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In Art, Team LF have been focusing on designing and creating Greek pots. The children began by using recycled materials such as plastic bottles, yoghurt pots and other containers to build the shape of their pot or vase. They then covered their structures with modroc to create a strong outer layer and refine the shape.
Over the next couple of weeks, the children will continue developing their work by painting and decorating their pots, drawing inspiration from traditional Greek pottery designs.
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In reading and writing, Team LF have been focusing on non-chronological reports and the key features that make this type of text effective. We have explored several examples so that we could identify common features across different texts, such as headings, factual language and clear organisation of information. This has helped us to understand how information is presented in this genre.
Alongside this, we have been developing our grammar knowledge by identifying main clauses and subordinating clauses, as well as the subordinating conjunctions used to join them. Understanding how these clauses work together has helped us to see how sentences can be extended to add more detail and explanation. Later in the unit, we will apply this learning when planning and writing our own non-chronological reports, using the features and sentence structures we have been studying. Over the past couple of weeks, Team LF have been focusing on understanding and explaining what happens when multiplying and dividing by 100. We have explored how numbers become one hundred times greater when multiplied by 100 and one hundredth of the size when divided by 100. A key part of our learning has been recognising the importance of zero as a placeholder and how it helps to maintain the value of digits within a number.
We have discussed how the digits move according to their place value when multiplying or dividing by 100, rather than simply “adding two zeros.” This has helped us to develop a deeper understanding of how our number system works. To support our learning, we have used Gattegno charts and place value charts to clearly see how digits shift between columns. These visual representations have helped us to build confidence and strengthen our understanding of place value. We then extended this learning by applying it to our times table facts, exploring what happens to a product when one of the factors is multiplied or divided by 10 or 100. This helped us to notice patterns and deepen our understanding of how multiplication and place value are connected. This half term, Team LF have been learning about World War I. We began by exploring how the war started, focusing on the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which ultimately led to the outbreak of the war. We learned about the different countries involved and the alliances they formed, understanding how these partnerships contributed to the scale of the conflict.
Linking our learning to geography, we used maps to identify the countries involved in the war. We colour-coded them to show which nations fought alongside each other, helping us to clearly see the Allied and Central Powers across Europe and beyond. We also explored the role of propaganda during the war, particularly recruitment posters used to encourage men to join the army. Inspired by what we learned, we designed and created our own recruitment posters. In addition, we studied the structure of trenches and learned about what life was like for soldiers living and fighting in them. In our Science unit on sound, Team LF have been learning about how sound is created and how it travels. We began by exploring how sounds are made, understanding that sound is produced by vibrations. We investigated how these vibrations travel from a sound source through different mediums such as solids, liquids and gases before reaching our ears.
We also studied the structure of the ear and learned how its different parts work together to detect and process sound. This helped us understand how vibrations enter the ear and are sent to the brain so we can hear them. As part of our investigations, we explored the difference between loud and quiet sounds and learned how sound can be measured. We carried out experiments to measure sound levels and looked at sound insulation, testing different materials to see how well they reduced noise. Soon, we will be learning about pitch and investigating how distance affects how clearly a sound can be heard. Over the past couple of weeks, Team LF have been focusing on understanding and explaining what happens when multiplying and dividing by 10. We have explored how numbers become ten times greater when multiplied by 10 and one tenth of the size when divided by 10. A key part of our learning has been recognising the importance of the zero as a placeholder and how it helps to maintain the value of digits within a number.
We have discussed how the digits move according to their place value when multiplying or dividing by 10, rather than simply “adding a zero.” This has helped us to develop a deeper understanding of how our number system works. To support our learning, we have used Gattegno charts and place value charts to clearly see how digits shift between columns. These visual representations have helped us to build confidence and strengthen our understanding of place value. Team LF carried out a science experiment to find out which material works best for sound insulation. They tested bubble wrap, newspaper, tissue paper, felt, foil and cotton wool to see which one would reduce sound the most. To make their test fair, they wrapped an egg “shaker” in each material and measured the sound produced in decibels when the egg was rattled.
Before starting the experiment, most of the children predicted that bubble wrap would be the most effective material at blocking the sound. However, the results showed something surprising. Newspaper was actually the best material at reducing the noise from the shaker. Although the results were clear and consistent, the team recognised that there were some factors that could have affected their findings. Environmental sounds such as classroom noise, children playing nearby and noise from a nearby building site may have influenced the decibel readings. Overall, Team LF carried out a thoughtful investigation and learned that predictions do not always match the results. In PE, Team LF have been focusing on hockey. The children have been developing a range of key skills needed to play the game successfully. They began by learning how to hold the hockey stick correctly, making sure they used the proper grip to maintain control and accuracy.
Throughout the unit, the children practised dribbling the ball with control, keeping it close to their stick while moving at different speeds and changing direction. They also worked on passing, learning how to use controlled pushes to send the ball accurately to a teammate. Shooting was another important focus, with pupils practising aiming at a target and applying the right amount of power. To bring all of these skills together, the children took part in short games where they applied what they had learned. This required teamwork, communication, spatial awareness and good sportsmanship. Overall, the children have shown great progress in their hockey skills and confidence this half term. Reading
Team LF have been introduced to our new text driver for this half term, 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes. We have begun reading chapter one, focussing on our fluency and accuracy and then used our knowledge of the text to answer retrieval questions. Writing Throughout our lessons this week, we have focussed on Kenning poems. Team LF have learnt about the features and structure of Kenning poems and they have started work on specific skills they will need in order to write their own Kenning. Once written, we will be presenting these to Miss Baxter to see if she can work out what our poems are about. This week in our Maths lessons, Team LF have started learning our 7x tables. We have used 'skip counting' to find the next multiple/s in a sequence and we have also looked at adjacent multiples of 7 (the multiple before or after a given multiple). We have applied each of these skills to reasoning questions. The children have also used our class 'times table stick' to discuss facts that we already know related to the 7x table and how this can help us to learn the facts that we are not yet secure on. Using the facts we do know, we created both multiplication and division expressions so that we could see how many facts we actually know just from multiplying two factors together.
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