Week 1

English

Our week started with a mysterious suitcase arriving in our classroom. The children looked at the different items in the case and made predictions about whom they thought the case belonged to. We found out that it belonged to Sunny the Meerkat from our new book Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett. We then read the beginning of the book and took on the role of Sunny and his relatives to work out how the characters might be feeling.

Maths

This week, in maths, the children continued to develop their knowledge of money by solving problems involving subtracting single digit numbers and multiples of tens from two-digit numbers.

Computing - Digital Photography

This half-term in computing we are learning about digital photography. After sorting different devices into old and new, the children explored taking photos and selfies of things near and far in portrait and landscape modes.

Art - Colour mixing

This half-term in art, we are going to learn about how painters captured the Great Fire of London and their use of colours for effect. This week the children developed their knowledge of colour mixing by creating secondary and tertiary colours.

Week 2

Anti-bullying week - Power for good

This week started with odd sock day to celebrate difference. We focussed on the theme "power for good" to look at how we can be proactive to help each other feel good. We looked at different scenarios and thought about what we could do to make the situation better, using "the power of good."