St Thomas' Church Of England Primary School

WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UPTO?

Roman Shields-Part 1.

We investigated the shields that the Roman centurions used for protection. We then designed our own, taking ideas from the shields that the Romans would have actually held.

Roman Poop Investigation!

We investigated Roman poop to see whether it belonged to a Patrician, Plebeius or a Servant, by looking at the undigested content!

(Don't panic....this was only playdoh!)

Amazing Roman Stories.

We wrote some incredible stories about when Mount Vesuvius erupted in Pompeii. Our teacher thinks that we are all amazing authors!

Roman Mosaic Art.

We designed some Roman serving plates and then printed our ideas using paint and a square printing tool. We thought about the colours available to the Romans at the time.

Finding Right Angles.

SCIENCE WEEK!

In Science this week we have been learning about the human skeleton. We tried to recreate it in groups using dog bones and then labelled out skeletons using the scientific words. Did you know that there 206 bones in the adult human skeleton?

Science week continued: 

We also thought about how water is transported from the roots of a plant to the flower. We carried out a little investigation using carnations, celery and blue food dye.

Christmas Dinner, Santa Dash and Christmas Party....phew!

SCIENCE

This term we have been studying rocks, fossils and soils.

Here are some pictures of us finding out how trace fossils are made using two types of bread, gummy bears and jelly babies.

HISTORY

We have been learning about the Stone Age this term. We had a go a creating our own cave paintings in our own cave! Great fun.

Multiples in Maths

We have now learnt our 2,3,4,5,8 and 10 times tables. We took the chalks outside and added to multiple lines.

GEOGRAPHY

We used the atlases to locate some famous volcanoes. We had to use the fact clues to find out which country they were located in first, then record this on our sheet.

Beautiful poppy art...

A sneaky peek at some of our clay dragon eyes...

Spellings!

We took to the playground today with some chalk. We used it to create our spellings using graffiti art, rainbow words and pyramid words.

Making 3D shapes in Forest School.

We went into forest school today to use twigs to create the frame of a 3D shape, We used pipe cleaners to create the vertices and twigs to create the edges.

Check out our rugby skills!

In rugby we have been learning the swing pass.

Compass Points.

In Geography we have been learning about the eight compass points and how to use them. We made out our giant compasses with chalks and used them to direct our partners.

Drawing dragon eyes!

In Art we looked at dragon eyes and how to draw them. We used a soft pencil to create our designs and added detail. We thought about how to draw something so that it looked scaly and textured.

Teacher: Ms. Martyn-Clark

Morning T.A: Mrs. Fox 

Afternoon TA:

PPA cover: Mrs. Stones (every other Friday)

Class Governor: Mrs. Sumner

Organisation.

P.E Day: Friday

Please ensure that your child has an indoor and outdoor kit and trainers. (Please see our PE policy for guidance.)

Healthy Snack

You may bring a healthy snack for break-time if you are not having toast.

Water bottles

Please return them daily.

Musical Instruments

If your child takes their instrument home, please return on the day of their lesson.

 Reading packet and yellow record book is required daily please.

HOMEWORK AREA:

How many days in each month song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drH3_Flt85g

4 Times Tables

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ4ooLN7Bmo&safe=active 

3 Times Tables:

https://www.timestables.co.uk/3-times-table.html 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV0ZL2h8IRg&safe=active

Topic Web Summer 1

Maths Busy Ants weekly homework: Sent on a Friday to return the following Friday please.

.Maths homework: 14.5.21

.Maths homework: 7.5.21

Maths homework: 30.4.21

Maths homework: 23.4.21

Maths homework:26.3.21

Maths homework:19.3.21

Maths homework:12.3.21

Weekly Spellings:

RED, BLUE, YELLOW SPELLINGS: Test on a Monday

Summer 1 Spellings:

Green Group Spellings SUM 1

Green Group Spellings SPR 2

Test on a Monday

Languagenut for French!

How to log on:

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Log on to the French Flag

Go to Vocab Trainer

Then 1.1 About me (Autumn term)

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