What a busy week and the start of a new month together! Please read below for our learning and achievements:

 

Maths: This week we focused on consolidating our inverse operations, focusing on our presentation and the use of the written method to show carrying and borrowing. We also used our whiteboards to help us order and compare numbers beyond 1000. We focused on descenders starting with the largest number first and ascenders starting with the smallest number first.

 

English: We started the week with an experience day. We were presented with different sources related to the Village of Eyam and spoke about what this tells us. We analysed a map, broadsheet, plague victim list and a box of cures and medicine. We then started our sentence-stacking lessons, focusing on negative similes, exaggeration similes, feelings and questions.

Science: We continued our topic of Water Cycle by explaining how evaporation occurs when a liquid turns into a gas. We wrote the process and used a diagram to illustrate the process.

Geography: We started our new topic of London and the South East. We recapped the different countries and capitals of the UK, the Union Jack and the seas/coastlines that surround the UK. We then learnt that a region is an area of a country. On a blank map, we labelled the different counties found in the South East and identified key geographical features.

PSHE: We started our new topic of relationships. We spoke about jealousy and how this can be an unhelpful emotion to feel. We were given scenarios and, as a class, decided if they had more or less jealous feelings. We then spoke about strategies we can use to help us when we feel jealousy.

History: We continued our learning of The Stuarts and focused on the Gunpowder Plot. We learnt all about the roles Robert Catesby and Guy Fawkes played in the plot, why the plot was undertaken and the result of the plot. We spoke about the importance of Bonfire Night to us now and why it is celebrated every year.

Art: We started our new topic of the Byzantine Empire, and we learnt about mosaics. We focused on the mosaic of Constantine the Great, Mary with Jesus and Justinian I. In our books, we sketched a picture of Constantine using lines and shading.

 

Music: We started our new topic of Expression and Innovation. We learnt and performed a new song, Train is a Comin'.

PE: Dance with Miss Whyborn and an extra football session with Mr Watson!

Gap Analysis: GPS Determiners.

Guided Reading: Inference and predictions based on Adventures.

Spellings: j ending.

Handwriting: Irregular verbs.