Oak

Welcome to Oak's web page

The children have done well with their first full week back beginning lots of new topics. They have started french, looked into cave art, handling a range of skulls and bones for science as well as other interesting learning activities.

Next week begins with a trip to Butser Ancient Farm. Please send them in dressed for a day outside, packed lunch, snack and water. Currently, the weather looks good so there may not be a need for wellies.

English

To start their English, the children have read and annotated a copy of 'How to wash a woolly mammoth'. They had to make predictions about what process would be needed to wash a mammoth and then look for a range of imperative verbs. Next week the children will continue to use these instructions as a basis to write their own for a different prehistoric animal.

Maths

The children continued to develop their understanding of time, which can be quite a tricky and abstract topic. They have all made good progress and we will continue to use what they have learnt next week when they are challenged with a variety of time tasks.

Just a few helpful notes:

P.E - Monday afternoons (Real PE) and Wednesday afternoons (Mason), please remember kits and hairbands.

Homework - Please check the homework sheet. Your child does not need to choose something topic related. If they have a special interest they can create their own project relating to it. Please ensure whatever they complete that it is a high quality piece of work.

Doodle maths: 40 - 70 stars a week.

Reading - Five sessions a week at least please.

Spellings - Friday mornings.

Times tables- Each child will complete a verbal test on a specific given day, please check the front of their multiplication cards.

School planners - Please ensure these planners are in school every Friday morning and that you have logged all the reading time you have completed with your child in the week.

Homework - now available to download

Reading - At least five times a week and reading is always king, if you have not got enough time for homework please put reading as a priority. Enjoy listening, reading to and most importantly taking about what you like in the story with your child, a good conversation really helps them to understand what they have read.

Topic - The first terms topic will be 'Prehistory' however with a different focus from last year. There will be a bigger focus on art and culture which also learning key vocabulary. If your child has a special interest in something different please encourage them to complete a project with this in minds. Their homework does not have to be specific to what they are learning in school as long as their writing and presentation is completed to a high standard.

This is available to download at the bottom of the page.

Spelling - words chosen from the year 3 / 4 word list, looking at specific spelling rules plus two bonus words - words that follow the same pattern / rule to help them learn when and how to use them.

un / dis

disappear disagree disapprove disgust distrust

untrue unearth unheard unnatural unfinished