This week, we have been getting to grips with being able to respond quickly and accurately to mental arithmetic questions – particularly times tables. We have been playing ‘Hit the Button‘ which is a quick fire game against the clock. It would be great if your child could have a go at this at home and keep learning their times tables.
We have also been looking at the features of instruction texts. We have carried out activities involving following, reading and responding to verbal and written instructions. The features of instruction texts have been looked at closely and the children will get chance to write their own set of instructions following a baking session tomorrow!
In Class Worship, we discussed ‘Attitude of Gratitude’. The children thought of ways that they have ever shown or experienced gratitude in return for being generous.
In Design and Technology, we made further progress with investigating and evaluating the effectiveness of a variety of levers and linkages. We drew diagrams of products featuring levers and labelled and commented on the design and mechanism. We will move onto developing ideas for our own product using levers.
