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Year 1 

This week Year 1 have been out on a 'Local Area' Walk around Earlsdon. We have been looking at different types of houses and noticing their features. We have also compared old and new houses and noticed stained-glass windows, patterned floor tiles, ornate/ coloured brickwork and mouldings around the roofline, decorative ridge tiles, decoration around windows, chimney pots etc. We discovered the 'house of Earlsdon', the old schoolhouse, Criterion Theatre and the nail factory as well as other notable historical buildings along our route. Back in school we have reflected on the type of house that we live in and have drawn and used collage materials to create the house of our dreams! 

As mathematicians we have investigated odd and even numbers, identifying them from a selection of different representations; numerical, pictorial and groups of objects. We have also begun to think about counting in tens and ordering multiples of ten on a number line.

In English we have continued writing our descriptions of characters from 'Old Bear', thinking about different adjectives we could use to describe the toys and how they were feeling.

Finally, in PSHE we have been thinking about who our special people are, how we know that they are special to us and who we would say is our family 'Superhero'... I wonder who we nominated and why?!?🙂

Year 2 

This week the children have been continuing to use practical equipment to partition two-digit number into tens and ones.  They have also started to work practically on simple subtraction stories using counters to represent numbers to 10.  In English lessons the children have been completing their own stories with a twist on Jack and the Beanstalk. They have attempted to include some expanded noun phrases and exclamation sentences to improve their writing, as well as writing sentences with accurate punctuation.  As geographers, children have been learning about maps and their purpose before drawing their own of the local area. 

Year 3

In English, the children have been learning about explanation writing, where they will be designing and writing about a trap for the Iron Man. As mathematicians, they are continuing to learn and consolidate their knowledge of place value in 3-digit numbers, and adding and subtracting them. As scientists, they learned about the everyday uses of different types of rocks, thinking about their properties. And, as historians, the children learned about the neolithic monument of Stonehenge, and how it was built using sarsen and bluestones. 

Year 4 

Year 4 have had another exciting week of learning. As mathematicians, they have solved problems involving subtraction, using bar models and number lines to help them calculate. In English, the children have analysed the example text and explored the features of an effective myth narrative. They have also written their own character descriptions of Fenrir, a giant wolf, from Norse mythology. As historians, they have learned about the different kingdoms that existed in Anglo-Saxon Britain and social hierarchy structure.

Year 5

This week, Year 5 enjoyed an exciting trip to the Space Centre in Leicester where they explored interactive exhibitions about Journeys into Space; the Solar System; the Universe and the Space Race. They also took part in a science-packed workshop about how rockets are powered and finished with a session in the planetarium. It was a great day which enhanced their forces learning in Science and When We Walked on the Moon writing unit. They will continue to apply their new-found knowledge in our Science and Topic sessions next half-term which focus on Earth and Space, as well as the Space Race. In English this week, the children planned a story about being the first astronaut to step foot on Mars. As mathematicians, they defined and found factors; and created rows, rectangles and squares to describe prime, composite and square numbers.