In English this week the children have been exploring their creative side as Shakespearian actors in preparation for the arrival of the RSC who will be performing the First Encounters: Merchant of Venice. The children used active approaches to explore the play through a Whoosh and they then performed the play in ten scenes. They also became ‘sculptors’ to create the characters of the play and from their poses the children had to guess which character they were.
In maths the children have been choosing the best method - the most efficient and accurate - for solving addition and subtraction problems. Then we moved onto looking at place value in numbers with two decimal places and have had a go at writing our own “Which decimal am I?” cards for others to solve using the clues written by the children.
In RE the children have answered questions on how the World began. In their responses they have considered the theological truths as written in the story of Creation from Genesis 1, but also they have looked at the Scientific Truths and have shown their understanding that one does not contradict the other.
We have also begun The Extraordinary Month of Mission this week which Pope Francis has designated for October. He has challenged us all to think about our mission on earth and so this week the children have set themselves a mission and they will be recording how they achieve this, throughout this month. Please ask your child what their mission is.
In Science the children have been comparing the growth in animals to that of humans. They’ve explored different animals life cycles and have compared gestation periods, time taken to become an adult and life expectancy. They’ve also explored the similarities and differences between life cycles of different animals.
In geography we’ve begun looking at ordnance survey maps and have learnt to use 4- and 6- figure grid references to locate features on a map. The children found this difficult at first but by the end of the lesson they were certainly getting the hang of it.
At the beginning of this week Shakespeare club performed an ensemble piece from Macbeth for HRH Countess of Wessex on a visit to the Grand Theatre who celebrate their 125th birthday this year. We’re very proud of all of the children who took part but especially the 16 children from Year 5 who took part. Well done everyone!
Our award winners this week:
Writing award - Leo’s writing in RE was very well written and presented. Well done Leo!
Golden award - Well done to Maya who was given this award for being a true disciple of Christ who consistently shines her light in everything she does.
Maths award - Vinny received this award for his wonderful enthusiasm he brings to maths and his very quick mental maths skills. Well done Vinny!
