--- title: "W/E 4th November 2016" url: "https://www.stakesbyschool.net/blog/2016-11-04-11-29-58-w-e-4th-november-2016" school: "Stakesby Primary Academy" --- # W/E 4th November 2016 4 November 2016 [Mrs Gurney](https://www.stakesbyschool.net/blog/author/sharon) [Elm Class](https://www.stakesbyschool.net/blog/category/elm-class) **Literacy** This week, we are focusing on writing a spooky story. We have looked at a range of pictures, watched videos and listened to pieces of music for inspiration. Miss Saville wrote a piece that we analysed, looking at sentence structure, punctuation and vocabulary. We then used it to write our own version of a story introduction. Our next step is to write the middle section of our spooky stories. **Maths** We have been looking at strategies to help us with our mental multiplication and division this week. We have engaged in lots of problem solving and reasoning activities which have meant we can put our times tables knowledge into practice. **Art** We have been exploring the statement 'love has no label' we used type drawing to create motivational pictures. A huge 'well done' to the children who took part in the cross country competition earlier this week! Congratulations to Sophie who received the ‘Stakesby Star of the week’ this week for her attentive and focused attitude in maths. [ Maple Class open a letter from the Queen!](https://www.stakesbyschool.net/blog/2016-11-04-10-41-59-maple-class-open-a-letter-from-the-queen) [This week's blog! ](https://www.stakesbyschool.net/blog/2016-11-05-16-34-19-this-week-s-blog) ![Stakesby Primary Academy](https://files.schudio.com/stakesby-community-primary-school-2/images/logo/StakesbyPrimary-Logo.png) ### Stakesby Primary Academy Byland Road Whitby North Yorkshire YO21 1HY 01947 820231 - [Enquire Learning Trust ](https://www.enquirelearningtrust.org/) - [Facebook Feed](https://www.facebook.com/stakesbyprimaryacademy/) ### Social Media - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/stakesbyprimaryacademy/) © Copyright 2026 Stakesby Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://www.stakesbyschool.net/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)