Today, it was our turn to do a sharing assembly. We wanted to show off all the things we had learnt since Christmas - there was so much we wanted to say! We had to remember to speak clearly, holding the microphone on our chin. We had to wait our turn and remember to smile when we were singing! We hope you enjoyed it!
In maths, we have been learning to tell the time. We practised making times on a clock and then used that to solve some problems. We found quarter to and past quite tricky, so maybe we can try it again at home.
In English, we have been reading space poems. In them, we had to find alliteration and onomatopoeia. Alliteration is when there's a few words together that start with the same letter like roaring red rockets. Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like the sound it makes. You'd use an exclamation mark after it - BANG! WHOOSH! We will be continuing with this learning next week, in Book Week.
Verb of the week this week is 'To be'.
On Tuesday we had a science workshop. It was called Moondust on my Socks. We explored making electrical circuits to make a light switch on and off. This helped us to speak alien! We also made a card with a moving rocket on it. We learnt about astronauts going to the moon, too. Did you know the moon is made out of rock? It has craters on it, too.
This week our home learning is to find poems we like and say what we like about them - we could also have a go at writing our own poem. Next Friday we can dress up as a book character if we want to, otherwise we come to school in our uniform.
The Star Award this week goes to Matilda - her story for the 500 Words competition was great, she really persevered with it.
Our Learning Owl this week is Harry. He tries hard with his work, he's a great friend to others and lots of adults around school comment on how kind and polite he is. Well done, Harry. Have a great weekend with Night.
Building work starts next week, so please come to the back door at the playground to drop off on Monday morning. On Tuesday, we need to be dropped off at Treetops as we'll be working in there....
Friday 26 February 2016
Friday 12 February 2016
Our Amazing Learning
We've done loads of amazing learning this week...
In maths, we have been learning more skills to help us multiply. We learnt that multiplication is commutative , so it can be done in any order. We used empty number lines to multiply and then used all of our skills to solve some problems.
In English, we have been reading non-fiction texts. The books we've looked at were all about space. We had to compare 2 or 3 books to see whether they all had good pictures, what the size of the writing was like, whether they had labels, a contents page, index and glossary. We created a mind map to show the facts we found out.
We also challenged ourselves to write our own stories, or carry on ones we'd already started in Creative Writing.
In science, we had to find out which materials were waterproof to fix Mrs Grimes' umbrella. We thought that plastic would be the best material. We tested it by pouring water onto it and we were right!
Well done to Riley for achieving his goals and getting this week's Star Award.
Over the half term holidays, we have assembly words to practise and a poster to design for the fun run. Our challenge is to practise reading and telling the time.
Have a great half term holiday everyone!
In maths, we have been learning more skills to help us multiply. We learnt that multiplication is commutative , so it can be done in any order. We used empty number lines to multiply and then used all of our skills to solve some problems.
In English, we have been reading non-fiction texts. The books we've looked at were all about space. We had to compare 2 or 3 books to see whether they all had good pictures, what the size of the writing was like, whether they had labels, a contents page, index and glossary. We created a mind map to show the facts we found out.
We also challenged ourselves to write our own stories, or carry on ones we'd already started in Creative Writing.
In science, we had to find out which materials were waterproof to fix Mrs Grimes' umbrella. We thought that plastic would be the best material. We tested it by pouring water onto it and we were right!
Well done to Riley for achieving his goals and getting this week's Star Award.
Over the half term holidays, we have assembly words to practise and a poster to design for the fun run. Our challenge is to practise reading and telling the time.
Have a great half term holiday everyone!
Friday 5 February 2016
NSPCC Number Day
Today has been NSPCC Number Day. We all came to school wearing a number. We had numbers from 1 to 5172! We played lots of games using our numbers - odd one out, adding them and ordering them! In the afternoon, some children from Year 5 came to play maths games with us. We thought it was a very fun day. Maple Class raised £30 - Max counted the money.
We've been learning about special places in RE, so we went to visit St Mary's Church. A church is a special place for Christians. Reverend Will showed us around the church and answered all of our questions!
Joshua: Can only Christians go to church? No, everyone is welcome.
Lily: Who started churches? Jesus' friends.
Albie: Why do people pray to God? To spend time, talk and share with God.
Max: Is it hard working at St Mary's? I work long hours and only have one day off, but I love my job!
In the church, it was peaceful and silent. We were all sensible and showed respect.
In English, we were finishing our unit of work, so we wrote a new story based on The New Coat. In our writing we had to remember to use sentence starters, noun phrases, inverted commas and maybe even paragraphs! Some of us achieved our challenge leaves. This week ''to walk' has been our verb of the week.
In topic, we have been using our mapping skills. We imagined we were birds and drew a map, using a bird's eye view of different places inside and out! On a bird's eye view, a map is just different shapes, so we added a key to our map, so that people know what the shapes are.
This week, our home learning is to go for a family walk and the create a map to show where we've been. Mrs McLellan has challenged us to add a key.
This week's Star Award is going to Harry for bouncing back when things don't go right. Well done, Harry.
Our Learning Owl this week is Eleanor. Maple class said that she always tries her best and never gives up. She is good at challenging herself and works well on her own and as part of a team. Well done, Eleanor - have a good weekend with Night!
We've been learning about special places in RE, so we went to visit St Mary's Church. A church is a special place for Christians. Reverend Will showed us around the church and answered all of our questions!
Joshua: Can only Christians go to church? No, everyone is welcome.
Lily: Who started churches? Jesus' friends.
Albie: Why do people pray to God? To spend time, talk and share with God.
Max: Is it hard working at St Mary's? I work long hours and only have one day off, but I love my job!
In the church, it was peaceful and silent. We were all sensible and showed respect.
In English, we were finishing our unit of work, so we wrote a new story based on The New Coat. In our writing we had to remember to use sentence starters, noun phrases, inverted commas and maybe even paragraphs! Some of us achieved our challenge leaves. This week ''to walk' has been our verb of the week.
In topic, we have been using our mapping skills. We imagined we were birds and drew a map, using a bird's eye view of different places inside and out! On a bird's eye view, a map is just different shapes, so we added a key to our map, so that people know what the shapes are.
This week, our home learning is to go for a family walk and the create a map to show where we've been. Mrs McLellan has challenged us to add a key.
This week's Star Award is going to Harry for bouncing back when things don't go right. Well done, Harry.
Our Learning Owl this week is Eleanor. Maple class said that she always tries her best and never gives up. She is good at challenging herself and works well on her own and as part of a team. Well done, Eleanor - have a good weekend with Night!
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