What a busy week we have had this week! The children have undergone their Phonics Screening Checks, they had an amazing Sports Day on Wednesday and the children have "blown me away" with their windmills that they have created in DT. Well done Hedgehogs on surviving a very busy week!

Phonics Screening Checks

I am proud of all the Hedgehogs for their fantastic attitude towards the assessment, and for how they persevered with it. A big thank you to those that did any extra practice with the children to help them with the check, it is thoroughly appreciated.

The standard threshold pass mark for this year’s phonics screening check will be published on Monday 23rd June. Last year the pass mark was 32 out of 40, however this can change. I am unable to share results at this moment in time, but the results of the check will be issued in your child’s end of year report. In the report, your child’s score will be included alongside a comment on whether your child has passed, or whether your child will need to retake the check next summer.

Maths

In our Maths learning this week, we have had Mr Tague, Miss Jones and Mrs Wain teaching the class this week as I have been doing Phonics Screening Checks in the mornings. In our Maths, we have focused on the unit: Length and Height this week. We have been using the words longer, shorter, taller and smaller to compare objects. We have also been using units such as cubes and paper clips to measure objects around the classroom. On Wednesday, we learned the new skill of using a ruler to measure objects in centimetres (cm). The children also had a go at drawing straight lines using the ruler as well which was a difficult task! Can you have a go at drawing straight lines using a ruler and pencil at home? Can you draw a;

10cm line?

15cm line?

20cm line?

23cm line?

28cm line?

30cm line?

If you can, bring your piece of work in and you can earn some house points for your chosen house.

 There are Maths shed quizzes online for this week's learning. There are also games below which you can access as well;

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/measuring-in-cm

https://www.iknowit.com/lessons/a-measurement-longer-taller-shorter.html

Here are some photos of the children measuring objects using cubes and paper-clips as well!

English

In our English work this week, the children planned and wrote their own stories based on "Adventures are the Pits". The children created their own tale of fear stories about one of their friends overcoming a nightmare. Each child chose a friend in their class, and a nightmare that they had to write about. The children wrote their story over three days. The children produced some of their best work and it's so amazing to see the progress they have made throughout the year! Can you write a story about one of your friends/member of your family? Maybe they have a nightmare they are trying to overcome? How do they overcome the nightmare?

DT Project

In our DT work this week, we have been working on designing, making and evaluating a windmill. We have tied this learning into our work on seasons, and we discussed how it can be windy in any season. We talked about how windmills are useful and how they work by the wind. On Monday, we designed our own windmill, and on Tuesday we created our windmills by following our designs. On Friday, we then evaluated our windmills so we can see what things we would change if we were to do it again. Can you explain to your grown-up how you made your windmill? What colour was your base, your tower and your sail? Here are some pictures of our windmills below!

Phonics and Spellings

In our Phonics this week, we recapped the sounds air, ear, ear (making the /air/ sound) and are (making the /air/ sound). Please use the Monster Phonics booklets to recap any sounds that your child has struggled with this week. 

Spellings (available on Spelling Shed)

Sports Day

Sports Day was a big success. Thank you for coming and I hope you enjoyed watching the track and field events!

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Armishaw