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Graveney Primary School
‘Learning and Achieving Together’
Dragonflies
Autumn Term Time Table [While we are swimming.]
Football Club
This takes place on a Monday after school. While the children are already in their PE kit, they do need some 'specialist equipment' . i.e. shin guards and [ideally] football boots. Trainers will be ok, but please be aware that from next week the club will take place on the school field and it would be better if the footwear worn during the day did not get muddy and wet. The best option if for the children to have full football kit to save having to wash and dry PE in time for Wednesday. Thanks for your support with this.
Invasion WOW Chart: I have attached the WOW chart for this term's learning. It is a snapshot of what the children will be learning. More detail will be shared later this month.
Welcome to the 2022-2023 academic year
A big welcome to the children in Year Three and the two new members of our class. For those of you who are new to Dragonflies, I endeavour to post the spellings and tables for the week by the end of Sunday. This year they will also be included in the children's home learning book, which will be sent home every Tuesday and we ask that they reappear in school by the following Monday. I will also be including a home-learning activity which will usually linked to our topic for the term. [It is Raiders, by the way.]
As you will see from the newsletter, children will be wearing PE kit on Mondays and Wednesdays. from Monday 12th September Dragonflies will be going swimming. More on this during the week.
Spellings:
Week 1 Spelling Year 3
These words all have ‘s’ added to make plurals.
cells chiefs coins groups months nails footsteps goggles tables humans
Week 1 Spelling Year 4
These words all have ‘ou’ making the short u sound.
young touch trouble double country couple cousin enough
rough tough
And finally ...
If there is an issue about which you need to inform the school, the best option is probably to contact the office first and the message will be passed to me. However, my email is matthew.crick@graveney.kent.sch.uk.
Here we are looking forward to the last few days of the academic year thinking this week has been warm. Mrs Blackwell has described how we will be managing the hot weather coming our way next week in her latest newsletter. The children will be able to refill their water bottles throughout the day and keep them on their desks. Please make sure that the bottles have sports lids so that any spillages are kept to a minimum.
I am going to give the children some spellings and multiplication facts to focus on this week - just to keep them ticking over. Mathletics and TTRockstars will be available over the summer break. I have set tables on TTrockstars for them to practice if they [or you] feel so inclined. Mathletics I will leave open so that the children can choose.
This has been a year that presented us with a unique set of challenges. Following two years in which their schooling has been severely interrupted the children have risen to the challenge amazingly well. As I said at the parent consultations last autumn, the ground lost during the COVID-19 lockdown was not going to be made-up in just one year. However, what the children have managed is impressive. I would like to congratulate them and thank you for all that you have done to support their learning. I hope that you have a really good break. Oh yes, here are the spellings and multiplication facts I mentioned earlier:
Week 7 Spelling Years 3 and 4
In these words, you have to make the noun possessive by deciding if you should put the apostrophe before or after the s. Remember to decide if there is more than one person or thing.
the childrens books; the boys pairs of shoes; the dogs tails; the cars key; the mugs handles; the windows curtain; the girls PE kit; the teachers classrooms; the torchs battery and Tottenham Hotspurs small trophy cabinet
Week 7 Multiplication Facts - The End of Year Mega Challenge
Year 3
6 x 3= 18 10 x 10= 100 6 x 2= 12 10 x 5= 50 6 x 4= 24 7 x 3= 21 10 x 4= 40
7 x 5= 35 7 x 4= 28 8 x 4= 32 10 x 2= 20 8 x 8= 64 8 x 5= 40 9 x 2= 18
5 x 6 = 30 9 x 8= 72 9 x 5= 45 11 x 8= 88 10 x 6= 60 11 x 2= 22 11 x 3= 33
11 x 5= 55 11 x 10= 110 5 x 4 = 20
Year 4 End of Year Mega Challenge
6 x 11= 66 6 x 9= 54 6 x 8= 48 6 x 5= 30 6 x 2= 12 6 x 7= 42
6 x 6= 36 6 x 4= 24 7 x 9= 63 7 x 12= 84 7 x 8= 56 7 x 6= 42
8 x 8= 64 9 x 7= 63 8 x 7 = 56 9 x 6 = 54 8 x 12= 96 9 x 11 = 99
9 x 10 = 90 11 x 6= 66 11 x 11= 121 12 x 9= 108 12 x 6= 72 12 x 5= 60
12 x 8= 96
With the weather warming up over the weekend, I hope that you will be able to enjoy time outside in the sun.
You should have received your child's end of year report and a book to mark Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee.
