Graveney Primary School
‘Learning and Achieving Together’
Week 6
Hello. I hope you are enjoying the weekend.
Here are this week's multiplication facts.
Week 6 Year 3’s multiplication facts are:
8 x 5 = 40 8 x 8 = 64
8 x 4 = 32 11 x 8 = 88
8 x 9 = 72 7 x 8 = 56
8 x 3 = 24 4 x 8 = 32
8 x 7 = 56 6 x 8 = 48
8 x 6 = 48 8 x 2 = 16
Week 6 Year 4’s multiplication facts are:
12 x 5 = 60 8 x 12 = 96
12 x 4 = 48 11 x 12 = 132
12 x 9 = 108 7 x 12 = 84
12 x 3 = 26 4 x 12 = 48
12 x 7 = 84 6 x 12 = 72
12 x 6 = 72 12 x 12 = 144
The spellings for this week are:
Year 3: All of the words end with -ssion.
mission passion session expression permission admission discussion confession percussion impression
Year 4: All of the words end with -ious.
poisonous dangerous mountainous famous various adventurous anonymous cautious courageous disastrous
Week 5
Just to let you and the children know that I am attending a funeral at the start of Monday and expect to be in school by 10:30.
Here are the spellings for this week. All of the children will be learning words ending in -tion.
Week 5 Spelling Year 3
These words all end in -tion.
action fraction invention injection collection condition correction creation extinction invitation
Week 4 Spelling Year 4
These words all end in -tion.
action fraction invention injection collection condition correction creation extinction invitation
Multiplication facts
Year 3. Week 5’s multiplication facts are:
5 x 3 = 15 3 x 6 = 18
5 x 7 = 35 3 x 4 = 12
5 x 9 = 45 3 x 7 = 21
5 x 2 = 10 3 x 5 = 15
5 x 4 = 20 3 x 9 = 27
5 x 12 = 60 3 x 12 = 36
Year 4. Week 5’s multiplication facts are:
9 x 9 = 81 9 x 12 = 108
8 x 9 = 72 9 x 3 = 27
7 x 9 = 63 9 x 8 = 72
6 x 9 = 54 9 x 6 = 54
4 x 9 = 36 9 x 7 = 63
12 x 9 = 108 9 x 4 = 36
Week 4
Thank you to everyone who made sure the Home Learning books came back last Monday. This made it a lot easier to set up the next set of home learning tasks.
Here are the multiplication facts for this week:
Year 3. Week 4's multiplication facts are:
4 x 4 = 16 6 x 2 = 12
4 x 6 = 24 12 x 5 = 60
4 x 8 = 32 6 x 7 = 42
4 x 9 = 36 6 x 3 = 18
4 x 7 = 28 6 x 9 = 54
4 x 12 = 48 6 x 8 = 48
Year 4. Week 4's multiplication facts are:
4 x 7 = 28 7 x 12 = 84
8 x 7 = 56 7 x 3 = 21
6 x 7 = 42 7 x 9 = 63
9 x 7 = 63 7 x 6 = 42
7 x 7 = 49 7 x 8 = 56
12 x 7 = 84 7 x 4 = 28
Here are the spellings for this week:
Week 4 Spelling Year 3
These words all end in -sion.
vision tension division television invasion confusion decision collision erosion explosion
Week 4 Spelling Year 4
These words are irregular plurals that are the same as the singular.
vision tension division television invasion confusion decision collision erosion explosion
Week 3
Hello, I hope you have survived the gales and rain and are enjoying today's sunshine.
Please remember to send in your child's Home Learning books, if they are still at home.
