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Weekly Update 11.11.22
Posted: Nov 11, 2022 by: Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Ash Tree Class Blog
Hi,
The children have really enjoyed finishing writing their non-chronological reports about the role of women during WW2. I have been really impressed with this piece of writing and the effort the children have put in to their work.
In maths, Miss Bairstow's group have been looking at factors, multiples and prime numbers. Mrs Trotter and Mrs Senior's groups have been working on fractions.
On Friday afternoon, we enjoyed taking some time to reflect as it was Remembrance Day. Ash Tree made some crosses to commemorate the fallen soldiers from the Yeadon area during WW2 as our current topic focuses on local history.
I would like to share the following information again as we have been speaking in class a lot this week about the importance of reading. It is essential that children have their red reading record with them in school every single day. Children can record any reading in their 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 :)