Charlie's Wonderful Artwork!
Charlie, we really love the way you aplied the paint.
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Charlie, we really love the way you aplied the paint.
Oscar- we love you use of colour and the way you applied the paint.

What a great painting Eva!
Aiyana- we love this diary entry from the point of view of Samuel Pepys!

Remember to read at home for at least 20 minutes at home today. You can also have a go at the attached reading comprehension activity all about Deep Sea Explorers. Remember to pick a challenge levle that suits you.
Revisit Friday’s blog post and remind yourself of our current writing activity.
St. Barnabas' CE (VA) Primary School - Friday 22nd January (st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk)
Take time to complete your diary entry from the point of view of Samuel Pepys. When your writing is complete, please send it in to my. I would like to read out some examples of your writing during this week's Beech Story Time.
Today we are moving on to division. The first concept that we are going to explore is sharing. Watch this video all about sharing.
Spr2.3.2 - Make equal groups - sharing on Vimeo
Stop at 5:53 and complete the following challenge:
Whitney has 16 flowers.
She shares them equally between some vases. How many different ways can Whitney share her flowers to make equal groups?
Please send in pictures of your solutions to the class email address.
Now have a go at questions 1,2 and 4 on the worksheet.
Questions 3 and 5 are much trickier. So Mr M has made a video for you to watch in which he models how these questions can be worked out.
Make a multiple of 10 number-line. Use it to practise skip counting up to 120 and back.
Get active with this 8 minute workout from Jo Wicks:
Active 8 Minute Workout Featuring Eloise and Charlie | The Body Coach TV - YouTube
Pick an activity from the Sport, Exercise and Health section of the Wider Curriculum Home Learning Matrix.
This week’s Friday challenge is all about mazes! Here is a link to a site which has lots of different interactive mazes for you to try at home.
Play Mazes Online or Print Them (mathsisfun.com)
Now it’s time for the real challenge. Can you design and build your own marble maze?

Here is a quick video which shows how you could build a marble maze :
How To Make This Fun And Easy Marble Maze - Craft For Kid. - YouTube
You could build one using Lego or Duplo:
You could build one using cardboard and straws:
You could even think of another inventive way of building a marble maze!
When your maze is finished, take a picture or make a video of it in action and send it in to your class email address. We will announce the winners of the challenge in celebration assembly next Friday.
Good luck!
Thanks to everyone at The Museum of London for taking us on this fantastic virtual tour of the 'Fire Fire' exhibition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYrVYNJ2Emg&feature=emb_err_woyt
Here are some of the pictures that our class created to show their understanding of why the fire got so bad.
Rafi thought the houses were close together:

Robert thought the wind helped to spread the fire:

Stanley thought the houses were built from flammable materials:

Lena felt the long hot summer contributed:

Hayden identified that the fire started at night:

Can you work out the answer to Eva's calculation story?

Wow! Sesha- we love the way you used paint and different types of brush strokes to create the fire in this picture. We thinik it is really effective.

Phoebe- it is great to see you getting using counters to help you practise your doubling.
Well done!
Teddie has been working hard at home making equal groups.

Can anyone think of a way of recording these groups using addition or multiplication calculations?