The second half of our autumn term has been super busy but as fun as ever! 
In English, we have been exploring a mystery! When all the snow arrived in Ab Kettleby, a ring appeared on our playground with it! We studied the ring and found Viking imprints within! We were so surprised and shocked that we decided to write a newspaper report all about the potential artefact we had come across. Our reports included a lot of detail and some quotes from those we had interviewed around us.   

The children have also demonstrated some amazing skills in maths lessons. We have been working on our multiplication and division before moving onto fractions. We are proud of how far we have come with our multiplication knowledge and have been using the facts we know to help us with equivalent fractions as well as mixed number fractions! We’ll look forward to continuing this after the half term break.

In Autumn 1, we enjoyed discovering more about Anglo-Saxons within our Big Question – ‘Who were the troublemakers in History?’ and this half term, we have moved onto all thing Vikings. The class have looked at timelines and key people who impacted society. We were lucky enough to be paid a visit from Eric Ericson, a Viking man, who brought with him all sorts of real-life historic artefacts and weaponry for us to explore. We found out all sorts of facts, including what our very own Viking names would be! 

In Science lessons, we have been exploring electricity. We’ve absolutely loved using electronic components to make series circuits and experimented with conductors and insulators. We also delved into the challenge of making our own switches to use in a circuit that turns on/off a bulb, buzzer and/or motor.   

In art, we have been working on using shading to create 3D effect and have also been ‘drawing with scissors’ in the style of Henri Matisse.

    

Mr Emerton returned to us after the half term break and continued to teach us drumming. We practiced a performance that we shared with our families in school and were able to confidently present a song in voice alongside the varied sounds and rhythms we had learned! 

We have also pushed ourselves in other curriculum areas, including those of extra-curricular! One school trip we were a part of was meeting the ice hockey Nottingham Panthers! We were part of a Q&A session and got to know the life behind the scenes of the sport before taking to the ice ourselves! How fun! 

Like I said, it has been a busy half term and we are ready to wind down for the festive holidays before returning in the New Year for more! 😊

Merry Christmas everybody, from The Hive.