In topic, we have been learning about the history of Dover castle. We learnt about motte and bailey keeps (wooden castles) that were used by Normans to help defend and we built our own!

We have been enjoying trying yoga! This has been a very calming experience with everyone giving it excellent effort to improve their balance and strength.

In science, we have been learning about thermal conductors and insulators as well as discovering which materials dissolve in warm water.

We have been learning about Chinese culture for global citizenship week. We created our own bookmarks with Chinese calligraphy as well as taking part in traditional Chinese dragon and parasol dancing.

A big focus has been fractions, where the children have used their times table knowledge to calculate fractions of amounts.

One of our writing journeys included writing a discussion text about which materials would be used to build a castle. The children sorted materials by property and explained which they believed would be best for building walls, gates, beds, pillows and other items.