This week we have enjoyed doing some artwork about the old man's dream from our Power of Reading book. It said he dreamt of a colourful jungle, so we looked at Henri Rousseau's work and created our dream inspired by his work. 

This week in we have been adding and subtracting fractions. We have also been doing Big Maths Beat That. 

We had a very exciting day on Tuesday. A hot air balloon landed on our field, and we got to ask the balloonist questions about how the balloon works. Before, he landed in our field we think he landed in someone else's garden. 

On Tuesday we also took part in the Big Sing. Hopefully we have helped to set a world record. 

Have a lovely weekend, 

Rachel Carson 

We have really enjoyed DT this week. We have been making cereal bars and packaging. In DT today we were cooking our cereal bars.

In science we have enjoyed learning about different religious food and drawing them.

Today we had a carousel of activities while some groups were baking. There were some code breaking activities, word searches, a fun game and a French activity.

In PE this week we’ve been playing rounders against Sylvia Earle.

On Wednesday we went up to the field and planted some bee bombs, seeds and bee houses. It’s part of our pledges for Blue Peter’s Green badge. As a class we are turning off lights and electronics when we have finished with them or leave the classroom. Some of us have chosen to turn off electronics at home when we have finished using them, or to swap 30 minutes of screen time for outdoor time. Our other pledge is to either, swap plastics to reusable wrapping or to help sort the recycling so we stop getting dirty recycling in our recycle bins. We have already planted pollinating seeds as a pledge but some of us want to eat vegetarian meals once or twice a week as well. We hope you will join in with us while we are doing this.

Have a wonderful half term,

Rachel Carson

In maths we have been working on fractions. We are getting pretty good at saying the fraction as we write it (the shape is split into 4 equal parts, 1 part is shaded). 

In science we have been learning about how plants disperse their seeds and which plants do this. We have also finished looking at our investigations on how water moves in plants and what plants need to grow. We were very surprised at how blue our celery turned in the water investigation. 

In PE we have enjoyed the fitness games we have learnt. 

We have also been thinking about how cities are sustainable and what we can to do to help be sustainable. 

We hope everyone has a wonderful Easter holiday and gets to eat lots of chocolate eggs. 

Rachel Carson

We have also enjoyed reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. We are hoping to finish it today! 

This week we have enjoyed making our trains in DT. We stuck them together by using sellotape and we used wooden wheels, wooden axels and a cardboard base. We used junior hacksaws to cut the wood to the right size. 

We also had a surprise today which we enjoyed. 

We have been using our maths skills to complete some maths colouring which we loved doing. 

We also got to watch the Christmas Carol Concert, it was really good. Last week we went to church to record our song for it, it was fun. 

We have made LOTS of mess this week! But we have been great at tidying it up. See the pictures below. 

Merry Christmas and a happy new year 

From Rachel Carson

Reading

TTrockstars

Abacus 

Nessy

Daily reading 15-20 minutes

NESSY 40 minutes a week, if appropriate

TT Rockstars/Abacus/ Mathsframe/Topmarks (Hit the button) – as often as possible.

We have also enjoyed English because we are also learning about the Stone Age as we find out what Ug is up to. 

We enjoyed sewing before half term and are looking forward to doing it again so we can finish our book marks. 

In maths we have been learning about inverse and trying to check answers to additions and subtractions using inverse. 

We have started a new topic in Science which is all about forces and magnets. 

We have also done some tests which some of us found fun. 

Have a lovely weekend, 

Rachel Carson 

In maths we have been practicing adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers to and from 3 digit numbers. We're starting to get pretty good at it. 

In English we've been describing an object or place related to nature. We had to use figurative language in it. 

The best part of the week has been working on our cross stitch. We've been working hard on making sure it's neat and we don't get our thread knotted up.

We hope you have a lovely half term and come back well rested. 

Rachel Carson 

Talk Homework: Explain how fossils are made.

Please ensure you read daily for a minimum of 15-20 minutes.

Dear All,

This week has flown by and we can’t believe there is only one more week until half term. The children have settled in so well.

This week, in Maths, we have been learning column addition and subtraction with regrouping. We have worked so hard and are beginning to make real progress in our learning.

To help support their learning, please find a list of additional activities should they wish to complete:

Abacus - The children can access this resource via the website https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk 

https://ttrockstars.com/

In English, we have continued with the theme of poetry and the children have really impressed me with their ability to understand figurative language. We tied this in with a lovely art lesson on blackberries. Yummy!

In Science, we are studying how fossils are formed and the children now have an understanding of the process. Hopefully, they will be able to tell you all for their talk homework.

We have also been learning about Education this term. We have learned about Education in Britain and France. We have also looked at how education has developed over the centuries, including both Victorian Education and Education in The Middle Ages.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Rachel Carson