Friday, November 15, 2013
11th to 15th November
We have continued with our story-writing unit of work in English this week. We have drafted and written openings for our stories and at least drafted the first episode in the "build-up"/events of the story. We have also, today, written a complete short story.
Our learning in maths has been concerned with understanding how fractions relate to division, to decimal fractions and to percentages. We have also been finding fractions of numbers and quantities (e.g. 1/4 of 24kg). Today, we moved on to other calculations, using our knowledge of "tables facts" to find answers to calculations involving larger numbers.
We started new work in both ICT and RE this week. Having completed our databases work last half term, we are now using MS Excel to learn about spreadsheets. As an introduction to spreadsheets, we looked at a spreadsheet which calculated party costs. In this, there was a series of party items - each with individual prices - and a place to indicate the numbers of each item required and the spreadsheet computed the total cost of each item and the overall cost. The prices and quantities required could all be changed and we explored the effects of making changes and some of the cells which displayed the results of calculations. Having done this, we learned how to select groups of cells and to make calculations before making our own spreadsheets to add a list of values. To start our RE topic on symbolism and religious art, we thought about the idea of light and dark (creating concept maps) and considered the "meaning" of light in many everyday expressions. We also had an opportunity to look at and write about a piece of art representing the concept of freedom.
We finished the week with some singing and an English activity about the punctuation and layout of direct and reported speech.
Our learning in maths has been concerned with understanding how fractions relate to division, to decimal fractions and to percentages. We have also been finding fractions of numbers and quantities (e.g. 1/4 of 24kg). Today, we moved on to other calculations, using our knowledge of "tables facts" to find answers to calculations involving larger numbers.
We started new work in both ICT and RE this week. Having completed our databases work last half term, we are now using MS Excel to learn about spreadsheets. As an introduction to spreadsheets, we looked at a spreadsheet which calculated party costs. In this, there was a series of party items - each with individual prices - and a place to indicate the numbers of each item required and the spreadsheet computed the total cost of each item and the overall cost. The prices and quantities required could all be changed and we explored the effects of making changes and some of the cells which displayed the results of calculations. Having done this, we learned how to select groups of cells and to make calculations before making our own spreadsheets to add a list of values. To start our RE topic on symbolism and religious art, we thought about the idea of light and dark (creating concept maps) and considered the "meaning" of light in many everyday expressions. We also had an opportunity to look at and write about a piece of art representing the concept of freedom.
We finished the week with some singing and an English activity about the punctuation and layout of direct and reported speech.
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