What we are doing this week in Lilac Class

WB: 16.5.22

In Maths this week in Lilac Class, we are multiplying fractions by whole numbers using bar models and number lines to show repeated addition. We will be multiplying an integer by a mixed number using repeated addition and partitioning.  

In English this week, we are planning and starting to draft our newspaper article about the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. We will be looking at examples of real newspaper articles of the time and how they are structured and organised We will be learning about such terminology associated with newspaper writing such as headline and byline, lead, body and tail.  In Shackleton’s Journey by William Grill, our Whole Class Guided Reading text, we are thinking about why it would be important to keep moral amongst the crew and the impact the cliff hanger has on the reader.  

In RE this week, we are continuing with our work about Shahadah, the prayer that Muslim’s say and finding out why it is important to them.  We will be thinking about the connections between the Shahadah and Muslim beliefs about Allah and the Prophet Muhammad. We will also be reading the story of Bilal and the first call to prayer. We will be exploring the question: ‘Is there anything you would stand up for and why?’

For our Time and Place topic entitled ‘Life on Earth’, we are learning about why rivers are important and what they are used for. For Science, Lilac Class are learning about the sexual reproduction in some animals, including reptiles and fish.  We will also be looking carefully at our broad beans plants that we are growing from a broad bean.  Lilac Class are also growing a geranium from a cutting. In Music, we will be practising our songs for the Tunbridge Wells Singing Festival to be held on Tuesday 21^st June at the Tunbridge Wells Assembly Halls. We will also be listening to ‘Tingtagel’ by Arnold Bax. In Art, we are continuing with our Seascapes, thinking about the colours and materials that we want to use.