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Superheroes: Our topic this half term is Superheroes. We are starting out journey with this inspirational text about heroes that have helped to change our planet for the good. 🌎
Week Beginning 10th October 2022
R.E: We visited St Helen's Church as part of our learning about Sacred Places. We travelled around different stations and learnt about the Church door, the font, the Bible and pulpit, the Holy Communion table, prayer and the stained-glass window of John the Baptist and Jesus. We learnt so much and remembered so much. Thank you to the members of St Helen's Church for making us so welcome.
Science: Stopping the force! We discovered that some magnets were so strong, that they could not be stopped, even through a table or strong glass!
Week Beginning 3rd October 2022
English: We have written a first draft of a newspaper, ready to edit. ✍️ 📰
Can you feel the force? We have been using the magnets today to investigate what happens when you swap the poles around. 🧲 🧭 We use some great words: repel, attract, force-field, avoid, strong, snap together.
English: We have been editing, using the thesauruses to find alternative words and write up. 📰 ✍️
Computing - Finding a route. Today, we were finding ways to get from one place to another. We were successful, even when part of the route was blocked. 🛑 💻
Art: We have been practising using different shapes on a whiteboard, to define the basic proportions of a characters head. ✍️ 🦸🏾♂️
And the finished result... ✍️
Week Beginning 26th September 2022
R.E: As part of looking at different places of worship, we have explored the Mandir this week and looked at Hindu symbols. We drew comparisons to the Mosque from our last session.
Christmas already!! 😱 Don’t panic, we’ve just been working on our designs here and there ready for you to order online. Watch this space for a login and code...
Week Beginning 19th September 2022
Maths: We are partitioning (splitting) 4-digit numbers into thousands, hundreds, tens and ones. We are using numbers and counters to represent this.
Editing and redrafting: After writing a report about climate change, Kingfisher edited their ideas and wrote it up again. ✍️ 🌍
R.E: We have been exploring the Mosque in our first session of looking at different worship places. We were interested to learn about the rules for entering the Mosque and what the different parts represented. 🙏
Week Beginning: 12th September 2022
Place Value - We have been exploring the value of digits this week, learning what each number is worth.
Climate Change: We have been researching the effects of the climate changing on our wonderful planet 🌍 This will help us to write a non-chronological report. ✍️
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