Next week, we will continue to learn about time - concentrating on reading a clock so we will be able to tell the time to the minute. In English, we will be looking at a number of aspects of grammar and punctuation. So if you would like to know your conjunctions from your prepositions; or when to use an apostrophe for a plural or singular noun; or even the best place to put some inverted commas - feel free to ask your children next Friday afternoon.
This week's spellings are:
Week 6 Spelling Year 3
In these words you have to decide if you should add -er or -or to the root word.
investor recorder sculptor employer inspector listener inventor prisoner reflector voucher
Week 6 Spelling Year 4
The root words have had -ment added to them .
statement apartment amazement improvement excitement amusement enjoyment pavement payment agreement
The multiplication facts for the week are:
Week 6 Year 3 Table Mix
6 x 2= 12 7 x 3= 21 8 x 4= 32 9 x 5= 45 11 x 8= 88 6 x 3= 18 7 x 4= 28
8 x 5= 40 9 x 8= 72 11 x 2= 22 6 x 4= 24 7 x 5= 35 8 x 8= 64 9 x 2= 18
11 x 3= 33
Week 6 Year 4 Table Mix
6 x 11= 66 7 x 9= 63 8 x 8= 64 9 x 7= 63 11 x 6= 66 6 x 9= 54
7 x 12= 84 8 x 7 = 56 9 x 6 = 54 11 x 11= 121 6 x 8= 48 8 x 12= 96
9 x 11 = 99 12 x 9 = 108 9 x 10 = 90
Transition Day Year 3 children acted as hosts to members of Year 2 as they paid us a visit. They were shown around the classroom by the Year 3 children who also answered their questions about being a Dragonfly. We made nameplates for the trays and drew cartoons to show what makes a good Dragonfly.
Hello. It was good to see so many people at Sports' Day this afternoon. I hope you enjoyed the event after such a long break.
Next week we will complete our job descriptions for the post of Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. In maths we will complete our learning about co-ordinates and begin to learn about time. We will also be looking at what the law says about on-line crime and what people can / cannot do when using the internet and computers and other devices.
Here are the Spellings and Multiplication Challenge for next week:
Week 5 Spelling Year 3
In these words the a makes a short o sound.
wasp wand swan swap want washed watch swallow quarrel squad
Week 5 Spelling Year 4
The root words all ended in -ful. They have had -ly added to them to make adverbs.
truthfully thoughtfully youthfully successfully respectfully powerfully gracefully forgetfully gratefully faithfully
Week 5 Year 3 Table Mix
4 x 3= 12 8 x 2= 16 9 x 2= 18 4 x 5= 20 8 x 4= 32 9 x 3= 27 4 x 7= 28
8 x 6= 48 9 x 8= 72 4 x 9= 36 8 x 8= 64 9 x 5= 45 4 x 11= 44 8 x 12= 96
9 x 10 = 90
Week 5 Year 4 Table Mix
7 x 3 = 21 6 x 2 = 12 9 x 2 = 18 7 x 5 = 35 6 x 4 = 24 9 x 3 = 27
7 x 7= 49 6 x 6 = 36 9 x 8 = 72 7 x 9 = 63 6 x 8 = 48 9 x 5 = 45
7 x 11 = 77 6 x 12 = 72 9 x 10 = 90
Hello, Here are the spellings and multiplication facts for Week 4.
Spellings
Week 4 Spelling Year 3
All of these nouns have had an s added to make the plural. Thee spelling of the root word is unchanged.
mammals members models monkeys atoms beliefs nieces oceans pedals pieces
Week 4 Spelling Year 4
These nouns have had the f replaced with a v and then -es added.
loaves elves halves calves hooves knives lives shelves wives wolves
Multiplication Facts
Week 4 Year 3 Table Mix
2 x 2= 4 5 x 2= 10 2 x 6= 12 5 x 6= 30 4 x 2= 8 5 x 4= 20 2 x 8= 16
5 x 8= 40 3 x 2= 6 3 x 5= 15 9 x 2= 18 5 x 9= 45 7 x 2= 14 5 x 7= 35
10x 2= 20
Week 3 Year 4 Table Mix
3 x 9 = 27 3 x 7 = 21 3 x 8 = 24 3 x 5 = 15 7 x 9 = 63 7 x 7 = 49 7 x 8= 56
7 x 5 = 35 5 x 9 = 45 5 x 4 = 20 5 x 8 = 40 5 x 5 = 25 7 x 2 = 14 9 x 8 = 72
9 x 5 = 45
In maths this week we will be learning about: parallel and perpendicular lines; describing position using co-ordinates and the points of a compass and being able to recognise shapes.
