English – This week we have been making a prediction about the purpose of a text by identifying what a contents pages is for, predicting what the topic of the text is and predicting who the text is aimed at. The children created a spider diagram using the information they learnt from watching videos about the Great Barrier Reef and added information from further research. Then they used an information piece of text to make a prediction about the text, extract information from it and record what they found out.
In Read Write Inc the blue group have been reading ‘I think I want to be a bee’ and writing about writing about what they want to be when they grow up. They had lots of interesting suggestions, including a fox and a horse! Others wanted to be a firefighter, vet, pilot and rock star! The red group have been reading ‘King of birds’ and writing a story about a boy called Otto who told a fib to get his friends to like him more. The yellow and green group have been reading and writing compound words (e.g. arm + chair = armchair, tooth + brush = toothbrush). They have then been using these in their own sentences and correcting them in sentences.
Maths – This week the children have been looking at measures. At the start of the week they measured objects to the nearest centimetre and metre and recorded what they found out. They then compared the mass (weight) of objects by predicting which objects were heavier/lighter using non-standard units (cubes). Then they started to find the mass of objects using standard units (grams). They have all enjoyed the practical aspects of finding measures this week and have worked really well together.
Topic – The children have been looking at the physical features of Australia this week, including; the Great Barrier Reef, the Daintree Rainforest, the Pinnacles Desert, the Blue Mountains, the Twelve Apostles and Ayres Rock.
Class 2 and 3 had a fantastic time on their trip to ‘Shropshire Discovery Centre this week. They took part in lots of fun activities including, pond dipping, a meadow walk and finding different minibeasts in their habitats. They will be doing some follow up work during their science lesson next week.
Spellings- To be tested on Friday 14th June 07.06.19
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Thomas & Miss Moran