Another week has come and gone... and boy has it been a full week!

In Class 2, we are really enjoying our Literacy lesson as we write our class story about the runaway Snowman cookie. We have looked at past tense of regular verbs and been conscious of using them in our stories. We have also revisited our 2A sentences and used them (with some similies) to describe our main characters. In Maths, this week has been all about the tens and ones. We have been using a lot of deins to help us add and subtract numbers.

In Science, we conducted our first enquiry into the nature of some everyday materials and tested them for use in building a bridge. In Computing, we learned about algorithms and how we can decompose them to help us figure out what they do. In Geography, we have looked at the coldest places and located the North and South Pole. We also reminded ourselves of the 7 continents by singing along to the 7 continents song. If you would like to have a go, here is the YouTube link to the song:
https://youtu.be/KiXjGFOzY3c?si=JX2LKNtxTnuQjx3U

We have also started practicing our Nativity! Please check book bags to see if your child has a script to learn. I will also be posting the class song on Showbie soon.

Friday 14th November

Some of this week's wonderful exploration has included:

We have been practicing shoulder, arm, hand and finger strength by doing lots of gross and fine motor skills activities. Having strength is really important to be an amazing writer. So in English this week the children have been showing Mrs Phillips how amazing they are at holding their pencils with the correct tripod grip, we will continue to practice this lots. The children have drawn a picture of The Little Red Hen, in their books and then used oral blending and letter recognition to write a key word like /hen/ or /red/.

On Tuesday we had Remembrance Day, and all our activities were based on the day. We learnt and explored what this day meant, and we all stood to take part in the two-minute silence, which all the children did amazingly well, and it was very moving!

The children have been exploring Anti-Bullying week, we started with odd socks day on Monday and then we explored what bullying means and what we can do to ensure we are kind to others, how we can be good friends and also what to do if we feel we are being bullied.

Today we had a wonderful Children in Need Day and we all looked great in our PJ's. Thank you for all the donations. We explored why we take part in this day, and the children were so kind and thoughtful with their words during our children in need lesson.

We have started to practice our Christmas nativity concert this week, so apologies for the amount of Christmas singing you will be hearing at home over the next few weeks he he! More details about the performances will come out soon.

Have  a lovely weekend

The Foundation Team 

Here are some of this writing from this week.  We were using similes and comparative language to describe characters from the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. 

This week has been full of excitement and learning for our class! We kicked things off with a lively netball tournament that brought out everyone's team spirit and competitive edge. Alongside the sports action, we've started rehearsing for the upcoming school play, diving into scripts and getting creative with our roles. In the classroom, we explored the fascinating topic of population growth, discussing its causes, impacts, and what it means for the future of our planet. It's been a great mix of physical activity, artistic expression, and intellectual discovery!

Remembrance

What a wonderful week we've had in Tregantle Class! Our learning has been full of creativity, kindness, and music.

This week, we explored a poppy theme for Remembrance Day. The children showed such thoughtfulness and respect during our special service on Tuesday. It was lovely to see everyone creating poppies in so many different and imaginative ways - our classroom looked beautiful and meaningful.

In music, we had a super fun lesson using the xylophones! The children explored how sounds can move from low to high and high to low, and they did a brilliant job following the conductor to create loud and quiet sounds.

During maths, we've been investigating shapes with four sides. Using lots of different equipment, the children made squares and rectangles - it was fantastic to see their problem-solving skills in action.

Our writing skills are also going from strength to strength! The children have been using amazing firework words such as pop, bang, and whizz to make their writing sparkle.

To celebrate National Kindness Day on Wednesday, the children made heartfelt thank-you cards for all the wonderful people who help us in school - from our cooks to our caretaker. It was a lovely way to show appreciation and spread kindness.

Well done, Tregantle Class - what a brilliant week of learning, creativity, and kindness!

Cornwall - a local study

We welcomed back Year 6 after their half term break and many of the children had been busy at home making their own Anglo-Saxon settlement, following on from our History topic last half term about the Anglo-Saxon period in Britain.

This half term, our focus shifts to Geography, where we are carrying out a local study of Cornwall. We began, last week, by investigating some of the features of our beautiful county and making sure that we understand the difference between physical and human geography. This week, we have moved on to investigate the different ways in which the land is used in Cornwall. We discussed farming (dairy, crop, cattle and alternative energy farms such as wind, wave and solar), tourism, mining (historically tin, copper & lead; currently, lithium to power electric cars), fishing and industry.

In English, we have just finished our persuasive adverts for the spy gadgets that we invented. We decided that we wanted to turn these into actual radio or tv adverts and one child even turned up for the day with 'persuasive hair'!

In Maths, we have just finished our first fractions topic. Many of the children were not feeling very confident about fractions, so it has been wonderful to see their confidence grow throughout this unit.

In Science, we have finished our unit on Light and we have begun our topic on 'Animals including Humans'. We now all have a better understanding of our circulatory system and how the heart works and this week, we will be learning more about the important jobs our blood vessels and blood cells do for us.

This week has been a particularly busy one. We have commemorated the end of World War I and taken time to reflect on all those who fought and died in any conflicts around the world with a 2 minute silence at 11am on 11th November. This week has also been anti-bullying week, so we have been discussing what is actually meant by bullying, why bullying should not happen and exploring how we would feel if someone were to be unkind to us, based on our own insecurities. This involved some big thinking for Year 6 but it was an important subject to cover, as kindness and empathy are a real focus for us this year. Finally, Friday will be Children in Need. The children will be dressing up in pyjamas, or something spotty and bringing in a donation, to support this wonderful charity.