This week in Year 3 Maths lessons have been all about place value. We have been embedding and extending our knowledge of numbers. We have looked at reading and writing our numbers correctly, using Base 10 to partition a number and split it into its hundred tens and ones and some of us have even been looking at thousands.

Miss Groom challenged her group to solving the place value ice cream problem. We had to work together to discuss and match the words, the numerals, the expanded form and how many thousands, hundreds, tens and ones each number had.

Have a look below at our successes 🙂 

This week Year 5 and 6 worked together this week because it was residential.

The week was themed around the Paralympics.

We researched Paralympics, making notes. We then wrote their biography’s. We also wrote a report about the Paralympics, transforming notes into a piece of non-fiction writing.

We did art in the style of Romero Britto, a famous Brazilian artist. We used an atlas to find out where Paralympians were from, we found it hard to find the countries on our world maps even though we tried to be very accurate.

We discussed what it would be like to compete in the Paralympics. We also played sitting down volleyball. It was lots of fun but it was really hard to not move for the ball! 

This week in year 2 we have been learning all about shapes! We have been learning lots of facts about 2D shapes. The children have discussed similarities and differences and we have been spotting them in our outdoor environment and in our classrooms. We know that a pizza slice is like a triangle because it has 3 corners and 3 sides! Next week we will be searching for 3D shapes.

At the start of the lesson, children worked in talk partners to discuss, ‘What makes me special’. The children then shared with the class what was special about their work partner. This helped the children to build on their speaking and listening skills.

The children then used the Dot Com characters to identify similarities and differences. They worked in table groups to discuss their work and share ideas. Together, they began to understand the importance of respecting each other and valuing a person for who they are.

To finish off the children explored the story ‘Someone Else’s Shoes’. This encouraged a whole class debate, on the meaning, of the sayings, “Don’t judge someone till you have walked a mile in their shoes.” and “What if the shoe was on the other foot?“

Next week, we will be working with the School’s Community Police officers and discussing the various jobs within the emergency services.

Miss Akers

This week, Year 5 have been learning how we are all different and what makes us special. They were able to discuss, in large groups, the  similarities and differences between the Dot Com characters.

Circle time games, helped the children to talk about how they were different and also special. The children were able to share their opinions and show respect for others in whole class discussions.

Together, we answered the questions… What is teasing? If we are different to others, does that mean we can not get along? Can people feel lonely, if they are different? How can we help people, who feel hurt because of difference?

Next week, we will be welcoming some visitors, who will be helping us learn more about the emergency services.

Miss Akers

Our class author for the half term is Julia Donaldson. She is the Author of lots of our favourite stories such as The Gruffalo, Zog and What the ladybird heard and many more. We have been discussing our favourite characters and explaining the reason why.  We drew pictures of our favourite characters and wrote sentences using our phonics knowledge.

Who is your favourite character?