In English we will be learning how to write a job description using: the future tense; interesting adjectives and apostrophes to show possession.
This week we have been measuring shadows through the day to show how the position of the Sun in the sky affects the the length and direction of a shadow.
After the heat of yesterday, I hope that you are enjoying the slightly less intense warmth of today (Saturday). Here are the spellings for week 3:
Week 3 Spelling Year 3
These past tense verbs all had root words that ended in –e and have had -ed added to them. Oddly enough, this does not mean an extra ‘e’.
hiked tired hosed dared skated braved served baked chased loved
Week 3 Spelling Year 4
These verbs end with the suffix –ing. The root words stay the same.
kayaking galloping containing stammering glistening complaining deafening lightening summoning hardening
The table mixes for this week are:
Week 3 Year 3 Table Mix
4 x 6= 24 3 x 8= 24 5 x 6= 30 2 x 6= 12 4 x 8= 32 3 x 6= 18 5 x 8= 40
2 x 8= 16 4 x 4= 16 3 x 4= 12 5 x 4= 20 2 x 4= 8 4 x 3= 12 3 x 3= 9
5 x 3= 15
Week 3 Year 4 Table Mix
4 x 6 = 24 6 x 7 = 42 2 x 8 = 16 8 x 9 = 72 4 x 7 = 28 6 x 8 = 48
2 x 9 = 18 8 x 6 = 46 4 x 8 = 32 6 x 9 = 54 2 x 6 = 12 8 x 7 = 56
4 x 9 = 36 6 x 6 = 36 2 x 7 = 14
On Monday the children in Year 4 will taking their CAT assessments. These are tests that assess the children's capacity in verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning. Children in Year 3 underwent a non-verbal reasoning assessment last week. On Monday, they will be working on a verbal reasoning assessment.
On Friday we are off to the theatre to watch David Walliams' 'Billionaire Boy'. Thank you to everyone who has returned the consent forms. If your child was not in school last Wednesday, the copies were posted to you. If you have not been given a consent form to sign, please check your child's bag.
Enjoy the weekend.
Mr Crick
Willow Weaving. On Monday we learnt how to weave willow. In pairs, and with help from Scorpions, we created leaves made from willow that were put together to create a 'willow tree' on the fence by the adventure playground.
Term 6 Week 2
Good morning. I hope you had an enjoyable weekend.
This week is Art Week. Today we are going to be working with some visitors to create masterpieces using willow. Look out for some photographs of our creations. We will also be drawing some still life of trees. These will be incorporated into our work on shadows - the focus for this week's learning in science as part of our topic on light.
Some things continue as usual:
PE This takes place on Tuesday and Friday. Please make sure that your child has their PE kit in school every day, including appropriate footwear.
Spellings
Year 3
Week 2 Spelling Year 3
These words all had root words that ended in –y and have had -ed added to them. This means that the ‘y’ has been replaced with an ‘i’.
spied buried fried tried cried dried carried denied hurried married
Year 4
Week 2 Spelling Year 4
These words end with the suffix –ful. The root words stay the same.
faithful wonderful thankful cheerful peaceful hopeful graceful wasteful boastful watchful
Tables
Week 2 Year 3 Table Mix
4 x 2= 8
3 x 4= 12
5 x 4= 20
4 x 6= 24
4 x 9= 36
9 x 2= 18
2 x 11= 22
4 x 7= 28
3 x 10= 30
2 x 3= 6
8 x 2= 16
Week 2 Year 4 Table Mix
2 x 9= 18
11 x 4= 44
8 x 6= 48
7 x 3= 21
6 x 5= 30
12 x 9= 108
8 x 12= 96
6 x 6= 36
5 x 12= 60
4 x 8= 32
8 x 7= 56
4 x 3= 12
6 x 11= 66
7 x 7= 49
9 x 9= 81
Reading Books
Please make sure that your child has put their reading book and reading record book in their school bag every day.
Many thanks.
Matthew Crick
Term 6 Week 1
Hello. I hope you have enjoyed a good half term, especially any Platinum Jubilee events.
The final term of the year will continue the topic of Ancient Civilisations with the focus on Ancient Egyptians. The children have already written a detailed description of how to mummify a body. We will find out more about how Ancient Egyptians lived.
During Week 1, we will be looking at how inverted commas are used in direct speech. For maths, we will conclude out learning about decimals.
