DT - creating a navigational tool
Our D&T topic this half term involves creating a navigational tool for an outdoor adventure shop. The tool must encompass different features in order to fit the brief sent by the client. In D&T this week, Class Three wrote a programme for a cardinal compass using the iPads. They then paired their…
English - creating 'The Hydra of Lerna' battle scenes
In English, Class Three planned and wrote their own battle scenes using the Greek myth, The Hydra of Lerna. The children used a variety of sentence types including: simple, compound and complex. They built suspense using exciting and varied punctuation. The finished products were excellent and the…
Fluency focus in reading
Our reading lesson on Monday focused on fluency. We used model, echo and choral reading to accurately read the fifth labour that Heracles completed, after identifying and defining unfamiliar language. The children read the passage again with their partners using our reading skills. Some children…
Should Heracles complete the twelve labours?
In English, we considered why Heracles should and should not complete the twelve labours. The children used modal verbs within their responses to express levels of certainty and possibility. The children then told their responses to Heracles in a conscience alley activity. By the end of the alley,…
RE - what a humanist is
In RE, we began our new unit by learning what a humanist is. We then explored ‘bad’ actions a person may do and considered why. The children understood that actions have consequences and offered lots of ideas for different scenarios. Each children then created their own code for living, which…
‘The Twelve Labours of Heracles’ text predictions
To begin our English unit, we made predictions about our new class text, ‘The Twelve Labours of Heracles’. The children read with expression using the method of echo and choral reading and we really focused on the challenging pronunciation of Ancient Greek vocabulary. We read the first of the…
Wisdom in maths
An excellent start back with Class Three demonstrating wisdom in maths! Year Five revisited and consolidated their prior learning of adding and subtracting fractions with different denominators. Year Six learned how to multiply fractions and revised multiplying a fraction by an integer too.
Last Day of Term!
We had two very special visitors on our last day of term!
Christmas Dinner
We enjoyed eating Christmas dinner with the whole school!
Festive Performance by Max and James
Class Three were treated to a festive performance by Max and James, who have been working hard in their guitar lessons to grow as musicians! Both demonstrated super wisdom and perseverance when performing! Well done boys!
'Twas the Night Before Christmas' poem reciting
Class Three recited the poem, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas in church for our whole-school nativity performance this week. They sang all of the songs taught by Mrs Ennis beautifully too!
