English: As well as Read Write Inc at the beginning of the week, the children have been looking at non-fiction texts. They have been looking at information texts about tigers and finding out interesting facts. They have learned about the key features of a non-fiction text e.g. headings, sub-headings, pictures, labels and captions, etc and had a go at writing their own.

Maths: In Maths we have moved onto measuring and comparing lengths and heights. Today the children were using non-standard units to measure objects e.g. how many cubes long is this pencil? Whiteboard? etc.

Science: In Science the children had a lots of fun building The Three Little Pigs houses out of a range of different materials. They were given junk modelling, Lego, straw and sticks and had to make the houses working with a group. The children were encouraged to think about which was the best material due to its properties e.g. which was the strongest? Which was bendy? Which would withstand the wind? etc.

Geography: The children learned about the different layers of a rain forest this week and what we would find in each layer, e.g. in the Forest floor layer we would find leaf litter and animals such as beetles and other insects, in the Understory layer we would find shrubs and frogs and snakes, in the Canopy layer we would find tall trees and animals such as sloths and toucans and in the Emergent layer we would find the extremely tall trees and butterflys and Eagles.

D&T: Just a reminder that on Tuesday the children will be trying a variety of different fruits and vegetables. I have had a few slips back however if I do not hear back I will make the assumption that your child is OK to try all fruits and vegetables. Please let me know if there is anything your child cannot try by Monday. Thank you!

Spellings: To be tested Friday 23rd March 2018.

Spellings 16.3.18

Have a good weekend!

Miss Edwards