Autumn Term 1 2023

Weekending 20th October2023

A letter has gone home inside your child’s reading record book:

  •         Over  half term there is NO SPELLING. This will resume the first week back.
  •         Please can your child read at least 5 times and for this to be logged in their reading       record book.
  •         Please can they use TTRS for at least 20 minutes of times tables.
  •         The original maths home learning books have been sent home. If your child  wishes to do              these please feel free. The answers are at the back of the book. These do not need to be            brought into school.

 

In English this week we looked at pronouns, fronted adverbials and conjunctions that mean something negative has happened (but, however, although). Maths continued with column addition and subtraction with Year 4 also checking calculations through an inverse operation (checking an + with a -). We also have finished our class book, ‘Fortunately The Milk’.

 

Within RE we designed a picture about what the Trinity means to us and recalled what we have learned in RE. In science we looked at the results of our experiment and we found out that the plant in cotton wool and water only did not grow. In computing we finished looking at networks and went and saw our computer server and network switch. History, we found out about the invention of the wheel during the Stone Age and why it was so important.

 

Have a great half term,

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green and Jenna Welch

 

 

Weekending 13th October 2023

Consultations on Wednesday, time slips are in your child’s home learning book.

Please, a reminder. Can your child learn their user name and password exactly as they will be needing access soon. This has been stuck into their home learning / spelling books.

 

Thank you for your support with reading and recording this 5 days a week, it really does make a difference. Also TTRS is impacting the 99 club and times table knowledge, again thank you for encouraging your children to use this. If you are not already aware there is an app that can be downloaded to smart devices.

 

In English this week we have finished our class book Adolphus Tips and have started our new book by Neil Gaiman Fortunately the Milk recommended by a child in our class. In English we have completed our topic on the Wishgranter including writing a job description. In maths Year 4 have been undertaking subtraction of 4 digit with more than one exchange. Year 3 have been moving onto column addition with only one exchange, which we used to call ‘carrying’.

Within RE we looked at baptism and the link to the Trinity an in computing personal networks between families and friends and we moved this on to computer networks and switches. Finally in history we looked at changes in the Bronze and Iron Age including how they smelted the metal and the importance of hill forts like Maiden Castle.

Enjoy the sunshine this weekend,

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green and Jenna Welch

 

 

Weekending 6th October2023

 

Please, a reminder. Can your child learn their user name and password exactly. This has been stuck into their home learning / spelling books.

 

Please can you ensure that your child undertakes at least TWO GARAGE (2 minutes) and TWO SOUND CHECK (5 minutes max) activities between Thursdays (when home learning for maths would have been returned). Extras games and time are  a bonus and will help your child develop their tables knowledge even further. Any issues accessing TTRS please pop in and see us.

 

Continuing the Wishgranter, we have asked open and closed questions, where a closed question only gives an answer of yes or no. We have described the appearance of the Wishgranter machine using prepositions, prefixes and expanded noun phrases as well as writing an explanation text as to how the machine works. We have continued to update our Book  Quest.

 

In maths Year 3 have continued with our addition and subtraction topic, adding and subtracting 1’s and 10’ across tens and hundreds. Year 4, have been building on last years addition with exchange and have been completing addition with multiple exchanges.

In RE we looked at two paintings about the baptism of Jesus and how the Holy Trinity is shown. In computing we have been thinking about how digital devices help us and in Art we have used charcoal to create ‘cave paintings’. In Wildtribe we built stick houses for our stick men using sticks, moss and ferns. In science we set up an experiment to see if plants can survive without soil. We planted violas in soil, cotton wool, nothing and just water. We are waiting for our results.

 

Thank you for all of your efforts in spellings this week too.

 

Have a lovely weekend,

 

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green and Jenna Welch

Weekending 29thth September 2023

We have started our new topic in English based around the film the Wishgranter. We have looked at prepositions describe position as well as using conjunctions to join sentences.

 

Year 3 have been looking at adding 1’s, 10 and 100 to numbers and Year 4 have spent time rounding numbers using our saying,

“1,2,3,4 round DOWN to the floor, 5,6,7,8,9 round UP the number line.”