Here are this week's spellings:
Week 3 Spelling Year 3
These words are irregular plurals that are the same as the singular.
turf tongs salmon police music aircraft chalk staff wood tuna
Week 3 Spelling Year 4
These words are irregular plurals that are the same as the singular.
turf tongs salmon police music aircraft chalk staff wood tuna
Here are this week's multiplication facts:
Year 3. Week 3's multiplication facts are:
3 x 5 = 15 6 x 2 = 12
3 x 4 = 12 6 x 5 = 30
3 x 8 = 24 6 x 7 = 42
3 x 2 = 6 6 x 3 = 24
3 x 7 = 21 6 x 9 = 54
3 x 9 = 27 6 x 8 = 48
Year 4. Week 3's multiplication facts are:
6 x 5 = 30 6 x 9 = 54
6 x 3 = 18 8 x 6 = 48
6 x 4 = 24 7 x 6 = 42
6 x 8 = 48 9 x 6 = 54
6 x 6 = 36 6 x 11 = 66
6 x 7 = 42 6 x 12 = 72
A Request
Would you please keep any 1l or smaller fizzy drink bottles that are transparent and send them in with your child on Monday? We will be using them as part of our science learning.
Many thanks.
Hello!
It was lovely to welcome back the children and to hear about their holidays.
Thank you for the Home Learning that was returned last week. Please make sure that the books are in school on Monday morning. This week's spellings and multiplication facts will be put in them along with some other tasks linked to this week's learning in class.
As you may be aware, Miss Reynolds was off ill for most of last week. Hopefully, she will be feeling better soon. I will be changing reading books at some point on either Monday or Tuesday.
This week's multiplication facts are:
Year 3
2 x 6 = 12 6 x 2 = 12
5 x 6 = 30 6 x 5 = 30
4 x 6 = 24 6 x 8 = 48
6 x 6 = 36 6 x 7 = 42
6 x 9 = 54 6 x 12 = 72
8 x 6 = 48 12 x 6 = 72
Year 4
8 x 2 = 16 8 x 3 = 24
8 x 4 = 32 8 x 8 = 64
8 x 6 = 48 8 x 7 = 56
8 x 9 = 72 3 x 8 = 24
4 x 8 = 32 6 x 8 = 48
9 x 8 = 72 12 x 8 = 96
This week's spellings are:
Year 3
These words have irregular plurals.
foot feet tooth teeth mouse mice child children person people
Year 4
These words have irregular plurals.
foot feet tooth teeth mouse mice child children person people
Yes, they are the same for everyone this week.
Happy 2023!
I hope that you all had a good break. My thanks to those who were so kind as to give me a present. My family certainly enjoyed the seasonal spirit of sharing the consumable items!
Our topic for the Spring Terms is Rocks, Relics and Rumbles.
In the Rocks, Relics and Rumbles project, the children will learn about the different layers of the Earth, including plate tectonics and their potential effects on the Earth's surface. They will investigate different types of rock to learn about their uses and properties. They will also investigate soil and fossils, including learning about the work of Mary Anning. They will have the opportunity to use maps to learn about the lines of latitude and longitude and a compass to learn about the cardinal and intercardinal points. They will also learn about volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis and the long and short-term consequences that these can have.
English and Maths
Our foci for maths will be multiplication, length and perimeter, while in English we will be focussing on a fiction text in the first Spring Term and a narrative in the first person for the second Spring Term.
Our multiplication facts will concentrate on the combinations which have scored the least well on TT Rock Stars for the chosen table or tables for the week. A printed version of the multiplication facts of the week will also be in the children's Home Learning books.
Year 4. Week 1's multiplication facts are:
6 x 4 = 24 9 x 4 = 36
4 x 4 = 16 5 x 4 = 20
3 x 4 = 12 7 x 4 = 28
8 x 4 = 32 9 x 4 = 36
4 x 12 = 48 4 x 9 = 36
12 x 4 = 48 4 x 8 = 32
Year 3. Week 1's multiplication facts are:
2 x 3 = 6 3 x 5 = 15
8 x 3 = 24 6 x 3 = 18
7 x 3 = 21 8 x 3 = 24
9 x 3 = 27 4 x 3 = 12
11 x 3 = 33 12 x 3 = 36
0 x 3 = 0 13 x 3 = 39
The spellings for this week are:
Week 1 Spelling Year 3
The words have y making the short i sound.
myth gym bicycle Egypt gymnast symbol system lyrics pyramid mystery
Week 1 Spelling Year 4
These words have the prefix mis-.
misinform miscount mismatch misjudge misspell mistrust misfortune misbehave misdirect misread
Week 6
Last week we marked the start of Advent with craft sessions that involved stitching, gluing and colouring. Photographs will be posted on Tuesday, when all the children have finished the stuffing stage!
