03 February 2012
Your homework this week is a mixture of creative and talk time combined and is due in on Wednesday 08 February.
I can talk about an animal from either the Arctic or Antarctic.
Next week, we are having a session called ‘Just A Minute’ in class. Children have been asked to prepare a talk that they will give to the rest of the class about an animal who lives in the Arctic or Antarctic. This talk is to last one minute and has been set to develop the children’s skills as confident and creative speakers. The children will need to research facts about their chosen animal and rehearse their speeches at home to build up their confidence.
Any materials they prepare to help them – maybe a bullet point list as a memory aid – must stick to the homework rules of not going over one page of A4.
03 February 2012
Spellings this week are all words with a double letter in them.
They will be tested on Friday 10 February 2012.
| A | B | C |
| apprehensivelyuncommonly
excellent opposite passenger pollution slippery stillness unsuccessfully
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apprehensivecommon
different difficult opposite passenger polluted slippery successful
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commondifferent
excellent following million pollution successful impress opposite
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Chickwatch 2012
We now have nine little chicks! Three to go (hopefully). Most of the chicks are now out of the incubator and in the brooder box.
Click the link below to see a picture of the chicks in the brooder box:
http://moortownprimary.posterous.com/tired-chicks-were-waiting-on-four-others-to-h
03 February 2012
This week the spellings are words where you have to drop the y for an i when adding ly. Children will be tested on eight out of the ten words in the right hand column.
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1. |
happy |
happily |
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2. |
angry |
angrily |
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3. |
pretty |
prettily |
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4. |
grumpy |
grumpily |
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5. |
messy |
messily |
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6. |
sneaky |
sneakily |
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7. |
cheeky |
cheekily |
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8. |
clumsy |
clumsily |
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9. |
hungry |
hungrily |
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10. |
lazy |
lazily |
03 February 2012
The homework this week is talk time and your child should be ready to discuss the topic by Wednesday 08 February.
Is it acceptable to test on animals for medical research?
Encourage your child to justify their opinions and try to present a balanced argument. It’s likely that your child will have a strong opinion one way or the other, but helping them to understand an alternative viewpoint will develop their social and emotional skills (such as empathy) as well as their speaking and listening skills.
Encourage your child to use all of the following connectives at least once during the discussion:
- however
- on the other hand
- because
- but
New Residents
Here are the first chicks to hatch in the incubator. There are currently nine chicks that have hatched.
Feel free to come and have a look after school. They’d love to meet you! Be prepared to wash your hands though. We’ve already had a few accidents!
03 February 2012
We’re still practising words which have split digraphs. This week, we’re looking at ‘u –e‘, for example, tub (with a short ‘u’ sound) changes to tube (with a longer ‘u’ sound).
| cube |
| huge |
| tune |
| use |
| tube |
| cute |
These will be tested on Friday 10 February.
03 February 2012
This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect – to complete a worksheet on number patterns.
You’ll find the worksheet in your child’s homework book.
This homework is due on Wednesday 08 February.
February Family Fun
Throughout half term, Harrogate Theatre are running a Heroes and Villains Activity Week. On the Thursday and Friday, there are activities aimed at 6-8 year olds. Workshops including puppetry and mask-making are on offer with the theme of Heroes and Villains. Tickets can be purchased from Harrogate Box Office.
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