Willow Tree Class Blog
Willow Tree Class Blog
Weekly Update 24.6.22
K Simms (k.simms) on: Willow Tree Class Blog
Hello everyone,
The children in Willow Tree have been extremely busy this week and have dealt tremendously well with all the assessments taking place. I am so proud of each and everyone of them for how much progress they have made since September and they should be very proud of themselves!
We have also spent time preparing for Sports Day next Wednesday and the children have chosen their main event for the afternoon from: skipping, running, relay, egg and spoon and the sack race.
Homework this week is to continue with their Ancient Egypt project which is due in on the 11th July - I am looking forward to seeing these!
Children should also spend some time practising their times tables ready for their Times Table Awards test each Thursday. They might use Hit the Button, TT Rockstars or practise them with another person.
Spellings for the week are (words ending with ‘ture’): creature, picture, nature, furniture, capture, culture, moisture, future, gesture, structure.
Have a lovely weekend,
Miss Simms
Weekly Update 17.6.22
K Simms (k.simms) on: Willow Tree Class Blog
Hello everyone,
The weather has been fantastic this week and has brought along lots of opportunities for us to get outside in the fresh air, including our trip to Rawdon Billing this morning! The children walked to and from the Billing as part of our whole school Art project. While we were there, we used natural resources to create our class name "Willow Tree" with hieroglyphs.
Also linking to our Ancient Egypt topic, we have finished creating our clay canopic jars decorated with gold paint and hieroglyphs.
During maths we have been investigating different types of angles around the classroom including right angles, acute angles and obtuse angles.
In English, we have begun looking at writing an adventure story set in Ancient Egypt and this will continue next week when we start looking at adding expanded noun phrases to our character descriptions.
Spellings for the week are: treasure, measure, pleasure, enclosure, closure, leisure, exposure, pressure, composure, fissure.
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Simms
Weekly Update 10.6.22
K Simms (k.simms) on: Willow Tree Class Blog
Hello everyone,
What a great first week back we have had in Willow Tree Class! The children have come back ready and raring to go this half term and it has been brilliant to see.
In maths, we have been focusing on statistics by looking at pictograms and bar charts carefully so we can interpret information from them. In science, we have started our new topic on Light and the children have shown a good understanding of the differences between light and dark and the importance of both of these.
We have also begun our DT project for this half term which is to create Ancient Egyptian Canopic Jars! The children have used clay to shape the lids based on the Egyptian God of their choice and next week they will be creating the body of the jar ready to store some organs inside.
A polite reminder that we now change reading books on a Thursday so please ensure your child brings their reading record in on this day. Additionally, as the days start to getting warmer, please make sure your child has a water bottle with them and either has sun cream on already or brings it with them (particularly on our PE days).
Homework this week continues to be our Ancient Egypt project and the spellings and TT focus can be found here.
Have a great weekend,
Miss Simms