As always we’ve had such a busy week. With the new term we have started new topics and even had a trip! In English this week, we started learning about the different features of a poster. We were so impressed with everyone’s contribution to our discussion. We continued the day with PSHE, were we read the book ‘The Smeds and the Smoods’ which conveys the message that although we may be different, we can still be friends. We completed a worksheet discussing the differences between the Smeds and the Smoods and touched upon how this subject relates to all of us.
This week in Maths, we have been learning all about halves. We demonstrated halving on fruit and asked the children to identify which pieces of fruit had been halved correctly. They were able to identify the halved fruit and explain how being cut down the middle ensured both sides of the fruit were equal. Following Maths, we enjoyed a free swimming at Sir Charles Parsons which is always a huge hit!
As our topic last term was space, we had a very exciting trip to the Centre For Life. We learnt so much from the exhibit, exploring the Space Zone and Planetarium. The children got to enter a reconstruction of the International Space Station, learning all about life as an astronaut. We launched rockets, presented weather forecasts and took control at the command centre. While at the Centre For Life, we also had time to visit the Brain Zone, were children were amazed by the illusions, saw a real human brain and even drank out of a toilet fountain.
Our current topic is all about South America and the Brazilian Carnival. In the carnival spirit, we joined Ellen’s class for a Samba lesson in PE. We learnt some traditional samba dance moves and even had the confidence to get in the middle of the dance circle to show them off!
Today, we had the second half of our Half Term Achievers assembly. As always it was lovely to see the achievements of our friends and come together as a school to celebrate them. Friday Clubs were a huge hit again, everyone is loving being able to interact with friends from across the school. We finished the day with half an hour choice time, a firm favourite in this class!
Hope you all have a lovely weekend!