Monday:
Maths was a continuation of work on halving, quartering and percentages.
In language new spelling words went out. The class also wrote their narrative pieces they planned last week. AS and NB excelled.
In PE we extended our learning on hockey, focusing on dribbling and keeping the ball close to the stick. AS, SU, SD, EY and SJR excelled.
For IDL today we went back to looking at the Tudors.
Tuesday:
In language today we split into four groups and wrote plays. Two groups re-wrote the scene from “Macbeth” with the witches. The other two groups adapted the story of “Anne Frank” and “Little Red Riding Hood”. MDs excelled in his writing.
We were able to perform most of these plays at the end of the day. SU was an amazing wolf! CB, SHP, MM, AD, EY, DW, KH and AS all excelled in drama.
For maths we split into two groups, one of which EY lead, going back over previous work on directions. The other group looked at Roman numerals.
Coding with Mrs B was great fun, as always.
For IDL today we continued work on the Tudors, with partners researching famous people from the time, and started writing biographies about them.
Wednesday:
Reading activity: Continued work on summarising the previous book, focussing on the quality of the summary and assessment.
Maths: work on giving directions
The class went to Scotmid with Mrs D today to continue their work on promoting a net zero environment.
With Ms T the class did a book survey because it is national book week next week.
In maths one group looked at fractions while another group worked on practising their tables.
Thursday:
Maths: went back to working on algebra and equations, which we will briefly continue with on Friday. AD, CB, AS, DW, MxD, JH (whose maths is brilliant!) and SJR excelled in this.
Language today was a reading comprehension about the Tudors. Nearly the whole class found this very interesting, and the timeline very useful. MM,SU, EY, AD, CB, AS and MxD excelled in this.
Mark worked with the class on a health activity on the school values, that these can be a transferable skill that the children could practise at home.
Some of the class did an art activity of drawing winter trees. SU and MM excelled in this.
Continuing our work on the Tudors the class started to make timelines in Publisher, including when they were born. AD, DW and MxD excelled in this.
Friday:
Maths: worked on timelines, and briefly looked at scale.
PE: tennis activities. Also continued refining the rules of our class game: “Ball Tig”