Here are this week's spellings:
Week 1 Spelling Year 3
These words all end in -en and have a root word that ends in -e.
ripen stolen awaken frozen shaken chosen mistaken hasten whiten broken
Week 1 Spelling Year 4
These words end with -or or -er. The root word [if it was a verb] dropped the e. They are all words to say what a person is /does.
communicator distributor simulator numerator insulator lecturer producer consumer adventurer scavenger
Over the next few weeks, children in Year 4 will be taking their online tables test. We will be continuing with the tables mix for both year groups.
Week 1 Year 3 Table Mix
4 x 4= 16 3 x 3= 9 5 x 5= 25 6 x 6= 36 2 x 6= 12 8 x 2= 16
11 x 11= 121 4 x 8= 32 4 x 10= 40 2 x 7= 14 8 x 6= 48
Week 1 Year 4 Table Mix
9 x 9= 81 11 x 10= 110 8 x 7= 56 7 x 6= 42
6 x 9= 54 12 x 12= 144 5 x 12= 60 6 x 4= 24
4 x 12= 48 3 x 8= 24 8 x 5= 40 4 x 5= 20
6 x 6= 36 7 x 7= 49 8 x 8= 64
Ancient Sumer Head Sculptures: We have been using clay to create head sculptures in the style of Ancient Sumer. Before we painted them, we made tonal ladders so that we knew which two colours to use.
Week 6
Last Friday the Tables Challenge returned. The children have up to two minutes to complete the multiplication facts. The person who can get full marks in the shortest time is the winner. However, speed is not everything. If there is a mistake then the next person who finished with no errors moves up the list. Accuracy is they key! The children did very well and nearly everyone finished within the two minutes - most did it in less than one minute! This is very encouraging, especially for Year 4, who will be taking the national tables test next month.
During the week the children produced clay models in the style of the Ancient Sumer. We will be painting them this week so look out for the photographs.
Here are this week's spellings:
Year 3
Week 6 Spelling Year 3
These words all end with -ous.
famous joyous various poisonous dangerous mountainous anonymous cautious disastrous hilarious
Week 6 Spelling Year 4
These words end with -or or -er. The root word is not changed.
They are all words to say what a person is /does.
prospector publisher conductor customer contractor reformer benefactor firefighter entertainer foreigner
These are the multiplication facts for this week:
Year 3
Week 6 Year 3 Table Mix
2 x 4= 8 3 x 5= 15 4x 6= 24 5 x 7= 35 6 x 7= 42 8 x 9= 72
10 x 11= 110 6 x 8= 48 8 x 10= 80 2 x 5= 21 3 x 6= 18
Week 6 Year 4 Table Mix - yes there are 15!
9 x 12= 108 11 x 11= 121 8 x 12= 96 7 x 12= 84 6 x 12= 72 11 x 12= 132
4 x 12= 48 6 x 3= 18 5 x 12= 60 3 x 9= 18 8 x 4= 32 7 x 5= 35
6 x 4= 24 7 x 3= 21 8 x 5= 40
Week 5
I hope that you have all enjoyed the weekend - even if it did mean dodging the odd shower.
This week we are going to begin to learn about the Ancient Egyptians, though we will be designing and producing some clay figures based on the Ancient Sumer style.
However, the more mundane things of life remain in the form of spelling and times tables. On Friday the Tables challenge will return. Children will be seeing who can get full marks in the shortest possible time.
Warning: The one who finishes first is not always crowned as the champion.
The spellings are:
Week 5 Spelling Year 3
These words have the long a sound made by either: ei, eigh or ey.
vein weigh eight they obey survey prey eighty sleigh weight
Week 5 Spelling Year 4
These words have –ar at the end.
beggar burglar popular nuclear altar guitar pillar calendar angular cellar
The multiplication facts for this week are:
Week 5 Year 3 Table Mix
2 x 2= 4 3 x 3= 9 4x 4 = 16 5 x 5= 25
6 x 6= 36 8 x 8= 64 10 x 10= 100 2 x 3= 6
3 x 4= 12 4 x 5= 20 5 x 6= 30
Week 5 Year 4 Table Mix
6 x 6= 36 7 x 7= 49 8 x 8= 64 9 x 9= 81
6 x 7= 42 6 x 8= 48 6 x 9= 54 7 x 8= 56
7 x 9= 63 8 x 9= 72 2 x 12= 24
3 x 12= 72
Enjoy!
Hello, I hope you are enjoying a good weekend.
On Tuesday afternoon, we will be swimming as usual.
