2. What we`ve been learning
Summer 2
We are currently working hard rehearsing for our end of year production. We are learning our scripts and practising songs.
We're not telling you what is it - just incase some of the children want to keep it as a surprise!
History
We have been learning about World War 2 and the impact this had on Britain. The children have been focusing on the main reasons why the war started; the Home Front effort; evacuation of children (Operation Pied Piper); rationing and what made Britain be successful in winning the war.
English
In our new English unit, we are using Dragonology as our text. Pupils will develop their reading and writing skills by studying non-fiction texts, identifying their features, and creating their own dragonology entries. They will write detailed reports, fact files, explanation texts and newspaper reports linked to dragon discoveries. Grammar and vocabulary work focuses on formal language, technical terminology, expanded noun phrases, and cohesive devices.
Reading
In reading, we are consolidating our skills when answering questions about a text. We have looked at retrieval questions, inference questions and summarising questions.
Maths
In Maths this term, we are consolidating our knowledge of perimeter, area of rectilinear shapes and beginning to apply this knowledge to triangles and parallelograms.
Science
We have been looking at how light travels and how it always travels in a straight line. We led an investigation to try and make it move differently using objects, paper with holes in and mirrors.
How does blood transport water?
We led a science experiment where we investigated how blood transports water by using gummy bears. We had distilled water, salt water, vinegar and coca cola. We found that blood vessels expand when they need water this was represented by gummy bears needing water.
