Mrs Ferguson’s p4/5 Class Page 2023-24
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Welcome to the P4/5 page! There are currently 24 pupils in our class.
Our Classroom
To ensure adequate ventilation in our classroom, I will open windows regularly. Please make sure your child dresses appropriately as the classroom may, at times, be cooler!
This week we worked in trios to create our own 3D flowers. We labelled them as well to show the names of the parts of a flower. Do you like our efforts?
Gym – Term 4
Gym is back to being on a Thursday morning with Miss Collins. Please make sure your child wears gym clothes to school on Thursdays and brings a suitable hoodie / coat, in case we plan to be outside!
Topic
Our topic in Term 4 is Our Brilliant Bodies! We are reading parts of the Adam Kay book, ‘Kay’s Anatomy’ and will be looking at topics such as Skin, Bones, Muscles, the Brain and the Heart.
Homework
Homework will be issued on a Wednesday and should be done by the next Monday. Homework to be done will be uploaded to this website. There will be a mixture of language, maths and other tasks linked to, for example, Topic, French or Health. These will consolidate our learning in class.
Reading will usually be issued on the Monday, to be done for the next Monday. Please take time to read with your child and encourage good pace and expression, as well as helping them with any difficult vocabulary or punctuation. Please sign their Reading Record, so I can track that children are doing their reading.
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Weekly Homework –
Wednesday 1st May 2024 – Homework (due by 6th May 2024)
*Literacy
1.Reading pages – these were issued on Monday and written in your Reading Record. Try to get a parent to hear at least part of your reading. Concentrate on expression, pace and noticing the punctuation. Ask a parent to sign your Reading Record.
Please make sure your reading book is brought in every Monday so I can hear you read on Monday or Tuesday.
REMEMBER Reading for Pleasure! – keep reading for enjoyment, as well as just doing your homework reading. Try to read a book of your choice for at least 10 mins every night. Be ready to tell me what you are reading and whether you would recommend it to your classmates. Happy reading!
2. Contraction Apostrophes – practise pushing two words together to make a contraction word. Play this game online:
- https://wordwall.net/resource/117647/english/contractions
- https://wordwall.net/resource/46533/english/apostrophe-omission
*Numeracy
We are currently working on money – recognising coins and notes, adding them together, rounding to the nearest pound and working out change. Practising making amounts of money using the following game:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money
We will practise working out change next week.
Good luck!
Mrs Ferguson
IMPORTANT : Accessing Glow and Teams
We need to practise accessing Glow and Teams at home, in case we need to learn at home in the event of strikes or snow days. I have given your child a sheet (their username and passwords included) to help you get into Glow and then click on the Teams tile. Teams is a means of us communicating with each other and is also the way we would do video calls. I have been practising this in class in our ICT on Fridays. I will go over this again on Friday 22nd September. Please work with your child to practise doing this at home.
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Extra Activities
If your child is having to self-isolate, or is absent because of Covid19, or simply wants to do more homework, here are some learning activities they could do:
MATHS
*Sumdog – Improve your skills in maths – https://www.sumdog.com/sc/ All pupils have been issued with a login/password sheet.
*Hit the Button – an online game to improve number bonds, multiplication and division skills.
*Counting – improve your confidence in counting up and counting back. Practise up to 100 first. Then up to 1 000, then 10 000! Learn what number comes before and after. Know ‘one more than’ and ‘one less than’. Be able to count up and back in 10s, 100s, 1 000s. Here are some games to help you practise.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/helicopter-rescue
https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/countingCaterpillar/index.html
http://www.snappymaths.com/counting/counting2/interactive/abw1000/abw1000.htm
* Maths Worksheets – click the link below for a variety of maths sheets.
LITERACY
*Doorway Speller online – practise your spelling using this online site. All pupils have been shown this in class.
*Spelling Training online – https://www.spellingtraining.com/ All pupils have been shown this in class. Input words you wish to learn to spell and play games to practise them!
*Comprehension – How the Kangaroos Got Their Tails (Medium);
People of the Rainforest ; Spotting a Tsunami (Hot)
*Reading for your Enjoyment – make sure you choose a book at home and read every day!
*Writing – write a description of one of the characters below:
There are also many useful educational websites, listed below:
USEFUL WEBSITES:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/bitesizeprimary/
http://www.playkidsgames.com/
http://www.factmonster.com/
http://www.topmarks.co.uk
http://www.doorwayonline.org.uk
http://www.cyberkidz.co.uk/
http://www.nls.uk/learning-zone
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/
http://www.rainforestmaths.com/
http://www.teachingandlearningresources.co.uk/funmaths.shtml
http://www.mathsframe.co.uk/
http://www.kidsspell.com/
http://www.funbrain.com/spell//
http://www.mathsisfun.com/
http://www.brainpop.co.uk/
http://starfall.com/
http://www.coolmaths4kids.com/
http://www.eyelid.co.uk
