Beech Class Poets

This week, we carried on our learning about poetry. We read From a Railway Carriage again and talked about why we liked it. Then, it was time to plan and write our own train poems. We used similes, onomatopoeia, alliteration and rhyme. We had to remember when to start a new line too. We enjoyed writing our poems and Mrs McLellan and Mrs Orchard were proud of us.

In Topic, we carried on working in groups to compose our own train music- with a steady beat. Some of us created a rhythm, using words like 'steam train, choo choo' or 'clickety clack' and some of us hummed a melody. We started to think about ways to end our piece of music.

In maths, we have been using arrays to count in 2s, 5s and 10s.
An array is a group of dots that you can use to help you - Sam
We looked at the array and wrote a repeated addition, like 5+5+5+5=20 Ross
Then we used the times symbol- 4x5=20 Tom
Today, we matched the arrays to groups of coins.

In PE, we have done lots of practising- dance for May King and Queen and we've started trying the Sports Day activities for June 22nd.

On Tuesday 15th May, we are going to Woodlands, so we need our wellies and a splash suit if we have one.

The Star Award is going to Lucas this week. He was able to apply his English skills to write a great poem. Well done, Lucas!

This week's Learning Owl is Sophia- we've been so impressed with her concentration and perseverance. She made a great prediction in science last week, and really amazed Mrs Mclellan with her maths- she used multiplication without being asked to. Well done, Sophia. Have a great weekend with Snowy.