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18th - 21st April
Posted: Apr 24, 2017 by: Teachers (BishopTeachers) on: What's been happening in Discoverers & Voyagers.
Years 3 and 4 have had a fantastic start to the term. We have begun our topic on the Great Outdoors by looking particularly at the rainforest. We have used Lynne Cherry's 'The Great Kapok Tree' to spark discussion about the animals that inhabit the rainforest. Children will be undertaking their own research about a rainforest animal of their choice to inform the non-chronological reports that they will be writing. So far, we have looked carefully at what a good non-chronological report looks like and the features it includes. As well as this, we have made actions to it to help us remember! (See images below).
Alongside the non-chronological reports, children have begun creating a comic strip depicting the conversation shared between the animals and wood cutter in 'The Great Kapok Tree'. Not only will this develop our ICT skills, it will also help us refine our use of speech marks and different sentence types. We hope to be able to share these with you on the website soon.
In Science, we are finishing our topic on 'All Living Things' by looking at how environments, particularly rainforests, can change and the impact this has on the animals and plants that inhabit them. We look forward to beginning our next topic on rocks, soon.
In Maths, we have begun a sequence on time and converting time from analogue to digital 12 and 24 hour clocks. Children have made a good start.
We have also enjoyed athletics in P.E. this week, as part of our preparations for our athletics festival and sports day!
