During our first Maths lesson back, we worked in pairs and used physical resources to help us count in 2s. We had lots of fun recognising that all the numbers were even.

In English, we looked at a picture from The Great Fire of London. We used determiners, adjectives and nouns to create noun phrases to help us describe the picture. 

During our maths lesson, we used physical resources from the maths trolley to help us make equal groups. We were asked to find equal groups of numbers, count the total we had and display them on our table.

Every week we look forward to our science lessons! This week, we learnt about different habitats and the living things that live there. We chose our favourite habitat and drew it. Omn the back, we were asked to list all the living things that we would find in that habitat and Mr Coard put our work into our floor book.

Throughout the  week, we have been learning about instructions and the features they contain. Today, we focused on imperative verbs and learnt what they meant. After playing Simon Says, we spotted the imperative verbs within the sentences and then we played a bossy verb game. We had lots of fun following the imperative verbs and made sure we listened carefully to ensure we followed the instructions.

Miss Moore gave each table a set of instructions that had been rearranged into a different order. We were asked to put the instructions in the correct order and then follow the instructions to see if they worked. I wonder what we are being asked to do?

In our lesson, we learnt about microhabitats and where you can find them. We talked about what we might find in a micro habitat how we can look after them.

In Art, we have based our artwork around the artist Georgia O’Keefe. We drew flower but enlarged them to look like they were up close. We used water colours and oil pastels to add extra detail to our flowers.

In English, we learnt a new poem called 'Meet the Pirates'. We were put into different groups and were asked to learn a verse and come up with pirate actions to help perform our poem. Also, we put on our best pirate accents and performed our verse to the class. 

We were very lucky to have Dan the Skipping Man visit us today at school. First, we learnt how to skip. Then, we learnt many different ways to skip and finally, we had a go at skipping on a single rope where we had to jump and hop (some of us did it with our eyes closed!) We had so much fun and would like to thank Mrs Cairns for organising it for us.

In maths, we learnt about the minute and hour hands and what they look like on an analogue clock. Then, we used clocks to move the minute and hour hands to make the time o'clock for a range of different times. We enjoyed moving the clock's hands and how they move clockwise every hour. 

On Wednesday 26^th June, we hosted our community café to our family members. After a quick introduction, we read stories and played a range of board games over the afternoon with our families, whilst drinking squash and eating some biscuits. We’d like to thank everyone who came to our community café. It was lovely to see so many people with us and we can’t wait to host our next one.

Also, we'd like to thank Mrs Surtees for organising the community café for everyone and thanks to Mrs Black and Mrs Penny for setting up the community cafe for us.

Over the course of Term 6, we have been planning our STEM investigation. We made different types of helicopters and timed how quickly they would fall to the ground. We learnt about making it a 'fair test' by doing our helicopter drops 3 times and learnt how to use a stop watch to help us measure the time it takes for the helicopter to drop.

Also, we changed our investigation to see if the number of paper clips added, changed the speed in which the helicopters dropped. We had great fun making our helicopters and conducting our investigations.

In D.T, we designed our cars so they could move smoothly and carry a heavy load, using axels and wheels. We used recycled material to build our cars and decorated them with paint. We had lots of fun making them.

Here are our finished DT projects we made. We hope you enjoy them.

We have had a fantastic year in Horse Chestnut class. We'd like to thank all the adults at school and home for supporting us throughout the year, helping us reach our potentials and being fantastic role models to us.

We wish you all a lovely break and can't wait to see you all again in September!

From

Horse Chestnut Class 2023-2024