In this week's English lessons, the focus was on creative writing, inspired by the book "The Heart and the Bottle." The children used the story as a basis to create their own stories, changing the emotions and containers to come up with a new and unique narrative. They explored different emotions, such as happiness, sadness, anger, and fear, and how they could be represented by different containers or objects. The students also practised their writing skills, including creating a plot, developing characters, and using descriptive language.
In this week's maths lessons, the focus was on adding and subtracting capacities and volumes. We looked at equivalent capacities and compared the volumes in different containers. The children learnt how to calculate the total volume of liquids when different containers are combined, and how to find the difference in volume when one container is emptied into another.
In this week's guided reading sessions, the focus was on the book "The Accidental Diary of B.U.G." We practised using prediction, inference, and explaining skills to deepen their understanding of the text. They made predictions about what might happen next in the story based on the information provided, inferred the characters' thoughts and feelings, and explained their interpretations using evidence from the text. The book provided an opportunity for us to practise their comprehension skills and develop their critical thinking abilities.
Our enquiry question for this term is ‘Why do we believe different things?’
In this week's art lesson, the children focused on watercolours and explored different techniques to create a colour wheel. The colour wheel is a visual tool that shows the relationship between colours and is an essential foundation for learning colour theory. Using watercolours, the students created their own colour wheels, mixing primary colours to create secondary and tertiary colours. They also learned about different watercolour techniques, such as wet-on-wet and dry brush. These techniques allowed the children to experiment with different textures, shades, and tones, and create unique and vibrant artworks.
In this week's Spanish lesson, the focus was on learning how to express hunger and food preferences in Spanish. The students learned how to say "tengo hambre" (I have hunger). They also practised using food-related vocabulary and phrases such as "quiero" (I want) and "me gustaría" (I would like) to express what they would like to eat. Through this lesson, the students were able to improve their communication skills in Spanish and expand their knowledge of food-related vocabulary.
In PE lessons this week, we focused on jumping off apparatus using different techniques. We practised three different jumps: the star jump, the pencil jump and the tuck jump. We learned how to perform each jump safely and effectively, and they had the opportunity to practise their technique by jumping off different height apparatus.
