Our week in pictures:

This week we have also been focusing on learning how to manage our time well and work more independently. Keep it up P7B!

Please note for the final term, our PE days will be on a Monday and Wednesday. Please make sure you have appropriate clothing for PE. School uniform should be worn on every other day.

Music will remain on a Wednesday morning.

It has been lovely to welcome everyone back after the Easter break. This is our final term of P7…and at Kingsland!  We will be spending a lot of time this term preparing for the transition up to High School. Please do get in touch if you have any further questions or anything you would like to discuss. The link below will take you directly to the PHS website: http://peebleshighschool.org.uk/

This week we have been:

• Revising the oi and oy sound in spelling through a range ofactivities in class.
• Continuing with our comprehension work. This week we studied a passage from ‘On the Island’ by Iain Crichton Smith which contained a lot of rich descriptive language to add effect.
• In reading, we have also started exploring the concepts of Theme and Genre. We enjoyed reading the book ‘Gorilla’ by Anthony Browne and working in our table groups to determine the themes of the book and to find evidence to support our choices.

• We have started looking at Response Writing this term as our writing focus. We discussed The Starry Nigh by Van Gogh and wrote a piece of writing together as our response to the painting.
• In maths, we have been practising multiplication and division in different contexts. All of the work we have put in throughout the year on number bonds and multiplication facts has helped to improve our speed and accuracy.
• We have continued to learn about volume, converting ml to l and vice versa.
• Everyone has been excited to start our ‘Through the Decades’ topic and we have been allocated the 1980S! We have started by learning about some of the key events and worked in groups to help to create a chronological timeline . Some of the events we have researched include Chernobyl, the Hillsborough attack and the Falklands War. We have also looked at some of the technology that was invented and became more readily available in the 1980s.

• In PE, we have enjoyed some brilliant athletics sessions with Mrs Edge outside.

Reflection Questions: 

1. Which challenges are you most looking forward to this term?

2. What tools from your toolkit can you use when you find something difficult? Think of an example of when you have used this strategy?

3. Write about something you have done this week to make Kingsland a better place.

For our writing this week we have had the chance to create an Easter story on Book Creator. We had to consider our main character, setting and plot, as well as what the front cover and blurb on the back. The books were colourful and engaging!

Then we used SketchesSchools to add illustrations to our books. We were able to use a variety of tools to create effective pictures and designs.

On Thursday afternoon, we joined P1B and read our stories to a small number of children. We were then in charge of making a pop-up egg craft with the younger ones. Well done to everyone who was kind, helpful and patient in their groups.

On Friday we were tasked with designing a new and unique Easter Egg with exciting packaging. Here are some examples of what we came up with:

Wishing you all a wonderful Easter holiday. See you all on Monday 18th April 🐣❤️❤️