Religious Education: Spread the Word

As we are still in Eastertide, we are learning about the joy of the risen Lord and what this means for us.  We have been learning about how the women went to the tomb and spread the message that Jesus is alive.

We are in the month of May and May is devoted to Mary the mother of Jesus. 

Home learning:

Please take some time to pray together  the Hail Mary with your child.

Phonics              

                  aw words

paw,  jaw, law, lawn, claw, draw, straw, yawn, crawl, jigsaw

High frequency words, some of which are not phonetic and just have to be learnt by sight:

 they,  there,  was,  could, little,  children

Please write a sentence for each word with a capital letter and full stop.  Add a conjunction such as ‘and’ ‘because’ ‘or’ ‘so’ ‘but.’  We are focussing on writing sentences with detail by adding adjectives.

Focus on neat handwriting too.

When Mae Jemison was a little child she dreamt of going up to space and she worked very hard in school to make her dream come true!

English: Look Up by Nathan Bryon

We will be reading this book which is related to Space. This week we have learning about other famous astronauts such as Neil Armstrong and Mae Jemison.

Mae Jemison is an American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut. She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.

Below is the Apollo 11 Moon Landing NASA Original Footage. ‘One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind!’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlECwTxbiRg

We have also introduced the  children to Non-Fiction books.  We have looked at the features of Non-Fiction books which are:

They are factual

Photographs instead of illustrations

Contents page

Glossary Page

Index Page

Sub-headings

Diagrams

Captions

Home Learning: Please listen to your child practise their reading with the colour coded book they bring home. As we near the end of the year we aim for the children to become proficient readers with good comprehension skills to enter into the Juniors.

Purple Mash has an activity that we have asked your children to do on the Solar System and the Planets.

There are links to learn more about the Solar System and are worth looking at.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zy6fg2p#z7x9wsg

https://www.utube.com/watch?v=Qd6nLM2QlWw

Maths:

We are continuing to learn about Measurement and next week we will be learning about volume and capacity.

We will learn about the measurements that liquids are measured in which is Litres and Millilitres.

Home learning;

Have a look at home at bottles of liquid and the measurements on them. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/skillswise/articles/zdhm92p

Reminders

5. St Martin class are attending Holy Mass on Monday 12^th May at 10 o’clock.  Please feel free to join us at the Church if you are able. 

5. Please do look at Purple Mash as we post things on the ‘2Dos’ for home learning.

5. Please do watch the links that we put up as they are ery informative and they reinforce the learning we do in class.