Is it fiction or non-fiction?
We discussed the features of fiction and non-fiction texts. We found out that fiction books are made up stories containing fictional characters, whereas non-fiction books provide information and contain lots of facts about real things. After looking at some examples together, we worked in…
Sensational Sewing
Year 3 tried something new today - we used a needle and thread to add to our seascapes in art. Using white, blue and green thread we created patterns to add to our wonderful artwork. We found it tricky and a little bit fiddly but we showed determination and made great progress. Well done!
Letter Larry
Today we identified the features of a letter with the help of Letter Larry. We used talk for writing to help us recall the key features.
We Are All Different!
This week we have been learning all about babies. The children have brought in pictures of when they were babies and have loved looking at themselves, sharing these with their friends and discussing what they see.
We started with a very Important question ‘Are we all the same?’
We talked…
Oceans and Climate Change!
Today we learned all about how the oceans regulate our climate. The ocean is like a big thermostat! Due to global warming, sea levels rise so we learned the order that this happens:
1. People burn fossil fuels.
2. The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere rises.
3. Average global…
Budding artists
Year 6 have been creating a basis for their activist art over the past few weeks. They have layered different pieces of wallpaper to create a textured surface before painting it white. Over the coming weeks, they will add important messages and images to their art to convey powerful messages.
Resounding Reading!
We were so impressed by the children’s independent reading answers this week! They have worked so hard on using their own opinions in their answers but also being able to use the text to support their opinions too. Well done Year 5!
All about Josiah Wedgewood
In History we are continuing with our topic ‘The great change makers’, today we have focused on Josiah Wedgewood we have looked at what his famous Jasperware, which is his blue and white pottery. We used our i pads to record all the changes he help make to the country.
Hot seating!
Today we used freeze framing to re enact key elements of the story. We then created a bank of questions to ask Plop and used this to complete our hot seating.
Debating in Year 6
Year 6 have taken part in a debate to consider whether animals should be used in the war.
Hanukkah discussion!
We looked at pictures relating to Hanukkah and discussed what each of the images show/represent. The children all knew that Hanukkah is celebrated for 8 days!
Representing numbers 4 and 5
We represented the numbers 4 and 5 using different objects in a five frame. Using the five frame to support our understanding, we were able to explain that if the frame is full there must be 5 objects and if the five frame is missing one, there must be 4 .