Squirrel class are enjoying continuing their topic, ‘Bright Lights Big City’. In English we have been reading books all about London, including The Queen’s Hat¸ and A Walk in London. We have identified lots of different landmarks in the Capital City and used our observational drawing skills to draw Big Ben. We have been using the positional language we learnt in geography to write instructions for how to get from one landmark to another, and how to help The Queen find her hat! We had a fantastic trip to Canterbury Cathedral where we had a tour of the cathedral and grounds and did lots of practical activities in the school room. On our return to school we then compared Canterbury with London, looking at ways the two cities are similar and different.
In Maths we have been thinking more about addition and subtraction and different ways of doing these. We have also been thinking about related facts, and finding the inverse. Eg. 2+3=5 is the same as 3+2=5 which also means that we can know 5-2=3 and 5-3=2. More recently we have moved on to exploring numbers up to 50 and measuring and comparing mass and volume.
Squirrel class had a great STEAM week (science, technology, engineering, art and maths) learning about animal habitats and making dioramas. Thank you to those of you who came in to see all of their hard work!
In PE this term we have been playing developing our gymnastics skills, putting together sequences of balances, jumps and rolls. With Coach Charlie, our Team Theme coach, we have been playing football.
Our topic in RE is ‘Salvation’. We have been learning about the Easter story. We have been thinking about how this influences the way Christians celebrate Easter today, and how the stories in the Bible effect their lives.
PSHE this term has been thinking about ‘Healthy Me’. We have been talking about making healthy choices, staying clean, being safe with medicines and some road safety too.
In Art we have created collagraph prints based on the theme ‘Rain and Sunrays’. We made our own printing blocks, using lots of different textures, and then used them to make single and repeated prints.