Miss Burgess Update 10/5/24
10 May 2024
English
This week we started reading our new book for this term ‘Here We Are’ by Oliver Jeffers. We looked at planet Earth from a different angle, we used Google Earth to look at the Earth from space. Children enjoyed searching for their own houses on Google Earth. We learnt the names of the planets in our solar system. We used our imagination to write about planet of our own, full of adventures and unusual things on our imaginary planet. We learnt about physical features on land and sea, we then used adjectives to describe the physical features. We also wrote a list of basic needs for humans and animals to survive.
Maths
In maths this week we have started looking at a new topic, fractions.
We have mainingly focused on understanding what a half is and have introduced the ½ symbol.
The children have been finding half of shapes and quantities, next week we will be looking at quarters.
Other
In Science we sorted animals into catergories based on their diet. We investigated which animals were carnivores, herbivores or omnivores and listed what kind of foods they might eat.
In Art, we continued learning about Jame Rizzi and have been making a mural of lots of different houses that are similar to his chosen style.
Finally, in PSHE this week we have spoken about targets. We discussed how there is always something we need to get better at, even as adults. In the lesson we spoke about how we need to be resilient and dedicated when we want to get better at something. The children loved the motto ‘practice makes perfect’ when discussing things we can do to achieve the goals set.
