What we are doing this week in Lilac Class

WB: 11.7.22

In Maths this week in Lilac Class, we are finishing off adding and subtracting decimals where the decimals places are not the same.  We will then be adding and subtracting numbers with decimals from whole numbers.  It is important that whole numbers are written without a decimal point.  Lilac Class are then moving onto multiplying and dividing decimals by 10, 100 and 1,000 where our focus is the movement of the digits on a place value grid.  In English this week, we are continuing with our short biography about the life of Sir Ernest Shackleton.  Lilac Class are learning about the features of a biographical text, for example writing an introduction that summarises the main events of the person’s life and making the audience want to read on and making sure that events are written in chronological order.  The conclusion should refer to why the person you are writing about will be remembered.  As a whole class, Lilac Class are reading to the end of term our supplementary texts such the picture books ‘The Window’ by Jeannie Baker and ‘Flotsam’ by David Wiesner, poetry – ‘The Lost Words’ by Jackie Morris and Robert Macfarlane and ‘Tales Told in Tents:  Stories from Central Asia’ by Sally Pomme and Sophie Herxheimer. We will also be reading ‘How the Whale became and other stories’ by Ted Hughes. 

In RE this week, we are learning about the Qur’an and why it is important for Muslims. The Qur’an is a guide book on how to establish an honest and good life on Earth.  Lilac Class will be examining the instructions that are meant to be followed.

For our Time and Place topic entitled ‘Life on Earth’ we are continuing our work about natural resources.  This week we are identifying some of Great Britain’s natural resources and explaining how they are used.  We will be asking the question ‘Which natural resources need to be shared or imported?’   For Science in Lilac Class, we are learning about the stages of human development and are to represent this in a form of a timeline.

For Homework I would like you to check that you have completed all your Classroom Secrets and Purple Mash online tasks.  I have also set all the chapters and quizzes of our e-book ‘An Invasion of the Navvies’ for you to read during the holiday.  This is optional.  I have also attached our Wider Curriculum Learning Matrix for the Summer Term.  This contains optional activities for you to complete.