Class 8 learning journey Summer 1 2022/2023

Literacy

Linking to our topic, we have been writing a narrative piece based on The Saga of Biorn (a video about a a Viking battling a giant). We learnt what features are used in a narrative and practiced these skills before applying them to our independent writing. The skills we explored were:

• Speech, ensuring the correct use of punctuation
• fronted adverbials to open our sentences in varied ways
• expanded noun phrases to add detailed description
• writing in the past tense
• using similes and metaphors

LIRA

This half term, we finished our work on The Firework Maker’s Daughter and then monied on to Viking Voyagers, a non-fiction text to support our study of Viking life.

We explored how Vikings lived their everyday life, the different types of warriors Vikings could be and how they travelled the oceans and raided monasteries. We worked really hard on our reader response skills and tried to put ourselves in the shoes of a Viking to see how they would feel being alive at that time.

Maths

This half term, maths in Class 8 has consisted of place value, addition and subtraction and multiplication and division. We have been working hard as always on our arithmetic skills and we have continued working on TTRockstars.

Topic

Our topic has been really exciting for Class 8 this half term! We have been exploring ‘Raiders and Invaders’ where we have learnt about the struggle between The Vikings and Anglo-Saxons.

We have explored...

• Placing events onto timelines
• What Anglo-Saxons and Vikings believed in
• Why Anglo-Saxons and Vikings came to Britain
• How Vikings crossed The North Sea and why/how they raided monasteries
• The accuracy of sources
• Who King Alfred was and the impact he had on Viking invasions
• How the Vikings were defeated

For our outcome, we created a Kahoot quiz to test Class 6 and 7 on their Viking knowledge. We tried to make it as difficult as possible!

Science

We have explored sound this half term in our weekly science lessons. We explored how sound is made through vibrations and how these vibrations change based on pitch and the volume of the sound. We also conducted studies about which materials absorb sound the best.

RSHE

Our focus in RSHE has been ‘Living in the wider world’. We have looked into the difference between rules and laws and the consequences of not following these. We have also explored our local community, looking closely at different groups and democracy. Then, we went onto looking at the positives and negatives of the internet and how information is shared online.

Things to Celebrate

Attendance

We had so many children who had 97% and above attendance in the previous term! Well done on receiving your certificates.

Walk to School Week

Mapplewell Primary took part in Walk to School Week. We had lots of children gain their certificates for their walking to and from school.

Certificate Winners

Well done to all the children who earned a certificate this half term for their hard work.

Book Nook Winner!

Thank you to all the children that entered our Book Nook competition. Well done to the winner of a Class 8!

Next Half Term

Have a lovely half term break!