Thursday 22nd January
LC: To edit and improve non-fiction text
You should have completed your independent write.
If you have not completed your booklet, use this time now to complete it.
Once completed, you need to re-read your work and edit.
Have you used adverbs of time correctly? Have you used the correct punctuation?
Can you add any fun facts?
To be able to read weighing scales to determine mass in kilograms.
RIC
R - What did Grandad want to make for Nana's tarts?
I - How did Grandad feel about growing raspberries? Where is the evidence in the text?
C - Look at the word 'delicious' in the text. Why has the author decided to write it like that?
Thursday 22nd January 2026
LC: Identify themes in a range of books.
Remember a theme is the lesson or message the author wants you to learn!
We read two stories yesterday. Can you remember what the themes were?
Whole Class
We are going to read the text below.
A princess fell in love with a working boy from the stables. The king refused to let the princess marry such a poor, unroyal person. The stable boy left the kingdom, promising to return one day for his princess.
Three years later, the princess had refused to marry five different rich and powerful princes. The king was furious.
Then in the middle of the night, the stable boy appeared at the princess’s window. He told her that he had settled in another kingdom, living in a small house by a wood and working for a kind farmer. He wasn’t rich but he wanted to marry her. The princess jumped out the window, onto the boy’s horse and they rode away to live happily ever after.
What theme is shown in the story?
Theme list:
• The power of love
• Growing up
• Learning who to trust
• Mis-using a great power or gift
• Standing up for what is right
Activity
We are going to read the below story. You are then going to identify the correct theme.
There was a gingerbread man who escaped from the baker who was going to eat him.
He came across a river. There was a little sheep smiling sweetly who had a paddle boat that said, if he helped paddle, they could both cross the river together. Or there was a sleek fox licking his lips that had a speed boat who said the gingerbread man could jump on his boat and didn’t have to do anything, just travel in style.
The gingerbread man jumped onto the fox’s boat and they set off. Half way across the river the fox stopped the boat and chomped the gingerbread man down in one bite.
The theme shown in this story is... because...
Theme list:
• The power of love
• Growing up
• Learning who to trust
• Mis-using a great power or gift
• Standing up for what is right
LC: To identify the main achievements during the Mesolithic era compared to the Paleolithic era.
Let's see what we can remember from last week. Go on to SeeSaw and check what you can remember! Your task on SeeSaw looks like this:
This week we are learning about the second part of the Stone Age. The second part is known as the Mesolithic Era.
Below are some Keywords that will help you with todays learning:
Speak to your talk partner and tell them what Britain was covered in, in the Mesolithic Era.
If there was a lot of Woodland what do you think the people could now begin to do?
Imagine you have visitors who want to come and see this Mesolithic shelter. They know nothing about what people lived like in the Mesolithic Era.
Remember to compare living in the Mesolithic Era to the Paleolithic Era.
Once you have finished your sign post, why not step back in time and see some of the artefacts of the Stone Age!
Click on the link below.