YEAR 3

 Since returning after Easter, we have started our new Animals including Humans topic in Science. So far, we have learnt all about the 7 life processes following the MRS GREN acronym, and about human and animal skeletons. We are looking forward to learning even more about the human body in the coming weeks.

Last week in English we completed our picture book study on The Barnabus Project. We all thoroughly enjoyed reading this story and completing a range of activities around the book. Some of our activities included creating our own creature based on two animals of our choice, and recreating and writing our own ending for the story. If you would like to listen to the story again then follow this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7TVpVcMpHQ

This week we have started reading The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo.

In maths we finished our mass and capacity topic and have now moved onto our new fractions’ unit which has allowed us to build on our previous knowledge of fractions from last term. This week we have worked incredibly hard on adding and subtracting fractions, as well as finding unit and non-unit fractions of an amount. 

YEAR 4

This week year 4 have been learning all about decimals and how to make a whole. We are finding this a little tricky but with some extra practise, we are finally getting it. In June, year 4 will be completing the national year 4 multiplication check which assesses children’s times tables knowledge. Therefore, we ask if parents can promote and encourage children to practise their times tables at home or complete 10 minutes of TTRS per evening so that they are prepared for this when the time comes.

In English, we have been researching about how the Ancient Greeks changed the world ready to write our non-chronological report in the next few weeks. We have learned so much from these sessions and we are amazed at how much they have influenced the things we do and use today.

We have observed sculptures in art and created our own sketches on them using out art skills. Please take a look at our twitter page to see our exhibition of sketches.

In science, we have been learning about inventors from history and how they have influenced and changed the world we live in. Ask your children all about Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Tim Berners-Lee and The Wright Brothers.

YEAR 5

Last week in English Year 5 studied a picture book called ‘The Lost Happy Endings’ by Carol Ann Duffy. We enjoyed reading this story and discussed an alternative ending to fairy tales if they didn’t end happily. We also wrote some fantastic character descriptions of a wicked witch and setting descriptions of a forest. This week, we have started our new book, for summer term, called ‘The Lost Whale’ by Hannah Gold. We are very excited to read it and are beginning to look at the features of non-chronological reports, in preparation to write our own report all about Grey Whales. 

In Topic, we have started our new learning on river and oceans and how humans impact them. We have learnt about the Water Cycle and how it works and we have learnt the names of the 5 oceans – ask us to sing you the song we learnt! In Science, we are beginning our topic on Living things and have learnt that plants can reproduce sexually and asexually and dissected a flower and labelled all the parts it needs. We also learnt how important insects, such as bees, and the wind are in the process of pollination and fertilisation.

In Maths, we have begun learning measures and shapes. We are learning how to correctly estimate angles and use a protractor to accurately read and measure the degrees of acute and obtuse angles. We have also learnt that a reflex angle is greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees. 

YEAR 6

Year 6 are incredibly busy preparing for their upcoming SATs tests. We are proud of each and every single one of them as we know that it is tough going at the moment with all the revision we are doing. The children are doing an amazing job so far!

 In English, we are currently reading The Last Bear by Hannah Gold, which follows the story of a young girl and her father on a remote island known as Bear Island. This week we have been gaining a deeper understanding of the plot and the main characters.

In maths, we are looking at coordinates; we are perfecting and practising the skill of plotting coordinates on a quadrant grid and we are also looking at translating shapes.

In our afternoon sessions we are looking at climate change and the effect on our planet. We have specifically looked at how this has impacted the polar bear. We have learned that global warming and the melting of the polar ice caps has dramatically reduced habitats and food sources for polar bears. Scientists also predict that they could become extinct by the year 2100 if global warming continues at its current rate.