Key Dates for Term 5

Timetable changes for T5

Monday - PE

Thursday - Forest School

Friday - Book Change Day

Week 1

It was lovely to see all the children back and ready to continue their learning.

In English we used the book "Billy and the Dragon" by Nadia Shireen. We created a list of her friends and wrote about her character.

In Maths we reviewed 2D shapes and began to look at 3D. We also learnt about odd and even numbers. We used objects and Numicon tiles to determine which were odd and which were even and noticed they created a pattern; odd, even, odd, even ,,,

For Earth Day we thought of different ways we could help the planet and in Forest school we made seed bombs.

We looked at a map of the UK and heard the story of St George, the patron saint of England.

Week 2

This week we went to Dragon school! We continued our interest in dragons by reading "Zog" by Julia Donaldson. We created a list of all the things dragons need to know and thought about all the things that happened to Zog as he practised each skill.

In Forest School we learnt to make sparks using a fire steel, which took quite a lot of practise.

In Maths we looked again at addition, firstly reminding ourselves to carefully count all the objects in 2 groups. We then began to think about counting on rather counting the first group again. We finished the week by playing a target game and seeing who could score the most with 2 throws.

We celebrated International Dance day by looking at the traditional dances of the 4 countries that make up the United Kingdom.

Week 3

This week we were historians as we explored a non-fiction book about castles.

We even tried cooking a medieval recipe for Honey cake, although we did use and oven and a timer rather than an open fire and a candle. It was more like a sweet pancake rather than cake but the children enjoyed it.

In Forest School we collected natural objects to decorate our woodland crowns.

For Drawing club we read a story about Nessie the Loch Ness Monster and drew what we thought she looked like.

In Maths we learnt about positional language and hid Nessie either in, on, under, in front, behind or beside different objects.

Week 4

This week we continued our Geography focus. In English we read the book "Maps from Anna to Zane" by Vivian French. We used this as inspiration to draw and label our own maps of our homes and the outdoor area.

In Forest School we also made a map, showing the fire circle, the trees and bushes.

In Maths we measured the distance between to points using cubes. We also learnt about directional language. We learnt the forward and backward dance and the left and right dance. We then used these directions to guide our friends to a given point and we programmed the Beebots to move in along a certain path.

Week 5

This week we focused on road safety. In English we read the book "Toad's Road Code" by Leyland Perree. First we practiced in the playground, creating a road for the bikes and scooters to travel along and a zebra crossing for a safe place to cross. We then went for a walk around the local area to practice being safe. We may have stopped in the park a "rest" which was good fun. We also created our own road safety posters.

In Maths we looked at sharing equally because Toad had taken a cake to share with his cousin. We discovered we could share even quantities equally between 2 people but not odd ones.

In Phonics we finished revising Set 2 sounds.