This week's spellings are:
Week 4 Spelling Year 3
Each pair of words are homophones. This means that while they sound the same, they are spelt differently and have different meanings.
accept except
affect effect
ball bawl
berry bury
brake break
Week 4 Spelling Year 4
These words have had the suffix -ally added to the end of the root word to create the adverb. The root word is not changed
basically automatically chronically energetically optimistically realistically terrifically catatonically horrifically simplistically
Times Tables
The children have been doing well with the Table Mixes in recent weeks. Year 3 will continue to focus on the 2,3,4,5,8 and 10 times tables. Year 4 will asked anything form 2 x 2 upwards.
Week 4 Year 3 Table Mix
6 x 2= 12 4 x 4= 16 8 x 4 = 32 4 x 6= 24 6 x 5= 30 5 x 5= 25
8 x 8= 64 6 x 3= 18 5 x 4= 20 2 x 2= 4 11 x 4= 44 11 x 5= 55
Week 4 Year 4 Table Mix
6 x 6= 36 8 x 8= 64 9 x 9= 81 7 x 7= 49 6 x 8= 48
9 x 6= 54 6 x 7= 42 8 x 9= 72 5 x 12= 60 3 x 12= 36
4 x 12= 48 6 x 12= 72
Hello, I hope you are enjoying a good weekend and that the weather has suited what you have been doing. On Friday the children should have come home with maths booklets as part of their home learning. Please encourage your children to complete the booklet by a week this Friday. They are free to check their answers - once they have finished the questions.
Here are the spellings and table mixes for this week.
Week 3 Spelling Year 3
These words have had the prefix super- added to the start of the word. This usually changes the meaning of the word to describe the object as being the best.
superglue superhero superhuman supernova supervision superstar supersonic superstore superpower supervisor
Week 3 Spelling Year 4
The words have a long a sound.
angel alien hazy basin staple fatal Asia bacon blazer cable
Week 3
Year 3 Table Mix
3 x 2= 6 4 x 3= 12 5 x 4 = 20 4 x 8= 32 8 x 5= 40 5 x 2= 10
2 x 8= 16 8 x 3= 24 5 x 3= 15 4 x 2= 8 10 x 4= 30 10 x 5= 20
10 x 8= 40
Week 3
Year 4 Table Mix
6 x 7= 42 8 x 7= 56 9 x 8= 72
6 x 8= 48 6 x 9= 54 9 x 7= 63
11 x 10= 110 12 x 10= 120
11 x 11= 121 8 x 12= 96
7 x 12= 84
9 x 12= 108
Hello, I hope you had a good weekend. Here are this week's spellings. Below these you will find the multiplication facts on which I would like the children to focus. For the rest of this academic year, Year 3 children will be given a mix multiplication facts from the x2, x3, x4, x5 and x10 tables. The Year 4 children will be taking the tables test in June.
Week 2 Spelling Year 3
These words have had the prefix mis- added to the start of the word. This changes the meaning of the word to its opposite – just like the prefix dis-.
misfire mislaid misjudge mislead misprint, misspell mistook mistrust misuse misread
Week 2 Spelling Year 4
The root words have had -less added to words. The root word stays the same.
cordless, blameless soundless harmless priceless aimless timeless worthless homeless jobless
Week 2 Year 3 Table Mix
5 x 2= 10 3 x 4= 12 4 x 2 = 8 2 x 5= 10 5 x 3= 15 3 x 2= 6
2 x 8= 16 8 x 5= 40 5 x 4= 20 4 x 8= 32 10 x 3= 30
10 x 2= 20 10 x 4= 40
Week 2 Year 4 Table Mix
6 x 6= 36 7 x 7= 49 9 x 9= 81 8 x 9= 72 7 x 8= 56
9 x 6= 54 11 x 9= 99 12 x 6= 72 11 x 11= 121 12 x 8= 96
12 x 9= 108 12 x 7= 84
Information about next term's topic. I have included a document that has key information about next term's topic. Please read it through with your child at some point during the Easter break. From Term 5 the topics will last for two terms, so Ancient Civilisations will be the focus of the learning for the summer terms. I hope you have a good break.
Week 6
Well! Here we are at the start of the final week of term. Thank you to everyone who attended the Parent Consultation sessions last week. If you were not able to make it and would like a chat via Zoom on Tuesday after school, please email me on: matthew.crick@graveney.kent.sch.uk
I will send you the invitation.
