What we are learning in Lilac Class for the week beginning 14.9.26

In Maths this week in Lilac Class, we are reading and writing numbers to 1,000,000.  Lilac Class are considering how numbers can be represented using a part-whole model and learning about what numbers are represented before and after commas.  We will then be identifying numbers that are powers of 10 and looking for number patterns and sequences.  Lilac Class are then moving onto partitioning larger numbers. 

In English this week, we are levelling up our writing based on our whole school community text Something Else by Kathryn Cave and Chris Riddell.  We will then start to read a selection of poems about space, looking particularly at the work of Pie Corbett. We will be ‘Magpies’ where we are ‘stealing’ words and phrases from a selection of poems and then using them as a basis for our own poetry writing. We will be discussing the features of poetry writing and identifying examples of similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia and personification. 

For our Whole Class Guided Reading, our text is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; we are reading Chapter Three this week.  Lilac Class are going to be developing their inference skills by answering questions that are not obvious in the text.  For example, ‘Why is Lucy initially confused in this chapter?’, ‘How can we first tell that Edmund is in Narnia?’ and ‘Why is the Queen annoyed?’

In RE this week, we are examining keywords that Christians use to describe God. Lilac Class are focusing on the definitions of omnipotent, omniscient, eternal, holy, loving and spirit and why they are used in relation to God.

For our Time and Place, we are finding out where the Mayans came from and when they existed.  We will be labelling a map of Mesoamerica and locating it on an atlas.  We will also be studying a timeline and learning about the other ancient civilisations that were around at the same time, for example, Ancient Greece.

For ICT, we are considering how larger computer systems work and how to keep our personal information safe online.  We will learn how devices and processes are connected.

For Science in Lilac Class, we are continuing with our work on Geocentric and Heliocentric theories.  What are these models and why are they different?  We will be exploring how scientific thinking has changed over the centuries.  We will then be describing the movement of the planets relative to the Sun.  Lilac Class are finding out what planets are in the Solar System, how large they are and their position in relation to the Sun.  In Music, we will be listening to ‘Mars’ and ‘Venus’ from Gustav Holst’s The Planets Suite.  Lilac Class will be thinking about the different dynamics and instruments that are used and how they convey the meaning of the music.  We will also be using graphic notation to record musical ideas.