We have been using our story maps to write an innovated version of Paddington in the Garden. The children have changed what Paddington climbed up onto to gain a good view of the gardens. Many of the children were keen to use their knowledge of landmarks in London (from our Geography lesson last week) when choosing a building for Paddington to climb. As well as focusing on punctuation (?, !, capital letters and full stops), we have also been learning how to edit and improve our work by adding adjectives with the suffix -ful or -less, as well as many other noun phrases.

Maths

In our maths lessons this week we have learning about how to calculate answers to multiplication questions through the application of repeated addition. We have also been learning strategies to find half of an even number, as well as focusing on sharing with remainders. During our Mastering Number sessions, we have been learning about near doubles (4+5, 5+6 etc) and have been using our rekenreks to help us.

	Try the halving section on Hit the Button. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
	RE

We have been learning about empathy in RE this week.  Having listened to the story of Blind Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52, Luke 18:35-43), we then discussed how Bartimaeus felt when Jesus spoke to him.

Art

As part of our topic on Van Gogh, we have been working in small groups to produce collaborative collages of Van Gogh's Starry Night painting. We used a variety of materials with different textures and thought about the colours used by Van Gogh to create mood.

  

 Have a look at our gallery to see some more photographs taken during our art lesson this week.