Willow Tree Class Blog
Willow Tree Class Blog
Weekly Update 6.5.22
K Simms (k.simms) on: Willow Tree Class Blog
Hello everyone,
What an extremely busy week we have had here in Willow Tree Class but as always the children have risen to the challenge!
In maths we have finished our Money topic and the children have now started their learning on Time. We began by checking we all knew the days of the week and months of the year and then we had a go at ordering ourselves from oldest to youngest using our birthdays.
In English, the children have continued to develop their skills in sentence up-levelling and have used a variety of language features to write some very informative reports about the Ancient Egyptians.
We had an exciting afternoon on Wednesday when the children were able to say hello to our class stick insects now they are a little bigger (take a look on the Willow Tree Class Page to see if you can spot them)! Hopefully it won't be long till we can hold them properly!
Homework will be sent home today and involves a short reading comprehension, practising our new spellings and looking at the division facts for the 3 times tables.
Have a lovely weekend,
Miss Simms
Weekly Update 29.4.22
K Simms (k.simms) on: Willow Tree Class Blog
Hello everyone,
We are well and truly back into the swing of things this week and the children have done so well with their learning.
In maths, we have continued to look at money and have practised moving between pounds and pence and checking our change.
In English, we have collected lots of information about the Ancient Egyptians and have used the grammatical skills we learnt last term to make our sentences better.
We have had lots of children achieve their Bronze Award for Merit Points meaning they have achieved 60 Merits which is a significant achievement and there are many more children on their way to achieving this.
I have seen lots of children at the Scholastic Book Fair this week which has been fantastic and we are so impressed with how enthusiastic the children are to read and develop their fluency and comprehension skills. Well done!
At the Book Fair, children had an opportunity to vote for the favourite "Book in a Box" and I am extremely proud to congratulate the LKS2 winner: Jakub and his fantastic Monkey Puzzle project!
We have also welcomed 18 new friends into Willow Tree Class who we will be watching grow and transform over the rest of the Summer Term (and hopefully beyond!). Our stick insect friends will be joining us on our learning journey and I am sure the children will love to watch them grow!
Homework has been sent home today. Please ensure this is returned by next Wednesday and, of course, keep up the excellent reading!
Have a fantastic weekend,
Miss Simms
Weekly Update 22.4.22
K Simms (k.simms) on: Willow Tree Class Blog
Hello everyone,
We hope you enjoyed the Easter break… welcome back!
This week we kicked off our new topic on the Ancient Egyptians with an archaeological hunt around the school grounds! The children discovered replicas of eight artefacts – including a canopic jar, a bronze ankh and an ancient coin from the reign of Cleopatra VII. Our ‘history detectives’ carefully isolated the site of each find, before using the artefacts to make inferences about the lives and beliefs of the Ancient Egyptians. We also explored the differences between primary and secondary sources of history.
In July, we’ll be going on a trip to see a 3000-year old mummy named Nesyamun, as part of an Ancient Egyptian workshop at Leeds City Museum.
Elsewhere in the curriculum, we made predictions about our new class reader – There’s a Pharaoh in our Bath! by Jeremy Strong – and enjoyed reading the first chapter. Meanwhile in maths, we developed our knowledge of fractions and decimals.
There are several exciting extra-curricular activities for Years 3 and 4 beginning this week and next week – including Spanish Club, Choir, Eco Club, Chess Club, Cross-country and Football Club. We hope your children are enjoying these fantastic opportunities!
Have a lovely weekend,
Miss Simms
