Literacy

This term in literacy we have continued reading a whole class text, focusing on comparing texts and authorial intent. We have also been developing our creative writing skills in preparation to plan and write the final writing assessment of the year- a narrative to describe the Amazon jungle! We have recapped and consolidated our understanding of using apostrophes, direct speech with inverted commas and literary features. We have been doing short drama activities and art to inspire our writing, which has been very beneficial!

Maths

This term in maths, we have been learning about time. We learnt to tell the time both on an analogue clock and a digital clock. We have also recapped our basic skills using the four operations to help us solve single and multistep reasoning questions. These problems included money and decimals. Congratulations to   who represented Curwen at the Wondermaths competition. They competed against schools from across London to solve a range of mathematical problems.

Topic

This term we have been learning about the Amazon. We began by recapping what we learned about South America during International Week and discovering more physical and human features of both North and South America. Once we had located these on a map, we moved onto comparing the Amazon River with the River Thames. Although the Amazon River is much, much bigger, we were surprised to discover that the River Thames is one of the cleanest rivers in the world! Both rivers are vital habitats for an abundance of wildlife. Finally, we looked at the environmental issue of deforestation. Now Press Play helped bring our learning to life!