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We have used cubes to practically order them from smallest to greatest or greatest to smallest. We have also wrote the numbers underneath the concrete representations. 

We have read and roleplayed the story Peace at Last by Jill Murphy to help us to understand the events and structure.

We have learnt the differences between the animal groups including the physical features that will be different. The children then completed a sorting task to group the images into the correct animal type. They learnt about mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians.

In book talk we discussed the different features of fiction and non-fiction books. We learnt that a fiction book is a story and is made up using the authors imagination and a non fiction book contains facts and real life information. We explored the contents page and glossary of non-fiction books…

Today we looked at the signs of autumn and how we know the seasons are changing. We then went out and looked at the signs of autumn around our school. We saw brown and orange leaves, berries growing on the trees and also discussed the weather. 

Last week, we started our new Maths topic of ‘Fractions’. Our first lesson involved finding equivalent fractions and writing fractions in their simplest form. Fractions is a tricky topic in Y6 but we have no doubt Y6 will show their determination and resilience with their fractions…

Last week in Latin, we practised weaving which was an important part of Roman culture. Y6 really enjoyed this lesson and produced some amazing weaved patterns!

We have used water soluble pens to draw shells and spirals. We then added water to it and watched the ink spread.

Today we used the mirrors to talk about the different features we have. We identified what we looked like such as the colour of our hair, skin and eyes. 
We then looked at our partner and discussed what similarities we have, and what differences we have. 

We have learnt we all have the similar…

Last week we drew pictures of our families, this week we have been decorating picture frames to put our drawings in.

The children have explored new tools and materials and learnt how to use them such as scissor skills, bingo dabblers, collaging tissue paper and glitter. 
They have chosen what…

We have chosen some of our favourite books to read in nursery. We talked about what we like about them, characters and key events in the story. 
pit was lovely to hear the children recalling the stories and discussing their interests with friends. 

We have had a walk to the local park and taken the bear with us. We had lots of fun and so did the bear! When we got back to School, we realised that we had left the bear at the park! Oh no!