Rounding to the nearest 1000

4th October 2024Laura Hamill

Crew Hamill have worked really hard this week to round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and then 1000. We began by identifying the multiple of 10, 100 or 1000 that was before and after our number. For example, if our number was 1235, the thousand before would be 1000 and the thousand after would be 2000. We then had to decide, using a number line to support, which multiple it was closest to and therefore which number we would round it to. We then learned a rounding rhyme to help us solve this more easily:

  • Find the place (which place you are rounding to)
  • Look next door (look at the column to the right)
  • 5 or bigger? +1 more
  • 4 or less? Let it rest

Regular Verbs and Verb Phrases

4th October 2024Laura Hamill

Crew Hamill continued their grammar lessons by deepening their understanding on regular verbs, focusing on how the suffix that is added to them changes their tense (e.g. if you ad -ed, it becomes past tense – walk, walked and if you ad -ing, it is present tense – walk, walking). We then spent some time working in mini crews to write down as many regular verbs as we could think of. Following this, we linked our new knowledge of regular verbs with our previous learning of ‘to be’ and ‘to have’ verbs and began to identify verb phrases which are made up of two verbs together (e.g. are swimming).

Feudal system

4th October 2024Lauren Marsh

Now we have finished all of our castle jobs we have been able to finish the feudal system in a castle – we hated being servants but loved being kings and queens.

Massive thank you!

4th October 2024Lauren Marsh

We just wanted to say a massive thank you to parents for all of the donations we have received for the harvest festival. We have been blown away and we cannot wait to give them to families in our local community.

Kings and Queens

4th October 2024Lauren Marsh

We loved finishing our castle jobs by pretending to be Kings and Queens after making our crown we got to do our favourite two things – watch bluey and eat a biscuit.

Attendance Award

4th October 2024Ruth Shields

We hreally enjoyed our attendance treat yesterday of nun and juice. This was awarded for receiving 99% attendance for last week. Well done everyone. Keep coming to school and we’ll be able to enjoy this more often.