This week's weekly news - Week ending 13.10.17
This week has been our first full week of our new topic. The
children are loving it and are very engaged with the cross-curricular learning.
We started our week looking at properties of 2-D
shapes. The children remembered the
names of most 2-D shapes and many learnt to identify a pentagon, hexagon and
octagon. They also investigated lines of
symmetry. Later in the week we looked at
3-D shapes and their properties including; faces, edges and vertices – some
children found this a challenge so please practise shape recognition at home. Everyone built a castle using 3-D shapes
explaining the reasons why a certain shape is suitable for a particular part of
the castle.
In English this week we have been looking at non-fiction books
and their features. The children
researched facts about castles and recorded their findings before producing
their own non-fiction book about castles later in the week. They used a contents page, text boxes,
questions, labelled diagrams and some even attempted a glossary.
In History we have been looking at castles through the
ages. The children made their own
timelines to show castles from oldest to the newest.
The dance showcase practises are going well. This week the
children started the routine to their song which is called ‘Best Day of My
Life’ by the American Authors.
Please note that the children have brought home their
usernames and passwords for Bug Club.
You will find these in their reading records. We have allocated children their colour bands
so please make use of this wonderful resource.
