Week beginning 20th January 2020

January 18, 2020

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Maths – This week’s maths learning objectives are:

  • Compare fractions with unrelated denominators using equivalence;
  • Know decimal equivalents for halves, quarters, fifths, eighths, tenths and hundredths;
  • Use mental division strategies to find non-unit fractions of amounts;
  • Recognise equivalent fractions, decimals and percentages;
  • Find percentages of amounts;
  • Calculate and interpret the mean as an average.

English – This week, we shall be starting our new unit of Non-chronological reports. We shall be basing our learning this half term on our class text, Holes by Louis Sachar. This week, we shall be planning, writing and editing our non-chronological reports based on a rattlesnake.

Science – We shall be starting our new unit Animals, including humans.

PE – Swimming is on this week. On Fridays, we shall be doing boxercise sessions.

Reading – We shall be continuing to read our class text, Holes. We shall be completing some skimming activities this week, as well as completing a past reading paper.

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Geography – This term, we will be learning all about Scandinavia. This week’s learning objectives are:

• To understand key aspects of the climate zones of Scandinavia.
• To understand the position and significance of the Arctic circle
• Use graphs to identify physical features.

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History – We shall be learning about how the role of propaganda during WW2.

 

Key dates – We shall be visiting Kew Gardens on Monday 3rd February 2020.