W/B 29.04.2024

Maths

This week we have continued our topic of measure. We have continued to focus on millilitres and litres. The children have worked hard on using the four operations (+, -, x and ÷) to help answer questions about capacity and volume.

English

This week we have started our new story called "Sam Plants a Sunflower" by Kate Petty and Axel Scheffler. Over the next two weeks, the children will be looking at explanation texts and will be writing their own about "How do sunflowers grow?". The children have learnt the difference between simple present and progressive present tense as well as how to collect information for their text. 

Wider Curriculum

This week in science, we have learnt about microhabitats and the children went outside to find out what bugs live here at school. The children using magnifying glasses to look closely at the animals and made tally charts to find out what animals we have the most of. From the data collected on the tally charts, the children created bar models to show their data and read it more clearly.

On Thursday, the children went on a walk around Didcot to further their learning and understanding about how Didcot has changed over time. The children looked at the houses from school to All Saints Church and noticed that the closer we got to the church, the older the houses got. The children were able to see how buildings have changed and compare this to their prior knowledge of the maps they looked at last week. 

W/B 22.04.2024

Maths

This week we have continued our topic of measure. We have focused on mass and looking at how we measure using grams and kilograms. We have also looked at comparing weight and ordering them from lightest to heaviest or heaviest to lightest. Finally, we finished off the week by learning about millilitres and litres.   

English

This week we have continued to plan our retells. The children have made sure to include their conjunctions, possession and expanded noun phrases. On Thursday, they edited their writing and then wrote it up in their neatest handwriting to publish their work. 

Wider Curriculum

This week in science we have been learning about habitats and why animals live there.

In art, the children have experimented with texture creating different types of artwork using tissue paper and layering to create a collage as well as printing using a patterned created by etching out patterns on polystyrene. 

W/B 15.04.2024

Maths

This week we have started our new topic of measure. We began the week by learning about the difference between centimetres (cm) and meters (m). The children also learnt how to accurately measure and draw lines using their rulers. They know that you must always start on 0cm! We then compared lengths and heights and used mathematical language like; shorter, longer and taller. Finally, we ordered objects based on their height and length from either shortest to longest or longest to shortest. 

English

 In English, the children have read the book "Leaf" by Sandra Dieckmann. The children will be writing a retell of the story and have looked at features of narratives. The children have been learning about subordinating conjunctions and how to extend their sentences. They have also learnt how to use 's to show possession and have begun to plan their stories.  

Wider Curriculum

This week we have started our new topic for the term called Didcot and Beyond. The children began the week by recapping the continents and the oceans of the world. They then used maps on the IPads to look closely at the 4 capital cities in the United Kingdom to look at their features and notice any similarities and difference to their surrounding areas.

In art, the children practiced their sketching techniques to draw flowers in our new topic, Flower Head. The children also experimented creating a variety of flower artwork using collage, playdough, printing etc. The children are really enjoying these projects so far!