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In English we have been continuing our work of biography and autobiography. We studied an extract from Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee as an example of autobiographical writing, identifying the language features and key aspects of the organisation of the text. We have also had time to review our own biography writing using our success criteria. Today we started writing a fictional biography by ourselves. Yesterday, as part of our preparation for the "two-minutes' silence", we also looked at Binyon's poem For the Fallen.

In maths, the focus so far this week has been on calculating perimeters and areas of squares, rectangles and more complex "rectilinear" shapes. We have also done some more science, investigating the effects of changing components in an electric circuit (for example, changing the number of batteries and light bulbs) and thought about the landscape features of mountain regions.