Press the link above to our maths calculation policy
Can you solve some of the maths problems we used in class this week?
Well done Melissa for making it on to our VIP table for being the very best you can be at lunchtime
Writing Reports
In English, we have been writing our own reports and becoming experts about tigers. Before we started, we looked at the layout if reports. Mrs Losada chopped it up and we had to decide how to put it back together. However, we found out that non-chronological reports can be in any order as long as the title and introduction comes first! We did find the following:
Subheadings
Technical words- camouflage, diet, habitat
paragraphs full of factual information
Wow facts
Generalisers- most, many, all
Great sentence openers- Did you know....? Interestingly.... Suprisingly.... It is a little known fact..... You may not know but....
Have a look at the Professor Know It All openers below and practise being a report writing expert using different openers
Learning a Report About Tigers
This week we have been using the text map to learn a report about tigers. We will then change the animal to our choice and keep the language patterns.
Mrs Losada is very impressed with how we perform the text!
Writing Our Own Reports
Today we started planning our own reports using a box it up template.
This helps us to organise our facts in a pictorial way. We have chosen a range of different animals like toucans, lions, pandas, parrots, foxes and Zebras.
Mrs Losada cannot wait to read them!
Seed Dispersal in Science
Plant seeds can be dispersed in a number of different ways. Some seeds are transported by wind, and have seeds designed to float, glide or spin through the air. Plants growing near a river may use the flowing water to transport their seeds. Some seed pods are designed to explode and project the seeds a good distance from the parent plant.
Many plants also use animals to carry seeds around. These seeds may have handy hooks which attach to an animal’s fur. Alternatively, the plants might make tasty fruit to enclose the seeds, which attract animals to eat them.
Today we made a paper helicopter shaped just like a maple or sycamore seed.
How to make a paper helicopter that flies
To help us understand seed dispersal we will make a paper helicopter shaped just like a maple or sycamore seed. Watch how it moves in the wind, how far does it travel? Can you make one at home too?
Look at the seeds. How do they move away from the plants and trees.
Seed Song - How Seeds Move - Seed Dispersal
Listen to the song, how do the seeds move away from the plants and trees?
Music Sessions with Mrs Swan
This half term we have started our music lessons with Mrs Swan. During these lessons we will be creating our own Rights Respecting song. If you have any ideas, please remember to leave them in the song box which cab be found outside the school office
Welcome Mrs Losada
This week was Mrs Losada's first week and she has had such a fantastic time with her new class. In her assembly she told us a little bit about herself, but asked us lots of questions about her new school:
The school council came out and told her about their role
All the children told her about the super learners in school
The children, Mrs Elliot and Mrs Plant had a competition to see which team could remember the most children's rights. Then, she looked at the different ones and the children explained what they mean.
Mrs Losada speaks Spanish so remember to say "Hola!" when you see her and make her feel welcome
Well done to Alexie, being the best you can be at lunch time. Who will it be next week?
The Story of the Little Mole...
We have been learning about seed dispersal. Animals sometimes eat the seeds that fall and when the seed comes out the other end it grows in a new place. Who ever thought!
Well done to Bilal, VIP this week. Who will it be next week?
The Tin Forest
The Tin Forest, written by Helen Ward and illustrated by Wayne Anderson Animation created by Cincinnati State students in the Graphic Design and 3D Animation program in 2006. Instructor Jason K Caudill Audio created by Cincinnati State students in the Audio/Video program in 2006. We will start reading this book in class on the 2nd May. You will love it.
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