Maths: We will continue our work on fractions, looking at simplifying, comparing and starting to work on adding simple fractions.

English: We will be starting our next unit of writing – a quest story.

Foundation: We will be moving away from history and towards geography – looking at population and what causes it to change. We will be starting DT instead of art, in which we will be making waistcoats.

 Homework:

History evacuee day – On Tuesday 11^h November, we will be inviting the children to dress up as WWII evacuees. We will spend the day looking at the experiences of children during the bombing campaign known as The Blitz. Dressing up is optional, but we encourage as many children to take part - the staff will be! Please feel no expectation to pay for / buy a costume, I’m sure an old jumper and some shorts will do the trick.

If you are unsure what sort of outfit would be suitable, google search WWII evacuee, it will yield some results such as this:

Mock SATS - We have our first round of mock SATS starting the week commencing Monday 3^rd November. We will follow the SATS timetable and be using the 2023 SATs papers. We are splitting the papers across two weeks, so that the children do not feel overwhelmed. These results will not count for anything towards the children’s end of year assessments. They serve many purposes, but primarily they identify gaps in learning that we can then teach, and they provide the children with an insight into SATs and what they look like. It is all for practise and to settle the nerves.

DT - As we will be starting our unit of DT on sewing, can we please ask that any old bits of material are saved for use in our lessons? Any old t-shirts, bedding, pillowcases, anything that can be turned into a waistcoat would be useful. We are aiming to make waistcoats for each child to wear, if we do not get enough material, we will instead design waistcoats for toys. The children will be tasked with measuring, scaling, cutting and sewing the material into a waistcoat.