Here are a few of the things class VWh have been getting up to over the last couple of weeks...
We have commenced our new whole school topic of 'Frozen Kingdom' and have compared both polar environments. We constructed comparative explanation texts to clearly see the difference between these areas.
Also, we have gained knowledge about the demise of The Titanic. We read accounts about that fateful night and wrote newspaper reports detailing events and thinking carefully about the features of the genre. Last week, 4 children were 'hot seated' and took on the roles of 4 Titanic survivors. This allowed the children to immerse themselves and imagine the stark reality. Equipped with this information, we utilised slow writing techniques to create diary entries, imagining that we had survived the horrific ordeal and had secured a place on one of the highly sought-after lifeboats.
In
maths, we've been focusing on the 4 operations and gaining a secure foundation
in these core skills. Over the last couple of weeks, we've been getting to
grips with long division and once secure with the method, we applied our knowledge
to reasoning contexts. Additionally, we worked with remainders and had to give
careful consideration as whether we needed to represent them as a decimals or
fractions.
Miss. Whipps is incredibly proud of their efforts so far this year!
