Tuesday 4th November 2025

What strategies can you use to calculate these quickly?

 

Tuesday 4th November 2025

LC: To read and discuss a range of fairy tales.

 

Grammar: 

04.11.25

LC: Be able to multiply by 9

Review

Take Your Pick  

Egypt

egipt

  

jym

gym

  

crippt

crypt

  

pyramid

piramid

  

mistry

mystery

  

cimbol

symbol

  

lyrics

lrics

  

myth

mith

Choose three words. Compose a sentence for each one orally and then write it.

Learning

Can you remember what a  prefix is?

A prefix is a group of letters placed before a root which changes the meaning.  

 

un-

 un- is the most common of English prefixes and is widely used. 

 

Let's read together the sentences below. What is the meaning of the un- words in each of them?

The slippery floor made the hall unsafe.  

It was unfair to ask the children to complete the bicycle race in the rain.

This classroom is so untidy!

Do you feel unwell?

un- is a prefix that originates from Old English and before that, it came from ancient languages spoken thousands of years ago. 

It usually means 'not' or 'the opposite of'. un- is added to the beginning of the word without changing the spelling of the root word.

My Turn, Your Turn

unkind

unlucky

unfinished

Practise and apply

Detective Chief Spellers

Choose six numbers between 1 and 8. Walk around the room to find your words. When you have found one, return to your place and write it with the prefix un in order to change its meaning. Then find the next number and repeat until  you have found all of them.

well

fit 

tidy 

fair 

dress 

 

important 

usual 

safe 

Choose three of the new words and write a sentence for each of them.

Tuesday 4th November 2025

LC- Be able to describe the structure of planet Earth.

Discuss the following question in pairs.

We live on the Earth's crust. It seems very hard because we build on it and we don't sink into the floor. But what is further underneath us?

 

 

Lets' learn more about each of these sections. 

So the areas underneath us are not hard and firm but are hot and move.

 

What are tectonic plates?

The Earth’s surface is called the crust. It is made up of different rocky sections called tectonic plates, which fit together like a jigsaw covering earth.

Tectonic plates are located all over the world. They cover the Earth’s inner layers and act as a sort of shell below the ground and the sea. The plates that are below the continents (land) are known as continental plates. The plates that are covered by the ocean are called oceanic plates. These are thinner and heavier.

Task:

What have you learned about the structure of the Earth?

Label the diagram and stick it in your book.

 

Underneath, write a sentence or two that describes each of the layers.

Adaptive task:

 

 

Happy birthday to you!

To celebrate birthdays as milestones marking the development and achievements that each year brings.

 

‘Is anyone celebrating a birthday this week?’

 

Discussion: How do you celebrate your birthday? 

 

A birthday celebrates another year of growth and achievement. Refer to the birthday cake and ten candles. Invite the children to consider how they have grown and changed since they were born. In our earliest years, we learn to crawl, walk, talk, feed and dress ourselves. Making friends, starting school, learning to write our names, to read, to tell the time, to swim, to ride a bike, and joining a uniformed or sporting organization are other milestones. As we grow older we develop wider interests, and become more independent.

 

Reflection

Think when your next birthday will be.
What are you looking forward to?
What can you do now that you couldn’t do a year ago?

Let’s be thankful for birthday fun,
for new achievements
and for our future hopes and dreams.