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.

In English this week we have been demonstrating how to add commas to a list. We have also been making leaflets about Nelson and life at sea, making sure we add subheadings such as HMS Victory, food and drink, punishment and children at sea.

In maths we have been looking at units of measure and choosing the appropriate measuring tool, such as rulers, scales and measuring jugs to estimate capacity, length and weight.

Week 5 Already!

In maths this week Caterpillars have been interpreting and constructing block graphs. We each got to vote for our favorite super hero; first using unifix and voting boxes then by completing a class tally chart. From this we got to see who the most popular superhero was (cat woman) and able to create a block graph of our results.

In English we have been writing our own stories about the life on HMS Victory. We have been looking at what sort of jobs there would have been and what we thought life would have been like on board ship.

In Topic we have continued to look at Lord Nelson, comparing the medicines sailors had to modern day medicine. We have also been plotting Nelsons journey on a world map and making our medal designs using clay.

It has been another busy week in Caterpillar class!

In English we have been very busy writing our own versions of Little Red Riding Hood, by creating a new character for the story. We have looked at character traits and adjectives of the existing characters to help us come up with our new fantastic versions.

In maths this week we have been looking at place value and finding different ways to partition numbers. We have used equipment to help us with number sentences and have been looking at where numbers go on a number line.

We have also have an interesting week continuing to look at Lord Nelson.We have looked at different food groups and the benefits of eating the right amount from each food group and how many sailors suffered from illnesses due to the lack of balanced diets. we tried out different exercises sailors could do on board ship to keep healthy while monitoring our body and heart rate.