Teacher Voice
This has been a very busy week in P3/4. We been learning all about exposition texts this week. We have explored the structure of an exposition text and the language features. We enjoyed using conjunctions to create our own sentences.
In Maths this week we have been exploring money. We have been learning the shop keepers method (counting on) to help us. This has been quite challenging but we love a challenge in P3/4.
We have started our new IDL topic ‘The Titanic’ this week. We are extremely interested in this topic and have many questions about the disaster. We are enjoying using research to answer these questions. We have discussed various sources of evidence we can use and the reliability of these sources. The children really enjoyed hearing Eva Hart’s memories from being on ‘The Titanic’.
We have been learning new vocabulary related to our topic. As a class we worked together to create our own ‘Titanic Dictionary’. We used our dictionary skills to find the definitions and added illustrations to help us understand what each word meant.
We have also been learning all about emotions and feelings this week. We have discussed these feelings and shared times we have experienced these feelings. We have talked about ways to manage our emotions when we are feeling sad or angry.
We started gymnastics this week in PE. We worked with our ELF (effective learning friend) to create interesting balances.
Pupil Voice
This weeks lead learners are James and Myles. They are here to tell you all about our week.
This week we have really enjoyed our new Topic ‘The Titanic’. We watched an interview with one of the surviving passengers Eva Hart talk about her memories from the Titanic. She was only 7 years old when she was on the Titanic with her Mum and Dad. We did some research about the Titanic in groups and created posters with 5 interesting facts. In Maths we have been learning about money. We learned the shop keepers method to calculate change. We started gymnastics this week. It was fun! We have been learning how to write an exposition text this week.
Home Learning
Titanic Big Talk
Ask a family member about what they know about the Titanic.
Share facts that you have researched this week with them.
Maths
Go to the shops with an adult. Buy two products and add together the amounts.
Can you calculate how much change you will get?
Check your receipt and change to see if you were correct.
Literacy
Can you find 5 conjunctions in a book at home?
Have a great weekend
Mrs Wassell and P3/4
Wow P3/4, you are starting 2020 on a busy note! The Titatic disaster is so interesting, I’m looking forward to hearing more about your research on it.
I expect the people on the Titanic would have experienced so many different emotions on their journey, from excitement and joy at the beginning, to worry and fear after the ship hit the iceberg, and in the case of the survivors, hope and relief when they saw the rescue boats arriving. Let’s remember all of the passengers and crew in our prayers.
I had a lovely morning on Thursday when I was working with you on your PM Writing task learning all about conjunctions. I was very impressed at your talk partner tasks and then with your sentence structure. Great work everyone!