It was great to wave the students off for a well earned break from school this week! I hope everyone is feeling excited and ready for their half term break.

Our Roman Myths topic has continued with the students recapping their knowledge of Romulus and Remus, whilst hearing a new version of the story. The students showed off their amazing memories by comparing and contrasting the versions and discussing how myths can change. We then looked at direct speech again and practiced writing conversations between Romulus and Remus. The students remembered the characters’ personalities well and were able to write relevant (and hilarious!) conversations for the two brothers. They then read a new myth The Oak and the Linden Tree, which teaches the importance of kindness. The students were great at exploring and discussing the meaning behind the story.

In Numeracy we have continued to teach the children different strategies to help them add and subtract. This week we have focused on number bonds to 100 and addition of 1 & 2-digit numbers from 3-digit numbers using the partitioning of H T O values, adding in the correct order and recombining for the final answer.

This week’s Roman topic lessons have been particularly fun as we have began the long awaited lessons on the Roman Army….which means our Roman shields are in full swing! The class has started to paint their shields and will be ready to join forces and march around the school grounds together very soon!

Have a great week everyone!