Week Beginning 3rd February 2020

February 1, 2020

The children thoroughly enjoyed the Mordern Hall Park trip and gained some invaluable knowledge. Thank you for all your help and support.

English – Writing

We will be looking at non chronological reports. Eventually the children will write their own non chronological report about mini beast.

A non-chronological report is a non-fiction report which is not written in time order. A non-chronological report is focused on a single topic and includes various facts about this topic.

Examples:

First, we will expand our vocabulary related to mini beast so the children can use it later when they write their own non chronological report.

On Tuesday we will look at features of a non-chronological report and we will locate these features on different report types.

On Wednesday and Thursday, the children will read information about polar bears and group them in the correct category – diet, appearance, habitat, movement and fascinating facts.

Maths – Shape

To make patterns with 2D shapes
To count edges on 3D shapes
To count vertices on 3D shapes
To sort 3D shapes
To count faces on 3D shapes

-To make patterns with 2D shapes.

We will discuss what shape may come next. What colour will the 9th shape be? ETC.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zthsb9q

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=patter

– To count edges on a 3D shape
Children will physically hold and explore 3D shapes before completing their work. An edge is where 2 faces meet.

–To count vertices on a 3D shape
The vertex is a point or corner on a 3D shape. Children will explore 3D shapes and look at the vertices before completing the work.

-To count faces on a 3D shape
A face is a flat or curved surface on a 3D shape.

-To sort 3D shapes
Children will sort 3D shape according to different properties. Children may sort 3D shapes according to round or straight edges. They could sort shapes according to the number of vertices.

English- reading

We will continue to read The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl. We will also be learning some new reading skills as a whole class using ERIC. The children will build their repertoire of different reading skills through the year.

When reading with your child, please use VIPERS when asking them questions on the book they are reading.

Reading books are changed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Science

Children will be looking at different habitats across the world and creating a fact file on it. We will be looking at desert habitats.

Deserts are habitats that have no more than 20 inches of precipitation per year, and can be hot or cold. The four types of deserts are hot and dry, semiarid, coastal, and cold. Desert plants and animals are able to live with little water.

ICT

Our ICT slot is on Tuesday afternoon. We are photographers is the name of our new unit. In this unit, the children review photos online, practise using a digital camera, take photos to fit a given theme, edit their photos, and then select their best images. Children will also select images to create a comic.

History

Florence Nightingale. The children will continue to explore Florence Nightingale. We will be comparing the conditions in Scutari hospital before and after Florence Nightingale. The children be writing about the differences in a diary form.

Music

Ministrings will continue every Wednesday. This week we will play some instruments that belong in the string family.

Our PE slot is on Monday afternoon. We are currently focusing on balance and co-ordination whilst jumping.

Please ensure all children have their full PE kit in school (fully named).

PSHE

We will think about the role of medicine in modern society.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zrfnvcw

We will be thinking about the use of medicine in modern society. We will be thinking about children’s experience with medicine and how medicine can help us to feel better. We will talk about the different ways in which medicine can be administered.

Is your child an author?

If yes, head over to Grant Koper’s website. Your child has the opportunity to have their story published on his website and their story read out of YouTube by Grant himself!!!

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