Enrichment Morning - Orienteering
This week, Class Three had an enrichment morning which involved orienteering and lots of teamwork with excellent communication! We transferred our learning from geography brilliantly! The children were given pictures and had to build maps to represent the place accurately using symbols. A super…
RE - Exploring how Christians celebrate at Christmas
In RE this week, Class Three have explored how Christians celebrate at Christmas and considered why. We researched a range of Christian organisations and explored how people participate in the act of giving during the festive season, keeping a focus on the celebration of Jesus’ incarnation. The…
Subtracting fractions from mixed numbers
In maths this week, Year Five children subtracted fractions from mixed numbers. This involved using our previous learning to convert fractions and find common denominators, along with breaking the whole.
Multi-step problem solving
Year Six children solved multi-step problems involving fractions and mixed numbers this week. They recalled previous learning brilliantly and are getting swifter, at converting to find common denominators, each day!
Non-chronological report preparation
In preparation for writing our non-chronological reports, Class Three selected and researched a habitat in order to create their own big-write in the style of Animalium. The children considered the style of language that they will use within their writing and began to construct sentences using the…
New English Text - Animalium
In English this week, Class Three started their new unit of learning (which they are VERY excited about!). After making predictions, we started reading our new class text, Animalium. We developed our fluency and use of appropriate intonation through echo and choral reading before retrieving…
Exploring the 12-bar Blues
In music, we continued learning about Blues music and explored the 12-bar Blues. The children in Class Three learned what a chord is and practiced playing the chord of C with the backing music of the 12-bar Blues. We really focused on playing in time with the backing track and playing both notes…
Art - exploring decision making in creative processes
In Art and Design today, Class Three explored decision making in creative processes. We looked at a range of images and discussed the mediums they were represented through. After selecting the space image that they found most interesting, the children experimented with drawing processes and tools…
Fractions
In maths this week, we have continued learning about fractions. The children in Class Three have been using stem sentences to remember and apply the numerator and denominator rule. We needed to be really secure on these rules in order to firstly compare and order fractions less than one before…
New school vision, values and motto!
Thursday 16th November was a very special day at The Mease Federation because we launched our new school vision, values and motto! We began the day with a whole-federation collective worship in church led by Reverend Nicky and Reverend John. Sarah Ennis also taught us a song about a mustard seed!…
RE - Incarnation
In RE, we started our ‘Incarnation’ unit of learning. Class Three understand where the word comes from and its meaning: God in human form. To begin our learning, we first considered the qualities we would want in a person who could ‘save’ a situation. After reading evidence from the Bible, we used…
Make a Noise about Bullying
It’s Anti-Bullying week! This week we spent time in Class Three exploring this year’s theme, ‘Make a Noise about Bullying’ and completing a range of activities to raise awareness of support systems and strategies that could help somebody. We began the week by wearing odd socks to celebrate our…