It was lovely to welcome the children back after Easter break! We've got straight back into the swing of things, so here are our learning and achievements these past few days:

English: This half-term our focus is on a playscript and centres around the Plague of Eyam. We were introduced to the shape of our poem: scene, scene number, stage direction, speech - no inverted commas, character name and setting. We placed these shapes on our poetry map and then were given each scene and plotted the shapes where they appeared. On Friday, we had an experience day when we acted out the playscript and used different voices and actions to portray different feelings. Even Miss Edgeley and Miss Chapman gave it a go! The Bafta goes to...

Maths: We continue to plug the gaps in our learning and this week have focused on the inverse operations, in particular addition and subtraction. We have also used the inverse to check if the answer is right.

Science: We started our new topic of the Water Cycle. We recapped the three main states of matter: gas, liquid and solid, and conducted an experiment in which we measured the temperature of ice after a 5-minute interval. We predicted if the temperature would increase or decrease.

History: We started our new topic of Stuarts. We learnt about King James VI of Scotland, who inherited the crown after Queen Elizabeth I died. He then became James I of England, which was known as the union of the crowns. We learnt that in 1606 he ordered the Union Jack to be made, and this flag was named after him! We also learnt that James I believed in the Divine Right of Kings, in which God chose James I to be King and he had absolute power and authority.

RE: We started our last enquiry into Buddhism. We spoke about making good choices - what good means to us and making healthy food choices. As a class, we created 8 rules to make our class feel happy and safe. We then discussed how choices and consequences can both have a positive impact. We concluded that good choices help us lead a good life!