Derwent

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Our topic this half term is ....

 

Terrible Tudors

 

We will be learning all about The Tudor era. We will be researching all about the royal family including one who had six wives! We will look at how they lived, what they wore, ate and did for fun.

 

In Art we will be learning all about portraits and researching into artists and creating our own self portraits in the style of Matisse, Da Vinci and Klimt.

 

In Science we are going to be learning about animals including humans and we will be using the following books to help us write non fictions texts in English too. We are going to be very busy!

 

 

 

 

Things to remember

Please note that PE days can change, so your child needs to have a PE kit in school every day. This should include indoor kit (T-shirt, shorts, pumps) and outdoor kit (Tracksuit and trainers).

 

Reading

Please remember to read lots at home and record in your diary. Please read other things besides your school reading book- the more the better- for example, other story and non fiction books,  poems, magazines, signs, even ingredients on packets!

 

Times Tables 

Please remember also to practise your times tables- focus on the 2X 5X and 10X tables in Derwent Class.

Remember:- Bronze means you can say the whole table in order- eg "one times two is two, two times two is four....." fluently.

Silver means you can say the answer to any sum from the times table eg "what's 4 x 5?   What's 8 X 5 ?

 Gold means you can say the reverse division fact- eg in five times table, what's 20 divided by 5? how many fives in 15?

  In ten times table, what's 50 divided by 10?

 When you practise spellings, it's a good idea to write  a sentence  including the spelling word you are learning. Then you are more likely to remember it !

This week's Spirit stars are..........

 

You'll have to wait and see!