Numeracy and Maths

We have looked at writing numbers, up to 4 digits, in words.  For example, 6323 is six thousand, three hundred and twenty-three. We had different challenges which started with 2-digit numbers and worked its way up to 5-digit number.  Most of us were able to complete 3 digit or 4-digit numbers.

We used our knowledge of thousands, hundreds, tens and ones to create 4-digit numbers. For example, 7 thousands, 6 hundreds, and 3 ones is 7603. We used 9-sided dice to make 2 digit or 3-digit numbers and challenged our friends.

We practised our tally marks showing lots of different numbers. We used a board game where we rolled two dice to give a 2-digit number and wrote our answer in tally marks.

 

Literacy

In our writing we were using adjectives to describe different settings.  We looked at different pictures and described what the landscape was like, the time of day or year and what we thought was happening in this picture.

We started looking at our new spelling words and patterns.

In our reading groups, we read our first chapter or few pages together.

In our novel, “George’s Marvellous Medicine” Georges dad, Killy Kranky, wants to remake the medicine and sell it to all the farmers.  After discussing this as a class, we do not think they will be able to remake the same medicine because Mr Kranky has forgotten some ingredients.

 

Drama

We used our imagination to pretend there was a magical box full of lots of items in the middle of the circle. While taking turns we took an item out of the box and acted out what it was.  Our friends had to guess what it was.  If they guessed correctly they had to put our item back and use their own imagination to pull something else out of the box. Some things we imagined included: video games, a gorilla, a teddy bear, a lollipop, a ring and a toothbrush.

 

Loose-Parts Play

We used teamwork and imagination to build the tallest tower and an eco-friendly vehicle.

“I loved making the eco-friendly car and the tallest tower,” Olivia H

 

PE

We have been learning how to play football rounders.  It was fun.  We have been looking at ball skills.  We found it challenging to pay attention to the next base and make sure there wasn’t someone already there.  However, we practised and we showed better understanding.

“I loved playing the football rounders.  One team had to kick the ball and run around while the other team had to catch the ball and roll it through their legs,” Neave.

 

ICT

On Keynote we made a self-portrait of ourselves with Miss Allan. We wrote an email stating our favourite learning from this week to Mrs Skilling using Glow. Mrs Skilling picked 2 statements to add to our blog this week.

 

HWB

We looked at growth mindset and fixed mindset. With our table partners, we made a picture of our brains showing the neurons firing and the connections between them.  Half the brain showed a growth mindset and the other half showed a fixed mindset.  The growth mindset showed lots of neurons and connections while the fixed mindset didn’t.

 

RME

In RME we looked at places of worship with Miss Allan.

 

French

We learned all our numbers up to 20 in French.  We played a game with numbers 0-20 using fly swats.  Mrs Skilling shouted a number in French.  We had to be the first to hit the number and say it in French.

 

Other

We decided on which Committees we wanted to join.