Meanwhile, here are this week's spellings and multiplication facts:
Year 3
young touch trouble double country couple cousin enough rough tough
Year 4
dispute disrespect discomfort dishonesty disbelieve disappoint disappear disconnect displace discourage
Year 3
2 x 8 = 16 3 x 8 = 24 4 x 8 = 32 5 x 8 = 40 6 x 8 = 48 7 x 8 = 56
8 x 8 = 64 9 x 8 = 72 11 x 8 = 88 12 x 8 = 96 7 x 4 = 28 9 x 4 = 36
Yes, the last two are from the 4 times table.
Year 4
2 x 12 = 24 3 x 12 = 36 4 x 12 = 48 5 x 12 = 60 6 x 12 = 72 7 x 12 = 84 8 x 12 = 96 9 x 12 = 108 10 x 12 = 120 11 x 12 = 132 12 x 12 = 144 11 x 11 = 121
Watch out for the last one in this set.
Week 5
I am posting this a bit early, so I hope that you have a good weekend.
Here are this week's spellings:
Week 5 Spelling Year 3
The root words have had the prefix im- added. This usually gives the opposite meaning.
imbalance immature immigrant immobile immortal immovable impartial impatient imperfect impolite
Week 5 Spelling Year 4
These words have the prefix ir-.
irrational irregular irrelevant irresponsible irreplaceable irreparable irreversible irresistible irrevocable irritate
These week's multiplication facts are:
Year 3. Week 5's multiplication facts are:
4 x 3 = 12 8 x 4 = 32
6 x 3 = 18 4 x 7 = 28
2 x 3 = 6 9 x 4 = 36
3 x 3 = 9 4 x 6 = 24
5 x 3 = 15 3 x 4 = 12
10 x 3 = 30 12 x 4 = 48
Year 4
This week's multiplication facts are:
1 x 9 = 9 2 x 9 = 12 3 x 9 = 27 4 x 9 = 36 5 x 9 = 54 6 x 9 = 54
7 x 9 = 63 8 x 9 = 72 9 x 9 = 81 10 x 9 = 90 11 x 9 = 99 12 x 9 = 108
Week 4
I hope that you have enjoyed the weekend - despite the rain!
Here are this week's spellings:
Week 4 Spelling Year 3
The root words have had the prefix in- added. This usually gives the opposite meaning.
incorrect inability inexpensive insincere insensitive invisible injustice incredible inaudible
Week 4 Spelling Year 4
These words have -ous after a long e sound.
serious obvious curious hideous envious furious glorious injurious melodious mysterious
The multiplication facts for this week are:
Year 3 x-4 and x-8
(The tables we have looked at singly each week for Year 3 are all the ones I would like to work on up to Christmas. Each week the children will have a mix of multiplication facts from two or three different tables.)
4 x 8 = 32 8 x 8 = 64
6 x 4 = 24 3 x 8 = 24
2 x 4 = 8 6 x 8 = 48
3 x 4 = 12 2 x 8 = 16
5 x 4 = 20 5 x 8 = 40
10 x 4 = 40 10 x 8 = 80
Year 4
This week's multiplication facts are:
1 x 6 = 6 2 x 3 = 6
3 x 6 = 18 4 x 3 = 12
5 x 6 = 30 6 x 3 = 18
7 x 6 = 42 8 x 3 = 24
9 x 6 = 54 10 x 3 = 30
11 x 6 = 66 12 x 3 = 36
Children In Need
As part of our thinking about Children in Need we designed our own doodles. We let our pencils 'go for a walk' and then coloured in the spaces using just five colours. We hope you like our designs.
