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April 20, 2016
April 20, 2016

Homework Project

Our topic this half term is the Ancient Greeks so for your next homework project we would like you to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess. Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. Think of the different symbols and animals that represent the gods and...
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April 20, 2016

Measurement

This week in maths we are looking at different types of measurement (length, temperature and weight). Today the children were reading thermometers with different scales on the laptops! What unit do we measure temperature in?
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April 20, 2016

Talking about Fables

We have continued our work on Aesop’s Fables this week. On Wednesday we read two more fables and discussed their morals. Many fables actually can have more than one moral so the children discussed other teachings of the fables.  We then started to plan writing our own fables by deciding what moral we would base...
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April 20, 2016

Drumming

On Tuesday we took part in a fantastic drumming workshop with a student from York University.  We created our own rhythms, played games and gave call and response challenges to each other.
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April 20, 2016

Temperature time!

We really enjoyed learning about temperature today! We discussed what language we might use to describe it such as hot, cold, freezing and we learnt about how a thermometer works. As it was such a lovely day, we also put a real thermometer outside to see how hot it was! We then worked on the...
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April 20, 2016

Story planning

After reading ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark’, we have been inspired to create our own stories. Today, we created a plan and made notes on what will happen in the beginning, middle and end. Can you guess what our story might be about and what it could be scared of?   
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April 20, 2016

Science

Science this half term will give the children an opportunity to look at minibeasts and their habitats. They have looked at trees and plants so far and will be moving on to looking at food chains in the near future! 
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April 20, 2016

Homework Project

Remember that your homework project is  to design and/or create your own Greek god or goddess.  Your new Greek god/goddess could have an exciting power or have a special feature. You can present your work in any way you chose but please have your new god or goddess ready to bring into school on Friday...
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April 20, 2016

Solving word problems

In Maths on Wednesday we learnt how to solve word problems. We used our knowledge of money to solve problems which involved amounts of money associated with food! Here is a picture of us solving some tricky problems in pairs.    
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April 20, 2016

Sun = summer!

The sun shines in beautifully into Class 9 on a morning, and it definitely seems to make everyone a lot smilier and happier! Miss Platts is looking forward to what the sun, and Summer term, will bring. Class 9 – what are you looking forward to in the rest of this term?
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April 20, 2016

A class full of Aesops

On Wednesday in class 5 we began planning our own fables. First we had to come up with a moral for our fable and then we had to create our characters for it.
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