In English this week, we’ve had a writing focus. We have described the new purple super hero in our class. We chose names for him and used really good adjectives to describe him. We tried really hard to organise our ideas into paragraphs and used conjunctions to join our ideas. We also looked at a picture called ‘The Vacation’; it showed some different super heroes playing hopscotch. We used it to plan our own stories about super heroes going away together.
We are having a focus on ‘Purple Learning’ this term. We are trying to make sure we use our ‘Purple Powers’ every day. If we show that we are persevering, putting in effort, being resilient and showing grit then our names will be put on the super hero shield.
In maths we have started to look at different strategies for solving calculations. We have talked about finding the most efficient ways to solve problems. Drawing dots might be a good way to solve 4×3 =, but is it as good a method when solving 25 + 32 =? We’ve looked at drawing number lines, partitioning numbers and counting on or back. We now need to decide which method to use when.
One of the highlights of our week has been The Explorer Dome. We went in to find out all about what happens to our food when we eat it. We found out so much! Ask us to tell you all about it.
Have a good weekend,
Mrs Marsh, Mrs Lucas & Mrs Scott
