Role Playing - How much do I need?
This week in maths we have been identifying coins up to £2. The children then independently went in the role play area to buy different objects, they took it in turns to work on the till and chose what they would like to buy. They had to find the correct coins and take it to the till keeper to…
Writing a set of instructions
We wrote a set of instructions to explain how to make gingerbread men. We discussed the importance of writing our instructions in the correct order, as well as the use of verbs to tell the reader what actions they need to do. We used the skills of including a capital letter at the beginning of…
Looking at common denominators to subtract fractions
As part of our work on fractions we looked at a misconception we had around subtracting fractions, some of us needed to continue working on finding equivalent fractions to subtract but others needed to expand their learning by looking at how to find the common denominator for fractions that…
Indus inspired clay seals
This week we finished our History topic on the Indus Valley, we learnt about all the useful and decorative items the Indus people made. Using the sources as inspiration we made our own clay seals depicting animals and symbols.
What was the story of Beowulf?
At the start of our week we spent some time listening to the story of Beowulf and how he killed the monster Grendel by ripping his arm off! The monster was killing the Danes in their mead hall and Beowulf traveled to them from Geatland in his longship to help them! We’ve been told the story isn’t…
Outside
This morning our butterflies were finally ready to fly away. We took them over to the grass and took them out one by one to let them fly away. We said goodbye and enjoyed watching where they decided to go. Some went on the grass and some flew straight in the air!
Reading a new text in Narwhals Class
In Reading Skills, we have started a new text called The Wild Swans, to begin our learning we have looked at new and exciting vocabulary that we didn’t know all the meanings of, using our resources we researched these words to clarify their meaning so we can better understand the text - Written by…
Baking Gingerbread Men
We had previously gone on a trip to Lidl to buy our ingredients to make a Gingerbread man, as a group we then worked together to measure and mix the ingredients. It was important we used the scales and added the correct amount of ingredients to ensure the correct ratios. We read and followed the…
Remarkable writing
This week in writing we have written our independent write which was an alternative retell of the story 'The Firework Maker's Daughter'. Year 4 have thoroughly enjoyed this text and again, which is not a surprise, have impressed us with their writing especially their use of a range of punctuation…
Tricky Time
In Maths this week, we have started our new topic on time. Year 4 have found time rather tricky but have shown fantastic resilience in their maths lessons. At the beginning of the week, we focussed upon telling the time to the hour and to 5 minutes, this has now become a strength in year 4. Keep…
Jack and the…… ocean?
Year 1 have been superb authors when writing their alternative retell of Jack and the Beanstalk. They changed characters, settings and key events in the story. During their independent write the children used adjectives, suffix’s, and conjunction - some even used speech marks correctly without any…
Never let your past destroy your future…
What a fantastic Art lesson we have had learning all about the messages behind Banksy’s art. We created our own whole class message and completed our own art work based on that, they were phenomenal!