Weekly Bulletin - 23rd April 2021

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​This Week In School…
Year 3 – have returned happy and refreshed after a lovely break.  In English, this week they have begun reading The Pebble in my Pocket and the children are starting to write a descriptive poem about the journey of a pebble through time. In Maths, they have explored different representations of tenths and decimals.
Year 4 – have begun reading their new class text, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. They have begun planning their own retelling of the first few chapters. In Maths, they have been adding and subtracting decimals and have started their topic on money. In Science, they have begun their new topic of Living Things and Their Habitats by learning what a habitat is and then going exploring in the playground to try and find some woodlice and their habitats. In PE, Year 4 have been practising their tennis skills and have enjoyed being outside in the sunshine.
Year 5 – have hit the ground running this week. They have covered Area in Maths looking at rectangles and compound shapes. They have also started a new topic this term about Space.  Their English book is called Cosmic which is also related to Space.  They have looked at the features of a leaflet, planned one of their own and started writing.  They will continue with this next week. In Science, starting their topic about Space, they have created a poster showing the planets in our solar system.
Year 6 – have started reading their new Power of Reading book, Wolf Brother, by Michelle Paver.  They are already enjoying the story and have produced some lovely charcoal monochrome images of wolves.  Keeping to the wolf theme, in English, the children have been researching wolves in order to start writing a non-chronological report on the subject.  In Maths, they have been revising their knowledge of angles and 2d shape while in Science, the children have started learning about light and how we see things.

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