Literacy: We have been learning all about the most famous Victorian nurse, Florence Nightingale, or “The lady with the lamp”. We have been learning all about biographies and we first wrote a class model biography about Michael Morpurgo. We then wrote biographies about Florence Nightingale. We also wrote a packing list for Lowport.

Maths: We have started our new fractions topic. We have learned about fraction vocabulary like numerator and denominator. We are also learning about equivalent fractions.

Victorians/LAC: We loved our Victorian lessons this week. We learned all about the toys and games Victorian children would play with. We also learned about optical illusions, which became popular in the Victorian times. We even made our own thaumatropes. We also learned about conditions in Victorian hospitals before Florence Nightingale made them cleaner and better. We learned about some very strange Victorian cures, like putting vinegar up your nose to stop a nose bleed! We also learned about Charles Dickens and role played a scene from Oliver Twist.

Our highlights:

 

Gabriel – I really enjoyed the Oliver Twist role play.

Lucas K – I liked learning about optical illusions.

Arran – I enjoyed outdoor P.E.

Shelbi – The role play was really fun.

Samuel – I liked learning about Charles Dickens and doing the role play.

Murray – I liked making the thaumotropes when we learned about optical illusions.

Ellis – I liked all the fractions work we did.

Luke – P.E. was good.

Lucas He – I liked being ‘it’ in P.E.

Blaire – Oliver Twist role play was really fun.

Mia – I liked learning about optical illusions.

Jodie – I liked the Oliver Twist lesson.

Niamh – I liked making the thaumotrope.

Kai – I liked the Oliver Twist role play.

Katie – Everything was good this week!

Erin – I liked the Oliver Twist role play.

We are really looking forward to going to Lowport next week!

 

Note: remember to make a Parents’ Night appointment if you wish one.