What we are doing this week in Lilac Class for the week beginning 27.3.23

For Maths this week in Lilac Class, we will be extending our learning by exploring equivalent fractions and decimals when looking at hundredths.  We will be answering such questions as ‘How many hundredths are equal to 1 whole?’ and ‘How many hundredths are equal to 1 tenth?’  We will also be looking at equivalent fractions and decimals focusing on halves, quarters, fifths and tenths using our knowledge of dividing 100 by 2, 4, 5 and 10.  We will then be moving onto writing thousandths as fractions and decimals.

In English this week in Lilac Class, we are going to be involved in writing a debate about the positive and negative impact the development of the railways had on the population of Great Britain.  During the process of building the railways there were many accidents and trains were not always safe.  However, improvements were made and cheap transport changed people’s lives for ever. 

We are coming to the end of Street Child by Berlie Doherty. We will be using our inference skills when thinking about how Barnie (Dr Barnardo) was different from other teachers Jim has had and why it was risky to tell Barnie about where all the street children sleep. 

For RE in Lilac Class, we are discussing how we can weigh up the value and impact of the ideas of sacrifice in our own lives and the world today.  We will also be re-visiting our ‘Big Question’ to see how much we have learnt and how our knowledge of salvation has developed this term. For Time and Place, in Lilac Class, we are writing up what we found out from the talk that Dave gave us about what St Barnabas School was like in 1897 from his reading of the head Teacher’s log books.  We will also be finding out about how the railways changed people’s lives during the Victorian period.  Lilac Class are learning about Isambard Kingdom Brunel.  For Science in Lilac Class, we are conducting an experiment that shows an irreversible change.  We will be explaining that some changes result in the formation of new materials by adding vinegar to bicarbonate of soda in a bottle and putting a balloon over the top.  For Design and the Arts, we are learning about the Victorian watercolourists such as William Henry Millais, Alfred William Hunt and John Ruskin.  Why was the landscape of the countryside so important to them? We will then visit Grosvenor Hilbert Park to sketch a landscape, weather permitting! 

Please see attached the photos from our baking session led by Eliska’s mum.  We made shortbread using Mrs Beeton’s recipe. 

I have not set any Homework over the Easter break, however, I have attached our Wider Curriculum Learning Matrix with optional activities, if your child would like to do any of them.