What we are doing this week in Lilac Class

WB: 13.12.21

For Maths in Lilac Class this week, we are reading timetables to extract information.  We will be revisiting our previous learning on digital time to support us when reading timetables.  We will be thinking about the following questions:  Where do you see timetables and why are they useful?  What information is displayed in a row when you read across the timetable?  What information is displayed in a column when you read down the timetable?  Why is it important to use 24-hour clock or a.m./p.m. on a timetable?

For English this week, we are drafting a piece of persuasive writing.  Lilac class are writing a travel article for either a website or travel brochure about visiting Belize on holiday.  We have looked at a selection of travel websites and have learnt about the beautiful beaches, the Great Blue Hole, rainforest and Mayan tours and the Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Centre. Our task is to focus on what persuasive phrases and words are used to make us want to pack our suitcase and fly off to Belize for a super holiday!

In Lilac Class we are finishing our Guided Reading text, ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis’. We will be reading Chapters 15-17 this week.  Lilac Class are summarising information and explaining how these final chapters have made us feel as the reader.  What does C.S Lewis do to achieve this? 

In RE this week, we are revisiting our ‘Big Question’ ‘Was Jesus the Messiah?  Our answer should include the qualities that the Messiah should have and explore what Messiah means. 

In Science this week, we are carrying on with our experiment about measuring gravity. Using scales and Newton Meters we are measuring the weight and mass of different objects.  We are answering questions such as ‘Do you think there will be a link between the weight and mass of each subject?  Did you notice a link between weight and mass of each object? Explain how gravity gives objects their weight.  In ICT this week we continuing with our work about spreadsheets and recording information.  In Topic, we are finishing our answers to the question ‘Why did the Mayan Civilisation decline?’  Some Mayans continued living on small farming settlements when the great cities declined.  We will be preparing an interview with a Mayan farmer asking what happened to the cities and why?  We will be considering the different theories as to why there was a decline.  In DT we are finishing our models of Mayan people using split pins and card.  We are looking carefully at paintings of Mayan people.  What colours were their clothes?  What were their clothes like?  Did they wear headdresses and jewellery? 

I have not given out any homework for the Christmas Holiday.  However, I have set you Chapters 6 and 7 and the quizzes.  I have also uploaded our Wider Curriculum Matrix with contains optional activities.