This week in English, we explored Razvani’s backstory, coming up with imaginative ideas about where he might have come from and how he became a fire fiend. This work has really helped deepen the children’s understanding of his character and will stand us in good stead for next week’s writing about Lila’s journey into the grotto.

In maths, we really challenged ourselves by converting mixed numbers to improper fractions and vice versa. To help us visualise what was happening, we drew diagrams and used our times tables facts. This week’s homework builds on this learning. Please do encourage your child to draw fractions out at home, and remember that if the numerator and denominator are the same, the fraction is equal to 1. For example, with 2 3/5, we have two lots of five-fifths, which is ten fifths, and three more fifths, making thirteen fifths altogether.

In science, we investigated a non-Newtonian fluid made from cornflour and water. There was lots of fun squeezing, pouring, and debating whether it behaved more like a solid, a liquid, or somehow both!

In geography, we learnt about the Richter Scale, discovering how seismographs work and what can be expected to happen during earthquakes of different magnitudes.

In art, we studied the sculptor Alberto Giacometti, learning about the historical context of World War II and how his elongated figures were a response to that period. We then created our own sculptures using aluminium foil, experimenting with form and proportion.