What we are doing this week in Lilac Class for the week beginning 2.2.26

For Maths this week in Lilac Class, we are using the easiest and most efficient method to solve a calculation using division.  We are exploring informal and formal methods such as partitioning, using known facts, factor pairs and number lines.  We will then be solving problems with both multiplication and division.  Lilac Class will also start a new unit of learning where we are continuing with our work on fractions.  During our first lesson, Lilac Class will be multiplying a unit fraction by an integer using multiplication number sentences with fractions, multiplying unit fractions by an integer.

In English this week in Lilac Class, we are levelling up our viewpoint narrative and will then be writing a final copy. This piece of extended writing is based on the first chapter of Berlie Doherty’s Street Child entitled ‘The Shilling Pie’. We will be using a range of sentence openers to hook the reader and drawing on our brilliant vocabulary we have created during the planning session. 

For Whole Class Guided Reading, Lilac Class are reading Chapters 6 and 7 of Berlie Doherty’s Street Child entitled ‘Tip’ and ‘The Wild Thing’.  Examples of our inference questions, where we read between the lines are: ‘Why do you think Jim couldn’t tell the boys apart from each other?’  ‘How is Jim’s school different to schools today?’  ‘Do you think the schoolmaster likes Tip? Justify your answer with evidence from the text’.

In RE Lilac Class are this week exploring what Moses felt when he saw the Burning Bush.  The children will be studying a painting of Moses and answering such questions as ‘Why do you think Moses had these feelings and emotions?’ and ‘Why do you think God chose Moses to free the Hebrew people?’ 

For Time and Place, Lilac Class will continue to learn about the negative and positive effects of the Industrial Revolution on the population of Victorian Britain.  We are finding out what historical bias means.  Some events and aspects of the Industrial Revolution could be positive and negative depending on your point of view.  In ICT, we are connecting more than one output component to a microcontroller by connecting a Sparkle and a motor to a Crumble controller. In French, Lilac Class will continue to learn words for dates and times.  We are recapping the months and days of the week that we have previously learnt and will be writing in French the time of daily routines.  We will also be involved in partner work creating questions and answers. For Science in Lilac Class, we are testing materials for their level of conductivity and will be finding out whether they are electrical insulators or electrical conductors. 

In Design and the Arts we are continuing with our Victorian samplers using thread and binka.  We will be learning to use a variety of stiches with different coloured thread.  We are basing these on our plans.