Week beginning 5.06.17

What a busy week! First of all, thank-you to all of those that came to the parents evening this Thursday. It was lovely to share some of the great achievements and progress that your children have attained and developed throughout the year.

Literacy 

In literacy this week have committed an entire story to memory using actions and story maps. We then attempted to develop the story further when writing it down; using some of the technical writing skills that we have learnt this year. We added in adjectives and adverbs; we used fronted adverbials; inserted lines of description with similes; expanded the noun phrases using 'with', experimented with the position of conjunctions and used a wide range of punctuation for effect. 

Maths 

This week we have had a big push on learning our multiplication tables. We have completed missing number problems using the inverse, played games, and tested each other; all to meet our target of knowing our 2, 5, 10, 3, 4 and 8 times tables by the end of summer term. 

Science 

Have started a new topic 'Animals Including Humans' and have started to look at the nutrition and how important a healthy meal really is. We we amazed to discover that we actually are what we eat!

DT

Our new DT topic linked in nicely with science this week, as we are designing a hot healthy snack. We are going to make our own version of a Spanish omelette. Of course no chef could research properly without having a taste test first, so we tried some traditional Spanish fare such as; Spanish omelette, sun dried tomatoes, Manchego cheese, chizoro and olives. The Spanish omelette was definitely a winner but some of were not so sure about the sun dried tomatoes and olives! We all decide that we think we found some new favourite foods. 

Finally, I will leave you with a few photos from our reading cafe afternoon. The Seahorse class had such a lovely time and we hope you all did too. 

Week beginning 22.05.17

We are all surprised in the Seahorse class as to how quickly the summer term is flying past, as we have now reached a well-earned  break for half term.

Literacy 

In literacy this week, it has been all about the grammar, as we have now been introduced to all the different ways that nouns are changed to the plural form. We took this a step further when learning about using the apostrophe for plural possession.

Science 

We had a quick preview of our new topic for next term 'Animals Including Humans' when we  started to look closely at teeth. We had a visit from the dental hygienist and looked at food and drink with hidden sugars that could damage our teeth. We ending the session with a practical activity of brushing our teeth effectively. Remember for each tooth; outside, inside, bitey-bit!

Numeracy

In numeracy we have been problem solving, creating spiders webs using the multiplication tables. We discovered that the times tables that are number bond pairs, create the same patterns. We have also been applying the skills we have learnt throughout the the term involving measures and the four operations to solve word problems all about our day out at Amazona Zoo.

We all had a fantastic day at the Amazona Zoo seeing and learning more about all of the animals that can be found in a tropical environment. We had such a fantastic day in the brilliant sunshine and received lots of compliments from the public about our intelligent, insightful and thoughtful questions whilst talking to the zookeepers when watching the feeding displays. Well done Seahorses, you should feel very proud of how you represented our school. Here are a few highlights from the day...

Have a great half-term everyone and don't forget to sign up for a parents evening appointment for Thursday 8th June. Also, the it is the Seahorse class reading cafe on the same day so it will be lovely to see you if you can make it. 

Week Beginning 15.05.17

Maths

In maths this week, we have continued with our unit on measure. We have looked at the units used to measure capacity and attempted lots of different practical activities; from estimating 1 litre, making our own measuring scales and estimating and measuring mystery vessels. 

We have also started our second unit of the year on time. We can now all tell the time to the nearest minute in digital and  are starting to tackle the 24hr clock. 

Literacy/Science

We have finished our information pages and I am sure you will agree they look fantastic! 

We have combined lots of skills together to make these eye-catching pieces if work, such as: our knowledge of the biodiversity of the rain forest; using adverbs and other interesting techniques to start a sentence; compound and subordinating conjunctions; technical vocabulary; researching and taking notes; knowing the key features and layout of an information text and organising our writing into paragraphs. Phew!  

We have also been looking at the life-cylce of a flowering plant in science and have used our new skills to make an explanation text all about the different stages: germination, growth, pollination, fertilisation and dispersal. All helped by our very own classroom full of flowers and pollinating bees! 

P.E 

In PE this week we are starting our summer topic of team games.  We have practised lots of ball skills and lots of activities that require us to watch and listen carefully to our partners and team mates. Ask us to demonstrate 1,2,3-clap,jump,click. 

In other news... fingers crossed that the weather holds for our annual FOSA summer school fete. Come along on Saturday at 1:00pm to enjoy lots of games, refreshments and browse the many stalls. 

Finally, we are all looking forward to our class trip to the Amazona Zoo where we will get to talk to experts about the rain forest habitat, experience a humid climate in the reptile and plant hot house climate and learn all about the diet and feeding habits of our favourite animals that we have been learning about. The date for consent letters is Friday 19th May and we are only waiting on just a couple of returns so please hand them in to Miss Palmer or the office ASAP. Thank-you. 

Week beginning 1.05.17

Literacy 

This week started off by revisiting different types of sentences, but this time our focus was on how we can use conjunctions to make our sentences more interesting. We started by joining two simple sentences together to make a compound sentence using the FANBOYS conjunctions. Ask us what this stands for, can we remember them all? We made our own paper fans to help us remember them. 

We then moved on to subordinating sentences: adding extra details to a simple sentence using conjunctions such as because, although, until, so that  and even though. This is all in preparation for our new literacy unit: Information texts. We looked at non-fiction texts and the pages within and identified the key features and their purpose. We all chose a rain forest animal that we would like to learn more about and started researching all about them, whilst learning how to take notes and lots of new scientific vocabulary. 

Maths 

As we near the end of our unit on measures and money, we have been combining lots of different methods and skills, as we calculated the cost of shopping lists and worked out the correct change. We have also had a big focus on the 4 times table and our number bonds to 100. 

Topic

Things got hot and humid during our topic lessons this week when we learnt all about the climate in rain forest regions. We worked as part of a team, when we researched the climate for different rain forests around the world and then presented our weather forecasts to the class. 

PSHE

In PSHE this week we learnt about the PANTS rule. We talked about us all having our own personal space and discussed all the people we could trust and talk to if anything is worrying us or feeling making us feel uncomfortable. If you would like to learn more about the PANTS rule visit the NSPCC website at https://www.nspcc.org.uk.

Art 

During our art sessions this week, we looked at the diversity of insects found in tropical climates. We discussed why insects come in so many different colours and made origami butterflies and beetles. We used our watercolor skills to paint them using the patterns of real life insects as inspiration.