Author: Mr Wilks

Training day – Arty Ideas!

We thought you’d enjoy hearing a little about what went on during our recent teacher training day! Part of the day was dedicated to developing our art knowledge and skills with our resident art teacher, Mrs Boulton.

Teachers got hands-on with paints, pastels and even soap! There was plenty of colour, laughter, and even a bit of friendly competition as we experimented with new techniques and ideas for upcoming art lessons.

The rest of the day focussed on other important areas too, including maths and inclusion. It was a full, productive day – and we left feeling ready and excited for the next half-term!

02 July 2021

The spellings this week are all words from the Year 3,4 National Curriculum spelling list. Click here for a link to the National Curriculum Spelling Appendix (the Y3,4 list of words is on page 16).

accidentally

believe

calendar

decide

disappear

experiment

imagine

favourite

23 April 2021

The spellings this week all contain the or phoneme. This phoneme can be spelled in lots of different ways. We’re focusing on or, aw, au, augh, ough.

caught

forward

history

important

naughty

ordinary

quarter

thought

awful

drawn

19 March 2021

This week, we are looking at adding the suffixes –er and -est to words.

We will investigate the spelling rules throughout the week. Here is a list of the root words that we will investigate. Can you complete the table?

Watch out for words that don’t make sense! There is space to add four of your own root words.

   add  – er add – est
jump    
talk    
walk    
bright    
loud    
crazy    
clumsy    
pretty    
spiky    
build    
slow    
weak    
busy    
shop    
old    
soft    
shiny    
begin    
bake    
rude    
brave    
happy    
grumpy    
     
     
     
     

12 March 2021

The homework this week is talk time and is due in to discuss on Thursday 18 March.

I know what to do if I need help.

This homework is linked to our Living and Learning statement for this week. Children should think about:

  • when they may need help with something
  • who they should ask
  • why it’s important to ask for help.

We’ll then discuss the homework in class.

12 March 2021

This week, we are looking at adding the suffixes –ed and -ing to words. We will investigate the spelling rules for adding these suffixes throughout the week (drop the e, drop the y for an i, double up for a short vowel sound).

Spelling task: here is a list of the root words that we will investigate this week. Can you complete the table? Watch out for the irregular verbs!

 add  – ed add – ing
jump
talk
walk
frown
steam
step
grin
clap
toast
live
bake
frame
blame
faint
mend
try
fry
worry
sail
hop
shop
laugh
separate
care
begin
eat
fall

05 March 2021

This week, we are looking at adding the suffix –ly.

Here are some of the words that we will be learning. Can you work out the root word for each spelling?

 e.g. The root word of completely is complete.

 Spelling list:

  • accidentally
  • completely
  • closely
  • frantically
  • particularly
  • occasionally
  • separately
  • basically
  • probably
  • surprisingly

Week beginning 11 January 2021

This week we are recapping learning of the alternative graphemes (different spellings) for long vowel sounds. We have looked at these before last term, so we are only spending a day on each sound. The words that we will focus on each day are in the list below. Concentrate on a couple of words that you are less confident with for each day – you choose which ones you will work on, as we are all different. Choose which ten words you are going to focus on and ask someone at home to test you on those ten words on Friday.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
eight believe bicycle could crust
eighth breathe decide should mantle
famous complete describe would core
favourite extreme exercise said  
straight increase guide friend  
strange   height    
weight   surprise