Outstanding learners and amazing explorers!
We have had three thrilling weeks in Orion class starting our topic about explorers, as we have started to read ‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell. Thanks to a reptile loving explorer who recommended the book to us. We are really enjoying the story so far although “Our teacher keeps leaving us on the Cliffhangers,” we can’t wait to read on. In this roller-coaster of a week, we have continued our learning on fabulous fractions. We have been ordering and comparing fractions with Harry (a made up confused explorer) who said “if the numbers on the fraction are bigger then of course the fraction is bigger!” However we disagreed with Harry, by proving he was incorrect using models, drawings and changing our denominators so that they are the same. We have also enjoyed sequencing fractions on a number line. In energetic English, we have ‘taken flight’ with our relative pronouns (for example who, which, whose, whom, that, where and when). We learnt all about how to use these then we ...