Learning Overview:
This week we have been consolidating our learning for this term’s interesting topic of discrimination. We have used group work to discuss the issues regarding the definition of discrimination and we have looked at how different groups of people are affected due to reasons such as skin colour, gender, age, religion and even disability. We have learned about Rosa Parks and had fun creating drama scenes in connection with this. We finished this topic through our writing this week where we wrote about the importance of treating everyone equally, using the genre of exposition.
We have been assessing our learning and understanding in numeracy and looking at addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We have been very successful with our methods and use of different strategies although we all need to continue to practise learning our times tables and understanding of worded problems to identify the calculations within them.
We have been busy presenting our class talks where we have researched into different jobs and possible careers for our futures. We have been particularly discussing the skills for work and making links where possible to the skills we are learning at school. We have all made a fantastic effort and we have been focusing on including an introduction and a conclusion which has really improved our presenting skills.
Pupil Voice:
Carly: We went to Advent Mass and Father Kenneth put baby Jesus in the crib.
Angel: We did a presentation about people who have inspired us.
Sophie R: We have been taking part in a house Sumdog competition.
Brooke: We have been sharing our talks about careers that interest us.
Sophie YM: We learnt a new dance in P.E.
Katie: We all sang ‘Last Christmas’ during the Cake and Carols, in front of parents, grandparents and other visitors.
Lennon: We wrote about discrimination for writing and we all wrote an exposition stating that everyone should be treated fairly.
Next Steps – Home Learning Opportunities:
Continue to practise learning your times tables to help you improve your multiplication and division skills.
Practise presenting your solo talks for next week. We are looking forward to hearing them!
