In English we practised reading fluency, focusing on using the tone of our voice to reflect characters’ emotions in dialogue. We also practised strategies to read long and unfamiliar words, including breaking them into syllables, applying our knowledge of affixes (prefixes and suffixes), letters, and sounds. We completed sentences and a quiz using vocabulary words. We started looking at short biographical texts to discover what type of information is included. Next week we will explore the structure of these texts in detail and discuss what information is relevant to include when writing biographies. In Maths we used multiplication and division fact families to generate number sentences. We used terms such as ‘product’ and ‘factors’ to explain the relationships between …

What have we learnt this week? English- We have learning about Persuasive Writing. In pairs and groups students discuss a topic given to them and come up with whether they agree or disagree with the statement and come up with reasons for both. They then complete a persuasive writing piece. They also completed explicit spelling lessons learning about homophones, revised some irregular words, tenses – past, present and future. We explored the ‘ch’ sound using the phoneme /k/ in the beginning, middle and the end of words. The children also completed comprehension, grammar and handwriting lessons. We are so impressed by the speeches so far and look forward to more next week. Mathematics – This week the children focused …

In English this week 3C read The Peasant Prince several times and learned the meaning of ‘genre’. We discussed the way this autobiographical book also includes elements of narrative to frame Li Cunxin’s life story and that this makes it a ‘hybrid’ text. We began learning vocabulary words, and the children identified similarities and differences between their lives and Li’s. In Maths we explored prisms and compared them to pyramids, developing a strong understanding of their properties. In Science, we investigated which material is the best conductor of heat – plastic, wood or metal – and learned how to make a fair test by only changing one element of the experiment. In Geography, we learned about atlases and identified …

English- This week we have started learning about Persuasive Writing. In pairs and groups students discuss a topic given to them and come up with whether they agree or disagree with the statement and come up with reasons for both. They then complete a persuasive writing piece. They also completed explicit spelling lessons learning about homophones, revised some irregular words, Antonyms and Synonyms, we revised the floss rule and looked at doubling consonants in the middle of words. The children also completed comprehension, grammar and handwriting lessons. We look forward to speeches next week for The Public Speaking Competition. Mathematics – This week the children focused on Addition. We looked at number facts,adding with doubles, bridging to 10, addition …