Cherry Class Blog Term 2 Week 4

Welcome parents one and all to our class weekly blog! Unbelievably, we only have 3 full weeks left of Term 2, before everyone breaks up for their Christmas holidays.

In Literacy this week, Cherry Class have been engaged in grammar tasks, linked to the HighwayMan poem. We investigated both synonyms and antonyms (similar vocabulary and their opposites) and made good use of both dictionaries and a thesaurus to further our understanding.

In Numeracy, Year 6 have been looking a fraction of amounts and Sat's style practice exam questions whilst Year 5 have been investigating addition of fractions greater than 1 (improper fractions and mixed numbers).

Science this week was particularly enjoyable, as the class had the chance to 'invent' their own new species of animal! There where some very weird and wonderful hybrid creations, which the children described and sketched into their Science books.

In RE, we used value sorting cards in a thought-provoking lesson to ascertain certain values that the children would prioritise over others. Thankfully all had family at the top, trumping even PlayStations and their phones!

Rivers has been the general topic of our topic learning in Term 2, and this week we investigated major river around the UK, drew a map of the islands and accurately placed the rivers and major cities that sat on or very close to said river. This lesson definitely helped with the class' understanding of locality and where some of the UK's major cities (and rivers!) can be found.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Mr J Ramsden