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Weekly Update 4.11.22
Posted: Nov 3, 2022 by: Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Ash Tree Class Blog
Hello,
It seems strange to think we are already in our second half term of the year and (dare I say it) on the run up to Christmas!
In English, we have started planning and researching a non-chronological report all about the role of women during WW2.
In maths, some children have been consolidating their learning of formal methods for addition and subtraction and some have been learning about fractions.
We have also started a new science topic and starting learning about Electricity.
Finally, well done to all the children who finished a reading book over half term! Children can record any reading in their red reading records. This could be their school banded book, school library book, book club book or a book from home. As your child is now in Upper Key Stage Two, they can record independent reading in their reading record (as long as they can summarise what they have read!) alongside any reading they complete with an adult. Our goal is that children learn to enjoy reading for pleasure and achieve well during their time at Rufford Park and we want every child to leave at the end of Year 6 a confident and capable reader. An interesting statistic from The Reading Agency, a national charity helping to create a world where everyone is reading, is that children who read books often at age 10 gain higher results in maths and English at age 16 than those who read less regularly.
Reading for just 20 minutes per day equates to being exposed to roughly 1,800,000 words per year compared to reading for 5 minutes per day which equates to around 282,000 words a year.
Have a good weekend and try and challenge yourself to read as much as possible!
Miss Bairstow :)