16th September to 20th September

Ukulele

In ukulele, I played the A minor chord.

A photograph showing a page with the A minor chord and a song for the A minor chord.
The A minor chord

Maths

In maths, I worked on directions and turns.

A worksheet showing the Gruffalo being turned.
Turning the Gruffalo

Book Study

This week, we started The Butterfly Lion.

The front cover of The Butterfly Lion.
The Butterfly Lion

Each time we read a chapter in The Butterfly Lion, we are going to write a chapter of our own story.

A worksheet showing the name, age, personality, goals, strengths, weaknesses, problems, friends and enemies of the main character.
Planning the main character

Spelling

In spelling, we did work on when to put “ck”, “c” and “k”.

A worksheet showing words where the "k" sound comes before "e", "i" or "y" and when the "k" sound does not come before "e", "i" or "y".
“K” sound worksheet

Baking

We baked some rather delicious rice biscuits, this week.

A container of rice biscuits with cherries on the top.
Rice biscuits
A page from the Bero cookery book with the recipe for rice biscuits.
Rice biscuit recipe

Science

This week, we did an investigation into elasticity. Elasticity lets a ball squash, but after it bounces it becomes its original shape again. I found out that rubber is the most elastic material that we tested.

A photo showing the four balls that we tested.
Bouncy ball investigation

Technology

This week, I learned coding for Minecraft. I learned how to use the “if” block which let me walk across lava.

A screenshot showing a Minecraft puzzle with some code.
Minecraft coding

French

In French, we had a bingo game and also had a conversation. We revised family members and learned how to change “the” into “my”.

Chinese

In Chinese, we practised writing the numbers one to ten.

A sheet showing chinese characters for one to ten.
Chinese number sheet