During this unit on Place Value, we have made great use of tools to help us represent numbers, partition, expand and find 1/10 more and less than a given number.
We have grown in confidence to explain our calculating using sentence stems to help us structure our answers.
As Artists, we looked at a piece by Alexander Calder called ‘Les Masques’ which was painted in 1970.
We discussed the bold use of shapes and colours and shared our opinions on this piece. We then enjoyed creating our own interpretation.
We listened to feedback and worked hard to improve our techniques.
Today, we really enjoyed working with our special visitor, Lisel who led a mindful Yoga session for us. We were stretching, breathing and relaxing in this totally chilled out session! Check out our wonderful balancing skills…
Today was the first of our HUB Community Visits. We went to the Pickering Road Community Orchard and it was wonderful! The volunteers welcomed us and allowed us to explore the grounds. We found Bee hives, a woodland walk, a labyrinth as well as hundreds of beautiful apple trees.
Rosie then took us to the tasting table, where she told us all about the varieties of apples that are grown there. We learned about cooking and eating apples and tried a few samples, the very small ‘Pit and Pineapple’ variety were our favourite due to the sweet taste. We were impressed by the size of the Jupiter apple, a really impressive fruit! After this, we used the map and markers to find the trees that grew our favourite and we were allowed to pick as many apples as we could carry!
The following day at school, we composed thoughtful letters to Rosie, thank ing her and the volunteers for out visit. We presented our work with care and will send them to her next week. After working hard writing our letters, we rolled up our sleeves for a food technology lesson. We were peeling, grating and chopping the cooking apples, working as a team to prepare the fruit for our apple crumble. They looked amazing and the best part was the tasting, knowing the journey our apples had taken from tree to table. We were really proud!
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Last week, as Scientists in the HUB, we considered what was light and dark and how light allows us to see. This week we explored which objects were a source of light and which were reflectors. We went outside to further explore reflections using a mirror, thinking about how the light travels from the object to the mirror and then bounces into our eye, creating an image. We number played games using the mirror to spy around a wall.
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We then followed instructions to make our very own periscope, just like in a submarine, which allowed us to peer over the top of a place. The mirrors reflected the image and we could count how many secret fingers were being shown! Great work!
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As a class we have developed some brilliant signifiers to help us tell the story of ‘The Way Back Home”. As we can confidently retell the story, we were able to confidently write our own version of the story, making great use of word banks and our independent spelling books to improve our work. We were really proud of this work!
We have had great fun this week, welcoming George into our class. We know how important it is to work hard at school but also to have fun, lots of laughs and friends that we can play a great game of Tig with!
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Today was a special day across the whole school as we spent it remembering the life of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth. In the HUB we engaged in a range of activities that helped us to reflect upon her amazing reign. We watched when ‘Paddington Met The Queen’ which made us really giggle and then followed instructions to make a marmalade sandwich. There were mixed reviews as to the taste of these but it we did a great job using our skills to make them!
We waited with patience and respect in the school hall to sign the book of condolences. Our names are now recorded within Christopher Pickering History as part of this very significant event.
We discussed why Union flags have been flying at half-mast across the national during the period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II. Flags are lowered to half-mast as a symbol of respect and mourning so we made our own mini flags to show our respects.
During our creative choice session, Amelia made a beautiful crown to show people that she is remembering the life of Queen Elizabeth.
