In history this term we are learning all about The Great fire of London. So far we have looked at when and where the Great Fire of London started, compared old and modern London and sequenced the events using a story map. This week we have been focusing on why Read more…
In DT this term we are going to be designing and creating our own Owl puppets based around our English journey ‘The Owl who is Afraid of the Dark.’ We began today by investigating different types of puppets including glove puppets, finger puppets and rod puppets. We looked at and Read more…
Class 5 last Friday dressed in Children in Need themed clothing to help raise money!
On Friday as part of Anti-bullying week we discussed toothpaste words! We emptied tubes of toothpaste on to paper plates and using skewers, we tried to get as much toothpaste as possible back in to the tube. This proved very difficult! We discussed words and/or phrases that have been said Read more…
Today in English we came up with some adjectives to describe a scene from the Polar Express in preparation for writing our setting descriptions next week! In pairs, the children then wrote these on to pink card before combining them with a noun of their choice to create an expanded Read more…
Today in Geography we have been exploring the Arctic Circle! We looked at pictures of people and animals that live in the Arctic before locating the Arctic Circle line on a world globe. We then used the Arctic Circle map to help us identify the seven countries that are partly Read more…
One of our topics for computing this half term has been online safety. We have been looking at what an email is, how we send an email and why people use them. We practised writing emails to Barnaby Bear on Purple Mash and talked about how once we send a Read more…
In Arithmetic we are focusing on number bonds within 10. Number bonds are vital to understanding how numbers work. This week we have been using cubes and part-part-whole models to create as many number bonds within 10 as possible and putting these into number sentences. Keep practicing guys!
Today in PSHE we have been learning all about resilience and how having positive thoughts can help us to achieve our goals. We practised this by completing a carousel of activities including word searches, dot to dots, tangram puzzles and a bean bag challenge. We discussed the fact we are Read more…
Our PE topic for this half term is dance. Today we read the story ‘Penguin Small’ by Mick Inkpen and discussed Penguin Small’s feelings throughout the story such as how he may have felt being chased and left by the other penguins. In groups of 3 children came up with Read more…