RE continues in MI

10th February 2025Stacey McClare

In our RE lesson we firstly recapped our lesson last week on the soul. We explored different icons thinking how they could represent an idea on what makes humans special. Children explained that the brain could represent the soul as it controls peoples thoughts and some could show inner self. We then looked at our learning target which was describing what some people believe about being human through exploring personal responses. We watched a video clip to explore this further. This clip explained what different religions opinions were in response to having a soul. We unpicked these together, stopping the clip in different places. We came to the conclusion that the clip was showing that all people are special and unique.

We then looked a range of different statements that reflected on what some people believe about humans having a soul. Our main activity then allowed us to complete a soul snowflake where children had to think about how strongly they agree and disagree with a variety of statements. Children then joined all their answers together and the inside of their shape showed similarities and differences between their own and others’ snowflakes. Our debrief allowed us to think about how we can live in harmony when we have different worldviews. This was a great discussion 🙂

Unpicking questions in MI

10th February 2025Stacey McClare

After our flash cards and vocabulary check, we started to think more about inference. We started with a picture to activate our minds then we unpicked some of the written comprehension questions we completed on Friday. We really explored the questions thinking about our answers and if we had answered the questions accurately. We worked well in mini crews when unpicking the question and finding evidence in the text we had read.

Testing out the energy ball!

10th February 2025Stacey McClare

Today we explored the energy ball a little more, continuing our learning from Friday! We acted as conductors of electricity completing a circuit. We then added other objects to the circuit to see if they were conductors or insulators of electricity.

Exploring circuits lessons 2 and 3

7th February 2025Emily Ibbotson

Firstly, we recapped our learning about appliances and played a game to say whether they were electrical and if they were mains or battery powered. We then discussed what a circuit was and the different components which we use to construct a series circuit. In mini-crews, we made circuits and then drew them using symbols. We had great fun exploring what the different components did.

Next, we investigated what happened in complete and incomplete circuits. Using an energy stick, we explored what happened when we all were connected and the stick lit up. This was amazing!

Finally, we looked at pictures of circuits and then predicted if they would work. We then built them and tested them.

Bob Marley discussions in MI

4th February 2025Stacey McClare

Our crew check in this morning allowed us to choose which Bob Marley song we preferred- Three little birds or Jamming! We enjoyed listening to parts of the songs and explaining our answers. We then moved onto to discussing more on Bob Marley, we looked on google earth at where he lived and explored different pictures. We then explored reggae music in a little more detail, we listened to ‘Hold Em Joe’ and clapped along to the beat. We then explored other famous reggae musicians and songs. We thought about the similarities and differences between the songs and explained our ideas. We then started singing some of the songs by Bob Marley which we all loved 🙂

Maths in MI

3rd February 2025Stacey McClare

Another great lesson on perimeter today 🙂 Our focus was on irregular polygons, finding missing sides then calculating the perimeter. Great resilience shown in todays maths lesson.

Reading in MI

3rd February 2025Stacey McClare

Today we started a new reading text all about our muscles which links nicely to our expedition. We focussed lots on the language being used in the text, really unpicking vocabulary then using the words to make sense of what we were reading. We then focussed on reading the text fluently where we took part in an echo read and scoop and an independent read. Our reasons to read allowed us to explore the text further, really using the text to skim and scan for answers. Our exit ticket really assessed our understanding of the vocabulary. A great lesson MI 🙂

Crew in MI

3rd February 2025Stacey McClare

Today was the start of national storytelling week! Our crew check in allowed us to share our favourite story. We then discussed storytelling in more detail and watched a clip of the first storytelling Laureate, Taft Thomas MBE. Our eyes were glued to the screen through the video clip and we all loved discussing our thoughts afterwards. We discussed storytelling through time and the importance of oral storytelling. From here we thought about what makes a good storyteller, how they make a story exciting and interesting and what the word ‘suspense’ means to us. We thought about our favourite places to read and share a story, some of these being on a bean bag, laid under a tree in the summer, on a chair, laid on our back, in the library and in a quiet space. Mrs McClare discussed her experiences of storytelling when she young and the stories she remembers the most.

When then moved onto looking at Bob Marley in preparation for the world wide sing a long to celebrate Bob Marley’s 80th birthday. We looked at who Bob Marley is and his legacy. At the end of the day we started practising some of his songs, really thinking about the words and what they mean. We loved singing the songs 🙂 We will continue to look at these in our music lesson tomorrow.