Welcome

Welcome to Birch Class 2019/20. This year we are moving into our new classroom which will be very exciting. 

Birch Class are taught by Mr Palmer and are supported by Miss Clarke, Mrs Lockwood and Mrs Marsh.

We have lots of exciting activities to look forward to this half term including a Crown Court experience, PE competitions, play leader training and a Viking topic. 

Please keep checking the Birch Class page for further updates.

Tables test: Week beginning 30th March

Group A                     Group B                  Group C                    Group D

19 x 9                         13 x 8                     12 x 7                       4 x 6

18 x 7                         12 x 11                    9 x 8                         3 x 7

13 squared                 12 squared              6 squared                  4 squared

17 x 8                         7 x 8                       7 x 6                        6 x 6

98 / 14                       84 / 12                    48 / 8                       32 / 4

15 x 11                        14 x 6                     12 x 8                       4 x 7

96 / 16                       78 / 13                   63 / 7                        42 / 6

Miles in 4km               Litres in 2250ml     Ml in 3 litres             Ml in 1 litre

Gallons in 18 litres       Cm in 55mm             CM in 20mm               Cm in 10mm

Good luck

Hi everyone, 

Week one is over and I can see lots of you have been very busy. Thank you to everybody who has emailed, I really enjoy hearing what you are all up to. Please keep sending your work to birch@creetingstmary.suffolk.sch.uk and I will try to reply on the same day. 

For next week, keep working on tasks from the sheet and some of the websites I suggested. Many of you are doing the Corbettmaths arithmetic and I would really recommend that for 10 minutes per day. 

After Easter I will be setting lots more tasks based on our new topics to keep you busy! Have a lovely weekend and remember STAY SAFE AND STAY AT HOME!

Mr Palmer

I have been asked by some year 6's for some arithmetic questions such as the ones we complete during SATs sessions on Fridays.

Here are some to try .....................

3/4 + 5/12                            5/9 - 2/7                 6 and 4/5 x 8

43% of 436                          0.56 x 30                5.554 - 3.09

4,332,446 - 769,889            556 x 97                 7612 / 46

x = 5 y = ?              6x + 20 = 5y - 10

Times tables test answers

A                                 B                                  C                              D

152                            91                                  54                           21

126                            108                                32                           24

144                             36                                 36                           16

16                                8                                  24                            3

153                              84                                72                           12

192                             117                               42                            32

15                                 7                                  7                              4

15                                1500                            100                         100

15                                35                               1000                        1000

Hi again,

There is a live stream of a history lesson from a World War II bunker tomorrow (25th March) from 1pm until 2pm aimed at KS2. If you google the Western Approaches Museum, Liverpool you will find a link.

Mr Palmer

Hi everybody, 

I hope you are all well. I have found some more useful resources that you may wish to try. 

Carol Vorderman has made the resources free on her website. The address is www.themaths factor.com.

Premier League Primary Stars have also released some fun resources. The address is plprimarystars.com/resources/football-fun-activity-pack.

Ipswich Town Community Trust have released a Literacy challenge. The address is www.itfc.co.uk/siteassets/files/covid-19-misc-files/itfc-athome-literacy-challenge.pdf.

I will be adding a new Literacy and Maths task later in the week and the answers to the tables tests. 

Mr Palmer

Times tables test

Hello everybody. As promised, here is your first times tables test. I hope everybody is staying well. I will post the answers at the end of the week.

Group A                    Group B                   Group C              Group D

19 x 8                        13 x 7                     9 x 6                   3 x 7

18 x 7                        12 x 9                     8 x 4                   4 x 6

12 squared                 6 squared               6 squared            4 squared

96 / 6                        48 / 6                    24 / 6                  27 / 9

17 x 9                        14 x 6                     9 x 8                   3 x 4

16 x 12                       13 x 9                    7 x 6                    4 x 8

120 / 8                      56 / 8                     21 / 3                   20 / 5

Miles in 24km            Grams in 1.5kg        Cm in 1 metre      Cm in 1 metre

Cm in 6 inches           Mm in 3.5cm            Ml in 1 litre         Ml in 1 litre                            

Class representatives

In Birch Class, the children have the opportunity to be part of different committees. The children were asked to do a speech to the class to explain why they wanted to be chosen and then we held a secret vote to decide who represented us. 

We now have representatives for

School Council

Worship Committee

Road Safety Officers

Eco Committee

Library Monitors

Upcoming PE events

This half term we are taking part in ..........

Cross Country: 25th September

Tag Rugby: 15th October

What are we learning in Autumn half term 1?

Maths: Place value and four operations. 

Literacy: Grammar Skills, Recounts and Viking Myths.

RE: Incarnation

History: Vikings

Science: Forces

PE: Tag Rugby and Multi Skills

ICT: Key Skills

Art: Drawing

Music: Train journey