Dear Parents and Carers,

It was lovely to see so many of you at parents' meetings this week. Thank you for coming.

RE – Thinking as Theologians

In RE, we explored the question: What is the best way for a Muslim to show commitment to God? Children began by naming a commitment that is important to them and explaining why it matters. They then explored some of the ways Muslims might show commitment to God, before deciding which they think is the best way and explaining their reasons.

Home, Fire and Road Safety

On Monday, children took part in a Home, Fire and Road Safety talk delivered by a Home and Community Safety Advisor from Oxfordshire County Council Fire and Rescue Service. They learnt about:

•       why smoke alarms matter and how to look after them, including testing them once a week

•       the "triangle of fire" (heat, fuel and air) and common causes of fires at home

•       the key message: Get out, stay out, call 999

Please find the activity booklet attached. More fire and road safety advice is available at www.365alive.co.uk.

OFRS - Fire safety activity booklet - KS2 - 2012 (V3.0).pdf

Maths 

In Maths, Columba learnt about common factors, square numbers and prime numbers.

In Aquila, we continued exploring fractions: adding and subtracting mixed numbers with different denominators and across a boundary. 

Home Learning

•       Please complete the Maths Practice Journal – Week 7 and return it to school on Tuesday 3rd November.

•       Please encourage your child to practise on Times Tables Rock Stars regularly. Let us know if you need their login details.

Spelling – Columba Class

This week's spelling rule: the prefixes dis-, in-, il- and im- mean "not" or "the opposite of". Adding a prefix doesn't change the spelling of the root word. The prefix in- changes to:

•       il- before words beginning with l (illegal)

•       im- before words beginning with m or p (impolite)

Spelling word	Prefix + root word
dislike	dis + like
illegal	il + legal
illogical	il + logical
illiterate	il + literate
illegible	il + legible
impolite	im + polite

Please encourage your child to practise the Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 spelling lists below, as well as their times tables, regularly.

Year 3/4 Spelling List

Words 1–25	Words 26–50	Words 51–75	Words 76–100
accident(ally)	disappear	interest	pressure
actual(ly)	early	island	probably
address	earth	knowledge	promise
answer	eight/eighth	learn	purpose
appear	enough	length	quarter
arrive	exercise	library	question
believe	experience	material	recent
bicycle	experiment	medicine	regular
breath	extreme	mention	reign
breathe	famous	minute	remember
build	favourite	natural	sentence
busy/business	February	naughty	separate
calendar	forward(s)	notice	special
caught	fruit	occasion(ally)	straight
centre	grammar	often	strange
century	group	opposite	strength
certain	guard	ordinary	suppose
circle	guide	particular	surprise
complete	heard	peculiar	therefore
consider	heart	perhaps	though/although
continue	height	popular	thought
decide	history	position	through
describe	imagine	possess(ion)	various
different	increase	possible	weight
difficult	important	potatoes	woman/women

Year 5/6 Spelling List

Words 1–25	Words 26–50	Words 51–75	Words 76–100
accommodate	correspond	identity	queue
accompany	criticise (critic + ise)	immediate(ly)	recognise
according	curiosity	individual	recommend
achieve	definite	interfere	relevant
aggressive	desperate	interrupt	restaurant
amateur	determined	language	rhyme
ancient	develop	leisure	rhythm
apparent	dictionary	lightning	sacrifice
appreciate	disastrous	marvellous	secretary
attached	embarrass	mischievous	shoulder
available	environment	muscle	signature
average	equip (-ped, -ment)	necessary	sincere(ly)
awkward	especially	neighbour	soldier
bargain	exaggerate	nuisance	stomach
bruise	excellent	occupy	sufficient
category	existence	occur	suggest
cemetery	explanation	opportunity	symbol
committee	familiar	parliament	system
communicate	foreign	persuade	temperature
community	forty	physical	thorough
competition	frequently	prejudice	twelfth
conscience	government	privilege	variety
conscious	guarantee	profession	vegetable
controversy	harass	programme	vehicle
convenience	hindrance	pronunciation	yacht

 

Important Dates

Date	Event
Monday 2nd November	INSET Day
Saturday 7th November	School Open Day, 10am–12pm
Monday 9th November	Aquila Junior Citizens trip (PM)
Tuesday 10th November	Aquila SATs meeting at 5:00pm

 

Open Day

Saturday 7th November 10am-12pm is our annual Open Day, while this day is predominately aimed towards families who may want to join our school next academic year, we open the school to existing families too. There will be a range of activities for the children to enjoy. All families are welcome, children are unable to attend without an adult to supervise them. Menna, Upper School Lead, and Amy will also be leading a short information session on the Year 5/6 Curriculum between 10:30-10:45 in Draco classroom.

 

Have a restful half term, and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 3rd November