Author: Mrs Spence

This week in Maths the class were asked,

‘How can we show we know how to use money?’

They discussed in groups and came up with ideas like helping parents pay for a pint of milk or a small snack with coins at a shop but I reminded them that they were in a classroom.  Some other ideas were spoken about and then they thought that they could create a shop and they set about making labels with products and prices on them. Once they had made some the shopping began with them taking turns being the shopkeeper and customers who had to make sure to pay with coins.  This then advanced to some giving change.  The ideas then developed further and one group even create a VIP card for their shop.
Amazing learning and all child led.

Today we dressed a superheroes and donated some money towards Comic Relief  to support people living incredibly tough lives.  This year their aim is to use the power of funny to turn laughs into lasting change.  We told each other jokes to make us laugh!

This week we used our research on Boudicca to write a description.  We had to think about her characteristics, who she was and what she did.  We also had to give a reason for our opinion of her.

We had fun reading about Star Wars and then using different question words to create our own questions about the passage.

We have also been learning about homophones and using the correct spelling of two, to & too in sentences.

In Maths this week we have been learning about co-ordinates. We learned how to find animals / colours on a grid and write the co-ordinates using brackets and a comma. We then had to draw our own island and give directions using co-ordinates to find the treasure.

In Health this week we learned about food from different countries.

This week we have been comparing different community and then created our own community and added services to it.

This week we have been continuing to learn to write a discussion text.  This week we wrote a text about ‘Should animals be allowed in schools?’ We planned our work by writing key words under the headings ‘for’ and ‘against’ and then used these notes to write our full discussion text.  We have also been learning about homophones and using the correct spelling of two, to & too in sentences.

In Maths this week we have been learning about giving directions. We drew our own compass and used its points to describe journeys.

In Health this week we learned about relationships and how important they are.

This week we have been looking at our community and what amenities it provides.  We drew maps of the natural areas too.

This week also contained World Book Day when we took part in a game of Bingo activities to do with reading.  One of them was to take a picture of ourselves reading in our favourite place.

This week we have been continuing to learn to write a discussion text.  This week we wrote a text about ‘Should animals be kept in zoos?’ We planned our work by writing key words under the headings ‘for’ and ‘against’ and then used these notes to write our full discussion text.  We have also been learning about homophones and using the correct spelling of there, their and they’re in sentences.  We have been learning to predict what might happen next in a passage.

In Maths this week we have been learning about measure by using our feet and hand spans to work out the length of different things.  We have also worked on capacity and weight.

In Health this week we were learning about responsibility and our abilities.

This week we have been researching who Boudicca was and why she was important to the Celts.

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This week we have been continuing to learn to write a discussion text.  We wrote a text about ‘Should children wear uniform to school?’.  We planned our work by writing key words under the headings ‘for’ and ‘against’ before writing it.  We have also learned more about how to understand text by writing a summary.

We have worked on Numeracy by extending our knowledge of family sums and column addition.  Some more of us moved on to multiplication.

In Health this week we were learning about friendship and how to be a good friend.

This week we have been extending our knowledge of the Celts by researching tribes and warriors.  We researched and drew Celtic shields.

This week we have been learning to write a discussion text.  We have worked on the passage, learned about the different part required and found the nouns & connectives.  We have also learned more about how to understand text by clarifying what the words mean.

We have worked on Numeracy by extending our knowledge of family sums and column addition.  Some of us moved on to multiplication.

In Health this week we we learning about food choices and how should respect the opinions of others and their choices even if they differ from ours.

This week we have been extending our know ledge of the Celts by researching their jobs, food, clothes and jewellery.  Here are some pictures we drew of their jewellery.