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Week 2, ending 19 January 2024
Posted: Jan 18, 2024 by: Mrs Amos (a.amos) on: Oak Tree Class Blog
Reader: Ezmae
Special Mention: Daisyrose
A special well done to these children!
This week, Rock has been the genre of music the children have entered into class with. Foo Fighters seem to have been the most popular rock band, judging by the head banging I witnessed!
In English, we have begun to research information to be able to write non chronological reports. We have each chosen a city or town that has been twinned with Leeds and we are finding all about similarities and differences between the two places. It is very interesting.
In Maths, we have finished Fractions – hurray! Next week, we will begin working on Multiplication and Division, so any extra time you can find to spend on revising all those times tables (up to 12 x 12) will be time well spent. In this unit, methods for long multiplication and short division are covered and times table knowledge is of paramount importance for both.
In Art this term, we are looking at US artists and their work - particularly American landscapes. This week, we explored the work of John Singer Sargent and tried hard to draw ‘the other half’ of one of his paintings. The final results were spectacular! We used pencil crayons, but we shall be exploring other media as the term progresses.
PE continues to be Tag Rugby and Modern Dance. The children work extremely well in these sessions and give their all at all times. Due to the icy conditions though, Tag Rugby had to be held indoors.
I hope you all have a fabulous weekend – some of you will probably be listening to children learning lines for our production of Oliver! The children have until half term to learn all their lines and cues – they are all so very keen, which is marvellous.
Homework is Maths and Spellings – words with the suffix -ity.
Yours,
Mrs Adrienne Amos