Maths
This week we are fine-tuning our use of the protractor by drawing… a square! Sounds easy, but it isn’t. We were challenged by not being allowed to use the faint squares on the pages of our Maths books; we had to draw it at an angle. Also, a few worked page 171 of the challenging book. It includes: scale drawings, problem solving and much more. As we discovered a sharp pencil makes it more accurate.
English
We have been editing and spending time in marking groups to analyse our writing in order to significantly improve this most recent piece of work from our last piece. The way we have done this is to focus on: Shaping our writing (have we got an even balance of speech, action and development?); Powerful editing (what else can this sentence look like? Have I given the reader a good image); Clever speech structure (how did the character say it? What else happened when these words were spoken?) And Well-chosen vocabulary (is this the best word to use here?)
The Fix up team
Alim Kamara, an African story teller, from Sierra Leone, visited the school, he talked about not giving up and if you doubt yourself always say ‘YET’. He also said about achieving your dreams (like he did) and don’t let anyone knock you down.
History & Geography
I.C.T
In I.C.T one group of 14 children managed to progress with their E-Books. This was only a portion of the class as 16 didn’t manage to progress with their E-Book because the time and resources were limited.
Practice SATS
In preparation for May, we have been practising SATS tests. Mr. Silvester is keen on work pace and accuracy. One of the key tips is that instead of spending a large portion of your test time struggling on one problem, move and make the marks back. The reading test was about The Great Plague 1664-1666. It featured four sections: The Plague, about what caused the plague?, what is the plague? and what was it like during the plague?; the Sugared Plumb, a story by Mary Hooper; Plague Remedies, about medicine and doctors; and Ring-a-ring o’ rosies, a brief history of the rhyme. The four papers were: Arithmetic 1 & 2, Reasoning 2, Grammar and Reading. There are several more. The tests were fun and very relaxed as they are not the real and we were able to talk and discuss different aspects of how to approach the problems in the future. This total demystified what the tests will look like and what’s expected from us.
