MrJennings

In this first week after our half-term break, we have undertaken a variety of English tasks. We have done some further character study on personalities in the Grandpa Chatterji story, used a text from the second Grandpa Chatterji novel (when the family visit India) as the basis for some reading comprehension work, reviewed some of our year's grammar work and starter to think about persuasive writing in advertisements. Our main maths work has revolved around the theme of multiplication. We have worked on multiples and factors, specifically finding prime factors, and then moved on to multiplication sums. This work has focused on making estimates (and using them to check answers), mental calculations and, today, long multiplication,

Two major pieces of work this week have been about Nottingham Castle and the Five Ks of Sikhism. In history, we learned about the building and development of Nottingham Castle from Norman times until the 16th century, creating an information sheet by sequencing pictures and information. In RE we investigated the five Ks - examining artifacts first hand, describing them and researching their meaning and significance for Sikhs.

We also had an extended session using Sketchup (to produce 3D models of buildings) and our first  swimming session together.