We have been working really hard across the curriculum.

Numeracy – In Number Talks we have been using different strategies to solve number problems.  Strategies include compensation, partitioning and friendly numbers.  We try to choose the most efficient strategy to solve the problem.

We have also been learning about Place Value and looking at 5 and 6 digit numbers.  We know that each digit can be placed in a column and that helps us when we are adding 10s, 100s, 1000s etc onto a large number.  We also know that zero can act as a place holder and if we forget to write the zero in a number it can change the number completely.

 

Literacy – We have been revising adjectives and similes and we took our learning outside.  We found natural objects such as leaves, stones and sticks and we used different adjectives to describe them and similes to compare them to other things.  We also stamped out the syllables.

We have been reading a class novel by Michael Morpurgo called ‘The Elephant in the Garden’.  We created comic strips to show important events that have happened so far.

 

Science – We have been learning about the solar system and we know that there are 8 planets and they are nicknamed the Rocky planets and the Gas Giants.  We took our learning outside to see the scale of the distance of the planets from the sun.  We used a trundle wheel to measure this and we realised that the part of the playground we were in wasn’t big enough to show the distance from neptune to the sun!

 

Drama – We have started to write our own scripts for Charlie and the Chocolate factory and are looking forward to filming these using the green screen.

 

We have done lots more learning and will share more next week!