Educational Visit to Canterbury
The children had a great, if slightly damp, day visiting Canterbury Cathedral and The Salvation Army. Our thanks to the Cathedral Education Team and guides and Captain Gavin Friday. They were a real credit to the school in the way they took part in the learning activities, responded to the adults they met and their behaviour throughout the day. Here are some pictures of our day.
Week 3
The big event for this week is our educational visit to Canterbury Cathedral and The Salvation Army on Tuesday as part of of topic on invasion and RE learning about how Christians live their faith in the present day. Thank you for completing and returning the permission slips.
We will still be going swimming tomorrow [Monday] so the children will need their kit for this.
Other things that are still happening as usual are spellings and multiplication facts!
Spelling
Week 3 Spelling Year 3
The root words come from the French and -ch for the -sh sound.
chassis machines parachute charades cache chivalry quiche niche chalet champagne
Week 3 Spelling Year 4
The root words end in e. To make them adverbs the y is dropped and ly is added.
giggly wrinkly bubbly wriggly crumbly prickly idly doubly humbly visibly
Multiplication facts
Year 3 x-2 and x-4
(The tables we have looked at singly each week for Year 3 are all the ones I would like to work on up to Christmas. Each week the children will have a mix of multiplication facts from two or three different tables.)
4 x 2 = 8 8 x 2 = 16 6 x 2 = 12 3 x 2 = 6
2 x 2 = 4 6 x 2 = 12 8 x 4 = 32 7 x 4 = 28
6 x 4 = 24 3 x 4 = 12 2 x 4 = 8 4 x 4 = 16
Year 4
1 x 12 = 12 2 x 12 = 24 3 x 12 = 36 4 x 12 = 48 5 x 12 = 60
6 x 12 = 72 7 x 12 = 84 8 x 12 = 96 9 x 12 = 108 10 x 12 = 120
11 x 12 = 132 12 x 12 = 144
Educational Visit to Canterbury Cathedral and The Salvation Army
This visit will take place next Tuesday, 15th November. You should have received a message via the school app and a letter was sent home this evening. You may confirm your consent via the app or by completing the slip at the bottom of the letter and returning it by Friday 11th November. Thank you.
Term 2 Week 2
I am posting this early as I prepare the learning for Monday. I am at a family funeral on Monday, so the class will be taken by Mrs. Baker
Swimming will be going ahead, with Mrs. Blackwell taking the class to Faversham Pool - along with Miss Reynolds and Mr Waters.
The spellings are:
Week 2 Spelling Year 3
The root words have had the prefix re- added.
remind repay recall recycle return rewind restore rephrase rearrange recreate
Week 2 Spelling Year 4
The root words end in y. to make them adverbs the y is swapped for an i and ly is added.
heavily speedily wearily merrily steadily cheerily greedily busily hungrily noisily
Multiplication Facts
Year 3 x-5 and x-10
(The tables we have looked at singly each week for Year 3 are all the ones I would like to work on up to Christmas. Each week the children will have a mix of multiplication facts from two or three different tables.)
5 x 2 = 10 9 x 2 = 18 10 x 2 = 20 11 x 2 = 22
12 x 2 = 24 0 x 2 = 0 5 x 4 = 40 9 x 4 = 36
10 x 4 = 40 11 x 4 = 44 12 x 4 = 48 0 x 4 = 0
This week's multiplication facts are:
Year 4
1 x 11 = 11 2 x 11 = 22 3 x 11 = 33 4 x 11 = 44 5 x 11 = 55
6 x 11 = 66 7 x 11 = 77 8 x 11 = 88 19 x 11 = 99 10 x 11 = 110
11 x 11 = 121 12 x 11 = 132
Term 2 Week 1
Welcome back. I hope that you have had an enjoyable half term break.
At the time of writing I am expecting the class to be going swimming tomorrow [Monday].
