Welcome to Chameleon Class! 

Hello and welcome to Chameleon class! 

My name is Mrs Watts and I am really looking forward to teaching Chameleons this year! 

Last year, I taught Year 5 Elephants so it's a new challenge with some really interesting subjects to teach. I have included the overview for the year so you can see what your child will be learning.

Mrs Burton will be working with the children every morning, either individually or in small groups.

Mrs Duggan and Miss Gibbs will be working with their individual children in the mornings  and similarly Miss Smith and Miss Jerwood in the afternoons.

Reading Records & Reading at home

We will be sending your child home with a reading book and their reading record by the end of Week 1. 

When they have finished their book, they can change it themselves so please remind them to do this during Morning Mission.

 Please try to encourage your child to read aloud 5 times a week and make sure you sign their reading records. Their reading records will be checked every Monday.

Reading at home makes a huge difference to your child's reading progress in school! 

Times Table Rockstars! 

Each child will be given their personal log in which will be stuck in their reading record. The expectation will be to complete 25 minutes a week! All children should know their times tables up to 12X12 by the end of Year 4 and will be tested on their knowledge.

Your children will remember using TTRS from Year 3. Its a fun, interactive way to practice their times tables, earning coins as they go! 

Spellings

New spellings will be given out every Friday which will be tested the following Friday so they will need their yellow spelling books in school.

I will also put these on the door of the classroom each week in case of lost spellings.

My Maths 

Each week children will be set 2 pieces of homework on My Maths which links to work they have been doing in class that week. Their login will be stuck in their reading records. 

PE days (Term 1)

Wednesday- Please can you ensure children come into school in their school PE kit.

Their hair should be tied back and all jewellery removed.

Friday - Swimming so they will need to bring in a swimming costume and towel. Their hair should be tied back and all earrings removed.

I do update the website at the end of every week to let you know what the class have been doing and any new messages so please have a quick read.

I think that's everything for now. Any questions or anything you would like to talk about do not hesitate to contact me via email or a chat at the door! 

Looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday ready for Term 1. 

6th September

Wow what a great start to a new term and the school year! The class seem to have returned with a positive attitude to work and were really keen to start learning about ancient Egypt.

I hope you all had a lovely summer, even though it definitely feels like Autumn now!

The children have been doing place value in Maths and recapping grammar skills in English. They made a paper pyramid and used hieroglyphics to decorate it and they also used an atlas to locate Egypt. In Art, they have drawn the other half of their face - which will be displayed all year in the classroom; you must see these when it's meet the teacher!

They had their first French lesson with Mrs G, which they all loved and can't wait for the next one! In PE, we did some overarm throwing and retrieving and of course it was their first swimming lesson today.

I cannot believe how bad the weather was on Thursday! At least Friday was slightly drier!

The spellings for next week are:

young

trouble

touch

shout

sour

sound

route

remember

February

possible

The test will be on Friday and they will need their spelling books for the test and so the new spellings can be stuck in.

Reading records will be checked on Monday morning so please make sure you are signing their books. They can change their own book when they have read it.

My Maths and TTRS homework has also been set and it's great to see so many children actually having a go. Thank you for your patience this week as it is harder to recognise faces the first few weeks at the end of the day.

Have a good weekend and looking forward to another week of learning.

Mrs Watts

Friday 13th,

That's the end of the first full week so I expect they are all tired, especially after swimming today. We continued with number and place value in Maths, especially rounding and in English, we read the book 'The Wolves in the Walls'. They really enjoyed it and they are going to think about which other animals could be in the walls ready for their narrative next week. 

In Science, we discussed solids, liquids and gases and in History, they considered reasons why the River Nile was so important to the Eqyptians. In RE, we looked at Judaism and they practised their French vocabulary with Mrs G. 

The children did really well with the spellings and the new ones are:

eight

weight

height

freight

vein

obey

neigh

fruit

group

heart

I was impressed with the number of children who completed both the My Maths and TTRS homework and also read 5 or more times at home. There will be a new homework set each Tuesday. 

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Watts

Just a quick reminder that you can come and have a chat and look at your children's work on Thursday 19th September or Tuesday 24th September from 3:15pm.

It's Meet the Teacher and it would be lovely if you could pop in, even for 5 minutes, just to see some of their work on display. 

Look forward to seeing you.

Mrs Watts

20th September

What a great week we have had! It was lovely to see so many of you after school yesterday and I hope you enjoyed looking at your child's work. Don't worry if you missed it, as there is another Meet the Teacher on Tuesday 24th September from 3:15pm.

Congratulations to all those children elected by their class to be Young Leaders. 

In Maths, we have been doing addition calculations and really focusing on their presentation. Next week, it's subtraction. In English, they wrote their story about what happened when their own choice of animal came out of the walls; some of them were really funny.

In Science, we tested which liquid would be the slowest, which was salad cream and in Art, they worked on their sketching skills and studied the work of Salvador Dali.

As we continue with the Ancient Egyptians in History, they know about the importance of the River Nile and have studied some of the Pharaohs; I hope they are sharing this learning with you!

We listened to another song, 'Teddy Bear', by Elvis and they learnt the hand jive too.

The spellings are:

scheme

character

echo

stomach

chaos

Chemistry

forwards

decide

learn

caught

Please continue to read with your child and sign their reading records and encourage them to do TTRS and My Maths online.

Have a great week.

Mrs Watts

27th September

It's been another busy week and in History, we learnt about when Howard Carter found Tutankhamun's tomb and all the gold that was inside. In English, the children have started writing instructions and in Maths we focussed on subtraction.

We had great fun with balloons on Monday and investigating whether gas has weight. They needed to complete 3 different investigations and it was lovely to see them enjoying themselves as they are more likely to learn when they do!

In Music, they tried to create their own hand jive routine to parts of 'Rock around the clock' and then I played them Elvis singing Blue Suede Shoes. This afternoon, they investigated the program Scratch in computing and they almost have enough class points for a party! Maybe Monday, they will reach the target. 

The spellings are:

Egypt

pyramids

myth

gym

mystery

typical

cylinder

although

arrive

actually

Don't forget to check Parent pay for the trip letter. Please encourage your child to read aloud at least 5 times a week and there is My Maths and TTRS homework they can do, especially when it is raining! At the moment we are practising 3, 4 and 8 times tables so I will find some fun songs for them to listen to at home.

Have a great week.

Mrs Watts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBmSshEDVnQ                           4 times table

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzVyBQ5uTbo                             3 times table

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDbr1vtIYkQ                                8 times table

Class party on the afternoon of Wednesday 2nd October.

The children can bring in games, craft activities or other games from home if they want. 

Please no electronics.

I have games and Lego in the classroom so they don't have to bring in anything.

School clothes as normal please.