This week's spellings are:
Week 6 Spelling Year 3
These words have had the prefix dis- added to the start of the word. This changes the meaning of the word to its opposite.
disabled disagree disallow dishonest charge disloyal dislodge disobey distrust displease
Week 6 Spelling Year 4
The root words have had -ing added to words ending in -e. The e is dropped from the root word. Same rule as last week, but with new words.
receiving reliving prescribing achieving aspiring arranging increasing producing imagining concentrating
Times Tables
Year 3 will be focusing on the 4x times-table.
Year 4 have another Table Mix. Their multiplication facts are:
5 x 8= 40 6 x 8= 48 9 x 9= 81
8 x 7= 56 6 x 9= 54 7 x 12= 84
8 x 8= 64 6 x 6= 36 7 x 7= 49
11 x 12= 131 12 x 9= 108 12 x 8= 96
Due to the Easter activities, both the spelling test and tables test will take place on Thursday.
Week 5
Hello
I hope you have had a good weekend.
On Friday, the children were given some home learning booklets. As before, I would like the children to work on the booklet over the next fortnight and they may look at the answers to see how they did.
The spellings for this week are:
Week 5 Spelling Year 3
These words all end in words ending in -sure or –ture.
nature future picture treasure mixture capture culture posture mature lecture
Week 5 Spelling Year 4
The root words have had -ing added to words ending in -e. The e is dropped from the root word.
preparing supposing increasing arranging believing requiring dividing balancing deserving damaging
The multiplication facts on which I would like the children to focus are:
Year 3 5x-table
0 x 5= 0 1 x 5= 5 2 x 5= 10 3 x 5= 15 4 x 5= 20 5 x 5= 25
6 x 5= 30 7 x 5= 35 8 x 5= 40 9 x 5= 45 10 x 5= 50 11 x 5= 55
12 x 5= 60
Year 4 Table Mix
5 x 9= 45 6 x 7= 42 9 x 6= 54 8 x 9= 72 6 x 6= 36 7 x 9= 63
8 x 7= 56 6 x 5= 30 7 x 4= 28 9 x 12=108 12 x 8= 96 12 x 7= 84
Week 4
Hello, I hope you have had a good weekend.
This week's spellings are:
Week 4 Spelling Year 3
These words have all had -ly added to the root word. The root word is not changed.
lately mostly rudely finally slowly quietly rapidly hourly brightly bravely
Week 4 Spelling Year 4
The root words have had -ing added to the end of the word. The root words are not changed.
galloping directing containing emptying wondering stammering following carrying hurrying glistening
Times Tables
Year 3 will be concentrating on the 8x-table. Year 4 have multiplication facts from a number of different times-tables. This is like how the Year 4 Tables Test works. The children will be taking the test in May.
4 x 9= 36 5 x 7= 35 8 x 8= 64 9 x 9= 81 5 x 6= 30 6 x 9= 54 7 x 7= 49 9 x 8= 72 6 x 8= 48 8 x 12= 96
12 x 9= 108 11 x 8= 88 12 x 7= 84
We will also be continuing with the science investigation we set up last week to see how different conditions can affect the rate of growth of spring onions.
Week 3
Hello. I hope the children enjoyed World Book Day. you can find images and examples some of the learning form the day in the Latest News section under World Book Day 2022 and the Arts section.
For Week 3 the spellings are:
Week 3 Spelling Year 3
The Year 3 words have the suffix –tion. Any of the root words that ended in e have had the e dropped. e.g. explore becomes exploration.
information sensation invitation formation exploration relaxation foundation preparation quotation fixation
Week 3 Spelling Year 4
The Year 4 words have all had the suffix –ful added to the end. The root word stays the same.
cheerful helpful boastful watchful wasteful graceful harmful hopeful painful useful
The times-table for Year 3 is the 4-X table.
Year 4 have a selection of multiplications to learn:
3 x 9= 27 4 x 7= 28 6 x 8= 48
7 x 9= 63 4 x 6= 28 5 x 9= 45
6 x 7= 42 7 x 8= 56 8 x 9= 72
9 x 12=108 12 x 7= 84 11 x 9 = 99
12 x 8= 96
We will be continuing to learn about Stone Age Britain this week. Miss Bickell, who has joined us as a Student Teacher until June, will be leading learning about Stone Age art. This will include the children having a go at their own masterpieces - drawn under interesting conditions.
The children do PE on a Friday with Mr Waters. Please make sure they have full PE kit - including plimsols.
Many thanks.
Mr Crick
Hello
Welcome to Week Two.
