Term 6 Week 4

In Literacy, the children have planned and written recounts about their adventures during beach day. During their writing the children focused on writing in the past tense and tried to include how the different parts of the beach day made them feel. They have also learnt about questions; they learnt about the words we often use when we are writing questions and the punctuation needed at the end of the question.

In Maths, the children finished learning about fractions by cutting up different food into halves and quarters. They then began learning about time. We learnt about different times of the day such as morning and evening and used the language first, next, before and after to sequence the events in our day. This has then led to learning about the days of the week and the months of the year. 

In Music, the children continued learning about different ways to play instruments and copying sequences demonstrated by an adult. They then had the opportunity to explore the instruments and create their own patterns with their chosen instrument.

In Geography, the children compared holiday destinations, they thought about the activities they can do living in Maidstone and then compared this to what they could do if they went to a ski resort. The children discussed how there might be some similarities between a ski resort and Maidstone but there were also a lot of differences between the two locations. 

In Art, the children used clay to create their sculpture designs. They used different skills to help them shape and mould the clay to create their desired effect. The children showed lots of resilience during this activity as they were repeatedly told not to make it too thin or it would easily break and fall apart. 

In PE, the children prepared themselves for sports day next week with some running practise and learnt about the skills of sprinting to ensure the most distance is covered as fast as they can. They also learnt about working collaboratively to move a ball around a large parachute.

In Science, the children have learnt about the length of the day changing depending on the different times of year, they learnt about pictograms and used this to represent the amount of daylight hours in different seasons.

The children all had lots of fun during their Summer of Fun activity of roller disco. Despite getting rather hot on the walk there the children showed such resilience and were all very excited to put on their skates and have a go skating around the room. We then had some rather sleepy children on the walk back to school.

On Monday, the children will be taking part in the school sports day, it is forecast to be extremely hot. Please can you ensure the children have water bottles, sun hats and are wearing sun cream when they come into school. 

Have a lovely weekend.

Ivy Class team