Another extremely busy and enjoyable week in LKS2:

National Poetry Day

Thursday 8^th October was National Poetry Day and LKS2 marked it by sharing some of the poetry we have been writing over the last few weeks in Brambles.  Some of us read one of our own poems while others read out examples that they’d found in books and we all had a go at reciting one of the poems that were sent home a few weeks ago.  All of us were impressed by the loud, clear voices and the confidence shown by the children when reciting their poetry, particularly the longer ones such as ‘Please, Mrs Butler.’

Adam from Maple Class wrote and performed a very topical limerick which we all loved:

Yesterday England fans cried,
As their hopes in the rugby cup died.
The Aussies and Wales
Took the wind from their sails
Now they must go back home and hide.

Well done Adam!

Maths

Maple  – Perimeter and bar charts

Poplar – Mental maths strategies for addition and subtraction

Lime – Bar Charts

English

This week everyone in the phase have begun to look at the new topic – letters. We have been reading and discussing Dear Mrs La Rue – letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague. The children are thoroughly enjoying the book and drawing information from the letters about the different characters.

Science

Maple learned about the anatomy of the eye and the function of the different parts. We were amazed to discover that the image is actually upside down when it is focused on the retina but the brain turns it the right way up again…all at the speed of light!

Topic

We are continuing our topic of the Ancient Egyptians and the children have begun to look at the life of a slave. We have been discussing the conditions the men would have had to work under when building the pyramids. This will be continued next week.

Art

Our art focus this week has been the Christmas Card project. These are now finished – look out for them in the children’s bags on Monday. Order forms will need to be returned by Friday 16^th October.