In writing, our new genre is interviews. We know that an interview is where two or more people have a conversation, asking questions and giving corresponding answers. We will be basing our interviews on Amy Johnson as we are reading the text, ‘Little Wings’ which...
In maths this week, we were investigating the relationship between multiples of 5 and 10. We were looking at how many groups of 5 were in groups of 10. We then applied our learning to problem solving involving 5ps and 10ps. For example: Kate has...
This week in maths, year 3 used Dienes to refresh our understanding of place value. We started with one digit numbers and worked up to three digit numbers. Now we’re ready to start building on this knowledge and learn strategies to add three digit numbers. [gallery ids="7696,7697,7698"]...
In science, our new topic is electricity and this week we have been learning about conductors and insulators. We were learning that electrical current flows well through some materials, called electrical conductors, and poorly through other materials, called electrical insulators. We experimented with different objects...
In computing, year 5 have been using the Crumble Programming Software with the Crumble microcontroller. We have been creating simple circuits to connect the physical hardware with the software on our laptops, which has enabled us to write our own set of codes to control...
In PSHE, we’ve been thinking about our goals for the year, and how we can ensure we reach them. We decided that lots of goals can be met when they’re achievable, and they involve skills that can be practised. [gallery ids="7680,7681,7682"]...
It was lovely to welcome the children back to nursery this week, and also some new children to the class. Our focus this week has been rhyming words. We practised finding rhyming pairs such as dog and frog. One of our favourite activities this week...
Reception have been incredibly creative this week taking inspiration from their key text, ‘Blue Penguin.’ After reading the story they have written information booklets about penguins. Did you know that penguins are expert divers? We then created our own blue penguin using different media, plasticine...
In maths this week, year 1 have been naming, sorting and comparing different 2d shapes. We looked at how many vertices and sides different 2d shapes had and named shapes based on these properties. The children are now confidently able to recognise and name triangles,...
In writing, year 2 have started their new genre of writing instructions. They have been inspired by their class text, ‘Man on the Moon’, to make their own version of Bob’s favourite lunch, which was a delicious cheese sandwich. Next they will write the instructions...