In class assemblies and PSHE sessions we have been thinking about being thoughtful listeners and how hearing and listening are two different things. Have we truly listened to each other? Have we heard what the other person is saying? Owl class have also reflected on encouraging one another and that encouragement is ‘giving courage’.
Our topic work has a geography focus and this week Owls have been learning how to recognise symbols on maps. They also designed their own map symbol. The lesson started however with a photograph of Mrs Oberholzer stood at the Cape of Good Hope and we used an atlas to locate this. Did you know it is the most south-westerly point of South Africa!
As part of our English we have focused on word types and using them to make writing exciting. We can now also use FANBOYS and ISAWAWABUB to create different sentence types. In Maths we have been exploring number - trying to partition them in different ways using the dienes and counters to help us.
In Science we have continued to explore the three rock types: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. Luckily, we had sandstone, granite, marble, slate and lots more. We used magnifying glasses to look deeply at their texture and colour. Then we worked in groups to sort them into the three different types.
Our Art this week was to simply explore colour and understand what the primary and secondary colours are.
