Latest News from Holbeach Primary School
Our class assembly will be taking place on the 13th February at 9:15.
As part of our performance we will be singing this song. You can practise the words and tune at home.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/history-great-fire-of-london-pepys-part-3/z6m6qp3
These are the stories we have been sharing this week. We have read stories with lots of different characters and Hasan brought a book that he has been reading at home to show. He gave a great summary of what he has read so far.
Do these stories remind you of any others that you have read?
Can you remember any of the rules for attending the party in “You must bring a hat”?
What was your favourite thing you have read this week?
In Phonics we have really been enjoying playing this game again. You might want to play it yourself at home.
http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/lcwc/index.html
When you click on the link, you need to make sure you click on Year 2. Then you can practice tricky words.
On Thursday 23rd January some children from Years 5 and 6 took part in a Basketball competition.
Well done to everyone! Everyone played really well and we are really proud of you! Holbeach were spotted as the most respectful team out of the many taking part. Ms Bozzao said that our team were very considerate of each other and that they showed that they knew the rules very well.
On Thursday 16th January some children from Years 3 and 4 took part in a basketball competition.
Here are some photos from this exciting event…
Well done team!
Next week we will be practising our multiplication skills in Maths.
This week try practising your 2, 5 and 10 times table. You could show someone at home the dance that we have been using to help us.
You may want to play this game to practise identifying multiples of 2, 5 and 10.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples
You can play this game to test how quickly you can answer multiplication questions.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Here is a song to also practice counting forwards and backwards in tens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYRTtwZGwj8
Don’t forget to practice couting forwards and backwards in tens from any number. eg. 78, 68, 58, 48…
This week everyone made their own clock. Can you practise making different times on your clock?
What time do you get up?
Have breakfast?
Brush your teeth?
What other times can you make?
We have been looking at finding the fractions of a number this week.
We use a bar model to show the denominator or a fraction, and then work out the amount we need by looking at the numerator.