Day: September 17, 2021

Literacy

 

During reading this week, we had to read a passage and highlight the adjectives describing the character. After we had identified the describing words, we had to use this information to draw a picture of the character.

 

We continued to practice our spelling words. We practice our spelling words daily using wooden letters, writing on whiteboards and playing games.

 

Maths

This week, we were developing our number sense and ordering numbers. We have been ordering numbers from lowest to highest and also highest to lowest.

 

We were also looking at fractions this week. We were learning that we use fractions in everyday life, such as when we are cutting a pizza. We also had to write the fractions for a whole, half and quarters.

 

IDL

In science this week, we were learning about materials that were thermal conductors. We learnt that metals are great thermal conductors and this is why pots are made from metals. The atoms in the pot get bigger as they get hotter and this is called thermal expansion.

I liked doing writing about Draco the Dragon.

I enjoyed learning about skip counting strategy to add onto 2 digit numbers. S

I enjoyed learning about fractions because I like to learn.  SC

I liked doing spelling because you can learn new words. DN

I liked learning  about the words Denominator and numerator because it was interesting. M

I liked to do the shields because its creative and inspiring. L

 

 

 

Health

This week we had a visit from Mark who works for Headspace. Over the next few weeks he will be helping us to talk about mental health. We had great fun in his session!

Outdoor Learning

We had another visit from Green Gym and learnt about animals, their habitats and what they eat. We also thought about how we could improve the school grounds in order to encourage more wildlife.

P.E.

Our basketball skills continue to improve and we have voted to play football after we have finished our basketball learning.

Numeracy – Decimals

We timed ourselves doing different things using stopwatches. We learnt how to time to the nearest hundredth of a second.

Literacy – Writing

This week we wrote a recount about a special event-outdoor learning! We then peer assessed our work. Our recount writing skill has really improved!

Literacy – Reading

We have continued with ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles ‘ and enjoyed using role-play to predict how the characters might react when they meet one of the strange creatures in the book.

Maths: doubling in number talks; decimals to one decimal place and two decimal places; mutliplication by ten to millions.

Literacy:

talking and listening – turn taking

reading – predicting

writing – “bumping up” (up leveling) the recount writing about Mr Topley

IDL:

health – headstrong

topic –  myths and legends