In school we use stem sentences to remember how to form our letters.

In English, we are working on ensuring that our sentences make sense.  This has meant that we have sometimes shortened our sentences, making sure that our words are in the correct order and that we have all the words we need in order for the sentence to make sense.  Lots for us to think about! We have also been thinking carefully about our letter formation, writing on the line, capital letters, full stops and finger spaces! With the story above, we completed dictated sentences for the first three pictures (with a focus on spelling and sentence order) and then became authors, finishing the story with our own idea and completing the story with a final sentence. What would happen next in this story?  Do you know this story? Can you retell it?  If you were the author, what would happen next?  What sentences would you write? An example sentence could be: The lady baked a gingerbread man and she felt very happy.  

 Today in maths, the children were learning to subtract on a number line.  The children had to think carefully about how many jumps backwards they had to do. 

This morning, Miss Hunn and Mrs Brown had the pleasure of taking our year 5 and 6 runners to the Northern Gateway Sports Park for their cross country event.  We came away with a medal, some top 10 finished and some super speedy children. We were both so proud of all of the children. They showed all of our school values in abundance! They cheered others along to the finish line, kept themselves going being resilient.  Both of us were so proud of the children, they were true role models.  Here is a photo of our fabulous team!

  We have started daily handwriting sessions. We are working on using a three finger pincer grip. We follow letter families, for example this week we have been writing r and h as they follow similar movements.         We have also had lots of poorly children, so we hope those who have been off feel better  soon! Story focus : we have been making up our own stories this week, thinking about who, where and what happens. Our stories have been about wizards, unicorns and giants.  Maths focus:  comparison, using the words 'equal' and 'not equal'.   PSED focus:  families and homes. We used pictures and had discussions to talk about our families and how they might be different from another family. PE Focus:  games  We always enjoy COOL Time (Choosing Our Own Learning) and we practise lots of skills during this time.

 Today in maths, the children were subtracting by telling a First, Then, Now story.  Stem sentence:  First there were _ children on the bus. Then _ children got off the bus. Now there are _ children on the bus.  The children had to cross out how many children got off the bus. 

 Thank you to everyone who attended our workshop today. If you were unable to make it, or would like to refer back to the presentation, please find it attached below. Thank you!