Class 10 have had an excellent start to this half term. They have continued their work on evolution in science. Today, they learnt about Mary Anning and the role she played in fossil discoveries. They identified significant events in her life which would have impacted her discoveries. For example the role of women and how scientific publishers didn’t always credit her in their scientific articles about her work. Class 10 then had a discussion around “What differences might there have been if Mary was a male fossil hunter” this sparked brilliant conversations in class and the class are looking forward to learning more about Mary and fossils next week.

In Literacy, Class 10 have started a new fiction genre based around the story The Last Tree. This is a parable story which has an underlying message of how humans need to look after the environment. Class 10 wrote a class opening, using vocabulary from their own vocabulary banks and will continue to apply their knowledge of story writing next week.

In Geography, Class 10 have started a new unit of called Greta and Attenborough’s Army. This week they developed their understanding of climate zones, comparing similarities and differences, animals/plants that have adapted there and how their distance from the equator impacts their temperature. Next Thursday, Class 10 will be visiting Hawkstone Park Follies as part of this unit of work.

On Monday, your child will be coming home with three revision books which will be used as homework books to prepare your child for their SATs and the transition to secondary school. As a class we created a time table of which days homework would be set and which tasks will need to be completed. The books will be coming home on Monday with your child and a letter explaining the purpose of the books and a copy of the home work timetable. The class have decided to do one test in each book, which takes roughly 10 minutes and the homework days will be Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Miss Bingham

This week Class 10 have continued learning about World War 2. They learnt about the key figures during the war and the impact they had. They focused on Anne Frank, developing their understanding of her life as a Jew during World War 2. Next week, Class 10 will be bringing all their learning of World War 2 together to end the topic.

In Maths, Class 10 have finished their fractions unit and are now learning about units of measure. They recapped converting between kilometres and metres and kilograms and grams. They also extended this learning by converting simple fractions into units of measure.

In Literacy, Class 10 have began their new unit of writing. This unit will focus on writing letters. They have identified features of letter writing this week and started writing a class letter. The unit is based on their guided reading book “Letters from the Lighthouse”

On Monday, your children will be taking part in the St Mary’s Mile. This will be an opportunity to gain more house points for their house.

Please continue to read with your child at home and sign their reading record. Also, please ensure your child has their reading record in school everyday.

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Bingham

This week Class 10 have had an excellent week. They have been writing the final versions of their Rose Blanche stories. They have been working so hard to include a range of grammatical features. I am looking forward to reading these.

This week your child should have come home with a reading book mark. The book mark has all six reading domains and some sentence stems to use when you’re reading with your child. Please use this as much as possible and focus on the infer domain the most, as this is what we are focusing on during lessons. This is helpful tool to spark conversations about stories with your child and build their comprehension skills in preparation for the summer SATs.

In Art, Class 10 painted their poppy petals. They discussed the shades of red they wanted to create and recapped on their mixing of paints to create lighter and darker shades. They are looking forward to making their final clay poppies over the next two weeks.

Please remember to sign your child’s reading record and make sure they are bringing this into school everyday.

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Bingham

Class 10 have had an excellent first full week back at school. They have been tested on their knowledge from topics last term and last year. They have all proved that they have retained lots of knowledge from last term and can recall facts from the Mayan and Migration topic from last year.

In History this week, Class 10 started their new topic; World War 2. They are very excited about this topic and have shown lots of enthusiasm towards it. They began the topic by creating a timeline of key events during WW2 and events that lead up to the beginning of the war. If you have anything at home that you feel would be a good learning resource for this topic, please feel free to bring it in. We would really love to see historical sources from this time period that the children’s family members may have at home.

In Literacy, Class 10 are studying a book called Rose Blanche. This story is about a young girl who is experiencing the war without really understanding it. The class have already produced some excellent vocabulary banks to support them with their writing next week.

Today in Science, Class 10 began their new evolution topic. They researched Charles Darwin and the discoveries he made around natural selection.

Remember PE days are Monday and Wednesday.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Miss Bingham

I just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Thank you for all the support this year and thank you to every Class 10 pupil for working so hard each day. Enjoy your Christmas break, you really do deserve it.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Miss Bingham

Well done to everyone in Class 10 who took part in the rugby tournament this afternoon, it was brilliant to see your enthusiasm for giving something new a go and your collaboration with your peers. Also, well done to all Class 10 children who have sung in one or both choir performances this week, Mrs Cartwright has been blown away by all of you.

This week Class 10 have still been working extremely hard, and have coped well on this countdown to Christmas. They enjoyed learning about BREXIT in Geography where they identified reasons to remain and reason to leave, before coming to a decision themselves about what they might have voted.

In Literacy, Class 10 have wrote their own fictional story based on The Midnight Fair. They were able to make the story their own by changing who took over the midnight fair. They had: Santa and his elves taking over, aliens, robots and jungle animals. I am looking forward to reading these over the weekend.

Remember that the Christmas post box is by the school door where children enter in the morning, please remind your child to post them into the box. On Monday afternoon, 1pm-3pm, Class 10 are hosting a Christmas bingo in the hall for grandparents. There will be refreshments and prizes for the winners.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Miss Bingham

Class 10 have had an another excellent week this week. In Maths they have been applying known facts to answer a range of calculation questions. They also started their fractions topic, where they learnt how to simplify fractions to their simplest form. In Literacy, Class 10 started to write their class extended narrative based on The Midnight Fair. This will be finished next week and the class will write individual stories of their own Midnight Fair.

In Geography, Class 10 have continued to learn about Europe’s economic activity. This week they learnt about the importing and exporting of oil, gas and coal around Europe. They created bar charts and pie charts to represent data of the importations and exportations.

In Computing, Class 10 continued working on vector drawings. They used Paint 3D to create an animal using shapes. They looked at rotating, changing the colour, copying and pasting and using 3D shapes.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Miss Bingham