This week we started talking about our new, yummy topic; "Chocolate"
We watched a clip of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" in which a golden ticket is found and we also had an opportunity to try to find lucky tickets. We talked about some interesting facts about cholcolate and the children illustrated the process involved in making chocolate. We read the first few chapters of Roald Dahl's book :Charlis and the Chocolate Factory" and we watched a youtube video of Cocoa bean to chocolate; the process of making chocolate. See the link below;
Maths
We practised
times tables and
managed to ‘test’ individual ability to recall the facts; both in sequence and
by answering random question. We have quite a few children from the class celebrating
Gold awards this week - well done.
More opportunities to gain awards next week – keep practising J
We continued
with work on word problems in class and as homework. The children can think
of their own problems too as an extension.
We worked
out fractions of numbers; for
example 1/3 of 15, ¼ of 20 and ¾ of 40.
Further
practise available on MyMaths
At this
level children are expected to understand that to work
out ¾ of 80 you would need to divide [ by 4] and then multiply [ by 3].
At the
next level the connection between 1/10 of a
number leads into understanding decimals; for example 1/10 of 80 = 8 and 1/10
of 8 is 0.8
Literacy
Big Write – was on Thursday this week by an
overwhelming majority request! – The children seem to prefer it and the work is
much better = everyone is happy J
I plan to
continue to arrange our BIG WRITE sessions on Thursdays.
This week
we worked on drafting. I introduce a simple chart of symbols. The children
quickly identified and corrected mistakes in their work and they enjoyed
helping each other to look up words in the dictionary.
A significant
number of children scored an amazing 10/10 in their weekly spelling test this
week – brilliant.
Other
We want to wish happy
birthday to Alex [ last weekend ] and happy name day Dora yesterday.
Senegal – the children
each have an item of stationary to bring in. The items will be given to the
team from BISB going to Senegal later this month. Your support is appreciated.
If there are any problems please do not hesitate in informing us so that we may
help.
Wednesday
12th February, 15:30 - Primary Pop In
I will be attending a
2-day course next Friday 14th and Saturday 15th February.
Best
wishes to you all for a relaxing weekend.
Glenda
Hughes
