English:

We are using the story of the Gunpowder Plot as a stimulus to mapping out stories as well as writing diaries empathising with a character.  We are looking at punctuating speech in grammar and sentence lessons and our spelling for this week focus on the suffix ‘ful’.

Maths:

We are looking at the properties of 2D shape this week.  It is a particularly challenging unit as there is a vast amount of vocabulary to retain and understand.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/shape_space/2d_shapes/play/

http://www.maths-games.org/shape-games.html

Maths: Following a successful week on addition, we are moving on to looking at subtraction this week.  We will begin with looking at finding the difference using ‘counting on’ as an effective method.  We will then move on to looking at formal written methods of subtraction  and then using this to solve some problems.

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/maths/numberskills.html

http://www.ictgames.com/subtraction.htm

English: The boys will be exploring abstract nouns this week and using our class reader to look at the feelings of the main character Tom.  This will lead on to some creative writing where the boys will be writing abut a memorable experience of their own and choosing really effective abstract nouns.  Spellings this week will be looking at the next rule of plurals.

DON’T FORGET ABOUT OUR TRIP TO HATFIELD HOUSE ON TUESDAY!

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Maths:

My class will be looking at quick and effective methods for mental addition of 3 and 2 digit numbers.  This will then move on to looking at written methods (revision from year 3) and then applying both written and mental methods to some word problems.

http://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/powerlines/powerlines1.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/addition_and_subtraction/play/popup.shtml

http://www.ictgames.com/magicSquare/index.html

English:

Last week we celebrated World Poetry Day and we therefore postponed our descriptive work on Tudor London which we will be completing this week (using the homework from last week).  Our grammar focus will be identifying the subject, object and verb in a sentence and also looking at clauses and subordinate clauses.  Our spelling focus for this week will be the first two rules of plurals.

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