Tuesday 7th October 2025
Grammar Warm Up
LC: to identify cohesive devices to link ideas across paragraphs
LC: to identify how language, structure and presentation contribute to meaning
Go to Seesaw and
draw arrows
to match the presentational devices on the text.
Who is the audience for this text?
What is its purpose?
Discuss with your partner.
I think the audience for the the text, 'Roman Britain' is .......
The purpose of this text is to .....
I know this because .....
Read the text below.
Annotate the language and design features that the writer has used.
Let's add to our Non-Fiction Toolkit.
Task
Let's add rhetorical questions to our Toolkit along with
clear paragraphs, connecting phrases, headings and sub-headings.
Non-fiction writing is usually formal.
Can you match the formal connecting phrases to their meaning?
AND/ALSO BUT SO
7/10/25
LC: To consolidate and refine subtraction skills and place-value knowledge to solve subtraction problems.
LC: To identify and spell homophones.
Activity
With your talk partner you need to find out what each word means.
You can use a dictionary or 
Write the word and the definition in your spelling books.
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isle |
aisle |
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aloud |
allowed |
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affect |
effect |
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herd |
heard |
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past |
passed |
Let's identify the tricky bits of the word. Are there any easy ways to remember them?
For example, affect is a verb and effect is a noun; past is a preposition and passed is the past participle of the verb ‘to pass’.
Write the above homophones again in your spelling books and note any easy tips for remembering them.
World Mental Health Day - Friday 10th October 2025
World Mental Health Day takes place every year on the 10th October. It’s a reminder of the importance of good mental health and the need to prioritise and invest in good mental health.
This year's theme is 'access to services - mental health in catastrophes and emergencies'.
Read the below text and answer the questions altogether!
Activity
What makes you happy?
Write or draw an image in the thought bubbles.
