Dear Parents, Carers,

This week in English, the children focused on editing, proof reading, amending and publishing their personal narrative.

In Maths, we continued the unit ‘Mass and Capacity’ and learned about ‘Equivalent masses kilograms and grams’, ‘Compare mass’ and ‘Add and subtract mass’.

This week it was ‘Science Week’ and our theme was ‘Curiosity’. The children learnt about what is ‘Curiosity’, they came up with questions that they were curious about and wanted to find out the answer. We looked at different scientists both young and old. Then as a class we had a question that we investigated using the Enquiry Circle and the children had fun testing, observing and concluding what they found out. The children had a Virtual Reality (VR) workshop experience which transported them to Australia, where they saw the Great Barrier Reef and various sea creatures. This experience left the children in awe and very excited.

In RE, we looked at how we should respect our Leaders. The children drew a bishop and wrote facts about what Bishops do and  how they can show respect to our leaders.

Please find the home learning attached using the link below and we have also included a spelling sheet as extra support.

Zakynthos Home Learning – (13.03.26)

Homework Sheet – Challenge Words (Lesson 24)

We wish you a very happy and peaceful weekend!

Miss Weithers and Mrs Adrien

Dear Parents, Carers,

This week in English, the children have focused on adding to their personal narrative. They have worked on writing a few personal life experiences and then choosing one to be there main narrative. They also focused on writing some dialogue, using speech marks on what was said between them and the other person, adding any feelings that they had felt during that experience.

In Maths, we have started our new unit ‘Mass and Capacity’ and they learnt about ‘Using Scales’, to ‘Measure Mass in grams’ and to ‘Measure Mass in Kilograms and Grams.

In Science, we continued with our unit Light and Shadow and looked at ‘What is reflection?’ and explored how light is reflected from different surfaces and how this may affect the reflection seen. They had fun looking at themselves in a mirror, pulling a silly face and seeing their reflection.  They used the mirror also to watch their partner’s silly face and to look at something behind them. We then discussed as a class what was happening, emphasising that light reflects or bounces off the surface and a reflection is an image on a mirror or other reflective (shiny) surface.

In RE, we looked at another faith, Sikhism and the children wrote facts about a very special, famous Gurdwara called The Golden Temple and the other lesson was to compare the different faith symbols between Sikhism and Greek Orthodox faith.

In PSHE, we looked at First Aid: Bites and Stings, and what to do if someone has been stung or bitten.

Please find the home learning attached using the link below and we have also included a spelling sheet as extra support.

Zakynthos Home Learning – (06.03.26)

Homework Sheet – Adding the suffix -ly exceptions – Homework Sheet (Lesson 23)

We wish you a very happy and restful weekend!

Miss Weithers and Mrs Adrien

Dear Parent, Carer,

This week in English we started a new unit called ‘Personal Narrative’ and they first started to look at identifying themes in stories. Next we focused on a few devices (similes and the Power of three) with others to follow, that the children will use  at the end of the unit, where they will write their own personal narrative based on a real life, memorable experience.

In Maths, we are completing the end of the Fractions unit, in Science we started a new unit called ‘Light and Shadow’ and looked at various sources of light and in PSHE we had a lesson based understanding the role we can take in an emergency situation. We focused on the important steps needed to deal with a situation and how to assist in an emergency by correctly calling the right service for help and to know the information that they need to give to emergency services if they are called to an incident.

Please find the home learning attached using the link below and we have also included a spelling sheet as extra support.

Zakynthos Home Learning – (27.02.26)

Homework Sheet – Words ending in ly where the base word ends in -ic – (Lesson 22)

We wish you a very happy, restful weekend!

Miss Weithers and Mrs Adrien

Dear Parent, Carer,

In English this week, the children completed their persuasive speech by editing, correcting, adding some devices and some children had the opportunity to share their amazing speech with the class.

In Maths, we started a new unit called Fractions and the children looked at how to ‘Understand the denominators of unit fractions’, ‘Compared and order unit fractions’, to ‘Understand the numerators of non-unit fractions’, to ‘Understand the whole’ and ‘Compared and ordered non-unit fractions’.

In RE, we started a new unit called ‘Love Means Being Respectful’. The children learnt about what it means to respect, we talked about how God wants us to treat each other and looked at the Bible verse “Do for others what you want them to do for you” (Matthew 7 v 12).

