The Writing's on the Wall...

5 weeks in... although according to a class discussion we had this week many of us still feel like it's only week 3! (Mrs Crawley does not agree - it definitely feels like week 5!)

On Monday we attended our school harvest festival, and the year 6s had their first opportunity to run the service themselves! They did a great job, and have shown that they will also do brilliantly at the Christmas carol concert later on this term!

On Tuesday we continued learning about crime and punishment, this time focusing on the Viking and Saxon era. We learnt about some of the punishments given in Saxon times, then held our own courtroom debate as to whether we should punish criminals with the modern punishment or the more brutal Saxon one - by the end of the afternoon we were pretty bloodthirsty!

In writing we have started looking at biographical writing. First we studied the features of biographies, and then began researching the life stories of famous people who had been arrested or imprisoned for their beliefs, such as Nelson Mandela, Rosa Parks, Gandhi and Emmeline Pankhurst. On Wednesday we also continued to work on our handwriting skills, enjoying this counter-flipping competition to flex our fine-motor skills!

In maths we have continued practising our mental maths skills, as well as going over the skills we need for written problems involving addition and subtraction.

Near the end of the week we started looking at our art topic, focusing on street art and graffiti. After discussing the ethical issues and legal issues surrounding graffiti art, we then looked at the work of Banksy. On Thursday we had a go at watercolour blending to create our own graffiti tag.

On Friday we started looking at Viking Boats in preparation for our DT project - best start saving your cereal boxes now!

Mrs Crawley