What we are learning this week in Lilac Class for the week beginning 11.9.23

In Maths this week in Lilac Class, we are reading and writing numbers to 1,000,000.  Lilac Class are considering how numbers can be represented using a part-whole model and learning about what numbers are represented before and after commas.  We will then be identifying numbers that are powers of 10 and looking for number patterns and sequences.  Lilac Class are then moving onto partitioning larger numbers. 

In English this week, we are reading a selection of poems about space, looking particularly at the work of Pie Corbett. We will be ‘Magpies’ where we are ‘stealing’ words and phrases from a selection of poems and then using them as a basis for our own poetry writing. For our Whole Class Guided Reading our text is ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ and we are reading Chapter Two this week.  Lilac Class are going to be ‘word detectives’ by working out the meanings of unknown words using the context of the sentence.  We will also be using our prediction skills based on what has happened in the text so far. 

In RE this week, we are examining key words that Christians use to describe God. Lilac Class are focusing on the definitions of omnipotent, omniscient, eternal, holy, loving and spirit and why they are used in relation to God.

For our Time and Place topic entitled ‘The Ancient Mayan Civilisation’ Lilac Class are continuing with learning about how the Ancient Mayan ruins were discovered and what was happening in Mesoamerica in the early 16^th century.   

For Science in Lilac Class, we are investigating Geocentric and Heliocentric theories.  What are these models and why are they different?  We will be exploring how scientific thinking has changed over the centuries.  We will then be describing the movement of the planets relative to the Sun.  Lilac Class are finding out what planets are in the Solar System, how large they are and their position in relation to the Sun.  In Music, we will be listening to ‘Mars’ and ‘Venus’ from Gustav Holst’s ‘The Planets Suite’.  Lilac Class will be thinking about the different dynamics and instruments that are used and how they covey the meaning of the music.  We will be also using graphic notation to record musical ideas.