In PSHE, our lesson was based on ‘Communicating our feelings’, and ‘Understanding consent and boundaries’. We talked about how to recognise when we need to ask for consent (permission), to understand that it is okay to say ‘no’ if we feel uncomfortable, to identify their own personal boundaries and to practise using words to explain how we feel.

Please find the home learning attached using the link below and we have also included a spelling sheet as extra support.

Zakynthos Home Learning – (13.02.26)

Homeworksheet – Words ending in -ly where the base word ends in -le (Lesson 21)

We wish you a very happy, restful and peaceful half term break!

Miss Weithers and Mrs Adrien

Dear Parent, Carer,

In English, this week the children first focused on deciding which job they would like to apply for and began planning their persuasive speech.  They drafted their introduction to their persuasive speech, ensuring that it captured attention and they also learnt how to use future tense effectively in the main body of their speech to make a promise and persuade the audience.

In Maths, we completed the unit ‘Length and Perimeter’, with our focus on Subtract lengths, What is perimeter?, Measure perimeter and Calculate perimeter. They children also had a ‘Numbers Fun day’, focused on a variety of number activities.

In RE, the children learnt about the ‘Presentation of the Lord going to the Temple’. This story in the Bible talks about how Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem as an infant child and a man called Simeon was promised that he would see Jesus, the Messiah before he would die. So Simeon was able to hold Jesus and gave thanks to God. There was a woman called Anna, who never left the Temple, saw Jesus, gave thanks to God and went around telling everybody about the child.

In PSHE, the lesson was based on ‘Resilience: Breaking Down Barriers’. The children had to think of a goal that they found challenging to achieve and we talked about how big problems feel smaller when we break them into steps and that every tiny step brings you closer to your goal. The children had to draw themselves as a Superhero and write down the things that they were good at, which were their Superpowers, and how they would use those powers, strength to help others.   Use your real superpowers – like kindness, bravery, and patience – to keep going!

Please find the home learning attached using the link below and we have also included a spelling sheet as extra support.

Zakynthos Home Learning – 06.02.26)

Homeworksheet – Words ending in le (Lesson 20)

Wishing you a happy and peaceful weekend!

Miss Weithers and Mrs Adrien

Dear Parent, Carer,

In English this week we started a new topic, Persuasive Speech. The children will be using the books ‘If I Were Prime Minister’ and ‘If I Ran the Country’ as inspiration to generate their own ideas for a persuasive speech. They were introduced to persuasive writing and began exploring key devices, with a focus on rhetorical questions, learning how these questions encourage deeper thinking. They then had an opportunity to try and generate their own rhetorical questions.

In Maths – we continued with ‘Length and Perimeter’. The children focused on Metres, centimetres and millimetres, Equivalent lengths (metres and centimetres), Equivalent lengths (centimetres and millimetres), Compare lengths and Add length.

In RE, the children learnt about the The Holy Three Hierarchs and how each of the Saints contributed to the shaping of the Christian Church. We also looked at how the Church serves people in need.

In PSHE, the children became Superheroes’. We focused on discovering their very own real-life superpowers — the things that they are really good at. We talked about how they don’t need a cape or powers like in films to be a hero. Their real strengths—like being kind, helpful, or brave—are their superpowers. When they use their powers to help others, they can make the world better and will make them feel proud, happy, and strong.

Please find the home learning attached using the link below and we have also included a spelling sheet as extra support.

Zakynthos Home Learning – 30.01.26

Homework Sheet – Words ending in -al (Lesson 19)

Wishing you a happy and peaceful weekend!

Miss Weithers and Mrs Adrien

Dear Parent, Carer,

In English, this week the children finished off  writing their wonderful, magical story. They read, edited and published it.

In Maths, they completed the unit on Multiplication and Division and started a new topic ‘Length and Perimeter’. The lessons that were taught were  ‘To be able to explore scaling’,  ‘To be able to describe how many different ways two groups of objects can be arranged’,  ‘To be able to measure length in centimetres and metres’ and ‘To measure centimetres and millimetres’.

In Science, we continued the unit Rocks and Soil and investigated different types of rock, focusing on their appearance, such as colour, grains, shiny, dull, had holes or crystals.

