Hello Goldfinch Class and your families,
Wow! How did we get to the last two weeks of the summer term? We were so impressed with the quality of work that so many of you turned in to Google Classrooms last week. See the photos below for the range of activities you were involved with. Do please email finchparents if you still have any problems setting up your Google Classroom - those who have been in touch were soon up and running.
It's the final week of the Duolingo competition for French. If you want to be in with a chance of winning the French Petanque set, you need to turn in a screenshot of your Duolingo homepage for French, showing the number of crowns you have earned.
Don't forget to take part in the Virtual School Sports day - details are below and on Google Classroom.
We are looking forward to seeing the Year 6 complete their Bikeability course this week and are loving the films that you are sending in for the Leavers' Movie. We are aiming for the 'premiere' at 7.30pm on Monday 20th July, with a live Facebook feed so we can keep in touch throughout the film.
Year 5 should focus on completing their transition packs ready for their final picnic on Monday 13th July. Thank you so much to those Year 5s who recorded such positive messages for the Year 4 transition film. It looks great and will be really reassuring.
The last two week's work is condensed below but do try to work via Google Classroom if you can.
Mrs Wirth, Mrs Stangroom and the Goldfinch team.
Puple Mash Update: Goldfinch pupils can now use the 2Simple 2Email function to contact me and other children in your year group. It is a safe environment for you to contact each other. You can only 'email' children in your own year goup and I will be able to monitor all messages including deleted emails. Click the Computing icon followed by the 2Email icon.
Goldfinch Home Learning
The following timetable will help you plan your home learning over the week and give you an idea of the expectations in Goldfinch class.
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Weekend |
At least15 mins reading |
At least15 mins reading
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At least15 mins reading |
At least15 mins reading |
At least15 mins reading |
5-10 mins times tables practice |
5-10 mins times tables practice
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5-10 mins times tables practice |
5-10 mins times tables practice |
5-10 mins times tables practice |
5-10 mins spelling practice |
5-10 mins spelling practice
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5-10 mins spelling practice |
5-10 mins spelling practice |
5-10 mins spelling practice |
Your choice from list:
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Your choice from list:
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Your choice from list:
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Your choice from list:
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Your choice from list:
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English and Maths Homework due |
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Spelling Journals needed in school |
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Homework choices
English – set on Thursday and due the next Thursday
Maths - set on Thursday and due the next Thursday
Spelling is set on Thursday but should be practiced little and often. Your spelling journals are needed every Thursday.
Reading – a question is set every Friday but reading should happen every day. Your Reading Records are needed every Friday.
After school Activity eg Guides, football, swimming, chess etc
Completing work from class ( not always applicable)
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. What a busy time we have had in the past few weeks. We're sure that you are all ready for a relaxing break and spending some precious time with your families. Thank you so much for all the generous Christmas cards and gifts which were all very much appreciated.
We look forward to welcoming our new teacher on the Goldfinch team, Mrs Osmond, who has met with Mrs Wirth to plan our learning for next term. Follow the link to find out what we will be covering next term.
Science: How does the circulatory system work?
We answered this question by acting out the circulatory system. Some of us were the heart, lungs, muscles, brain and digestive tract. The rest of us were blood cells transporting oxygen, carbon dioxide, water and nutrients around the body.
Could you memorise the circulatory system in a minute?
We played Memory Tag in teams to complete a drawing of the circulatory system. We worked in a relay to memorise sections of the original diagram with only one minute each to remember and draw what we had seen. It was quite a challenge but we all felt we had really paid a lot of attention to the original diagram and had to work well as a team to complete our own versions.
Hello Goldfinch Class.
We hope that you've had some fantastic fun in the snow over the last couple of days. Did any of you manage to make a World Book Day inspired snowman. If you did, don't forget to post a photo of it on my post on the school's Facebook page.
Just in case you want to come inside and warm up at any point, Mrs Gan and I have some home learning for you to look at, including the spelling activities that you should have had in school on Thursday.
Year 6: make use of the extra time to get ahead with some pages in your SATs revision books.
Year 5: what can you learn about Roman numerals?
Keep warm and stay safe. See you on Monday.