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World Book Day

Heroes

This half-term, we’ll be continuing to learn about heroes. Our Literacy work will involve lots of drama work around a book called Willy the Chimp by Anthony Browne. Take a look at our display in the hall.

We’ll be focusing class discussions on inspirational heroes like Louis Braille and a Paralympic athlete, Oscar Pistorius.

We’re looking forward to a very exciting and engaging half term!

02 March 2012

This week’s homework is talk time and it links with our current SEAL theme. It’s due in on Wednesday 07 March 2012.

I can say why it is ‘Good to be me’.

Remember, with talk time homework, there is no need to write anything in the books; a few prompts might be helpful but not essential.

02 March 2012

Spellings this week are all words with the ‘er’ sound in them.

They will be tested on Friday 09 March 2012.

Topic

From David Beckham to Nelson Mandella, we’ve leant about a whole range of heroes. Our class discussions have been focused on what qualities people need to make them a hero. We’ve studied Pop Art and the artist Roy Litchenstein who often painted real life heroes as well as superheroes. Take a look at our own versions in our classroom! In ICT, we wrote character descriptions and even designed our own superhero. Next, we’ll create comic strips. We’re currently learning about inspirational Olympic and Paraolympic heroes.

02 March 2012

This week’s homework is talk time and links to our current SEAL topic. It’s due in on Wednesday 07 March 2012.

I can say why it is ‘Good to be me’.

02 March 2012

This week’s spellings are words beginning with ‘al’. Your child will be tested on Friday 09 March 2012.

• almighty
• almost
• alone
• along
• already
• also
• altogether
• always
• alright
• although

Free swimming lessons!

We have a free block of five swimming lessons to give away to a lucky child in Year 4 to the value of £45!

If you’re interested, please drop in to the office before the end of the week. In the event that we get lots of children who would like the lessons, we’ll put names into a hat. If you have any questions, please come and speak to me.

02 March 2012

Your homework this week is creative and is due in on Wednesday 07 February.

I can express my opinion about Captain Robert Scott and his Antarctic expedition.

We ‘ve been learning about Robert Scott’s mission to travel to the South Pole. Can you produce a piece of work that tells me your opinion about Scott and his mission?

This piece of work could be:

• Some art work
• A biography
• A timeline
• A cartoon strip about his expedition
• An interview with you answering questions about as though you were Scott
• Your own even more creative idea!

02 March 2012

This week, we’re spelling words with the ending ‘ous‘, which means ‘full of, famous, full of fame’.

Spellings will be tested on Friday 09 March 2012.

• tremendous
• fabulous
• marvellous
• ridiculous
• dangerous
• furious
• gracious
• ravenous
• scandalous
• incredulous
• delicious

Children will also have to put the spellings into a sentence to show they understand the meanings of the words. It’s probably a good idea, therefore, to find the meanings as well as the spellings.

The children will also be expected to use the spellings in speaking and listening activities in class and in their writing.