Spellings to be tested Thursday 6th February

Objectives
Adding the suffixes beginning with a vowel ( -ing, -en, -er, -ed) knowing to double the fonal consonant when the final syllable is stressed (as in forgetting, preferred)

Core Group
Core word list
wanted, other, lots, eat.
Pattern words
builder, trained, getting
Lower School Core Words
increase, important, interest

Group A
builder, runner, getting, worked, reading, training, talked, looking, thinker, painter, player, forbidden, finding.
Lower school core words
guide, heard, heart

Group B
fatten, acting, slipping, limited, beginner, being, gardener, staying, forgetting, potter, player, forbidden, finding.
Lower school core words
guide, heard, heart

Group C
preferred, regretting, kidnapper, committed, limiting, occurred, teaching, forbidden, forgetting, referred, player, forbidden, finding
Lower school core words
guide, heard, heart

Roman Oil Lamp Workshop 30th January

Thank you so much to all of the parents who came to our workshop tonight. We hope that you had a great time learning new skills from your children. The oil lamps will be air dried for a few days and then fired in our kiln.
We are looking forward to welcoming 4CH and 4LJ tomorrow after school.

Roman Oil Lamp Workshops Thursday 30th January 4AW and 4JE and Friday 31st January 4CH and 4LJ

Thank you to all of the parents who have registered to take part in the Workshops later this week. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday and Friday.

Home Learning 23rd January

There will be no Home Learning set today due to the Lion King trip. Please continue to practise your times tables using TTRockstars. Don't forget to include at least one 'Soundcheck' each week at home.

Spellings to be tested Thursday 30th January

Core group
couldn't, going, wanted, other, action, section, question, imagine, increase, important

Group A
words ending in -tion
station, attention, solution, question, section, direction, information, protection, action, relation, option, position, nation.
Lower School Core Words
grammar, group, guard

Group B
words ending in -tion
operation, condition, competition, population, situation, election, production, opposition, education, function, option, position, nation.
Lower School Core Words
grammar, group, guard

Group C
words ending in -tion
investigation, introduction, intention, conversation, mention, tradition, selection, combination, organisation, description, option, position, nation
Lower School Core Words
grammar, group, guard

Spellings to be tested Thursday 23rd January

Core group
after, work, couldn't, going, movement, agreement, useful, history, imagine, increase

Group A
useful, sadness, restless, movement, certainly, sickness, agreement, really, careful, hopeless, needless, fitness, finally, February,  forwards, fruit.

Group B
powerful, brightly, pointless, development, recently, thickness, treatment, likeness, wonderful, countless, needless, fitness, finally, February,  forwards, fruit.

Group C
peaceful, forgiveness, motionless, equipment, obviously, eagerness, requirement, suddenly, delightful, powerless, needless, fitness, finally, February,  forwards, fruit.

Ice hands 4AW

This morning we learnt about changes of state by observing ice hands in the classroom. The children showed excellent scientific skills and were able to describe their observations in detail. It was interesting to observe the effects of salt on one of the fingers in lowering the melting point. This lesson will lead into a full discussion of the water cycle over the coming weeks.