Orion2017-2018

We have had an enjoyable first week back, as well as submitting our 500 words stories to the BBC competition we have also been making clay pots in art, we have been re-enacting Ancient Greek Myths through drama including Thesus and the Minatour and we can also talk about the weather in French. In English, we have been learning about different sentence types also different types of nouns. One Orion classmate said “I didn’t realise how many different types of nouns there were!” “For example compound, proper, common, abstract and collective nouns.” We gave our learning a big thumbs up! In Maths, we have been enjoying finishing our learning about long multiplication, we have been focusing on multiplying 4 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers using the column method. Our teacher has been so proud of how we have been learning and we are ready for the challenge of division next week! This week we have had some more superstars completing their Maths challenges, we had five of them in f...

Our fabulous week has been filled with excitement, especially in RE where we have been looking at the importance of stories to the Sikh religion. We looked at the story ‘The milk and the Jasmine flower’ which we acted out and discussed its special meaning. We are really looking forward to making clay pots in art to represent kindness to others. In English, we’ve been starting to write our BBC 500 words story focusing on ensuring that we have a super ending. You might wonder why we are starting at the end of our story? Did you know that many authors, such as JK Rowling, write the ending of their last book before they even start writing their first book!   In Maths, we have been enjoying learning about long multiplication; we have been exploring how models link to the column method. For example, why we need to use a zero as a place holder. This week’s super Science has been a blast; we sorted materials into groups using a Venn diagram. We explored different scientific stat...