Autumn Term 2 - Week 5

Week 5

This week we have been up to lots of learning. In Maths we have been continuing with place value. We have learnt that ESTIMATE means making a good guess. We have been estimating numbers on a number line by first looking at the first and two numbers on the number line and then working out the values of the intervals.  This has been challenging, but we have been resilient and are getting much better with our estimates.

In English we read our focus text 'Vlad and the Great Fire of London.' We then discussed the new vocabulary we came across such as 'blazing fire' and 'curling smoke.'  We also looked at the IRE grapheme and used our Fred Fingers to spell words with this sound.

This week we had a theatre company come in to re-tell the story of The Great Fire of London through drama. We really enjoyed watching this and it truly embedded the events of September 1666 for us. (Photos are on our Teams page).  We now know where the fire started, why it spread and how it was stopped. We learnt about 'firebreaks' to prevent the fire from spreading and eventually controlling it. We have also learnt about the word 'refugee' as many Londoners had to take refuge outside of London because their houses burnt down or were demolished to control the fire.

In Science we investigated how materials can be changed, e.g. by pulling, twisting and stretching. In RE we began to re-tell the story of The Nativity to prepare us for our workshop at St Martin's Church next week.  We also read the story 'Refuge' by Anne Booth that re-tells what happened once the Wise Men and shepherds left baby Jesus. Finally, in Art we looked at the paintings of Kandinsky and tried to create our artwork digitally using the Show Me app.