Week commencing 12th January 2026

What a great week we have had!

This week, in English, we completed our buddy stories based on the story, The Tunnel by Anthony Browne. We have used our toolkit to help us stick to our story line of our characters not getting along, one going into a mysterious exit/entrance and getting stuck in a European country! Followed by the other character following and rescuing them, ending with their relationship being strengthened. We focused on using inverted commas for speech to include dialogue in our stories, show not tell, fronted adverbials and synonyms for said. We have produced fantastic stories! 

Within maths, we have been learning how to multiply a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number. We have been using the expanded written method whereby we multiply the number by the ones, then the tens and add them together to get the product. And the formal written method is where we multiply the ones by the number and then the tens to get the answer. Next week, we will be progressing to multiplying a 3 digit number by a 1 digit number. 

In Science, we have been learning about the digestive system. Today, we acted out how food travels through our bodies using tights to pretend they were the small intestines! We used a digestive biscuit and a banana as food, orange juice and water as digestive juices, and a sandwich bag as the stomach. We churned the food in the stomach, then squeezed and pushed the food through the tights to see how it gets broken down and moves through the body. We then used paper towels to act as the large intestines, absorbing water. Finally, we cut the bottom of the tights and squeezed the contents out to complete the final stage of the digestive system. It was messy but fun! 

In DT we have designed our own clay models of a European landmark. Next week we will make them. 

 WB 5.1.26

In maths, we have been recapping, multiplying by 10 and 100 using a place value grid. We then progressed to dividing by 10 and 100 using a place value grid.

In English, we planned a Buddy Story, based on the book 'The Tunnel' by Anthony Browne. 

                                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGTTqgMnqeY&t=64s 

In art this week we used art to convey feelings, expression or movement. We did this by striking a pose to represent an emotion and tracing it. Afterwards, we used colours to express the emotions we had chosen. 

     Joy / Happiness                                                Anger