This week we started our new book ‘Sidney, Stella and the Moon’.
This a story about twins Sidney and Stella who love doing everything together – everything except sharing. In the story a quarrel over a bouncy ball creates a moon-sized problem when they accidentally smash the moon into pieces! The siblings have to work together to solve the problem and find a new moon.
When we finished this story, it got us thinking about fiction and non-fiction. We knew this story must be fiction because the moon wouldn’t be broken by a bouncy ball. This got us thinking about everything else we knew about the moon.
Please quiz us at home about our knowledge of the moon, as we are now ‘Moon Experts’. We can tell you all about what it’s like on the moon, missions to the moon and we have learnt some great ‘Did you know?’ facts. Next week we will be using this knowledge to write information pages about the moon.
In maths we have been learning how to compare numbers and amounts using the mathematical symbols < > =
In science we have learnt about absorbent and waterproof materials. We conducted an experiment to see which material would be suitable for a bag to help keep items dry.
In phonics we have been learning the following sounds:
ir (whirl and twirl)
or (shut the door)
There are words containing these sounds for the children to practise available on the Spelling Shed website: https://play.spellingshed.com/#/login
We hope you have a lovely weekend,
Miss Luetchford and Mrs Sharon 🙂