What we are learning in Lilac Class for the week beginning 2.11.26

In Maths this week in Lilac Class, we are finding the common factors of a number.  Lilac Class are exploring the relationship between multiplication and division and consolidating our understanding of the words ‘factor’ and ‘multiple’. We will then be moving onto learning about square numbers and how they can be built using manipulatives.  Lilac Class will also be finding out that a cube number is the result of multiplying a whole number by itself and then by itself again.  For example, 27 is a cube number because 3 X 3 X 3 =27. We are also representing cube numbers using manipulatives to complete calculations. 

In English this week, we are levelling up and then writing out our diary accounts in best copy.  Lilac Class will be focusing on setting and characterisation and writing about what their character hears, sees, smells and feels and describing their journey sailing across the Atlantic Ocean.  We will then be considering what questions are going through their mind when they find the gigantic abandoned ruins.

For our Whole Class Guided Reading of  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, we are reading Chapter 9 this week.  We are thinking about synonyms for a variety of words in the text and the intention of the author: why do you think the author doesn’t want you to think Edmund is too bad?  We will be focusing on Edmund’s behaviour and what motivates him to do what he does, even though he is afraid.

In RE, we are starting our new unit of learning entitled ‘Incarnation’.  As part of formative assessment, we are answering our big question ‘Was Jesus the Messiah?’ For Time and Place, we are learning about how Mayan society was structured and the differences between an absolute and constitutional Monarchy. 

For Science in Lilac Class, we are starting our new topic entitled ‘Forces’.  We will be examining, by conducting a comparative experiment, the relationship between mass and weight as a force and learning about Sir Isaac Newton. 

For ICT, we are starting our new unit of learning entitled ‘Video Production’.  This week we are identifying features of a video and reviewing and comparing different videos.  In Art, Lilac Class will be making Mayan pottery based on original Mayan artefacts.  This week we will be sketching the shape of our pottery and what design it will be decorated with, examining real Mayan pottery for inspiration!

For our Spanish lesson this week, Lilac Class revising the vocabulary and phrases that we have learnt so far.  We will then be learning the words for different colours in Spanish.