Welcome to Durnford’s Class Page
Dear parents,
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How are you? Hope you are all well and have been able to get outside a bit despite the rain?! Keep smiling!
I have focused on grammar skills this week in Literacy, rather than a writing task. There is a SPAG test to complete each day and then a specific grammar task to learn about and practice each day. The maths continues from White Rose, but I am also attaching some extension maths booklets for the whole week to dip into if you complete the maths lesson early or if you would like some more maths to do. However, please remember that I also gave you a list of times table games and websites you could go on to play in the first pack- these are so important and so always worth practicing. There is always the MyMaths website you can log on to too and complete lessons so plenty of options!
There has also been an athletics challenge emailed out to all pupils that you may like to have a look at and have a go at in your garden for PE sessions or you can use Joe Wicks videos.
For access to some virtual assemblies, click here.
Enjoy the activities, keep up the fantastic effort!
Mrs Conduit 🙂
Durnford’s Gallery Of Fab Work
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| What a fab limerick from Sophie Rose! | Here is Lilia’s superb ‘Rainbow’ acrostic poem |
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| Olivia with her ‘Perilous Potion.’ Great work and super decoration. Click here to read the poem. | Sophie has created this fantastic explanation leaflet about a robot. Click here to read it. | Some excellent arithmetic from kai. | Lilia with her limerick. Click here to read it. |
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| Bea’s super ‘Perilous potion.’ | Sophie has also written a fab ‘Perilous Potion.’ Click here to read. | Sophie has also been enjoying cycling by the river. | Here is a picture of Sophie’s endangered animal fact file. |
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| Kai has coloured in this mindfulness rabbit beautifully | Tobias and Jonas have created this super model of the Great Barrier Reef. | Tobias and Jonas have filmed themselves making a hurricane in a jar. Click here to watch. | This is Leah’s WW1 soldier silhouette picture. Fab work! |
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| Kai has also coloured this surfboard design- what neat colouring! | This is a WW1 soldier Kai made using the ‘cut out and dress soldier’ activity in our packs. | Harvey has created this great bar chart to record the number of minibeasts he found in his garden. |
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| Bea has made some delicious looking brownies! | Maxwell has created this excellent WW1 soldier silhouette, using a sunrise background. | Lilia has written a fantastic newspaper report about Sergeant Stubby. Click here to read it. | Maxwell has been busy writing a super spy story. Click here to read an extract! |
Phoebe has created this fab animation with Hester!
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| Maisie has been busy baking- these look yummy! | Maisie has been helping her Mum on the farm too. | Olly has made this brilliant model of a WW1 trench. See below for a close up photo. |
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| Close up of Olly’s trench | Here is a great news report, written by Olly, all about the heroic Sergeant Stubby. Click here to read an enlarged version. | Here is Bea’s trench. Great Camo! The next two pictures show close ups of the trench. | I love the fact the ‘dress your own soldier’ from previous activity has been added! |
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| Fab work! | Lilia has created a great, ‘perilous potion’ poem. Click here to read the whole poem. | Here is Olly’s super ‘Perilous Potion’- very gruesome! Click here to read pg 1 and here for pg 2 | Olly created the packaging for his potion too- look closely- what can you see inside?! Great alliteration too on the label! |
Phoebe also took part in a national writing competition
and has come second!! Click here to read her winning story.
Work set to complete at home
From now on, I will put most recent work packs at the top to save you scrolling down!
Week beg:29th June–click here for timetable and resources
Week beg: 22nd June– Click here for timetable and resources
Week beg: 15th June- click here for timetable and resources
Extension maths sheets this week are on the timetable above.
Week beg: 8th June– click here for timetable and resources
Extra maths sheets: For expected level print off 4.1-4.5 and for a challenge print off 5.1-5.5
Previous work set
Week 2: 27th April- click here for timetable and resources
Week 3: 4th May-click here for timetable and resources
Week 4: 11th May- click here for timetable and resources
Week 5: 18th May-click here for timetable and resources
My apologies, the answer sheet seems to be on twice in lesson 2 3 and 4 for some reason, so here are the worksheets without answers.
