We followed on with our mythical theme by designing and making castles!
Castles
The week began with the discovery of dragon eggs!
Pancake Day!
We have been scientists!
We investigated ways in which we could stop the ice from melting.
We tried various materials, such as flour, salt, cotton wool, water and tinfoil. See if your child can recall which material had the best results!
Halving
This week we have been busy learning to halve both shapes and numbers in practical ways. We are learning that halving means splitting the whole into 2 parts and that these parts need to be the equal.
This week we have been learning about the properties of 2D and 3D shapes
Outside we have been on environmental shape hunts and creating shapes with skipping ropes. We have also played shape lotto games and have been describing shapes without using their names for a partner to guess.
Inside we were set the challenge of how many different shapes we could make with 8 matchsticks. We also investigated which shapes rolled or slid down a ramp and discussed why this might be. The children used the language of fat or flat, round, curved, straight, points, corners and edges.
Maths Cafe
Our Maths Cafe was based on learning about subtraction using songs, such as Ten in the Bed, Ten Fat Sausages and Ten Green Bottles as well as practicing our number recognition. It was wonderful to have so many grown-ups in class supporting their children’s learning. Some children have begun using these experiences to draw or write their number sentences.
This week we investigated a crime scene.
Someone had been into the classroom and eaten Mrs. Andrews Cake!
We investigated the footprint that had been left on the floor.
We tried matching the pattern!
Mr Payne had the right sized foot but still not the same pattern!
In the afternoon we found some crumbs outside the door and a wolf sleeping in a den! His boots matched the footprints and he still had the crumbs in his mouth! The Big Bad Wolf had eaten the cake!
Family Cafe
Thank you to everyone who came and supported us at the family cafe.
Sports Morning!
Thank you to everyone who came to support us on Sports morning. The Year 6’s did a brilliant job explaining the activities. A lot of fun was had by all!
and the winners are …
Our favourite activities were …
Antos – football
Toby – basket ball
Liam – riding the bikes
Flo – ball and scoop race
Harry – bean throw
Lily – ball and scoop race
Riley – space hoppers
Ruby – mummy and daddy race
Darcey – the obstacle course
Isaac – basket ball
Lula – the bikes
Lucy – bean bag throw
Memphis – bike race
Rhia – basket ball
Chloe – riding the bikes
Isla – riding the bikes
Skye – riding the bikes
Billy – football
Rhianna – the obstacle course
Elaina – bike race
Brooke – football
Tula – basket ball
Bentley-Jai – basket ball
Callum – the bikes
Oscar – the football
Buzz – biking
Maisie – the bike race
