In English we have been using the text ‘The Man in the Moon’ by William Joyce to develop our descriptive writing skills.
We have learnt some new CONJUNCTIONS for comparison, CONJUNCTIONS to improve our cohesion and this week we used some of Alan Peat’s SENTENCE IMPROVERS to add further detail.
We have also looked at this Christmas Advert from 2015 and this week we will be comparing the main characters and predicting what they would say to each other if they ever met . . .
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In Science we are exploring Earth and Space as we enquire: ‘Why do we have day, night and different seasons?’ Our Curiosity Corner is becoming jammed with questions we would also like to explore.
Our Science enquiry types have helped us to do this:
Does the Earth hang on nothing? (Lottie) we explored the differences in religious and scientific beliefs on this.
This led to us asking even more questions as we discovered it takes just over 8 minutes for the light from the Sun to reach us here on Earth. Does this mean that when the sun rises or sets this happens at the actual time or did it take place 8 minutes earlier?! A lot of us OBSERVED the sunset on Wednesday and concluded that if we see the sun set at 15:51, then it actually set at 15:43 = 8 minutes earlier.
We learnt that the sun as a star will be different sizes in its lifetime. This is due to the amount of fuel it has to burn. Stars will never die, rather it will morph into something else. The Sun is approximately 4.5 billion years old and is predicted to remain for another 4.5 billion years.
As it come to the end of its life, the Sun will become the Red Giant as it needs more hydrogen.
In Geography we are exploring North America as we enquire: ‘What are the key features of North America?’
So far we have use our LOCATIONAL KNOWLEDGE to recap our learning linked to the 7 continents, the oceans, the equator, the tropics, the hemispheres and learnt what the Prime Meridian is and why this is important.
We have now begun to explore the HUMAN and PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY of a region and identified the 23 countries and their capital cities.
Well done to Jude & Pandorawho was awarded for their teamwork using relative clauses to help compare and contrast details about the Moon Clipper and Nightmare Galleon in English.
Well done also to Solly for her excellent and accurate use of comparative and contrasting conjunctions.
Well done to Xavier, for fantastic resourceful and reflective working.
Well done to Solly who was our Jigsaw Champion for always including and supporting everyone around her.
Well done to Lottie who was awarded our first Head Teacher Award of the Year for her outstanding improved score on our weekly times table test. An increase of 34 marks was very impressive!
Well done also to Amie and Annabelle who were awarded Head Teacher Awards for their selflessness shown to others. They gave-up the opportunity to sleep in a bunk-bed on our residential so that another pair could.
Well done to Theo K, for becoming our first 5R Champion of the year for your resilience and determination to succeed in Maths.
Congratulations also to Georgie, for your consistent resourcefulness and resilience in all aspects of school life so far.
