MrJennings

In English this week we have started a unit of work about descriptive writing. We are basing this on the Flaminal pictures created by Ricky Gervais. In addition to writing descriptions of flanimals, we have written formal letters in response to letters requesting specific information about these monsters.

Problems presented in words have been the focus of our work in maths over the last few days. This has included problems needing more than one calculation to find the answer. We have also been practising our mental arithmetic and speeding up our recall of number bonds.

We have spent some time tying up loose ends from last term's work in RE and Design Technology, reflecting on our learning and thinking about how we can make progress. We did a study of the symbolism of the Christingle to Christians and, in addition to starting a report about our weaving project, completed our DT Record of Achievement and Target sheet. We were pleased with what we had learned and picked out some areas which we could focus on when we do our next technology project (including recording dimensions and measurements in our plans and trying to plan our work as well as our product).

We have had science (learning about how mirrors reflect light and a session on healthy diet), PE and finished the week by doing some art - a one-point perspective drawing activity.