Southborough Church of England Primary School
Southborough Church of England Primary School
Cheshire
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Term 1 Week 6
This week the children considered how Leaf, our polar bear story character, would describe his story to the friendly crows. We wrote first person accounts of his journey using expanded noun phrases to describe what he saw and felt on his journey from the Arctic. We have used the theme of polar bears to create Christmas card designs which will be available to order following the half term break.
We all experienced an exciting and enjoyable drama workshop set in ancient times with King Arthur and the knights of the round table. The children had to protect the sword Excalibur from an evil witch and mix up a magic cake with many strange ingredients.
Our maths lessons have extended our knowledge of addition using the column method and other methods. We have also focused on learning counting patterns with chants and songs to help remember our 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
On Thursday we celebrated our Harvest Festival in church and our children were involved in leading Bible readings and sharing a harvest poem.
Term 1 Week 5
We have continued our learning journey through the story of Leaf, the displaced polar bear. This week the children have written advice to Leaf to help him continue his mission to return to the Arctic. We have focused on using different kinds of punctuation in our writing and on checking our own writing for meaning and sense. In the story Leaf collects leaves from the woods to help him fly and we were inspired in our art lessons to collect leaves and use them to create colourful natural patterns. These patterns have been created after looking at the work of the artist Andy Goldsworthy who creates images using natural objects.
You can find some of his work on this web site.
Our geographical studies have looked at the impact of climate change on the numbers of polar bears within the Arctic and we have discussed what might happen to polar bear populations in the future if the rate of sea ice melting continues to grow.
In our maths lessons we continued with our work on addition looking at different methods of recording our thinking and ways of solving addition problems. The children have been introduced to the column method of addition and are beginning to use their number bonds knowledge to solve these effectively. The following web based game is a good place to help practice these number bonds , especially those up to 10 and then up to 20, which are so important for mathematical fluency.
Term 1 Week 4
We have been considering the character of Leaf, a polar bear in a strange environment. The children wrote a note in the role of the polar bear considering his feelings and thoughts. Our science involved looking at simple food chains and work out what the difference is between producers, consumers and predators. In maths we began to explore addition and look at varying methods of solving addition problems including simple column addition. Rapid recall of number bonds with numbers up to 10 will help children to become confident in using a range of addition methods.
Term 1 Week 3
In English our Key Question was are Polar Bears black? We carried out research to find out the answer to this question. One of the facts we found out was "Polar bears have hollow, transparent fur that traps the air to keep them warm". We then discovered the skin underneath is black to absorb the sunlight. "I also learnt that Polar Bears have 42 teeth!" Charlie G.
In science we investigated the affect that blubber has on a polar bear. We used lard to represent the fat coating and plunged our hands into ice cold water. We were then introduced to recording our finding on a table and writing a conclusion "The four fingers of fat trap the warmth so it doesn't get out" Isabella W.
Term 1 Week 2
This week in Cheshire 2 we have been exploring Maths No Problem, building on our knowledge of tens and ones. We have been counting numbers up to 100, counting up in 1's and 10's, comparing numbers and partitioning them in 2 different ways.
Will there be ice in 50 year's time?
In geography we explored the Arctic. Did you know the temperature of the Earth is rising. "Gases, from things such as cars burning fuel, form around the Earth and trap heat from the sun". William "This causes the Earth to slowly heat up". Samuel B
Who made the world?
In RE we discussed our key question. We looked at images of the natural world, we then explored our school grounds and collected things that we believed the creator made. In Cheshire 2 we drew what we think the creator looks like and why we believe the world was made.
Term 1 Week 1
