Another jam-packed and amazing week in Class Lewis for both learning and achievements!

This week in PSHE, we continued our learning of relationships and extended it into gaming communities. The children were given a handful of statements and had to decide whether they were safe, unsafe or not sure. We then took a quiz on age restrictions and then discussed why we had age restrictions, why they are important and ways we can stay responsible and safe both online and on phones.

In Maths, we finished our topic of perimeter and area. We consolidated our understanding of the area of rectangles, compound shapes and estimated area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In English, we continued our creative writing unit on Oliver Twist. We analysed the two contrasting characters of Oliver (a character who is naive, vulnerable and a victim) with Mr Bumble (a villain with no morals and who is corrupt). We generated words and phrases to describe Victorian London using our 5 senses, identified the features of a narrative - using drama to rehearse the introduction, build-up and climax of the first two chapters of Oliver Twist, and finally used subordinate clauses, subject and verb and parenthesis to create sentences to describe the setting and characters! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Science, we continued our learning of Astronomy and learnt what orbiting is. We discovered that orbiting is moving and the Moon orbits the Earth every month and the Earth orbits the Sun every year!

In Art, we focused on screen-printing through Andy Warhol's Pop Art. The children created their own stencils ready to make their own screen prints next week.

In computing, we continued our learning of databases through using computer-based and paper databases to find information. We then compared both, finding advantages and disadvantages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Spanish, we found even more food and drink to eat in the cafeteria - yum!

In RE, we continued our worldview of Judaism. This week we focused on Shabbat and the importance of this day of rest. We learnt about the 5 main Jewish communities and compared Shabbat for the Orthodox and Reform Jews. 

In History, we continue our learning of the Victorians through industrialisation and the impact urbanisation had. We looked locally at the Norwich slums and wrote about how life would have been for them, including the lack of sanitation, the migration to cities and the spread of diseases such as cholera!

In PE, we continued cricket with the ICS coaches, and we enjoyed Dance with Mrs Whybourn!

Our final week of this term, and we have managed to squeeze in so much learning and fun! For the past five weeks, we have been going swimming, and we have all made progress - from overcoming fear of water up to swimming 25m front and back. Each child has their own special swimming certificate for their achievements - very proud of you all!

In English, we have carried on our balanced argument of abolishing slavery. We wrote reasons for and against it, alongside our concluding paragraph where we gave our own opinion and answered the question 'Should slavery be abolished?'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Maths, we finished our topic of decimals by finding percentages as decimals and then found equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Science, we finished our final lesson on forces by drawing gears, pulleys and leavers and explaining what their purpose is and examples of them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We finished our worldview of Christianity by considering all the evidence we have learnt this half-term - if Jesus knew he was going to be betrayed and the importance of destiny and free will.

In PSHE, we finished our learning of Healthy Me by creating our own healthy meals by considering prep and total time, servings and instructions.

 

 

 

 

 

In History, we finished our topic of the Transatlantic Slave Trade by learning about four famous abolitionists: Elizabeth Heyrick, Thomas Clarkson, William Wilberforce and Olaudah Equino and the tactics they used to raise awareness.

We also created our own fact file about Thomas Clarkson - researching his birth, family, education, death, legacy and how his tactics of showing the equipment used on slaves and testimonials were important in the abolition of slavery.

 

 

 

 

Another jam-packed and fun-filled week in class Lewis. This week we have enjoyed celebrating Red Nose Day and taking part in lots of different activities, such as decorating the best red nose, the best superhero mask, guessing how many sweets are in the sweet jar and riding the Go-Karts to raise money for Comic Relief! Alongside these activities, we also took part in some Red Nose Day-themed Maths challenge questions and also created some double-page spreads! Thank you parents again for your support and for some very red costumes!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An exciting week in Class Lewis celebrating all things reading and books for World Book Day! Thank you parents for your support with some amazing costumes. In the afternoon, we completed some World Book Day themed Maths - finding the winner of the mystery costume and even created some gorgeous writing based on our class book The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe. Children chose to create stories, dialogue, setting descriptions and acrostic poems - blown away by their creativity! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week in Maths, we began our topic of decimals. We identified decimals up to 2 decimal places and found equivalent fractions and decimals in both tenths and hundredths!

 

 

 

 

 

 

In English, we have continued PIXL Writing Therapies based on our recent SPaG assessment. We revisited full stops  (identifying the subject and verb) alongside relative clauses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In History, we learnt all about the conditions slaves faced on the Middle Passage journey as part of our topic of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Very insightful and mature conversations were had by all the pupils.

In PSHE, our focus this week was alcohol and the effects it has on our bodies. As a class, we provided an alternative ending to a story and also made our own informed decision on whether we will drink alcohol when we are older.

In Science, we continue to look at forces. This week our focus has been on friction and the different types of friction: air resistance, water resistance and upthrust.

We have also created our Mother's Day cards - we hope that you all have a lovely day!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow - what a jam-packed final week of Spring 1! We loved our learning of Australia so much, we created some gorgeous double-page spreads which provided a snapshot of the country. From traditional foods, popular sports, their vocabulary, their leader, capital, population, currency and climate to famous landmarks and famous people. 

We also loved our learning of Living Things and their habitats so much too, that we planned and wrote letters to Sir David Attenborough and Jane Goodall telling them all about our learning of life cycles and chimpanzees alongside asking them questions about their careers! Miss Edgeley has also posted our edited letters and we are hoping for a response s

The children absolutely smashed their February PIXL assessments and all received a specially personalised Miss Edgeley certificate as they all made progress!
An amazing achievement and Mrs T & I are EXTREMELY proud of all your hard work superstars!

A special mention to this pupil for winning a prestigious fidget spinner for making progress in all 6 of her assessments - a testament to her hard work and determination!

Not only have the class all made progress in their assessments, but they have all achieved their 30-point reading certificate and are halfway there to gaining their 60-point certificate and book!

 

A huge well done to our Golden Pupil for making fantastic progress in his assessment grades - we are very proud of you! Another huge well done to our Star of the Week for not only making good progress in his assessments, but improving the quantity of his work and increasing his stamina for writing. Keep this up superstar!