The Eco Group Toy Sale

A message from The Eco Group - We are holding a toy sale on 28th November 2023 in the school hall at 3.20pm.  We would like all toy donations brought in on Monday and Tuesday morning.  Please bring in as much money as you would like.  All the spare toys left over from the sale will be sent to the Salvation Army to support people in need. The money that is collected will be used to sponsor an endangered animal on the WWF website.  We will be adopting a gorilla.  Thank you.

This week we have been learning about the Hindu Festival of Diwali. On Monday we enjoyed an art lesson with Mrs Postlethwaite making salt dough diva lamps and Rangoli decorations. 

In maths we met Numberlies 4 and 5 this week and we spent some time looking at the composition of the numbers and practising our careful counting skills.  In phonics we have now finished learning all the new phonemes we are covering this term. We will spend the next few weeks consolidating our knowledge before moving onto Phase 3 phonics after Christmas.   In PSHE, we have started our new topic of "Celebrating Difference." In this topic we are talking about how we are all different and enjoy doing different things.  

We have begun rehearsals for our nativity play "A King is Born."  The children have been working hard to learn the songs and their lines.

This week, Year 2 have been learning about non-chronological reports. They looked at lots of different examples and began to spot the features they all have in common, such as a title and pictures with captions. The children will be producing their own non-chronological report about meerkats, linking with our book Meerkat Mail. They have looked at different fact files about meerkats and began identifying specific vocabulary they want to include in their own. 

In maths, Year 1 have been subtracting by taking away. The children then moved on to subtracting using number lines. The children worked hard at this and did really well. They have also been looking at the differences and similarities between adding and subtracting 1 or 2. 

Year 2 have been adding and subtracting 10s and looking for the patterns with this. They have also been using Base 10 to add two 2-digit numbers not crossing tens. 

We began practising for the nativity this week and the children all know what their role is. Early next week, your child might be bringing home some lines to learn.

This week we have embarked on our learning about multiplication and division. The children have worked hard to understand how to use arrays to represent multiplication calculations. 

In English, we have been building exciting word banks to help us with our character description. We are going to be describing a fictional creature and the children have been writing expanded noun phrases and how to combine verbs and adverbs to create interesting sentences.

In science, we have continued our work on food chains. We looked at how the energy travels in a food chain and how a food chain always starts with the energy coming from the sun to a green plant. The children then created their own food chains.

This week in PSHE we looked at bullying and how it can affect individuals. 

In geography, we looked in more detail at how volcanoes are formed along the edge of tectonic plate boundaries. We looked in detail at the different types of volcanoes and their varying features.

In DT, we are working towards the creation of a simple toy using a pneumatic system. We have looked at the importance of design before creation and the children have begun to share ideas about what they might like to make and had a go at initial designs.

In English this week, we have continued to read 'The Night Bus Hero' and learned more about Hector. The children are conflicted about this character as he is a bully, but then we have learned more about his home life which may explain some of his behaviours. We have used our work from last week to create similes and metaphors as well as 'show don't tell' sentences which the children have used to write a character description of Hector.

In maths, Y4 have continued to focus on their times tables. It has been pleasing to see their TTRS times on the 6, 7 and 9 times tables increase and the children are proud of their achievements. Y5 have been learning about prime numbers, square numbers and cube numbers. Having a strong knowledge of their times tables has helped them be able to spot prime numbers up to 100 and also see the links between square and cube numbers.

This week in Merlin's class we have continued to read our class book 'The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe'. This week we have been trying to get inside the mind of the white witch. We have considered her wishes, her desires and fears and went on to consider how we could write persuasively as this character to convince the Pevensie children to come to her ice palace. 

In maths this week, we have been adding and subtracting mixed numbers. This has been a challenging maths topic where children have had to carry out multiple steps and avoid making even the smallest of mistakes to get each question right. I am proud of the perseverance they have all shown. 

In science, we recapped the different parts of the ear and practiced taking our pulse rate. The children then carried out an investigation about how exercise affects their pulse rate. They were given different exercises and had to predict which would increase their heart rate the most. The children were reminded about how to carry out a fair test and they will be using their results to draw conclusions next week.

In PE this week, we have continued our unit of outdoor adventurous activities. The children were practising their communication skills to carry out several tasks where they needed to achieve a common goal. 

In fitness, we have learnt about stamina and speed and how consistency and positive self-talk are extremely important when it comes to building endurance. 

In geography this week, we have been exploring the human and physical geography of Innsbruck in Austria. The children have used their research skills to find out as much as possible about this Alpine city before going on to explain what it is like to visit a place such as this. 

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