This week we have been continuing our work with our music specialist Miss Furnell. We have been practising all the skills we need to start playing an instrument. We are now confident with identifying different rhythms, listening to the meter and keeping steady beats. This week we had fun showing our understanding of these concepts using rhythm sticks. Next week we look forward to learning about our new instrument: the Viola.
Science
We loved having some of the Year 5 pupils helping us with our science this week. The older children helped run activities based around our topic of forces; helping us determine the type and direction of the force and describing the behaviour of moving objects. Here are some of the activities...
The balancing clown.
Blasting rockets.
Puff Jets.
Twirly doodles.
Training the magnetic snail.
Thank-you Year 5!
Literacy
We have been recapping our knowledge of time conjunctions and adverbs and learning about imperative verbs. We have been sharing ideas ready for writing our revolting recipes next week.
Numeracy
We have had a very successful week solving problems involving division. We are developing a range of techniques such as sharing and grouping, repeated subtraction and using the inverse to help us solve division problem. All of these methods can be found in the calculation policy on the school website. We are looking forward to starting a new unit shortly: fractions.
In other news...
We really enjoyed the performance from the Image Theatre Group this week as they performed The Jungle Book. We danced and sang and some of us were even chosen to perform.
Finally, as I am sure you are all aware, the time has come for our first parents evening of the year. I'm looking forward to meeting you all and discussing how your child has settled in to Year 3. I am aware now that all of the allotted time-slots have been filled. Please pop in if you have not managed to reserve a place and we can arrange a time that is convenient.
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