty work and played a cup game of it where we had to keep a rhythm. This required lots of concentration.
In science we were looking at reversible and irreversible for example if you put bread in the toaster and toast it you can't change it back to bread so it's irreversible. Whereas if you mix salt with water to make a solution you can heat it up to make the water evaporate and leave the salt behind.
In history we started to learn about Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot. We were surprised to learn that he wasn't the leader of the plot.
Homework
Reading every day signed by an adult
Spelling due on Wednesday book signed
Maths due Thursday
Friday 8th September
Welcome (back) to Class Lynher.
This week in music we have started learning about sea shanties and using body percussion.
We tested materials in science to learn about their properties for example to see if they were soluble, magnetic, conducted electricity, how hard they are and if they were transparent.
In English we did a distance write about an amazing day we didn't have in the school holidays. One of us got sucked into their TV, one of us went to Hawaii and one of us met Mike Wazowski.
In art we looked at typography and it was fun to discover how many different ways you could change a letter.
Homework
Spelling homework due in Wednesday
Maths due Thursday - Autumn term workout 1
Reading at least 5 days a week, each to be signed by an adult