Term 2 Week 1

It has been a busy week back, getting to grips with our new topic learning all about the Ancient Egyptians.

In our Literacy we have been learning about inferring characters' feelings and using pronouns as we begin reading 'Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx.' She is off on an adventure to save her father who has been trapped in Egypt. 

In Maths Year 3 have been learning to use the compact column method for addition. Year 4 have been learning to find the area of rectilinear shapes. 

In our History we were learning to ask historical questions and understand how our knowledge of the past is formed through sources. We did this by turning the classroom into an archeological site with caves to explore and broken fragments of Egyptian art to piece together. Once we'd explored we discussed what the artefacts we had found told us about the Egyptians and what more we wanted to know. In Science we were learning to compare and classify materials based on transparency. We did this by testing different materials to see which would be best to make curtains from, and explaining why.  

We hope you have a lovely weekend, 

Mr Saunders, Mrs Hendry and Miss Parkes.