Welcome to Week 6!

This week in Literacy, we are reviewing all of our previously learnt letter names and sounds, blending and segmenting sounds together with form words and using these words to make up ‘Super Sentences’. In Bookmaking, we are continuing our work on writing a Narrative; thinking about our characters and events and the problem/s that the characters are going to face. We have used the stories ‘The Little Brown Duck’ and ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ to helps us understand the Narrative process.

Morning Reading

Each morning we have been continuing independent reading. This is a time where students read their own borrowed library books independently at their tables. Thank you to the children who have been bringing their library bags and books each day!

In Numeracy,

In Religion, the children finished off their Creation storybooks. We also celebrated Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday. Shrove Tuesday is celebrated on the Tuesday before Lent begins. Lent is a time when Christians are getting ready for Easter. Lent is 40 days long because this is how long Jesus spent in the desert to be with God. During this time he had no food and nothing to drink. He was also tempted by Satan. Christians use Lent as a time to think about Jesus and often give up things. It might be chocolate or something like video games. They do this to see if they can resist being tempted, like Jesus did in the desert. On Ash Wednesday, Christians go to a special service to repent. This means they go to Church to admit things they have done wrong and to ask God for forgiveness. During the special service, a special cross is drawn on their head using ashes. Christians believe that the ashes are a symbol of being sorry for things they have done wrong. They also believe that having a cross drawn on their head with ash, shows their commitment to God and Jesus Christ.

 

In Science, we discussed the many different cloud types and then went outside to notice and draw these, labelling them with their correct name.