Hello to you all on this very rainy Friday!
I hope the weather gets better so that we can enjoy the beautiful spring cherry blossoms soon!
We have had a very, very busy week packed with great learning.
It was so great to be back in the classroom with my precious students. I really missed them. They also made my birthday very special with all their kinds words and cards.
This week we welcomed a new friend into our class – Vedanshi. She has had a great first week and everyone was very kind to her and helped her learn about our daily routines and classes.
In IPC this week, we started our Design, Technology and Innovation part of our unit on Buildings. The children learned about the structure of buildings and worked on a very special project that you will be receiving soon. 🙂 They are all very excited to show you their beautiful work. We looked at how we can form shapes to make buildings, practiced cutting some wood and today we began making our very own wooden street. The students were each given a wooden mini house and they were very busy designing the exterior of the building today. I think it is going to be another great masterpiece when we finish it next week. Here’s a sneak peak. 🙂
In English, we have continued working on our unit on ‘Explanation texts”, specifically looking at the features. We spent time identifying time connectives, titles, short sentences and facts in texts named “How is chocolate made?” and “How do sunflowers grow?” The homework this week is related to this and the children should remember to try and use time connectives when completing it. The main ones we looked at this week are; First, Next, Then and Finally.
In PSHE, I decided to review friendships and kindness this week to welcome our new friend to the class. I believe that kindness is a very important thing and I love to encourage the students to be kind, respectful students.
In PE, we started a new unit “Body Shapes”. The students learned various rolls and shapes they can make with their bodies. They then worked in groups to make a sequence using the various movements they had practised. I was impressed with their flexibility (and also a little bit jealous hehe!).
In Maths this week, we have worked on Venn and Carroll diagrams. The students also worked on their mental maths, times tables and fractions. Today they sat a small mental maths quiz and did their weekly times tables grids. They are making great progress with it and each week they are getting better and better.
We finished off the day in games, learning about the importance of teamwork and spacial awareness. The students are still working on finding those spaces when they want to receive the ball from a teammate. We are going to be working more on this skill next week.
I hope you all have a fantastic weekend. Let’s hope the sun comes out to play.
Love Mrs Sim xoxo