English: We began the week by doing some creative writing linked to our History work on the explorer Robert Falcon Scott. The children wrote a diary in character as Scott, describing their expedition to the South Pole. We have also spent some time this week learning about how to use subordinate conjunctions in our sentences – because, when, if. The Year 2 children have been practising using these in the middle of their sentences whereas the Year 3 children have been challenged to use them at the start of their sentence to create different openers.

Maths: We have done some revision and practise of multiplication this week, the Year 2’s have been focusing on their 2,  5 and 10 times tables whereas the Year 3’s have been focusing on their 3 and 4 times tables. We have also started a new unit of work on fractions. The children have begun by identifying the ‘whole’ and ‘part of a whole’ in lots of different scenarios including within shapes. They have been learning how fractions relate to dividing equally and have been identifying equal and unequal fractions within shapes.

History: We have continued to learn about Robert Falcon Scott’s expedition to the South Pole.

RE: We have been thinking about what our impressions of a King are – what they wear, where they live and how they behave and have been learning how Christians believe Jesus is the King and how this is different from what our impressions are.

PE: The children have continued their games lessons this week.

This week we have also begun rehearsals for our Christmas Concert!

Well done Class 3 for another great week – keep it up!