Literacy

Our key text in literacy was Big, Bad Owl by Steve Smallman. We used the text to write character descriptions, focusing on using adjectives to describe nouns, and described the setting of Cupcake Wood. Our final written outcome was to retell the story. We published our own books to share with our families and friends.

We enjoyed reading more of Steve Smallman's books in story time. We think he is a very funny author! Here is a link to his website: 

http://www.stevesmallman.co.uk/

We then wrote information texts for people visiting Nelson. We included different non-fiction features in our writing and published them by making videos. Follow the link below to watch some of them:

https://whitefield.primarysite.media/playlist/class-8-1

Maths

In maths, we learnt about place value, addition and subtraction, measuring length and mass, and shape. We worked practically and pictorially to practise our skills and solve calculations and problems using efficient methods.

Science

In Science, we investigated health and growth in humans - discussing how humans change as they grow. We compared our bodies, measuring the size of our hands, and found that the oldest people do not always have the largest, and are not always the tallest!

To investigate the spread of germs, we carried out an experiment involving touching bread with clean and unclean hands.

We investigated and described what happens to our bodies when we exercise and learnt about the importance of healthy eating.

Art

We studied two artists this half-term - L.S. Lowry and Paul Horton. After observing their work, we compared their styles and looked at the different colours they use in their pictures. We looked closely at the buildings in their pictures and replicated the lines and shapes they use. We practised mixing and blending the colours of the two artists in our own artwork. Finally, we created our own artwork, inspired by Lowry and Horton. 

Follow the links to find out more about the artists:

L.S. Lowry - LS Lowry Prints Art and Paintings - Limited Edition Prints - Lowry Art

Paul Horton: Paul Horton – Artist (hortonfineart.co.uk)

Music

Mrs Brunton worked with us to teach us a new song, 'Hands, Feet, Heart.' It is an Afro-Pop song. We practised call and response and put actions to the lyrics. As an introduction to rhythm and tempo, we practised body percussion.

We also joined in with our singing assemblies, learning the songs 'Sunshine' and 'We Run the Show.'

Geography

We explored our local area to find human and physical features, recording the things we found along our route. We looked closely at the buildings that we walk past regularly but never have the chance to study carefully. We looked at where we live and talked about our route to school using online maps. We created our own maps to show the human and physical features in our area. Miss Farrell also showed us the Beat the Street game. We learnt how to play by exploring our local area and collecting points by scanning our cards on the beat boxes. It is great fun and an exciting way to get us out and about.