MrJennings

Although we still have some on-going work to do on our stories in English, our main learning this week has been on a new unit of work focussing on descriptive writing. We has written descriptions of two of David Brent's "Flanimals", trying to give the reader a helpful overall impression of the creature in the opening sentences then further details in an organised way.

In maths, we have developed our problem-solving skills by practising our finding answers to questions which need more than one calculation. We have also done some more work on dealing with decimal numbers, including doubling and halving.

Friday was a special day in that we were able to experience a partial solar eclipse. This linked in well with our science topic of last term on the Earth, Sun and Moon. we were able to monitor the progress of the Moon in front of the Sun from inside the classroom using pin-hole projectors and using the internet and we also noted the relative darkness - especially around 9.30 am - and the dramatic drop in temperature when we spent a few minutes outside.

In addition to these activities, we did some more work on our writing comparing the ancient Greek agora with our modern-day market in Nottingham's Victoria Centre and we made and tested different types of beams which we made out of paper.