Building on our work on Frank Bowling in art, we have explored textures, layers and the use of colours in our own artwork.
In today's lesson we used pictures of volcanoes to identify and create similar colour pallettes that we could use in our final piece. We also explored ways of creating different textures using our paint brush and pieces of tissue paper.
To begin our new topic in maths, Measurement, we went up to the hall to complete a practical activity.
We used metre sticks and rulers to measure different sized lines that had been put on to the floor. We worked collaboratively in pairs to measure each of the lines accurately. It was quite tricky because some of the lines were over 3 metres long! This meant we had to work well as a team and figure out a way to use the metre stick to measure big lines.
In our Science lessons we have been looking at the properties and importance of soil.
We planned an investigation to see what happened when we mixed soil with water. We had four different samples of soils to see if something different happened to each of them. Whilst one group completed the water investigation, it gave the other half of the class the opportunity to explore the soils further, and see what they looked like up close. Were they wet? Were they dry? Did they contain anything?
The children loved this experiment. Especially when they could shake the bottles to combine the water and soil sample!
Here is some learning to keep you all busy whilst at home.
Can you please make sure that you are reading your book ready to complete an accelerated reader quiz when you get back into school. Read to an adult or sibling and get them to sign your new reading record to show how well you read to them. Those of you that have it signed by someone at home can have a raffle ticket when we are back in school together.
Challenge: Can you create a book review for either the book you are currently reading or one you have previously read? Would you recommend it to a friend? What is good about the book?
Challenge: Login to TT Rockstars and practice your timetables.
Challenge: Over the past week, we have been planning the conclusion of 'The Penguin and the Lost Treasure' in class. Could you think about and plan what is going to happen next after Mr Penguin was hit on the back of the head and 'Everything... Went... BLACK...'?
Be as creative as possible, but remember we want them to get the treasure back. Think about these questions to help you when planning what is going to happen next:
We have started a new writing topic this week focusing on an explanation text. We are using this as a model text to support us in creating our own explanation text on 'How to look after Bailey'. We spent the lesson researching about how to look after dogs, organising our facts into three sections: Food, Grooming and Exercise. The children really enjoyed this lesson and were able to work with different people around the room to collaborate and share ideas and facts from their research.
I can't wait to read what the children produce!
The children had a fantastic time working in teams playing Christmas games in the last week of the Autumn term. They worked together to collect candy cane tokens, building their skills of teamwork, decision-making and cooperation. Each team had to nominate people to compete in each game. They played: Candy Cane Drop, Candy Cane Clean Up, Snowman Balance, Snowball Fight, Santa's Sock and Snowball Throw. The children loved the games and worked together amazingly. We even finished off with a team quiz to try and collect even more candy cane tokens.
Everyone had a great afternoon and supported each other. Children were even supporting people on other teams and encouraging them when they found one of the games challenging. What an afternoon of fun!!!
The children have been exploring how they created cave paintings in the Stone Age. We used and explored warm colours as these would have been what they were able to create from natural materials.
The children experimented with the watercolours to create lighter and darker shades of the warm colours. They then applied them to Stone Age animals, stick people and handprints, using more water to make lighter tones and less water for darker, bolder shades of the colours.
We have been recapping our place value knowledge of tens and ones ready to move onto working with hundreds up to 1000 throughout the Autumn term. We have been using base ten to represent and show different numbers partitioned into tens and ones.
Here is a summary of what your child will be doing during the Autumn 1 term.
