Owls have been learning about the Jewish faith and the festivals and artefacts linked to Judaism. On Tuesday, along with Kingfishers and Robins, we visited Reading Synagogue and were welcomed by the congregation who had prepared activities in the hall and a tour of the Synagogue. It was a fascinating trip and the children learnt a great deal about Passover and Shabbat. We even learnt the words to Hava Nagila!
Lots of fraction action this week in maths. Owls are trying to secure the structure and concept of finding a fraction of an amount. They are doing this by using Bar models and manipulatives to secure the link that the denominator is also the divisor!
They use the stem sentences:
This is the whole. The whole has been divided into 4 equal parts. Each part is one quarter. One quarter of 24 is 6 because 24 divided by 4 = 6.
We are enjoying our learning about the Ancient Maya - lots of Owls have produced some wonderful home learning and fact gathering which is lovely to see and share. The Ancient Maya number system is very interesting, we learnt that they counted in 20s rather than using the Base 10 system that we count in and had a place value holder!
They used symbols to represent a value and recorded the symbols horizontally.
It is wonderful to see the children enjoying their reading and borrowing books from the school library and the library van. At the end of the term the new vocabulary lists will be available to support your child’s learning - why not use the Easter holidays to find a great book about some of the upcoming topics of the summer term? These will include: The Ancient Egyptians, Forces - Magnets and Electricity and in Art, sculpture work.
Have a great weekend!