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Class 2 had a fantastic day at Richard Crosse for Great Fire of London Day. We watched a fantastic  performance, made our own houses out of boxes and set them on fire! Then we did quizzes and games on the laptops. It was lovely to spend the day with our friends from across the…

In music today we have been learning about graphic notation. We used this method of composing to create a piece linked to our story Grandads Island. We composed our pieces in pairs and enjoyed practising and performing them to the class. 

In maths today the Year 6 children have looked at problems involving factions and decimals.

Today we have been looking at answering money problems in maths. Year 6 were able to calculate multi-step problems using decimals and use the inverse operation to check their answers. 

Excellent effort once again. Well done Class 4!

We used our cutting skills to cut out the shapes and assemble them into a hen!

In Maths today we have been revising how to find volume, we have been able to calculate length x width x height to find volumes of given shapes. 
 

Well done Year 6! 

We have had a very productive first week back at St Mary’s. We have been busy planting our wildflowers, beans, peas, lettuce, broccoli and turnips. Class One have also created some beautiful nature art whilst learning about dandelions. 

In Maths we have started a new unit on mass and capacity. Today we revised our prior learning to ensure that we remembered all of the key skills and vocabulary that we have already learnt. Miss Lukat was very impressed!

In Art this afternoon we have been learning about the famous sculptor Escher. We have attempted to use his style of tessellation to create artwork. Well done Class 4!  

In maths today we have been looking at translating and reflecting shapes. 
We have been metacognitive as we remembered that we need to write the ‘x’ coordinates  before we write the ‘y’. We used the saying along the corridor and then up/down the stairs to help us. 

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In maths today we have been learning about finding averages. We have been able to add the numbers together and divide them by the total of numbers that we had. Year 6 worked very hard on this!

In Maths today we have been learning about the properties of 2D and 3D shapes. 
We have been learning about the following terms:

-Regular and Irregular

-Parallel and Perpendicular lines

-Interior angles

- Faces, edges and vertices

- Nets

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