What we are doing this week in Lilac Class for the week beginning 29.1.24

For Maths this week in Lilac Class, we are multiplying a 3- and 4-digit number by a 2-digit number, considering where we need to put the exchange and why it is important to use the zero placeholder.  We will then move onto solving problems with multiplication, applying our knowledge of multiplication.  Lilac Class will also be learning about how to use the short division written method to solve calculations and be using place value charts alongside this method.  We will be finding out what we do when the number we are diving by does not exactly divide into the first digit.

In English this week in Lilac Class, we are continuing with the drafting and levelling up of our viewpoint narrative. This piece of extended writing is based on the first chapter of Berlie Doherty’s Street Child entitled ‘The Shilling Pie’. This week we are using our plans and brilliant vocabulary that we created during our brainstorming session as a basis for our narrative, written from the viewpoint of the main character, Jim Jarvis. We will also be writing a passage of dialogue and using direct speech.   

For Whole Class Guided Reading, Lilac Class are reading Chapters 4 and 5 of Berlie Doherty’s ‘Street Child’ entitled ‘The Workhouse’ and ‘Behind Bars’.  These chapters are about Jim’s initial experiences of the workhouse, what he hears, sees and feels.  We will be finding evidence in the text as to why Jim was really scared to speak out and why he wanted to escape. 

In RE, we are exploring what Moses felt when he saw the Burning Bush.  The children will be studying a painting of Moses and answering such questions as ‘Why do you think Moses had these feelings and emotions?’ and ‘Why do you think God chose Moses to free the Hebrew people?’

For Time and Place, Lilac Class are finding out about what the main inventions of the Victorian period were and how they have shaped our lives today.  For Science in Lilac Class, we are writing up our evaluation and conclusion to our experiment about testing for the best insulator.

In Design and the Arts we are continuing with our Victorian samplers using thread and binka.  Lilac Class are learning to use a variety of stiches with different coloured thread.  We are basing these on our plans.