Happy Mother's Day

This week in class we talked a lot about our mums and how special they are! In Literacy, we started to look at how to write a great set of instructions.

I was wondering whether we could combine the two...

Can you write a set of instructions for the perfect mum? Remember to think about the key features of instructions we identified this week (I have listed some below) and think about what it takes to be a superb mum. Maybe you could ask your mums to give you a few ideas; they are the experts after all.

Key features of instruction texts:
An opening
Imperative (bossy) verbs
Time connectives
Written in chronological order
A closing statement

River Trip

We had a brilliant time on our trip last week. We carried out lots of activities which helped us to learn more about how special the River Thames is. These activities also reminded us about some of the other things we have learnt this year like the water cycle.

Write a post which tells us what you did and what you learnt on the day. You might also want to say why you would recommend the trip to other children.

Happy blogging!

Rivers

This week in Downing Street class we have been preparing to go on our River trip to Teddington and Kingston to learn more about the River Thames. 

What do you know already about rivers? Try to include as much of the technical vocabulary as you can.

Here are some words to help you:

estuary, mouth, watershed, transportation,

source, tributary, meander, waterfall, gorge

Tell me why!

Another 'Tell me why!' problem this week. You will need to carry out a little research to find the answer but make sure you write up your findings in your own words.

Here it is...

Why does a compass always point north?

I'll post an answer next week.

Happy blogging! :-)