In the lead up to Christmas, we have begun creating our Christmas cards, Christmas decorations and our Christmas place mats ready for our Christmas lunch.

In Maths, we have continued our learning with subtraction, where we have subtracted numbers with a different number of digits, looked at complements to 100 and 1000. We have looked at reasoning and problem-solving and discussed how we have reached answers using mathematical vocabulary.

In English, we have been working on grammar concepts, particularly focussing on nouns, adjectives and verbs. We have been identifying nouns, adjectives and verbs in sentences, creating our own sentences and discussing exactly what they are.

In Geography, we examined population density.

In History, we continued looking at the Ancient Egyptians, where we learnt that Howard Carter was an archeologist who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun.

In PSHE, we looked at witnesses to bullying, how people feel when they are bullied, what bullying is and examples of bullying.

In R.E, we continued our learning with Christianity, where we designed a Christmas card for Jesus and used descriptors for Jesus such as; The Saviour of us all, Lord of Love, Prince of Glory.

In Science, we looked at the life cycle of a frog.

In Science, this week we have looked at the life cycle of a plant, naming the parts of the plant and referring to prior learning of the plant changing through the seasons.

In Maths, we have been looking at making connections with numbers where pupils have been learning to identify how many ones there are in tens, how many tens there are in hundreds, how many hundreds there are in thousands. We have also started learning how to add by exchanging using the column method.

In History, we have been continuing our learning about Ancient Egyptians and learning about the life Ancient Egyptian people had depending on whether they were rich or poor.

In English, we have continued our sentence stacking lessons focusing on how to promote a Christmas dessert. 

In Geography, we compared different settlements including; towns, cities, villages and hamlets.

In PSHE, we looked at conflict and how this can be solved. 

Wow! What a busy week to the start of the term! 

In Maths, we have looked at Roman Numerals, adding  and subtracting 1s, 10s, 100s and 1000s. We also took part in the Number Confidence Life Assembly through Barclays Life Skills and National Numeracy. Children had questions to answer throughout the assembly and learnt how numbers are used lots in daily life. At the end of the assembly, children received a certificate for taking part.

In English, we have started looking at our next unit of writing, which is focused on a persuasive social media post looking at a Chocolate Yule Log. This week, we have looked at identifying the shapes throughout the text, which are; the photo/caption, hook questions, unique selling point, hard-hitting statistics, price/economics and call to action. We then looked at adverts and discussed the vocabulary used in them. 

In PSHE, we discussed how all families are different but that families have things in common, such as loving one another and caring for one another. The children were then tasked with drawing their families and writing what their family means to them. We also discussed the different things families do for one another, such as helping each other when they need it.

In Science, we looked at the seasonal cycles; Autumn, Winter, Summer and Spring. We discussed how the Earth tilts, the Southern Hemisphere, Northern Hemisphere and the changes that happen throughout the cycles, including the temperature, animals and sunlight.

In Art, we looked at Still Life and Form, where we learnt about the Still Life with Peaches and Water Jar in the House of the Stags in Herculaneum and Campbell’s Soup I’ (1968), which was an example of pop art. 

In R. E, we looked at our Enquiry Question 'Has Christmas lost its true meaning?' We discussed how Christmas/holidays are celebrated and traditions that happen in families. 

Its been another busy week, with children completing assessments in maths, grammar, punctuation, spelling and reading. Well done to all for their incredible efforts.

In Computing, we have started our learning on e-safety discussing what we should and shouldn't share online. We also discussed how we can stay safe online. In this lessons, children worked in groups to identify vocabulary and the definition for each word including; hacker, social media, virus, attachment and more. Children then completed a poster on online safety. 

In PSHE, we looked at Sam and his feelings. We created mood cards on our whiteboards and discussed how our actions would impact on Sam and what he might be feeling once these actions have taken place.

In Science, we completed an assessment looking at identifying key words that we have used throughout the unit of work and completing a multiple choice quiz.

In Geography, we compared the human features between San Francisco and Kings Lynn. We discussed modes of transport and completed venn diagram of transport that both San Francisco and Kings Lynn use and ones either of them use.

In Religious Education, we discussed clubs and groups that we are part of and designed a symbol of what is important to us.

In History, we looked at the Iron Age and how they lived, the jobs they had, the food they ate and what they enjoyed doing. We looked at the timing of the Iron Age being around 800 BCE.

In English, we continued with our sentence stacking lessons, where pupils used adjectives to describe the pigs' eyes and frown. The children also used feelings to describe how the wolf was feeling, knocking on the last pig's door. Children also used thesauruses to find synonyms for said and created dialogue where the pig was feisty and had an angry reply.

In Maths, we have continued with our place value learning, where pupils have looked at comparing numbers using key vocabulary such as greater than, less than and equal to. They also have ordered numbers in ascending and descending order, identifying the meaning of both words.

In Art, we have been printing our flowers, using ink paint. 

In R. E, we continued with our learning on Sikhism, where pupils looked and learnt about the 5K's and linked these to wearing a school uniform. Pupils worked in groups to match the images to the definition of each of the 5 K's.

In PSHE, we looked at rights and responsibilities, where we discussed a scenario and discussed the responsible, irresponsible choices, the rewards and consequences of the actions taken.

In maths, we have looked at flexible partitioning as well as completing numbers to 1000 with different intervals.

In Science, we looked at the skeletal system, identifying the different bones in our body, understanding the importance of our bodies and how they protect some parts of our bodies.

In Geography, we looked at grid references and how they help us to locate places on a map. We learnt how grid references are sets of numbers but also sometimes they are letters. Pupils learnt that in order to find a grid reference they need to use vertical and horizontal lines.

In English, we have focused our learning on grammar objectives, looking at using an or a correctly, inverted commas, using end punctuation correctly, including full stops, exclamation marks and question marks.