19.5.2023

What a beautiful week we have had in Oak class! Our week started with finishing our newspaper articles focused on the events of 79AD. Mt Vesuvius spewed toxic ash over the city of Pompeii, burying it for centuries. We have also explored Greek philosophy, we shared our ideas as to what some interesting quotes may mean and thought about how they may relate to our own lives. We have also had Woodland School today! We used nature to create images of our favourite animals! We saw bats, cats, stick insects and more! 

Next week we will finish our newspaper unit by writing an article on either the discovery of a new dinosaur in China or the current situation in Italy, regarding the tragic floods. We have researched information and details of what has happened and will use the skills we have gained over this unit to write our independent pieces! 

Our Spellings this week are:​

• where
• were
• wear
• there 
• their

It has been great to see the engagement in reading rise over the past half term. We really would like to see that the children are reading their levelled book from school at least 3x a week. A comment about how many pages and the date in the reading record help us identify how frequently they are reading. If we notice a child is struggling to read at home, we can put things in place here to support them. 

Have a lovely weekend!