Our learning this week....

Monday 22nd April- Friday 26th April

English

This week the children have been immersed in their new text for this term 'Hermelin' by Mini Grey, where they have learnt the meanings to new vocabulary they have been exposed to, made predictions about what they think might happen in the story and unpicked the example text to highlight the key features of a narrative. 

Maths

Year 1- have started the mathematical topic of multiplication and division this week, where they have been learning and using their times table number facts (2x, 5x and 10x) to help them answer questions.

Year 2- have started the mathematical topic of fractions this week, where they have been recapping their previous learning of identifying a part and whole, learning how to identify equal and unequal parts, how to find and recognise a half of a shape and number.

DT

The children have started their design technology unit for this term, where they have been recalling their learning of the local area, Bisham Village from our local walk last week. The children have spent time learning how to make a 3D model of the buildings that can be found in the village and have practised using joining techniques to join different parts of the building together. As well as, experimenting with different ways to support a building.

Science

This week the children have started their learning all about the human body, where they spent time drawing around each other and adding labels for the body parts to their body outlines. The children also carried out a mini science investigation, where they worked together to answer the question: Are the older people in the class the tallest? The children first sorted themselves into the months of the year they were born and created small groups with a mixture of children who were born in Autumn, Spring and Summer months. They spent time using a measuring tape to measure each other and record their findings. Using a bar graph the children were able to show their results and used these to have discussions about their response to the question.

RE

This week the children have started their learning all about the religion of Judaism and spent time comparing how they spend their weekends to the weekends of those people in Jewish community. This will be supported by the children's upcoming visit to Maidenhead Synagogue next week.