The spellings for this week are:
Week 2 Spelling Year 4
The Year 4 words all end in –ar.
beggar burglar popular nuclear altar guitar pillar calendar cellar rectangular
Week 2 Spelling Year 3
The Year 3 words are words that end in -sion.
conclusion erosion intrusion explosion occasion pension tension mansion expansion
extension
The times-table for Year 3 will be x10 and for Year 4 it will be x3.
Thursday is World Book Day. As the story on which we are focussing this term is Stig of the Dump, much of our learning through the day will be based on this classic children's work. The children can look forward to drawing the plumbing system for Stig's cave - based on the description in the book. They will be designing a cover for the book. We will also be contributing to a story that each class will have a part in writing about a child who gets a lot older each time they have a break. The classroom door is going to be turned into a book cover for the Wizard of Oz, with each child drawing a section of picture.
Weather permitting, we hope to display examples of learning from the day in the playground at home time.
Matthew Crick
Hello. I hope you had a good break. I have attached the overview of this term's learning. Now that we are back online I will be posting the spellings and tables each week as before. Have a good weekend. Mr Crick
Week 6 I have attached the overview for this week's learning.
For those who are at home because of COVID-19 and other ailments, here is today's learning. I have included a model of the human arm that can be made to show how muscles work in pairs by contracting.
Hello. Here is the overview of this week's learning - including spelling and times-tables.
Wednesday 26th January: Here is the English and maths we will be learning today.
Hello. Please find attached the spellings and tables for the whole class, as well as the daily home learning for those who are off because of illness. Today's English lesson video can be found at: https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-explore-complex-sentences-60t66c
Monday 24th January Home Learning
Good morning. Here is the maths and English for Friday 21st January.
Thursday 20th January Hello if you are stuck at home. Here is today's learning.
Wednesday 19th January Here is the learning for English and maths for those who are having to stay at home at the moment.
Week 3 Tuesday 18th January Here is the learning for those Dragonflies who are stuck at home. You will also find this on Teams.
Term 3 Week 3 I am afraid that I am still having to self-isolate. My thanks to Mrs. Baker and Miss Crouch for all they are doing to keep the learning going in Dragonflies. I have attached information about the spellings and times tables for this week. There is also learning for the children who are having to stay at home. Take care. Mr Crick
Term 3 Week 2 Please find information about this week's learning attached.
Hello!
Here are the spellings for this week:
Week 1 Spelling Year 3
These words all have ou making the short u sound.
young, touch, double, country, couple, cousin, rough, southern, enough, tough
Week 1 Spelling Year 4
This week the root words end in –e and have had –ly added to them. The –e has been removed.
truly, gently, simply, wriggly,, cuddly, pimply, giggly, wrinkly, bubbly, crumbly
Hello Everyone.
I hope the start to your break is going well.
This is just a quick note to say, "Well done!" to Dragonflies because our class had the best attendance this term. Given everything that has happened, it is great that the class had an attendance level of over 96%.
I would also like to thank those children who were so kind as to give Miss Crouch and I presents. My sons have happily volunteered to help me eat the chocolate and biscuits.
I hope that you have a lovely Christmas and a happy New Year.
Mr Crick
Pantomime: This year's panto was Aladdin. We had a lovely [Oh yes we did!] time booing the villain cheering the heroes and saying 'yuk' when two of the characters had a kiss! Christmas Party: A big 'thank you' to all the parents and carers who sent in food for our arty this afternoon. As you can see there was a lot of it! There was far too much to eat at one attempt, so we just had the savory foods this afternoon. Tomorrow we will have a go at eating the cakes!
Dream Catchers: Earlier this term we made dream catchers. Native American tribes placed them above people who were sleeping and used them to catch the bad dreams but let through the good ones. In the morning you gave the dream catcher a shake and the bad dreams were cast off.
Monday 6th December
I hope you had a good weekend.
Times Tables: This week Year 3 will be focussing on the 3-x table and Year 4 on the 6-x table.
The spellings for this week are below. Year 3 children will be adding the prefix re- to their root words.
Year 4 will be adding the suffix -ing to words ending in e. In these words the e is dropped before the -ing is added.
Week 6 Spelling Year 3
redo refill regain rejoin replay reset repaint rewrap rewrite reword
Week 6 Spelling Year 4
becoming amazing arriving including exploding packaging escaping deciding surprising surviving
Both tables and spellings will be tested on Friday.
ADVENT This week we held two craft afternoons to mark the start of Advent. The children have made their own advent calendars and three decorations for the Christmas tree.
