Hawthorn Class Blog

Since returning from the Easter holidays Hawthorn have continued to make steady progress with their times tables. Progress has certainly been made but we still have a bit more to do before the official check towards mid June. So please allow your child time to sharpen their recall skills on Times Table Rockstars.
In our maths lessons, we are starting to put our newly honed timestable skills to good use and work out areas of rectilinear shapes. The speed in which the class are picking up the concept of area is clearly down to a more in depth understanding of factor pairs and their products. 
We have thoroughly enjoyed reading The White Fox by Jackie Morris this term. It’s a really thought provoking read, dealing with emotionally deep topics such as loss, love and finding where one belongs. 
We have the common theme of migration and the reasons for it running through our writing and geography lessons at present. We are reading the last garden by Rachel Ip and Anneli Bray which tells the story of a young girl fleeing her war torn country and leaving her garden behind. So far the children have used abstract nouns to write some lovely empathetic pieces to the central character Zara. 
We have linked our art topic to our space theme in science and have been exploring the works of Jackson Pollock. We have created space scenes using the drip techniques shown in Pollocks famous works. They will be ready to share by the next newsletter. 
Ms. Rowe, one of our amazing music teachers, has been working hard with the class to develop their recorder skills. The class did a brilliant performance in assembly of Eye of the Tiger. It was really special to see them performing in front of the school and everyone singing along.