Spelling
Week 1 Spelling Year 3
These words have had the last letter doubled and have had -en added.
sadden rotten bitten hidden flatten ridden madden fatten gladden redden
Week 4 Spelling Year 4
These words have had the last letter doubled and then -ing added.
recurring emitting transferring beginning admitting forgetting regretting omitting occurring preferring
Multiplication Facts
Year 3 x-5 and x-10
(The tables we have looked at singly each week for Year 3 are all the ones I would like to work on up to Christmas. Each week the children will have a mix of multiplication facts from two or three different tables.)
5 x 5 = 25 9 x 5 = 15 10 x 5 = 50 11 x 5 = 55
12 x 5 = 60 0 x 5 = 0 5 x 10 = 50 9 x 10 = 90
10 x 10 = 100 11 x 10 = 110 12 x 10 = 120 0 x 10 = 0
This week's multiplication facts are:
Year 4
1 x 9 = 9 2 x 9 = 18 3 x 9 = 27 4 x 9 = 36 5 x 9 = 45
6 x 9 = 54 7 x 9 = 63 8 x 9 = 72 9 x 9 = 81 10 x 9 = 90
11 x 9 = 99 12 x 9 = 108
Half Term Break
Term One is now done and I hope you have a good break.
It was lovely to meet with you for the Parent Consultation Evenings. I found the conversations very helpful as we seek to support the children's learning.
A piece of home learning for the break has been set and is in your child's Home Learning Book. If they were away on the last day, you will be able to find the task attached below.
Thank you for all your support and I look forward to seeing everyone on Monday 31st October.
09 10 22
Christmas Cards
With luck, the children will have mentioned that they will be designing Christmas cards this week. I asked them to have a think about what design they would like to draw for the front of a card, over the weekend. My plan is they they will draw the image on Monday afternoon. If you pick up this message before they come to school on Monday, please remind them that they may like to do a draft at home.
The designs will be sent off and you will receive proof-copies in time for orders to be placed.
Ho ho ho!
08 10 22
Hello, I hope you are having a good weekend.
Parent Consultation evenings take place this week. If you still need to book an appointment please contact the school office.
This week's spellings are:
Week 7 Spelling Year 3
These words all end in e and have had -en added.
ripen stolen frozen shaken chosen mistaken hasten whiten broken widen
Week 7 Spelling Year 4
These words have add -ing added to words ending in -e. The -e is dropped when -ing is added.
receiving damaging prescribing achieving deserving balancing dividing requiring believing arranging
This week's multiplication facts are:
Year 3 x-5 and x-10
(The tables we have looked at singly each week for Year 3 are all the ones I would like to work on up to Christmas. Each week the children will have a mix of multiplication facts from two or three different tables.)
2 x 5 = 10 3 x 5 = 15 4 x 5 = 20 6 x 5 = 30 7 x 5 = 35 8 x 5 = 40
2 x 10= 20 3 x 10 = 30 4 x 10 = 40 6 x 10 = 60 7 x 10 = 70
8 x 10 = 80
Year 4
1 x 7 = 7 2 x 7 = 14 3 x 7 = 21 4 x 7 = 28 5 x 7 = 35 6 x 7 = 42 7 x 7 = 49 8 x 7 = 56 9 x 7 = 63 10 x 7 = 70 11 x 7 = 77 12 x 7 = 84
02 10 22
Hello. I hope you are enjoying the weekend.
This week's multiplication facts are:
Year 3
1x8=8 2x8=16 3x8=24 4x8=32 5x8=40 6x8=48 7x8=56 8x8=64 9x8=72 10x8=80 11x8=88 12x8=96
Year 4
1x6=6 2x6=12 3x6=18 4x6=24 5x6=30 6x6=66 7x6=42 8x6=56 9x6=54 10x6=60 11x6=66 12x6=72
This week's spellings are:
Year 3
assesses confesses addresses trespasses depresses discusses dismisses expresses processes obsesses
Year 4
galloping directing containing emptying wondering following carrying hurrying glistening recording
Discovering about the past
I would like you to find out the following things about Anglo-Saxon shields:
From what they were made
Their shape
What they had in the middle
The kind of designs that were drawn on them.
