Week 9

Learning in Chaffinch class this week

This week we welcomed Miss Gale our student teacher to Chaffinch class, who will be with us until the summer.

English

This week children have been planning and started to write their magic box poems. They have done a fantastic job so far of creating descriptive sentences about items they wish to put in their icy box.

Maths

Children have continued to work on shapes this week. They have been learning the properties of £D shapes and lines of symmetry

Marvellous Middle - Science

This week was science week, children got to enjoy a whole morning of science where they learnt about a scientist and thought about what they would do if they are a scientist when they grow up. Then we carried out an investigation to see what effect salt, sugar and pepper have on ice melting. Children had to build an iceberg or igloo with ice cubes and test which item if any made the ice melt.

RSHE

In RSHE we have continued out safety online topic. This week we discussed communication online/ we looked at all the different ways people can communicate. We discussed the importance of being kind and respectful online when we communicate through messages. We spoke about how our words can make others feel.

Reading

In reading we read Jack Frost, we had lots of lovely discussion around the characters and the story and children made fantastic links between Jack Frost and the Snow Dragon

DT

Children created their design criteria for their Jack Frost puppets and designed their puppet ready to make!

Next week in Chaffinch class

English – we begin a writing unit based around the story, The Boy Who Brought the Snow

Maths – We finish our shapes unit looking at comparing 3D shapes and creating patterns with shape

RSHE – Online safety

DT – Children will build a prototype of their puppet

PE – Fitness

Geography – researching a continent

RE - Easter