Well done everyone on a fantastic first week back!
Our focus in English has been persuasive writing. We looked at features by working in pairs to try and persuade for or against before reflecting on the techniques that were used. The children then planned their work by conducting research into the role of animals during World War One. All of the children got the chance to decide what genre of writing they would like to use to get their persuasive argument across and the end result has been absolutely brilliant.
In Maths we have finished off our work on area and perimeter by estimating the area of irregular shapes and by looking at developing our knowledge of converting between different units of measurement even further. The children have shown some great reasoning skills and this is something they have worked extremely hard on in recent weeks. On Monday we will move onto our new block of work which will be focusing on multiplication and division using formal methods and bigger numbers.
We have had our first ‘Reading The Game’ session today which the children thoroughly enjoyed. The classroom session was an introductory lesson where the children got to learn more about the aims of the programme, what we’ll be looking at over the next few weeks and Shrewsbury Town Football Club. Our PE session was based around recognising space and how to use it effectively as well as practising some freestyle tricks and skills before a match at the end. Well done to everyone in Class 5 this afternoon, you worked extremely hard, showing great perseverance during the session outdoors and I’m looking forward to the amazing work you’re all going to produce over the next few weeks. Our second session will be on Monday afternoon so children will need football kit or PE kit along with trainers.
Have a great weekend,
Mr Sudlow.