Happy Wednesday!

Today is the third day of our remote learning and I must say that I am so impressed with the engagement level of the class.

I love logging on in the morning and receiving comments alongside the register of ‘Good Morning’, so thank you for this.

Also, I really appreciate those who are keeping me in the loop regarding their family situations. It can be extremely difficult and a very stressful situation trying to complete work at home, especially if people become unwell. That being said, please make sure you are looking after your mental and physical health first and foremost. Do what you can, if you cannot get everything completed – don’t worry. I would much rather you did a few things, very well.

We started the day by revising some previous concepts and converting between fractions, decimals, and percentages. The children then learned some new information about adding and subtracting fractions, before undertaking their differentiated tasks.

The Grammar Police were out in full force today looking for the misuse of apostrophes. Interestingly, lots of mistakes spotted on social media and from a number of celebrities.

Ibrahim pointed out that he’s seen someone say “Not many Tuesday’s left until…” and knew that this was incorrect. An eagle-eyed pupil also caught me out for forgetting an apostrophe in my post on the Google Classroom. Was it done intentionally to catch you out, or a genuine mistake by me…?

We also continued with our learning in RSHP this afternoon. As if I would miss out on our favourite part of the week! We thought about what makes a good friend and the qualities that we possess which make us a good friend for someone to have. We completed a google form to assess what qualities we have in 7.27 that make us good friends to others, and what areas perhaps we should work on. Here are the results.

With this information and then we created a wanted poster, showing the characteristics, qualities, and traits of a good friend.

Kara created a brilliant poster demonstrating some things which she looks for in a friend.

As did Zaina,

and Henry

Our final ‘extra activity’ today was a link to Kevin Quantum’s website where we could watch some of his tricks and videos, or have a go at some as there is a ‘how-to’ section. I received a lot of comments saying that people enjoyed this addition to the google classroom.

Thanks again for all of your hard work. Keep it up, I think you’re all amazing, and remember it is a tough time for everyone so be especially kind to yourself, as well as to others.

Over halfway through the week now… time really does fly when you’re having fun!