UKS2 Newsletter- Friday 14th October

News Roundup

• Congratulations to Shannon K, our Achiever of the Week, for the great effort and thought which she put into her mathematical explanations about our recent practical activity in Numeracy. Shannon expertly included mathematical language in her explanations. Shannon's depiction of an American icon in the style of Andy Warhol was also really impressive. Well done.
• The first Times Tables Challenge will be held on Friday 21st October so keep practising your times tables.
• Next week is Parent Consulatations, for which appointments for all the children have been made. We look forward to updating you about your child's start to the academic year, our aims and ambitions for the year and your child's progress and targets.

Numeracy: This week, we have been finding fractions of shapes as well as focusing on mixed numbers and improper fractions. Finding common denominators is also a focus. These websites provide useful information and games to practise fractions- http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/fractions/index.htm

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/fractions/index.html

Numeracy Home learning:

• Please continue to practise ALL of your times tables ahead of the Times Tables Challenge on Friday. 
• There is a fraction activity on I Am Learning ( via the Learning Platform) for the children to access at home.
• Any additional resources related to specific strategies will be provided for those who wish to practise at home. These resources are NOT compulsory; however we hope that children will choose to use these to help them with their understanding of the units.

Literacy

In Literacy, we have been looking at newspaper reports and 'stealing' WOW words and phrases to use in our own reports about the recent Big Draw at school. There's a continuing focus on including our star criteria which include the correct use of punctuation, complex sentences, adverbials, quotes and personal opinions.

Literacy Home Learning:

• This week’s spellings are recorded in your child's planner. Please practise these regularly at home!  
• Please read the next chapter of Stormbreaker. There are questions about the text which are also available on I Am Learning.

Other areas of the curriculum:

In Art, we have been representing iconic images of America in the style of Andy Warhol.

In PE, we have been rehearsing and finessing our performances of street dance, line dancing and Rock and Roll. Performances will be shown in assembly over the next couple of weeks.

In RE, we have continued to look at the religious act of pilgrimage to Lourdes. We have looked at the Catholic faith and have compared it with the Muslim faith.