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Week 1: 1st June- click here for timetable and resources
Maths extension worksheet: whole number multiplication easier
Whole number multiplication easier ANSWERS
Maths extension worksheet: Decimal multiplication harder
Division three digit easier with answers
Division three digit harder with answers
Adding improper fractions extension task with answers
This term, our topic is ‘WW1‘ We will learn about which countries were involved and locate these on a map. We will learn about why war began and how animals played a part in the war. We will research famous people who were involved in the war and learn about how the war affected home life. Â (See the Long term plan for greater detail.)
The school value we are focusing on this term is Truthfulness. We will be thinking about what it means to be truthful and honest . We will be listening to both stories from the Bible and talking about inspirational people from history and modern day who demonstrate this value, through their actions.
Take a look at the Long Term Plan which details the curriculum areas we will be focusing on each term across the whole year (Click on the hyperlink).
Information about homework and P.E are found below (scroll down the page).
If you would like to talk to either myself (Mrs Conduit) or Mrs Massie about anything, please do make an appointment to come and see us. Thank you in advance of your anticipated support.2) Always listen to others.
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| Our class rules which we created together 1) Care about the people around you and help others. 2) Always listen to others. 3) Respect your teachers, no answering back. 4) Keep your hands to yourself. 5) Keep all four legs of the chair on the floor. 6) Put your hand up rather than shouting out. 7) Persevere, even when things might be hard. 8) Respect each other’s differences. 9) No running in class. 10) Be happy and have fun-always try to smile! |
8) Respect each other’s differences.
9) No running in class.
10) Be happy and have fun-always try to smile!.
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Durnford’s E-Safety Rules! We have discussed how to be safe online and have come up with these rules that we think everyone should follow: • Only visit website we know and trust E-safety rules
Safe: Keep safe by being careful not to give out personal information – such as your name, email, phone number, home address, or school name – to people who you don’t trust online… Meeting:Meeting someone you have only been in touch with online can be dangerous. Only do so with your parents’ or carers’ permission and even then only when they can be present… Accepting: Accepting emails, IM messages, or opening files, pictures or texts from people you don’t know or trust can lead to problems – they may contain viruses or nasty messages!… Reliable: Someone online may be lying about who they are, and information you find on the internet may not be reliable… Telling: Tell your parent, carer or a trusted adult if someone or something makes you feel uncomfortable or worried. You can report online abuse to the police at: www.thinkuknow.co.uk. |
P.E
The children will need kit on a Wednesday for outdoor P.E and on a Thursday for indoor gymnastics. Please can children ensure they are wearing proper school kit of blue or black shorts, yellow school t-shirt and green hooded jumper and in colder weather, school tracksuit bottoms or plain black ones. When the weather gets wetter, please bring in a carrier bag for muddy trainers to avoid kit getting wet and dirty.
Homework in Durnford
Literacy homework is set on Monday and is due in on a Wednesday.Â
Numeracy homework is set on a Wednesday and is due in on a Friday.
Spelling test: Monday. The children are given seven or eight spellings. New spellings will be given out the same day as the test. Five of these spellings are linked to the spelling pattern looked at that week; the other three are words from the new curriculum lists as statutory for that year group to learn by the end of the year. These are stuck into spelling practice books so they can be practiced at home and the children also practice these in school, linking it to handwriting.
Tables test: Test on a Wednesday the children will be told which times table they are currently to work on, this is on an individual basis. Once children score 10 out of 10 two weeks in a row, they will move on to the next times table. They then move to mixed tables with division when they have learnt up to 12×12.
Sometimes there may be other projects or science homework set.
Homework diariesThese need to be handed in with the homework, signed by a parent please to show you have seen the children’s homework and for any other messages. These must be brought into school the day that homework is set so that the children can write down the task. It is the children’s responsibility to keep these safe and to copy the homework down correctly- it is always written on the board and explained.Â
Reading recordsThese must be brought in to school every day as children may be heard read by an adult and we like to write a comment in the diary. They must get into the habit of bringing them into class each morning. The children can write down the page number they have reached when reading to themselves. Please do try to hear your child read aloud regularly too as it is really good practice for them, even if they are really fluent readers. They can choose books from the school library, classroom or from home.
