UKS2 – Newsletter – 20.01.23

What a fantastic week in UKS2 it’s been!

This week in science, the children explored the effect of air resistance on objects. First, they drew a force arrow diagram into their books to explain the effect of air resistance on a sky diver. Afterwards they drew a results table, then conducted their own investigations to explore air resistance.

This week, the children in Miss Chambers’ maths class continued to strengthen their understanding of multiples, factors and prime numbers. They had a series of ‘true or false’ statements and they had to justify their decision.

This week, the children in Mr Kershaw’s maths class went outside for their learning to investigate fraction of an amount!

It was brilliant to see those of you who were able to come to our parent event this week. We discussed reading in UKS2 and the skills the children are learning this year. Also, we suggested some ways that you can support your child whilst they are reading at home. Take a look at some questions you could ask them before, during or after reading their book at home to strengthen their skills in vocabulary, retrieval, summarising and inferring…

Reading – Suggested questions for adults

As part of our school-wide focus on spellings and phonics, children are now expected to practise next week’s spellings at home. To facilitate this, pupils will be given an activity to help them practise the spellings. Below is a link to the activity that the children will also be bringing home…

Spelling at home Week 4

Lastly, well done to our learnatics this week: Jack, Adam (class 8), Mia, Kazaf (class 9), Toka and Rosie (class 10). You’re stars!

Monday (23.01.23) is our cross-curricular day, so children will need to be in forest school clothing please – remember to wear layers, it’ll be cold!

Have a great weekend!