News from Birch Class...

We’ve had a super first week back in Birch Class – the children have been working really hard and are a credit to you all.  
This week… 

• In Maths, our brains have been hurting as we get to grips with long division! I’m impressed though – they worked hard and they’ve picked it up quicker than I was suspecting – great stuff! 
• In English we’ve started a brand-new unit based around Michael Morpurgo’s Kensuke’s Kingdom. We read Adolphus Tips to support our learning on WW2 before half-term, and it has been great to compare and contrast two stories by the same author as well as look at how paragraphs are constructed. 
• We’ve switched from History to Geography this half-term and we’re now exploring our wonderful country and the rest of the kingdom. Over the next 6 weeks we’ll be answering questions like: what is a National Park and how many do we have? How many different counties and regions are there in the United Kingdom? Where does the UK gets its electricity from? What industries make up the UK’s economy?  
• In Science, we are looking into the fascinating life of Carl Linnaeus and his classification system. 

Other highlights: We learned of great sporting success in Birch class; before half-term, OCRA held a Quad-kids event across many primary schools in the area. Bertie and Luca finished 1st and 2nd respectively across all of the large schools! Excellent! 
 
DON’T FORGET! 
Next week is Times tables Rockstar's nationwide tournament! Log-in to TTRS every day of next week and spend at least 30 minutes practicing your times tables and let’s show the world how clever Birch class is!