Class teacher: Mrs Bygrave

Class email: kingfisher.class@canewdon.essex.sch.uk

WE 06.03.26

What a busy week! Well done all of the children who took part in group 1 of bikeability, I know you will have a acquired some useful skills. Also World Book Day, everyone looked fab and it was nice to see a great range of costumes.

Homework- Can we please make sure homework is completed. If there are any problems with homework, please speak to me before the due date (Friday of the following week). We have homework club on Mondays where you can use the time to complete your homework in school.

Reading race 58%

Well done to all our readers but lets get our score back up there!

Our focus for this term will continue to be:

Presentation - How does my work look on my page?

Using prior knowledge to build on new knowledge

Using language related to the subject - Do I sound like an expert?

This term PE will be on - Monday

Please ensure kit is in school and that children have the correct kit to change into.

Reminder: No earrings or jewellery and hair tied back - thank you.

This term-

English: Biographies, Diaries, Non-Chronological reports, News report

Maths:  Area and Perimeter, Fractions, decimals and percentages

History: Ancient Greece

DT: Come Dine with Me

Music: Aurora Orchestra- ‘Stories in Sound’ Berlioz ‘Symphonie Fantastique’

RE: What does it mean to be human? Is being happy the greatest purpose in life?

Science: Living things: Evolution and inheritance

French: Radio Lado - Repetition of requests

PSHE: Citizenship

PE: Dance

Computing: Programming

Reminders

Bikeability Gp 2

 9,10,11,12 March

Homework

See your year group Homework Zone below

Homework club is available for anyone having trouble accessing or completing their work at home.

A reminder that we should all be reading 5 times a week.

Reading, TTRockstars and Edshed activities.

There will be four Edshed activities to complete for year 6 and three for year 5.

Year 5 Zone 06.03.26

TT Rockstars - Please aim for at least 45mins a week. That's less than 10 mins a day.

Edshed

Please be ready to discuss spelling rules

Year 6 Zone 06.03.26

CPG - Comprehension - Pgs 16-17 - due 13.03.26

TTRockstars- Aim for at least an hour a week. That's less than 10 mins a day.

Mathsbot- Try daily - as fast as you can!

Log on to mathsbot everyday, make a note of the time and how many questions you have completed in that time. Please record this in your reading record book.

mathsbot.com

Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)

BOOKMATCH

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