It has been lovely to welcome the children back to our final half-term together! This week has been a finishing off week due to how short Summer 1 was. We worked really hard this week and completed lots of learning! We can't wait to show you all our learning and achievements:

 

We are so incredibly proud of all the pupils who have taken part in their multiplication check and for your support parents with their times tables. We have tried our hardest and continue to use Blooket as a fun way to consolidate our timetables!

Maths: This week we started our new topic of fractions! We focused on finding the whole (equal parts) and counting beyond 1 - this included writing fractions as improper (where the numerator is bigger than the denominator) or mixed numbers (whole and a fraction). 

English: We have recapped the skills needed and agreed our success criteria for our playscript based on the Plague of Eyam. We will be writing about the main character, Lizzie, who finds out she has the plague! We then plotted our five scenes and discussed how our character is feeling. We are now ready to plan and write - fingers crossed for more pen licences!

Science: We consolidated our understanding of the water cycle and discussed how water changes states through the processes of condensation, evaporation and precipitation. 

Geography: We completed our topic of London and the South East by first focusing on Brighton and how it is a seaside town. We learnt that the Pavilion was built by King George IV and styled by Chinese and Indian architecture. Brighton Pier was built in Victorian times and now has a funfair. Many people travel for the day from London due to the train lines!  We then identified the key features of Dover. On a map, we labelled the ports and found that ports are where ships unload and load cargo. We also learnt that the White Cliffs of Dover are white because they are made of chalk and are the ancient skeletal remains of sea algae. The only reason we can see the white is because of erosion!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RE: We answered our enquiry question of can Buddhists lead a good life?  We first matched the stages of the noble eightfold path with their meanings and discussed which stages are the most important to us, why right meditation and effort are important to Buddhists and if mindfulness and right effort are important to us. We then consolidated our knowledge by considering what makes our current world a sad place to live. We then designed our own ideal worlds. We spoke about how people will be treated, what jobs and entertainment there will be and how we can ensure good health and food for our citizens.

PSHE: We continued our topic of Relationships.

1. We focused on remembering someone that we no longer see. We spoke about how we remember special people or things by souvenirs, memories, photographs, discussed why we might not see someone and what we could add in a memory box for someone who has lost their special dog.
2. We focused on girlfriends and boyfriends. We were given statements by Miss Edgeley and had to decide if we agreed or disagreed with them. We spoke about what having a girlfriend and boyfriend means and how we can tell people are a 'couple'.  Miss Edgeley even Rick-rolled us!
3.  We were given scenarios about friendships and debated if friends could be forgiven or not. We discussed that sometimes we have to compromise within friendships if our friends have different hobbies or that sometimes we change so much, we can't be friends. We also spoke about being loyal to our friends and if we have betrayed them, this can make it hard to forgive.
4. We drew and created a collage of someone or something that is special to us (this could either be someone or something that is still here or gone). In our photo, we had a colour, word and symbol that represented them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art: We finished our topic of Byzantine Monuments by focusing on Christ Pantocrator, which can be found in St Catherine's Monastery in modern day Egypt. We learnt that icons were painted for prayer and reflection.

Dance: We continued to boogie to Steve's Lava Chicken and some of us are very excited to be performing in the Dance Festival in a few weeks' time!

PE: Sports Day Practice (Athletics) with Mr Watson.

Guided Reading: Retrieval questions based on Adventures extracts.

Spellings: Suffixes after a 'y'.

Handwriting: Synonyms of multiplication and division.