Summer time

Hello everyone, this has been an exciting and fun packed summer term so far. We have been busy with lots of things in school so far this term.

Hello everyone, this has been an exciting and fun packed summer term so far. We have been busy with lots of things in school so far this term.

In our Maths we have been looking at time and fractions, which can be extremely difficult to grasp but the Flamingos have really preserved in this area. We will be moving on to recapping our written methods, starting with column multiplication.

It has been a whirlwind of writing and reading in the Flamingos so far this term. We started by reading, discussing, and answering questions on our class book ‘Grey Island Red Boat’. The children have really enjoyed the book so far.

Our first fantastic piece of writing this term was a retelling the first few chapters of Grey Island Red Boat, which the children absolutely loved! They used some great description and similes in their work. Then, we moved onto a short newspaper report on a Stone Age discovery, where many of them used some great quotes! Now we are starting our last piece of writing for this half term, we are writing our own version of the story ‘Stone Age Boy’ and I can not wait to see what they do!

For Science we have been looking at the different types of rocks and the formation of them, as well as looking at what fossils are and how they are made. The Flamingos became little rock detectives when they were testing the different properties of rocks, the acid (vinegar) on chalk was particularly interesting. As well as creating our own fossils out of plaster of Paris to recreate the fossilisation process.

I think the thing that they may have enjoyed the most so far has been our topic on the Stone Age. They have created some excellent Stone Age timelines, which were inspired by Palaeolithic cave paintings. After that they created their own cave painting which now decorate the classroom.

 

I can’t believe we are only halfway through the Summer term, I can not wait to see what else they produce.