If you need to contact us please email: Seaturtles@maybury.surrey.sch.uk. Our class email is checked regularly during term time. 

Important Class Information

• Our PE days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays for Summer 1.  Children must wear the correct PE kit on these days.
• Home learning will be pages in the CGP books.  Grammar is set on Tuesday and due in on Thursday. Maths is set on Wednesday and due in on Friday.  Reading Comprehension is set on Friday and due in on Monday. Children can either upload a photo of their home learning to Google Classroom or bring their books in.
• Reading must be completed at least 3 times a week with a comment in their school planners. Dojo points will be awarded for reading.
• Spelling Lists will be handed out at the start of each half-term with the test date written above each list. Children will be tested every Friday morning.

 

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Sea Turtles have had a busy March! We enjoyed practising and performing our class assembly which was based on our History topic: ‘The Tudors’- thanks to all of the parents who turned up to watch. The children loved showcasing their drama skills in our re-telling of the Battle of Bosworth which led to the start of the Tudor era.

Sea Turtles also had a wonderful time at Halstead St Andrews School where we attended their football and hockey festival. The girls had fun playing mini football matches whilst the boys played hockey.

In Literacy, the children have been writing newspaper reports based on the book ‘Tuesday’ which is about flying frogs terrorising a town. They enjoyed writing their own about flying pigs and the destruction they caused! We have now moved on to our poetry unit where the children have begun learning all about reverse poetry. They have read reverse poems, performed verses from their favourite one, and are now onto writing their own which they will recite and perform.

In Maths, the children have been learning how to find the perimeter and area of rectilinear and compound shapes. They have had to use their knowledge of properties of shape as well as their times tables and repeated addition to solve problems.

In PE the children have been enjoying their mini 4v4 tag rugby games where they have developed past skills and learnt new ones. They have also enjoyed creating counter balance routines in gymnastics with Miss Young – there are certainly some budding gymnasts in the class!

In DT and Computing, the children have been using computer programmes to learn how to create vector drawings and have used TinkerCAD to design a room using 3D modelling. The children have thoroughly enjoyed these units with some logging into TinkerCAD at home to create some interesting designs.

Another highlight for the children from this half term was building their parachutes in Science as we have been learning about air resistance and other forces. The children had to make 3 different sized parachutes and time how long they took to reach the ground- they had great fun undergoing this experiment!

As you know, next week will be our Wellbeing Week which we are very excited for as there will be lots of workshops for the children to enjoy, use of the VR headsets and mufti days! After this we will be breaking up for the Easter holidays – so here’s wishing you all a safe and relaxed term break.

 

Sea Turtles have started the new year well! All the children have been working really hard whilst enjoying their learning. In Literacy, children learnt about blogging through reading blogs written by British astronaut, Tim Peake, when he ventured into space and lived aboard the International Space Station for 6 months! To finish the unit, they wrote their own blogs on a topic of their choice, which made for an interesting read.

In Maths, the children have just finished their unit on written methods for multiplication and division. The class demonstrated resilience towards their learning as there are a few steps involved, which can make learning the methods a bit tricky-well done to them all! We have now moved on to multiplying unit and non-unit fractions by an integer, which they all seem to be grasping well, especially those who are confident with their timetables.

In History, we have moved on to our ‘Tudors’ unit. We have learnt some fascinating facts so far, especially about King Henry VIII, The Battle of Bosworth Field and what Tudor life was like for the rich and poor. Our History unit also links with our current Literacy unit on William Shakespeare’s play ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, which we have just begun.

Our Art unit for this half-term also links with our History unit, as the children are learning about Tudor portraits. They have been further developing their shading and sketching skills, as well as looking at portraits from different perspectives. Some of the work produced thus far has been extremely impressive!

In PE, the children have been enjoying their Tennis and Dance units; they have further developed their forehand, backhand and volleying in tennis, and are learning choreography in dance based around the circus. In computing, the children have been accessing a site that allows them to create 3D models, called Tinkercad. They have learnt about 3D shapes and looking at them from different perspectives, as well as selecting certain shapes and joining them together to create something.

Also, as always, just a reminder to ensure you continue to read with your child and record in their school planner-reading as often as possible and promoting a love of reading really helps children in all aspects of their learning! In a couple of weeks, I will be delivering the Internet Safety Workshop which parents are allowed to attend. It would be wonderful to see lots of you there!