Half Term Week

Half term holiday homework

Your task is to promote tourism to Skegness by creating an advertising campaign. You should create at least 2 of the following;
Video advert (max 30 seconds)
Radio advert (max 30 seconds)
Newspaper advert (A4 size)
Poster (A3 size max)
Leaflet

There is also a 100 Word Challenge this week. The focus is on using verbs and adverbs. You have to include the phrase:

…we were moving very fast when …

Things to consider: Where were you going? Does speed make a difference? What would changing the speed do?

Last week, Lexi's 100 Word Challenge was chosen to be part of the weekly special showcase alongside work by students from Ireland, USA, Canada, Malaysia, as well as the UK. You can read more of our 100 Word Challenges here.

Golden Leaves
Our Golden Leaf winners last week were Scarlett and Kai-Stuart.


Parent Drop-in
It was good to see so many parents joining us on Thursday morning.

February 5th to 9th

Homework: This week we are asking the children to produce an illustrated map of either their journey to school, or of part / all of Skegness.
The 100 word challenge this week is to include: … it came down the drainpipe…  in your writing.

The week ahead:
In Maths this week we will be focussing on 2d shapes and calculation strategies.
In English we will be reading more of Skellig and developinging our stories. We will also be debating the subject of home schooling and exploring the relationship between Michael and Mina.
We will also be focussing on Internet Safety




Parent Drop In
We are looking forward to some of you joining us in our lessons on Thursday morning.

Golden Leaves last week went to Millie and Jenson

January 29th to February 2nd

Homework:
Maths - revision of calculations. Complete one of the attached sheets (as directed in class)
Sheet 1 (easier)
Sheet 2 (harder)

English - write an imagined history of the man in Michael's shed. Task









100 Word Challenge - write a conversation between the members of this family:














The week ahead:
In Maths this week we will be focussing on coordinates and revising 2d shapes.
In English we will be writing the stories we started planning last week about Michael's Midnight Mission.








Golden Leaves last week went to Courtney and Grace B

This week

Homework for this week;

• Maths - complete the sheet on adding and subtracting fractions given out in class
• English - descriptive writing (describing a room)
• English - read chapters 6 & 7 of Skellig
• English 100 Word Challenge This week we have 5 words that you must include in your writing! They are: red before snake clock cycled  
  

In English this week we will be focusing on developing our inference and deduction skills as well as continuing to work on our descriptive writing.

In Maths we will be working on calculations involving fractions. We will also be revising 2d shapes.







Golden Leaf winners last week were Lily-Mai and Brogan - well done both!

Winners for the 12th January were Olivia D and Elle

The Week Ahead

Next week in Maths we will be adding, subtracting and multiplying fractions.

In English we will be continuing our work based on David Almond's novel 'Skellig'. In particular we will be focussing on diary entries and writing letters.

For information about other subjects please see our curriculum letter for this term.

Homework: 12th - 19th January
English - write an estate agent brochure to advertise your house for sale.

Maths - Roman Numerals & finding the mean average worksheets.

English - 100 Word Challenge

This week your writing is to be based on this picture.
Ideas to think about:

Is this a creature?
Where did it come from?

Why is it here?

School Closure

A message from Mrs Caroline Wellsted.

Due to the number of staff who will be attending Mrs Hill’s funeral, it is necessary to close school on Thursday 4th January. I apologise for the inconvenience but hope you will respect our decision at this difficult time.

Bikeability

We recently took part in BikeAbility training

Golden Leaves

This week our Golden Leaves went to Tyler M and Macey-Jayne for their contributions to our work on First Aid.

On the 17th November we selected Tyler S and Tegan for their book reviews.
Last week we selected; Maya, Ben, Logan, Lexi and Maddie for the sensible and mature way they represented our school during the week.

Homework 8th 15th December

RE
Research or visit a Christian church. Find out about the different parts inside a church and what they are used for, e.g. font, altar, lectern pulpit.​
English: Something lost
Write a description about how you felt when you lost a treasured possession. 
If you have not lost a treasured belonging use your imagination to describe how you would feel.​
Maths: Time
Practise telling the time using both analogue and digital clocks.
Collect examples of practical uses of time, e.g. photos of shop opening times, TV schedules, bus timetables​..
100 Word Challenge
This week we have a video prompt. You can view the video here

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Homework 1st - 8th December

1. Science Biography
Research and create a biography for one of the following scientists;
Charles Drew
William Harvey
Louis Pasteur
Edward Jenner

2.100 Word Challenge 13
The prompt for this week is:
....the tiger was blocking our escape...
You must include the above phrase exactly as it is.

3 Maths Measures
Complete the attached sheets 'Classroom Refit' and 'In the pool'