Building churches

After our trip to Leeds parish church at the end of last term we have been building on our learning about the features of a church by making our own churches.  This week we have been putting the final touches to the inside of the churches and creating the roofs.  Hopefully we will be able to show them off to all of our parents at the end of next week.

Writing instructions

Our literacy topic over the last three weeks has been writing instructions.  We have been busy making sandwiches, making pizza and completing treasure hunts.  After all of these hands on experiences we have been able to write instructions using our experiences.

Instructions on PhotoPeach

 Well done everyone your hard work is paying off with some super independent instruction writing in Big write.

Big talk 30.1.14

 

Over the last three weeks your children have been learning to write instructions.  In preparation for Big Write this week please talk to your child about

Instructions for washing their hands.

They have been learning to structure their writing with a title, a ‘what you need’ section and using bossy verbs for each instruction. 

If possible could the TV be turned off while this discussion is taking place.

Thanks for your support.

3D shape castles

Check out our 3D shape castles they look fantastic.  Miss Clarke had planned a super maths lesson to look at the properties of 3D shapes.  The children had to build a castle using the 3D shapes and then name and describe the properties of the shapes that they used.  A very creative lesson !!!

Shape Castles on PhotoPeach

Finding out about materials

Our science topic this half term is materials.  We have been completing a range of activities that help us to identify materials and their properties.  Have a look at what we have been doing.

Materials on PhotoPeach

Making fruit punch in maths

We have been measuring the volume of a liquid by reading our fruit punch instructions and making up a quantity of punch using the measuring jugs.  We found that to be accurate in our measurements we had to put the jug on a flat surface and bend down to read the scale.  There was some extremely accurate measurement as people grew in confidence to read a scale.  If only the punch was real I think it would taste delicious.

Making fruit punch on PhotoPeach

Big talk 15.1.14

The children have made a jam sandwich in school this week by following instructions.  When we write instructions we set out the work using a title, a what you need section and numbered steps that start with a bossy verb such as put / slice / spread.

Can you ask your children to describe to you how they would make a jam sandwich.