What we are learning this week in Lilac Class for the week beginning 16.6.25

We did many assessments last week, so this has affected some of our coverage.  For Maths this week in Lilac Class, we are continuing to explore regular and irregular polygons.  What are the features of a polygon and can a polygon have a curved side?  How do we know that the shape is regular or irregular?   Lilac Class will also be exploring the properties of 3D shapes and comparing them. We will then be starting a new unit of learning entitled ‘Position and Direction’.  Lilac Class will learn to read and plot coordinates and solve problems with coordinates.

In English this week in Lilac Class, we are starting to draft a dual narrative based on our reading of our supplementary text Ice Trap!  Shackleton’s Incredible Expedition by Meredith Hooper.  The part of the text we are focusing on is where Endurance is trapped in the ice and is sinking.  As a class, we will discuss the question ‘What should Shackleton and his men do now that the ship is sinking?’  In groups, we will act out this situation and what the men did e.g. pulling lifeboats across the ice and carrying provisions from the sinking ship.  We will also draw on a ‘Hot Seating’ activity about this situation from the viewpoint of the men and then from the perspective of Ernest Shackleton, their leader. 

For our Guided Reading text, Shackleton’s Journey by William Grill this week, we are reading pages 43 to 48. Lilac Class are using their inference skills when thinking about the impact of the double-page picture on the reader and what we, as the reader, can tell from this picture.  We will be using our retrieval skills to find out what Worsley used to navigate and why the crew’s condition was deteriorating and why they couldn’t wait for help on Elephant Island.  We will also be learning about what makes Cape Horn so dangerous. 

For RE in Lilac Class, we are studying Zakah and why it is important to Muslims.  Lilac Class will be thinking about who is generous to you and considering the questions:  How can being generous make a difference and how does it make you feel? 

For Time and Place in Lilac Class, we are exploring the mountain ranges in India and finding out where they are situated on a map.  We will be finding out how different types of mountains are formed and finding out facts about different mountain ranges. For Science in Lilac Class, we are continuing with our learning about the process of reproduction in humans and comparing this with other mammals.  For Design and the Arts, we are planning seascapes using a range of different materials to create a variety of effects and textures.  We will be listening to Arnold Bax’s Symphonic Poem ‘Tintagel’ for inspiration and examining the mixed media design ‘Colourful Fish Swirl’ by the artist Nikki B who lives in Tintagel in Cornwall.

In ICT, we applying what we have learned about Vector drawing, reflecting on the skills we have used and thinking about why we have used them.  In Spanish this week we are designing a fact file about Spain and finishing off our map work from last week.