What building in town has the most stories? The public library! (storeys -meaning floors and stories - tales, are homophones - we could add them to our chart!) Draw a story map to retell the Easter story, starting with the entry into Jerusalem. Write a caption for each picture. You might like to dosome bird watching from the comfort of your sitting room: there are lots of resources on www.rspb.org.uk Have a lovely, safe weekend - remember children, to keep washing and anti-baccing and be kind to Mum and Dad!

ly’ suffix adverbs. Play guess the adverb game- (tes.com.) Choose a verb, e.g. ‘walking’ and then an adverb e.g. happily, sadly, merrily, crossly. Your partner has to guess what the adverb is. How London changed after The Great Fire of London. What was the name of the street where the fire started? Why did the fire spread? Imagine what London looked like after the fire. Explain that the city had to be rebuilt because people had nowhere to live and had to sleep in tents. Make a list of things that would help make London a safer place to live. For Mums and Dads : The National Theatre is live streaming plays every Thursday at 7.00. The first one ' One Man Two Guvnors ' I have seen at the Marlowe Theatre: it is probably the funniest play I have ever seen - I thoroughly recommend it! The Easter Story: Forgiving. Read ‘Let’s Be Friends Again’ by Hans Wilhelm (on You Tube), where one of the main characters needs to forgive another. Stop as the turtle is released, and ask what both pupils should do. At the end of the story discuss who said sorry, how the brother felt before and after forgiving, and what might have happened if he never forgave his little sister. Think of the phrase ‘forgive and forget’. Do you think the brother will really forget what his sister did? Why is it important for him to forgive and wipe the slate clean? Think of Jesus’ words on the cross: ‘Father forgive them for they know not what they do.’ Who is Jesus forgiving and what is being forgiven? Christians ask God to forgive their sins, because of Jesus’ example and action – being prepared to die to save people and heal their friendship with God. Christians believe that God has the power to forgive sins. The resurrection proved many things, one of which was Jesus’ power to forgive sin. I learned that if a noun or verb ends in a 'y', if you want to add 's', you must change the 'y' into an 'i' and add 'es', e.g. cry becomes cries, fly becomes flies.'It has been a very emotional week! Brilliantto see so many Willows and chat to our lovely, supportive Mums and Dads. The children have written diaries about what has happened on each day; we have had a visit from Mrs. Levett, showing us how to make mini greenhouses out of old CD cases, Karen from Affinity Water explained how we should save water, scientists from Pfizers showed us the germs on our hands to encourage us to wash our hands thoroughly and finally we had a flying display from a barn owl and an eagle owl,and learned lots of interesting facts about owls. Most of us had our pictures taken with Tallulah, the Barn Owl. To round off the week, we carried out an investigation on which was the stretchiest sweet! A huge thank you to Mrs. Strover for organising such a diverse and interesting week. ReadingPhonics/spelling: Adjectives (describing words) - discuss adding ‘ful’ as a suffix – note the different spelling to ‘full’

The Wolf’s story’: Commas in lists. Add commas to these lists – remember to put ‘and’, (or ‘or’)’between the last two things in a list. I hope all our amazing Mums have a wonderful, relaxing (don't go round Tesco, as I have just done!) Mothering Sunday! Don't forget to look in the Kentish Cazette (I'm not on commission!) for a portraitof you and a message from your child! The sun has got his hat on - keep smiling! Have a lovely break and eat lots of Hot Cross Buns and Easter Eggs! (Remember why you are eating them!)

Column subtraction – borrowing – they will be even more confused, you might need a lie down in a darkened room! snappymaths.com Column subtraction ( within 100 all regrouping) You can also access BBC Ten Pieces online ( ten pieces of classical musicwe should know before we leave primary school): the children have been listening to them in my singing assembly and are especially knowledgeable about the first Ten Pieces.