Good morning, it’s been a busy couple of weeks including our week off and here’s a look at what we’ve been up to.

In Numeracy, we have been looking at multiplication and are starting to explore the concept of division this week. For multiplication, we have looked at a few strategies that can help us including repeated addition, equal groups and arrays. We created array cityscapes to demonstrate our knowledge. We’ve had great fun learning our tables stations through the BBC Supermovers videos, with some fun dance moves as well! Please test us on our tables knowledge at home.

In Literacy we are making our way through our new class novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. So far, we have been introduced to a few characters and have used our comprehension strategy to visualise what they look like. We know that good readers can create pictures in their minds.

To go along with our reading book, our new IDL topic this term is Chocolate and Fairtrade. We have already looked at the timeline of chocolate and learned the first people to use the cocoa beans were the Olmec Indians in Mexico and the first chocolate house was opened in London in 1861. Chocolate used to be so expensive only royalty could drink it! We’re excited to see how the topic will unfold.

Hope you all had a lovely holiday!

Mrs Barclay x