Barrington Primary School

Learning

Violet Class

Welcome to the Violet Class page.

Miss Fonseka is the class teacher Monday to Wednesday and Mrs Carridge is the class teacher Thursday and Friday.

The children are taught PE and yoga by Mr Herd.

If you need to contact Miss Fonseka or Mrs Carridge, email is the best way:

ACarridge@barrington.cambs.sch.uk

CFonseka@barrington.cambs.sch.uk

Here are some photos of Violet class creating a volcanic eruption! We have been learning about mountains in Geography and today, we carried out a Science experiment to recreate a volcanic eruption as we now know mountains can be formed from volcanoes. It was lots of fun! We then wrote up the experiment in our Science books.

Supporting with learning at home

The following ideas can be used to support your child with their learning at home:

Reading. Listen to your child read aloud at least three times a week. Reading aloud is a key skill for children and supports them with comprehension, developing empathy for characters, inferring meaning from punctuation and decoding. In Year 6, we are monitoring the books children are reading at home using their reading diaries. Please check your child's reading diary periodically to see what books they have read. You might want to ask their opinion on the last book they read.
Times tables. Support your child to rapidly recall the times tables up to 12 x 12. If they can do this, they will begin to make connections across other areas of maths and internalise key skills much quicker. If they already know the times tables, support them to derive related facts. For example, if I know 4 x 3 = 12, what else do I know? (0.3 x 0.4 = 0.12, 4 x 30 = 120, 12/0.3 = 40, 30 x 400 = 12,000 etc.)

Computing

In computing the children will be learning about networks and communication next half-term. They will be learning how search results are ranked and influenced and will be learning the tools of responsible communication.

Maths

In maths we will be looking at fractions, decimals and percentages as well as revising compact methods for addition and subtraction. They will be exploring the properties of shapes and creating 2D and 3D shapes using given criteria.

SPaG

In SPaG this we are learning about determiners, noun phrases, progressive tense and clauses (relative, main and subordinate).

Homework

Thank you to all the parents and carers who supported the children to complete their homework on time this half-term. It was fantastic to see the children completing it to such a high standard :) Don't forget that on a Friday, Mrs Carridge will be running a homework club for children who would benefit from additional support.

Here are some photos of the children playing Articulate in Geography. We have just started learning new vocabulary relating to mountains and the children have had great fun playing games to demonstrate their understanding. Shortly, we will be making our very own volcanoes!

Recommended reading

Please find information below regarding a suggested reading list for primary aged children. It has been put together by the highly regarded, Pie Corbett and we recommend your child read at least one of the books suggested, over the next half-term.