This week we moved on to addition and subtraction. We practised using the written method for both types of calculations as well as exploring mental methods for when one of the numbers in a calculation was near to 100, 1000, 10,000 etc. The whole class worked really hard on the challenges they were set and both me and Mrs Matthews were really proud of focus and determination this week.
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To start science this afternoon, we played Pictionary with the key vocabulary for our electricity topic. The children had a lot of fun and we really good at using pictures to help describe the words on the cards. Then we continued to use information to find out about past scientist who had explored electricity and had had an impact on what we understand about it and how we use it today. The children wrote a short paragraph about their chosen scientist and we then used an APP to record the paragraph as though the children were that scientist! Below are just 4 examples of what was produced:
Good use of these learning gems: After a lesson all about negative numbers, I set the children this problem from I See Reasoning. The class quickly established that the green and blue sequences were easier to solve than the red one. They remarked that the green one was much closer already to 0 than the others, so it wouldn't take so much counting back to get to negative numbers and then blue one had a clear pattern with the ones, so they were able to miss out some steps and get close to 0 quickly. It took them a lot longer to work out the red sequence but some children were able to work it out too! Good use of this learning gem:Today the Y5 and Y6 children had a chance to cycle with Ride Smart. The cycling coach, John, will be selecting some of the children to take part in races against other Felixstowe schools, as part of the start of the National Women's Cycling Tour. They all had great fun! Good Use of these Learning Gems:In our English lessons we have been learning about complex sentences, making sure that we can identify the main clause and subordinate clause and use commas and subordinating conjunctions correctly. We worked in pairs or threes to come up with are own complex sentences using given main clauses. The following day we had a go at writing our on complex sentences: We reviewed our work and came up with a complex sentence checklist: Good use of these Learning Gems:Today, we began the afternoon with a frantic game which tested our knowledge of the symbols in a circuit. The children worked with a partner to try and make a circuit, out of symbol cards, that would light up, competing against other pairs in the class. It was really great to see everyone quickly identifying what symbols related to what piece of equipment, which was really useful for the next part of the lesson! Later in the lesson, the children had to problem solve; they had a range of circuits and had to work out what was wrong with each of them. First they had to draw the circuit using a circuit diagram, then fix the problem, before recording how they made it work. Good use of these learning gems:Whilst Group A were playing guitars, Group B were busy in the computer room using TinkerCAD. Today, they explored some more features of this software, learning how to lift shapes up so they could put one shape on top of another and how to 'cut' one shape out of another. They put these skills to great use, when given the task of creating a house. Good use of this learning gem:This afternoon we used questionnaires the children had taken home to get an idea of what the recipient of their bag wanted. We used this information to write up the design criteria which the bags would have to match in order to be successful. Following this, the children then designed the bag they were planning on making as an exploded diagram (to help them see all the different parts they would need). Below are the 3 children chosen as designers of the day - although there were many more who did a fantastic job with their first exploded diagram! great use of these learning gems:We began our first science topic this afternoon - Electrifying. We started with a few quick tasks, reigniting the children's knowledge of electricity from the work they did in Year 4 as well as when they used it in their Sky Ships in Year 5; they had a go at a quiz which prompted lots of discussion, especially about what an insulator is, followed by a vocabulary sort. Following this, the children worked in groups, using the equipment provided, to make a bulb light up in a circuit. We then looked at the symbols that should be used in a circuit diagram and drew diagrams to match the circuit that had been made. Then the children were given a range of other equipment in order to make different circuits, drawing circuit diagrams to match them. Good use of these learning gems:Today Key Stage Two were introduced to their Jigsaw Friends. We will be using these in our new PSHE lessons.
We will also being using the Jigsaw Charter.
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