In history we looked at changes between the Stone Age and Iron Age and found out that the Stone Age started about 2 ½ million years ago. Also in the Iron Age they lived in settlements and sometimes would fight each other building hill forts to protect themselves. Looking at the Holy Trinity in RE we discovered that Christians believe that God is also the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. We designed a digital device and thought about the input and output processes. Mrs Green started an experiment with flowers and coloured water. We are curious to see if they change colour.

Thank you for everyone that everyone that has been completing TTRS. Please come and see us if you have any problems accessing it.

Have a lovely weekend,

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green and Jenna Welch

Weekending 22ndth September 2023

We have continued with our English topic based on ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ and adapted the traditional tale in our own way. After spending time editing with our partners we had a lovely time in Cremyll reading our stories.

 

Year 3 have finished the topic on place value and are moving on to addition and subtraction. This week they have ordered and compared numbers. Year 4 have looked at Roman numerals and rounded numbers to 10.

 

Within history we found out more information about Stone Henge and considered whether or not they might be facts or maybe historians are unsure.  We recapped what inputs, outputs and processes in computing and categorised some input and output devices in a Venn diagram. In Wild Tribe we linked sounds that rhyme to the things that we saw outside in nature and in art we found undertook drawings that had chiaroscuro, dark and light areas.

 

A letter has gone home in your child’s spelling book to say that maths homework from now on will be Times Tables Rock Stars, they need to complete at least 2 a week, one of which must be a sound check. Please use the login and password in the back of your child’s reading book, not the old one! Any problems with access or technology please come and see us.

 

A reminder. Every child in the back of their home learning book has an individual user name and password which they need to keep private but learn exactly including which letters are upper case and which are lower case.

Have a lovely weekend,

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green and Jenna Welch

Weekending 15th September 2023

 

We continue to settle into our new routines. Thank you for virtually everyone that read 5 times it is really fantastic and so important for your child’s development. Any questions regarding this please pop in and see one of the Tamar Team.

We have started the new English topic based on Jack and the Bean Stalk and this week we have been acting it out using different voices. We have also looked at expanded noun phrases to add more detail and direct speech with inverted commas.

Science we looked at the parts of the plant after digging out a weed and during PE we developed our netball skills and made medallions in Wild Tribe.  History we continued with or topic starting with the  Stone Age and looked at Stone Henge and Skara Brae and what we know for certain. In computing we have thought about inputs outputs and processes and what a digital device is.

 

Every child in the back of their home learning book has an individual user name and password which they need to keep private but learn exactly including which letters are upper case and which are lower case.

 

Times Tables Rock Stars username and password are in the back of your child’s reading record book. Please use as much as you can to help with table knowledge.

 Have a lovely weekend,

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green and Jenna Welch

 

 

 

Weekending 8th September 2023

Welcome back Class Tamar.

We are settling into our new routines, and new classroom. Within English we have planned carefully and then written a story based on ‘The best day that never happened’. Maths, we have started our topic on place value, the value each digit has in a number as well as practiced our times tables facts every day.

The class have also started to look at our history topic of the Stone Age through to the Iron Age, what we already know and any questions we might have. For computing we have recapped being safe using technology and the key message if you feel unsafe STOP and TELL AN ADULT.

 

Reading, a reminder that please can you read with your child each day AND record it in the reading record book. The reading record book needs to be brought into school each day.

 

PE Kits need to be brought into school each Monday and left in school for the week.

 

Spellings will be given out on Fridays and tested on the following THURSDAY. If your child gets below 6 out of 10 they will be retested on the next day, Friday. The results of the test will be stuck into the homework book.

 

Maths home learning will be sent home on  Friday. We will start with Workout 1. Please only do 1 workout a week.

 

99 Club for times tables will be on a Wednesday. Each year group has certain times tables to learn with Year 4 expected to know all times tables by the end of the year. Please remember you have access to Times Tables Rock Stars.

Year 3 (Should already know 2, 5 and 10 X) now need to know 3, 4 and 8 X tables.

Year 4 (Should already know 2, 5, 10, 3, 4 and 8 X tables) now need to know 6, 7, 9, 11 and 12 X tables.

 

Most importantly, please come and see any member of the Tamar team if you have any questions.

Enjoy the weekend, it is going to be hot one!

Rouen Gargan, Emily Green and Jenna Welch