English 

This week we started our new writing unit, which is looking at non-chronological reports. We are using the book Spiderwick Chronicles to inspire our writing. We started our week off by looking at the house that the Grace family move into. We used our senses to describe the house, focusing on expanded noun phrases and adding powerful verbs and adjectives to our VIP pyramid in the classroom. We then moved onto looking at the features of a non-chronological report. 

Maths

We finished our maths unit on perimeter and have now moved onto fractions. We looked at what a unit fraction is and how we could write fractions based on shapes that were shaded. We discussed that when looking at fractions, each part of the shape needs to be split equally. 

Our chilli questions looked how at how we could use reasoning to explain our answers. The children worked really hard to explain why Tiny was right or wrong and could explain their reasoning really well. 

Science

We looked at different objects that we could use to make sunglasses. We discussed the importance of sunglasses and how they protect our eyes from the sun. We discussed scientific terms such as retina, pupil and UV rays. The children then conducted an experiment using different materials. 

They made their prediction using the terms opaque, translucent and transparent and then tested the different materials. 

Spellings- homophones 

reel, real, male, mail, berry, bury, break, brake, ball, bawl