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Weekly Update 14.1.22
Posted: Jan 14, 2022 by: Miss Bairstow (d.bairstow) on: Ash Tree Class Blog
Hello!
We have been continuing to learn about our new topic "Rivers and Mountains" this week by researching record breaking mountains in the computer suite and using atlases in the classroom to identify mountain ranges and the highest peaks in Europe.
In English, we have been writing setting descriptions of a mountain landscape based on the imagery in the video clip "The Ridge".
In maths, Miss Bairstow's group have been learning the formal method for long multiplication. The children developed their arithmetic method and then applied this knowledge to solve a range of problems. Again, the work we have completed this week has highlighted how important it is that children know all of their times table facts by the end of Year 4. Please continue to practise these at home if your child is not yet confident with this. We finished the week with a consolidation long multiplication game which the children enjoyed playing in pairs.
Mrs Trotter and Mrs Senior's groups have been multiplying and dividing decimals.
In other exciting news, Year 6 Book Club started this week and the 16 children in the first group had a really positive first meeting on Monday. Book Club has been set up to introduce the children to new authors and to inspire them to read a wider range of books for pleasure. If your child is part of Book Club this half term please support them with their reading by talking to them about the books they have been assigned and reminding them to fill in their journal each week.
Have a great weekend!
Miss Bairstow :)