Capital letters – what do they mean?
We have explored how to use our voices when reading words which are capitalised in our class text. We spoke about how the characters are feeling and what this may mean for how they are speaking or what they are thinking. We then practised changing our voices when we...
States of Matter
We used drama techniques to explore how the particles move inside solids, liquids and gases. We know that there are lots of particles that stay really close together in solids, the particles in liquids flow and that there are lots particles in gases are really spread...
Tag Rugby
We are applying our skills to a tag rugby match. Today we reviewed our passing, attacking and defending skills. We then split into our house teams and put these skills into practice. A great game!
Basketball lesson 5
We are learning to combine dribbling and shooting skills in preparation for a match. We worked in our house teams to practise chest passes and dribbling skills. We then used the around the world game from last week to recap shooting. Our final task was to dribble to...
Relationships between different characters
We RAG rated different character's relationships, explained why and thought about how this would make the reader feel.
Tag Rugby lesson 5
We are learning to apply attacking and defending skills to a mini game. We have played in house teams in a mini tag rugby game. We thought carefully about tactics and applied these to be able to attach and defend effectively. [gallery type="rectangular"...
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.