After returning to school after a few days off due to the bad weather. It was good to be back this week and to continue with our learning.
Numeracy: We continued to practice division using the formal written method. Miss Bailie was in our class on Tuesday morning and she was very impressed with what we have been learning, she was even more impressed that we were able to ‘teach’ her the formal written method using our division ‘family’ to help us. We have been looking at budgets and calculating whether we are able to afford to buy a specific product or not. Budgeting is a life long skill to learn. We have been discussing the importance of budgeting and saving.
Literacy: Our character in our class novel, The miraculous journey of Edward Tulane, is beginning to change, both in appearance as well as personality. A good reader is able to visualise. To show our understanding of how the main character is beginning to change we created a visualisation of Edward. We used adjectives and similes to describe his appearance and personality. We compared the visualisation of Edward that we created at the beginning of the story to the visualisation of the Edward we created this week. Comparing the two has reinforced our understanding of how the character is changing.
IDL: This week we have started to discuss the impact the Industrial Revolution had on the people, places, health, transport and work. We worked in pairs to spot the difference in two pictures which was an area in England, one picture was taken pre Industrial Revolution and the other was taken in the 1900s. It was very easy to spot the difference and we were able to share what we had noticed. We continued to dwell further into the impact the Industrial Revolution had. This made for interesting conversation and we were able to draw up a list of pros and cons.
RME: St Michael’s church had requested that we create a hanging display for their church. As it is soon to be Easter, we created the 14th Station of the Cross- Jesus lay in the tomb. This is a Christian representation of the last moments of Jesus’ ‘human’ life. Over the Easter period please go along to St Michael’s church to see our lovely silhouette art pieces.
1+2: Hola! This week we focused on Spanish greetings and feelings vocabulary. We played a variety of different games to help us with remembering the different vocabulary and pronunciations.
PE: Hockey ball skills was our PE focus this week. A couple of weeks ago Mrs Matos and some teachers attended an afternoon learning skills that can be used for better movers and thinkers. This week, Mrs Matos used some of what she had learnt in our hockey lesson. Not only were we focusing on ball skill and ball control, but we also concentrated on our co-ordination. We found this challenging at times, but we were all very resilient and determined not to give up.
To top this all off, we have had a very busy week taking part in Fairtrade Fortnight. Everyone took part and dressed ‘wacky’ for dress down day on Friday- Well done to everyone. What could we get up to next week?
P6A and Mrs Matos
