Home Learning and Talking and Listening

This afternoon we have had presentations from each of the learners in the class. These presentations were the ‘Dream Menus’  that they did this term as their home learning project.  All of the learners handed in their projects, all of their projects were done to a high standard and they all loved sharing their menus with their friends. It was great to see the improvement in their presentation skills over the course of the year as the learners have become more confident speaking in front of a larger group of peers.

Big Question

This week we have been learning about the skeleton.  The kids drew their own skeletons using oil pastels and then worked together to give each skeleton and interesting fact to “say”.

Maths

The green group have been learning about 3D shapes this week.

Our first PE block of the New Year was 3 weeks of a flexibility and yoga sequence.  We learnt how being more flexible can have a positive impact on every aspect of our life.

We did the same routine each week, but changed the focus.  The first time through was to learn the movement and technique of all the different actions.  The second emphasise was on developing each stretch or pose.  Thirdly we performed the routine as a flow, moving through the exercises much more fluently.  We then had time to put some of the positions and skills into practice, performing partner poses.  Here we had to use the descriptions on the cards to work out how to perform the pose.

Big Question

This week we have been learning about the digestive system.  Here are the kids drawing life sized images of what they thought the digestive system was like before they learned about it.

Food Preparation with Carrie Ann

This week a group was looking at making healthy sandwiches. Hopefully everyone will get a chance to do 3/4 food preparation sessions over the course of the term.

Discovery

Last week in comprehension one group was learning about impressionist and post impressionist paintings. This week for discover the topic everyone chose a painting to recreate. I am so impressed by the amazing art they have produced.

Table Tennis

The kids are having the opportunity to try out table tennis with Mrs Smith, Chris and Kay coaching them. The kids had great fun practicing their forehand, backhand and rallys this week.  Next week they are going to have the chance to work on their serve and full games. Mrs Smith will be at Cunningsburgh Youth Club for the next couple of weeks so the kids can have further opportunities to play there if they want to.

Writing – Adverbs

This week the kids have started a new learning target in writing. This involves using descriptive vocabulary such as adjectives and adverbs. In order to develop their understanding of these parts of speech we have engaged in lots of active learning experiences such as quizzes, stop the bus and capture the flag. It has been great to see the kids confidence, understanding and vocabulary increase throughout the week. This has resulted in a great improvement in their writing too!