In Phonics we have been learning about magic ‘e’. He changes the sound of the vowel and makes it say its letter name. On Tuesday we had a tricky word day and focussed on spelling our words. We had different stations set up to help us……
- Make
- Say
- Read
- Write our words
We have made so much progress with our spelling so just need to apply it to our written work now!
In IDL we were learning all about the Victorian workhouses. We watched some video clips and looked at photographs of the workhouses. We watched a clip of Oliver Twist and discussed the clothes, jobs and food the children would have had. We then wrote a diary entry pretending we were in the workhouse for the day. We used some great language to describe how we were feeling. As a brain break we had to act out some of the jobs that the children had to do. We decided that we wouldn’t like to have lived in the workhouses.
In the workhouses they used to eat gruel. We had a go at making our own. We have been learning how to write instructions so this was a perfect opportunity to follow a recipe! We made the porridge together then wrote a set of instructions to show what we did. We used pictures to help people understand the instructions. We then got to eat the porridge and talk about what we liked/didn’t like. We made some gruel and compared the modern day porridge to the gruel.
In Maths we were learning about time durations – adding on hours and half hours. We were also converting analogue times to digital times. We had to do some revision on halves and fractions to try and understand half past and quarter past.
In Futsal we were working on accuracy. We had to try and kick the ball and hit a specific target. We also did a Better Movers Better Thinkers lesson with Ms Crombie.
We have been reading the story ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’. We thought about different ways that we are fantastic. We are all fantastic in different ways. We then learnt how to draw a self-portrait. We looked at famous examples and talked about what we liked and disliked. We then followed a step-by-step guide to help us think about the details on our face and the positioning of our features. You will have to wait until next week to see our masterpieces.
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Mudd and P2A x
