Today for our English we started to understand the difference between a Dictionary and a Thesaurus. We started to practise finding words in a dictionary and being able to identify the meaning of the words. We wrote the type of word such as a verb or a adjective. We also wrote the definition of the…
For our Science lesson we made models of the Earth and Sun and practiced our vocabulary to describe the earth’s rotation.
In our History lesson our knowledge statement was to know the process of mummification. To do this, we looked at the steps of mummification. We even pretended to mummify someone in class and practiced mummifying teddy bears. 🐻
Every morning the children come into school during registration and have a choice of reading or going on to Lexia. Lexia is a reading program to improve the children’s reading skills. The children come in to Birch and will have quiet time to do this.
Birch started Science and part of our knowledge statement is to understand why the Earth and other planets are spherical. We then created a globe using playdough ensuring we had the different layers and using blue for the sea and earth colours for the islands. The children all went outside and tried to identified how…
For our English Knowledge Statement we started to read our story ‘Hansel and Gretel’ by Neil Gaiman and Lorenzo Mattotti. On Friday we made a prediction by looking at the front cover and what we thought might happen in the story. Today we thought about how the woodcutter would feel at the beginning of the…
For our knowledge statement for Mathematics we have introduced counting 1000’s using 10’s. We had a worksheet to show how we can count 10’s and we had to make the correct amount. We then did a practical where Miss Brannan asked the students to make a certain number using base 10’s and the children had…
Our year 6 have finally got their leavers hoodies!! We couldn’t wait to try them on!! How grown up do we all look? We can’t wait to start our next chapter in Secondary in September.
In Birch’s Science lesson we had a looked at the digestive system. We did a practical activity where we created a our own using tights, cups and a tray and recreated our small and large intestines, the stomach. We then went through the process our bodies do to digest food! We then created a poster…