English  

This week, the children finished the book ‘Leon and the Place Between’.  They spent the week writing a descriptive narrative based on their chosen circus performance.  To end the week, the children published their writing that included artwork based on the book.

Maths 

We spent the week converting fractions into decimals by converting by dividing the numerator by the denominator or using our decimal facts.  We also spent time placing decimals on a number line and spent time exploring our visualisation skills.   

Thematic 

In the afternoon this week, we spent time learning more about the human body and how exercise affects our hearts.  We spent the week predicting, planning and taking part in experiments to test our predications.  

Art 

This week we continued learning more about the various quilling techniques.  We learnt about other quilling artists from around the world.  The children will be designing and creating their own quilling design.  

French 

We have reviewed our French numbers up to 31.  We learnt songs that included French numbers!  

Home learning task: 

1. Spelling.  Please can the children learn the following spellings for a spelling test on Friday  31st January.   Silent letters – knuckles, subtle, climb, whistle, castle, hour, half, swordfish, honesty, Autumn, February, yoghurt.

2. We would like the children to write some instructions on how to convert fractions to decimals (we have learnt this week).  They can present their learning as an image, instructions, a PowerPoint, a video etc.