In English this week we have been looking at finding information about the text we are reading.  We have found a skill that helps us dig deeper into what we predict the book could be about.  The children were introduced to the front cover of Tad by Benji Davies and before we even opened the book we decided to dig into our minds to think of ideas the book could be about and what vocabulary we may come across.  We worked in teams and created a ‘Mind Map’ of our ideas and connections. We were then able to read the story undertand the vocabulary and sequence with greter depth.

This week we have been looking at differnt skills we can use to improve our English work.  We looked at a set of instructions and at first were a little baffled by all the information we could see.  However, when we looked at each part of the instructions we realised that we could sort them into key areas E.G. Title, equipment, method etc.  This helped us greatly when we had to write instructions on how to build our own ‘ME’ robot.

In our learning means the world theme ‘Internation Media Station’ we have been looking at the ways in which tv and radio companies capture our attention.  We looked at the art work used and the jingles that keep us singing.  We then worked as a group to come up with our own jingle to introduce a new breakfast cereal.  The children were amazing both at designing their cereal box and coming up with a catchy jingle.  I am still singing along with ‘panda Pops’!

In our English lessons this week we have been learning how to read, follow and write instructions.  We decided to make chocolate and syrup rice krispie cakes. We followed the instructions very carefully to ensure that our cakes turned out correctly.  We then ate them, which was our favourite part!