This week as writers, Shackleton and Cook have been planning, writing and editing their own poems, based on Tom Lovatt-Powell’s “Oxford”. They have included fronted adverbials, modal verbs, personification and a variety of punctuation for effect. These poems are absolutely amazing! Everyone has worked incredibly hard on them. Beagle have completed their own matchbox diaries, writing their final diary entries to accompany them. 

As mathematicians, Beagle have been working on filling their gaps, finding missing numbers to 100, 1000 and 1 (using decimals). Cook have been developing their understanding of pie charts, drawing them and using them to solve problems. Shackleton have been continuing to look at fractions, looking at fractions of an amount and finding the whole.

As a phase, we’ve been thinking about being optimistic in the Big 5 and me, reflecting on how we can reframe a half empty glass of water, into a half full glass and how we can apply that in our daily lives. 

Notices:

Thank you to everyone who has paid and returned the permission slip for our trip to London on the 26th March. Please make sure these are returned to us as soon as possible, with payment made on bromcom or via the office.

Year 5’s have received information this week about Bike-ability which is running in June. We have to let the company know straight after half term how many places are required. Thank you to those who have already returned these. If you would like your child to have a place please make sure this form is returned by Tuesday 24th February.

When we return after half term, we have trips running to the Oxford Science Museum. This will help launch our Space Race topic. We have sent out further information via email and on the notice section of School Jotter. Your child will be attending on the following days:

Tuesday 24th February - Shackleton

Wednesday 25th February - Cook

Thursday 26th February - Beagle

Home work this week:

Beagle

• Sumdog spelling competition
• Thirdspace maths with Skye

Cook

• Spellings book pages 40-41
• Sumdog maths, spellings and grammar
• White Rose - Discovery/Beth’s group - pages 85-87
• White Rose - Joanna’s group - any incomplete pages between 81-87

Shackleton

• Spellings book pages 40-41
• White Rose any incomplete pages up to page 60.
• Sumdog maths challenge.

Have a restful half-term. 

See you all on Tuesday 24th February.

The Explorers team.