In English this week we have been looking at alphabetical ordering. We have been using dictionary's to find the definition of words, we even had ago at writing our own definitions.

In Maths we have been looking at multiplication and division. We have been drawing arrays of dots and using number lines to help us solve questions. We also looked at how 3x4 is the same as 4x3 and that it can be represented as 3+3+3+3 or 4+4+4.

In Topic this week we have continued to look at Islands, we even got to make our own one! We used newspaper to create low and high land and then used mud rock to cover.

This week in English Caterpillars have been writing our own Katie Morag story. We created word banks to help us come up with interesting, creative ideas.

In Maths we have been adding and subtracting two digit numbers using a partitioning method.

 23+15

20+10=30

3+5=8

30+8=38

We also learnt how to add two digit numbers using a number line.

In Topic we have started looking at Katie Morag and Struay Island. We discussed what is meant by human and physical features and looked to see what ones we could see on the island.

This week in English we have been working in groups to create a story plan. We used our plans to write our stories making sure we used lots of descriptive words and that it was exciting to read.

In Maths this week we have been looking at time and the relationship between seconds, minutes and hours, making sure we know the number of minutes in an hour and the numbers of hours in a day. We have been looking at set times such as o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to.

On Tuesday we had our Caterpillar class assembly, we sang the 12 days of Christmas. We were super!

In English this week Caterpillars have been super busy writing recounts of recent events, making sure we use past tense and time connectives.

In Maths we have been looking at multiplication showing that multiplication of two numbers can be done in either order.

e.g. 3x7=21
      7x3=21

We have been using cubes and arrays of dots to help us solve the multiplication problems.

In Topic we have been experimenting with butter, chocolate and popcorn looking at how they can change into different forms. We have also been looking at different materials and describing their properties such as being bendy or stretchy.

In English this week caterpillars have been reading Elmer and David Mckee books; talking about the important parts of the stories and writing our own book reviews.

In Maths we have been finding fractions (1/2,1/4,1/3).We used a collection of objects such as apples, tomatoes, cubes and strips of paper to help us solve fraction problems.

e.g. 1/4 of 16= 4

In Topic we have been making fiery sky pictures using water colour paints and creating black building silhouettes to represent houses at night in the great fire of London. We have also been hunting around the classroom for objects made from different materials such as glass, plastic,wood and metal.

We've been working super hard in English this week discussing how different people have different points of view and writing diary extracts from a person involved in the great fire of London.

In Maths we have been solving problems by recognising the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction.

8+7=15

7+8=15

15-8=7

15-7=8

We have also been using number squares to help us add and subtract 2 digit numbers.

This week in Topic we are continuing to look at the great fire of London.We have been making Fire colour wheels using red and yellow paint, thinking about what colours you can see in fire. We have also been looking at a timeline of the great fire of London.

This week in English we have been looking at nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. We have also been writing our very own poems about fireworks using vocabulary like popping, roaring and spectacular. 

In Maths we have also been looking at place value and rounding to the nearest 10.We used the rounding rhyme to help us.

1,2,3,4

Round DOWN to the ten before

5,6,7,8,9

Round UP to the next ten on the number line.

Our new Topic is The great Fire of London! 

We have been exploring facts and watching videos of London before and after the fire.We also got to make our own firework pictures using wax crayons and water colours.