Autumn 1 

Maths - Place Value

In our maths this half term we have been exploring place value. We have used lots of different resources to represent tens and ones of a number, including base 10 on a place value chart. 

There has been many practical opportunities for hands on learning to understand the value of '10'. 

'There are 10 ones in 1 ten' - Jude

I enjoy maths because we can use equipment. - James

You need to have courage to have a go because it can be very tricky. - Miriam

Art - Drawing

In our art, we were developing our drawing skills across the half term to create our own story. 

We started by exploring different art techniques including charcoal and chalk. We practiced and observed how our pressure and technique can change the textural effect and create different lines. 

We then praticed our observational drawing and used the techniques from previous lessons to add texture, depth and shape. 

I enjoy art because we can be creative and use different things to make different pictures. - Alice 

I love art because i like drawing and creating beautiful pictures. - Seb

Art is my favourite because we learn how to make pictures look 3D - Leo

History - Florence Nightingale

Our history project this term is all about the life of Florence Nightingale. Our project started with an amazing immersive experience from Thackray Medical Museum who visited us and introduced us to Florence. 

The immersive experience was filled with understanding what her life looked like and the timeline of her life. We were able to smell what it would have been like for her during her time in Scutari Hospital and also the conditions she had to care for people in. We then undertook the mission to reenact her job, and provide care to the hospital and wounded soldiers. 

I loved learning about Florence. Now i know she was a nurse at Scutari Hospital for the Crimean War. - Nell

Florence was born in 1820 and she went to the Crimean War in 1853. - Danyal

Harvest

At the end of Autumn 1, we went to church to celebrate harvest and give food to the food bank to support those in need. 

This visit also complimented our RE teaching this half term which was 'What makes some places sacred to believers?'. We explored the church and its features and discussed why these were in a church. W

Autumn 2

Maths - Addition and subtraction

We have developed our place value knowledge and used this to start to add and subtract 2 digit numbers with 1 digit numbers. We used place value charts, base 10 and drew representations to work out our answers.

We were then introduced to the tricker concept of adding 2 digit numbers and those that need to be exchanged to work them out. We used lots of concrete resources to physically change 10 ones for 1 ten and 1 ten for 10 ones.

We need to exchange 10 ones for 1 ten when we are adding. - Dom

You have to exchange 1 ten for 10 ones to take away. - Esha

Exchange just means swap. - Zach

Sea Life Manchester

We visited sea life as part of our learning in science on habitats and how animals survive but also linking to our Geography of naming the 5 oceans of the world. 

We completed a workshop where they were able to understand the names of the layers of the ocean and which different creatures survive in each one. After this, they created their own creatures for a prticular part of the ocean and give a description as to why it lives there. 

Below are some quotes from the children:

"I loved sea life, i had so much fun and we could see all the creatures. - Nell

"Thank you for taking us to sea life, it was the best trip, i loved seeing the giant turtles." - Isla

"The sharks were my favourite creature, they were so big and i had never seen a real shark before. - Addison

"I loved when we got to strok the starfish. I was expecting it to be like jelly but it was really hard and bumpy." - Leo 

PSHE - Health and wellbeing 

In our PSHE we have been discussing what we can do to stay healthy in our minds and our bodies. 

In one of our lessons we were devloping our knowledge of growth mindsets. We were set a challenge to build a tower out of cards. This was very challenging and at points some of us felt like giving up but the success was high and we built up our resilience. 

DT - making a moving monster

In our DT we have been exploring levers and pivots to make a moving sea monster linking to our current topc of the ocean. 

Step 1 - understand how pivots work by making them. 

Step 2 - designing our sea creature based on our knowledge of pivots.

Step 3 - creating our sea creatures