Vocabulary to create mood
We know the mood of the chapter was sadness and anger. Which specific vocabulary tells us this?
Unfamiliar vocabulary
We know we can use the wider text to understand the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary. We used our inference skills to predict the meaning of: yowling, pitifully and ravenously
Basketball lesson 4
We are learning to use our shooting skills in different positions. We played a game of Around the World. This allowed to apply our shooting skills from different positions around the hoop. We found shooting from the sides quite challenging but we gave 100% effort!...
Tag Rugby
We are learning to apply our skills to a mini game. We recapped our passing skills, discussed how attackers and defenders move and act during a game. We then applied all of these skills to a mini game.
Yes or no questions…
We were collaborative creating a branching data base using yes or no questions. We know we had to identify similarities and differences between objects.
Characters’ thoughts
We know there could be more than one point of view to a piece of evidence. We have annotated the text to show this.
Refining our dribbling skills
Basketball Lesson 3 - We are refining our dribbling skills to keep possession of the ball. We worked in small groups to practise dribbling and passing the ball effectively. Then we made small teams and worked as both attackers and defenders applying these skills to a...
Barbara Hepworth – manipulating clay
We explored the properties of clay. We looked at different ways to change the shape of the clay, we explored silling the clay (adding water) and attempted to make different shapes and patterns.
Tag Rugby Lesson 3
We are learning to explore different ways the defending team can prevent the attacking team from scoring. We recapped our knowledge from the last two weeks, looking at how to hold the ball correctly and exploring how to pass and tag. We then tried using aversion...
Inference
Can we interpret what the character is feeling using evidence from the text?
Email simulations
We explored using an email simulation in space! We had to create solutions for a range of problems.
Relative pronouns
We know that relative pronouns are used to prevent repetition in sentences. We created sentences about Hagrid using relative pronouns.
Unfamiliar vocabulary
We are asking questions about unfamiliar vocabulary from the text. We know we can use a dictionary to help our understanding.
Using Google to locate cities
Which cities are nearest to Barnsley? We are showing fantastic collaboration!
Tag rugby – travelling
We develop our ability to move forwards to score a try.
World Book Day- Whomping Willow
We explored the poem book ‘The Lost Words’. We explored the word ‘willow’ for our WBD activities. We were fascinated by the whomping willow from the Harry Potter series.
Reading preferences
We have had lots of discussion about our favourite books. We thought about our reading preferences and noticed who had similar or different preferences.
Basketball
We are learning to effectively apply our passing skills to keep possession. We worked in teams to practise our chest passes. We looked at passing through the gate with fewer and fewer passes. We also worked as attackers and defenders to pass effectively and to...