This week we used mindmaps to learn and write about Viking longhouses. First we thought about the key features of our own homes and then compared these to Viking houses. We drew mindmaps to show how they were built and what was inside them. We then drew pictures of Viking longhouses and wrote notes from our mindmaps which helped us with our non-fiction writing. Mindmaps are a great way of starting a new topic!
In Maths with Miss Graham, we learnt about how angles are formed when two lines meet or cross. We learnt that the square angle on a piece of paper is called a right angle and we made right angle eaters who found right angles around the classroom. We then played ‘Simon Says’ with our arms making right angles, acute angles and obtuse angles. Acute angles are smaller than a right angle and obtuse angles are bigger than a right angle but smaller than a straight line.
In French we continued learning about school supplies. We listened to a rap with someone putting things into their ‘sac à dos’. We had to tick things off our bingo sheet when the rapper named them in the rap. It was tricky!
In NYCoS we learnt a new game where we had to bounce a giant tennis ball the number of times corresponding to the month of the year so one bounce is January, 2 is February etc. We enjoyed it and were all quite good at it. We are enjoying all the games and rhythm activities which we are doing and it doesn’t feel like learning!
In Numeracy we are continuing to learn about multiplication using arrays, skip counting, pictures and sometimes the knowledge from our own heads.
Table of the week 
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Learning partners of the week – Archie and Jack
