English: The children have continued to learn about persuasive writing in adverts this week. They have analysed some written adverts and have learned what a slogan and a logo is. They have designed their own slogan and logo for their chocolate/sweet product which they will use next week when creating their own poster advert.

Maths: We have continued our work on shape this week. The children have been investigating and solving problems to do with shape where they have been reinforcing their understanding of the properties of 3D shapes. They have spent some time interpreting 2D drawings as 3D models and have even had a go at drawing some of their own.

RE: We have continued with our ‘Salvation’ topic – continuing to think about how key characters in the Easter story will have felt at different points. The children have also discussed times when they have felt different emotions.

PE: The children have continued their swimming and tennis lessons this week. The children have really impressed me with their confidence at swimming with lots of children demonstrating key skills and a willingness to learn and demonstrate to others.

Choir: On Wednesday afternoon we had a choir workshop with the music teacher from Concord College. This was to prepare us for the upcoming competition in June. Children who are not involved in choir created a poster advert for Condover during this time.

Your child should have come home with a piece of maths homework this week, please see above post for further details.

Have a lovely weekend!

English – This week we have been designing and describing a new type of sweet or chocolate for Willy Wonka to make. We revised how to extend expanded noun phrases and adverbs when doing this.  We have also been watching some TV adverts to begin to create a word bank of persuasive language that we will be able to use when we come to create our own adverts.

Maths – We have been doing work on 3D shapes this week (linked to our D&T work). We have revised the language of faces, vertices and edges and have used these to describe the properties of different shapes. We have learned what a prism is and have explored the nets of different 3D shapes too,

Science: We have carried out an investigation to do with the different states of water and have learned about evaporation, condensation and evaporation. We will continue this through the next couple of weeks.

D&T: We have begun our D&T project where we will be designing and making some packaging for our new chocolate or sweet we created in English. We have started off by exploring different types of packaging and exploring the different nets and how to assemble them.

PE: The children have really enjoyed their swimming and tennis lessons this week.

Music: The children have begun a new unit of work called ‘singing games’  – they have been exploring pattern and rhythm within these.

Thank you to everyone who brought in some packaging for our D&T project. We have got lots to work with so thank you!