Richard Heywood

In Science this week we have been finding out about different materials and we tested to see which materials were TRANSPARENT, OPAQUE or TRANSLUCENT. I found out that in one of the materials the light bounced off back onto the wall and I could see my shadow (Freddie).

Some of us had our first swimming lesson today and some of us brought our bikes to school. The swimming pool is nice and warm (William).

I learnt how to ride my bike today without any stabilisers (Elsie).

We have been practicing multiplication again this week (Emse). We have also been learning about odd and even numbers and we even learnt a song (Bailey).

0, 2, 4, 6, 8 even numbers on the gate.

1, 3, 5, 7, 9 hang the odd numbers on the line.

In Literacy we have been learning how to use the conjunctions and, but and because (Harley-Reece).

On Tuesday we all really enjoyed dressing up as evacuees and we had a special WW2 themed day. One of my favourite activities was role playing who would choose me as an evacuee or who I would choose (Mia).

Squirrels Class have had a fabulous week!

In Maths we have been learning about multiplication (Liam). We have been using the array method to help us to solve multiplication number sentences, focusing on the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. We completed number sentences like 2X10= 20 (William).

We have been learning about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot (Emiliana).

In Literacy we have been learning how to use alliteration and we wrote some Bonfire Night Poems.

Bonfire Night

Mountain marshmallows melting.

Fiery fireworks fizzing fast.

Red rocket racing.

Shimmering sparkler sizzling.

We made bonfire pictures using black paper, templates and we used pastels to add colour. We made the Houses of Parliament and drew windows and doors (Evie).

This week we made poppies. We used templates to make the petals and black paper for the centre (Joseph T.).

This week we have been learning all about wolves and I have found out that wolves are the biggest in the dog family (Annabelle).

Wolves jaws are twice as strong as dogs jaws (Harley-Reece).

Wolves are smarter than dogs (Stryker).

Wolves hunt for food for their babies and they chew and swallow up the food. Then they sick it out to feed their babies (Oscar).

We have drawn pictures of wolves using sketching pencils (Archie).

We have been learning about Edith Cavell. She helped soldiers in World War I (Freya).

Edith Cavell hid 200 soldiers to help them to escape from Belgium. She helped both sides of soldiers (Isabelle).

In Maths we have been learning about subtraction and counting back using a number line, using bigger numbers (Thea).