In writing we wrote letters to our friends or family, from ourselves, in 20 years’ time. This allowed us to think ahead about what we want to achieve in life when we were older. We all wrote imaginative and descriptive letters.

In H & WB we explored the story ‘Rocks of Life’. The moral of the story is to recognise what is important in life. The rocks represent the most important things such as your friends, family and health. The pebbles represent your house, pets and education while the sand represents material possessions. We were reminded about the difference between our needs and wants to live a healthy and happy life.

Our new context for learning is ‘Amazonia’ (the rainforest). We looked at a powerpoint about what rainforests are and where they are in the world. They are mostly near the equator between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn. We coloured coded maps to show where the rainforests are. The biggest rainforest is the Amazon.

P6A, P6b, P7A and our class are going to work together to transform our corridor into a rainforest. On Monday, we divided into four vertical learning groups to complete our first challenge. We had to work in groups to create leaves for our display. The success criteria was to make at least six leaves, longer than 30cm, in the time given. We all had a role within our groups and worked well as a team.

We are looking forward to our Cool Creatures visit on Tuesday.
Have a good weekend,

Catherine and Ross
Dojo winner- Ross McPhee
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