Today was Outdoor Learning Day. As we have been thinking about descriptive language in our different types of writing, we used this as an opportunity to investigate onomatopoeia.

After reading some examples on onomatopoeia, and coming with some of out own, we headed outside!

We had to write down some of the things which we saw, and think of onomatopoeic words to describe them, specifically thinking about things which make us think of autumn. We enjoyed crunching in the frost and the leaves to hear the different sounds which they made:

Back in class, we put out words into sentences, then each pair chose their favourite sentence and we made them into a class poem about autumn:

We also had the fantastic opportunity to go into our school herb garden with Mrs Johnstone today, to feel, smell and taste some of the herbs which our nature group have been helping to grow. Mint was a particular favourite!

We also had our PE lesson outside, practising our cross country running:

We have spent much of the rest of our week learning about health and wellbeing through participating in Rookie Rockstars, as we also practised our expressive arts.

Next week, as with this week, we will continue to develop our division knowledge, whilst practising our quick recall of times tables facts. We will also continue to prepare for our Mock Court case.