Should Children Have An Afternoon Break?

We've been writing discussion texts. A discussion text must put forward a balanced argument without bias. How do you think we did?

Olivia's work:

Our Anglo-Saxon Research

Sentences for a Discussion Text

We're currently studying discussion texts. Our current discussion is about whether cars should be allowed in the town centre. Below are some examples of sentences that could be used to discuss this topic.

Harriet:

Jamie:

Sami:

Of course, while writing a discussion text it is important to remain impartial and write without bias.

Playground Maths

At the end of the school day, some of you may have noticed the chalk marks on the playground. Today, 5LM/LG took their maths outside and practised rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000 on the playground surface with chalk.

Place Value

In maths, we've started the year by looking at improving our ability to use place value and, in particular, read and order numbers up to 1 million. Here's an example of some work from 5BH:

Did these children manage to order all of the numbers correctly?

Twelfth Night Newspaper Articles

After studying Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, we imagined ourselves being newspaper reporters on the island of Illyria covering the events from the play. These recounts were written by Morgan & Freddie:

Bird Art