Term 6 Week 3
Another incredibly busy week has now been and gone. Only 4 weeks left of the term - it really doesn’t seem possible at all.
This week the children have been busy consolidating their school year in preparation for their final class assembly on Friday 3rd, we look forward to having as many of you join us for this as possible. The children have also been preparing themselves for Sports Day next week. It has also been an incredibly exciting week for the children, as they were visited by police officers, a nurse and also a software engineer. These parents visited the children to inform them about their professions and open the children’s eyes to some possibilities of jobs for them in the future.
English:
In English this week, the children have begun learning about the story ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’. The children listened to the story at the beginning of the week and thought about how the crayons felt and why they felt this way. In the story the blue crayon was fed up because he has been used so much he was left short and stubby, and needs a break. The children thought carefully about the different crayons in the story and then used this as inspiration for their own piece of stationery that had a problem.
Maths:
In Maths this week, the children have continued consolidating their learning about quarters, this time though they have been thinking about finding a quarter of an amount. The children used their knowledge of having 4 equal groups to help them find the fraction of the different numbers.
Music:
In Music this week, the children continued to learn about ‘call and response’, they learnt different lines of the song and responded according to the song, but then they created some of their own ‘call and response’ suggestions. The children were also taught about some musical language, they learnt about a crochet and two quavers. The children explored following a pattern of crochets and quavers in a piece of music.
Art:
In Art this week, the children continued to learn about the artist Picasso. They learnt about mimicking the works of a famous artist. The children were shown a piece of Picasso’s artwork and then they had to look carefully at the image shown and copy it into their sketch books. The children were encouraged to look at the shapes Picasso used and think carefully about the size and position of their drawing.
History:
In History this week, the children learnt about Queen Victoria and what life was like for her growing up. They then compared this to their own lives today. The children thought about some of the activities Queen Victoria was expected to do as a little girl such as not being allowed to play with other children and spending limited time outside and then thought carefully about how their childhood may be different.
Computing:
In Computing this week, the children continued their learning about beebots and giving them instructions. This week though they focused on using the direction arrows on the beebot and learnt how a beebot won’t turn and move at the same time. The children had to think carefully and plan out all the instructions the beebot would need to be given to make it follow a square.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Ivy Class Team