Well, it has been another action-packed week, with Sing and Swing performances, sporting activities and of course lots of exciting learning taking place.
English:
In our English sessions this week we have been looking at stories from other cultures. We used Bug Club to look at the story 'Ampata and the Scarlett Macaws'. The children really enjoyed the story and were very talented at retelling it in their own words. We had a tricky task of writing a synopsis of the first two chapters in just 100 words. (give or take a few). The children found this really challenging and learnt to be selective with the detail that they included. Later in the week we compared the plot with another story by the same author, here we learnt to use words to suggest comparison "on the one hand....on the other hand", "although", "however". This enabled the children to construct some high level sentences about the two texts.
Science:
In Science this week we have had fun learning about how switches work within a circuit. We learnt about their jobs, we became a circuit as a class in a bit of drama to show how they worked before going to the lab. In our lab lesson, children were asked to make a working switch from a variety of materials that they were given. The children had to ensure that it switched the circuit on and off without them having to undo the crocodile clips. This was a tricky job but we got there in the end! We learnt about how a switch can cause the circuit to break, preventing the flow of electrical current. Well done guys!
Topic:
It is with great enthusiasm that we have started to learn about missions to explore Mars using rovers to investigate. The children have been captivated by the idea of discovering signs of life. We have begun our class mission of inventing a model of a Mars Rover, suitable to send into space! The children have developed their planning skills. They had to think about what the mission would entail, what the climate is like, how the machine would be powered and how it would land on the surface in one piece. They then created a labeled design, considering the materials that we could use to represent their ideas as part of our DT sessions next week. Their homework over the weekend is to collect their items. We begin our making sessions on Monday 23rd March and have invited in to school parents to help. We are very excited about this project and hope to see many of you there to join us!
Star of the week:
We have had such a good week this week in 4F that I had an incredibly tough decision to make to pick out just one person, the children have all been so involved in the projects and have come up with such great questions. So a huge well done to 4F for that. However, the person who has stood out the most this week has stood out for her excellent contributions to English lessons , that person is Amaaya. Well done Amaaya!
English:
In our English sessions this week we have been looking at stories from other cultures. We used Bug Club to look at the story 'Ampata and the Scarlett Macaws'. The children really enjoyed the story and were very talented at retelling it in their own words. We had a tricky task of writing a synopsis of the first two chapters in just 100 words. (give or take a few). The children found this really challenging and learnt to be selective with the detail that they included. Later in the week we compared the plot with another story by the same author, here we learnt to use words to suggest comparison "on the one hand....on the other hand", "although", "however". This enabled the children to construct some high level sentences about the two texts.
Science:
In Science this week we have had fun learning about how switches work within a circuit. We learnt about their jobs, we became a circuit as a class in a bit of drama to show how they worked before going to the lab. In our lab lesson, children were asked to make a working switch from a variety of materials that they were given. The children had to ensure that it switched the circuit on and off without them having to undo the crocodile clips. This was a tricky job but we got there in the end! We learnt about how a switch can cause the circuit to break, preventing the flow of electrical current. Well done guys!
Topic:
It is with great enthusiasm that we have started to learn about missions to explore Mars using rovers to investigate. The children have been captivated by the idea of discovering signs of life. We have begun our class mission of inventing a model of a Mars Rover, suitable to send into space! The children have developed their planning skills. They had to think about what the mission would entail, what the climate is like, how the machine would be powered and how it would land on the surface in one piece. They then created a labeled design, considering the materials that we could use to represent their ideas as part of our DT sessions next week. Their homework over the weekend is to collect their items. We begin our making sessions on Monday 23rd March and have invited in to school parents to help. We are very excited about this project and hope to see many of you there to join us!
Star of the week:
We have had such a good week this week in 4F that I had an incredibly tough decision to make to pick out just one person, the children have all been so involved in the projects and have come up with such great questions. So a huge well done to 4F for that. However, the person who has stood out the most this week has stood out for her excellent contributions to English lessons , that person is Amaaya. Well done Amaaya!