Monday 29th November
Monday 22nd November There are some children who are not able to return to school because of COVID-19. I will be posting the learning here for this week. The spellings and tables will be the same as the last week we were in school. The English is to identify the key features of a non-chronological report. I have attached the file I was going to use to pick out the features. We are going to see what we can identify as a group and produce a list of the features. I have also attached a list of the features. We will be using the words in bold print by which to refer to the features. Maths: Checking calculations. This is about inverse functions. Subtraction and addition are inverse calculations and can be used to check answers. The science will be about classification of marine animals based on what can be seen. The site we use for topic resources does not, for some reason like me accessing it from home. I will be posting the images on the website tomorrow. I will try to reduce the size so that you are not spending a fortune on colour printing. You can group the animals any way you like - colour, number of limbs / fins / tentacles / eyes.
Ok. Here we go. Hopefully, this will be the final day of remote learning. Mrs Baker will be posting some French for you to try. Once she has put it on Teams, I will copy it to here.
Good morning and well done for making it to Thursday. The maths learning will be the same for everyone today. I would like to remind Year 4 about bar charts. In English I would like you to write a rhyming poem about the sea which thinks it is a fierce animal. today's topic looks at the oceans.
Wednesday 17th November Home Learning Good morning. I hope you are all well. Today's learning is explained in the word document at the top of the list. The topic work can be printed out and then cut up and stuck onto the table and main picture. However, if you are not able to print off the sheets, you can try and draw your own. The key thing is to look at the power point.
Tuesday 16th November Home Learning Good morning. I hope you are all well. Today's learning is outlined in the word document, where you will also find the video links for maths. The files you need for maths are also attached. If you have any questions, please email me at matthew.crick@graveney.kent.sch.uk
Good morning. A final reminder to the group whose Christmas cards are coming from a different source and received an envelope last week.. If you would like to place an order it has to be done by 3.00pm today. Either email me at matthew.crick.graveney.kent.sch.uk with your order [please include name and quantity of each item and the cost] or send a photograph of the completed envelope. Many thanks.
Monday 15th November. Hello! I hope you had a good weekend. The learning for today is in the documents attached.
This is the learning I would like you to try for English.
Good morning! Here is the maths learning for today.
French Mrs Baker has been busy and thought that you would like to work on your numbers in French. Prendre plaisir [Enjoy!]
Topic work. In the document attached are pictures of animals that live in the sea. There are a lot of colour photographs so I suggest you make a list of the animals you think have backbones and those that do not. Hint: Mammals and fish are vertebrates [have a skeleton that includes a backbone].
Dragonflies English Please see attached document.
Year 4 maths The video link is : https://vimeo.com/465356812 Or you can use the teaching files attached.
Maths Year 3: I have attached the teaching slides I would have used today. The worksheet and answers are also attached. MC
Maths Year 3
We have been learning about subtraction. Today we would have been looking at how we can check our answers. This video link uses the same slides that I would have used to deliver the learning. Highlight it and copy into the address line on your browser. It should play. If it does not play I will also be posting the teaching slides as well. If you cannot print off the sheet, write the answers on what you can, photograph it and send it to me at my email address [see previous post] or send a private message on Teams.
Tip: Remember that addition is the opposite of subtraction. A good way to check subtraction is to use the numbers you have in an addition calculation. e.g.
269 - 183 = 86 So 183 + 86 = 269 Or you can do another subtraction 269 - 86 = 183
Video link: https://vimeo.com/466583700
Good morning Dragonflies,
As we are now using remote learning, I will be posting on both Teams and the Dragonflies page of the school website, in case you have mislaid your access codes to Teams or just prefer using the website. I will be setting an maths task, English work and something to do with our topic 'Blue Abyss'.
If you cannot get into Teams and wish to send me a message, my email address is: matthew.crick@graveney.kent.sch.uk
Will being posting work over the next 30 minutes.
Enjoy and be kind to your parents.
Mr Crick
Home Learning Week 2 08 11 21 This week's spelling and tables are in the document attached.
Home Learning - Here are your spellings and times tables for this week. Enjoy!
Term 2 WOW! Chart
Today we welcome Miss Crouch to the school and Dragonflies in particular. We also wish Miss James all the best in her new post.
WOW Chart Road Trip USA
Today we held elections for our School Council. On Tuesday, each candidate had to give a short speech explaining why they would make a good representative. Today was when we voted. This took place in the school hall and Mrs Blackwell was the returning officer. We had to put a cross next to two names, then we put our ballot papers into the ballot box.
