Good Morning Everyone,

Welcome to Monday! A new week!

Over the last couple of weeks (before and after our mid-term break), P4S have been very busy indeed.

In Numeracy, we began to learn about the concept of Division using language such as ‘share equally’, ‘equal groups of’ and also ‘array’ strategies to help us.  We learned about how Division is the opposite of multiplication and how knowing this can help us to build Fact Families.  Division is a tricky concept for us all so we are taking small steps so that we can understand the basics to begin with and knowing our Multiplication facts has really helped us so far.

In Literacy, we continued to read our new Class Novel – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl. We met some new characters who are the lucky finders of some of Mr Wonka’s Golden Tickets and began to look at the personalities of these children.  Grandma Josephine was certainly not too impressed. 🙂

Our IDL topic this term is Chocolate and Fairtrade where we have so far been learning about where chocolate comes from and how it is made.  Who knew that chocolate comes from the seeds of Cacao tree pods and that Cacao trees only grow in very hot countries close to the Equator?

In our Classroom, we now have a cosy Reading Corner which we are making the most of and which we have started to decorate.  It will be most colourful when we have finished.

Have a wonderful week Everyone,

from, Miss Steedman