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Today we had great fun celebrating the Queen’s platinum jubilee. We had lots of activities to complete including making a moving guard, drawing a portrait of the Queen and making a cake out of play dough. We also decorated cakes. At lunch time we had our picnic out on the field with whole school. Then this afternoon we played with the year 6’s in our outside area.

DT – Lo I can make a freestanding structure.

Wednesday 25th May 2022

As part of our DT unit, today we looked at making freestanding structures. The class were put into small groups and given some newspaper and tape and they were set the challenge to make a freestanding structure. Groups were not able to hold on to their models and were not allowed to stick them to the floor/table!

Maths – LO I can make arrays.

Tuesday 24th May 2022

Today in Maths we looked at making arrays. We learnt that arrays have rows and columns. We used counters to make arrays for different numbers. We could then use our knowledge of counting in twos, fives and tens to help us count up the counters.

History – LO I can look at activities that happened at the beach 100 years ago.

Thursday 19th May 2022

Today we looked at a seaside image that showed different activities that happened on the beach 100 years ago. We discussed the changing huts, Punch and Judy shows and donkey rides on the beach. Children then worked in small groups to act out the different activities they could do on the beach in the past. The children videoed each other and saved on their seesaw accounts so we could later watch as a whole class. Apologies the photos below are a little blurry as they are photos taken from the videos. We had great fun this afternoon communicating our history knowledge through drama and role play!

Big Phonics – LO I can read alien and real words.

Thursday 19th May 2022

This week we have had a few big phonics sessions. We are practising reading lots of words and sentences. We have been focusing on words with b, d, p and q in them as a few of us have been getting a bit mixed up with these letters in words. We have also been looking at blends at the beginning of words, focusing on spr, str, br – words like spring, stair, brake etc.

Art – LO I can make a 3D paper animal.

Wednesday 18th May 2022

Today we made 3D paper animals in art. We had to practise our cutting skills to cut out the animal carefully. We the. Had to fold the animal in special ways to make it stand up and make it’s head go in. They all looked amazing!

Maths – I can count in tens.

Tuesday 17th May 2022

This week we are learning to count in tens. We have been counting forwards in tens up to one hundred and then challenged ourselves to count backwards from 100 to 10.

DT – I can accurately draw a picture of a house and the key features of a house.

As part of our topic on den building we have looked at the different types of houses. Today we tried to draw a house and include the main features of a building. We also tried to think about proportion when drawing. I was very impressed with everyone’s drawings!

Geography – LO: I know the countries of the UK.

Wednesday 11th May 2022

Today we looked at a map of the United Kingdom and learnt that there are four countries in the UK. We learnt the names of the countries and where they are located. We then used a map of the UK and had playdoh to mark out the four countries. We then matched the correct country name to our maps.