Howard Junior School

W/C 15/09/25

Published 03/10/25, by Bryony Chapman

In Maths, we have been continuing our learning with place value. This week we have looked at representing numbers to 10,000, partitioning numbers and discussing various problems relating to these areas.

We did lots of work on how we can flexibly partition the numbers in different ways, and how the same number can be added differently, but still total the same answer.

In Science, we began our unit on The Human Body.

We have been looking at involuntary muscles being the muscles that we cannot control, including our heart and voluntary muscles, the muscles that we can control.

Pupils had to write about what a voluntary and involuntary muscle was, and then we had a class discussion on parts of the body they thought were voluntary or involuntary and why.

In Geography, we looked at what a compass was and how these are used to support navigation. Pupils had to label a compass with all 8 points.

We then looked at a map of King's Lynn. Using this compass, we identified places around us that are within the points on the compass.

In English, we have been continuing our sentence stacking lessons where we have looked at what the wolf's inner thoughts might be when he realises that he has no sugar for his cake. Pupils have had to use complex sentences to show how the wolf was walking to the straw house and repetition in sentences for effect.

In R. E. we started our learning on the following enquiry question: "Does joining the Khalsa make someone a better Sikh?"

The pupils discussed clubs they belong to and what it feels like to belong to a group/community. Pupils discussed what they had to do to be part of their chosen club, how they have a sense of belonging and the feelings they felt throughout, such as; proud, happy, excited, respected. Pupils had the opportunity to watch a video where a child went to a martial arts club and shared the feelings she felt before joining and when she had joined. As well as this, the child shared how they represent their club, the uniform they wear and how they feel wearing the uniform.

w/c 08.09.25

Published 02/10/25, by Bryony Chapman

We have had a busy first week back at school!!

In Art, pupils learnt about lines and sketches. The pupils had opportunities to use different thickness pencils and create sketches using different lines.

Pupils learnt the importance of lines and how they create sketches as well as how these can be created in a range of materials like paint, crayons, watercolours and felt tips.

In Maths, we started our unit of learning on place value. This meant recognising the value of digits in numbers and using a place value chart alongside place counters and Base 10.

In English, we have started our unit of writing on 'The True Story of the Three Little Pigs'.

In our first lesson, the pupils had to think of questions to ask the wolf. Some of the questions were how come the story had been told differently, and what actually happened at the door of the pig's house? The wolf responded with it was an accident, and he had a terrible, powerful sneeze, and would tell the real story as the lessons went on.

As we continued with the learning, pupils have created some wonderful sentences where they have used feelings, complex sentences, adjectives, time/place adverbials and have had to remember basic punctuation (capital letters and full stops).

In History, we have started our unit of work on the Stone Age to Iron Age, where we looked at how people lived in Britain during the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic ages. Pupils looked at what they ate in these times, the resources they had, and the discoveries made by archeologists.

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