In our book talk session this week, we have continued to focus on inference. We have texted marked the next couple of pages in our book, highlighting any words we wasn’t sure of. We used skills such as read around the word and looking at the root word to unpick this vocabulary.
Today in our writing lesson, we took part in a second experience day. This one all focussed around the touch, taste and smell lenses as this is what we will be including in our PP4 chunk. We tried a variety of sweets and built up our vocabulary ready to use on Monday.
In our PE lesson today, we have worked on our batting skills. We made sure we were stood sideways on in front of the bowler. We also made sure we watched the ball so we could time our hit. We continued to work on our underarm throw because this is a super important skill in rounders. We enjoyed playing a mini game of rounders to practice everything we have learnt so far.
Crew Thompson love the opportunity to go out and litter pick on our school grounds. We enjoying cleaning our school field and looking after the environment.
Over the course of our RE lessons, we have been looking at the guiding question “Why do people pray”. We have learnt lots about Christians, Muslims and Hindus and really wanted to be reflective about why people pray. We created our own questionnaire which we then asked other Year 3 and 4 children and adults. We found that not a lot of children are religious and pray but most thought it would be beneficial if they did.
Wow! Mick really put us to the test today as we completed several different challenges. We had to work as a team to complete the variety of strength and fitness activities. We worked super hard to complete each activity but found carrying the tyre above our heads quite tricky.
In challenge crew, we had to use nonverbal ways of communication to give clues to others about the number on the card. Some ways we did this were by clapping or jumping. We then had to group ourselves into whether our number was low, middle or high. After a few goes we got really good at it.
In our Scotties session this week, Mick really worked us hard to make sure we saved the castle. We had to do a variety of different exercises before we got there. We were tired by the end of the session but it was good to move our bodies and work our muscles.
Today in maths, we built on our previous knowledge of interpreting pictograms and used this to help us draw pictograms. The most important thing to do is read the key! Once you know what the key is, you can draw the symbols for the pictogram!
In PE today, we continued to work on our skills needed for rounders. First, we warmed up by practicing our underarm throw. We remembered that we had to step forward with our opposite leg so we are balanced. We had to make sure we were ready to catch the ball by looking at our partner with our hands out ready. Then, we did the exact same but practicing the overarm throw. Again, we had to use the opposite foot when setting forward and make sure our throwing elbow was in line with our shoulder. We then discussed what a “no-ball” is in rounders. The umpire calls no-ball when the bowler bowls the ball too high (above the head), too low (below the knee) too wide (out of the batting square) or too close (no ball body). We then had a mini game to put all the skills into practice. We had a bowler, batter, back stop, umpire and some fielders. We really enjoyed todays PE lesson and can’t wait to continue to practice these skills next week.
