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: