Another great week for explorers! We are loving Running Wild - you could hear a pin drop while that is being read - creating great sentences using the sentence stacking techniques. In Maths we have started a new concept for many: Ratio. This has had us using our fractions knowledge as well as learning to use particular vocabulary. 

Most classes have completed their 2D sculptures in art, which look fantastic! In PSHE we have been creating fundraising plans for Comic Relief next week. 

Next week: 

Next week the year 6’s will be doing a final SATs practise. This will be done in the way the actual SATs will in May, in classrooms. This means that the year 5’s will be doing other activities while the assessments are going on. 

Next week we will be looking into the details of the human body, in Science, deepening our knowledge on how different bodily systems work.

In English, we will be planning, and writing, our own stories about surviving a tsunami against the odds. 

Tuesday Beagle are travelling to the Oxford Playhouse as part of their play writing experience that they have been working on. 

Friday is a busy day next week - the lacrosse tournament is taking place, but also we are fundraising for Comic Relief. All children are invited to bring in a donation and dress in red, for Red Nose Day, or in the colours of the Irish Flag, for St Patrick’s day. 

There will also be a second hand book and teddy stall in the playground after school. This is the children’s idea, and in order to make it run smoothly we are looking for donations of unwanted, but still in good condition, teddies and books suitable for all ages across the school. These will then be sold at 50p each with money raised again going to Comic Relief.

Homework:

All children are to be completing daily reading, filling in their bookmark each day. 

The homework grid is on learn and can be found under the after school home learning tab - http://explorers.stfrideswide.learning.schooljotter2.com/bbc-bitesize-daily   

Individual class homework:

Beagle: Sumdog - comprehension, Sumdog - Maths, Reading buddy

Endurance: CGP Maths set A test 5, CGP Reading set B test 1, CGP SPaG set A,  Reading buddy, Sumdog (Year 5)

Discovery: Maths: Set B Test 4, Arithmetic. Test p. 29-31, Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling: Set C. p. 56-57, Reading: Set C. Test 3 p. 48-50,  Reading plus 3x  per week

Endeavour: CGP Reading set C test 1, CGP Maths set C test 1, (Year 5) CGP SPaG set C test 1, (Year 6) CGP English pages 26-27, Reading plus 3x  per week

Swimming will be running on Monday.