Weekly Bulletin - 12th November 2021

​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have been finishing up their investigation in English. They have reported on the events of last week and have been brilliant at writing in a formative and informative style. They have also been introduced to their Power of Reading text, The Iron Man. In Maths, they have been applying their times table knowledge and developing ways to help them find out the answer any time tables that they don't already know. In Humanities, their exploring hats have been put back on as they explored the continent of Europe! They have looked at different European countries and their capitals and are beginning to understand the difference between a continent, a country and a city. They have written about sailing across the European oceans and seas and created a travel brochure about wonderful mountain ranges.
Year 4 – have been busy writing a detailed setting description of a circus. They have used their senses to create interesting descriptions that show the reader when it is happening rather than just telling them. In Maths, they have been working on converting units of measurement; centimetres have become millimetres, metres have become centimetres and kilometres have become metres. They have used this skill to add and subtract different lengths from each other. In French this week, they have enjoyed learning the names of different modes of transport. In Humanities, they have explored Western Africa and completed a research project on Nigeria. In RE, they have looked at the story of Moses and the significance of the Seder plate to Jewish people. In DT, they started their project on packaging. They explored different pieces of packaging and tried to work out how they were made, from what and who they are aimed at.
Year 5 – have written a character description of Odysseus during English this week. They have tried hard to include adjectives that help to describe him but also that convey the atmosphere within the setting. They really took their time to edit their work and many of them have been able to demonstrate how they can use language features to improve their writing further. In Maths, they have extended their knowledge of multiplying using the formal written method when multiplying by 2-digit numbers.  Remembering which digits to multiply was what everyone has had to concentrate on in order not to become confused!  Lots of them have got this now but will continue so that they all feel confident. For Year 5 Topic lessons this week, they have learnt about the battle of Marathon and that the modern-day marathon is an event because of this!
Year 6 – have been working hard in English to write some great narratives with a focus on setting and character description.  Their stories are inspired by our book, 'Skellig'; they also showed their good listening skills in Guided Reading when they were asked to sketch Skellig and produced some great, detailed sketches having listened to the author's description of the character.  In Science, the children have continued with the topic of 'Living Things', they have been looking at micro-organisms and finding out about the different types of helpful and harmful bacteria.  In Maths, they have started the topic of fractions and in Computing the children enjoyed using code to create simulations.