Today we were learning why different groups of people in society were important in the campaign to abolish the slave trade. To achieve this we split into groups and looked at information on our assigned group. Then we discussed, using our teamworking skills, which tactics we thought would be the most efffective for our group to use.
At the beginning of the year we were learning about what plants need in order to grow and develop. As part of this we started to grow potatoes in our classroom and have been looking after them over the last three months.
Unfortunately, even though they were doing really well, they recently started to die. We think this may have been from overheating, as we had our planter right beside a large radiator. When we dug up our plants we did find some very small potatoes, but not many.
We watched a video clip of an artist using tone to show light and dark areas of fruit. We were very pleased with our finished results. Thomas was particularly successful.
Today we were learning about the different people who were involved in trying to get the Slave Trade abolished and developing our ‘finding information’ skills. We achieved this by watching clips from the 2006 film ‘Amazing Grace’, making notes on the abolition movement, and the people involved.
We have been working to develop our levels of fitness. As part of that we took part in a 1500m, Olympic style event. There was great determination shown by everyone in the class in completing the full 1500m – even if we lost a shoe or two along the way!
This week we finished our learning on multiplication. We have been developing our ability to use multiplication to solve problems. We achieved this through many practical activities and worksheets.
