This has been a busy week.  We used our knowledge of symmetry, number patterns, multiplication, fractions and letter puzzles to solve a murder mystery in maths.

During assembly Mrs McKenna told the purple wing a story about an old man who sold his house and went sailing away on a boat.  We were asked to share the story at home.   Today R volunteered to share the story with the class to ensure anyone who missed it yesterday got caught up.  He shared the story with confidence and was even able to get the secret trick to work first time.  He even got a round of applause.

During art we created 3D effect planet pictures using chalk pastels making sure we shaded and smudged to create an atmospheric design.  We also used our knowledge of nets of 3D shapes to create 3D rockets.  They all look great on the wall.

We also worked on our problem solving and team work skills to complete a challenge – we showed great resilience and ensured we followed the rules (which actually made it more fun).

As part of our homework we were asked to think about a way of remembering the order of the planets.  These are some of the examples we came up with:

• My Very Excited Mother Just Saw Us Napping
• My Very Easy Method Just Speeds Up Naming Planets (if you include Pluto)
• Mom Very Easily Made Juicy Sandwiches Using Nutella