This week in Ock Class: w/e 29th November

Dear parents and carers,

In our English lessons this week we have been working on planning our stories based around our work on Cosmic. We've planned out our story steps and decided whether these steps are positive or negative, and we've thought carefully about which features we will include in each step, such as commas in a list or short sentences for effect. Next week we'll start writing our first drafts of these short stories.

In maths this week we've started looking at perimeter, which is the measurement around the outside of a 2d shape. We've done this with rectangles and also with compound shapes. Next week we'll use this knowledge to look at the area of rectangles and compound shapes.

This week's spellings:
reliably
dependably
comfortably
possibly
horribly
terribly
visibly
incredibly
sensibly
legibly
The test will be on Friday, as usual.

Next week is very busy, with lots of special events and changes to routine. It's worth bearing in mind that if your child is cranky (and I know that mine can be!) they might just need an early night!
Mrs B

Three things to ask your child this week:

1. What's going to happen in your story?
2. What does perimeter mean, and how do you work it out?
3. What did you learn about Jane Goodall and chimpanzees in science this week?