Music fun!
Today we have started our new topic of ‘Knowing different sounds’. We have listed to a new piece of music and used the glockenspiels to compose our own song.
Be an Architect
In art we have learned all about architects and looking at different perspectives of of buildings and other structures. We looked at some famous buildings including the Taj Mahal, we then drew parts of the architecture to help us understand other people's work.
All about Josiah Wedgewood
In History we are continuing with our topic ‘The great change makers’, today we have focused on Josiah Wedgewood we have looked at what his famous Jasperware, which is his blue and white pottery. We used our i pads to record all the changes he help make to the country.
I pad painting
Today we used our i pad to create pictures of hedgehogs. We used different colours and techniques to draw their spikes, spines and to add detail to our picture.
Computing
Today we used the laptops to practice changing, the font, letter size and the colour of our font.
Autumn Leaves
Today we have created autumn leaves, we have used wax crayons to create a line drawing. Then using paint we have added colour creating a wax resistant leaves.
Exploring the woods
Today we explored Trentmill Nature Reserve to help us with our setting description. We described what we say, what we heated and what we felt.
Fantastic flexible partitioning
In maths we used the base ten to help us flexibly partition numbers to 100. We created two groups and wrote the number sentences. This helped us see that numbers can be made up in different ways.
E safety
In computing today we used the I pads to help us search safely online. We used purple mash to search different topics and apply filters.
Gymnastics
Today we’ve had our first gymnastics lesson. We learnt all different gymnastic shapes including the pike, squat and dish. We had great fun practising our new skills!
Evaluating simulations
In computing we have been using simulation programs to help us problem solve and evaluate our decisions. Today we were in training to become astronauts, we had to go through a series of tasks to help our comrades.
The Peloponnesian War
This week in history we are continuing our learning on Ancient Greece. We have looked at the Peloponnesian War which happened between the Greek city-states Sparta and Athens. The war lasted for 30 years, it ended with Athens surrendering. Sparta ordered Athens to knock down their walls but the…