This week we have written a pretend letter to a Grandpa. We were pretending to be a boy who had had a crazy dream about his Grandpa. We watched an animation about it. The letter had to say Dear Grandpa, have an introduction, say what happened and finish with an ending and Love from. We have been working on including openers, connectives, descriptive language and saying how we felt. We have started using coloured marking where we underline where we have used these different things.
In Numeracy, some of us have been rounding to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000. Some of us have been finding numbers on a number line, finding half way between 2 numbers and learning about place value.
Our new topic is Maps and Our Local Area. We have thought about what we like to learn. Sadly, we weren’t able to use Google Maps to explore where we live because the internet was down but will do it next week.
In Maths today, we learnt that maps have grids to make it easier to find things. We answered questions using grid reference on a pirate map. This morning we also designed our own treasure islands.
In French, we were learning what the seasons are and how to say what our favourite season is. We used PicCollage and ChatterPix on the iPads to show our learning.
In PE, we played games of hockey on Monday and started practising some rugby skills on Wednesday. We were learning how to hold and pass the ball.
On Monday, we planted our plant for Green Flag Day. We also planted some bulbs in the tubs outside our classroom.
In Art, we drew and coloured big pumpkins! We used chalk or oil pastels to colour them and used dark and light shades to show the curves. We then blended the shades using a cotton bud, paper towel or our fingers! They look fantastic and we have our very own pumpkin patch!
In Health and Wellbeing, we were learning that the way we think can affect the way we feel. We discovered that different children feel differently about different things. We learnt that we can ask ourselves 3 questions to try and help us think differently about things that happen to us and this might make us feel better. They are… Is the thought true? Is the thought helpful? and Is the thought kind? We made ‘Helpful Thinking Helmets’ to help us remember.
