Author: Miss Goswami

Science: A sticky experiment!

In Science this week, the children planned and created their own glue. The children decided on their variables and then completed the experiment.

This type of scientific enquiry was comparative and fair testing.

We then put our glues to the test! The children added pegs to their pieces of paper which were stuck together using their glue. The glue that held the most pegs was the stickiest. In conclusion, we found out that flour and sugar were the stickiest substances.

Afterwards, the children went on to reflect on their experiment and decided what they would do differently next time. Some responses were: adding more glue between the pieces of paper; changing the amount of substance so it made the glue thicker and trying to add the pegs when the glue was still drying.

Living and Learning: I can give and receive compliments.

In Living and Learning, the children discussed and defined ‘a compliment’ as “giving someone praise in a respectful way”.  We then went on to give ourselves a compliment, others a compliment and also talked about how it makes us feel when we are given a compliment. Some of our emotions included: being happy; feeling embarrassed; being proud; feeling appreciated and validated.

Here are some of the things the children complimented themselves on:

Guided Reading

Here are the target pages for this week’s guided reading. These need to be read by Friday 24th March.

How to train your dragon: up to chapter 15/page 191.

Rooftoppers: up to chapter 21/page 212.

The London Eye Mystery: up to chapter 27/page 213.

Extra Time: up to chapter 35/page 166.

Kensuke’s Kingdom: finish the book.

Guided reading

Here are the target pages for this week’s guided reading. These need to be read by Friday 17th March.

How to train your dragon: up to chapter 10/page 117.

Rooftoppers: up to chapter 15/page 127.

The London Eye Mystery: up to chapter 18/page 140.

Extra Time: up to chapter 26/page 117.

Kensuke’s Kingdom: up to chapter 8/page 117.

Guided reading

Here are the target pages for this week’s guided reading. These need to be read by Friday 10th March.

How to train your dragon: up to chapter 7/page 82.

Rooftoppers: up to chapter 10/page 87.

The London Eye Mystery: up to chapter 12/page 89.

Extra Time: up to chapter 18/page 80.

Kensuke’s Kingdom: up to chapter 5/page 69.

Guided reading

On Friday, guided reading books went home with the children. Each week, a target chapter/page will be given to the children; they will need to read up to this target page by the following Friday. Depending on which book your child has, the target page will be different. Here are the targets for Friday 4th March:

How to train your dragon: up to chapter 3/page 45.

Rooftoppers: up to chapter 5/page 33.

The London Eye Mystery: up to chapter 7/page 53.

Extra Time: up to chapter 10/page 37.

Kensuke’s Kingdom: up to chapter 3/page 25.

Science: A smelly experiment!

To kick off our working scientifically unit in science this half term, we planned and conducted a very smelly experiment! The children talked about the different types of variables: control (things we keep the same); dependent (the thing we test) and independent (the thing we change).

In groups, the children measured the starting components – vinegar and bicarbonate of soda. Next, they added them together into a bottle, with a balloon on top, to collect the gas that was created (carbon dioxide). This was an irreversible reaction. Our conclusion was: if we added more vinegar into the reaction, more carbon dioxide would be produced.

The scientific enquiry type was comparative and fair tests.

The children also asked fantastic ‘what would happen if’ questions that helped expand their scientific knowledge. For example: ‘What would happen if we used a different size of bottle?’ and ‘What would happen if we changed both the amount of vinegar and bicarbonate of soda?’.

They loved completing this experiment even if it made our classroom smell like a fish and chip shop!

24 February 2023

This week, we have been learning about the ‘shun’ sound. This can be written as –tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian. The spellings for this week will focus on the –tion spelling pattern. Learn these words for a test on Friday 3rd March.

 

profession

accommodation

appreciation

communication

persuasion

occupation

determination

pronunciation

Living and Learning: I know that people shout treat others respectfully when online

On Tuesday this week, it was internet safety day. This is where we had a day to learn about how to be safe online and how important it is to treat others respectfully online.

In the morning, we had some very, very special visitors; the NSPCC team and Buddy made an appearance. This workshop was a follow up from our learning earlier in this half term (I know how to seek help). We revisited how and who we could speak to if we needed help (trusted adults).

Later on in the day, we discussed why it is important to check with a trusted adult before sharing personal information online; the potential consequences for bad online behaviour and how it is okay to step away.

Help at home: Discuss at home what advice Tunji’s friends should give, who they can get help from and how will this make the situation better.

‘Tunji tells his friends that he made a joke about someone’s gaming avatar. Tunji didn’t think it would be a big deal, but the person has been very upset by his comments. Two of their friends have started sending Tunji mean messages because of what he said.’