This week we have been rehearsing lots for our assembly on Monday. We hope you are all going to enjoy it!

In Maths we have been learning about fractions. We have learnt what the numerator and denominator are and how to recognise and make fractions of objects and amounts. Today we used Lego, cubes, straws or Numicon to show unit and non-unit halves, quarters and thirds.

We planted baby carrot seeds and marigold seeds in our planter in the school grounds. We wanted to grow veg and flowers so we decided on baby carrots, that should grow in time for us to eat before the summer holidays, and marigolds because apparently rabbits don’t like the smell of them and will therefore stay away from our carrots!

We wrote instructions about how to plant seeds using the knowledge we had gained from planting our own. Half the class wrote in their jotters and half used Clicker 8 on the netbooks. We are going to swap for our next set of instructions.

Today we read the book ‘Little Tree’ by Loren Long. It was about a little tree who didn’t want to drop its leaves in autumn. Because of this, it didn’t grow like the other trees around it. We discussed that the tree was perhaps scared of letting go of its leaves because they made it feel safe, warm and protected. We discussed that sometimes change can feel scary and we can be worried about what might happen but that change is always going to happen in our lives and we need to be ready for it and go with it so that we can grow stronger just like the tree.