English

This week in English, learners analysed an example documentary narrative, identifying key features of the writer's knowledge, such as expanded noun phrases, colons, semicolons, and dashes, and discussing how these features impact the reader. They also practised sentence accuracy by using hyphens and dashes to make meaning clearer.

Ask your child:

• What is an expanded noun phrase, and how does it improve writing?

• When would you use a semi-colon or a dash in a sentence?

Next week, learners will continue analysing the example text before planning their own documentary narrative about wolves, choosing powerful vocabulary and organising their ideas using words, phrases, and illustrations, ready for their final piece of writing.

     Maths

This week in maths, learners strengthened their understanding of decimals by practising addition and subtraction, as well as multiplying and dividing decimals by powers of 10, 100, and 1,000. They also worked on multiplying and dividing decimals by integers, focusing on accuracy and understanding how place value affects the size of numbers during calculations.

Next week, we will build on this learning by reconnecting with prior knowledge of fractions and exploring the relationships between fractions, decimals, and percentages. Learners will develop their understanding of how these forms represent the same values in different ways and how they can be converted between one another.

Ask your child:

• What does it mean if something is on a 25%, 50%, or 75% sale?

• If a cake is divided into 10 pieces and you have three-quarters of the cake, how many pieces would that be?
   

• How could you express three-quarters as a decimal or a percentage?

  Science 

This week in science, learners continued exploring our new unit on the circulatory system. We investigated how the circulatory system works to transport important substances around the body. Learners identified the key parts of the system, including the heart and blood vessels, and discussed how these work together to move blood throughout the body.

We also focused on blood itself, learning about its different components such as plasma, red blood cells and white blood cells. Learners explored the important roles these parts play, including transporting oxygen and nutrients and helping the body fight infection.

Ask your child:

• What are the main parts of the circulatory system and how do they work together?
  
  

• What are the different components of blood and what does each one do?

Next week, learners will begin to explore the structure of the heart in more detail and investigate how blood moves through it. They will also learn about the difference between oxygenated and deoxygenated blood and how the lungs play an important role in this process.

Enquiry Learning

This week in Enquiry Learning, learners designed and labelled their own cushion covers. They decided which stitching technique they will use, the colours they prefer, the type of fabric, and the design they would like to add to their cushion cover.

Ask your child to show you their design and explain what they are planning to create. It has been wonderful to see their creativity and ideas!

Next week, learners will begin practising different sewing techniques. Please check your emails to see which resources will be required.