Rock Week

This week, we have been learning about rocks, soil and fossils. On Wednesday, we started to look at a few rocks like slate, sandstone and limestone. Then, we got the stones and looked at them with a magnifying glass. After that, we sketched the rocks really carefully. Later that day, both of us did some … Read more

3rd June to 7th June

Matilda In Matilda, this week, we read a chapter called “Throwing the Hammer”, and I read two pages. A girl called Hortensia told Lavender and Matilda about The Trunchbull. The Trunchbull throws children because she used to throw the hammer in the Olympic games. We watched a video about the Olympics, and I answered some … Read more

28th May to 29th May

Matilda This week, in the book, Miss Honey talks to Matilda’s parents about her great school work. Miss Honey gives Matilda some books to study, while she is teaching the rest of the class. I wrote some answers to some questions about the chapter. Maths On Tuesday, I worked more on the new Year 2. … Read more

20th May to 24th May

Matilda In Matilda, Miss Honey decides to help Matilda. Miss Honey thinks Matilda needs to be in the top group because of how clever she is. We wrote a limerick about Billy. The next day, we wrote a limerick about Blossom and Buttercup. In the book, Matilda reads a limerick at school, so that’s why … Read more

13th May to 17th May

Matilda I wrote up ‘The Scary Cave’ in best. Rufford Park First, we went for a walk. We went in the abbey ruins. Then, Mummy, Grandma, Grandpa and I looked at the sculptures in the gardens. In the playground, I went down slides. Mummy went down one of the slides and she was like lightning! … Read more

7th May to 10th May

Matilda We wrote up the rest of the draft for ‘The Scary Cave’. Maths We learned about months and days. I had to write all the days of the week. Then, I had to write all the months of the year. Science In science, we investigated shadows, and we learned when the days are longer … Read more

29th April to 3rd May

Matilda In the book, Matilda got angry because the mother and father didn’t believe she could do maths; they thought she had looked at the answer. Matilda put some of Mrs Wormwood’s hair dye into Mr Wormwood’s hair tonic. This week, I finished writing up ‘The Invisible Rope’, in best. Then, I started writing a … Read more

23rd April to 26th April

Matilda I finished writing ‘The Invisible Rope’. Now, I just need to write it up in best. Maths In maths, I did some weighing in grams and kilograms. Science In Science, we went into the wildlife garden to do some learning about habitats and invertebrates. Computing On Code, I helped a collector find treasure. On … Read more

16th April to 18th April

Matilda So far in the story, Matilda has played the tricks “the hat and the glue” and “the parrot ghost” on her brother, father and mother. I’m writing “The Invisible Rope” which is a trick that Matilda could play on her family. Maths We measured some lengths in millimetres, centimetres and metres. The back garden … Read more

8th April to 12th April

Matilda In the book, this week, we found out more about Matilda’s father. Matilda is going to get her own back on her mother and father when they get angry with her. I wrote an acrostic poem about Mr Wormwood, who is Matilda’s father. Maths I had a challenge to find out which pot has … Read more