Term 3 Week 6

This week in our Literacy we started the week by looking at inferring characters' feelings and hot seating the character of Blue John, asking him about his life in the cave. We then used this as inspiration to write our own diary entries for Blue John at different points in his life. 

In Maths, Year 3 continued to identify different lengths. They added and subtracted lengths, recapping the compact column method to do this, compared lengths and concluded the week understanding what perimeter is. After half term they will begin measuring and calculating perimeter too. Year 4 have been looking at fractions. We started the week by understanding what a whole is and how factions represent part of a whole. We then moved onto looking at fractions more than one and how we represent these using mixed fractions. We have looked at how to order, compare and partition mixed fractions across the week. 

In Geography we finished off our volcanos topic by looking at shield volcanos, in particular those found on the islands of Hawaii. We debated whether or not we would live near a volcano and looked at the pros and cons it might offer. In Art we started the last part of our Batik project by applying glue to our fabrics to act as a barrier for when we add our ink. In Science we looked at how to identify sedimentary rocks using vinegar which acted as an acid and made the sedimentary rocks bubble and fizz when we added it. 

We hope you have a lovely half term, and look forward to seeing you back on the 23rd. 

Mr Saunders, Mrs Hendry and Miss Parkes.