What we are doing this week in Lilac Class for the week beginning 17.10.22

In Maths this week in Lilac Class, we are continuing with comparing calculations where our focus is not on completing calculations, but instead exploring their structure in order to make comparisons. Lilac Class are also finding missing numbers revising the use of the inverse operation.  

In English this week, Lilac Class are planning and drafting a non-chronological report about the different layers of a tropical rainforest using the features of report writing.  For example, using sub-headings to organise information and fronted adverbials to introduce information.  Our reports will inform the reader about how rainforests are structured and what groups of animals live in the different layers. For our Whole Class Guided Reading our text is ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ by C.S. Lewis and we are reading Chapter Seven this week.  Lilac Class are finding words and phrases that show the children were excited at the prospect of food and will be exploring their relationship with the beavers.  We are also examining Edmund’s character in more depth and identifying another side to his personality.  In RE, we are re-visiting our Big Question ‘What does it mean if God is loving and holy? This is our opportunity to demonstrate everything that we have learnt. 

For Time and Place, we are finishing our work about how Mayan society was structured and the differences between an absolute and constitutional Monarchy.  We will then start to find out about the Mayan’s religious beliefs and practices. 

For Science in Lilac Class will be conducting a scientific experiment investigating how sundials work based on our knowledge about Heliocentric theory.  In Music, we are refining our ‘Moonscapes’ that describe space using a range of dynamics.  We will be recording our musical ideas using graphic notation. 

There will be no homework set for Half Term, however I have attached our Wider Curriculum Home learning Matrix that contains a selection of optional activities your child could do during the holiday, if they wish.