After Storm Arwen last weekend, then more snow this week, we need to be prepared for the wintery weather. Please ensure that your child has a warm coat, hat and gloves so they can still enjoy learning and playing outside. Feel free to send them in boots or wellies, with their school shoes in their bags to change into.
Dates for your diary:
- Mon 6th Dec Y5/6 Futsal at Hull University
- Wed 8th Dec Movie Nights
- Thu 9th Dec DRET Carol Service at Hull Minster
- Fri 10th Dec Christmas Dinner Day and Christmas Jumper Day
- Mon 13th Dec Santa Run
- Mon 13th Dec Y5 Minster choir trip
- Fri 17th Dec Finish for Christmas holidays
- Wed 5th Jan Pupils return to school
F1
This week in F1 the children were excited to receive friendship tokens from Year 2. All the children liked seeing what the Year 2 children had written about. We then responded by creating a friendship card. Some of the children visited the Year 2 class to deliver the card and were very excited to see what a Year 2 class looked like.
Beehive
In the Beehive we have just started the story of 'The Gingerbread Man'. The children loved tasting gingerbread toast.
F2
This week, F2 have become geographers and have been learning about different houses and homes. We know the difference between a detached, semi-detached and a terraced house. We also asked our peers what type of house they lived in and created a tally chart.
In maths, we have been singing some of our favourite number rhymes and represented them in a part whole model. "There is 1 in this part and 4 in this part. 1 and 4 is 5."
In Talk For Writing, we have been innovating our Baby Bear story. Not only did Baby Bear visit the moon, he also paid a visit to Neptune and Jupiter too!
F2 wanted to say a huge thank you to the PTA for funding our new outdoor building blocks. We have had hours of fun building rockets, helicopters, robots etc...
Next week, we are looking forward to getting in the Christmas spirit and embracing extra festive glitter.
Year 1
Last week in year 1, we recreated some star constellations using spaghetti and marshmallows. This week in Science we have enjoyed looking at life on the International Space Station and discussed whether we think it would be hard living and working there.
Over the last two weeks we have explored 2D and 3D shapes, and searched for them in our environment.
In geography, we have created keys on our own maps of the local area and written directions to school.
We have now finished designing our baby bear's chairs and are looking forward to creating them this next week in DT.
Please remember to send in any items you need from home by Thursday 9th December 2021.
Year 2
This week in Year 2 the children have been learning what life is like in space looking at the International Space Station. The children are beginning to innovate the story of 'The Three Little Pigs'. Can the children retell you their new version of the story?
In geography we have enjoyed designing our posters to promote the local area and talking about the route we take to school. Why not ask your child to give you some directions to guide you around your local area?
Next week we will be looking at fractions for our next unit in maths. We will also be exploring the Christmas story.
Year 3 and Year 4
Year 3/4 have had a fantastic week. We held our Geography curriculum day on Thursday, where we looked deeply into volcanoes and their impact on everyday life. The children enjoyed learning about how there are positive as well as negative aspects of living near a volcano.
We have now finished our time unit for this term in maths and started fractions. We would greatly appreciate any extra help with the children, regarding telling the time.
The Year 4 children are extremely excited about our carol service at Trinity Minster next week and have worked very hard at learning all the words. The snowfall has added to our Christmas joy as we look forward to a very exciting end of the year.
Year 5
We have enjoyed learning about Fair Trade in geography and understanding the impact of deforestation on our planet. We have looked at how we can make a difference and look after our planet.
In science, we’ve been learning about rocks and soils; in particular we enjoyed going outside to dig and explore the soil around school. We discovered there is a lot in our soil that we didn’t realise before, and even that there are different types of soil.
Furthermore, we’re really enjoying our outdoor learning. As well as digging around school, we’ve also been drawing square numbers on the playground,
We are looking forward to going to the Hull Minster to perform our carols, and also the Santa Run!
Year 6
Wow! What a busy few weeks we're having here in Y6. The children really enjoyed bikeability last week despite the cold weather and coped very well with our unusual timetable.
This week we have started our swimming sessions and the children are all approaching the lessons with great enthusiasm and we look forward to having a year group full of swimmers by the end of next week.
We also have our Christmas dinner and craft day on Friday 10th December, our movie night coming up on the 8th December and Santa Run on Monday 13th December. As you can imagine all these activities are changing our timetables dramatically so we will be having subject topic days in the last week of term to catch up on certain subjects in special ways.
Spotlight on ... Mathematics
Mathematics is essential to everyday life, and necessary for financial literacy and most forms of employment. At Wold Academy, we aim to provide a high-quality mathematics education which will provide a foundation for understanding the world.
We use a ‘Teaching for Mastery’ approach to support the learning of mathematics. This involves whole class teaching in mixed attainment classes with mixed attainment learning partners. We work with the assumption that all pupils are capable of achieving well in mathematics.
Children who require more support are provided with additional structures to enable them to access the learning (such as working with concrete resources for longer). Children who grasp concepts quickly will be challenged to think about particular aspects more deeply and to work on more challenging problems within the same curriculum content.
Children are tested on their arithmetic ability at the end of every half term; this allows teaching staff to see where the gaps are, plug these accordingly as well as monitoring individual progress.
Adults at home can help their child by encouraging them to access Numbots (F2 – Y2) and TT Rockstars (Y3-Y6). There are also some fabulous resources to help children with particular concepts on the BBC Bitesize websites. Telling the time is also a really tricky concept so support with this at home would really benefit your child/ren.
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