St. Brendan’s Catholic Primary School

St. Bernadette’s ClassSummer Term 2018

REPentecost – EnergyWe will explore the gifts of the Holy SpiritReconciliation – ChoicesWe will think about how our conscience helps us to make the correct decisionsUniversal Church – Special PlacesWe will think about Holy places that Jesus had and Holy places in our Christian communityWe will continue to prepare your child for the Sacrament of Holy Communion by encouraging them to think closely about what the Eucharist means

Dear Parent,

I hope you have all had a wonderful Easter break. This term we will continue to support your child on their learning journey by ensuring they learn in a fun way. I have detailed some of the things that your child will be working on during the Summer Term.

EnglishYour child will have the opportunity to extend their learning by reading further exception words, noting the unusual correspondences between spelling and sound, and where these occur in the word. In addition, we will learn how to organize paragraphs around a theme and edit our work for improvement.

I would encourage you to continue to listen to your child read as often as possible and support them with learning their spellings.

Maths

Fractions We will be reading how to add and subtract fractions, recognizing equivalent fractions, comparing fractions with the same denominator and ordering fractionsGeometry We will learn how to recognise angles as a property of shape and how two right angles make a half turn, We will also draw 2-D shapes and make 3-D shapes using modelling materials and recognise 3-D shapes in different orientations and describe them. Measurement We will measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths (m/cm/mm); mass (kg/g); volume/capacity (l/ml). Please continue to help your child to learn their times tables at home.

Science

To start the term, the children will become a team of personal trainers for clients in need of expert, health, dietary and training advice. To help them with this, they will identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food. Later in the term the children will be learning about plants. They will have the opportunity to identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers. They will investigate the way in which water is transported within a plant and will explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.

P.E

In PE, the children will be using skills of cooperation and

TopicOur Summer Term topic is Corby. This is an exciting topic that I am sure will motivate your child with their learning.

History

We will explore how Corby began from the Viking settlement and the royal charter through to the Steelworks

Geography

We will look at the location of Corby and our locality. We will create a map and use a key to identify places of interest

Art/DT

We will learn about sculpture and make our own clay model of the Corby Steelman.

We will create a Corby mural for our classroom

Computing

This term we will be learning how to collect, analyse and present data. The children will also learn more about using the internet safely.

Websites

French –

www.bbc.co.uk/schools /primarylanguages/french/

Times Tables – http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths /timestable/

For all subjects: www.topmarks.co.uk

www.primaryresources.co.uk

www.woodlands junior. kent.sch.uk Corby - https://www.corby.gov.uk/

APPs

Maths Bingo10 minutes a day times tables – DKSing your times tables with Percy ParkerSqueebles BundleBrainPOP UKSolving MathsLearn English with Johnny

More important news

Non-contact time

On a Thursday Mrs. Greaves will continue to teach your child as this is my non-contact time that I use for planning, assessment and management.

Snack Time

Please ensure you provide your child with a healthy snack for their break. In addition please give your child a bottle of water each day that they can drink whenever they feel thirsty.

School Uniform

Please continue to ensure that all uniform is labelled as I am sure you will understand that it does get rather warm over the next few months and cardigans and jumpers are often taken off.

HomeworkReading Books

Reading books will go home on a Tuesday and Friday evening. I would encourage you to support your child with their reading through hearing them read as often as possible.

Spelling Championship

You will receive a copy of the spellings soon. Please support your child in learning them. A good way to learn spellings is by looking at the word then covering it and lastly writing it.

I hope that you have found this newsletter helpful. If you have

any questions please do not hesitate to come and see me. Thank you for your

support,

Mrs Clowes