MrJennings

In maths this week, we have been thinking about measurement of length. This has included converting measurements from kilometres to metre, metres to centimetres and centimetres to millimetres and vice versa. In the middle of the week we also did some data handling work in which we had to tally data, present the information in bar charts (with scales of more than one unit) and use these to answer questions.

We made a start to our learning about non-chronological report paragraphs in English. We began by researching information about the world's major rivers using the internet and printed sources (noting and trying to understand why different sources reported different "facts). Then we wrote a paragraph about one of the rivers (the Volga) we had researched. After looking at examples of well-written paragraphs, we tried to write good paragraphs about the Amazon, focussing on including the most important information in a clear opening sentence and then using a variety of sentence structures in the following sentences where we gave more detail, examples and explanation.

Our geography topic (a UK study of the Lake District) was begun with a brief time outside to observe  our locality from Digby Park and from Westdale Lane to list landscape features we could see. We then contrasted this list with the landscape features of the Lake District which we could see portrayed in a selection of photographs of the National Park.

We also had our science session with Miss Birkett, two PE sessions and finished the week with a further ukulele lesson and with another opportunity to study the ceramic designs of Bodil Manz.