Streethay School Blog

LO:  I can compare size (big and small).

The Daisies have been working on their comparison skills between big and small, they have been using the blocks to build bigger and smaller towers and the figuring out what one is smaller or bigger.

Well done Daisies!

We have been learning about the invention of the railway during the Victorian era. We thought about why people may have seen this as a positive and a negative invention. 

We have been working hard to include adverbs in our writing. We wrote instructions on what to do in the event of a fire, ensuring we were using adverbs to clearly explain how these instructions are to be carried out. 

In writing this term, we have been looking at the story of Odysseus. This week, we learnt about his adventures again the Sirens. We wrote instructions using conjunctions, about how Odysseus's sailors were able to avoid falling into the Sirens' trap. Then, we looked at Margaret Atwood's poem Siren…

In maths this week, we have been applying our multiplication knowledge. We have been challenging our learning of commutativity, thinking about multiplication and division fact families. We have secured our understanding of multiplying and dividing a number by 1 and itself, as well as having a go…

In music this term, we have been looking at a piece of music that is inspired by rivers. This week, we started to unpick the different elements of the music, thinking about what we could hear. Next week, we will finish this lesson by learning more of the vocabulary, before composing our own piece…

This term in French, we have been learning about clothes and adjectives to describe them. We've had to think carefully about the order of our sentences/words, as well as recalling our knowledge of colour. Luckily, we've got Mrs Gill to help us out, as she's excellent at speaking…

LO: when i use mark making tools, my movements will come from my shoulder.

The Daisies have been creating letters to Santa, they have drawn a picture of what they would like and asked very nicely for Santa to bring it them. Some children have asked for a scooter, a train track but most have…

In PSHE this week, we have been understanding influences. It was really interesting hearing the children's favourite celebrities: everyone from Taylor Swift, footballers to Jesus, Paul Hollywood and Stephen Mulhern! 

This week in geography, we have been learning about multi-cultural Cardiff. We have learnt about the yearly Mela Festival they have and how it celebrates different cultures and ethnicities, to bring everyone together. As our task, we designed a poster to advertise next year's…

LO: i can explore different materials and tools.

this wee the Daisies have been exploring Forest school. The children have enjoyed using different gardening tools to look at the flowers and grass and do some digging, they hvae also explored the mud kitchen using different tools to bring their…

We have been thinking about ways we can look after the environment in RE. Children created posters to share this message with the rest of the school.