This week in Willow Class we will be:
English: In English this week we will be looking at the classic narrative poem, The Highwayman. We will be looking at the origins behind the poem, character description within the poem and eventually writing a parody other The Owl and the Pussycat – another narrative poem.
Maths: In maths we will be continuing with decimals and percentages, focusing on: thousandths on a place value chart, ordering and compare decimals and round to the nearest whole number.
Science – Our topic this term is materials. This week we will be focusing on evaluating our heat experiment and looking at the uses of everyday materials – plastic, wood and metal.
Big Question: If you were Prime Minister for the day, what law would you introduce?
Have a look below to see what we‘ve been up to this week:
In art this week, Willow class added the lightest layers of paint over their batik.
In PE this week, Willow have been focusing on holding their balances and stretches.
In Science this week, Willow conducted an experiment into the thermal conductivity of materials. The used bubble wrap, felt and tin foil to see which kept the water the warmest over a 30 minute period.