Friday, February 26, 2010
22nd to 26th February
We have started new units on work in several areas of the curriculum in this first week of our half term.
In English, we have begun thinking about explanatory texts and writing explanations. We have looked at some explanatory texts, including some from encyclopedias which explain phenomena or how things work.We have discussed the key features of explanation texts and marked these on an exemplar text. We have also worked on connectives in explanations and done some comprehension exercises to help us understand more about the organisation and layout of this sort of text.
We have been thinking about calculations and number patterns in maths. This has involved some problem solving as well as mental arithmetic, patterns in doubling and halving numbers, and sequences increasing and decreasing in steps of 25.
A significant area of work for the second half of the year is our new history unit about the civilisation of ancient Greece. We have started thinking about this by finding out about the position of modern-day Greece in the world and by doing a problem-solving exercise about early Greek history.
We finished the week by doing some RE work preparing for our Time Travelling visit to Southwell Minster in a couple of weeks.
In English, we have begun thinking about explanatory texts and writing explanations. We have looked at some explanatory texts, including some from encyclopedias which explain phenomena or how things work.We have discussed the key features of explanation texts and marked these on an exemplar text. We have also worked on connectives in explanations and done some comprehension exercises to help us understand more about the organisation and layout of this sort of text.
We have been thinking about calculations and number patterns in maths. This has involved some problem solving as well as mental arithmetic, patterns in doubling and halving numbers, and sequences increasing and decreasing in steps of 25.
A significant area of work for the second half of the year is our new history unit about the civilisation of ancient Greece. We have started thinking about this by finding out about the position of modern-day Greece in the world and by doing a problem-solving exercise about early Greek history.
We finished the week by doing some RE work preparing for our Time Travelling visit to Southwell Minster in a couple of weeks.
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