Teaching staff:

Your class teacher is Mrs Winsbury and the Teaching Assistant is Mrs Sengupta.

W/C 7th September 

English

We have been immersing ourselves in the book Dear Earth by Isabel Otter. We've been analysing the writing features and identifying them in another example text. We have also had a chance to do some handwriting and learn our spellings. 

Maths

This week, we refreshed our memories about place value using 3 digits. We then plotted thousands on a number line and progressed onto using this to do some simple calculations using concrete resources. 

Guided Reading 

The children have begun to read Escape from Pompeii as part of our Take One Book scheme. We have reviewed the cover and illustrations to try to predict and infer what's happening at various story points. We've now started to read the book together in pairs, taking it in turns, as well as doing some choral reading. 

History

We've begun to learn about how Mount Vesuvius erupted over Pompeii in 79CE. We've been investigating how do we know this? What are the sources to prove this (we've been looking at Pliny's letters and cast photographs). We've also been questioning how trustworthy we think these sources are and why. 

Science

Today, we started to learn about rocks. The children got hands-on with some experiments by analysing how hard, soft, permeable and acidic the following stone types are: granite, marble, chalk, sandstone and slate. 

This term, our value is Generosity.