Key vocabulary: Biology, functions, stem, trunk, leaves, flower, evergreen, deciduous, roots, nutrients, producers, petals 

This week in team CH we have been identifying and descripting the functions of different parts of flowering plants; roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers.  
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​Key Vocabulary:
Sprint, distance, standing start, drive.

​Today in Team CH we have been recapping the standing start. We asked pupils to drive the front arm backwards and the back leg forwards, driving the foot to the ground as quickly as possible. After recapping this skill, we set out markers at 150m and 200m and allowed children 40 seconds to cover as much distance as possible. Additionally, we provided children with the opportunity to develop their Oracy skills with questions such as, where do you try to run as you run around a bend and which part of the body moves first as you drive out of the start? After this we ended with a fun bean bag race. 

​This week in computing our learners have been developing their understanding of what information technology (IT) is.  We identified devices that are computers and considered how IT can help us at school and beyond. We explained IT to our learners as a computer or something that is made to work with computers.

This week in RE Team CH have been extremely lucky and have enjoyed a visit from our Christian friend George. George talked to the children about some of his faviourate passages from the bible.  We listened to the story of the Paralysed man and Jesus went to a wedding.

This week we listened to and perfomred the first song in our musical unit 'Sparkle in the sun'.

    
Key vocabulary: New Testament, Paralysed, Jesus, Christian, God, Bible, Matthew, Mark, 


This week in RE team CH listened to the story ‘The paralysed man’. After listening to the story, we discussed the problem in the story, what Jesus did and what the message of the story could be. Pupils gave lots of ideas as to what the message of the story could be, ‘not to judge others’ ‘to never give up’ ‘to always help others.’ and ‘to always be kind to others. After this, children were introduced to ‘The healing of the paralytic’ from Mark verse 2 and Matthew verse 9 and again children discussed if they believed this story. This time children began to respectfully question the differences in each verse and voice their own opinions and beliefs in a safe environment. As we came to the end of our learning, we all agreed that there is no way for us to know if these events are true or not as we were not present, however we can all choose to believe and be respectful to others. 

​Key vocabulary: Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, England, Ireland, London, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff, capital city, north, south, east, west, North Pole, South Pole, temperature, map, symbol; environment, landscape, symbols, location, globe

​This week in Geography Team CH were hooked into their learning with the use of ‘follow me’ cards. This gave all children the opportunity to work as a class to tap into their prior knowledge of the United Kingdom. After this we used Atlases to locate some of the 69 cities in the UK and presented these on a map. Once children had completed their map of the UK we introduced a campus and using the language north, east, south and west we moved from city to city. Finally, we found out way to Wombwell using a digital map and identified some landmarks that would help us find our way to school. Again, using the language north, east, south and west we directed each other to the different landmarks within the classroom.