In RE, we continued with the unit ‘ Love Means Serving Others’ and looked at how Jesus wants us to serve all people. We focused on the parable of the Good Samaritan and they retold the story in their own words.

In PSHE, the next lesson was based on the different aspects of their identity and about being lonely. They created a mind map of things that they like doing and then wrote a lovely Kenning Poem using those words. We ended with them being reminded that they belong to many groups (family, school, clubs, friends). That their likes, skills, and roles shapes their identity, everyone is unique, and that’s special. Belonging to a group fosters happiness and reduces loneliness and that they are wonderful – just as you are!

Please find the home learning attached using the link below and we have also included a spelling sheet as extra support.

Zakynthos Home Learning – 23.01.26

Homework Sheet – Challenge Words (Lesson 18)

Wishing you a happy and peaceful weekend!

Miss Weithers and Mrs Adrien

Dear Parents, Carers,

This week in English, the children planned their ideas for their very own setting and character in ‘Wonderland’.  Using their setting maps, they planned their setting in greater detail including planning what their characters might say by adding dialogue. They had to use the five senses, the power of 3 (adjectives), prepositional phrases and other techniques to tell the reader where things are and when they happened and learnt why paragraphs are used to organise ideas around a theme.

In Maths, we continued with the next steps which were Multiply a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number – with exchange, Link multiplication and division, Divide a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number – no exchange, Divide a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number – flexible partitioning and Divide a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number – with remainders.

In RE, we focused on ‘We Believe God wants us to Serve’ and the second lesson was based on ‘We Believe Jesus Taught us to Serve People in Need’.

In PSHE, we continued with the next lesson on our topic ‘Health and Wellbeing’. We looked at ‘Relaxation: Stretches’ and the children had to practice an animal stretch, such as a tortoise stretch, a giraffe stretch, a cat stretch, a butterfly stretch,  and then after every pose, they had to draw a stick figure of the stretch on their ‘Animal Stretches’ sheet. When all poses were done, I would call out an animal’s name and they would show the stretch using their drawings to help them remember. What fun they had!

Please find the home learning attached using the link below and we have also included a spelling sheet as extra support.

Zakynthos Home Learning – 16.01.26

Homework Sheet – Words that are Homophones – Lesson 17

Wishing you a happy and peaceful weekend!

Miss Weithers and Mrs Adrien

Dear Parents, Carers,

This week in English, we started a new book called ‘Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland’. We looked at the character of Alice and the White Rabbit’s journey down the rabbit hole. They also focused on inverted commas and wrote a description of the Tea Party using the five senses and the power of three ( using adjectives for stronger, more exciting descriptions).

In Maths, we continued with the second part of Multiplication and Division. We started on Step 1 to Step 4, Multiples of 10, Related calculations, Reasoning about multiplication and Multiply a 2-digit number by a 1-digit number – no exchange.

In RE, we looked at ‘Theophania’ which takes place on the 6th of January each year. The children were taught about how Jesus was baptist by his cousin John the Baptist in the river Jordon, how the Holy Spirit came upon Jesus and God said how pleased He was with His Son.

In PSHE, we started a new topic Called ‘Health and Wellbeing’, and looked at how to plan for a healthy lifestyle including physical activity, rest and diet and the different types of food groups.

Please find the home learning attached using the link below and we have also included a spelling sheet as extra support.

Zakynthos Home Learning – 09.01.26

Homework Sheet – Words with the suffix -ly – Lesson 16

Wishing you a Happy New Year and a peaceful weekend!

Miss Weithers and Mrs Adrien

Dear Parents, Carers,

Firstly, we would like to thank you for our lovely gifts and Christmas wishes.

This week we focused on understanding the Christmas story and why Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, finished off our PSHE unit on Family and Relationships, and completed the Maths unit on  Multiplication and Division (Part A).

As its the season of giving, love and joy, we have decided to give the children a break from homework, apart from the spellings which will keep their brains active.

Please find the spelling link below.

Zakynthos Home Learning – Spellings (19.12.25)

We wish you all a very ‘Happy Christmas’, ‘Happy Holidays ‘ and a restful and peaceful time with family and friends.

Miss Weithers and Mrs Adrien