Traditional Tales - 22.9.17

We have been reading the traditional tale Rapunzel in English this week. We've compared two versions (Ladybird and Bethan Woollvin) and looked for similarities and differences. Which one was your favourite?



Rafferty – 2nd because the witch was kinderKaitlyn – 2nd because at the end Rapunzel dresses up as a superheroEthan – 1st because I knew that version well

In Maths, we've been investigating the = sign. We've learnt that = means the same as and doesn't always have to be at the end of a number sentence e.g. 6 + 4 = 10 or 10 = 6 + 4. We've used the greater than and less than signs to compare numbers that aren't equal.

We've been learning about the conditions of growth needed for plants to survive in Science. We read a story called 'The Tiny Seed' by Eric Carle and explored why seeds didn't survive in different places.
Ellis - 'One seed got stuck in the snow so it didn't have any sunlight'
Myles - 'The wind blew one seed to close to the sun so it burnt'.

Noreen is Star of the Week for being such a good role model following our classroom rules. Kaitlyn is spending the weekend with Night for  taking responsibility for her own learning and accessing the resources that she needs.

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