Term 6 Week 4

This week in our Literacy we have been putting all of our biography writing learning into practice and writing a biography all about Usain 'Lightning' Bolt. The children have worked so hard on their final drafts and have really show cased how much they have learnt.

In Maths, Year 3 started our shape topic by recapping our understanding of there being 4 right angle turns in a full turn. We then understood that angles are made when two straight lines meet at a point and used this to find right angles in shapes. We discussed which angles were not right angles and explained why. We then moved on to define and identify obtuse and acute angles and finished the week by finding horizontal and vertical lines within different flags from across the world. Year 4 have been recapping how to find the line of symmetry in a shape, and then moved on to drawing the other half of symmetrical shapes and patterns. We even had a go at designing our own flag with 2 or 4 lines of symmetry. We ended the week by looking at identifying and describing polygons with more than 4 sides. 

In History we learnt about the first ever Olympics and then compared how the Ancient Greek games are similar and different to the modern Olympics. In Art we practiced sketching landscapes and then using colour mixing to make them look like they were painted in the style of David Hockney. In PE we looked at running techniques and how to change our pace for short and long distance running events. 

We hope you have a lovely weekend, 

Mr Saunders, Mrs Hendry and Miss Parkes.