WB 21/11/22
We had a visit from Zoo Lab, who showed us their animals and discussed how they evolved and adapted over time in order to survive.
This week, we were news reporters. We told how the Arabs had entered different countries spreading the religion of Islam throughout the world.
We have written a…
WB 14/11/22
We took part in a class debate relating to our class text, War Horse.
In Maths, we have been adding and subtracting fractions, Sharks class require further practice in converting fractions into having the same denominator in order to then add or subtract them.
We celebrated Odd Sock Day to…
WB 07/11/22
Our incredible narrative retells of War horse have wowed our teachers this week!
We have began the topic of fractions, learning about equivalents before comparing and ordering.
We wrote diary entries about travelling to Arabia and what we would find there.
We learnt about the biome and…
WB 31/10/22
In Maths, the experts became the teachers of their table when addressing misconceptions around angles in a triangle!
We have seen some outstanding examples of using high level adjectives and powerful verbs to describe Joeys journey through the trenches in ‘War Horse’.
We began our new topic…
17/10/22
Our children worked incredibly hard during their independent writes - I am so very proud.
In our Maths lessons, we have approached the tricky subject of long division! This is a concept which some of us found very difficult, and this is okay. We have spent the week practicing the skill of long…
10/10/22
For Children’s Mental Health Week, we have practiced some mindfulness breathing to keep a calm and focused minds. It was fantastic to see the children so involved and enjoying the process :)
In English, we have planned to write an alternate ending to The Girl of Ink and Stars before practicing…
03/10/22
In History, we wrote diary entries as Vikings, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of Viking longships.
In Science, we wrote a fact file about microorganisms.
26/09/22
We ordered the plot of Girl of Ink and Stars to show understanding ready for our narrative retell.
Our Maths lessons have revolved around the topic of addition and subtraction, and using the bar and part-whole methods to help us break down tricky questions into manageable calculations.
Our…
19/09/22
In Maths, we have learnt about rounding and negative numbers. Our teachers are so impressed with our prior learning and how well we applied our knowledge to reasoning and problem solving!
We worked together to brainstorm vocabulary to describe the forest setting ready for our independent…
12/09/22
In Maths, we have continued to look at the topic of place value when considering ordering and comparing numbers.
In English, we have magpied vocabulary and used this in setting descriptions about a harbour. We have focused on the skills of prepositional phrases and adverbial in varied…
05.09.22
In English, we created scenes from our class text, ‘The Girl of Ink and Stars’.
In Geography, we found the Amazon using maps, atlases and digital mapping.