It’s the Easter break – where has the time gone?! We will be back on Monday 25th April after what we hope is a happy and healthy break for you all. 

This week we’ve continued thinking about fractions of a shape and adding fractions to make a whole. E.g ¼ + ¾ = 1 whole. Can you think of any other examples? 

We have been enjoying learning about butterfly life cycles in science and literacy too. We’ve read this book and learnt lots of facts about them:

We’ve used this research to start writing our own books about a butterfly’s life cycle. 

In PE we have practised some passing techniques to help us with our basketball skills. 

Today, we have been reflecting on the challenges those are facing in Ukraine. We spent some time thinking about why we were wearing the colours yellow and blue and the significance of these colours and also had a conversation about why people are leaving Ukraine and how the money we have raised from our fundraising day will help those in need. 

It’s hard to believe that we’re in April already! We’ve seen lots of warm weather followed by some more chilly weather which has caused us to see some more wildlife like bees and butterflies during those sunny spells! 

We’ve enjoyed learning about the Bog Baby story and have created suitable habitats for a Bog Baby creature. This week we have been writing some instructions for how to care for them too! We’ve learnt the importance of leaving wildlife in its natural habitat and making sure it has everything it needs to survive. 

In maths we have been learning about fractions and have started focusing on halves and quarters so far. At home, you might like to practise finding halves and quarters of different objects. You could move on to thirds and fifths too. We have been using shapes to begin with but have started exploring finding fractions of numbers and linking this with division. E.g. Finding half of 12 is like dividing by 2. ¼ of 20 is 20 divided into 4 equal parts. 

We have also been practising using an analogue clock to tell the time starting with revising o’clock and half past. You might like to use this interactive clock to practise at home on a device: https://www.visnos.com/demos/clock 

In science we have been learning about animals including humans. Here’s a breakdown of our topic: 

Over the Easter break, there is a competition for writing, illustrating or speaking with our Dorchester Area Schools Partnership (DASP). Please see the poster below for more details: