Oh no! King Charles has lost his crown while out and about in London and it’s our job to find it.
We can’t wait to share our stories with you. First stop…Trafalgar Square!
Category : Crew Blogs
Reading in MI
In reading we explored a new text, we used a range of strategies when reading out loud including echo read, partner reading, read around the robin as well as trying to beat a timer to increase our pace. We then unpicked some of the vocabulary using a range of strategies to help us. Whilst reading we text marked, one of the things we circled were dates. Our non fiction text included lots of dates which were really useful to know when it came to answering questions later in the session. We then took part in a vocabulary activity which assessed our understanding of the vocabulary we had previously discussed. We looked at both synonyms and antonyms for some of the vocabulary we had highlighted in our texts as well as thinking of some of our own examples. We then moved onto answering questions which included a range of sats style questions. Some of us then moved onto green standard questions where we had to use APE to answer the 3 mark questions. A positive attitude by all in todays lesson, well done MI 🙂
Reading
Today we started Chapter 3 of our Expedition text and focused on vocabulary.
Children started off playing a game called Round Table where they had to list adjectives from the text. We then shared these as a whiparound.
During the lesson we come across a word that we were unsure of how to use in a sentence. We looked at the definition and discussed some possible ways of using the word. Children then had an opportunity to write their own sentence.
Relative clauses in MI
Our grammar lesson started with a mini assessment that challenged our pace and got us thinking about different types of grammar. We then moved onto looking at relative clauses along with relative pronouns. There are some great supportive role models in MI who continue to get smart every lesson. Our grammar knowledge continues to improve every day.
Word problems in maths
Such resilience today in our maths lesson where we tackled some challenging word problems. Such collaborative working, supporting each other to get smart. A great start to the week MI 🙂
LKS2 Summer Hook Week
To kick start off our new expedition learning-Earth Shattering Events- Crew Pashley, Crew Thompson and Crew FE participated in various activities throughout hook week. We sketched snapshots of life in Pompeii, to create whole crew storyboards demonstrating what it was like when Mount Vesuvius erupted.
All the crews participated in a carousel of activities and experiments to begin our learning on natural disasters. We made coke and mentos volcanoes, experienced what a cold flood would feel like, and experienced what an earthquake would feel like.
Fun with phonics
In our learning labs this week we have have some phonic challenges to apply our knowledge of letters and sounds. Oliver was so proud of himself when he wrote ’panic’ independently. Its been great fun 🔤
The Tunnel
This week we’ve been exploring The Tunnel, we LOVE this text and its has provided some great opportunities to develop of speaking and listening skills. We created our own tunnels and acted out the story using small world resources. It also led us into experiences to develop our vocabulary when when Dominic created a tunnel and explained it was ‘camouflaged’ so it was harder to find. He loved sharing his knowledge and understanding with the younger children in our crew.
We love a crew challenge!
We have had a great week working together on various crew challenges this week in Crew Godley. The highlight of my week was to see the children working in smaller crews, independently, during our Guess the Logo challenge. The crews showed they were able to communicate effectively, reason with each other and collaborate beautifully 🥰
