What we are doing this week in Lilac Class for the week beginning 6.3.23

For Maths this week in Lilac Class, we are starting our new block of learning about fractions. We will be multiplying a unit fraction by an integer making links with repeated addition and then multiplying a non-unit fraction by an integer.  Lilac Class will be thinking about how you can represent this multiplication as a bar model.  What happens to the numerator and the denominator?  We will then be multiplying a mixed number by an integer exploring a range of methods to find the most efficient calculation.  How could you partition this mixed number to solve the calculation?  Lilac class will then move on to calculating a fraction of a quantity by exploring the relationship between dividing by the denominator and multiplying by the numerator.

In English this week in Lilac Class, we are reading and analysing poems about the Victorian workhouse.  What features of poetry writing have been used and why are they effective?  We will then be writing our own narrative poems drawing on our descriptions about the workhouse.

For Whole Class Guided Reading Lilac Class are reading Chapters 13 and 14 of Berlie Doherty’s ‘Street Child’ entitled ‘The Lily’ and ‘The Waterman’s Arms’. We are finding evidence in the text that shows us that Jim was scared of Grimy Nick and explaining why Jim has no control over his life and the decisions he makes. 

For RE in Lilac Class we are continuing with examining the events leading up to Jesus’s resurrection in the Gospels.  We will be discussing the events that we felt were most important to us and annotating texts. For Time and Place, Lilac Class are learning about diseases and medical care during the Victorian period and what developments and improvements were made.  What would our health care system be like without the contributions Florence Nightingale made, for example? For Science in Lilac Class, we are writing up our experiment about evaporation and condensation and our experiment to show a reversible change.  What happens to hot water when it cools?  How can we show this in an investigation?  For Design and the Arts, we are continuing with creating wall paper using polyprint tiles based on the designs of William Morris.  This week we are engraving our repeated pattern based on the theme of nature into a polyprint tile and then using this as a printing block.  We will then be ready to print our wallpaper. In Music, we are learning to sing ‘Food, Glorious Food’ from the Musical Oliver!

On Thursday 9^th March we are visiting The Amelia Scott for a talk and workshop about the Victorians to develop and consolidate our knowledge.