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In Maths today we have been revising how to find volume, we have been able to calculate length x width x height to find volumes of given shapes. 
 

Well done Year 6! 

We have had a very productive first week back at St Mary’s. We have been busy planting our wildflowers, beans, peas, lettuce, broccoli and turnips. Class One have also created some beautiful nature art whilst learning about dandelions. 

In Maths we have started a new unit on mass and capacity. Today we revised our prior learning to ensure that we remembered all of the key skills and vocabulary that we have already learnt. Miss Lukat was very impressed!

In Art this afternoon we have been learning about the famous sculptor Escher. We have attempted to use his style of tessellation to create artwork. Well done Class 4!  

In maths today we have been looking at translating and reflecting shapes. 
We have been metacognitive as we remembered that we need to write the ‘x’ coordinates  before we write the ‘y’. We used the saying along the corridor and then up/down the stairs to help us. 

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In maths today we have been learning about finding averages. We have been able to add the numbers together and divide them by the total of numbers that we had. Year 6 worked very hard on this!

In Maths today we have been learning about the properties of 2D and 3D shapes. 
We have been learning about the following terms:

-Regular and Irregular

-Parallel and Perpendicular lines

-Interior angles

- Faces, edges and vertices

- Nets

Maybe you could look for some…

Today in phonics our Year 1 children have been sorting black cat words into trash or treasure. They worked as a team and practiced reading the words. 
 

We have been reading and retelling the story of the enormous turnip through role play! We have also created play dough turnips and planted turnip seeds.

In Maths we started off  the lesson with a warm up of measuring angles within a triangle. I was very impressed that Year 6 had remembered how to use the protector accurately. ☺️
WELL DONE Year 6! 
Maybe you could try this at home?

This week in our GreenPower journey we have been finishing off the bodywork and attaching the roll bar. We have started to compile our portfolio ready for race day. 

In maths we have been learning about perimeter.