Week ending 10.10.14

Literacy In Lime class we managed to finish watching the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We had a drawing masterclass (virtually live) with Quentin Blake and learnt a lot about Roald Dahl and how he found the ideas and inspiration for many of his characters and stories. Chef Justin Gellatly shared his Just Desserts recipe for The Purple Violet Blueberry Cream Doughnut of Joy... http://www.roalddahl.com/blog/2014/august/just-desserts-with-justin-gellatly …maybe you could try making this at home! In Maple class we have been thinking about how film producers create atmosphere in films using music, lighting and camera angles. We watched some clips from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and had a great discussion about how everything combines to make the audience feel a certain way and how much harder this is in writing when an author can only use words to describe a scene. Here is a still from the film…how would you describe it? Homework: This week’s talk homework asks the children to think of an animal they would like to be and to explain their reasoning. As always, please ensure they make notes on your conversations so they have plenty to write about next Monday!
Mathematics In Mrs Prowle’s group, we have been thinking about our targets and doing some problem solving activities based around multiplication. We found out that from a simple multiplication fact we can create lots and lots of other facts. I am aware that many of you found last week’s homework challenging. Apologies for this but I’m still assessing all of the children’s abilities and trying to find the right pitch! The children should have used their number bonds to 100 as a starting point and, having spoken to a couple of parents I think some of them were trying to over-complicate it. I have spent Friday’s lesson going through this sheet with the children so please ask them to explain when they get home!! In Mrs Williams and Mrs Gilder’s group we have been working on subtracting numbers. We made sure that we took the smaller number away from the larger number.  Partitioning the number we were taking away let us take the number away in stages. Some of us found using a 100 square useful. Here are some subtraction games you may like to try. http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/interactive/subtraction.htm In Mrs Roche’s group We have been looking at 2d shapes and their properties, how many right angles, how many lines of symmetry, how many sides does the shape have? What is its name? Homework: Complete the next sheet of the Schofield work book
Topic In Lime class, we have been comparing the weather between London and Manaus (Brazil) and have drawn graphs to represent the rainfall data.  Last week we went in the computing suite and produced line graphs to show the temperatures in Manaus and London. We have been answering questions based on our data. Next week we will be starting to write our own weather reports. May be you could watch some weather reports and make some notes on how they are presented. Some of the children have suggested they bring an umbrella in to help them with their report. What else could you bring in? In Maple class we have using computers and books to research different aspects of the rainforest so that we can produce our own informative fact-files. In Poplar class we have been looking at the weather in different countries with rainforests. The children have then written a script and filmed a weather forecast for the coming days.
Art We have been getting into the Christmas spirit already! Our Christmas card designs will be coming home soon. We think you will agree that the children have produced some impressive designs this year. Please remember that ordering your cards through school raises much needed art funds for the school.
Science In science we have been carrying out investigations into air.    We made some interesting discoveries!