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We were learning to use the correct word in past tense. Some words were easy and we just had to add ‘ed’ when we changed it to past tense, like look & looked. Others were harder as the word changed, like drive & drove. We all chose a card and then had to find our different tense partner. Then we had to write a sentence using each of the words correctly.

We chose our new historical topic of Romans after Christmas. Today we worked with random partner to find out facts about Romans. We were also looking for when in history they lived and what language they spoke. We found out that Roman Empire was from 625BC to 476AD and they spoke Latin.

‘This week we have been learning about number bonds to 10 or 20 or 100’ Alfie.

‘This week we have been counting in twos’ Alexus.

‘In our science topic, we were learning about the Earth. There are houses and trees. It is the third planet from the Sun.’ Kayla.

‘We were talking about healthy foods. I drew grapes, fish and turkey on my healthy plate’ Finlay.

 

‘We were making the solar system’ .

 

‘I painted one side of the paper, then I folded it and when I opened it, there was a butterfly’ Mia.

‘I made a crab’ Ralph.

We are learning to divide. As a class we used a PowerPoint to help us share 15 cupcakes between 3 people. We had to place the cupcakes on cakes, one on the first, one on the second, one on the third, next one back on to the first plate etc. we found out the answer was 5. Next we shared 30 apples between 10 plates. We continued this with different calculations. Then we were split into random partners. Using cubes we worked on  12/3, 12/2,12/4 and then 18/2 & 18/3.  We noticed that division links to multiplication and our times tables.

We have been learning to write extended, more interesting sentences. To help with this we looked at pictures and were to describe them. We started by thinking about the nouns we could see in the picture. Then we wrote adjectives to go with each noun. Then we use some of these words in a sentence. We completed the first one as a class. Then we were split into random partners and looked at a new picture. We wrote our nouns, adjectives and then sentences on our desks. Now we need to remember this any time we are writing sentences and try to make them better by adding in adjectives and connectives.

Our 1+2 Languages ambassadors have done a great job of promoting languages this term across the school. They suggested having a Languages ‘Advent Calendar’ where every day in December classes would learn how to say ‘Merry Christmas’ in a different language. All of our pupils really loved doing this and it gave them a chance to share the different languages spoken at home by many of our children and their families. We also learned a lot about different cultures and customs across the world at this time of year. Here are some children from Mrs Turner’s class enjoying their daily dose of languages!

Eoin and Dan have had a lovely few weeks at the Five Sisters Zoo. We saw lots of animals, and even got to feed some. We have learned a lot about the animals and their habitats.

 

The Hive children have been getting very excited about Christmas.  Our Writing lesson was writing a letter to Santa.  We used the Smyths toy magazine for inspiration and ideas.  Fingers crossed we get what we asked for!!

 

Much like a tiny, pocket-sized computer, the micro:bit encourages us to learn basic coding and programming skills to prepare us for today’s tech-savvy world. We were having great fun with coding using Micro:Bits. We made some flashing animations and then had a turn at coding the game ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’.

I can explore core programming language concepts in appropriate technical language TCH2-14a