Literacy
This week, we have continued our work on diary entries. Last week, Santa invited us on holiday with him and we looked at his diary entries. Through looking at his diary entries, we learnt that diaries are written in past tense and that they are written in chronological order. This week, we learnt about past tense verbs and time adverbials. This allowed us to acquire the skills needed to write a weather diary. Our diary entries were about our experiences of extreme weather on our holiday with Santa. Our first diary was about our experience of a blizzard. We planned which interesting facts, verbs, adjectives and time adverbials we could include in our diary. We also did this for a tsunami and a tornado! Then, we wrote up our three diary entries using our best writing in our weather diary booklet. Our class has written some excellent weather diaries and we have developed our knowledge of word classes in the process. We have also been working particularly hard on the presentation of our work.
​ Excellent work Team CT! 

RE
This week in RE we have been exploring Christianity, identifying the Christian place of worship and the objects that can be found there. We extended our learning by identifying objects special to Christians (Bible, cross and candle) and explained why. We worked very hard to use the correct terminology in our writing.  Next we will be exploring a story in the Bible and its significance to Christians. 

PE
During the first lesson in gymnastics we looked at different types of balances. We really impressed Miss Brooks by holding our balances for 3 seconds whilst maintaining body control and tension! We then looked at different shapes and we were able to use the correct terminology such as pike, tuck and straddle. To finish off we explored different forms of travel at varying heights, speeds and directions. 

Maths
Last week, we completed our learning about place value by assessing our knowledge of more than, less than and equal to. We decided to go fishing and catch our numbers using magnetic fishing rods and compared the numbers using the correct symbol.  We were very proud of the progress we made developing our place value knowledge. This week, we progressed onto learning about addition and subtraction. We discussed the addition and subtraction symbols and used practical resources to support our understanding of the concept of adding and subtracting. Afterwards, we compared one digit addition and subtraction number sentences using < , > and = . Finally, we explored fact families and used our prior knowledge to find related addition and subtraction facts. 

Literacy
​In Literacy, we received a letter from Santa inviting us to go on holiday with him. We were very excited and made a passport ready for our journey. We learnt about the extreme weather Santa may experience on his travels. Later in the week, we found Santa’s secret diary entries from his time on holiday. He started in a blizzard in the North Pole and then flew to Thailand where he was caught in a tsunami! He concluded his travels in America where he saw a tornado too! Santa did not have an easy time! Finally, we read his diary entries and discussed the key features of diary writing. We are looking forward to developing our skills further and writing our own diaries about extreme weather!

Science
​In Science we have been learning about materials and their physical properties. We have learnt about the difference between natural and manmade materials and we have used our knowledge of materials to predict which material would be best suited to building a house for The Three Little Pigs. We tested this and found that Lego brick was stronger than wooden sticks and paper straws. Then we found out that The Three Little Pigs had not listened to our results and they built their house from straw rather than Lego bricks like we had suggested. This resulted in a flood! So, we tested 3 different types of paper to find out which type of paper would be best suited to helping The Three Little Pigs clean up the water. We found that tissue paper and normal paper was not very absorbent, but that paper towel was the best option. 

This week, we have continued learning about place value. We have secured our understanding of partitioning a number one way and we have been working on partitioning two or more ways. Having a secure understanding of tens and ones and part whole models, has allowed us to begin to add two two-digit numbers by drawing pictorial representations and counting the total. Next week, we are building on our understanding by finding missing numbers in part whole models. 

In literacy, we have continued our learning about the story Monkey Puzzle. We created Monkey Puzzle character masks and worked in groups to create a drama performance. We worked hard to develop our speaking and listening skills and performed our drama pieces to the class. Having a secure understanding of the story, will support us when completing our Monkey Puzzle story boards. 

This week, we have enjoyed making new friends and learning about our new class. We discussed our class name and decided on Magnificent Monkeys! We used our class name as a theme for our artwork and have displayed this around the classroom to make it look beautiful. Having spent a lot of time at home, we found it strange not seeing our parents throughout the day. We discussed with our friends what we have enjoyed about our time at home. We designed and painted a special pebble for our parents and wrote a special message to go with it.  We hope it makes them smile :-) . 
Science
At the beginning of the school week, we took part in a science experiment about germs and the importance of using soap. We made a prediction and recorded our findings. We found out that just using water to wash our hands will not kill germs, we must use soap to help prevent the spread of germs.  We had lots of fun with taking part in this experiment! 

This week marks 'Barnsley Virtual School Games Challenge'. The aim of the challenge is to provide you with the opportunity to virtually compete in a series of sporting based competitions against other students across Barnsley.

Over five days, you will participate in five different events - one event per day. The aim is for you to record your personal best attempts for each activity.

If you would like to take part in the event (it is optional), I have attached all the information you will need below.
As part of the event pack, there are the following:

1. The daily activities with instructions
2. Results sheets to record the students best attempts
3. Home Results Sheet - for the students who are still at home

Once you have completed each event, you will need to send the completed results sheet to adam.rogers@team-plus.co.uk. Then, once the week of events has been completed, the results will be compiled and winners will be announced the following week.

Make sure you ask a parent to tweet a picture or a video of you doing the activity to @WombwellParkSt, @barnsleymoving, @TeamActivPlus and on Facebook - Active in Barnsley and Team Activ are using the #WhatsYourMove.

YOU WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR PARENTS PERMISSION TO POST ANYTHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA!

Good luck to those who wish to take part.

Miss Taylor
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