If you are using the internet remember to include ks2 in the search box.
25 09 22
Hello, I hope you are having a good weekend.
This week the children completed some weaving using the warp and weft method. They will form part of our art display in the hall and in the classroom. The children will be bringing them and the Saxon-style embossed broaches home later.
The Parent Welcome Meetings for Dragonflies and Scorpions will now take place this Wednesday, 28th September. If you are able to come, it will be good to see you.
This week's spellings are:
Week 5 Spelling Year 3
These words have all had the last a suffix added to unstressed syllables:
follower following listening listener happened happening sharpening sharpener summoned summoning
Week 5 Spelling Year 4
These pairs of words are homophones and all have the same sound but different spellings:
fair fare grate great groan grown mane main meddle medal
This week's multiplication facts are:
Year 3
1 x 4 = 4 2 x 4 = 8 3 x 4 = 12 4 x 4 = 16 5 x 4 = 20 6 x 4 =24 7 x 4 =28
8 x 4 = 32 9 x 4 = 36 10 x 4 = 40 11 x 4 = 44 12 x 4 = 48
Year 4
1 x 3 =3 2 x 3 = 6 3 x 3 = 9 4 x 3 = 12 5 x 3 = 15 6 x 3 = 18 7 x 3 = 21
8 x 3 = 24 9 x 3 = 27 10 x 3 = 30 11 x 3 = 33 12 x 3 = 36
Hello, I am a little ahead of myself this week.
Here are the spellings:
Year 3
These words have all had the last letter doubled and then a suffix added.
beginner beginning forgetting forgotten submitted submitting admitted admitted preferring preferred
Week 4 Spelling Year 4
These words all have ‘s’ added to make the word plural.
agrees blends drinks filters knows looks narrates rides shares spreads
Here are the multiplication facts for this week:
Year 3 will be focusing on the 2-times table:
1x2 =2 2x2 =4 3x2 =6 4x2 =8 5x2 =10 6x2 =12
7x2 =14 8x2 =16 9x2 =18 10x2 =20 11x2 =22 12x2 =24
Year 4 will be focusing on the 8-times table:
1x8 =8 2x8 =16 3x8 =24 4x8 =32 5x8 =40 6x8 =48
7x8 =56 8x8 =64 9x8 =72 10x8 =80 11x8 =88 12x8 =96
Home Learning Books
Please make sure that the Home Learning Books are returned on Tuesday. We will be looking at what the children have found out and putting in the new spellings, multiplication facts and the research question for the topic.
Hello, I hope that you are having an enjoyable weekend.
Here are this week's spellings:
Week 3 Spelling Year 3
These words all have ‘es’ added to make plurals.
ashes bunches crashes stitches witches crosses foxes heroes quizzes taxes
Week 3 Spelling Year 4
These words all have the prefix ‘in’ at the start of the root word. This turns the meaning of the root word to the opposite meaning.
incorrect infrequent inexpert ineffective inability inexpensive insincere invisible incredible inaudible
Multiplication facts:
Year 3 will be focussing on the 5-times table:
1x5 =5 2x5 =10 3x5 =15 4x5 =20 5x5 =25 6x5 =30
7x5 =35 8x5 =40 9x5 =45 10x5 =50 1x5 =55 12x5 =60 Year 4 will be focussing on the 4-times table:
1x4 =4 2x4 =8 3x4 =12 4x4 =16 5x4 =20 6x4 =24
7x4 =28 8x4 =32 9x4 =36 10x4 =40 11x4 =44 12x4 =48
Home Learning Books
Please make sure that the Home Learning Books are returned tomorrow [Monday]. We will be looking at what the children have found out and putting in the new spellings, multiplication facts and the research question for the topic.
And finally....
We go swimming tomorrow [Monday]. The children may wear their swimming costume under their PE kit. Please make sure they have underwear to change into after the session.
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 Invasion, 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.