​新年快乐!
This week we have been learning all about Lunar New Year and how it is celebrated in different parts of the world. We have been exploring life in ancient China and how the social class systems were structured. We have made our own lanterns and were gifted a hong bao by one of our classmates.
Next week we will be making a guitar in our science lesson, this will help us really explore how sound waves work and how the vibrations are transferred. Shoeboxes or tissue boxes along with long kitchen roll tubes would be really helpful so that we can all build one!
It is really important that the children are reading 3x a week, the book that is levelled from accelerated reader. It is lovely for me to see in their reading record that they have read other books too!
Spelling lessons next week will focus on the suffix ‘ful’. How many words can you find that have the suffix ful?
The children have worked hard to develop their 3-, 4- and 8-times tables. Times Table Rockstars is really helping those who are accessing it, so please encourage the children to use it if you have the time.
Have a lovely weekend and 新年快乐!

It has been lovely to have the children back at school for the start of the Spring Term! We have had such an exciting time, even in our short week. We have begun our new history unit, The Shang Dynasty, where we have begun to learn about the concept of communication across time. Around the world humans began to write, some chose more life-like images, and some chose symbols to represent objects. In our lesson, we told stories using ancient Chinese characters.  
We have also begun to learn about sound and how the human ear works. We have tested the human ear in multiple ways, finding out how well we can hear through doors and if we are to cover our ears.  
Next week, we will focus on homophones in our spelling lessons. These are words that sound the same but have different meanings. This link may help if you would like to have some fun with homophones at home! What is a homophone? | TheSchoolRun  
I would like to remind everyone that we do recommend and expect the children to read their school levelled book 3 times per week and for a comment to be written by them or a grown up at home. It is important that the children bring their reading books and reading record back to school each day, this way the adults in school can also support them with their reading. If the children choose to read books from home, we ask that this is as well as their school book. The more they read the school books, the more we can assess and support their reading level.  
Have a lovely weekend! ​