Deans Primary School Blog

Monday

Green gym first thing.

Jigsaw between break and lunch.

In P.E. we practised our rugby skills, focussing on always passing the ball backwards.

New spelling words out.

Maths: Quick decimal and tables practice.

Tuesday

Literacy: Reading comprehension this week was to draw a book cover for a favourite book, with a quality blurb. Spelling as usual.

Maths: very active measuring perimeters lesson in the playground.

In the afternoon we got lots of construction kits out and investigated creating wheeled vehicle.

Wednesday

The class spent their time with Mrs D looking at the pond that had been vandalized.

For literacy we did a spelling assessment.

The live link with Chinese students to continue topic work was excellent, teaching conversations and food.

Coding with Mrs B.

Thursday

Literacy: writing about the Millennium Falcon being built in Wales. We spent a lot of time on this.

Careers fayre in the afternoon.

Literacy

This week, we have been continuing to develop our vocabulary during Word Boost. We have been learning the meaning of 6 words within our text and if they are a noun, verb or adjective. When we hear these words we have to put our finger on our nose.

In writing this week, we continued to develop our note taking skills when watching a video about the Eiffel Tower. We only wrote down key facts and words as we were taking our notes. Then, we used our notes to write an information report on the Eiffel Tower. We had make sure to include our core writing targets and genre writing targets within our text.

Numeracy and Maths

This week, we were developing our critical thinking skills and looking at missing number division equations. We had to rewrite the equation to calculate the missing number.

In maths this week, we were measuring classroom objects in centimetres. We had to use the ruler carefully to get an accurate measurement. Additionally, we were learning to make sensible estimations before measuring objects.

IDL

For our animal topic, we were learning about endangered animals. An animal is endangered when the population of that animal is low and there is a possibility of the animal coming extinct. We were researching the possible causes of an animal becoming endangered.

Additionally, we had to work in groups to complete a STEM challenge. We were given wooden pegs and lolly pop sticks and we had to design and build an enclosure for a toy animal.

Tuesday

Literacy: Spelling as usual.

Maths: one group worked on revision while another group worked on subtraction of money.

In health today the class split into P5s and P6s and we worked from the Jigsaw program.

We also did coding with Mrs B.

To support our learning on China this afternoon we made paper dragons.

Wednesday

The class spent their time with Mrs D working on their French.

For maths the class continued their work on assessment.

For literacy we did spelling as usual.

The live link with Chinese students to continue topic work was excellent, teaching conversations and family members.

As an art activity relating to China we drew dragons in the afternoon.

Thursday

Literacy: spelling.

Maths: one group looked at equivalent fractions and another group continued their work on subtraction using money.

Art related to China was the addition of cherry blossom to the trees we started the previous week. We also finished off the drawings of dragons and a health activity for Ms T.

The health activity on “when normal changes” today was lead by Mark.

Friday

Maths: one group continued their work on addition and decimals, moving on from money to measure. Another group looked at qualifying recent maths activities into the four functions, place value etc.

Literacy: Spelling and an excellent talking and listening activity inspired by SU’s socks! Which lead onto AD’s crocs!

Assembly

Friendship time

I enjoyed practicing my division skills.  SLW

I enjoyed researching  and writing  about The Great Wall of China. KH

This week, I really liked fiding facts about the Eiffel Tower and then write a report about it.  AS

I liked learning how to convert kg and g. SA

We learnt about animal adaptation.  We created our own unique creature with features that allow them to survive in the environment they live in.

Literacy

In reading this week, we were reading a non-fiction passage. We had to use our decoding skills to sound out unfamiliar words. Then, we had to answer questions about the text. We had to look for key words and phrases to find relevant information to help us answer the questions.

In writing, we continued to develop our skills when writing an information report. We read over our feedback and had to up level our writing. This week, we were writing a report about a British landmark.

Numeracy  

In numeracy this week, we continued to develop our skills when solving more challenging division equations. During Number Talks, we were discussing different strategies we could use to solve the equations.

IDL

For our animal topic this week, we were learning about food chains. We were learning that all food chains start with a producer. Additionally, we were looking at animals that were herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.

This week we have been learning to calculate money problems using addition, subtraction and multiplication strategies.

We used mental strategies to calculate change up to £10.

We also learnt about different classification of animals  and used our comprehension skills to take notes of facts about different Arctic and Antarctic animals.

We wrote an information report about Edinburgh castle as well.