October 23rd, 2020

Literacy

This week Team JF completed their information leaflets about a chosen country in Europe. The children started the week by finishing their first drafts and moved onto editing and improving their writing using their purple pens. When the children were happy with their pieces, they began publishing. 

The leaflets the children have created are fabulous and the vocabulary used within them is amazing!  They were all incredibly proud of their work and thoroughly enjoyed sharing them with one another.

Maths

This week the incredible mathematicians of Team JF have been exploring addition. The children have yet again wowed me with their knowledge of the number system and the column method. At the beginning of the week, we focused on practical learning using the place value counters to add three digit numbers where an exchange is required.  From this, we moved into using the formal written method to complete four digit calculations with more than one exchange!

The children have demonstrated great resilience towards such a tricky concept and have risen to the challenges set. 

​Next half term we will begin exploring subtraction.