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Weekly Update 31.3.23
K Simms (k.simms) on: Willow Tree Class Blog
Hello everyone!
We have made it to the end of a very busy Spring term and we are definitely ready for a good rest now!
This week has been another busy one! The children have been busy writing up their limericks, creating clay fossil replicas, finishing our class book "Kidnap in the Caribbean", attending the book fair afterschool and, of course, presenting their volcano projects!
Our topic lesson this week focused on using our sculpting and observation skills to create fossils out of clay. The children looked at a series of real life fossils and chose which one they wanted to create.
In maths, we have been looking closely at grams and kilograms and spent our Thursday morning measuring out ingredients to bake some biscuits. The children did a great job and it was fantastic to see that their knowledge of scales and increments is secure and they were able to create some delicious goodies!
It was great to see so many of you yesterday to celebrate the research projects created by the children. I hope you agree that they have produced some brilliant work! .
There will be no homework sent home over Easter but I would like all children to be reading regularly. Reading awards will be given out to those children have have read 10 times over the Easter break.
Have a brilliant and restful Easter break,
Miss Simms
Weekly Update 24.3.23
K Simms (k.simms) on: Willow Tree Class Blog
Hello everyone!
With just one more week to go until the Easter break, we have been busy consolidating this half term's learning through a variety of assessments and activities.
The children have all performed admirably this week and should be very proud of the progress they have made and their subsequent achievements.
On top of their hard work during the assessment days, the children all did a fantastic job at all the performances of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and it was brilliant to see so many of you attending to support the children in Years 3, 4 and 5.
We are looking forward to next week when children will have the opportunity to present their volcano research project to the class. We will be starting on Monday with these. I have already had a quick look at those that have been handed in and they really do look incredible!
Homework will be sent home tonight and is due in on Wednesday. A polite reminder that we expect children to be reading at least 5 times a week which can be the reading scheme book provided by school or a book of their choice from the school library or from home.
Have a lovely weekend,
Miss Simms
Weekly Update 17.3.23
K Simms (k.simms) on: Willow Tree Class Blog
Hello everyone,
Although it has been another short week, it has been another week of great learning and engagement from the children in Willow Tree Class!
We are continuing to work through our Guided Reading book 'Kidnap in the Caribbean' and we are getting ever closer to finding out who is behind all the mysterious events on board the cruise ship!
In English, we have finished writing our non-chronological reports and have moved onto learning all about limericks with the children coming up with some fantastic rhyming phrases. We have had lots of fun writing these types of poems!
Next week, we will begin to complete our next round of assessments and I am sure the children will try their best in these. I am incredibly proud of the progress they have made this year already.
Homework has been sent home today and is due on on Wednesday. Projects may also be brought in from next Wednesday.
Have a lovely weekend,
Miss Simms